Chapter 152 Threat
"Uncle Yang? How could it be you?" Gu Ningwei saw the person in front of him clearly and smiled slightly, looking surprised but also as if it was expected.
Standing in front of him was the He family's steward, Yang Zhen, who was said to be the chief steward who held half the power of the He family.
Yang Zhen stood in front of him, smiling without saying a word. His skinny face was half hidden in the strong light, making it impossible to see his expression.
"What kind of drama is the He family planning? Why does it require a big Buddha like you to personally take action?" Gu Ningwei narrowed his eyes, and his fingers tapped the screen of the mobile phone in his hand intentionally or unintentionally.
The dim light bulb flickered above Yang Zhen's head, casting a strange shadow on his wrinkled face. He spoke slowly in a hoarse voice, "Master Gu, you're joking. I really have no choice but to disturb you so late at night."
"You had no choice?" Gu Ningwei turned his head away and sneered, "Since you know this is inappropriate, why did you tie up my sister and gag her like this? Was this the He family's intention? Or did those blind servants of yours act on their own?"
Since you are willing to be a slave, then I will grant your wish.
Even Yang Zhen showed up in person, so it was conceivable that the He family was about to completely fall out.
Gu Ningwei had not had time to carefully look at the information stored by Jiang Jin, and did not fully understand why the He family sent Yang Zhen in person. If this failed, it would directly put the blame on He Guoliang.
He stared at Yang Zhen, his eyes dark and deep.
"Master Gu, I'm sorry. I had no choice but to do this. Please understand." Yang Zhen didn't seem to mind the sarcasm in Gu Ningwei's tone and just smiled.
"Let Gu Ningli go." Gu Ningwei said briefly.
Gu Ningli was struggling violently in the corner. She stared at Yang Zhen with a shocked and angry expression.
Yang Zhen didn't even look at her.
"Uncle Yang, if you need anything, just tell me directly. How are you going to explain to my uncle that you kidnapped my sister here and made her look like this? Our Gu and He families are old friends. Is there anything that can't be discussed openly? Do we really need to hurt the relationship like this?"
Gu Ningwei's face darkened.
"Master Gu, please don't be angry. We originally wanted to ask Miss Gu to come over and ask about the matter, but we didn't expect her to react so strongly. You see that she is being wronged, but you didn't see what happened to my men who were kicked and bitten by her..."
He winked at the two men. One of the men looked sad and stretched out his wrist to show Gu Ningwei with grievance. Sure enough, there was a circle of bloody teeth marks on the wrist, which was blue and purple.
Gu Ningwei couldn't help but smile. Gu Ningli has been eloquent since she was a child, not only in her speech, but also in her teeth. From elementary school to junior high school, she was not afraid of fighting with others.
"You can't blame her for that. Just ask whatever you want to ask. In the middle of the night, you brought a girl to this dark place. Anyone would put up a fight, right?" Gu Ningwei sneered.
"Oh, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Yang Zhen continued, "We are just kind-hearted. We just want to find a place to talk and don't want to be disturbed. This place is the factory under the He family. It's just not been demolished yet. It's not an unsafe place. Please don't panic, Mr. Gu and Miss Gu."
He winked at the two henchmen and mock-chastised them, "Hurry up and untie the ropes from Miss Gu. You bastards, you have no sense at all. Young Master Gu is here, and you're still not moving. You only know how to embarrass yourself."
The two big men quickly untied the ropes on Gu Ningli. Gu Ningli took out the tissue stuffed in her mouth and threw it in the face of one of the men.
"I'll fuck your ancestors for eighteen generations." Gu Ningli cursed profusely, stretching out her foot to kick the man in the lower body. "You dare to tie up your aunt? I think you are courting death. I will dig up your family's ancestral graves..."
At this moment, with Gu Ningwei by her side, she was no longer afraid. The originally suppressed toughness in her character came out, and she felt hatred and anger in her heart, cursing the He family thousands of times.
"Ali." Gu Ningwei grabbed her wrist. His voice was very soft, but it made his furious sister freeze instantly. "Listen to what Uncle Yang has to say." He pressed his fingertips on her pulse warningly.
Yang Zhen remained calm, smiling slightly as he continued, "Well, it's nothing important. I just wanted to ask where Mr. Jiang Jin is now. Do you know his whereabouts?"
