Chapter 228 Doubting the Truth of the Matter
If anyone's words are untrustworthy, it must be Shen Qingzhou. He's using this method to pique her interest; I wonder what tricks he's up to.
Han Xi ignored him and pressed the elevator button. Shen Qingzhou walked up and said, "Aren't you curious why I spent ten years abroad and then suddenly had to come back to China to fight with Shen Jiheng for assets?"
Han Xi rolled her eyes at him, thinking how shameless he was to say such a thing.
"Of course it's because you're insatiable."
Shen Qingzhou waved his hand: "No, if I were really greedy, I wouldn't have waited until now. I was really forced into this situation. I told you, all my overseas funds have been frozen."
The elevator doors opened, but Han Xi had no interest in talking to him and stepped inside.
However, Shen Qingzhou said with great confidence that she knew Han Xi would definitely come out obediently.
He said in a loud voice, "The guy who harmed me is from the Bo family, your good friend Bo Siye!"
As expected, Han Xi quickly reached out to stop the elevator from closing, then stepped out and looked at him incredulously.
Shen Qingzhou still had a victorious smile on his face. He knew that Han Xi would definitely be interested.
Han Xi frowned, and it took her a while to recover.
"You just said that the person who harmed you was Bo Siyue? Are you deliberately framing me, or is it true?"
Shen Qingzhou laughed and said, "Why would I frame him? This is the truth. You don't seem to know that our Shen family and the Bo family have a deep-seated hatred."
Han Xi frowned more and more. She had heard the old lady talk about the grudges of the older generation, but it didn't amount to deep hatred.
Moreover, Grandpa Bo didn't hold the matter against her anymore. Could there be some inside story she doesn't know?
Shen Qingzhou gestured for him to follow and walked ahead first, saying leisurely, "This Bo Siye has a close relationship with your aunt. If you want to know, follow me, or you'll miss your chance."
Every word Shen Qingzhou said this time was explosive for Han Xi, forcing her to follow along.
Han Xi followed behind him, her thoughts drifting back to half a month ago.
She remembered that Ding Shan came to Hengtian Hospital for psychological treatment at that time, and she disappeared on her way to the restroom. Everyone was terrified and searched everywhere for her.
I saw her talking to Bo Siyue on the surveillance footage. I had previously thought that Bo Siyue had met her at the Gu family home and was just saying hello.
But now that I think about it, it doesn't seem like a coincidence.
If all of this really is related to Bo Siye, Han Xi doesn't even dare to think about it any further.
Han Xi followed him to a ward, and only after entering did he find Yan Si lying on the hospital bed.
Why did you bring me here?
Shen Qingzhou said, "Since I want you to know the whole story, I naturally want you to understand all the circumstances. Sisi is involved in it."
Han Xi felt conflicted; what exactly was hidden behind this?
Just then, the phone in her pocket rang again; it must be Shen Jiheng calling because he couldn't find her.
Seeing that she was about to answer, Shen Qingzhou quickly said, "Don't tell him we're here."
Seeing his anxious expression, Han Xi nodded slightly and answered the phone, hearing Shen Jiheng's worried voice.
"Han Xi, where are you? Didn't you say you were coming to find me?"
"I ran into a friend and we chatted for a bit. Have you managed to woo someone yet?"
Shen Jiheng immediately became alert and asked, "What friend? Logically speaking, if you know someone, I should know them too. So I'll come over here too."
Hearing his worried tone, Han Xi smiled and said, "You don't need to come over. I'm just a classmate. Wait for me in the lobby downstairs. I'll be down in a bit."
"But......"
Han Xi hung up the phone before Shen Jiheng could finish speaking. She knew Shen Jiheng was worried about her, but she had more important things to do.
Shen Jiheng held the phone she had abruptly hung up on. Knowing Han Xi as he did, he was certain she was hiding something from him.
Even though she didn't want him to see it, Shen Jiheng still insisted on seeing it.
He turned and walked towards the monitoring room, where he found her using his own methods.
Han Xi sighed and said, "Now you can tell me what happened."
Shen Qingzhou still looked worried and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure Ji Heng won't come?"
Han Xi was puzzled: "Since this is a feud between you and the Bo family, why are you afraid of Ji Heng finding out?"
Shen Qingzhou said awkwardly, "To be precise, I have some personal grudges with the Bo family that I don't want outsiders to know."
"If you don't want anyone to know, then why are you telling me? Aren't you contradicting yourself?"
Han Xi became increasingly skeptical of the truthfulness of his words.
Shen Qingzhou said helplessly, "I'm telling you all this because I want you to do me a favor."
Han Xi frowned and said, "I don't want to know about your grudges. You said that Si Ye and my aunt have a close relationship, and you even said that he poisoned her. What evidence do you have?"
Shen Qingzhou said, "Bo Siye's father and Ding Shan are childhood friends and have a very good relationship. He wants to deal with the Shen family, so he asked this person for help."
Han Xi has known Bo Siye for eleven years, from their university days until now, and has never heard him mention this matter.
Now that so many things have suddenly come to light, Han Xi doesn't know how to accept it.
"You mean he's been lurking behind you all along, plotting against you?"
"Yes, this kid is really cunning. He used someone else's identity to cooperate with my company abroad, gradually gaining my trust and bringing me a lot of benefits. After that, I became dependent on this company and felt comfortable entrusting all my business to him."
Han Xi recalled that a few years ago when she was abroad, she was worried about Han Shu Group and that Han Yue and his team would make a mess of the company. When she learned that they couldn't sign the contract, it was Bo Siye who suggested it to her.
At that time, having Han Xi use Peng Ling's name to negotiate contracts served two purposes: firstly, to consolidate interests privately, and secondly, to keep track of all company affairs. This indeed helped Han Xi successfully take back the group in the end.
Shen Qingzhou's words now fill her with lingering fear.
"What did he do to your overseas companies?"
Shen Qingzhou sighed and said helplessly, "His ruthlessness is far more terrifying than you think. After I gave him all the business, he gave me nothing but defective products, which ruined the company's reputation."
To Han Xi's surprise, Bo Siye, who seemed like a gentle and refined gentleman, would do such a thing behind the scenes.
"If he had only damaged the company's reputation, it shouldn't have led to bankruptcy. What else did he do?"
Shen Qingzhou said angrily, "Of course, that's not all. In many of the projects he worked on with us, he failed to fulfill his obligations to pay taxes. He even falsified accounts and used my company's name to guarantee loans from black market loan sharks."
These situations are very serious abroad, with even stricter penalties than in China, which explains why Shen Qingzhou's company was shut down.
"That doesn't necessarily mean that Bo Siye did it."
"I managed to find his information through some means, but I couldn't get any real evidence, so I could only watch him go unpunished."
Han Xi felt heavy-hearted after hearing this. Based on her interactions with Bo Siye, she knew he was a kind and upright person and it was impossible for him to do such a thing.
Compared to Shen Qingzhou's character, it makes people even more suspicious of the truth of the matter.
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