In the moving car, Lin Shizhong was talking on the phone with someone.
"The recent clues should be collected and will not be moved during this period." Lin Shizhong said: "I know that the Gu family's people are coming, and they will not be exposed during this period. The situation in Beijing has not been simple recently. All the clues that can be collected should be collected to prevent the things here from involving there."
After he hung up the phone, he looked a little solemn, thinking of something, and a little angry.
If there had been no problems with the charity, why would he need to be so cautious and have already established that connection? Not only have some things been put on hold to avoid influence, but Chen's affairs are also plagued by problems. When he was using Chen in the first place, he had set up such a big scheme. It would have been a smooth process to let Chen go bankrupt naturally. Who knew it would turn out like this now.
He had inquired about the situation from Chen Jianhong many times these days. Chen Jianhong's attitude was similar to before, but in fact he was a little suspicious of him.
This feeling of being out of control made Lin Shizhong feel very bad... If he really couldn't control the situation at that time, he would have to give up some things and try his best to sink the giant ship of Chen's.
At this point, Chen can no longer stay.
Staying would have too much impact on them.
Lin Shizhong was silent for a moment, then asked, "What progress have you made in investigating Chen Qizhao last time?"
Upon hearing this, the assistant reported the investigation results in an orderly manner.
"How did you find him?" Lin Shizhong frowned. "Found by Chen Qizhao? How did he find him?"
"He wasn't discovered at first, but Chen Qizhao only thought he was a stalker in the school, so he beat him up and let him go." The assistant hesitated, and then said, "He was exposed because he was discovered by Shen Yuhuai from the Shen family. At that time, Shen Yuhuai was with Chen Qizhao, and he might have discovered that he was being followed. Afterwards, he directly contacted the school's security department and sent the person to the police station for processing."
Chen Qizhao and Shen Yuhuai are friends and have a good relationship.
Lin Shizhong knew this information. He had suspected Chen Qizhao once before, but he didn't find any problems with Chen Qizhao at that time. "So all the things are gone, and the person is exposed?"
The assistant looked embarrassed. "Although there are no photos, we learned from that person's oral statement that Chen Qizhao's recent schedule is similar to what we investigated before. Except for class time, he either hangs out with rich second-generations like Yan Kailin or occasionally goes to the company. Overall, there is no problem."
In other words, no other problems were found with Chen Qizhao himself.
"Where is the person he is dating?" Lin Shizhong continued to ask, taking the report paper from the assistant.
"It's still those rich second-generations, classmates from school who didn't get along well." The assistant continued, "Our people in the company can't move around very much, they are all closely watched by Chen Shiming, so we had to contact the person arranged by that gentleman. The other party said that Chen Qizhao has indeed been paid attention to by Chen Jianhong recently, but he has not been too involved in the management of the company. Instead, his assistant is more diligent in moving around."
"We also followed the clues he gave us to investigate this assistant. He has a simple resume and no other complicated interpersonal relationships. He is honest and capable. A lot of things have happened recently within Chen's company. It is said that Chen Shiming has taken a fancy to this assistant Zhou and plans to promote him. It seems that Chen Qizhao also quarreled with Chen Shiming because of this matter. It was very unpleasant and he has not been to the company for the past few days."
After the assistant finished explaining the situation, he looked at Lin Shizhong cautiously: "Boss Lin, this matter..."
Lin Shizhong scanned the people who appeared on Chen Qizhao’s network and asked, “Is he close to Qin Yunxuan?”
The assistant said, "It seems to be a plan organized by Cheng Rong of the Cheng family. Chen Qizhao has met Qin Yunxuan several times at drinking parties, and it is said that they have a good relationship."
"Keep watching." Lin Shizhong threw the report back to him. "Just because there are no problems now doesn't mean that people are right."
The Shen family was quite lively at night, and it was already very late when Mrs. Gu left.
Mother Shen and Father Shen went aside to talk about the Gu family. Shen Yuhuai left the living room and saw Shen Xuelan drinking in the balcony, so he walked over.
Shen Xuelan, who was wearing a suit, leaned against the railing, shaking the ice in the whiskey in her hand. Seeing Shen Yuhuai coming over, she said in a relaxed voice: "It's rare that you didn't leave early tonight."
“I’m curious about the Chen family.” Shen Yuhuai didn’t hide anything and said directly: “I want to ask you something.”
Shen Xuelan asked: "Have you been investigating the controlled object recently? Do you want to borrow someone from me?"
