“But I’m sorry…” When he said this, Lawyer Tang stood up and bowed. “Six years ago, a burglary took place in our law firm, and the letter was stolen.”
Six years ago… The day when his parents died…
Qi Le An frowned deeply, asking, “Only the letter was stolen?”
Lawyer Tang shook his head. “No, a lot of things were stolen, and the letter was just one of them.”
Qi Le An was suspicious. ‘Is this a coincidence? Why didn’t I know about this in my previous life?’
Lawyer Tang had an idea at the sight of Qi Le An’s expression. “These documents are copies of the power of attorney. Our law firm will compensate you for the lost letter. You can come to us for formalities tomorrow if you deem it right.”
Lawyer Tang handed Qi Le An a business card.
Qi Le An took it and asked, “Can I meet the lawyer who my parents entrusted?”
A trace of sorrow came across Lawyer Tang’s face. “I’m sorry… My mentor accepted this task back then. Unfortunately, he passed away eight years ago…”
All the clues were gone. Qi Le An frowned.
After Lawyer Tang left, Qi Le An returned to his seat. Wei Chang Feng went to him from the side and sat down, whispering, “Is there any bad news?”
Qi Le An shook his head. “It’s just… strange.”
He told Wei Chang Feng roughly what happened, and Wei Chang Feng frowned.
The law firm on the business card was called, “Shi Haidian Law Firm”, which was quite well-known in Hai City. It looked like a reliable law firm ten years ago.
“Does your uncle know about something?” Wei Chang Feng reminded.
Qi Le An’s head ached when he thought of his uncle. Did he have to get in contact with the person he had struggled to get rid of? However, thinking back to his last life, his uncle didn’t seem to bother him around his eighteenth birthday.
“How about this, I will help you investigate the current address and phone number of your uncle. It’s up to you if you contact him or not,” Wei Chang Feng said.
Qi Le An nodded and sighed, “I really didn’t expect that such a thing would happen to me.”
He had been a poor boy without any relatives or friends, but suddenly he was told that he had a large sum of money from an inheritance, which weirdly came to him. Even the death of his parents seemed suspicious.
Wei Chang Feng pinched Qi Le An’s hand as if giving him strength.
After talking to Chen Shan on the phone, they went back to Qi Le An’s rented flat. Although they could carry their bags and move into the house, Qi Le An had left his homework at home… Anyway, he couldn’t move away in a short time. Back home, he carefully thought about the inheritance and felt that he had to contact his uncle.
It had been two lifetimes. Qi Le An’s memory was blurred over time, but there were some things he needed to settle with his uncle.
Wei Chang Feng was quick, and he gave Qi Le An the address and phone number of Qi Da Zhu at night. Qi Da Zhu and his family used to live in an apartment which Qi Le An’s father had bought for his grandpa in a county near Hai City. After the incident, the family moved to a third-tier city nearby, wishing to start a new life.
Qi Le An sneered at the address. Qi Da Zhu was ignorant and lazy, who had to provide education for his daughter. Where did the money come from?
Qi Le An couldn’t think of anything but the pension he was supposed to get after his parents’ death.
Qi Le An picked up his phone and made the call.
“Hello? Who is this? Calling me late at night?” The familiar vulgar voice came through. Qi Le An sneered, “It’s me.”
The person on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard the voice. Then he angrily said, “Qi Le An? You little bastard! How dare you call me? You heartless ungrateful thing!”
Qi Le An moved his phone a bit from his ear. Nasty words came through, at which Wei Chang Feng frowned.
“Qi Da Zhu,” Qi Le An said calmly, “I advise you to mind your language. Don’t you know the consequence of offending me?”
His words silenced Qi Da Zhu.
Yes. In his anger, he forgot that Qi Le An was different from the past. Last year, he made a fortune from taking advantage of Qi Le An, but later he was overwhelmed by public criticism. His wife and daughter cried at home every day, and the door was piled with rotten vegetables and dog shit.
This little bastard forced him to leave the city.
Qi Da Zhu gritted his teeth. Awed by Qi Le An’s warning, he said, “No matter what, I am your uncle. What’s so wrong about me teaching you a lesson on behalf of your father?”
Qi Le An smiled and asked, “On behalf of my father? Coincidentally, I dreamed of my father, who asked you for something.”
His words were so creepy that Qi Da Zhu immediately remembered his dreams.
Qi Da Zhu shivered in his warm quilt. “You! What are you talking about, little brat?”
Qi Le An stopped scaring him, saying, “My father asked you to give me back the things that he left to me.”
Qi Da Zhu felt guilty, but he refused to admit it. “What did your father leave to you? Are you crazy?”
