After staying in the grilled fish restaurant for quite some time, Liu Sui and the others had to hurry back before the institute dormitory's curfew. When the time was almost up, they were already planning to leave. Chen Qizhao stood nearby. The hand that Shen Yuhuai had just held seemed to still be hot, making it impossible for him to tell whether it was the wound that was itching or the heart that was itching, so he could only focus his eyes on Shen Yuhuai.
"Yu Huai, don't you want to go back together?" Liu Sui asked.
Shen Yuhuai glanced at Chen Qizhao beside him, “You go first.”
After the people walked away, Shen Yuhuai said, "Then I'll take you back?"
Chen Qizhao nodded.
There was some distance from the grilled fish restaurant to the dormitory building, and the two walked side by side, just like they had done many times when they walked on campus.
When they reached the intersection, they did not take the road that was closer to the dormitory building. They didn't mention the hands that had been tightly clasped together in the grilled fish restaurant just now, nor did they mention any unspoken secret.
Everything seems normal, but at some point it becomes different.
But when they walked side by side, their hands would always brush against each other inadvertently.
Shen Yuhuai suddenly asked: "Why don't you touch it?"
As soon as Chen Qizhao stopped, he reached out to touch Shen Yuhuai's hand without thinking too much, but he failed to pull it, and instead accidentally pulled Shen Yuhuai's coat sleeve. His hand paused for a moment, and just as he was about to reach down to touch him, Shen Yuhuai's hand reached up from the bottom and caught his hand steadily.
The slightly cool fingers passed through his fingers and took his hand intimately.
Chen Qizhao slightly bent his fingers, passed through their gaps, and placed his fingertips on Shen Yuhuai's knuckles. The movable joints seemed to become more flexible under his fingertips, which was different from when he touched them.
The joints moved, the palms touched, and their hands were clasped together.
Chen Qizhao had never been in a relationship, and he was not moved by the gesture of young couples holding hands, but now his heart started beating wildly when he was hooked by Shen Yuhuai's hand.
The road seemed to go from long to short, and it seemed that it didn't take long before I arrived at the dormitory building entrance.
Shen Yuhuai loosened his hand slightly and instead held three of his fingers.
The feeling of being held tightly disappeared, and Chen Qizhao came back to his senses slightly, glancing at Shen Yuhuai from the corner of his eyes, and when their hands were about to loosen, he deliberately hooked his little finger in the palm of Shen Yuhuai's hand.
At this time, a low laugh came from the side.
Chen Qizhao tilted his head slightly and found that Shen Yuhuai was looking at him.
The hand they were holding loosened, and Chen Qizhao looked at him, "No more touching, next time."
Shen Yuhuai's eyes moved slightly downward, from Chen Qizhao's eyes to his lower eyes. He raised his hand to tidy up Chen Qizhao's hair that was messed up by the wind. When passing behind his ear, his fingers lightly touched Chen Qizhao's ear, "I have to go out tomorrow and probably won't be back for a few days. I have to pay for dinner on Wednesday first."
Chen Qizhao shrank his ears and asked in confusion: "Where are you going?"
Shen Yuhuai stared at Chen Qizhao's slightly red ears and continued, "I have to go back for something at school."
As curfew time approached, the dormitory manager shouted outside the door: "Students, are you coming in? The door is about to close."
"Good night." Chen Qizhao said.
"good evening."
The night was dark, and only after Chen Qizhao's figure disappeared did Shen Yuhuai look at the message on his phone.
There are several unread messages on the interface, some from Yan Kaiqi and some from friends in City B.
The matter of the three people who followed Yan Kailin in the school has been dealt with by Yan Kaiqi. He even contacted two bodyguards overnight to follow Yan Kailin to ensure Yan Kailin's safety at least during this period of time, so as to prevent the other party from taking other actions to threaten the safety of Yan's family.
Judging from the current situation, vehicle checks at the gate of S University will become more and more strict in the coming period, and there will be many students traveling on a daily basis, so it will be safer for Yan Kailin to stay in school.
