I closed the jewelry safe and told Lin Ling, "Set these jewels to be sent to the auction. You're to watch the case the whole way, to prevent any trouble."
After all, this stuff was dirty; it had to be well kept.
Lin Ling nodded solemnly and, along with the staff, carried the case out.
I turned back to my desk, pulled out an embossed handwritten invitation, then opened the office safe and took out a gift box.
Shen Yurou was no easy mark, backed as she was by the entire Shen Family, but that didn't mean she was untouchable.
After leaving the office, I had the driver take me to Fumao Garden.
This would be my second visit. The first time was with Master Zhao attending a banquet in that pricey estate, a place not just any rich joe could move into.
At the banquet, when I first laid eyes on Mrs. Wu, she struck me as the most refined and distinguished among all of the officers' wives.
