If there really is a problem with the ancestral home, she might not even believe Long Wu and the others; she would have to find a way to investigate herself.
However, tonight was not a good time; going now would easily alert the enemy. She suppressed her restlessness and carefully analyzed the current situation.
From the perspective of maximizing benefits, anyone who can cooperate with the K Consortium, which is Su Bei, must want to gain benefits from them. If it is Bai Chou, he is the most likely candidate. However, even if Bai Chou makes a move, it will be too late. Rather than attacking Grandpa Xia, it would be better to kidnap him. Based on the situation at the scene, the truck driver had murderous intent.
In particular, Bai Chou himself was kidnapped by the K Group. He's not that smart to play the role of kidnapping himself, and he also doesn't have any source of funding.
Unless someone wants to use Bai Chou's disappearance as an excuse to benefit from the crackdown on the higher-ups, Su Bei is a very good person at hiding himself, and at the same time, he is very ambitious. She always felt that the kidnapping was very strange, because why would he risk being discovered to do it himself? It would be better to wait until after Old Master Xia was attacked and then appropriately show a sense of companionship.
Unless, kidnapping her wasn't part of his and his collaborator's plan.
The image of Su Bei's earnest expression when he said, "I'm protecting you," flashed through her mind.
Assuming he wasn't lying, and the Bai family falls and Lu Yan rises to power, the most likely threat is...
She suddenly had a guess.
The system in her mind said, "System, I remember in the original story, Lu Yan was killed by Old Master Lin. After Lu Yan's death, the female lead Lin Tongtong and Lu Xun inherited the Lin family and the Bai family together. The Lin family was the biggest winner."
"That's right, after all, Lin Tongtong is the female lead," the system replied.
"What about Lu Yan's research findings?"
"It's confiscated, it belongs to China."
"The Lin family and the Bai family are the left and right arms of China. Bai Chou alone can threaten the person above him for so many years. Lu Yan's talent and popularity are far greater than Bai Chou's. Old Master Lin used to be indifferent to Bai Chou, but he has shown closeness to Lu Yan both in the original story and now. In ancient times, powerful officials would avoid each other. How much more so in today's society where personal relationships matter. Do you think it's possible that the Lin family or the person above him is using this to their advantage? No, it's unlikely that the person above him is the most reasonable guess. The Lin family is the most reasonable guess."
Xia Yixin immediately sent Long Wu to secretly visit the Lin family. At the same time, she also had Zhao Jing, who had been moved to a safe house, investigate the Lin family's background, including their recent entry and exit records, their open and covert financial transactions, and so on.
Sure enough, they found some clues.
Zhao Jing reported on the phone, "Sister Xia, at least tens of millions of US dollars have gone missing from the Lin family's accounts. On the surface, Old Master Lin said he bought a Warring States Cup, but there have been no auctions of anything like it recently. Strangely, Old Master Lin has been keeping a low profile lately, and he even sent Lin Tongtong abroad, and even threatened that he would not allow Lin Tongtong to return to China."
Lin Tongtong is not allowed to return to China?
The original novel never mentions that Lin Tongtong has ever been abroad. Could it be that the world has changed due to global integration?
The system quickly objected in her mind: "Impossible! One of the main storylines takes place in China. The main god would not allow such a big deviation. Even if the worlds merge, only minor characters would disappear or have accidents. A female protagonist like Lin Tongtong has the protagonist's halo. She would not have such a big deviation unless it was done by someone!"
Human intervention?
Who could possibly have such great ability?
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Jing didn't get a reply from Xia Yixin. After hesitating for a moment, she still told her about her investigation: "Sister Xia, although you didn't want me to investigate the K Group, I checked the satellite positioning and on-site surveillance at the scene of Grandpa Xia's car accident. I found that they were all blocked. But the problem is, the method of blocking the signal is very similar to the hackers you asked me to help with a while ago... You may not know, but every hacker has their own unique methods and habits. I've cooperated with that person a few times, so I've studied him in detail."
The only person she had ever concealed from Zhao Jing's identity and gotten Zhao Jing to cooperate with was Lu Yan.
Lu Yan?
How could it be Lu Yan?!
It is now late at night.
Lu Yan had just left the most central power conference room in China.
It was the same conference room that Xia Yixin had visited before. He had just signed documents transferring all of the Bai family's assets, personnel, and appointments.
At the same time, to express his attitude towards him, the person above also gave him a blank check in private, which he could fill in for any amount.
The white-plated military vehicle carrying Lu Yan stopped after driving for a short while.
At this moment, in a small, unfinished park square, stood the clan heads who could cause a major earthquake in China with a stomp of their feet. However, they all looked less energetic than before, and some even had injuries.
Of course, Grandpa Xia was missing.
The group of elderly people, whose average age was 60, left the meeting room specifically to meet with Lu Yan outside in order to find out his next move.
The first to lose his composure was Old Master Qin, but fortunately, he dodged the attack thanks to his excellent martial arts skills.
He snorted, "You're quite the schemer, acting so quickly. I'd like to ask you a real question: are you involved in our attacks?"
Lu Yan pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes narrowing slightly behind the lenses. "Mr. Qin is joking. It wouldn't do me any good to hurt you. Bai Chou hasn't been caught yet, has he?"
The heads of several clans stared intently at Lu Yan, trying to discern something from his expression, but unfortunately, Lu Yan remained calm and composed.
To be honest, they didn't have any evidence, but years of habit had given them a vague sense of crisis.
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