Mu He used Jiang Linyuan’s phone to upload a video to the Douyu Platform, showing Jiang Linyuan being stuffed into the trunk of Gu Yazheng’s car.
In the video, Jiang Linyuan’s face and Gu Yazheng’s license plate were clearly visible.
After sending the video, Mu He threw the phone beside Jiang Linyuan and quickly left the parking lot.
Daring to covet Miss Fu, he’s tired of living!
Lin Yu was awakened in the middle of the night by a series of urgent calls from a subordinate.
He yelled with a groggy anger, "What happened?"
"Something’s happened to Gu Yazheng, the richest man in Jiangnan. He’s kidnapped the Ren Family’s brother-in-law, and the video is on our platform," the subordinate spoke in a confused manner, clearly frightened by the situation.
"What?" Lin Yu was thoroughly awakened by the shock.
"I’ve sent the video to your phone. Take a look. We need to make a decision immediately. Otherwise, if the Gu Family, Ren Family, and Jiang Family blame us, we won’t stand a chance."
Lin Yu ended the call and quickly opened the video.
The more he watched, the more terrified he became.
Damn it, why do these major families have to drag innocent people into their conflicts?
Recently, Fu Bing had done a live stream on Douyu, which served as the greatest advertisement for them and brought considerable profits as well as many indirect benefits and advantages to their platform.
He had made a fortune.
But he had always feared that the short-term massive profits of his company would attract the envy of competitors, and here they were, waiting for him.
Lin Yu swallowed hard and instructed his subordinate, "Block the video immediately; don’t let it spread further."
"I’ll arrange it right away."
Lin Yu went downstairs for a drink of water, looked into the deep darkness, and called Cheng Shuangqing.
Cheng Shuangqing led her team during the day and sometimes had meetings at night, busy around the clock.
She was just about to doze off when her phone rang, annoying her enough to want to kill the disturber of her peaceful sleep.
Seeing the name "Lin Yu" on the screen, her anger subsided significantly.
"Puppy, why are you calling in the middle of the night? Is there really a need for us to call each other at this hour?"
"What did you call me?" Lin Yu’s eyes widened at the name.
Realizing what she had called Lin Yu, Cheng Shuangqing was startled too, quickly changing the subject.
She needed to get up for a meeting at eight the next morning.
It wasn’t that Sister Bing put so much pressure on her. She just didn’t want to neglect her duties and let Sister Bing be criticized.
What Sister Bing was doing was beneficial for the film industry, but it threatened certain vested interests.
Those people were just waiting for Sister Bing to make a mistake, and then they would all attack her.
She would never give those people a chance.
Therefore, the entire team was exceptionally hard-working.
Lin Yu explained the situation with the video. "Have you heard any rumors in Jiangnan? Has the feud between the Gu and Ren families come to light?"
"I haven’t been paying much attention to things outside work lately, but what I know is that Ren Ye has grown quite close to Sister Bing. He even transferred two villas into Sister Bing’s name today."
"Ren Ye and Sister Bing..."
"Where are your thoughts going? Sister Bing saved Ren Ye’s life. The villas are probably Ren Ye’s fee for her treatment." Cheng Shuangqing thought for a moment, then said, "Leave this issue on hold for now and pull the video down. If you have contacts who can reach the Jiang Family, inform them. Otherwise, don’t do anything else."
"I’m not familiar with anyone over there in Jiangnan." Lin Yu was worried about this.
"Then just wait, and I’ll talk to Sister Bing in the morning. She’s been preoccupied lately, and I’d rather not disturb her."
Lin Yu quickly said, "Then let’s not disturb her. She has her own difficulties, and we can’t help her with those; we shouldn’t always bother her."
"I was thinking the same. Don’t worry, I’ll slowly figure something out for you."
Lin Yu felt deeply moved. "I’m sorry for the past events; you are highly competent at your job. It’s just..."
"You’re still in my contact list, which means I don’t dislike you. We each have our positions, and I understand that."
Lin Yu nodded vigorously. "Now that the company has brought in quite a bit of funding, if you and Sister Bing have any projects you want to launch, I’ll definitely reserve the best spots for you."
"If you don’t keep your promise, I’ll have Sister Bing personally scold you," Cheng Shuangqing laughed. "Enough chit-chat, hurry up and sleep. Strictly speaking, this matter doesn’t concern you, so don’t overthink it."
Lin Yu put down his phone, feeling much calmer than before.
It was only when he faced real issues that he discovered who his true friends were.
By the next morning, everyone knew that Jiang Linyuan had been kidnapped by Gu Yazheng.
When Gu Yazheng saw the video, he smashed everything he could get his hands on.
Housekeeper Lin stood by, too afraid to even breathe.
Gu Yazheng fumed, "Where did Gu Si’an run off to?"
To think he had the audacity to kidnap Jiang Linyuan! What was he thinking?
"The young master and young lady left early yesterday morning and haven’t come back since," Housekeeper Lin said in a low voice, trying to make herself as unobtrusive as possible.
"Why didn’t you call me when he took Sining? Why didn’t you stop them?"
"This..." Housekeeper Lin was on the verge of tears.
She was just a servant; she had no authority to stop them.
Gu Yazheng angrily called Gu Si’an.
As soon as the call connected, he yelled, "Tell me, what have you done?"
Gu Si’an, baffled by the shouting, quickly left the hospital room, then lowered his voice and asked, "What have I done?"
"Are you kidding me? You used my car to kidnap Jiang Linyuan and even uploaded a video to the internet?" Gu Yazheng was furious, nearly exploding. "Gu Si’an, do you use your brain at all? Just because you are unhappy with me and Jiang Linyuan, you think you can do this? Do you want to spend a while in prison too?"
Gu Si’an finally understood. "I used your car to kidnap Jiang Linyuan? Am I crazy? I only hired a private detective to look into Jiang Linyuan’s driver. He has been found and is currently out of town. I will bring him back to Jiangnan this morning."
After Gu Si’an finished speaking, his voice trembled with emotion. "Dad, why is it that every time something happens, you immediately doubt your own children? Why can’t you learn to trust the people around you?"
"How am I supposed to know you wouldn’t impulsively kidnap someone, being young and hot-headed?"
"What if I end up in jail? What’s going to happen to Sining? Would you take good care of her?" Gu Si’an asked calmly.
Gu Yazheng had no answer.
He knew he had hurt Gu Si’an’s feelings.
"You wouldn’t take care of her, nor would you make an effort to save me. So, why should I risk Sining’s safety?"
Gu Si’an hung up immediately after saying that.
Now, all he wanted was to get Sining away from this messed-up place; he didn’t want to deal with any of it.
If his dad had any sense, he would know someone was deliberately escalating the situation with Sining’s car accident.
He was focused on internal conflict instead of the real issues.
With such a brain, it would be a miracle if his business wasn’t losing money.
Listening to the BEEPING sound from the phone, Gu Yazheng was furious enough to want to smash his phone.
But, he quickly calmed down and called Ren Ye.
After over ten calls with no response, he was certain.
It has to be deliberate!
Gu Yazheng switched to another car and drove directly to Ren Ye’s office.
Ren Ye met him with a cold face. "You still have time to come see me?" he said sarcastically. "It must be nice having so much leisure time."
"Do I look that idle to you?"
"Am I supposed to be helping your investigations now?" Ren Ye couldn’t help but laugh.
"If it wasn’t you, who else could it be?"
"Do you also think I caused your daughter’s car accident?"