“There’s no need to borrow people. I have an idea.” Shen Yuhuai glanced at her, “I want to ask about the Chen family. Has the Chen family encountered any problems recently?”
"Ask about this? I can't say it's a problem, but something did happen at the Chen family. You also know about the aromatherapy incident a while ago. It wasn't made public, but people who should know about it also know about it." Shen Xuelan frowned and said, "Someone is targeting the Chen family."
Shen Yuhuai said nothing.
"You're asking because of Chen Qizhao, right?" Shen Xuelan raised her eyes slightly: "It's rare to see you interested in these things. When Yan Kaiqi returned to China to develop his career, you only asked some questions for him, but you seem to be doing everything for the Chen family yourself."
“Yeah.” Shen Yuhuai reached out and took the whiskey from her hand, and said in a flat tone: “Drink less.”
"You're so boring. I'll have my assistant send you the information about the Chen family later. If you're so curious, why don't you come to the company to work? Is your research useful?" Shen Xuelan snatched the wine back and said with a smile, "By the way, I'm in S City this year, and my dad is planning to hold a birthday party for you. What do you think?"
"Let's talk about it later."
Shen Yuhuai didn’t communicate too much with Shen Xuelan. Not long after returning to the room, he received a relevant email from Shen Xuelan’s assistant in his mailbox.
He downloaded the email and caught a glimpse of a photo album on the desk.
I don’t know when I took it out, but I never put it back after I finished reading it.
Shen Yuhuai opened the photo album, his eyes stopped at his younger self in it, and then he flipped back and saw the little kid standing next to him.
The Shen family and the Chen family have a very good relationship. Shen Yuhuai remembers that when he was eleven or twelve years old, he often attended parties with his parents. He had also seen children from other families, but the one who impressed him the most should still be Chen Qizhao.
Chen Qizhao was actually cuter when he was a child than he is now. He always had baby fat on his face and a small dimple when he smiled. He is the most outstanding among all the young children. Although he is playful, he is more like a little sun and often makes the elders laugh.
Shen Yuhuai had seen him from a distance several times and had always had a good impression of him.
When he just entered junior high school, the Shen family encountered some problems. For a period of time, he followed Shen Xuelan in the Chen family's car and stayed at the Chen family for a while, waiting until someone picked them up at night. Occasionally, if the situation was special, they would stay overnight at the Chen family. Shen Xuelan and Chen Shiming were classmates and often discussed homework together. There was a circle of people around them and they had no time to pay attention to Chen Qizhao, who was still a child.
So in the end, it was just his and Chen Qizhao's turn.
The place for studying was Chen Qizhao's bedroom. The table was very long. While he was reading on one side, Chen Qizhao was practicing calligraphy on the other side.
Shen Yuhuai didn't know when his relationship with Chen Qizhao improved. Maybe it was when the child handed him his homework book and asked a math problem in a low voice that day, and he noticed the child's clumsy approach.
The math problem that day was very simple, and he had seen Chen Qizhao do more difficult problems.
But he still patiently explained the question to him and left his handwriting on the other's clean book.
Once there is one, there will be two, and then three.
Chen Qizhao began to like talking to him, either asking questions, or being curious about what book he was reading, or taking him for a walk in the Chen family's garden.
Until later, the Shen family's affairs came to an end.
But he also went to study in another place because of his studies.
When they met again, Chen Qizhao had become a completely different person.
Shen Yuhuai retracted his thoughts, and a prompt box popped up on his phone, indicating that someone had replied to his message.
After Chen Qizhao arrived at school, he had some things to do. He first went to the counselor's office to fill out the leave note, and then sent it to the teacher. In the evening, there was another large class and a temporary spot check. When he returned to the dormitory after finishing his work, he noticed the message Shen Yuhuai sent him in the afternoon.
As soon as he replied to the message, Yan Kailin knocked on the door and said he wanted to go out and play in the evening.
"Brother, what time do we leave?" Yan Kailin came into the dormitory and said in a loud voice, "Cheng Rong said that everything is ready over there, and the group of people are just missing the two of us. If you had known that, you would have skipped that class. Didn't you say in the morning that you wanted to take a day off today?"
It is common for Cheng Rong to organize parties, and he has organized them more frequently in recent times.
When Cheng Rong invited him yesterday, Chen Qizhao did not refuse. After all, there might be several people following him now, and there were too many people who wanted to observe and track him. After all, he couldn't fall behind in the cooperation and performance.