"I want to ask another question..." Gu Ningli had just opened her mouth when her wrist was secretly pulled by Gu Ningwei.
"What does Miss Gu want to ask?" Yang Zhen asked perceptively, "Don't you know the whereabouts of Mr. Jiang?"
"Of course I know." Gu Ningli raised her eyebrows and said deliberately.
"Then where is he?" Yang Zhen continued to ask.
"I won't tell you." Gu Ningli snorted and rolled her eyes at him. "Why do you want to know Jiang Jin's whereabouts? He doesn't even know you. What does it have to do with you?"
Yang Zhen remained unmoved. He smiled faintly and said, "We have some things with President Jiang and we want to get them back, that's all."
"When will Jiang Jin take your things? He doesn't even know you." Gu Ningli snorted.
"Hey, Miss Gu doesn't know about the company's affairs, but Master Gu certainly knows..." He looked at Gu Ningwei, "Does Master Gu know the whereabouts of President Jiang?"
"His whereabouts? Of course I know..." Gu Ningwei raised his wrist, checked the time, and said slowly, "Jiang Jin's plane should have taken off by now, so if you want to look for him, you probably won't be able to find him."
"Run away?" Yang Zhen was shocked and stood up straight suddenly. The light bulb above his head was shaking slightly.
Yang Zhen's Adam's apple rolled, and he suddenly lowered his voice: "If Jiang Jin ran away with those data, the consequences would be..." His hoarse voice was like a blade cutting through the air. After a pause, he continued: "Mr. Gu, you should know that the consequences are serious. If those things were to be exposed, not only would the He family be in trouble, but the Gu family would also be buried with them."
Gu Ningli was also startled. She turned her head slightly and looked at Gu Ningwei with surprise in her eyes.
Jiang Jin just left in a hurry without saying goodbye.
Didn't even say why.
"Really?" Gu Ningwei sneered and said calmly, "Uncle Yang may not understand our CEO Jiang. He is an extremely cautious and far-sighted person. Of course, he can predict the consequences and make arrangements for himself."
Yang Zhen's expression froze instantly.
Gu Ningwei paused and said sarcastically, "As for exposure or not? That doesn't seem to be something your Uncle Yang should be considering. I remember He Guoliang didn't give you any company shares."
Yang Zhen's face suddenly turned gloomy and sweat broke out on his forehead.
He Yongqiang acted recklessly, without considering the consequences, and was brave but not wise.
He made such a big fuss about it and even sent people to capture Gu Ningli, in order to force Jiang Jin to show up. However, he had planned everything but he didn't expect that Jiang Jin had already run away.
He Guoliang later learned the news and was furious, calling his son a fool.
He Yongqiang even argued confidently, "The Gu family is now in the same boat with us. They wouldn't be stupid enough to call the police themselves. As long as the police don't intervene beforehand, they'll just find someone to take the blame and clean up the mess later."
He Guoliang was so angry that he was speechless. In the middle of the night, he could only ask Yang Zhen to find a way to clean up the mess.
Yang Zhen felt a tightness in his chest and his temples were throbbing.
He cleared his throat and asked, "Where is the information in Mr. Jiang's hands?"
"What information?" Gu Ningwei pretended not to know.
"Chengguang's internal investigation report and all the original data." Yang Zhen said with a gloomy face.
"Why should we give you our company's information? What a joke." Gu Ningli interrupted.
"I don't know where the information you want is." Gu Ningwei said coldly. After a pause, he deliberately said, "I just don't understand. This is our Chengguang Group's internal investigation data. What does it have to do with your He family? Gu Zhiguang misappropriated funds from a listed company and is suspected of illegal money laundering. Could it be that your He family is also involved?"
Yang Zhen choked.
His eyes stared at him, narrowed slightly, but he didn't answer.
Gu Ningli turned around and looked at Gu Ningwei in a daze. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't speak.
She should have thought of these things a long time ago, but just didn't want to admit it. But now when she heard it from Gu Ningwei's mouth, her heart was still stung by something, and the pain was unbearable.
