Hearing Yan Kaiqi's words on the phone, Shen Yuhuai's expression instantly turned cold, "Is this the capital you checked?"

"The IP tracking stopped when it reached my laptop. During the day, the company suffered an external network attack, but the firewall was fine and no major problems occurred." Yan Kaiqi sat in front of the computer, and the data on the computer screen had basically been deleted by him. "I felt something was wrong during the day, and when I turned on the computer at night, I noticed that someone had invaded my computer and had obviously traced the IP to my side."

"There is not much information on the notebook. I have backed up everything that needs to be processed elsewhere in advance. I will send the rest to you." Yan Kaiqi continued: "They should not know the progress of our investigation. I processed the information after you reminded me last time, but I should have been exposed. This makes us passive."

Shen Yuhuai knew what Yan Kaiqi was thinking. They had anticipated that investigating this matter might involve a lot of capital. They did not take precautions when investigating in the early stages. If the other party's capital noticed any clues, they should be able to trace it back to Yan Kaiqi. This is where they are currently passive. But since the other party has made such a response, in a sense it also indirectly verifies the idea that the industrial chain involved in the other party's capital is unusual.

Hacking into a computer without doing anything else is likely a warning.

“Don’t investigate for the time being, leave the rest to me.” Shen Yuhuai said in a deep voice: “Since they have noticed you, they must be paying attention to your every move. It is too risky for you to investigate further.”

"At least we are sure that the direction of our investigation is correct."

Yan Kaiqi said: "At this stage, it is not a question of whether to investigate or not. If they really have problems, they will find out about you sooner or later, and you will not be safe either."

The two were silent for a moment, and Shen Yuhuai said, "I know my limits. You deal with the things first, and don't let this get involved with you."

Since the other party's capital can trace the IP, they will definitely find Yan Kaiqi to whom the IP belongs.

In any case, the Yan family cannot be involved in the subsequent investigation.

After hanging up the phone with Yan Kaiqi, Shen Yuhuai immediately backed up the data in the computer. There is a lot of capital in Beijing, but there are only a few that can cover the sky with one hand.

The data in the computer was quickly encrypted. Based on the information currently available, it can be basically confirmed that the aromatherapy raw materials involved in the Chen family aromatherapy incident were not simply controlled items purchased on the market, but materials extracted by special institutions and of unknown origin. These materials were made into aromatherapy by interested parties and sold accurately to the Chen family in the aromatherapy shop.

Behind these specially manufactured aromas is a secretive industry chain that puts certain illegally extracted compounds on the market, and it is even possible that profits have been made.

This industrial chain involves City B and City S. What they haven't found out is who is colluding with whom in this industrial chain.

The investigation in City B is relatively difficult...and in City S it is very likely that it is Lin's Medical.

After processing the information from Yan Kaiqi, the other party's capital probably still doesn't know how much progress they have made. They probably just made sure that Yan Kaiqi had found out about this, so they used actions like invading the computer to warn Yan Kaiqi... It would be best if the other party is not sure about their progress. If they are sure, the danger level around Yan Kaiqi will increase.

Shen Yuhuai sat in front of the computer and put away the USB drive that stored the data.

Could this be related to the people who followed Chen Qizhao some time ago... ?

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The sun is shining and the weather is perfect.

Chen Qizhao went to the company first when he got up in the morning. He confirmed with Xiao Zhou the progress of the recent cooperation between Feihong and Shenshi. After reviewing it and finding no problems, he turned and went to Chen Shiming's office.

Before entering the office, he saw Chen Liyao walking in and out of an office not far away with documents. It looked like he came here on the way to handle work, and his behavior was very normal.

Chen Qizhao raised his eyebrows slightly. Ever since he knew that Chen Liyao was the other party's spy planted in the company, Chen Shiming took advantage of Chen Liyao to send wrong information, making the other party mistakenly believe that Chen's current progress was slow. He also threw several smoke bombs in succession to divert the focus of the matter to other places.

Because of this, following Chen Liyao's clues, they also found a small number of people who were not originally on the list.

This made it much easier for Chen Shiming to investigate the internal problems of the Chen family. The fact that Lin Shizhong was cleaning up the traces not long ago was also discovered based on the people Chen Liyao had contact with. Now that the Sun family was in trouble and Lin Shizhong was dragged into it, Lin Shizhong's progress in cleaning up the mess slowed down, and he was particularly concerned about the recent actions of the Chen family, so the number of Chen Liyao's recent actions has also increased.