There were some other messages in the phone, which were about the investigation commissioned by Shen Yuhuai in City B. He had limited connections in City S, because he lived and studied in City B all year round, and he had his own network and connections there.
The information Yan Kaiqi found was rather fragmentary, but it was not impossible to confirm the capital behind it. Based on the clues revealed by some of the information, it should be possible to track down the information of the capital behind the scenes. It just takes time and effort. So while Yan Kaiqi was investigating here, he was also in contact with City B to complete the information as much as possible.
In a sense, Yan Kaiqi had blocked his way once. The capital behind the scenes might not have noticed him yet. This was a rare opportunity for him. He had asked people in City B to find some clues before. Now he could go to City B to confirm. Perhaps he could figure out the context behind this matter. The limited time was also an advantage. At least make sure of what needs to be confirmed before the other party pays attention to him.
Shen Yuhuai sent a message to Yan Kaiqi, and Yan Kaiqi called him directly after a while.
"What did you say?" Yan Kaiqi asked, "You want to go back to City B?"
"The information I found in City S is limited, so a trip to City B will help me confirm some of the information."
Shen Yuhuai stopped and unlocked the vehicle directly, “Soon, I’ll be back next month.”
Yan Kaiqi frowned and said, "At this point in time... do you still want to investigate further?"
Shen Yuhuai: “It is because of this time that we have to continue investigating. There are too many people involved in this matter.”
The other party's attention is on the Yan family, so it is convenient for him to investigate secretly. It would also be a good thing if the other party noticed him at that time, as it would divert the attention of the behind-the-scenes capital from Yan Kaiqi.
Yan Kaiqi didn't quite agree. He trusted Shen Yuhuai's ability, but he was also worried about Shen Yuhuai's safety. "Can you do it alone?"
"Don't worry." Shen Yuhuai entered the car and continued, "I will tell Chen Shiming about this matter. I have informed him about the previous controlled items. Share our existing information with the Chen family. If it is really Lin's Medical, the Chen family can also be prepared to deal with it in advance."
Lin’s Medical is a big capital in City S. Even if it is not so powerful that it covers the entire city with one hand, it is still a behemoth.
Not only does he have to tell Chen Shiming about this, he also has to tell Shen Xuelan. If it really involves too many things, then they all have to be alert in advance.
Yan Kaiqi asked: "When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning." Shen Yuhuai replied.
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Shen Yuhuai left for City B the next morning and asked for a half-month long vacation from the research institute. When Chen Qizhao got the news, the other party had already got off the plane and sent him a message.
Even though they had just separated last night, Chen Qizhao had already started thinking about the next time they would meet, and he wasn't paying enough attention in class.
Ever since what happened last night, Yan Kailin has been ordered by Yan Kaiqi not to leave the school. Now he can only run between the teaching building and the dormitory. When he has nothing to do, he stays in Chen Qizhao's dormitory playing games. He is bored after only three days. Even games can't arouse his interest. He just starts watching TV series on his tablet.
Chen Qizhao ignored him, and taking advantage of Yan Kailin's opportunity, he also turned down some cocktail parties and began to investigate what Shen Yuhuai said that night.
Gu's is a large group with many businesses. Chen Qizhao had checked this before. On the surface, there is no business cooperation. If we start from the institutions mentioned by Shen Yuhuai and check the intersection between Gu's and these institutions, we can find that these institutions have had some interest transactions with Gu in recent years. These accounts are ostensibly about the sale of medical products.
In fact, it is hard to say whether it is clean or not, because Lin Shizhong’s accounts are not clean.
It was difficult to investigate the Gu family, but it was a piece of cake for Chen Qizhao to investigate Lin Shizhong, especially when he already had some evidence. It didn't take him long to find the connection between some of Lin Shizhong's dirty accounts and the several institutions mentioned by Shen Yuhuai.
Coincidentally, when he was investigating Chen Jianting's family before, he found that several of Chen Jianting's properties were resold to set up laboratory institutions, and some of these institutions overlapped with the ones investigated by Shen Yuhuai. Not only that, Chen Shiming also followed the line of Chen Liyao and found a part of Chen's business that was used by Lin Shizhong, and also found a small part of Lin Shizhong's hidden assets.
