The hall of the Fu family's old house.
Old Master Fu Yandong sat upright in the middle of the living room. Fu Linxiao's father Fu Lisen sat beside him and looked at Fu Linxiao without saying a word. The younger generations stood in the middle of the hall waiting for Old Master Fu to speak.
After a long silence, Mr. Fu's deep eyes looked even more vicissitudes of life. He looked at everyone and said slowly: "Please sit down. It's been almost 20 years. This matter must be brought up after all..."
Old Master Fu looked intently at Fu Linxiao, his hands gradually tightening on the sofa, and he asked, "Xiao'er, do you still remember your Aunt Wan'er?"
Fu Linxiao raised his eyes to look at his grandfather who was sitting in the main seat, and replied in a deep and hoarse voice: "Grandpa, I remember."
"Xiao'er, the person who was the happiest when you were born was your aunt. She held you and refused to let go..." Old Master Fu seemed to be trapped in some memories and couldn't extricate himself. He kept looking into the distance in silence.
Fu Lisen saw the old man's expression and called out worriedly, "Dad, it's been so long, you should let it go. Now, tell Lin Xiao and the others about what happened back then."
After hearing this, Mr. Fu nodded, looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Wan'er was only 19 years old when she was kidnapped. The man who kidnapped her was the Chen Zirong you mentioned! Chen Zirong kidnapped Wan'er because he wanted to use Wan'er as a threat to get the land in Lujia Village in South City. That land was originally in the hands of our Fu family, but Mr. Jiang and I wanted to break the serious division in economic development between the north and south cities, so we decided to exchange development and promote exchanges and harmony between the north and south cities. I gave him the land in Lujia Village in South City, and Mr. Jiang gave me the land in Muhua Village in North City in exchange. At that time, the news had not yet been announced, and Wan'er Wan'er was kidnapped. After hearing Chen Zirong's request, I immediately went to discuss with Old Man Jiang to exchange the land back. When he heard the news that Wan'er was kidnapped, he decided to go with me and transfer the land directly to Chen Zirong! But Chen Zirong thought I was playing a trick on him when he saw that I was not going alone. Old Man Jiang immediately took out the signed land transfer document and showed it to him. Chen Zirong still didn't believe it after seeing the transfer document and insisted on having it notarized by the notary office. Considering Wan'er's comfort, your uncle Jiang went to contact the notary office and I was waiting in the warehouse. I looked at the embarrassed Wan'er and felt so distressed that I begged Chen Zirong to give it to me first. Wan'er untied the rope, and Chen Zirong finally untied the rope for Wan'er after I begged her. Then Lao Jiang came back with the documents from the notary office, but just when he was about to hand them to Chen Zirong, there was a noise outside the door, and a group of gangsters rushed in. Chen Zirong was also dumbfounded at the time. Lao Jiang and I rushed to the second floor in the direction of Wan'er, but the gangsters took out a wooden cannon from somewhere. Lao Jiang saw it and rushed towards the gangsters. The wooden cannon hit Chen Zirong's leg, and the wooden cannon was also knocked away by Lao Jiang. The gangsters and us started fighting together, and I saw Chen Zirong Just as I was about to crawl towards Wan'er, I ran to her desperately, but the warehouse suddenly caught fire, separating Wan'er and me. Wan'er kept shouting, "Dad, save me, Uncle Jiang, save me!" But I couldn't get in at all, and Lao Jiang saw Wan'er climb over the railing and jumped down. When she landed, Wan'er had fainted, and the gang of thugs was nowhere to be found. There was no way, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, so Lao Jiang and I could only carry Wan'er and leave the warehouse first. Not long after we ran out of the warehouse, Lisen and Zuping, who were on a business trip abroad, arrived. "At this point, Mr. Fu's voice was choked with sobs, and he was silent for a long time.
No one interrupted, waiting for Mr. Fu to calm down. They saw that Mr. Fu's eyes were red and his body was shaking.
The hoarse voice of Fu Linxiao's father, Fu Lisen, rang out. "I'll tell you what happened next. We took Wan'er to the hospital and discovered she'd been injected with an unknown liquid. Zu Ping and I split up, and I stayed at the hospital while he led people to notify the police and firefighters and returned to the warehouse. After the fire was completely extinguished, a body was found in the warehouse and confirmed to be Chen Zirong. The fire started in a sack near the stairs on the second floor, and someone had doused it with accelerant, which was why the fire was so difficult to control. We've never been able to find any trace of those thugs."
Mr. Fu calmed down, but then Fu Lisen continued, "After this incident, I handed over all the company matters to Lisen, and I stayed at home with Wan'er the entire time. I don't know if it was the drugs she was injected with, or the shock of the kidnapping, but Wan'er's personality changed drastically, and in the end... well... she finally chose to leave me."
The hall was completely silent. No one spoke to break the silence. Fu Linxiao tilted his head back slightly, closed his eyes, and calmed down his turbulent emotions. He opened his eyes again, and his deep eyes regained their composure. He then looked at his grandfather and father, and said in a hoarse and deep voice, "Are you sure Chen Zirong is dead in the warehouse?"
Fu Lisen glanced at his son and nodded with mixed feelings. He then looked at Jiang Linghao and Jiang Luoning: "Your father was there at the time. Chen Zirong was dead when he and his men arrived. Uncle Jiang and the old man were also injured to varying degrees and spent a long time in the hospital before recovering."
Everyone fell silent again. Jiang Linghao didn't know about this. He had never heard his father or grandfather mention it. He only remembered that his grandfather was ill and hospitalized, and then his father took over the company.
Jiang Luoning thought for a moment, then asked the question in his mind: "What about that group of thugs?"
"I can't find any information. Just like the fire, I can't find the mastermind behind it. This has been a knot in my heart for so many years!" Fu Lisen answered in a deep voice when he heard Jiang Luoning's doubts.
"Did Chen Zirong leave any descendants back then?" Fu Linxiao thought of the paternity test and asked his father.
Old Master Fu narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression revealing the long-lost sharpness of a superior. He spoke in a deep voice, "I've never heard of any descendants of his. He came to the imperial capital alone. At first, he was just the general manager of a real estate company. Later, he established his own company through his connections. But now I think he wouldn't have reached that position without financial support. Now it seems that I was too naive back then."
In the hall, everyone carefully recalled the details of the incident and agreed that there must be someone behind the incident, and the real target might not be the land. As for the real cause, they still needed to investigate.
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