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He had contact with the Zhang family in Southeast Asia, probably forty years ago.
The time when he infiltrated the Zhang family in Chiang Mai was fifteen years ago.
For the past fifteen years, Li Shouming has been secretly recruiting assassins from the Zhang family in Chiang Mai.
Because the Zhang family of Chiang Mai originally made their fortune through assassinations, they kept a group of killers.
Among these assassins were a number of mixed-race individuals, whom the Zhang family of Southeast Asia needed to strengthen their power.
Another clue is the bottle of medicine that Gu Ran found last night.
He'll have to take this medicine back to school and have it tested to find out what it is.
Although Gu Ran failed to lure the enemy out this time by getting himself involved, the other three households of the Zhang family in Nanyang also revealed more and more clues.
Gu Ran had a premonition that he might be able to find his mother, Zhang Qiong, the next time he came to Southeast Asia.
……
At Bangkok International Airport, Gu Ran placed a special metal suitcase on the X-ray machine conveyor belt at the security checkpoint. The security officer looked inside and found that there were only three books. He wondered why the books were packed in such a special box.
Susie also had a suitcase, and the contents of it, as shown on the X-ray machine, were books.
Both of them were wearing Kassel College uniforms and looked like students. Since the books weren't prohibited items, the security officer let them through.
In fact, the box contained a Glock pistol, five fully loaded magazines, and some personal weapons. For example, Susie had a scalpel, and Gu Ran had shuriken and kunai.
This box was specially made by the Equipment Department of Kassel College. It cannot be seen by X-ray machines. If you want to open it, you will only see a few books in the main compartment. The weapons are in the hidden compartments and require special methods to open.
In the waiting area, Susie was handling Lionheart Society affairs on her laptop. Gu Ran, feeling bored, called Su Xiaoqiang.
Su Xiaoqiang didn't answer the phone; it seemed she was in class.
She sent a message to Gu Ran via QQ.
Su Baobao: "What's wrong?"
Gu Ran chuckled mischievously and sent her a message:
"There's something I don't know whether I should say or not. If I do, I'm afraid it will put pressure on you and make you feel suffocated. But if I don't say it, I can't help myself..."
Su Baobao: "??? What's wrong? Tell me, I can handle pressure!"
As she spoke, she also sent an emoji of someone wearing a red headscarf and striving.
Gu Ran: "The thing is... I miss you so much!"
In the university classroom, Su Xiaoqiang was looking down at her phone. After seeing her boyfriend's message, the corners of her mouth turned up, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud!
"Su Xiaoqiang, is my class really that funny?" On the podium, a middle-aged woman wearing black-rimmed glasses, the teacher of this class, was smiling at Su Xiaoqiang.
This was an advanced mathematics class, which should have been boring and unfunny, and many students were drowsy listening to it.
However, upon hearing Su Xiaoqiang's laughter and the teacher's words, the students all turned to look at her.
Because Su Xiaoqiang is a very popular person at school.
Su Xiaoqiang stood up somewhat embarrassed and bowed slightly to the teacher in apology: "I'm sorry, Teacher Nie."
On the podium, Teacher Nie Qiuyue adjusted her black-rimmed glasses. She didn't care if the students did other things in class. After all, they were all college students now, and their studies depended entirely on their self-discipline. It was impossible for them to rely on the teacher to supervise them like before.
She smiled and said to Su Xiaoqiang, "It's okay, but... why don't you tell us? What happy thing happened? Share it with everyone and let everyone have a laugh too."
Su Xiaoqiang blushed, hesitated for a while, and said shyly, "My boyfriend just texted me and said he misses me."
"Boo~~" A burst of jeers immediately came from the classroom.
Chapter 169 A 50 Million Investment
Although Su Xiaoqiang had previously clashed with a bunch of guys, she got along quite well with the male classmates in her class.
Perhaps because these boys have just graduated from high school, they are still relatively naive.
Moreover, after they learned that Su Xiaoqiang had a boyfriend, they all gave up on their feelings for her.
As for the female classmates, they had long regarded her as their big sister.
Teacher Nie Qiuyue was also surprised to be suddenly showered with displays of affection during class, leaving her somewhat amused and bewildered.
"It really is youth!" she exclaimed, then asked Su Xiaoqiang with a hint of gossip, "So how did you reply to your boyfriend?"
Su Xiaoqiang blushed and replied, "I said, I miss him too."
"Whoosh—" Because of their public display of affection, the classmates started teasing them again.
Then, her phone started vibrating again, and the screen lit up.
She glanced at it immediately.
Gu Ran's message read: "Why did you hurt me?"
Su Xiaoqiang thought to herself, "Now I'm the one who's been ruined by you! The whole class is laughing at me. It's all this sweet-tongued scoundrel's fault for making me look bad!"