But acting also requires skills. Doing it too often seems deliberate, and doing it too infrequently seems abnormal.
"Has the car called yet?" Chen Qizhao put down his schoolbag and walked to the closet to get some clothes. "I'll take a shower first."
"Yes, yes." Yan Kailin swiped his phone, "Everything is ready, waiting for you to take a shower."
Chen Qizhao: “…”
Yan Kailin was just about to say something else to Chen Qizhao, but just as he opened his mouth, he saw the bathroom door slam shut.
The things in the bathroom were placed randomly. Chen Qizhao put the things in his pocket on the sink, turned on the shower and waited for hot water.
The sound of the water splashing covered up the noisy Yan Kailin outside the bathroom. He stared at the water gushing out of the shower head in a trance.
The water was already hot. Chen Qizhao came to his senses and entered the shower room, soaking his hair.
After a while, a ringtone rang by the sink. Chen Qizhao came out of the shower with squinting eyes, wiped his wet hands on his dirty clothes, and opened his phone without even looking at it.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Are you busy?" Shen Yuhuai's voice came from the receiver.
Chen Qizhao was stunned for a moment, took down his phone and saw that it was Shen Yuhuai.
"It's okay." Chen Qizhao: "...Why did Brother Huai suddenly call me?"
Shen Yuhuai replied: “Can’t I call you?”
Chen Qizhao paused: "Sure, you can call me directly."
"I didn't get a reply to the information I sent you, so I called to ask." Shen Yuhuai's voice was normal. He had just said half of his words when he seemed to hear rustling sounds from the bathroom, "The sound from your end... are you taking a shower?"
"It's okay, go ahead and talk." Chen Qizhao paused after he finished speaking. After listening to the silence on the other end of the phone, he suddenly felt that his words were a bit strange, so he changed the subject and asked, "What information?"
In the room, Shen Yuhuai looked at the chat interface on the computer, but his mind was on his ears.
The boy's voice seemed to be covered by a layer of fog, and was a little hoarse amid the rustling sound of flowing water.
Shen Yuhuai did not hang up the phone, but said: “I have checked the information of aromatherapy controlled objects and sent it to you.”
"Wait a minute." Chen Qizhao turned on the speaker, put it aside, and went to the shower to rinse off some of the foam on his body.
He took a quick shower, turned off the shower, and then said, "I'm ready, you tell me."
A man's steady voice, mixed with a hint of smile, came from the receiver of the phone.
Shen Yuhuai said: “Actually, there is no need to rush. It is the market company that controlled the flow of goods that I checked before. I don’t know if you need it, so I will send it to you first.”
"Yes." Chen Qizhao pushed back his wet hair, "Thank you, Brother Huai."
He checked his phone and found that there was indeed a file sent by Shen Yuhuai in his VX.
At this time, there was a knock on the door from outside.
"How are you, brother?"
A voice came from the speaker, "Yan Kailin?"
"Well, he asked me to go out for dinner."
Chen Qizhao withdrew his thoughts and noticed that the call between them was still going on. "I'll look at the file later... Then I'll hang up?"
Shen Yuhuai hummed.
Chen Qizhao didn't move.
Shen Yuhuai asked, “Isn’t it hanging?”
"Hang up." Chen Qizhao hung up the phone, and the sound in the bathroom suddenly disappeared.
He wiped his hair with a towel, his eyes still fixed on the phone interface, his gaze slightly deepened.
Chen Qizhao tapped his fingers on the screen and looked at the name in the call log.
If it's not urgent...then why are you calling?
The door opened and Yan Kailin, who was leaning against the door, staggered twice.
Chen Qizhao looked at him, "What are you doing?"
"You didn't answer me just now." Yan Kailin asked curiously, "Who were you talking to on the phone just now? I seemed to hear you talking to someone."
Chen Qizhao threw the dirty clothes into the washing machine and picked up his coat. "You are hallucinating."
Cheng Rong’s pool party was held in his villa, which was quite a distance away from S University and a 40-minute drive away.
When I arrived at the place, I saw a lot of people, including many unfamiliar faces.
Chen Qizhao looked at the big cake near the swimming pool, frowned slightly and asked, "Is it Cheng Rong's birthday today?"
"It's not his birthday. Didn't he find a girlfriend a while ago? A little star, in the entertainment industry." Yan Kailin handed a glass of champagne to Chen Qizhao, and then said, "Today is his girlfriend's birthday. Didn't you see a lot of stars?"
