Chapter: 4484

"Hey, don't you care?" An Chong Qiu casually said. "The cost of replacing this carpet is roughly equivalent to buying a new trash bag for your family's garbage can. Do you feel sorry when you buy a new trash bag?"

"...!" Li Ah Lin grumbled, scolding himself as he muttered, "You've really got me wrapped around your finger."

An Chong Qiu shrugged his shoulders, saying honestly, "That's just the truth."

As they talked, more people kept arriving at the mid-day restaurant. The old patriarch called Li Ah Lin over and had him sit next to him.

Since An Kai Feng had already sent word ahead of time, the staff promptly brought out the prepared dishes as soon as everyone sat down.

An Kai Feng then took the initiative to have someone bring a bottle of white wine, planning to enjoy it with his older brother while accompanying Li Ah Lin in drinking a few cups.

The old patriarch seemed very concerned about Li Ah Lin's current predicament and kept asking him what had been going on lately.

Li Ah Lin didn't want to talk too much, so he just vaguely said that he hadn't handled some big cases well recently. The old patriarch saw that he wasn't willing to talk and didn't ask any further questions.

Due to his personality, Li Ah Lin didn't have many friends in the past, and after his mother passed away, his father raised him alone, so he never had siblings.

In recent years, his wife took their children and moved to Houston, leaving Li Ah Lin alone in New York. Although he had a good relationship with An Kai Feng's family since his father's generation, it was indeed quite distant, which is why Li Ah Lin didn't feel like bothering them often in the past.

It wasn't until recently that An Chong Qiu had bought back Spring Dan in Jinling and suffered a setback, coinciding with Li Ah Lin's case involving Fei Hao Yang being taken away, so the two of them actually didn't have too many opportunities to meet frequently.

So now, sitting among An family members, the solitary Li Ah Lin also found a few feelings of belonging at home, easing his pent-up emotions and thus calming down a bit.

When An Chong Qiu, An Kai Feng, and An Zhao Nan were having drinks, Li Ah Lin received a text message from him.

The information was sent by one of his trusted subordinates, saying that through their contacts on Hong Kong Island, they had found out the true identity of the owner of the roast goose store.

Li Ah Lin suddenly felt a chill, quickly making an excuse to go to the bathroom and then giving the other person a call back when he came out.

On the phone, he asked, "Little Five, what's new?"

The other person replied on the phone, saying, "Boss, that roast goose store owner, whose real name is Chen Zuo Zhong, is a blacklisted individual who fled from Hong Kong Island to America over 20 years ago. You may think him just running a small restaurant here, but he was actually a high-achieving finance professional back then, and after completing his studies in the US, he returned to Hong Kong Island."

He added, "You know Chen Zuo Zhong was quite well-known in Hong Kong back then for having committed an event that's still talked about today. He kidnapped the girlfriend of one of the wealthy tycoons and brought her over to America together with him."

"Damn..." Li Ah Lin cursed under his breath, sighing, "This guy is a real scoundrel!"

"Yes," the other person said again. "Oh, by the way, boss, I also found out that Chen Zuo Zhong has actually met with the father of the famous actress, Guo Qiu Yin, who was involved in something for his sake and went all the way to Hong Kong Island to meet with one of those wealthy tycoons."

He shook his head and said, "Well, it looks like everything has fallen into place... So, Guo Qiu Yin, a big celebrity, would go to a small BBQ restaurant in Chinatown. That's only logical..."

"Right." The other person said, "I also think that's quite logical, and I don't think there's any connection between Chen Zuo Zhong's kidnapping case and the abduction of Fei Hao Yang."

Li Ah Lin laughed at himself, saying, "I've already retired, so what's there to brief me about? If you have any updates on this case in the future, just let me know within the scope of regulations."

The confirmation of Chen Zuo Zhong's identity was actually a bit disappointing for Li Ah Lin.

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