Father Xu couldn't figure it out for the time being, but now that he knew the relationship between Kong Hui and Yuan Xuan, he naturally would not continue to contact Yuan Xuan.

He even needs to investigate Kong Hui thoroughly.

As he was talking about this, Mr. Xu's cell phone rang.

Yuan Xuan's name appeared on the screen.

He hesitated for a moment, but decided to answer the call.

Yuan Xuan on the other end of the phone still didn't know her relationship with Kong Hui had been exposed. As usual, she asked him gently, "Is Jingjing up yet? I have nothing to do today. I wanted to ask her out shopping. I'd like to buy her two new clothes as a gift. I was a little anxious when we met last night, so I didn't prepare anything for her."

"It's so cold now. I saw that the coat she wore yesterday wasn't that thick. Young girls love to look pretty these days, but being pretty and staying warm don't conflict. I know a store that sells pretty good clothes. Many young people like to buy there. They're both nice and thick..."

If they didn't know about Yuan Xuan and Kong Hui, they would be very moved to hear her say this.

However, after knowing the relationships she had behind her back and hearing her soft voice, Xu Jing just wanted to vomit.

Mr. Xu's face was not very good either, but thinking that he still didn't know what Kong Hui and Yuan Xuan were planning, he didn't reveal his cards for the time being, but found an excuse that Xu Jing had something to do today.

Yuan Xuan was a little disappointed when she heard this, but she was still very understanding and said, "It doesn't matter, let's wait until she is free in the next two days and then talk about it. By the way, what does she think about our matter..."

Speaking of this, Yuan Xuan's tone unconsciously became a little nervous.

Father Xu pretended to be serious: "Well, it's hard to say. Give her some time. We shouldn't meet for the time being."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Xuan understood that Xu Jing might not be able to accept her for the time being.

She was anxious in her heart, but she could only express understanding on the surface, and then kept reminding Xu's father to take good care of Xu Jing's emotions, and she would wait patiently.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Jing silently gave Xu's father a thumbs up.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it. Her father's acting skills were so amazing that there was no difference at all from last night.

Mr. Xu coughed lightly and signaled to her with his eyes that this was no big deal.

If he didn't have some acting skills, how did he open these stores?

When negotiating and doing business with others, the most important thing is acting skills, such as playing the victim and scaring people, different scenes require different acting methods.

But when facing his daughter, his closest relative, he would of course not act in front of Xu Jing. This led to his daughter having no idea that he had this skill.

Now he has an excuse not to meet Yuan Xuan for the time being, and this excuse is so reasonable that it will not arouse Yuan Xuan's suspicion at all.

I know that he must stay at home recently to do ideological work for his daughter. If nothing unexpected happens to Yuan Xuan and Kong Hui, they should find a chance to meet.

Naturally, Mr. Xu had to take advantage of this opportunity to quickly investigate the matter between Yuan Xuan and Kong Hui.

So soon, Xu's father and Xu Jing said goodbye to Lin Xi and went back to deal with things.

Father Xu hired two private detectives and asked one of them to keep an eye on Kong Hui and Yuan Xuan, while the other was responsible for investigating Kong Hui's recent situation, such as who he met or what he was busy with.

I originally thought that Yuan Xuan would have to wait for a day or two to make sure that Mr. Xu was not really here to see her before meeting Kong Hui.

As a result, that afternoon, Xu's father received a message from the first detective saying that Yuan Xuan and Kong Hui had met.

They were both cautious and did not meet at either of their homes. Instead, they met in a residential area near the outskirts of the city.

That community is far from the city. It takes more than an hour to drive there from the city.

I heard before that there was going to be a water park built there, but later the plan was shelved due to various reasons, and the residential area there gradually became deserted.

I have to say that the two of them chose to meet there, which was indeed quite covert. No wonder no one discovered their relationship for so long.

As for what the two did after entering the community, the detective had no idea, but two hours later they came out again and couldn't help hugging each other at the entrance of the community.

Tsk, so what did Jinxian do? Do I need to say it?

When Mr. Xu saw the photos of the two hugging each other on the phone, he felt sick, but in the end he suppressed his nausea and saved the photos as evidence.

Two days later, the second private detective also sent him a message, saying that the situation of Kong Hui had been investigated clearly.

Seeing the content sent by the other party, Mr. Xu was shocked and couldn't contain his anger.

He never imagined that Kong Hui did all this in order to destroy him and his store!

Mr. Xu couldn't wait until the next day and went to Kong Hui's house with the evidence that day.

When Kong Hui opened the door, he was still smiling as usual.

"Hey, Old Xu, why are you here?"

As soon as he said that, he was punched in the face by Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu was a big man, and after one punch, Kong Hui felt that half of his face was numb.

He stared at Father Xu with eyes wide open in disbelief and questioned him.

"Old Xu, are you crazy?!"