"Mr. Gu, you know I, Yang Zhen, am not well educated. I only understand what you are saying. I am just following orders." Yang Zhen suppressed the shock in his heart and said slowly, "Since Mr. Gu is here today, I'll ask you and Miss Gu to stay here for a while. You can leave when you feel like it."
After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and several other people walked out from the next room. Gu Ningli recognized them as the people who came to Jiang Jin's house to search and tie her up this afternoon.
"Awei, they are them..." Gu Ningli shouted loudly, and instinctively wanted to hide behind Gu Ningwei, but those people were coming for Gu Ningwei, and they came forward and dragged her out and threw her aside.
"What are you going to do..." Gu Ningli yelled, baring her teeth and waving her claws, rushing forward again desperately.
Someone came up and grabbed Gu Ningli's arm. The other man who had been bitten by her came forward, picked up the ball of tissue that Gu Ningli had spit out from the ground, pinched her cheek hard with one hand, forced her to open her mouth, stuffed the ball of tissue back into her mouth, and tore off a piece of tape to seal her mouth.
Gu Ningwei remained calm. He turned around and sat down on a chair with a calm expression. He said to Yang Zhen, "Uncle Yang, why are you doing this? We have something to talk about. You're making such a fuss. It's not good to hurt the relationship."
Yang Zhen sighed, found a chair, and sat down in front of Gu Ningwei. He said sincerely, "I know you're smart and resourceful, Mr. Gu, but you also know very well that we have no choice but to do this. We all have our dignity to protect, and if things get out of hand, it won't be a good look, right?"
"Yeah, didn't I, Gu Ningwei, almost become the son-in-law of your He family? What is the reason for such a feud between you now?" Gu Ningwei stared at the other person, with a faint sneer on his lips.
Yang Zhen looked at him silently.
"Actually, I don't understand what specific matter you're referring to. How did I offend the He family? Was it because I didn't agree to marry He Lian? Was it because I couldn't agree to the terms you and Gu Zhiguang agreed on, to become a member of your group and be used by you? Or was it because I accidentally learned a long time ago that you had done something you shouldn't have done to He Lian and her boyfriend, causing the He family to be uneasy?"
Yang Zhen's face froze visibly.
"Since we have nothing to do anyway, why don't we talk about how He Jun jumped from the top floor of the gallery? Uncle Yang, do you still remember?" Gu Ningwei stared at him with his dark eyes.
Yang Zhen pursed his lips tightly. "I don't know what you are talking about, Master Gu. He Lian was abroad at that time. I don't know anything..."
"Well, I remember now. You didn't know that you are uneducated. Why would He Guoliang send you to do these cultural things? He sent someone else. How could I have forgotten..." Gu Ningwei laughed sarcastically.
He stared at Yang Zhen's face and straightened his body when he saw him.
"I don't know what you said, Mr. Gu."
"Don't you know? Then I'll tell you..." Gu Ningwei smiled secretly and continued, "A long time ago, He Jun was in love with He Lian and helped her manage the gallery business. He accidentally found out that the He family was using He Lian's gallery to launder money. Large sums of money flowed in and out of the gallery. They also signed a large number of false contracts with so-called auction companies in the name of the gallery. He Jun was the legal representative of the gallery. He knew what all this meant, so he complained to He Lian and wanted her to stop it. He Lian protected her boyfriend and made trouble with you, which made you feel threatened, so you hired someone to deal with him. He Jun already had depression, and the He family father and son set him up, and he committed suicide by jumping off a building under coercion... Is that what happened?"
Yang Zhen's face was gloomy and he remained silent.
After waiting for a while, Gu Ningwei continued, "He Lian actually understands what's going on, but she doesn't dare to speak out. She can only act crazy all day long, paralyzing herself. Uncle Yang, what am I talking about?"
Yang Zhen glanced at him and said half sarcastically, "Mr. Gu, you've come to this point, and instead of considering your own situation, you're busy meddling in other people's affairs."
Gu Ningwei smiled. "My situation? What kind of situation will I be in? Uncle Yang, how are you going to deal with me?"
Yang Zhen remained silent for a long time. He looked up at the dark empty space outside the factory and muttered to himself, "It's very windy today. You're such a smoker, what if you accidentally set the waste gasoline in the factory on fire..."
Gu Ningwei stared at him without saying a word.
Gu Ningli opened her eyes wide in horror.
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