Qi Le An paused for a moment and said, “You should know that my parents left a sum of money to me.”
Qi Da Zhu’s eyes widened.
A sum of money… When his father died, he also mentioned that Qi Xiaoguo had left some money.
During these years, he had a search everywhere countless times but still failed to find that sum of money. Did Qi Le An know anything about this?
Qi Le An knew that his guess was right from the long silence of his uncle. Qi Da Zhu must know something.
So he said, “I will come to you these days. I hope you can prepare things that you should prepare.”
After he said so, he hung up the phone without hesitation and blacklisted his uncle’s phone number.
Qi Da Zhu was dumbfounded. He wanted to call back but couldn’t get connected. He threw his phone to the ground angrily. His wife happened to enter the room and got startled. She immediately scolded him.
“You devil! I work so hard to make money every day, and you smashed your phone? Why didn’t you smash yourself?”
Qi Le An put down the phone and took a deep breath. Wei Chang Feng brought him the water and asked, “How is it?”
“Uncle knows the existence of the money.” Qi Le An said with a complicated expression and took a sip of water.
Wei Chang Feng sat next to the bar and looked at Qi Le An gently, “It’s okay. Don’t be afraid.”
Qi Le An forced a smile. He was not afraid, but he felt uneasy.
“When are you setting off? I’ll accompany you,” Wei Chang Feng said.
Qi Le An hesitated for a moment and asked, “Don’t you have any work these days?”
Wei Chang Feng had a lot of resources at his disposal. People like him should be very busy, but he had time to sit next to him and make tea for him…
Wei Chang Feng smiled and said lazily, “There are no arrangements for now. I’ll be busy when ‘The Coffin’ is ready for the filming.”
Qi Le An had mentioned that he wanted to see Wei Chang Feng act in that movie, and Wei Chang Feng rejected other programs, patiently waiting for ‘The Coffin’. The production team had been determined, and the director was the rookie that Qi Le An remembered in his last life. When the finances were ready, the movie would start filming next month.
The filming location was in a village under Province S, and they would be separated for a while.
“Let’s go there next Thursday,” Qi Le An decided, “it happens to be our sports meeting.”
Wei Chang Feng nodded and said, “Okay.”
Qi Le An felt that in any case, he should tell Chen Shan about this, so he called Chen Shan the next day, who offered to accompany him. Qi Le An quickly refused.
“Wei Sama will go with me.”
Chen Shan asked, “Does Wei Chang Feng have nothing to do?”
Qi Le An lied calmly, “He happens to have an event there, so we’ll go together.”
Chen Shan’s mother was going to have a baby these days, and the Chen family was worried about her. Chen Shan didn’t think much about it, saying, “Okay. Please send my thanks to Wei Chang Feng. I’ve been too busy recently.”
Qi Le An said, “Okay”, and then showed concern for Chen Shan’s mother before hanging up the phone.
“Chen Shan is actually foolish,” Qi Le An sighed.
Wei Chang Feng smiled. “If he knows you speak of him like that…”
Qi Le An smiled, “How could he know?”
In the afternoon, Lawyer Tang contacted Qi Le An, who went to do the formalities without any demur. No matter what, his parents left him the money. There was no reason for him not to take it.
On Wednesday afternoon, Qi Le An asked for leave with Teacher Luo. The next morning, he set off with Wei Chang Feng.
The neighboring city was water-bound with unique and beautiful scenery. Wei Chang Feng took a road trip with Qi Le An along the way. Unfortunately, the city in winter did not look as beautiful as it was in spring, which dampened their spirits a bit.
On Saturday morning, the two of them finally reached their destination. After enjoying the local food, Qi Le An was ready to kick the door.
“Don’t you need me to go up with you?” Wei Chang Feng asked in the car.
Qi Le An shook his head, “I can’t afford to hire you to do the dirty work. I will go by myself.”
Wei Chang Feng simmered with laughter, “Alright, call me if you need anything.”
Qi Le An nodded. He got out of the car and went upstairs.
He went to the fourth floor according to the address given by Wei Chang Feng and then kicked hard at the door.
The banging noises alarmed the neighbors. Qi Le An heard curses inside the door, mixed with the sharp complaints of his cousin who was awoken by the noises. A few minutes later, her aunt opened the door grudgingly, “Who is it? You are so rude.”
Qi Le An was standing at the old-fashioned iron door. He raised his head slightly, revealing half of his face under the baseball cap.
Uncle’s mother was startled.
“Qi… Qi Le An?”
Qi Le An sneered coldly. “Long time no see, Aunt.”
His aunt couldn’t help shivering at the sight of Qi Le An’s smile.
Why did this boy look so scary?