Amidst the teasing of her classmates, she angrily typed a reply: "??? How did I hurt you?"
"You made me like you so much."
Ah!
This idiot talks so cheesy!
But why do I like him so much?
Su Xiaoqiang pursed her lips tightly, trying not to laugh out loud.
Fortunately, the bell rang, and she was finally free. Clutching her textbooks, she shyly fled the classroom amidst the cheers of her classmates.
"It's all your fault! You made me so embarrassed!"
After leaving the classroom, Su Xiaoqiang immediately called the culprit and told him what had just happened.
Although she spoke to her boyfriend in a scolding tone, a bright smile still graced her lips as she walked briskly along the campus path. The platinum bracelet on her fair wrist had two bells that jingled crisply as she moved.
Her shy yet adorable aura drew the attention of the surrounding boys.
Upon hearing her words, Gu Ran began to chat about some aspects of life on the phone.
"In a month or two, I'll be moving out of the dormitory and living outside," Su Xiaoqiang said.
Gu Ran asked, "Did you have a fight with your roommate?"
"It wasn't me, it was Liu Miaomiao!"
There were two noisy girls in Liu Miaomiao's dormitory. She was still a simple girl, gentle and obedient, liked quiet, and did not want to have conflicts with her classmates. After thinking about it, she decided to move out and rent a house.
However, Liu Miaomiao's family did not want her to move out alone. After all, such a beautiful young woman was in danger of being followed into the house by bad people.
Therefore, Liu Miaomiao's family absolutely refused to let her move out and live alone.
So, Liu Miaomiao approached Su Xiaoqiang, hoping the two of them could live together.
Su Xiaoqiang watched as her best friend pleaded with her for a long time in a soft, gentle voice, and finally agreed.
With Su Xiaoqiang joining, Liu Miaomiao's family agreed.
Because Su Xiaoqiang has always been a very opinionated and reliable person.
So the two decided to rent a house to live in.
But after Su Xiaoqiang told her father about this, her father waved his hand and said, "Why rent? Just buy!"
Back in 09, Shanghai hadn't yet implemented purchase restrictions, so non-local residents could buy houses in the city.
So Su's father bought a 120-square-meter fully furnished apartment in a neighborhood near the school, along with a parking space. The property deed was registered in Su Xiaoqiang's name.
During this time, they are looking for workers to make some minor renovations and furnish the place, so they can move in soon.
Gu Ran thought to himself that he now had 50 million US dollars, which was equivalent to about 350 million RMB, and it had already been deposited into his bank account.
This money is just sitting idle in the bank earning interest.
It would be better to invest it domestically.
Now is the last chance to buy a house in Shanghai. There are no purchase restrictions yet, so buying a few units and selling them later when the value appreciates is a good option.
Because of the four trillion yuan stimulus package, real estate and stocks will likely see a surge in prices.
Domestic internet companies are also looking for opportunities to invest.
ByteDance, Didi, miHoYo, group buying... as long as they invest and receive dividends, they don't need any management rights, because they don't know how to manage anyway.
Gu Ran shared these thoughts with Su Xiaoqiang.
"When did you become so rich?" Su Xiaoqiang was completely dumbfounded when she learned that he suddenly had five thousand US dollars.
"It was a gift from someone else, and the source is legal and compliant," Gu Ran said with a smile.
This is not all of his wealth.
His parents had left him over ten million RMB, plus rewards from killing the next generation of the species and other missions, totaling two million US dollars in prize money.
He doesn't plan to touch this money; he'll use it for daily expenses.
There's also his mother Zhang Qiong's secret stash of money, containing several hundred million US dollars. Gu Ran doesn't plan to touch that money; he'll wait until Zhang Qiong returns.
"You've given me such a large sum of money... Aren't you afraid?" Su Xiaoqiang asked softly from the other end.
"Of course my wife should keep my dowry!" Gu Ran laughed. "On the contrary, with so much money in my hands, aren't you afraid I'll go looking for other women?"
"You dare!" Su Xiaoqiang said, feigning anger. "If you dare to go looking for me, I'll... I'll throw all your money into the Huangpu River!"
She couldn't bear to say anything harsh to her boyfriend.
She knew that he entrusted her with the money because he trusted her.
Even brothers fight to the death over money, and countless couples are estranged because of money.
But Gu Ran just gave her all the money.
"From now on, whether our family has rice or porridge will depend on you," Gu Ran said with a smile. "You don't want our children to always be going back to their maternal grandparents' house to freeload, do you?"
In the past, Su Xiaoqiang would have stubbornly retorted, "Who wants to marry you?"
But now, she no longer finds any other men attractive.
Would other men trust me so unconditionally? Would they be willing to give me their entire fortune when we're dating? Not many men could do that, right?