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Huo Tingzhen remained defiant, "Where did I lie to you?"
Jian Yu didn't answer, focusing on driving.
Just as the half-hour mark before I sent the message to Tiger arrived, the car had just reached a bridge.
The bridge is wide and the river is swift.
Even in the dark, you can feel an unusual speed.
The two glanced out the window at the same time. Huo Tingzhen rolled down the window and, taking advantage of the fact that there were no cars in the rearview mirror, threw his phone out the window.
The phone fell into the river, and there was no sound from the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, the two immediately turned back.
I found a parking space near the villa area where I had been renting during the day and parked.
Jian Yu cut to the chase, "Are you really the 19th generation head of the Huo family conglomerate?"
"..." Huo Tingzhen, "Naturally."
Jian Yu held up her phone and showed Huo Tingzhen her screen.
That was the information she found while resting at the villa.
It is also the only photo on the entire internet that has not been deleted.
A profile of a middle-aged woman with a dignified appearance and gorgeous clothes.
Huo Tingzhen's eyes suddenly widened, and she picked up the phone, asking, "Where did you find this photo?"
Upon returning, Huo Tingzhen saw the caption below the photo.
Huang Caiyun, the 19th generation head of the Huo family conglomerate, is the second wife of Huo Yunfei, the 18th generation head.
Huang Caiyun succeeded Huo An, who was exceptionally capable, supposedly because it was Huo Yunfei's dying wish, representing a reform and change within the Huo family conglomerate.
Whether Huang Caiyun can win over the public remains to be seen.
This is a small website that went out of business a long time ago, and I don't know how Jianyu found it.
"This website has been defunct for almost twenty years. This is a picture uploaded by someone before the website went bankrupt. It was a very small website with almost no attention. Its daily active users never exceeded one hundred. In the last year, it was only the founder himself. That's how it slipped through the net."
Huo Tingzhen handed the phone back to Jian Yu and shrugged. "She's my grandmother. The reason I said that was to make you think twice, to bet you wouldn't dare to easily offend the Huo family or inform bad people."
"Are you telling the truth? Are you really a member of the Huo family?"
Huo Tingzhen nodded, "Yes, that's me."
"There's nothing on your social media accounts that proves this."
"..." Huo Tingzhen, "Our family is different from others; there are some things we can't expose to the sun."
The Huo family is indeed powerful and influential, but they also have many enemies.
To protect family members, their information is kept confidential.
Huang Caiyun deliberately leaked this photo when she first took power, and she wasn't as careful as usual when she deleted it from the entire internet.
"On the surface, the Huo family's collateral branches only live in a few major cities. However, from what I understand, many relatives operate under the Huo family name, with businesses scattered across the country. Many of these businesses are shady. Someone from the Huo family is hunting down a woman. Who do you think she is?"
Based on Tiger's information, Jian Yu discovered that Tiger's superior was actually related to the Huo family.
Huo Tingzhen was speechless. He thought to himself, "How can this person's skills be so amazing?"
She chose to conceal the fact that she was afraid the other party would know that the people chasing her were from a branch of the Huo family and thus become cowardly and surrender.
Knowing that he couldn't hide the truth any longer, Huo Tingzhen finally confessed honestly, "You guessed right, I wasn't injured by an outsider, but by a traitor within our own family."
Jian Yu looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
The Huo family recently wanted to invest back in China, but this was met with opposition from their branch families in China.
The reason for the opposition is simple: they fear that their own family members will take back their rights.
That's why they thought of sabotaging the investigation and discouraging the owner from returning to invest.
Huo Tingzhen was in charge of this investigation and was also their target.
Unexpectedly, Huo Tingzhen was prepared, and their secret operation was exposed on the spot.
Therefore, he took a risk and tried to kill Huo Tingzhen.
They even found a scapegoat.
The biggest competitor of the Huo family in the country is Huangxi Group.
"Huangxi Group? What's the relationship between the surname Huang and your grandmother?" Jian Yu asked.
“My grandmother’s maternal relatives, by taking advantage of her status, became an equal force to the Huo family’s collateral branches in just thirty years.”
"That's not right. Since your grandmother was willing to let them use her influence, it means their relationship is quite close. If something happens to you, your grandmother and the others will definitely investigate thoroughly, and the matter of framing the Huangxi Group might be exposed?"
Huo Tingzhen remained silent.
Jian Yu looked at her, a bold guess flashing through her mind, "Are they trying to use this opportunity to bring your grandmother down?"
In order to bring Huang Caiyun down, they were willing to sacrifice Huo Tingzhen's life.
While searching for information about Huangxi Group, Jian Yu asked, "Among these two companies in China, are there any people your family trusts?"
"It existed before, but it's uncertain now."
"Then you'd better not contact them. Wait until your master sends someone to find you."
That's what Huo Tingzhen thought, which is why she followed Jian Yu.
Jian Yu glanced at Tiger's location; it had moved from the street outside the villa area to the villa they were renting.
The stay has already lasted for twenty minutes.
Huo Tingzhen peeked out and glanced at his phone. "They'll be going to that bridge to look for clues soon. When they get to the place where the signal disappeared, they might realize they've been tricked, but they'll never expect that we'd dare to come back."
Tiger and his group left the villa area and headed straight for the signal point, but faced with the rolling river, they were completely clueless.
The only recourse is to report truthfully to one's superiors.
The superiors are in a high-end club, with many important figures, waiting for their good news.
When I received the call, I thought the task was already completed.
I was just about to say a few words of praise when she got so angry that she started cursing.
"If you can't even handle this small matter, you might as well leave it to Lao Liu."
Sixth brother?
Was it the sixth brother who took Yu Yao away?
Jian Yu was surprised. The identity of Lao Liu was a mystery. Apart from finding that his name was Liu Shan and that he owned some entertainment clubs, he had not found any connection with the Huo family.
Tiger's voice became noticeably anxious, "Third Brother, although the mission wasn't completed, we found someone to help Huo Tingzhen."
"Is it the photo you sent me before?" Third Brother was quite excited.
"Yes, even though it's just a profile, it's enough to see her face clearly. Give me some time, and it won't be long before we find out who she is."
The third brother paused for a moment, then spoke again, "Contact the sixth brother. He has many connections; let him find someone faster."
Tiger didn't dare to argue, "Yes, Third Brother."
No one answered Lao Liu's phone, so Tiger had to call his men.
The person who answered the phone happened to be the one who was going to Times Square to deliver something to Jian Yu.
The other party chuckled when he received the call, "Sixth Brother just got his hands on a top-quality item yesterday, and he's really enjoying it right now! I don't have my phone with me, but I'll tell him when he comes out."
Yesterday, top-quality goods?
Jian Yu unconsciously tightened her grip on her phone. Could they be talking about Yu Yao?
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