It was like a thread that suddenly connected Chen and Lin Shizhong, and secretly pointed to Gu Zhengsong.
He could probably guess why Lin Shizhong was determined to bankrupt the Chen Group. Some things were difficult to destroy, and the only way was to make the Chen Group completely non-existent. Only then would Lin Shizhong's dirty accounts not be exposed through the Chen Group. He had been using the Chen Group to make profits for a long time, and in the end he wanted to destroy the Chen Group along with all these traces.
Chen Qizhao felt that everything was about to be connected, but there was still some direct evidence missing.
If the context of this matter is completely clear, it will be enough to use it to prevent Lin Shizhong from getting up completely and spend the rest of his life in prison. Not only that, he can also follow this line to bite Gu Zhengsong, making Gu Zhengsong also deeply trapped in the vortex caused by Lin Shizhong, defeating part of Gu Zhengsong's forces, and sending Gu Zhengxun to a high seat.
A good chess game.
As Chen Qizhao was thinking, he continued to look through the information he had collected in the past, trying to find some clues from it.
After a while, his secret mailbox indicated that he had received an email. He clicked on the email and found that he had asked someone to check Gu Shen's recent information summary.
But when he saw the photo at the back, he suddenly stopped.
He saw a car, a car similar to the one in the photo evidence provided by the driver Lao Lin.
Chen Qizhao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately made a phone call. As soon as the call was connected, he asked, "Whose car is in the photo on P14 of the third document?"
When Flowered Shirt received the call, he paused for a moment, then immediately looked through the photos in the file. When he saw the car, he immediately called the younger brother who was responsible for tracking it. After asking clearly, he replied, "This car is not Gu Shen's car, but the car of a local friend who is good friends with Gu Shen. That person has a good relationship with Gu Shen. He may be Gu Shen's tour guide when he came to S City. He is often seen taking Gu Shen to various places in the local area."
"Friend? Tour guide?" Chen Qizhao's voice was slightly low: "So this person is often with Gu Shen?"
"Yes, during this period of time, when my people were following him, they often saw Gu Shen with him." The man in the flowered shirt continued, "This man is the son of a local wealthy businessman, a few years older than Gu Shen. He is usually well-behaved and has no other gossip."
Chen Qizhao sneered in his heart, was he a tour guide who was trying to deceive others or a driver who picked up Gu Shen? You never know.
Although Gu Shen now appeared in S City for "travel", before Gu Shen was noticed, he might have been in and out of S City many times. The similarity of the vehicles cannot be a coincidence, which means that Lao Lin’s photo may be indirect evidence pointing to the relationship between Lin Shizhong and Gu Shen, or the madman mentioned by Lao Lin may be Gu Shen himself.
But considering Gu Shen's cautiousness, how could Lao Lin notice him?
Or are there some unclear details? According to this inference, what is the relationship between Gu Shen and aromatherapy?
Chen Qizhao found the photo that Lao Lin had confessed to, took a screenshot of the man standing next to the car, and sent it directly to the other party's email address. He continued, "I just sent you a silhouette of a man. Check if there is anyone similar to him around Gu Shen."
The man in the flowered shirt said ok, then thought of another thing: "By the way, Boss, the Gu family should have some big moves in the next few days."
Chen Qizhao asked: "Have you sent the email I asked you to send?"
"Don't worry, boss. I set the timer according to your arrangement. It should have arrived in Gu Zhengxun's mailbox by now." The man in the flowered shirt said a few more words. The person on the other end hung up the phone after hearing the news. He hung up the phone angrily and said to the younger brother next to him: "Boss is really arrogant. He never talks to me."
The younger brother said, "Boss, I rarely see you want to chat with people so much."
"Hello, Mr. Jin." The man in the flowered shirt glanced at the mountain of information around him. At least from the information he had so far, he didn't know who was behind this big charity patron. The other party had done a good job of confidentiality, and dared to blindly trust him and pay such a high amount of money at once.
