That night, she still didn't sleep well and woke up many times.
When she woke up again at around seven o'clock, she was no longer sleepy, so she simply threw off the quilt, got up, washed, and changed her clothes.
When going downstairs, Shang Boyu was sitting at the dining table, typing on his mobile phone. He looked focused and serious, with a hint of smile at the corners of his eyes.
Meng Sheng felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
Seemingly familiar.
Oh, it’s just like the sweetness that comes from chatting with each other between the lines when you are in love.
There was also a long period of time like this when she was in love with Shang Boyu.
But now, she was watching him chatting with another woman like this.
My heart still felt stabbed hard, but the pain was surprisingly not as intense as before.
"Ma'am, you are awake. Good morning."
Aunt Zhang's voice pulled her back from her long memories.
She looked dazed for a moment, then smiled faintly, "Well, good morning."
Shang Boyu raised his head and saw her with a gentle expression. The tenderness in his eyes disappeared unconsciously. He put his phone on the table, stood up and greeted her, asking with concern, "Why did you wake up so early today? Don't you want to sleep a little longer?"
"I can't sleep."
Meng Sheng smiled, walked over to sit at the dining table, and drank some soy milk. "Yesterday, Mom said that the half-year dividend of Yueqifang will be deposited into our account next month."
"How many this time?"
Meng Sheng held up three fingers. Shang Boyu paused, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, "So many?"
She couldn't tell the truth from his expression, so she could only test it and nodded gently, "Yesterday I told mom that we didn't contribute much to Yueqifang. We invested three million at the beginning. Now the money has been recovered. I feel a little guilty about being the legal representative and receiving the bonus all the time."
"What did Mom say?"
"She told me to take it."
"Then listen to mom. When you took three million, it was no different from an investment. Now that the beauty salon is making money, you, as a shareholder, should receive dividends. Don't feel any psychological pressure."
His tone was natural and calm, without any sign of strangeness. After he finished speaking, he picked up a shrimp dumpling for her.
Meng Sheng opened his mouth, but knew that saying more would be futile, so he just nodded slightly, ate a small fried dough stick, drank soy milk, and never ate the shrimp dumplings he had picked up.
Shang Boyu was observant and noticed it, so he asked, "Do you still have a poor appetite recently? You used to love shrimp dumplings the most."
"It's okay, I just think soy milk with fried dough sticks is the best this morning, for a change of taste."
Shang Boyu glanced at her, his eyes filled with unpredictable emotions.
It's hard to see through.
Meng Sheng smiled calmly, "What's wrong?"
"After the exhibition at the art museum is over, I'll take you out to relax and see where you want to go." Shang Boyu said distressedly, "Look how tired you are after this exhibition. How about I find someone to help you take care of the art museum? That way you don't have to work so hard."
Meng Sheng was stunned for a moment, remembering the text message yesterday saying that Yu Qionghua coveted the Yisheng Art Museum in her hands.
What about Shang Bo Yu?
They are mother and son, is he also plotting against her?
Meng Sheng didn't dare to think too much. As soon as she thought that the person sleeping next to her for years was a vicious wolf, her heart and body trembled uncontrollably.
She suppressed her thoughts and smiled, "No need. The people around you are all in the financial circle. They definitely don't know much about the art world. Don't waste your talents. Just take a break and you'll be fine."
Hearing this, Shang Boyu did not insist any more, nodded, and instructed, "You must focus on your own body. Nothing is more important than your body."
"Yes, I know."
It has rained for several days in a row, but the sky in Beijing is still cloudy today.
After breakfast, she watched Shang Boyu drive to the company. Just as she turned around, her cell phone rang: [Take the contract signed with Yu Qionghua to find Pei Sui. He will help you.]
Meng Sheng glanced at the line of text, his eyes slightly deep.
Who is the owner of the text message?
She and Pei Sui were just strangers before this incident, and their friendship is not deep even now.
How did she/he determine that Pei Sui would definitely help her?
Just because he's a lawyer?
She couldn't think of an answer, so she put away her phone and went upstairs to take out the contracts she had signed with Yu Qionghua last year.
When these contracts were signed, she read them carefully and found nothing unusual.
After thinking about it, she didn't even put on makeup and drove straight to Suixing Law Firm.
When she arrived, she happened to see Pei Sui getting out of a silver-gray Bentley. She quickly lowered the window and called out, "Pei Lu."
