Ye Qingqing carefully read the document. The first part was a long paragraph of clichés praising the Party, the government, and Chairman Xi. She skipped it and went straight to the second paragraph.

"Upon investigation, Ye Qingqing is Ms. Gu Nianci's only living direct relative. All of Ms. Gu Nianci's seized assets will be returned to Ye Qingqing. Ye Qingqing is young, and her assets will be managed by her mother, Ms. Xu Yali."

Ye Qingqing was startled, her heart leaping into her throat. She gritted her teeth and continued reading, where a series of property items were listed.

This includes the villa she currently lives in, two apartments on Wushan Road and Kangshun Road, as well as gold, silver, jade, calligraphy and paintings, a long list, and 350,000 yuan in compensation.

Ye Qingqing finally understood where her mother Xu Yali's huge fortune came from—it was all returned by the government.

She knew that during the ten years of turmoil, many wealthy families had their houses and property confiscated, and they were returned one by one after the turmoil ended, with those damaged being compensated in cash.

Gu Nianci received 350,000 yuan in cash compensation, which suggests that she must have had a lot of property damaged, indicating that she was definitely from a wealthy family.

But Ye Qingqing couldn't understand what her relationship with Gu Nianci was.

Why does the document say that she is Gu Nianci's only living direct relative?

Her maternal grandmother's surname was Li and her paternal grandmother's surname was Liu. They were both from ordinary families and could not possibly have so much wealth. Moreover, Gu Nianci had so much wealth and gold and silver jewelry, which meant that she must be a young lady from a wealthy family. How could she be associated with her?

Ye Zhiguo's family had been peasants for eighteen generations, while her maternal grandfather's family, although Pipi said it was quite glorious, had declined in the last hundred years and could barely make ends meet; they were far from being a wealthy family!

Ye Qingqing read the document again and found that there were quite a few valuable items on the list, including calligraphy and paintings by famous artists such as Bada Shanren, Qi Baishi, and Zhang Daqian, as well as some jade artifacts, which were treasures just by looking at their names.

She knew these things were stored in the bank. Xu Yali had stored them in three safe deposit boxes, and the keys and passwords were with the lawyer. In her previous life, when she received the inheritance, she only glanced at them and didn't look at them closely.

Because at that time she trusted Ye Zhiguo, she left everything to him and only thought about dating Lu Qingquan, acting as a hands-off manager.

Judging from this list, the value of those three safes is far greater than that of three houses, and those few paintings and calligraphy alone could provide a large family with enough to eat and drink for generations.

Who exactly is Gu Nianci?

Ye Qingqing felt as if she had torn away a thin veil, but the fog inside only deepened after she did, making it even harder for her to understand.

She put the documents back in the safe, preserved everything as it was, tied her hair back up, checked everything was in order, and then closed the safe.

Ye Qingqing let out a long sigh, her mind filled with doubts.

Her background... is probably not that simple!

She is Gu Nianci's only relative, which means that Ye Zhiguo and Xu Yali have no relation to Gu Nianci. However, she is related to Gu Nianci by blood. Does that mean that she has no relation to Xu Yali and Ye Zhiguo?

Ye Qingqing was startled. Could she have been picked up from outside?

That's why Xu Yali told the public that she was a premature baby, but she wasn't actually born to Xu Ya!

Ye Qingqing slapped herself. Impossible... She looked very much like Xu Yali, and Lin Shufang had seen her give birth to her. She was definitely Xu Yali's biological daughter.

Without a doubt.