It would be strange if he wasn't interested in a person like this. "But in our line of work, the most important thing is to protect the boss's privacy. Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
The younger brother responded and said, "But there are really a lot of people investigating the Gu family recently."
Hearing this, Flowered Shirt took a document and began to read it, agreeing, "That's true. With a large capital like theirs, it's normal for their every move to be noticed."
But this is not a bad thing for him. With more people to investigate, he would not attract attention if he wanted to fish in troubled waters and dig up big news. "Oh, now it's time to check if there is such a person around Gu Shen."
Floral shirt pointing at the photo on the computer screen.
The Gu family in City B.
In the bright study, Gu Zhengxun was talking with a few confidants. The jadeite taken from the Chen family was identified and confirmed to be the one that was lost by their Gu family that year. The news about the necklace had already been spread. Some old antiques in the Gu family attached great importance to this necklace. In two days, they would be able to go to the bank to get the assets belonging to the necklace.
Not only that, this necklace is also associated with the support of some people in the Gu family who have always been neutral.
This necklace was an unexpected gift, adding an extra chip to the winning situation between him and Gu Zhengsong.
"Now that the necklace issue has been settled, Gu Zhengsong should take some countermeasures during this period. The old man is about to retire, so he won't give up so easily. He should have a backup plan." The confidant suggested, "How about we take the initiative in this matter?"
Gu Zhengxun said: "It really needs to be done."
They must strike first. In the current situation, they are afraid that Gu Zhengsong will go crazy and throw out some evidence that is unfavorable to them. Only when Gu Zhengsong has no intention of paying attention to this side can they maintain their existing advantages more steadily and gradually attack Gu Zhengsong. So when the necklace identification results came out, Gu Zhengxun had already determined the next arrangements, but he did not expect to receive an anonymous email.
Attached to the email was a document about Gu Zhengsong.
But these things seemed to be human narration, without any evidence attached to them. The other party seemed to know what Gu Zhengsong was doing and the current situation of the Gu family, and even reminded him of some of Gu Zhengsong's potential arrangements. At first glance, he thought the person who sent the email seemed to be dictating some ambiguous arrangements, but the more he read, he found that some of the descriptions overlapped with the information he had investigated, and he began to care about the authenticity of the information.
Anonymous, unsubstantiated, and verbally narrated information.
"Then according to our original plan, we will start with Gu Zhengsong's business..."
The confidant was halfway through his speech when he was suddenly stopped by Gu Zhengxun.
Gu Zhengxun said, "No, let's do something else first."
In the elegant room filled with the aroma of tea, a landscape ink painting hangs high above the mahogany chair, and a curved white cigarette burns in the quaint incense box next to it.
The young man in casual clothes picked up the teacup and poured hot tea.
When Lin Shizhong walked in, his eyes fell on the young man not far away. He gave a look to his assistant, and then everyone else in the room left, leaving only him and the young man.
"Were you the one who started the Yan family's affairs?" Lin Shizhong sat down and spoke frankly.
"I didn't do anything. I wanted to teach Yan Kaiqi a lesson. Smart people should close their eyes and not investigate things that they shouldn't investigate." The young man pushed a teacup in front of Lin Shizhong. "Yan Kailin's luck was better. I originally wanted to break one of his legs."
Lin Shizhong looked at the tea in front of him. The man in front of him was a madman. This time, the Yan family only found out the surface, but he calmly threatened the other party with the safety of Yan Kaiqi's brother. If the other party really found something important, he had no doubt that this man would directly attack Yan Kaiqi.
Ever since he started doing business with this man, he knew how ruthless he was. An illegitimate child who looked ordinary on the surface, actually held so much power in secret. This man had been enduring for many years, and he was cruel and crazy, and would use any means to achieve his goals.
The young man, Gu Shen, said, "Do you know how he found out?"
Lin Shizhong paused and asked: "How do we check?"
"He found out about Lin's organization and followed the clues to me."
Gu Shen looked at Lin Shizhong and said, "You didn't do it cleanly. The fire has spread to my side."