Are you sick? Punch him right away!

No matter how angry he was inside, Kong Hui didn't show it on his face. He even tried to pretend to be concerned and asked Xu's father if something had happened.

But Mr. Xu didn't intend to watch him pretend anymore, and threw the evidence he brought in at Kong Hui's face.

In an instant, the evidence was scattered on the ground like snow.

The evidence included photos of Kong Hui and Yuan Xuan having a secret meeting, Kong Hui secretly meeting with a business rival, and even evidence that he had bribed his previous food suppliers to fabricate the information...

All the evidence is obvious. Kong Hui wants to destroy the store and him!

Everything is laid out in front of us.

No matter how much Kong Hui wanted to explain, he couldn't think of a better excuse for the moment.

But he probably had been holding a grudge for a long time, and since he saw that Father Xu had already investigated everything, he simply stopped pretending.

He raised his head and looked at Mr. Xu, sneering.

"Yes, I made all of this."

Seeing that he admitted it, Father Xu looked at him angrily for a long time before finally asking him a question.

"Why."

"Why?" Kong Hui said with a mocking look on his face, then raised his voice: "Mr. Xu, are you pretending to be stupid here? If you hadn't tricked me first, would I have done this?!"

As he spoke, Kong Hui looked at Xu's father with eyes full of resentment, as if Xu's father was the one who had wronged him.

Father Xu still didn't understand what he had done to make Kong Hui hate him so much that he was willing to give up his mistress.

Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, Kong Hui had no choice but to grit his teeth and tell the truth.

The whole thing started half a year ago.

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Half a year ago, the store that Kong Hui and Xu's father jointly owned reached the time for settling accounts and distributing dividends once a month.

Because Kong Hui did not participate much in the management of the store and was only responsible for distributing dividends according to the ratio when he invested in the store, he would usually only come to check the store's accounts at the end of each month. After confirming that there were no problems, he would come again at the beginning of the next month to collect money.

It's just that I went on a trip that time for him and was not in the local area for two months, so the store's accounts were not verified. I just said that I would combine the accounts for this month when I came back.

Seeing this, Mr. Xu naturally would not refuse.

Anyway, the account book is in the store, and all the expenses and income are clearly written down. No matter when Kong Hui comes back to look at it, it will be the same, and he will not falsify it.

But when Kong Hui came back from his trip, he found that the store's profits in the past two months were very poor, and the money he got was only half of what he had before.

Clearly, two months ago, when he set out on his trip, the store's revenue was still the same. How come the store's revenue has dropped so much after he was away for two months?

Mr. Xu also gave an explanation for this.

Because at that time, a restaurant similar to theirs happened to open across the street, which attracted some customers away.

Since it is a new store, the discounts will naturally be bigger, and customers are always curious and looking forward to the new store, so there will naturally be more people.

The total customer flow is so limited. If the new store takes away some of the customers, won’t there be fewer people staying here to eat?

This reason is completely explainable, and Kong Hui seemed to believe it on the surface.

But he was skeptical about Xu's father's explanation.

The store was about to open before he left for the trip, but he checked it out in advance and found that the store couldn't compare to theirs in terms of scale or decoration.

Therefore, even if the store is established by then, the business probably won’t be good and it won’t have much impact on their store.

Only then did Kong Hui feel at ease to go out and travel.

Unexpectedly, when he came back, he saw that the store's profits had shrunk significantly.

It would be fine if it shrunk a little or two, but it has almost shrunk by half!

He certainly didn't believe that the store across the street would have such a big impact on their business.

So he secretly inquired and found that Mr. Xu didn't seem to be worried at all about the poor performance of this branch in the past two months. Instead, he was always cheerful.

He felt more and more that something was wrong, and then he discovered that Mr. Xu had bought a new car.

That car is not cheap, and the store’s profits are obviously not good. How can he still have the mood and spare money to buy a new car?

Kong Hui asked indirectly, and Mr. Xu said optimistically that business has its ups and downs, and he was used to it. Besides, the business of the other branch was also good, and he had some spare money at the moment, so he just changed the car.

This branch's business is not good, but what a coincidence, the other branch's business is booming?

Kong Hui absolutely didn't believe it.

How could such a coincidence happen in this world? Just when he was traveling for a month or two, the business of the store he had a partner in hit rock bottom, while the business of another branch store he had no involvement in became prosperous?

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are difficult to dig out.

Although Kong Hui and Mr. Xu have been partners for so many years and nothing has ever happened, that is only on the surface. In fact, he has regretted countless times in private, regretting why he did not work alone and chose to be a partner with Mr. Xu.

If he had opened this store himself back then, all the money earned in the store over the years would have been his. How could he have taken a small share while Mr. Xu took the lion's share!

It was obvious that he was just like himself, a hands-off boss who did nothing, and yet the accounts were still in his hands!