Rebirth 90: I changed my fate by winning the lottery

Ding Mo and Qi Zan came to the western restaurant they used to go to often and found a place to sit down. They deliberately chose a seat very close to the cashier counter. The owner of the western restaurant was there most of the time.

This makes her feel relatively safer.

She and Qi Zan sat in the western restaurant for the entire afternoon. When the sun set outside and the sky became dark, Qi Zan's cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Qiao Guang calling, so he picked up the phone quickly.

Ding Mo listened to their conversation silently. Perhaps Qiao Guang and the others returned to the hotel and found that both of them were not there, so they called to ask about the situation.

Now, hearing that the two were in the western restaurant they often went to, Qiao Guang was very dissatisfied and believed that the two were eating alone. Qi Zan quickly promised to bring him food back before calming him down.

Helpless Qi Zan had to call the boss and ordered two more items and asked the boss to pack them up.

But just as the boss stood next to the two of them holding a small notebook, his expression suddenly became panicked. Ding Mo followed his gaze and saw that it was Zhou Lang.

The owner of this western restaurant is a tall white man with arms covered with tattoos. He doesn't look like someone you would easily mess with.

But when Zhou Lang walked over, pulled out the chair opposite Ding Mo and sat down, the boss had a frightened expression on his face and became nervous.

It seems that Zhou Lang is some kind of street bully in this area, which is why the restaurant owner is so scared.

Zhou Lang waved his hand and told him to leave quickly. The boss hurried back to his cashier counter and stood straight, not daring to look over here again.

"I knew you were brave in the past, but I didn't expect you to be so brave." Zhou Lang lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

"I can't help it. I ran into some trouble and need your help." Ding Mo ignored his sarcastic words and directly stated his purpose.

"Didn't you say you had business to discuss? How come you wanted help now?" Zhou Lang asked.

"I found out that I was being followed in the past few days. At first I thought it was your people," said Ding Mo.

"Why are my people following you?" Zhou Lang said disdainfully, but he quickly asked, "Who is following you?"

Ding Mo shook his head: "I don't know either. They are a few locals. They are outside now and have been guarding me there for the whole afternoon." Ding Mo gestured to Zhou Lang to look at a few people sitting under a big tree outside to enjoy the cool air.

Zhou Lang suddenly shouted, "You've already found someone following you, and you still dare to run out alone? Don't play around here anymore, go back home!"

After saying that, he looked at Qi Zan again: "Are you just going to follow her and make trouble like this? Take her back quickly."

Ding Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Lang still cared about her.

So she explained: "We are not here for tourism. We are here to work on a project with our professor, so we can't go back yet. And we haven't figured out the purpose of these people following me yet. Going back to China doesn't mean I'll be safe."

Zhou Lang frowned: "Do a project, what project?"

Ding Mo answered him: "The restoration of the ancient imperial palace ruins and the excavation of cultural relics jointly carried out by multiple countries."

Zhou Lang's eyes flashed: "You actually participated in this project."

Ding Mo was surprised that he actually knew that.

"So how do you want me to help you?" Zhou Lang asked.

Ding Mo looked at him: "I think you should have a way. Rather than driving these people away, I want to know why they followed me."

Zhou Lang shrugged his shoulders: "Then how are you going to repay me?"

"If you mean money, I don't have that much on me right now. I can transfer the money to you when I return home," said Ding Mo.

Zhou Lang chuckled: "You are quite sensible. It seems that you have kept your money well for so many years and didn't let anyone cheat you out of it."

Ding Mo suddenly remembered that late autumn night four years ago, when Zhou Lang was wearing a police uniform and looked energetic. He said to her seriously: "There is so much money at home, you must take good care of it!"

Zhou Lang stood up and left, without giving Ding Mo a chance to ask about him, leaving only his tall figure behind.

But in Ding Mo's heart, some things never change.

When Ding Mo and Qi Zan left the western restaurant with their packed food, the people who followed her had disappeared.

Ding Mo guessed that Zhou Lang took the person away. She didn't see how he took him away, but she felt relieved at the end.

The next time she sees Zhou Lang, she will definitely interrogate him thoroughly.

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Two days later, when Ding Mo and Qi Zan went to the night market again, a little boy ran out, grabbed Ding Mo's hand and dragged her directly to the private clinic at the corner of the street.

When he saw someone bringing him here, the little boy stretched out his hand to the middle-aged doctor inside. The doctor put a one-dollar bill in his hand, and the little boy happily ran away with the money.

He and the little boy with the injured leg were still the only ones in the clinic. Ding Mo didn't see Zhou Lang, so he asked, "Where's Zhou Lang?"

The doctor in white robe said, "It's not convenient for him to see you. Let me talk to you."

Then he pointed to the stools in front of the table and asked them to sit down before he spoke: "What you asked Zhou Lang to do for you, he has done. The purpose of those locals is to kidnap you and make you pay."

Ding Mo: ...

"Where are those people now? They kidnapped me. What if I don't give them money? And how did they know I had some money?" Ding Mo asked.

The doctor said, "Don't worry, let me finish what I'm saying."

He paused and continued, "Zhou Lang found a few brothers to teach them a lesson. Those guys were not experienced in doing such dirty work, so they confessed quickly."

"According to their account, one of your relatives owed a loan shark. When the lender came to her, she refused to come out. So she told the lender that you had money and that they could get the money by kidnapping you. So the lender simply found these gangsters here and wanted to kidnap you."

"The purpose of their kidnapping you is to threaten you to hand over the money. If you don't, they will make you disappear abroad so that your family can inherit your estate. Your relative said that this way she can also get the money to pay off her debts."

"These are roughly what Zhou Lang asked." The doctor finished his words in one breath.

After listening to this, Ding Mo asked, "Relatives? Did you ask what kind of relatives they were?"

The doctor said: "These people have never met each other. They have been in contact over the phone. It is said that the woman is fluent in English."

A woman who speaks fluent English? Or her relative? Which relative could be so cruel as to kill her in a foreign country?

The only people who can inherit her estate after her death are Liu Yun and Ding Zhiping. Liu Yun does not speak fluent English, so could it be Ding Zhiping’s second wife Zhang Hong?

No, something doesn't feel right.

There is another relative of hers who can speak English fluently!

Her aunt Liu Ling.

But Liu Ling has always lived a good life abroad, and even in her previous life she didn't know that Liu Ling owed usury or anything!

Ding Mo glanced at Qi Zan, whose brows were also tightly furrowed, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"So what happened to those people who wanted to kidnap me now?" Ding Mo asked.