The light by the swimming pool was not very bright, and there was a group of people mixed together. Chen Qizhao was not interested in other people's faces.
I did hear about Cheng Rong finding a girlfriend a while ago, but Yan Kailin always talks too much gossip, so whether Cheng Rong has a girlfriend or not has nothing to do with him.
Birthday... Chen Qizhao suddenly thought of something, but after a while, his attention was drawn away by other eyes in the venue.
The crowd is mixed and there are many unfamiliar faces, which means that there are people you don’t know mixed in.
Chen Qizhao shook his wine glass, his half-lidded eyes hiding other emotions.
At this time, Cheng Rong came over with his girlfriend to say hello.
Chen Qizhao came to his senses and looked at them.
Cheng Rong: "This is Mr. Chen I told you about before, my friend. Do you remember the popular drama before? He invested in it and made several stars famous."
Yan Kailin corrected: "It's called the heart's eye."
"Yes, yes, that's it!" said Cheng Rong.
The little star was indeed pure and pretty, and her face looked familiar. Chen Qizhao thought that he must have seen this person when he was watching the gossip magazine with Zhang Yazhi. He gave Cheng Rong face and raised his wine glass slightly.
When Cheng Rong took his girlfriend to walk around, more people came to say hello.
"I'd better not go over there and join in the fun. Let's stay on the sofa over there later." Yan Kailin was frightened when he saw the young people happily recording videos not far away. "Why do these people like to take pictures all the time? Are they here to drink or take pictures? It's really boring. Cheng Rong even told me that there was something fun."
"Didn't you deal with your brother before you came here?" Chen Qizhao clinked glasses with him.
Yan Kailin said: "Can I tell my brother? I sent him several photos before coming here. He probably thinks that I am studying with you in the dormitory now."
Chen Qizhao: "Where did you get the photo?"
"Last time I took the photo, I changed several angles and took photos continuously." Yan Kailin said, "Don't worry, it won't be exposed. I'll send it to you later to see if Brother Shi Ming has been watching you recently. You can use it to deal with Brother Shi Ming. It will definitely come in handy."
Chen Qizhao: “…”
Noticing Chen Qizhao’s look, Yan Kailin said dissatisfiedly: “It’s really useful. After I posted it last time, Shen Yuhuai gave me a thumbs up.”
Chen Qizhao paused, "He also liked your comment?"
"Well, I've added Chen Yuhuai as my friend, but I've rarely seen him on WeChat Moments. I thought he was the type who didn't bother to use WeChat Moments." Yan Kailin pulled Chen Qizhao away from the flashing lights over there, and said as he walked, "I didn't see him like my WeChat Moments before. Didn't I post that pretentious WeChat Moments before? Chen Yuhuai liked my post."
Yan Kailin occasionally likes to call Shen Yuhuai by his name in private. When he talks about this, he is very proud: "Sure enough, when dealing with people like my brother and Shen Yuhuai, only this photo can make them like it."
Chen Qizhao frowned slightly, "He gave you a lot of likes?"
"Of course, don't disbelieve it." Yan Kailin took out his phone, "He has liked my posts every day recently, take a look. Oh, yes, this one, it was liked immediately, I was shocked when I saw it, but he didn't leave me a message. I suspect he took advantage of my brother and checks my Moments every day to see if I'm out fooling around."
Chen Qizhao took Yan Kailin's phone and swiped it to see several Moments that Yan Kailin had recently posted, all of which had records of Shen Yuhuai liking them.
He lowered his eyes slightly, thinking of what Shen Yuhuai liked on his Moments a while ago, he threw the phone back to Yan Kailin, "It was posted very well, don't post it next time."
Yan Kailin: "Why? Isn't this quite effective?"
Chen Qizhao said coldly, "If your brother can't even tell that you wore the same clothes on your Moments for three consecutive days, then there is no need for him to return to China to develop."
Yan Kailin: “?”
Chen Qizhao added: "Of course, if your Yan family has only one naive son, just pretend I didn't say anything."
After he finished speaking, he took two steps and saw Yan Kailin stopped where he was. He looked at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"I deleted the day in between, so I don't wear the same clothes for three consecutive days." Yan Kailin quickly processed his Moments, "We'll change clothes and take two more photos when we get back."
Chen Qizhao: “…”
Yan Kailin said with some regret: "I took a lot of photos before, but now I can't use them."
