"..."
I shut him up with one sentence.
A crowd gathered around us, and not wanting to attract attention, I glanced back at Su Shenglin and said, "Let's go."
Su Shenglin nodded, but stopped when we walked to Gu Yanqing's side.
"Young Master Gu, instead of spending time reminiscing about the past, you should pay more attention to your own affairs," Su Shenglin said with a faint smile, offering a kind reminder.
Gu Yanqing turned around with a serious expression and stared at Su Shenglin.
"Let's go, there's no point in talking to him." I pulled Su Shenglin along and left first.
After leaving the venue, I looked back and, not seeing Gu Yanqing, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sheng Lin, what did you mean by what you just said—did you find out there's something wrong with the Gu family's project?"
Otherwise, he wouldn't have reminded Gu Yanqing to "pay more attention to his own family affairs."
Su Shenglin nodded: "We found out, and it's more serious than you initially said. But since it's the Lunar New Year, I thought we should let them enjoy the holiday first, so we haven't exposed it yet."
"More serious than I described?" I couldn't help but wonder. "How serious could it be?"
"The Gu family's 'Yunshang Xitang' project had problems at every stage, from winning the bid to the final acceptance. You mentioned that a murder occurred during the project, which was later 'smoked out'—the so-called 'smoked out' meant they paid hush money, moved the family members to another city, and threatened them not to speak out or return to Jiangcheng. The murder was not an accident at all, but caused by unpaid wages. Workers went to demand their wages, a conflict arose, and during the scuffle, someone was pushed off a high-rise building."
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