When Special Assistant Xu saw Chen Qizhao coming in, his report was stuck for two seconds, but he quickly resumed his report as normal.

As he was speaking, he noticed that Young Master Chen was looking at him from a distance. He felt uncomfortable all over, as if there was something wrong with what he was reporting.

This is strange to say, after following his boss for a long time, he has long been immune to Chen Shiming's questions and doubts.

But as for Chen Ershao, no matter how many times, he was afraid that the other party would start to find fault if they disagreed with him, and he didn't know how Xiao Zhou could flatter others against his conscience.

As Chen Shiming listened to the report, his eyes fell on Chen Qizhao.

After they parted unpleasantly in the study last night, they went to the living room for a while and Chen Qizhao also returned to his room. Perhaps they were used to the scenes where Chen Qizhao quarreled with them when he encountered problems, and they were also used to the aggressive Chen Qizhao, so when Chen Qizhao chose to avoid them so decisively, Chen Shiming felt a little depressed for some reason.

The idea of ​​having a dream was really unbelievable. Chen Shiming did not believe in these mysterious statements, so he preconceived that Chen Qizhao was joking last night. But thinking back on Chen Qizhao's reaction at that time, the other party's reaction was very real... This was also the point that had been contradicting him since last night.

Is it really possible for such an absurd dream to exist?

Chen Shiming didn't believe the dream theory, but he knew that Chen Qizhao was hiding something.

"I've already told the Gu family about the necklace. They sent someone to take it away this morning. They've reportedly already contacted a professional appraisal agency." Chen Shiming waved his hand to stop Special Assistant Xu's report. He waited until Special Assistant Xu left the office before continuing, "Dad has discussed the situation at the Gu family with Uncle Shen. The Gu family is indeed fighting for power on both sides. Gu Zhengsong is very powerful, and Old Master Gu seems to be leaning towards Gu Zhengsong."

"But Gu Zhengsong has a disadvantage, which has always made Old Master Gu hesitate." Chen Shiming continued, "The Gu family is a very traditional family. Gu Zhengxun has a son and a daughter, but Gu Zhengsong only has two daughters. I also inquired about the illegitimate child you mentioned. Gu Shen is Gu Zhengsong's son, but he has basically no power in the capital, so Gu Zhengsong has been suppressing the news that he is an illegitimate child. Everyone who knows knows it, but it has not been spread."

"Does Old Master Gu know?" Chen Qizhao asked.

"The Gu family's affairs are complicated. Everyone has their own handles. Old Master Gu is not stupid. He probably knows about the illegitimate child, but he just didn't say it clearly." Chen Shiming thought for a while and said, "The more a family like the Gu family is, the more they care about certain things. Even if Old Master Gu favors Gu Zhengsong, Gu Shen's illegitimate child status will never be made public. There are still people in the Gu family faction, and those people may not agree with Old Master Gu's decision..."

He was halfway through his sentence when he noticed Chen Qizhao's expression and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Qizhao: "Gu Zhengsong is so taboo, so what if the identity of Gu Shen's illegitimate child is exposed... and made public?"

Chen Shiming frowned and said, "What are you thinking about? Yesterday you said not to get involved in the Gu family's mess. Now you are telling me that you want to get involved in the Gu family's mess?"

"If I don't touch it, can someone else do it?"

Chen Qizhao raised his eyebrows slightly, "If the matter of the jade necklace is true, then Gu Zhengxun will take action."

Chen Shiming paused for a moment: "That's also Gu's business."

Gu Zhengxun is no pushover. Chen Qizhao thought of the middle-aged man who was at home yesterday. He seemed to be non-aggressive, but in fact, he was the most scheming person. In his previous life, Gu Zhengxun was able to fight with Gu Zhengsong for so long, so he must have some tricks up his sleeve. Judging from the extent to which the Gu family cared about the jade necklace, the effect of this necklace was far beyond his expectations.

But the Gu family was not stupid. Gu Zhengxun came to them secretly, and the necklace was given to the Gu family in the name of Zhang Yazhi.

In the beginning, Lin Shizhong went through so much trouble to get the jade necklace into his own hands, and combined with what he said in his previous life, in the end the necklace was given by Lin Shizhong to Gu Zhengsong. It can be seen that the two families dare not fight openly because they have not yet torn their faces apart.

But when the necklace issue was settled, Gu Zhengxun had more bargaining chips than Gu Zhengsong, so it was not impossible for him to strike first. It was just a matter of timing.

