Chapter 8 She Runs, He Chases
When Zhou Baoyi was about to run away, Wen Rongsheng also knew about the news.
He was on a business trip in Singapore recently. Although the place is not far from Hong Kong, it is a foreign country after all, and news does not spread that quickly. It was his eldest daughter Wen Jiaqi who called him and he knew something was wrong.
But when he first received the call, Wen Rongsheng actually didn't take Wen Jiaqi's words to heart.
Since he became the richest man, those media have been stalking outside his house. When there is news, it's okay, but when there is no news, they will make up a few news stories -
according to those unscrupulous media, he has been cuckolded more than once in these years? Among his children, Jialiang is not the only one who is said to be a bastard.
If he didn't think it was a loss to sue unscrupulous tabloids, he would have sued those people long ago.
So after Wen Jiaqi finished speaking, Wen Rongsheng just said in a light tone: "Okay, I understand."
Wen Jiaqi on the other end of the phone was unwilling: "Then what? Daddy, aren't you going to come back to deal with this matter?"
Wen Rongsheng smiled and said nonchalantly: "It's just fake news published by an unscrupulous media. It's not worth it for me to put down my important work and rush back to deal with it."
"How can this be fake news! The newspaper even published a photo of their family of three, and there is a paternity test!" Afraid that Wen Rongsheng did not realize the seriousness of the matter, Wen Jiaqi deliberately emphasized, "Daddy! Aliang is definitely not your biological son!"
Hearing that there were photos and paternity tests, Wen Rongsheng frowned slightly, but when he heard the last sentence, disbelief began to prevail again.
Although he always said "a harmonious family brings prosperity", he knew in his heart that the wives were not harmonious, and the children had their own thoughts. Among them, the second and fourth rooms were the ones that had fought the most fiercely in recent years.
They all had male offspring, so the heir would definitely appear between these two rooms.
This was also Wen Rongsheng's idea. He was old-fashioned and valued sons over daughters. He never wanted to hand over his property to his daughter and change her surname to another one in the future.
But seeing the second and fourth rooms fighting so fiercely, he was also annoyed in his heart.
If Jialiang was older and had graduated from college, he would be happy to see such a scene. The business world is like a battlefield, and men cannot keep their foundation without being ruthless.
But Jialiang was too young. He was only eight years old and still a child. He started fighting so early, and Wen Rongsheng was afraid that something would happen to him.
He had already lost a son and didn't want to lose a second one.
Therefore, after hearing Wen Jiaqi's final emphasis, Wen Rongsheng quickly defined this call - his eldest daughter, who was superficial, was the first to come for the second wife.
Wen Rongsheng's voice became serious: "I have my own considerations on this matter. Instead of worrying so much about your mother's family, you might as well spend more time on Yongkang."
Wen Jiaqi shouted at the top of her voice: "Dad!"
"I have something else to do, hang up!" Wen Rongsheng didn't intend to continue listening to her nonsense, and hung up the phone after she finished speaking.
However, Wen Rongsheng received a "consolation call" from a friend right after he hung up his eldest daughter's phone.
It was said to be a consolation, but in fact the other party was making fun of the fact that he liked being a father. After all, they said they were friends, but they were also business competitors, and they had done a lot of things to flatter each other at work.
If Wen Rongsheng could still think calmly after receiving the call from Wen Jiaqi, he couldn't help it after being ridiculed by his old friend.
Wen Rongsheng first called the leader of the public relations department and vented his anger. He received two calls in the morning, but there was no response from the public relations department. What was going on?
At the same time, he called his assistant and asked him to contact the chairman of the Newspaper Dealers Association in person to quickly remove the newspaper. At the same time, he arranged for someone to check which entertainment company the entertainment newspaper belonged to and who was the boss behind the scenes. If necessary, he would directly sue.
After arranging these things, Wen Rongsheng felt relieved and picked up the phone to call Zhou Baoyi.
The phone rang seven or eight times but no one answered. While waiting, Wen Rongsheng's eyebrows gradually raised. After hanging up the phone, he called home again with a gloomy face, asked housekeeper Xu to answer the phone, and then asked her if Zhou Baoyi was at home.
Knowing that Zhou Baoyi had gone out to the gallery early in the morning, Wen Rongsheng went to her room to look for her phone and found that it was not left behind. He had to call the gallery.
The call was answered by the gallery manager. After hearing Wen Rongsheng's question, he replied tremblingly, "Mrs. Zhou came to the gallery today, but she left after a short stay, but..."
"But what?"
"Just half an hour ago, Mrs. Zhou called me and said she was in urgent need of money, and asked me to transfer funds to her."
Wen Rongsheng's heart sank, "What does she want the funds for?"
"I don't know. She is the owner of the gallery and said she needed money, so I had to transfer money to her!" Wen Rongsheng reacted, "Mr. Wen, did something happen to Mrs. Zhou?"
Wen Rongsheng did not answer. He directly hung up the phone, and his expression became gradually gloomy.
Maybe half a minute, or maybe two or three minutes later, he suddenly stood up from the sofa, raised his foot and slammed the coffee table in front of him, making a "bang" sound.