"What did you take pictures of?" Chen Qizhao asked, "Let me see."
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It was past ten o'clock in the evening. The lights in the Chen family's study were brightly on. Chen Shiming stood in front of Chen Jianhong. Spread out on the table were all internal company surveillance photos, in which Chen Liyao's figure was very obvious.
Chen Jianhong finished flipping through the photos, his eyes darkened a little: "Apart from these, what else is there?"
"According to the current investigation results, Chen Liyao should be the spy planted in the group, but his department has little impact on us and is not conspicuous enough. In addition to following Xiao Zhou, he also passed by the 6th floor several times." Chen Shiming explained: "It is understandable that he went to the 6th floor because he needed to deliver documents to the 6th floor for work, but Manager Qi on the 6th floor is my focus. After discovering his problem, he checked the surveillance during this period and found that he had entered Manager Qi's office on the pretext of delivering documents."
"Your third uncle's family... forget it, let's follow your plan." Chen Jianhong said, "To be on the safe side, check all the projects that have been connected with your third uncle's family in recent years. If there is a problem with Chen Liyao, it is not ruled out that your third uncle is safe."
"I am arranging this matter, but there is one more thing..." Chen Shiming looked at Chen Jianhong, his tone slightly lowered: "I received a document from Qi Zhao a while ago, and then checked several companies in the South District. The Chen family started in the South District. I remember that the Chen family decided to develop in the South District because there was a municipal project in the South District at that time."
When Chen Shiming's grandfather was around, the Chen Group had only a dozen companies under its umbrella. Compared to the current group with nearly a hundred companies, the Chen Group was not so successful back then.
Later, the Chen family divided up their property and the brothers went their separate ways. What got to Chen Jianhong were Chen's businesses and assets in the South District. Relying on the foundation of the South District, Chen Jianhong developed rapidly, and taking advantage of the opportunities of that year, he made Chen's business bigger and stronger, so that now most of Chen's business is in the South District of S City.
"It is true. Why do you ask?" Chen Jianhong asked.
The reason for asking this question is naturally that he saw something in Chen Qizhao's documents.
Chen Qizhao's investigation is very purposeful. Once he sets his sights on a direction, he will investigate in that direction. Regarding the Southern District business, Chen Qizhao investigated what happened 30 years ago when the Chen Group was just beginning to develop rapidly, and also mentioned the overlapping assets between the Lin Group and the Chen Group.
Chen Shiming said: "There was something mentioned in the information I received, so I went to check in the group. It was difficult to find out the situation in the early years, but I learned a little bit." He followed up on this matter and found out that the Lin family had shown a trend of developing into the real estate industry as early as 30 years ago. It was just that at that time, due to setbacks in a certain project, the Lin family was not so lucky at that time and was almost dragged down by the investment in that project. After a rapid reorganization, they developed rapidly into the medical field.
After he told Chen Jianhong about this, he hesitated a little and said, "I think this is a bit strange. The Lin family has not touched the South District's business since then, but the projects found in the group show that the people behind these have been touching Chen's core business."
In other words, the Lin family seems to have nothing to do with the South District, but in fact they have been keeping an eye on the Chen family.
Chen Shiming asked, "Are you sure that the project of the Lin family in the South District is okay?"
"Not necessarily." Chen Jianhong's face darkened slightly, "At least not until Chen's comes into my hands."
The father and son talked in the study for a long time. When Chen Shiming came out late at night, his face was already a little tired.
Chen Shiming stood at the entrance of the study and glanced at the end of the corridor. The light in the villa was much less.
At this time, Chen Shiming's cell phone vibrated.
"Hello?"
Special Assistant Xu said: "Boss, the information from the South District has been integrated and sent to the mailbox. The rest..."
Chen Shiming walked out while talking on the phone, "I know, you've worked hard, go to bed early."
"There is one more thing." Special Assistant Xu hesitated.
Chen Shiming frowned, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"The Cheng family is holding a party tonight, and the second young master is going there." Special Assistant Xu said while paying attention to the boss's condition on the phone.
"You haven't returned to school yet? You..." Chen Shiming just started to speak and suddenly stopped.
Assistant Xu immediately understood the boss's intention and said, "If necessary, I will prepare a car to pick you up right away."
Chen Shiming suddenly said: "No need."
Special Assistant Xu: “?”
Chen Shiming was silent for a while, then pinched his brows and said, "...let him play."
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