What is the relationship between Gu Shen and Lin Shizhong? Is there any other collusion between Gu Zhengsong and Lin Shizhong?

It's not clear yet, if I can borrow Gu Zhengxun's help...

"Don't think about it. Let the Gu family solve their own problems." Chen Shiming continued, "I have found out a lot about Chen Jianting's affairs."

Following Chen Liyao's lead, Chen Shiming also asked people to investigate the situation of Uncle Chen's family, including Chen Jianting and Sun Runing.

"After our investigation, we found that the projects that Chen gave to Chen Jianting have basically been turned into empty shells, and they seem to be colluding with other people behind the scenes. Several properties have changed hands, while others have been built and turned into institutions such as medical testing laboratories. Because it is medical, I suspect it has some relationship with Lin, but I haven't found direct evidence yet." Chen Shiming handed a document to Chen Qizhao.

Chen Qizhao opened the file, which contained all the investigation information on Uncle Chen's family.

When he saw the information about Uncle Chen being a gambler and in debt, he curiously read: "He is a gambler and in debt, and he sells off his assets every time to fill the gap... His reasons are very sufficient, and he is not afraid of being investigated at all."

"Yes, all the assets that changed hands were sold by Chen Jianting under the pretext of filling the gap. If it weren't for Chen Liyao's breakthrough, even if we knew about Chen Jianting, we would just think that he was a gambler and couldn't pay off his gambling debts, so he sold his assets."

Chen Shiming continued, "But it is certain that he is a gambler. Someone probably taught him how to sell off his assets. It was probably because of this that he was taken advantage of and several plots of land were taken away from the Chen family. Although this is what he said, there are still doubts. There must be other reasons why Third Uncle supported Lin Shizhong."

"As for Sun Rouning, there's something wrong with her going to the aromatherapy shop. I found out that she went into the aromatherapy shop several times, but didn't buy anything. And Chen Jianting went in and out of the Chen family, so he knew about the driver Lao Lin. Lin Shizhong knew so many details, probably because of their family."

Chen Qizhao said: "Then there is a possibility that the aromatherapy shop is in collusion with her."

It's just that the evidence is missing.

According to Chen Shiming's statement and this information, Chen Jianting's family line can basically be explained.

Lin Shizhong learned about the driver Lao Lin through Chen Jianting's family and planned the aromatherapy business. Sun Runing had connections with the aromatherapy shop and her entry and exit as a regular customer would not arouse suspicion. Chen Jianting took advantage of the project to privately sell some assets for profit, and also inserted Chen Liyao into Chen's as a spy.

There may be other reasons, but there must be a connection between Chen Jianting and others.

"Chen Liyao secretly despises his father. The two have had conflicts in private. We didn't find any problems from his social network. He is more cautious than Chen Jianting." Chen Shiming noticed Chen Qizhao's expression as he read the documents, and continued, "Next, we can consider keeping an eye on Chen Jianting. The possibility of finding clues from him will be higher... and we have taken action here."

Chen Qizhao looked at Chen Shiming in confusion: "What action? Something about the group?"

"Chen Liyao has been in contact with more people recently and has been staying in the company for a long time. I guess Lin Shizhong should have the next move against Chen." Chen Shiming continued: "The Sun family incident happened too coincidentally. It may force Lin Shizhong to take an unconventional approach..."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Chen Qizhao closed the information about Chen Jianting's family. "Since he wants to make a plan, he will definitely move the chess pieces in the Chen family."

He put the information on the table and said, "In this case, how about trying something exciting and luring someone into a trap?"

In the shopping mall square in the center of S city, Yan Kailin was sitting in a rest seat of a tea shop, playing games while waiting for someone.

I played three rounds of the game before I saw the message pop up in VX.

After a while, he saw Chen Qizhao appear in the distance and waved hurriedly: "Brother, this way!"

Chen Qizhao came over.

Yan Kailin closed the game and complained, "What took you so long? I've been waiting for you for almost an hour, and my phone is almost out of battery."

"I was delayed by something at the company and couldn't leave. Is the store you mentioned right here?" Chen Qizhao glanced around.

"It's right here. It took me a lot of effort to find out about it. It's a small brand store. There is only one offline store here in S City." Yan Kailin remembered that Chen Qizhao sent him a photo last night. In the photo, there was a hand holding a pen. The photo was then used to let him identify the object by looking at the picture, and asked him if he knew what brand the pen was.

