Mother Lu

"Please help me. I just want to swipe an elevator card. I absolutely won't bother you about anything else!" The woman clutched the security guard's arm and kept repeating herself. Her clothes were clean, but the style was antiquated, as if they had come from twenty or thirty years ago. She looked completely out of place amid the bustle of downtown.

"Ma'am, begging me won't help. That floor's been rented out, and you can't go up without an invitation." The guard shook off her hand. "If I let you up there and the boss fires me, who am I supposed to complain to? Keep making trouble and I'll call the police!"

"This woman doesn't know anything. She thinks she's just visiting someone in the neighborhood," one of the onlookers mocked.

"She'd be better off kneeling at the entrance with a sign and crying injustice. At least that might get her trending."

"What's going on?" Honglian stepped forward and asked.

Seeing the work badge hanging from her chest, the guard immediately brightened. "Oh, you're an employee of the Dimensional Limit Organization? Perfect timing! This woman's been insisting on seeing you, but she doesn't have an invitation card and can't take the elevator, so she's making a scene here!"

Hearing that, the woman perked up and reached for Honglian again. "That's great! I finally found you! I'm Lu Sisi's mother. I have something to tell you!"

Lu Sisi... Honglian thought for a moment before realizing she meant Lu Lixin.

"Let's talk over there." She pointed toward a landscaped greenbelt beside the park grounds.

Sorry for the trouble. Honglian silently mouthed to the two partners behind her. Lunch will have to wait a little.

"It's fine, we're not in that much of a hurry." Wang Baihu stood by the entrance. "Xiao Jiu and