Lin Shizhong frowned when he heard this. The affairs of the organization have always been secretive, and it is not even under his name and has nothing to do with him. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to trace it back to him, let alone find out other things through him. "It can't be a problem on my side."
"Whether it's your fault or not, if the fire in S City gets bigger, it's not good for you or me."
Gu Shen continued: "Whether it was leaked from you or not, now that things have come to this, we should think about how to clean up this mess."
Lin Shizhong frowned and said, "Let's handle it according to our original plan."
At this time, Gu Shen suddenly threw a piece of information on the table and said in a deep voice: "Then tell me what's going on?"
Lin Shizhong flipped through the information and his face changed drastically when he saw the content. "Impossible, how did Gu Zhengxun get that necklace!?"
"Then I want to ask you, why didn't the matter of the necklace be handled cleanly." Gu Shen looked at Lin Shizhong coldly. In order for the necklace to come to them legitimately without being criticized by those old antiques in the Gu family, Lin Shizhong had guaranteed this matter. However, the auction encountered problems. In order to preserve the internal layout of the Chen family, this man let go of the necklace and gave it to the playboy Chen Qizhao. He didn't have to have this necklace. It would be best if he could get it. If he couldn't get it, he couldn't let this necklace interfere with their plans.
As a result, the necklace now passed through the Chen family and into Gu Zhengxun's hands, completely ruining the situation.
The hidden interests and assets behind this necklace were far more than he expected. They were originally in an advantageous position, but because of this necklace, all of it was gone.
Lin Shizhong was still explaining the matter of the necklace.
Gu Shen was no longer interested in listening.
"I have almost finished the Sun family's affairs. The rest is up to you." Lin Shizhong heard that the necklace issue was beyond redemption and knew that he could only deal with the situation in S City.
Gu Shen asked: "When?"
Lin Shizhong said: "Early next month."
"It's been too long. I don't have the patience."
Gu Shen looked at him, "Mid-month."
Lin Shizhong's face darkened slightly, "Okay."
The two talked for a few more words, and Lin Shizhong didn't want to stay any longer, so he left quickly.
Gu Shen was the only one left in the elegant room. He poured himself a cup of tea and was very disappointed with Lin Shizhong.
Before, he thought that Lin Shizhong was easy to get along with and easy to use, but during this period, the Chen family's layout was in chaos, the Sun family had trouble, and now the necklace incident was all because of the incident on Lin Shizhong's side, so the fire fell on his side... This man is smart, but too cautious. If he had been a little more ruthless at the beginning, there would not be the current situation.
It's impossible to check the person thoroughly... Gu Shen thought about the jade necklace that was bought by Chen Qizhao at the charity event, and the things that happened during this period, which were all related to the Chen family. He was very suspicious of Chen Qizhao and mobilized a group of people to follow Chen Qizhao. He even went there in person to confirm whether Chen Qizhao was acting.
But he didn't see the problem, but he didn't rule out the possibility of acting, but the possibility was too low.
Chen Qizhao is only of college age, and his past social circle is a mess. He found out that the things that happened before were too real. If Chen Qizhao was really acting, then when did he start? If a young man who is not very experienced in the world acts more realistically than those old foxes who have been in the business world for years, then he is so smart that he is almost a demon.
Besides, this matter is unacceptable.
If Chen Qizhao was really capable, would he have allowed the Chen family to fall into the current situation... ?
Gu Shen was just thinking about it when someone suddenly walked in from outside the elegant room.
The man's face turned pale, and he slowed down his pace when he saw Gu Shen, "Sir, something happened in City B."
Gu Shen paused holding the teacup and looked at him with a frown: "What's the matter? About the necklace?"
"It's not a necklace." The man looked at Gu Shen cautiously and handed him the phone.
"There was a problem with the group's internal system this morning. Someone maliciously used the company's internal system to send out a notice." The man's voice weakened a bit. "The notice stated your relationship with Mr. Gu... Now the company is saying that you are an illegitimate child."
The teacup in Gu Shen's hand shattered with a snap, the fragments scratched his hand, and his face instantly became gloomy and terrifying.
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