Yan Kailin had never had any ink in his mind, so he had no choice but to ask his eldest brother. It turned out that his eldest brother recognized it and was very attentive to find the address of the offline store for him. "You don't know the way Yan Kaiqi looked at me and said he wanted to give me one. He thought it was the pen I wanted to buy."

Yan Kaiqi doesn't care about anything else, but he is particularly concerned about Yan Kailin's study problems.

"Isn't it a waste for me to use a fountain pen to do my homework? I can't use that fountain pen thing." Yan Kailin continued to complain: "Oh, by the way, whose birthday is it? I don't think I've heard of anyone having a birthday recently."

Chen Qizhao searched the distribution of brand stores and found that it was indeed a niche brand store.

Hearing Yan Kailin's question, he replied nonchalantly: "Chen Yuhuai."

"Oh, Chen Yuhuai..." Yan Kailin was stunned after saying this, "Oh my god, when is Brother Huai's birthday? Why don't I know about it!?"

Chen Qizhao searched for the location of the brand store, which was on the fourth floor of the mall. He said, "May 10th."

After he said that, he turned his head and suddenly saw a complicated look in Yan Kailin's eyes.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qizhao asked.

"Why are you on such good terms with Brother Huai lately?" Yan Kailin: "Last time when my brother went to catch someone, I heard him say that you ended up staying at Brother Huai's house. Several times when I returned to the dormitory, I saw you coming back in Brother Huai's car..."

Chen Qizhao walked forward, "Is there a problem with this?"

"This is a big problem!" Yan Kailin said immediately, "Why do I feel like your relationship with him is better than mine? I don't even know Brother Huai's birthday, how do you know it?"

Chen Qizhao lied: "I just found out about it last time too."

"Then I should send something. After all, I have troubled him several times, so I still have to send the thing." Yan Kailin began to worry: "Is there a shoe store upstairs? What size shoes does he wear?" He was about to send a message to his eldest brother when he heard a voice next to him reply.

Chen Qizhao said: "It should be 42 now, maybe 43 will be more suitable."

Yan Kailin was stunned: "You know this too!?"

“…”

Chen Qizhao was thinking about something and didn't want to continue this topic with Yan Kailin, so he asked another question: "Last time you told me about the time you fell into the water when you were a child, how much do you remember?"

"Falling into the water..." Yan Kailin reacted, "Oh, that time you saved me, I don't remember it very clearly."

"You said that someone pushed you into the water, and I jumped in to save you." Chen Qizhao tried to recall this incident, but it was too long ago. He was no better than Yan Kailin. The time between his two lives combined was too long. It was even more difficult for him to recall something from his childhood. It might really be because of the high fever at the time.

He continued, "We were on the big lake at the suburban villa, right? Are you talking about that small boat?"

Yan Kailin replied: "Yes, there were only a few of us up there, and then I don't know how I fell down."

"Do you remember the people who were on the boat with us?"

Chen Qizhao looked at Yan Kailin and continued, "How old are they? Are there any people you don't have a good relationship with? Do you remember who pushed you?"

"I didn't have a bad relationship with anyone when I was a kid." Yan Kailin could only recall a limited number of scenes. He had a good impression of everyone he had. "There were quite a lot of people there, including Brother Xuyan from Uncle Lin's family, and Brother Huai and his friends. The rest seemed to be from Uncle Zhou's family and Aunt Liu's family... I can't remember exactly who they were."

"What is your relationship with Lin Xuyan?"

"Lin Xuyan? He's not."

Yan Kailin said, "The boat was small, and we were the only ones who went there to play. I still remember that Brother Xuyan seemed to be nearby. Didn't someone yell for help? In the end, my brother and the others came to rescue them... Oh, right! Now I remember that my brother should have come with Brother Huai at the time. They have a good relationship."

Sunk in the Huai River.

Chen Qizhao's expression paused slightly.

Yes, the Shen family also went there at that time, and Shen Yuhuai and Yan Kaiqi had a good relationship since childhood.

Wouldn't it be too simple to just give a pen as a gift?

Chen Qizhao couldn't think of a gift for Shen Yuhuai. His impression was that the thing he used the most was a fountain pen.

Yan Kailin asked: "Why do you ask this?"

Chen Qizhao came back to his senses and asked another person, "Did Chen Liyao go?"

"Who is Chen Liyao...? Oh, your cousin!" Yan Kailin recalled, "He should have been there. There were quite a lot of people there. You took him to play when you were little. I don't like him very much. He is always quiet and has a stern face all day long, as if someone owes him money."