Pei Sui paused and turned around, and a plain and beautiful face was reflected in his deep and dark eyes.
Meng Sheng quickly got out of the car, locked it, and walked up to him. "I have something important to ask you."
Pei Sui saw her serious expression and nodded, "Come to the office."
After entering the office, Pei Sui took off his coat and asked calmly, "Coffee or tea?"
"It will be all right."
After the assistant understood, he nodded and left. Not long after, he brought a cup of black coffee and a cappuccino.
Pei Sui was looking at the three contracts she brought with him at this time. He read them very carefully, not missing any clause or word.
After a few minutes, he said, "The contract is fine."
Come to think of it, the more genuine the contract is, the less suspicious she will be.
Meng Sheng pursed his lips and asked carefully, "What if this store has been operating illegally and I, as the legal representative, have no idea about it and was deceived into being the legal representative? If the store is investigated later, will I be held responsible?"
"What kind of illegal operation?" Pei Sui frowned slightly.
Meng Sheng loosened his clenched fist. "I suspect that Yueqifang has an underground floor, where Yu Qionghua organized the silver-selling activity."
"Basement floor? Selling silver?" Pei Sui's eyes darkened, and he stroked slowly with his fingers, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"How did you find out?"
"Yesterday I went to Yueqifang for skin care and accidentally saw a lady touching a man's chest muscles and entering an invisible elevator, which went directly to the underground floor."
"Just because of this?"
"This...isn't enough?"
"Did you get any evidence?"
Maybe it was because the man's eyes were too sharp, leaving no room for evasion. She could only lie under the pressure, "I was so shocked yesterday that I didn't have time to react and forgot to take a photo."
She only has that text message now, but she must make Pei Sui believe her, because only he can help her!
She is now standing on the edge of a cliff. As long as Yu Qionghua touches her lightly, she may fall into the abyss at any time.
"You invested three million as initial capital?" Pei Sui's fingers tapped lightly on one of the shareholder agreements.
"When she wanted to open this store, she said she didn't have enough funds, so the three million was equivalent to a loan from me. Afterwards, she said that in order to thank me, she would also return the three million to me, so she gave me a shareholder agreement and a corporate contract."
She regarded Shang Boyu as her closest person, and since Yu Qionghua treated her like her own daughter, she naturally would not be on guard against them.
Yu Qionghua took advantage of her trust.
Now that I think about it, it was really stupid.
She pulled the corners of her lips in self-mockery.
"Is there an IOU for the three million?"
Meng Sheng opened his mouth, shook his head, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
If it cannot be proved that the three million was borrowed from her by Yu Qionghua, then she, as an investor and legal person, must be involved.
"Have you ever participated in business decisions? For example, board meetings, signed documents to set up a beauty salon, etc.?"
Meng Sheng shook his head. "No, I didn't participate in the selection of the location and decoration of the beauty salon, the purchase of various instruments, recruitment, and business planning. For the entire beauty salon, I only gave the initial capital of 3 million, the legal representative she gave me, and... the dividends every six months."
“How many times have you received dividends?”
"Only once so far." Meng Sheng said, "The second time will be next month. I also learned from her yesterday that the dividends for the past six months are three million."
"Your mother-in-law is quite a smart person as a nominal legal representative."
Yu Qionghua is certainly smart and good at disguise.
That gentle, kind and beautiful face could make Shang Yizheng, the head of the Shang family, run around in circles.
She was also deceived by Yu Qionghua.
If he was not smart and had no skills or means, how could he have successfully brought his son back to Shang family? On the surface, he seemed to be suppressed by Guan Rong and her son, but in fact, he had already held Shang Yizheng's heart tightly in his palm.
Just for this reason, she will not lose.
Meng Sheng's throat was a little dry, and the voice that came out was a little hoarse, "If I want to remove this nominal legal person now, what should I do?"
"Consult with the person in charge and shareholders of the beauty salon to terminate or cancel the store. Second, exercise your legal person rights and file a complaint or report to the industrial and commercial department to prove that you did not actually participate in the operation and management of the company. Third, collect evidence and sue the court. You need to provide sufficient evidence to prove that you were deceived and prove your claim."
Pei Sui spoke slowly, his voice still clear and cold, "But given your current situation, none of these three methods are suitable for you. What you need to do now is to collect evidence."
Meng Sheng just felt that his brain was a little confused, his thoughts were messy, and he couldn't grasp anything.
"So where should I start now?"
