The bracelet returned to Meng Fuyan's hands, and everything became clear in her mind. Gu Tingzhi had been very busy lately. He had been delayed for a few days, but had accumulated a lot of work. Now he was extremely busy, making money every day, and was even adept at playing the US stock market.
Meng Fuyan stayed by his side the whole time, watching him make money one transaction after another, and her heart trembled a little.
If some business tycoon were reborn, she wouldn't doubt such an operation at all, but Gu Tingzhi isn't!
She remembered that in his previous life he was a genius, knowledgeable in politics, military affairs, history, strategic planning, even weapons and economics, but she didn't know the exact extent of his knowledge.
Now that she has seen it with her own eyes, she realizes how terrifying it is.
Finance is definitely not his strongest area of expertise, so what is he good at?
Meng Fuyan has been extremely busy lately. On one hand, she is torn between the fact that Gu Tingzhi is so capable that she would easily be exposed if she stayed with him for too long, and whether she should run away. On the other hand, she is also torn about whether she can actually escape even if she wants to.
She also had to work with her mother to study the Meng family's side branches and the Su family's businesses, devise plans to deal with them, and take care of her mother's health, including her diet and daily life.
This kept her very busy.
While things were gradually getting back on track, things were in complete chaos at the Su family's place.
When Mrs. Su woke up that morning, she opened her eyes and saw a bloodstained dagger on her bedside table, which immediately terrified her and made her faint.
When she woke up again, she learned from the maid's words that Meng Suqin and Meng Fuyan were both gone, and the earring she had been longing for was also gone.
"What do you mean? She took it?"
The housekeeper lowered her head. "Madam, we found no trace. There's no one left in the backyard. The mother and daughter just vanished. Apart from the missing earrings, nothing else is missing from your bedroom. It must have been Meng Fuyan who took them."
"Impossible!" Madam Su roared angrily. "How could a teenage girl like her enter my room so quietly without leaving a trace? And Meng Suqin, she's sickly and has trouble walking, who took her away? Isn't there always someone guarding the backyard? Who took both of them away without anyone noticing? Are you all dead?"
"Alright, what's the point of you cursing them? They were clearly prepared. Both the earrings and the dagger are a warning to our family."
The one who spoke was Su Cheng, the current head of the Su family.
Su Cheng was busy with work in another city. He only rushed back after hearing that Meng Suqin's daughter had come to Gotham City. He didn't expect to hear this news as soon as he got home, before he even saw her.
They gave her the earrings and then took them back, and even left her a bloodstained dagger. It seems this girl knows everything the Su family has done.
The key issue is that the Su family hasn't figured out her background yet.
Su Cheng, now middle-aged, has been in charge of the Su family for many years, and he is truly dissatisfied with the current state of the Su family.
The world abroad is too big, too big for them to handle. Their past glory in Shanghai did not extend here; the way things are done here is completely different from what they do in China.
He longed for the Su family to regain its former glory, but unfortunately, despite his efforts over the years, he failed.
"Send someone to look for her and contact the collateral branch of the Meng family. That girl has traveled a long way to find her mother, so she will definitely contact the Meng family. The Meng family should know. Once they get in touch, have the Meng family arrange a meeting between the two sides to clear up the misunderstanding."
Madam Su was shocked. "What do you mean? We're supposed to take the initiative to beg for peace? Where does this lackey get the audacity?"
In Madam Su's eyes, the Meng family was always the same as they were back then, servants who could be beaten, scolded, or even executed by their masters at will.
How could you expect a mistress to beg for peace with a servant?
Seeing her expression, Su Cheng sighed inwardly. How could he not feel pain seeing his former servant now more powerful than himself? But what could he do?
That's just how times are; times have changed now, and he can only accept reality.
"Stop talking. It's true that the Meng family ancestors were our servants, but that all ended after we left the country. I've heard that the Meng family has done very well since returning to their ancestral home; they've become local tyrants. And Meng Suqin is indeed a shrewd businesswoman, she..."
"What local tyrant? A servant is a servant, and a servant's offspring is still a servant. Letting her live in our house is already giving her face. What could she possibly complain about?"
Madam Su absolutely could not accept the rise of the Meng family. In her eyes, those people were lowly and would always be slaves.
Only in this way could she barely offset the cold reception she received in Gotham City.
Seeing her stubbornness, Su Cheng frowned, quite displeased. Looking at the housekeeper in front of her, Su Cheng scolded Madam Su, "Shut up! What kind of talk is that? Even if they are servants, they have been with our Su family for many years. Times have changed. Whether in China or abroad, they are no longer servants. They are just people we employ, receiving wages and doing their duties. Many people in our family have served our Su family for generations. If I hear you say such things about them again, don't blame me for being impolite."
After finishing his pleasantries, he said to the housekeeper, "You can go out now. Madam is angry. I'll talk to her."
The housekeeper quickly withdrew.
Even if Madam Su was foolish, she still had some sense. While the housekeeper was present, she didn't refute her husband's words. Instead, she waited until the housekeeper left and the door closed before saying, "I wasn't talking about her. I was talking about the Meng family, them..."
"You can't keep calling me 'servant' all the time. It's just that things are different now, madam. Times have changed. If you can't keep up, you'll get into trouble sooner or later."
“These people have been with our Su family for decades, and they are around us all day long. If they have bad intentions, it will be impossible to guard against them.”
Seeing that although she was still somewhat unconvinced, she had at least taken it to heart, Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and didn't say anything more, instead continuing with the Meng family's affairs.
"The Meng family is indeed good at business. Even when Meng Suqin was so ill, she was still able to help the Su family and the Meng family out of their predicament. If she were in good health, she would be even more useful."
In the past two years, the development of the Su family and the Meng family's branch has been largely thanks to Meng Suqin. If it weren't for the fact that Meng Suqin's health has been deteriorating recently and she doesn't have much time left, he wouldn't have risked putting her under house arrest.
They just wanted to squeeze every last bit of value out of her before she died, and then take over her assets after she was gone.
Unexpectedly, a daughter suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Previously, Meng Suqin had no relatives, so it was perfectly legitimate for the Meng family to take over her business. However, now that they have a daughter, things have become more complicated.
Madam Su said unwillingly, "So many properties are about to be in our hands, we can't let a little girl take them away."
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