The assistant who had just finished a phone call and walked to the door heard the sound, and hurriedly knocked on the door, asking him what was wrong.
Because of anger, Wen Rongsheng's cheek muscles trembled. After an unknown amount of time, he finally calmed down his breathing and shouted: "Come in!"
After the assistant entered the room, Wen Rongsheng quickly issued an order: "First, contact the Hong Kong Customs and airport personnel, and be sure to stop Zhou Baoyi for me!"
"Second, contact Wen Jialiang's school teacher to see if he is still in school!"
"Third," Wen Rongsheng took a deep breath, "book a ticket back to Hong Kong for me, immediately!"
...
[Zhou Baoyi knows the news! 】
【She and Qian Jiaming had a violent quarrel! 】
【Ah! They are going to run away! 】
【Zhou Baoyi transferred all the funds of her gallery, together with the money in her own account, to Qian Jiaming's overseas account! 】
While Wen Rongsheng and Zhou Baoyi were playing the drama of her running away from him, Wen Yue was lying under a sun umbrella by the swimming pool of the mansion, drinking juice and looking at the sea, and following the live broadcast narrated by the system.
Hearing this, Wen Yue couldn't help asking: 【Why did she transfer all the money to Qian Jiaming? Wasn't her overseas account opened in her own name? The system replied: [
She has an account in her own name abroad, but Qian Jiaming said which accounts she has, and your dad knows them all. If you transfer money to her account, it will be easy to be traced.]
[So what if they find out? Those accounts belong to Zhou Baoyi personally, and Wen Rongsheng can't freeze them all. And with Wen Rongsheng's wealth, even if he transfers the money to Qian Jiaming's account, he should be able to find it if he wants to, right? It's just a matter of time. If you don't want to be tracked, the best way is to take the cash with you, but Qian Jiaming didn't suggest doing so.]
The system checked the data and said: [...That's true.]
[So, I think there is something wrong with Qian Jiaming. Either he wants to take the initiative after going abroad, or he doesn't want to take Zhou Baoyi away at all. 】
【But they did go together,】 The system denied Wen Yue's guess and said, 【They went to the school to pick up Wen Jialiang, and now they are leaving for the airport, preparing to buy tickets to the United States together! 】
Wen Yue shrugged: 【That means it is the former. 】
Anyway, she thinks Zhou Baoyi did this too stupidly. As the saying goes, "People don't separate until they die." Although this saying is not so applicable to couples, for Zhou Baoyi and Qian Jiaming, a couple whose interests are more important than their feelings, it is true that whoever holds the money can take the initiative.
However, Wen Yue didn't have a good impression of Zhou Baoyi, and she didn't feel sympathy when she saw her doing stupid things. After expressing her opinion, she closed her eyes again.
About forty minutes later, Wen Yue heard the system scream in her mind: [Ahhh, there are your daddy's people at the airport! So many of them!]
Wen Yue immediately became excited: "Wow! Is Wen Rongsheng here?"
[His plane will land in half an hour!]
"Then won't he be able to see his mistress with her lover and illegitimate child as soon as he lands?" Wen Yue opened her eyes and said excitedly, "Exciting!"
[That's right, but...] The system paused for a moment, and suddenly raised its voice and said, [Qian Jiaming found your daddy's people, and they are preparing to leave the airport!]
When she heard that Shura Field was gone, Wen Yue hurriedly asked: [Where are Wen Rongsheng's people? Have they found Zhou Baoyi's family of three?]
[Probably not, they were driving Qian Jiaming's car. 】
【After so long, Wen Rongsheng didn't even get Qian Jiaming's license plate number? 】Wen Yue looked incredulous, 【Where is the richest man? He doesn't even have this ability? 】
If the system had a body, it would definitely twitch its lips when it heard this. It was silent for a while and said: 【Our world is a period novel, not a bloody and domineering president novel~】
【Well, the extravagant life of the rich always makes me forget this. 】Wen Yue was helpless and asked again, 【Did Zhou Baoyi and the others run away? 】
【If they ran away, they planned to take a boat to the Bay Island and then find a way to transfer in Malaysia. 】
Without a show to watch, Wen Yue relaxed, squinted her eyes and asked: 【How much melon-eating value do I have now? 】
【To date, 78,227,】The system took the opportunity to ask, 【Do you need to exchange the melon-eating value for life value now? 】
Wen Yue laughed and said, "Well, wait a little longer, no rush."
Before she earned the melon-eating points, Wen Yue was eager to extend her life points, but after she had the melon-eating points, she was not so anxious. She still had more than 20 days to live, and it would be in time to redeem it in half a month.
Half an hour later, the system once again broadcast the latest developments of Zhou Baoyi's family of three: [They're at the pier.]
[They bought the tickets.]
[Ahhhh, your dad's people are here! Wen Jialiang is crying too loudly, he's going to be discovered!]
[Fuck! Qian Jiaming abandoned Zhou Baoyi and her son and ran away alone!]
