The Zhou family's tens of billions of assets mysteriously disappeared, and the current head of the family was seriously ill and hospitalized.
The news of Zhou Shanren's hospitalization plunged the Zhou family into panic. Zhou Shanren's sons were worried that their old father would not be able to recover from his illness. The brothers, who had been friendly on the surface, began to scheme against each other and fight for the family property. The stock price of Zhou's company plummeted, and Huo Qiqi and Zou Chuang took the opportunity to buy at the bottom and snatched away a lot of Zhou's stocks.
Huo Qiqi looked through the morning's Hong Kong Daily and only found a small page reporting on Wu Shan being expelled from the family and arrested. Wu Shan was really pitiful. He always thought that he was born at the wrong time and always wanted to be the head of the family. He believed that he should be on equal footing with the heads of other families. Although both of them had accidents, Zhou Shanren's case took up a whole page, while Wu Shan's case only had more than 10 words. It was so sad and lamentable, and it made people sigh.
"Boss, the head of the Zou family called and invited you to have coffee together at 2 pm in the coffee shop next to our building." After listening to Shen Lan's report, Huo Qiqi put down the documents in her hand and looked at her watch. It was already 11:00 in the morning.
Huo Qiqi knew that Zou Chuang suddenly invited her to have coffee, probably to test her and find out whether she had anything to do with the mysterious disappearance of the Zhou family's goods.
"Please inform Patriarch Zou that I thank him for his invitation. I will arrive on time this afternoon."
At 1:25 pm, Huo Qiqi arrived at the coffee shop under the protection of Shen Lan and Wei Hong.
When he arrived at the seat Zou Chuang had reserved, he was already waiting there.
"Boss Huo, it's really an honor to invite you, the goddess president of Hong Kong, to have coffee with me." Zou Chuang greeted Huo Qiqi enthusiastically.
"Boss Zou, thank you for your invitation. I wonder if you have any advice for me?" Huo Qiqi asked doubtfully while slowly savoring the coffee in her hand.
"Boss Huo, you're too polite. I don't have any advice for you. I came here today mainly to ask you for advice and see if there is any profitable business. Speaking of business, I wonder if you have read today's Hong Kong Daily. I saw an article about the mysterious disappearance of tens of billions of goods at Zhoujia Wharf and the hospitalization of Zhou Shanren. Mr. Zhou is really unlucky, isn't he?" Zou Chuang asked casually, and after speaking, he glanced at Huo Qiqi's expression. He did not see panic or uneasiness on Huo Qiqi's face.
"It seems that Master Zhou is really unlucky. I sincerely hope that he can be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible." Huo Qiqi calmly answered Zou Chuang's question.
Zou Chuang knew that he could no longer test Huo Qiqi, so he changed the subject.
"Boss Huo, I wonder if you still have top-quality jadeite? I've read your earlier reports and know that you've sold a lot of high-quality jadeite at auctions."
Huo Qiqi didn't answer Zou Chuang directly, but instead asked, "I wonder why Patriarch Zou wants top-grade jadeite? As the number one family in Hong Kong, they must have a lot of jadeite, right?"
Zou Chuang nodded and said helplessly, "Boss Huo, nothing can be hidden from me. Yes, I do have a lot of jadeite. I have a benefactor who was injured 10 years ago and stayed in the hospital for a long time. His condition did not improve. An old Chinese doctor told him a folk remedy, saying that jade can nourish people, and asked him to try wearing some good jade.
No one expected this folk remedy to actually work. After wearing the top-grade jadeite for two months, my benefactor recovered significantly, and after three months, he was able to be discharged from the hospital. You might as well tell Boss Huo that at last night's charity auction, I threatened Zhou Shanren to run for the Chicken Blood King just to give it to my benefactor, but I didn't expect the Chicken Blood King to disappear without a trace.
Huo Qiqi didn't believe everything Zou Chuang said, but Huo Qiqi didn't expect that Zou Chuang actually admitted that he had threatened Zhou Shanren to run for the King of Chicken Blood, which made him think more highly of Zou Chuang.
"Master Zou, I did bring a piece of top-quality jadeite, and it's in my shoulder bag." As she spoke, Shen Lan, who was standing by, handed the cross-body bag to Huo Qiqi. Huo Qiqi took out a piece of top-quality jadeite from the space and put it in the bag. At Zou Chuang's expectation, she took out the top-quality jadeite from the bag again. Huo Qiqi did not lie to him. This palm-sized piece of top-quality jadeite was crystal clear and very beautiful.
"Boss Huo, I'm willing to pay 50 million. I wonder if Boss Huo is willing to sell it to me?"
Huo Qiqi nodded. The result was not bad. In the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, she easily earned 50 million with a piece of jade. You know, there are still many pieces of jade of this quality in her system space.
After the two separated, Zou Chuang returned to the villa.
"Uncle San, I'm back. I bought a piece of top-quality jadeite. Can you help me take a look at it?" he said as he took out the piece of top-quality jadeite.
Zou Huai carefully took the top-quality jadeite handed to him by his nephew, observed it for a long time, and nodded.
"A Chuang, how much is this top-grade jadeite?"
Zou Chuang said nothing and raised his hand.
"50 million, not expensive?" Zou Huai gave Zou Chuang a thumbs up.
"Uncle San, since you also think this piece of jade is good and you like it very much, I will give this piece of top-grade jade to you as a filial gift."
"A Chuang, thank you for taking care of me all these years, otherwise I would have been dead ten years ago." Zou Huai was very grateful to his nephew.
"Uncle San, you must never say such polite words again. When I came to the city from the countryside, you took me home and taught me how to make a living. Without you, there would be no Zou family today."
"A Chuang, uncle won't be so polite. By the way, what was the result of the test?" Zou Huai changed the subject.
"Uncle San, I tested Huo Qiqi and didn't find anything wrong, but I always feel that Huo Qiqi is involved in this matter." Zou Chuang felt helpless. If Huo Qiqi was not a suspect, then he would be the biggest suspect.
"A Chuang, you have to be careful of the Zhou family's revenge. After all, you are the most suspicious."
"Uncle San, I'm not afraid of the Zhou family. I just don't want to be used by others." Zou Chuang said unwillingly.
"Not long after you left, Wuchuan sent his butler to deliver the invitation."
Zou Chuang looked at the invitation letter and said nothing.
"Uncle San, Wu Chuan sent this invitation letter, it must be related to Huo Qiqi. After all, his brother was expelled from the family and sent to prison, which has a lot to do with Huo Qiqi."
"A Chuang, I remember that Wu Chuan is a workaholic who strives for the development of the family. Could it be that he would provoke Huo Qiqi for the sake of his silly brother?" Zou Huai was obviously confused by Zou Chuang's analysis.
"Uncle San, Wu Chuan certainly wouldn't have done that 10 years ago, but as Wu Chuan gets older, he seems to value family affection more and more."
"A Chuang, the so-called Four Great Families of Hong Kong is both an honor and a constraint. What we need to do is to develop the Zou family's industry well. We should try not to get involved in the disputes of the other families."
Huo Qiqi, who was hiding in the system space, looked at Zou Huai, who was known as the military advisor of the Zou family, with great interest. It was true that an old man in the family was like a treasure.
"Wu Chuan, do you really want to follow the Qian family's footsteps?"
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