"Get the beauty salon's regular customer list, planning documents, text messages, emails, transaction records and videos. And you need to produce evidence that you were completely unaware of. The beauty salon staff, the underground staff, their evidence is crucial, or... a recording, a recording of Yu Qionghua personally confirming that you were deceived."
"Organized silver selling like this, targeting many wealthy ladies in Beijing, will be a big deal once it's exposed. If the funds involved are huge and the impact is bad, the person in charge will be sentenced to more than ten years in prison or controlled."
"Therefore, the evidence of your ignorance will play a crucial role in whether the court will hold you accountable in the subsequent lawsuit."
It was rare to hear Pei Sui speak such a long speech. Meng Sheng lowered his eyes and digested every word in his mind.
Yu Qionghua would definitely keep this kind of thing secret and not let her know.
So where should she find a breakthrough?
Just as I was thinking about it, my phone rang with a text message again: [Yueqifang evaded taxes worth 7.6 million. ]
After reading it, Meng Sheng felt a chill in his heart. Whether it was holding a socialite training class without the approval of the Education Bureau or selling silver, now there was another case of tax evasion.
This is undoubtedly putting her, a legal person, on the fire.
Her face turned pale, and the hand holding the phone could not help but tremble. "If Yueqifang evades taxes, will I still be punished after reporting it?"
Pei Sui glanced at her hand without leaving a trace, "Yes."
He put down his coffee cup and added, "But the tax authorities will decide based on the severity of the situation. If you are not the one paying the tax, and you are unaware of the situation, and you are the whistleblower, then you can be exempted from punishment in this case."
Meng Sheng's tense heart finally relaxed slowly when he heard his cold and indifferent voice.
"Yueqifang evaded taxes?"
She pursed her lips and tightened her grip on the phone, "I don't know, I just suddenly thought of it and asked."
Pei Sui said 'hmm' nonchalantly, "If that's the case, I suggest you go to the tax bureau to check. Use yourself as bait and catch them off guard, and the truth will naturally be revealed."
This is indeed a reverse approach.
It doesn't have any impact on her, maybe she can find out something and get some evidence.
After her heart, which was about to jump out of her chest, calmed down, she prepared to get up.
But the phone received another text message: [Don't go out! He Xian's mother played mahjong with Yu Qionghua! Don't let her see you! ]
There was a hint of doubt in Meng Sheng's eyes.
He Xian’s mother?
There was a knock on the office door, and his assistant came in and nodded, "Pei Lu, Mrs. He is here."
Pei Sui looked at the time on his watch.
This Saturday is the trial of He Xiang's case. It was originally scheduled for last week, but the trial was postponed because the person who stole the pen was caught.
He looked at Meng Sheng, and his indifferent and direct eyes probably meant to send him away.
Meng Sheng asked one more question, "Is she He Xian's mother?"
"Do you know him?"
Meng Sheng's heart tightened, and he stood up quickly. "She knows me. Not only do I know her, but Yu Qionghua also knows her. I can't let her see me here, otherwise she will tell Yu Qionghua and it will be all over. Is she downstairs or outside?"
Assistant, "It's outside."
"Then... is there a place to hide?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she looked around and found that his entire office was spacious, bright, and simple enough to be clear at a glance.
Two floor-to-ceiling windows, a wall of bookcases, an office desk and chair, a set of sofas, and several pots of green plants.
There are no unnecessary ornaments or corners to hide in.
She looked at Pei Sui for help. Pei Sui met her bright eyes for a few seconds, then looked away calmly and turned to walk towards the desk.
Finally, he stopped at the wall to the right behind the desk and swiped it lightly. A fingerprint recognition appeared in the wall. He placed his finger on it, and the invisible door in the wall slowly opened to the left.
"Go in."
Meng Sheng was shocked and took two steps forward with his eyes wide open. "What is this?"
Pei Sui leaned lazily against the wall, "Lounge. Not going in?"
"Oh... come in." Meng Sheng touched his nose unnaturally and walked in without looking around.
The lounge is quite large, but still very empty, with only a bed, a wardrobe, and a matte bathroom.
Just as she finished looking around, the door opened again. Pei Sui held the cup of cappuccino she had drunk in one hand and several contract documents she had brought with her in the other.
Meng Sheng was stunned and quickly took it, "Thank you."
Pei Sui glanced at her, said nothing, and closed the door.
Meng Sheng stood at the door holding the things without moving, and heard a slightly vague conversation outside.
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