Chapter 318: An Address
Lu Jingyao’s expression didn’t waver at all as he said, “If your family has no intention of going back on your word, why would you be afraid of the little trap I hid in the contract?”
Heishui Yako trembled with rage.
Of course, she had thought about keeping the item the token represented for herself. But even now, she still didn’t know what the token truly signified. Tearing up the contract, however, would come at a cost she couldn’t afford.
Although the contract had just begun execution and theoretically had low sunk costs, she and her husband had only just taken over the Heishui family. If they tore up a contract that might bring enormous profits in the future — and offended Lu Jingyao in the process — she could forget about any dreams of working her way into the corporate group.
In a way, Lu Jingyao’s contract was her pledge of loyalty, proof that she could be trusted with the group’s affairs.
“Miss Heishui, I’m not known for my patience,” Lu Jingyao said.
Heishui Yako didn’t dare mention the trap in the contract again. Now that she was under another’s roof, and her personal interests were tied to the family’s, she didn’t dare think too much. She could only comfort herself: the other party came with the token — it was only right to hand over the item…
“Please wait a moment.”
Heishui Yako got up and left. As the Heishui family heir, she retrieved a finely crafted, uniquely shaped box from the family’s treasury.
Her husband, Heishui Ming, who had been listening the whole time, didn’t know what was inside, but couldn’t bear to part with it. He said, “Why don’t we open the box, stuff something random inside, and hand it over?”
Heishui Yako gave her husband a look of disbelief and said, “If you force the box open by abnormal means, the item inside will be destroyed.”
She couldn’t help but blame their ancestor a little: why had they insisted on being so honorable, and why had they only made one jade token? Now it was too late to even fake another.
The box was placed in front of Xu Yuyou and Lu Jingyao.
Xu Yuyou looked at the hole in the box, took out the small jade token, and fit it in — a perfect match. After twisting it, the box opened.
Its contents were revealed to all.
To everyone’s surprise, inside was just a folded slip of paper. Outsiders couldn’t see what was written on it.
Wearing a pair of gloves, Xu Yuyou carefully took the slip out without opening it in front of them, instead storing it away securely.
Even though Heishui Yako and her husband were burning with curiosity, they didn’t dare ask further.
Xu Yuyou had thought the box might contain secret compartments, but as soon as she took the paper, her system indicated the mission was complete.
“Miss Xu, the Heishui family has fulfilled our promise. We’ll need to reclaim the token. Please understand,” Heishui Yako said.
Xu Yuyou nodded lightly and didn’t linger at the Heishui family residence. She left with Lu Jingyao.
Sitting in the car, Xu Yuyou suddenly said, “Lu Jingyao, how much profit did you sacrifice for your deal with the Heishui family? I want to compensate you.”
Hearing this, Lu Jingyao shook his head. “It was just normal business. I didn’t lose any money. The only difference is that the original partner changed to the Heishui family. Besides, between you and me, there’s no need to be so calculative.”
Since he said that, Xu Yuyou could only let it go. If they were destined to get married, there was no way to draw a clear line anyway.
Without hiding anything from Lu Jingyao, Xu Yuyou, still wearing her gloves, opened the slip of paper.
It was an address.
Xu Yuyou hadn’t expected that.
An address — how could that be valuable?
She kept muttering in her heart, but even though she was full of confusion, she carefully stored the address away.
The only thing that made her happy was that the address was inside her home country. What she’d told Heishui Yako earlier wasn’t wrong — her plane was already waiting, and she would fly home today.
“Bosses, there’s been a pile-up accident ahead. The road is blocked, so we’ll have to take a detour,” the driver suddenly said.
Lu Jingyao didn’t think much of it and was about to nod in agreement.
But Xu Yuyou suddenly said, “Stop the car.”
Lu Jingyao was puzzled.
Xu Yuyou thought that Lu Jingyao, unlike herself, hadn’t experienced so many life-and-death situations abroad, so he was naturally less cautious.
“We’re not taking the detour. We’ll get out and walk past the accident site. I’ve already asked Xu Fang to arrange another car — it’ll be here in half an hour at most,” Xu Yuyou said.
The driver couldn’t help but say, “Miss Xu, are you really in such a hurry? Detouring would only add ten minutes. It won’t affect your flight.”
Xu Yuyou said, “I’m not worried about missing my flight. Don’t worry, changing cars won’t reduce your pay.”
Hearing this, the driver, still full of doubts, didn’t argue further.
After getting out of the car, Lu Jingyao asked, “Do you suspect the Yasuda family arranged this accident?”
Xu Yuyou nodded lightly. She thought to herself: if she had lost over a hundred billion, she would probably pull something like this too. Even if she couldn’t recover the money, she’d at least make the other party pay.
Lu Jingyao said, “If that’s the case, they might have made two sets of plans — maybe they’ve also set up something on the other side of the accident.”
Xu Yuyou was fairly optimistic about this: “Normally, people would just take the detour. The chances of us walking through on foot are very low. Even if they have a backup plan, they probably didn’t arrange too many people.”
Both of them were right.
As soon as they reached the pile-up, the people who had been pretending to argue over the accident suddenly turned around, pulling out sticks from who knew where.
Xu Yuyou wasn’t too worried — it was just sticks. Even though more than twenty tall, strong men emerged from the pile-up, it still felt way better than those countries where people pulled out guns at the drop of a hat.
But then she remembered — this country strictly controlled guns, but “controlled” wasn’t the same as “banned.”
Just last year, a major figure had been assassinated in broad daylight.
Would the Yasuda family, as a powerful conglomerate, really make their revenge so simple?
Xu Yuyou’s scalp tingled. She glanced around — though the accident was on a deserted roadside, just a dozen meters away was a conspicuous unfinished high-rise. If someone set up a sniper rifle there, it would be the perfect ambush spot.
She hated that her eyesight was too good. She immediately spotted a head poking out from the rooftop — along with something that made her blood run cold…
[System detected the host is in danger. Emergency survival task activated. Host, please respond carefully.]
The system’s voice had barely fallen when a golden arrow appeared on the ground.
