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Chapter 570: Visitation Video, the Bracelet and Beads That Were Taken
Duanmu Rongrong made a call, but the other party needed time to verify, so she had to hang up and wait for them to confirm before calling back.

However, they couldn't just wait idly, so the old man and the young man immediately began to examine the other items in the dark room.

Although the dark room was quite spacious, it contained very few items.

However, apart from the small wooden box he had seen at the beginning, which Duanmu Long had at least seen once before, the rest of the items were completely unheard of and unseen.

The box looked like a skincare product box, containing a row of thumb-sized bottles, most of which were empty or used up, with only two intact bottles containing red liquid.

Duanmu Long frowned, picked it up and shook it, then put it back. He moved his lips but ultimately didn't say what was on his mind.

She always felt that the red liquid looked a lot like blood.

But then she remembered that it belonged to her father, and she forced herself to suppress the thought.

There was also something that looked like a remote control, but it was hard to tell if it was made of metal or plastic. It only had one button on it. Duanmu Long tried pressing it and waited, but nothing happened.

I tried pressing and holding, then pressing quickly twice, but there was still no response, so I put it back on the table in frustration.

Duanmu Rongrong glanced back at Duanmu Long, then put the object she had just retrieved from under the table—which she wasn't sure if it was a recording pen—into her pocket. "Longlong, let's go out first."

As I returned to my study from the dark room, my cell phone rang in my pocket.

She took out her phone and saw it was a call from the hospital. She quickly answered and heard the person on the other end say, "When Mr. Duanmu was brought to our hospital, he was indeed wearing a bracelet on his wrist. Our medical staff tried to remove it to make treatment easier, but the bracelet's cord was made of a special material, so we couldn't remove it. However, during the final treatment of Mr. Duanmu, one of our medical staff noticed that the bracelet on his wrist was missing."

Duanmu Rongrong held her breath and waited for the person on the other end to finish speaking before letting out the breath she had been holding in. "I would like to view the surveillance video of the visit that day, is that alright?"

After hanging up the phone, Duanmu Rongrong looked at Duanmu Long, who had been silent beside her. "Your father's bracelet was still there when he was taken to the hospital, but it disappeared when he passed away. The bead your father gave you was also lost at the hospital. Longlong..."

Duanmu Long couldn't help but look up and touch her empty neck again. Of course, she knew what her great-aunt wanted to say.

“On the day my father passed away,” she said in a hoarse voice, “Chengxiao, Jingmo, and Hanying came to the hospital to visit him. Chengxiao went into my father’s intensive care unit, and Hanying… When I learned that my father had woken up, I was so excited that I almost fainted. Hanying helped me up. We were in close contact.”

"If Chengxiao and Hanying took the beads secretly, why would they do that?"

"I want to know too." Duanmu Rongrong didn't look into Duanmu Long's eyes, but instead closed them, enduring the pain as she carefully recalled her last conversation with her nephew.

She suspected that her nephew had forced Li Chengxiao to marry Taki, and couldn't help but criticize him.

Her nephew's reaction after hearing her words was quite strong, but at the time she only thought he was a little embarrassed and angry. Only now did she realize that there was another possibility: her nephew was refuting her.

He didn't force her; it was just her perception!

Her phone vibrated, interrupting her thoughts. Looking down at the surveillance video that had been sent to her, she quickly pressed play.

Duanmu Long sniffed and came closer.

The video was short, after all, Li Chengxiao and Li Jingmo hadn't been in the ICU for very long when they visited Duanmu Sen, and they were asked to leave because Duanmu Sen suddenly woke up.

“There’s no movement of Chengxiao taking the bracelet.” Duanmu Rongrong shook her head, pulled the video back a bit, and finally stopped at the moment when Li Chengxiao held Duanmu Sen’s hand. “There’s a movement that’s being covered up here.”

Having acted for so many years, she's seen it all before, not only have she been blocked from the camera before, but even now on set, it's common to see actors blocking each other's shots. She's long been used to it.

I never expected to see it on the surveillance footage.

"Just in that instant..."

"Don't forget what Chengxiao does."

Duanmu Long was completely speechless.

"I need to make a phone call to Brother Chengxiao."

Even now, she still finds it hard to believe.

"Stop!" Duanmu Rongrong called out to her. "What can you ask him? Did he take the beads? Why did he do that? No matter what he says, what happens after you've asked him?"

Duanmu Long was heading straight for his bedroom, but as his great-aunt spoke, his steps slowed down.

Seeing that she had taken it to heart, Duanmu Rongrong said, "Now is not the time to dwell on these things. Don't forget why we came to the study in the first place."

Queshan!

Que Mountain is the cause!
Everything that happened afterward was the result!
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"Second brother, Madam Duanmu just asked the hospital for the surveillance video of you visiting Duanmu Sen."

"Okay, I understand. Let's get ready."

"Yes."

Jiang Hanying came out of the bathroom drying her hair and saw her cheap owner just putting down his phone. "Prepare, prepare what?"

"We need to return to Beijing ahead of schedule."

Jiang Hanying's eyes widened immediately. "Tomorrow? Or tonight? Why the sudden rush?"

"Tomorrow." Li Chengxiao took the towel from Jiang Hanying's hand, glanced at her messy hair, smoothed it with his hand, and then helped her dry it. He explained as he dried, "Old Madam Duanmu asked me to check Duanmu Sen's surveillance video. She should have guessed by now that Duanmu Sen and Duanmu Long's Blood Soul Wood was taken by us."

Jiang Hanying frowned. "Why would she suddenly want to leave the video call room?"

"Naturally, she suspects that Duanmu Sen's death was not simple. Given Duanmu Sen's status, he shouldn't have been cremated so quickly, but she did. At that time, she noticed that something was wrong with the body. Furthermore, my uncle lives in Beijing. In the past, given the relationship between the Duanmu family and the Li family, even if my uncle didn't go in person, he would send a representative to pay his respects. But in fact, neither of them did. Now that Duanmu Sen's funeral is over, and considering so many anomalies, it's normal for her to choose to investigate."

Li Chengxiao put the half-damp towel aside, then picked up a hair dryer from the side, plugged it in, and continued amidst the buzzing of the hair dryer: "The surveillance video can fool Duanmu Long's eyes, but it can't fool her."

"Oh right, she's an actress. But even if she finds out that it was you and me who took the Blood Soul Wood from Duanmu Long and Duanmu Sen respectively, it doesn't prove that we're related to Duanmu Sen's death, right?"

"What if she found out more than this? There are probably many secrets hidden in Duanmu Sen's study."