Qi Nuan wasn't sure if what Gu Hui said was true, and her expression remained calm.
Gu Hui returned to his seat, but was still observing Qi Nuan's reaction.
"It seems that Miss Qi will not hand over Qi Meng."
"If we can confirm that you, Vice Chairman, are not a danger to her, it's not impossible to meet in a safe place in the future."
Qi Nuan looked straight at him. She had also seen many big scenes with her father, so her tone was neither humble nor arrogant.
"It's great that Miss Qi is so sensible."
Gu Hui returned to his pretentious attitude at the beginning.
"Please make sure Qi Meng looks for it. If she hid it... do you think I'd let go of someone who has a will that could be used against me?"
As he laughed and threatened, Qi Nuan's disgust towards this "Vice Chairman Gu" deepened.
"As far as I know, the Gu family currently has only one heir, you, the Vice Chairman. How can you be so sure that this will is against you?"
After saying this, Gu Hui's expression darkened noticeably, but he just stared at her coldly without answering.
Qi Nuan continued, "Let's take a step back. Without the secret key, the new will can't take effect. Wouldn't it be more to your liking to execute it according to the old will? Qi Meng hasn't even heard of this matter, and she doesn't need any inheritance. There's no need to go through so much trouble, right?"
"Heh..." Gu Hui suddenly sneered, "According to what Miss Qi said, I was originally planning to wait until the new will could no longer take effect before reactivating the old will."
"That's not great." Qi Nuan continued, implying why he came to see her.
"But, someone suddenly reported to me that Lu Yin, a man who doesn't like women, suddenly stepped in to help a little celebrity hide some negative news, and even brought her own sister directly into his home."
Gu Hui glanced at Qi Nuan jokingly: "The suspect is stuck with another suspect. How can I continue to wait leisurely?"
Another suspect is Lu Yin?
He is the young master of the Lu family and does not have any deep business dealings with the Gu family. Why should Gu Hui be on guard against him?
Qi Nuan's confusion was not fake. She had not been with Lu Yin for long, and besides, their relationship was not the kind where they could really discuss private information intimately.
"Oh, maybe the old man did a lot of bad things when he was young, and now that he's old, he suddenly has a change of heart and wants to make amends."
Gu Hui murmured, looked down at the phone that was ringing with a message, and suddenly stopped expressing his feelings.
"Miss Qi, please go back and persuade Qi Meng. If she can transfer the key to the will to me as soon as possible, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
Then he didn't wait for Qi Nuan's reaction and waved at the front seat.
The tightly closed car door opened and Qi Nuan got out.
The two cars quickly disappeared from view and she walked along the sidewalk toward the company building.
Did Old Man Gu give Qi Meng the key to his will? Maybe he even left her an inheritance?
Why did he?
Or did Qi Meng lie to him and their relationship was actually very close?
Qi Nuan was in a mess and wanted to call Qi Meng to confirm.
She took out her cell phone and suddenly thought that since Gu Hui could monitor her whereabouts, he could probably also trace the calls she made.
She walked quickly into the office building and headed for the conference room where she knew there was a pay phone.
This is an old-fashioned card-operated landline phone that was once used to connect the company with its overseas branches many years ago.
It has not been dismantled and replaced yet, but because the boss's grandfather praised it when he came to inspect, this antique was kept as a mascot.
Qi Nuan knew it worked because one day during lunch break, she was bored and bought a pre-paid card to try it out. It actually worked.
The most important point is that because its line is independent of the company's line and uses prepaid cards as a payment method, it will not usually be counted as a call by the administrative department.
After locking the door of the conference room from the inside, Qi Nuan took out the phone card he had brought from his office and inserted it.
She called her grandmother's landline.
Maybe the person was not nearby, Qi Nuan called twice but no one answered.
It wasn't until her third try that the phone rang twice and the other party picked up the phone: "Hello."
It was Qi Meng's voice.
"I'm Qi Nuan." Qi Nuan introduced herself. "Is there anyone else around you now?"
"Sister! Aren't you at work now? What's wrong? Do you have something to talk to me about?"
Qi Nuan guessed that she was probably being forced to write by her grandmother, and her tone brightened when she heard that there might be a chance for her to interrupt.
"Are there any other people around you?"
Qi Nuan was also anxious, so to be on the safe side, she confirmed it again.
"No, grandma and aunt were in the study downstairs helping the kids with their homework. I just ran back here to answer the phone."
After getting the answer, Qi Nuan looked around cautiously again.
After confirming that there was no one outside and the conference room's surveillance equipment was turned off, she quietly asked, "Qi Meng, did Mr. Gu tell you about his will before he died?"
"Will? I'm not his heir, why are you telling me this?"
Qi Meng's expectation of going out was dashed, and he felt that his sister's question was inexplicable.
"Did he ever give you any gift? It looks like a secret key or something like that?"
"What is this? Sister, you are so weird, what are you talking about?" Qi Meng was completely speechless and muttered.
Qi Nuan sighed and decided not to beat around the bush with her sister anymore: "Today, Mr. Gu's heir, Gu Hui, came to me and said that you took something important that would prevent him from inheriting the throne, and asked me to hand you over to him."
"What did I take?! I've only met Old Man Gu a few times. We just got along, and he was a bit friendly to me. I haven't accepted most of the expensive gifts he gave me. Didn't we already agree on this? Why is he still holding on to me?"
My sister has a simple and explosive personality, but I don’t know how she has been able to stay unscathed in the entertainment industry for three years.
"I believe you, but I've said before that others won't believe me."
Qi Nuan knew this would be the result, and the reason she told it was mainly to scare her and make her stay at home and not go out.
"Well, listen to me. For the time being, try not to go out and don't answer calls from outsiders. If I need to talk to you, you'll call me on the landline. I'll find time to go to your apartment and look around. Maybe there's something you haven't noticed."
"Okay, these past two days I found that it's quite good to cultivate my character with grandma. Sister, you should also be careful." Qi Meng immediately changed her words.
After hanging up the phone and putting away the card, Qi Nuan put the phone back where it was.
She wiped off the fingerprints on it with a tissue, then opened the door and hurried to her office.
Fortunately, Qi Meng was different from her and Qi Jun. She had been timid and fearful since childhood. Qi Nuan's two words made her give up the idea of coming out.
Judging from the information she had previously investigated about the Gu family, Qi Nuan didn't dare to imagine what extreme actions the narrow-minded heir would take for the huge wealth.
Although she was very upset, she couldn't really just walk away. She had promised her mother to protect her sister.
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