There were still quite a lot of people in the mall at this time. As soon as the two of them got on the escalator, Yan Kailin continued to ask Chen Qizhao about the length of their feet.

Chen Qizhao was about to reply to Yan Kailin when he suddenly noticed two figures appearing on the escalator going upwards.

They were now on the third floor, and he had already seen these two people on the first floor.

"Brother, why didn't you reply to me?" Yan Kailin looked at Chen Qizhao in confusion: "You mean Chen Liyao? Could it be that he was the one who pushed me into this?"

"No, I just guessed." Chen Qizhao retracted his gaze. When he came to the mall, he had already shaken off the people sent by Lin Shizhong to follow him.

These people shouldn't be following him... Could they be following Yan Kailin who was next to him?

Yan Kailin was puzzled: "Brother, why are you looking at me?"

"I wasn't looking at you." Chen Qizhao turned on his phone to take a photo. While chatting with Yan Kailin, he took a photo of the person following him without making a sound while others weren't paying attention.

At the S City Research Institute, Shen Yuhuai had just come out of a meeting and was listening to his colleagues in the nearby laboratory discussing what to eat later. He responded casually, processing the messages piling up on his phone, and stopped at the message Chen Qizhao had sent him in the afternoon.

[-Zhao: Are your feet size 43? ]

Shen Yuhuai replied yes, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Sui staring at him.

He moved the phone slightly to the side and asked, "What's up?"

"Strange." Liu Sui snorted twice, "Don't beat around the bush with me. Tell me the truth. Are you going out on a date all day long? Did you chase after that beautiful girl you mentioned last time?"

He looked at Shen Yuhuai's expression, and when he saw that the other party didn't say anything, he immediately said, "Yes! That must be it!"

Shen Yuhuai: “Hasn’t caught up yet.”

Liu Sui looked unconvinced.

Shen Yuhuai added: “But it’s almost there.”

Liu Sui: "Show me the photos. Let's go to S University for dinner. Invite your sister along and let me help you check it out."

Other colleagues also came over to make some noise, "What what?"

Shen Yuhuai was about to speak.

After a while, the cell phone suddenly rang.

"Yu Huai, are you at S University?" Yan Kaiqi's words were filled with anxiety.

“What happened?” Shen Yuhuai said in a low voice, his face becoming serious.

"I called Kailin but no one answered. When I called him again, his phone was turned off."

Yan Kaiqi: "I'm a little worried because he hasn't answered the phone. I'm driving to S University now. You're close, so go and help me see if he's in school."

At this point in time… Shen Yuhuai’s face turned serious.

Liu Sui was still talking about going to eat at the restaurant that S had been thinking about, and just as he opened his mouth, he saw Shen Yuhuai's slightly solemn expression next to him, "Yuhuai?"

Shen Yuhuai hung up the phone, "Sorry, go have dinner, I have something urgent to do."

The two went shopping in the mall, Chen Qizhao bought a pen, and Yan Kailin also bought a pair of shoes.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Qizhao happened to be driving, so the two of them returned to school without staying.

It was only nine o'clock in the evening when they returned to school. Yan Kailin said that he had made an appointment with people from the club to go out for a party, but Chen Qizhao suddenly stopped him.

"Go to the cafeteria and buy me a cup of milk tea. I'll come right over after I give you a call."

Chen Qizhao turned off the car and glanced at Yan Kailin.

"Didn't you say last time that the milk tea there wasn't tasty?" Yan Kailin got out of the car, took a few steps, turned around and asked, "Brother, what do you want to drink?"

"Signature, three-tenths sugar, normal ice."

Chen Qizhao fell behind Yan Kailin. He caught a glimpse of several people following him in the night and lowered his head to edit a text message.

Three people, one more than before.

Yan Kailin was in a hurry to go to a party, so he ran towards the cafeteria as soon as he heard the words.

Chen Qizhao slowed down his pace in the cover of night. When the people who were following him came nearby, he clamped one of them by the hand and pushed him directly into the alley next to the cafeteria where debris was piled up.

The man didn't expect to be hit, and before he could react, he was knocked straight into the pit.

The other two people were startled and rushed over immediately.

Chen Qizhao grabbed the broomstick that had fallen to the ground nearby and looked at the three completely strangers with cold eyes.

"You've been following me for a long time, right?" His tone became a little colder: "It just so happens that I have something to ask you guys."