Ye Cheng glanced at the calendar, today is the sixteenth. According to the information from the call Su Xiaofeng made to his mother, her family is hosting a banquet on the sixteenth.
According to her, she would return to the Imperial Capital after the banquet.
Which means she is likely to come back these days.
It has been over ten days already, she really has the heart to leave the two kids in the Imperial Capital.
An Yi, seeing the young master looking at the calendar again, covered his mouth trying not to let the young master see the smirk forming on his face.
The young master checks the calendar every day, as for why he needs to look at it, probably only the young master himself knows.
After putting the calendar back in place, Ye Cheng casually asked An Yi, "Has Men Chao done anything recently?"
"Recently he has been consistently showing an ambitious face in public, without displaying any further ambition. It’s said that Miss Xu’s illness hasn’t improved; she’s been bedridden the whole time."
"Of course, Xu Xuezi cannot die, at least not now. If Xu Xuezi dies now, it would affect him taking over the position of Family Head of the Xu Family somewhat."
If Xu Xuezi died, as long as Mr. Xu found an opportunity to declare to the public that Men Chao was no longer the Xu Family’s son-in-law, Men Chao definitely wouldn’t let Xu Xuezi die for the time being.
"From the data we have, his father was a project manager at the time, and his mother was an experimental staff member; when the explosion happened, his mother was six months pregnant and just a few months away from giving birth." An Yi presented the recently collected data to Ye Cheng, "After the explosion, Men Chao became an orphan. Because his father was involved in a secret project, he lost contact with his relatives back home for many years, and Men Chao, uncared for, was sent to an orphanage."
"At the orphanage, Mr. Xu took him and Yin Li to the Xu Family together. Mr. Xu chose to bring them back to the Xu Family because first, he saw that they were both orphans without any support, and second, he recognized their talents, thus deciding to raise them in the Xu Family. Without a doubt, Mr. Xu was bringing a wolf into the house by personally cultivating Men Chao’s abilities."
Ye Cheng looked at the information, which showed that Men Chao had been absolutely loyal to Mr. Xu in the earlier years and only started to behave oddly in the latter years.
Which means, during that time, he must have started investigating the 319 explosion case, then he learned something.
"Men Chao’s ambitions definitely don’t stop with the Xu Family." Ye Cheng put down the information, "On the day I had an accident, he must have been behind it as well, killing two birds with one stone with a deft move."
"Master, about the 319 explosion, the records at the archives claim it was due to an operational error by the experimental staff. If it truly were just an operational error, it would be a simple matter of procedure, unrelated to anyone. Men Chao, in this way, might be able to threaten the power balance in the Imperial Capital."
Men Chao first made a move on the Xu Family, then stirred up the Gu Family.
"No, it shouldn’t be an operational error, but someone wanting to destroy the experiment base. Those one hundred thirty lives were probably lost unjustly." How important that project was at the time, only a few people in the Imperial Capital knew. Just as the project reached a critical phase, the laboratory exploded. It’s really too much of a coincidence.
"Do you mean that among the four main persons in charge at the time, there might have been a traitor?"
"Whatever the truth is, it will eventually come to light. Have you tracked that Lan Shuixian? Whom does she meet with, does she show any abnormalities?"
"She sets up her stall during the day, sometimes working as a waitress at Lange Yuntian Club in the evenings. It is said they offer high service charges and one night’s earnings there can cover a whole day of her working at the stall."
"Keep an eye on her. Her parents were also among the casualties back then; perhaps she has some connections with the children of those people from that year."
"Master, if the truth is indeed man-made or related to our four major families, this truth could be detrimental to us." So, the sealing of the 319 explosion case was because the higher-ups no longer allowed further investigation, afraid it would dig up news unfavorable to the public.
Ye Cheng stood up and looked out the window, changing the subject, "Has Wolfman’s shipment arrived yet?"
"It’s said to arrive tonight."
"We’ll receive the goods tonight."
Xiaonian brought several bottles of rice wine back to the Imperial Capital, which weighed heavily on her shoulder. She had never carried so much luggage before. After transporting the rice wine to the car, she nearly burst into tears.
Her sister hadn’t said they would return by train. From entering the train station to boarding the train, the weight had really gotten to her.
The worst part, Quan Nianyan didn’t even offer to help.
Hmph, he won’t get any to drink after they get back.
The time on the train can pass surprisingly quickly. After eating two meals and sleeping twice, she opened her eyes to find herself already in the Imperial Capital.