A "Fuck" made Wen Yue feel the shock of the system. After being bound to the system for several days, this was the first time she heard the system swear.
Wen Yue was very calm: [What did I say just now? It has come true now.]
[It has come true.] The system said in a tangled tone, [Host, how do you know Qian Jiaming will abandon Zhou Baoyi and her son? He looks very honest, not at all like someone who would abandon his wife and children at a critical moment.]
[There is a saying in our country that goes, 'You can't judge a book by its cover.' People who look honest are not necessarily really honest. Even many serial killers, after being arrested, people around them would say that they usually look very honest, and they don't look like that at all.]
[So, we can't judge people by their appearance?]
[That's right!] Wen Yue nodded, and asked again, [What happened to Zhou Baoyi and Wen Jialiang?]
[They were caught, and the car is heading to Taipingshan.]
[Ah! They arrived, but the location was not 36 Barker Road, but your daddy's other house in Taipingshan, wait! 】
Wen Yue asked: [What's wrong? ]
[Someone is investigating Dongjiang Newspaper, it should be your daddy's people! What should I do? He must know that you are behind it! ]
Wen Yue didn't like the system's words, and said with an unhappy face: [What do you mean by behind it? If it wasn't me, he would still be cuckolded. ]
The system thought so before, but in addition to improving its ideology and morality in the past few days, it also read a lot of data on human interaction and learned that there is a saying called "family shame should not be made public."
And according to the relevant information about Wen Rongsheng circulated in the outside world, the system thinks that Wen Rongsheng is such a person who is too obsessed with face.
To confirm this, the system later said: [Based on the analysis of existing data, your dad would rather be cuckolded than have all the citizens of Hong Kong know that he is cuckolded and likes to be a father.] As
soon as the system finished speaking, Wen Yue's cell phone, which was placed on the coffee table next to her, rang.
Wen Yue picked up the phone, stretched out her hand to block the light to look at the small screen on it, saw the word "Daddy", raised her eyebrows and said, "Speak of the devil, he will appear."
The system screamed, "Ahhh, he must be here to settle accounts with you!"
Wen Yue's face was not worried at all, and she answered the phone directly: "Who?"
"You dare to ask who I am? I'm your dad!" The middle-aged man's irritable voice came from the phone, "Get back here!"
"Where to?" Wen Yue deliberately asked, "The house where you keep a concubine, or the villa where you interrogate your girlfriend?"
Wen Rongsheng on the other end of the phone was instantly enraged, and his voice suddenly raised: "Wen Yue!"
"I know, I know, the house where you keep a concubine, right? I'll go there now." After Wen Yue finished speaking, she didn't give Wen Rongsheng a chance to speak again, and directly hung up the phone.
Wen Rongsheng on the other end of the phone was not interested and did not call again. Of course, he might have already entered the villa and was busy settling accounts with his cheating wife, so he could not take care of Wen Yue for a while.
However, after Wen Yue hung up the phone, the system said angrily: [It's over! Your daddy is already angry, and you irritate him so much, he will definitely not let you go! ]
[How will he not let me go? Kill me? ]
The system paused: [That won’t happen. Your dad is a serious businessman and doesn’t kill people.]
[Will he sever ties with me in a fit of rage?]
[Probably not. He has been increasing his investment in the mainland in recent years, and his cooperation with Yi Huai is mainly focused on this aspect. You are the link between them, and he definitely doesn’t want to sever ties with you.]
[So, he doesn’t dare to kill me, and he doesn’t dare to sever ties with me. What’s there to be afraid of?]
Wen Yue spread her hands and said without any guilt: [Also, although I made his wish to be a father public and made him lose face, I also have my own difficulties, okay?]
The system asked doubtfully: [What are your difficulties? 】
【Given Wen Rongsheng's desire to save face, he would have chosen to keep a low profile if he knew about this privately. He would not kill anyone, but he would probably drive Zhou Baoyi and her son away. When the media in Hong Kong heard the news, how could they not make all kinds of conspiracy theories, thinking that he was so cold-blooded that he didn't even care about his own son? 】
【The reputation of being a father who likes to be a father is not much better than
being cold-blooded and ruthless, right? 】 【Why is it not much better? Being a father who likes to be a father will gain sympathy, but being cold-blooded and ruthless will be criticized! 】
Wen Yue said righteously: 【For his reputation, I have been so worried about it, but not only did I not get any benefit, but I might also be misunderstood as someone who was fighting for wealth. Am I the kind of person who would exclude dissidents for tens of billions of dollars? 】
This... the system really can't answer, mainly because it doesn't have the data of Wen Yue before she crossed over, and the time they spent together was too short, so it's not sure what kind of person she is.
【For this cheap thing, ah, not my biological father's reputation, I don't even want my own reputation. My filial piety is simply moving! But he, not only doesn't understand me, but he also called me to yell at me. I'm so sad! 】
Wen Yue wiped the non-existent tears from her eyes and sighed, "Oh, it's so hard to be a filial daughter!"
System: [...]
What the host said seems to be fine, but why does it always feel that something is wrong?