"Sold?" Gu Zixuan’s eyes widened, "Those are your brother’s company documents!"
"Do you think I don’t know?" He Xiaoqi’s smile was unusually sinister. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NoveI(F)ire.net
Folding her arms, she enunciated each word, "I also know that the brown paper bag is stamped with the word [Classified], and even more that what my brother usually brings into his bedroom are the company’s most important things. He trusts you a lot, doesn’t he? But if he finds out you sold his documents to pay off your brother’s loan shark debt, can you guess what he’d do to you?"
Gu Zixuan’s eyes trembled, unable to believe that this was something He Xiaoqi would do, "You hate me that much? You’re willing to sell out your brother’s company interests just to push me out?"
"How much interest could it be?" He Xiaoqi sneered coldly, glancing over Gu Zixuan with disdain, "I believe with my brother’s social skills, Rong City is just so big; even if the documents are sold, he can still find a way to get the land back. But you, if this incident can cast you out from my brother’s favor, it would be quite worth it!"
In the next instant, she was answered with a crisp slap.
"He Xiaoqi, are you stupid or what!"
Gu Zixuan shouted in tears, hitting He Xiaoqi and then turning around to leave.
In the bedroom, He Xiaoqi felt the burning pain on her face, utterly unable to believe what had just happened.
Gu Zixuan... this woman who had married into the He Family for eight years and never lost her temper, actually dared to hit her?
Zhou Huimei, hearing the noise, rushed up in a panic, "What happened? What happened? Did I just hear someone hitting?"
In an instant, He Xiaoqi burst into tears, "Mom, yesterday she told me to choose clothes and jewelry from her room; I took one of her watches, but today she forced me to return it. I said I don’t have it with me now, and then she hit me!"
"What! She’s turned the world upside down! Aren’t her clothes and jewelry all bought with your brother’s money! Rest assured, whatever you fancy later, just go to her bedroom and take it. If I, Zhou Huimei, allow her to step into my house again, I won’t carry the surname Zhou!"
At the doorway, Gu Zixuan felt the bewildered looks from the servants and listened to the heart-wrenching cries and curses from upstairs.
The corners of her mouth turned up mockingly.
Brazen lies, foolishly overprotective!
"Bang!" She tearfully slammed the door shut.
Driving away from the He Family’s villa, she dialed a number while on the wheel.
"Senior brother, help me investigate something!"
The cold, intense voice made the other end pause for a moment before swiftly replying, "Go ahead."
"If business secrets were to be stolen and sold, what channels would typically be used, how many insiders would handle it, and where would it eventually circulate..."
"...Okay, I’ll look into it for you."
Fifteen minutes later.
Gu Zixuan, having parked the car by the roadside, received a call back.
The voice on the other end was very calm, making Gu Zixuan feel an intense unease.
"Zixuan, this matter...it’s either going to be very simple or very difficult."
"If it’s land documents, at worst, it just means the market knew in advance where the land was allocated. With He Qimo’s capabilities, no one in real estate in Rong City would dare pry land from his mouth. But if it’s the situation you’re describing, with He Qimo expanding into new ventures, I’m afraid..."
"This time it’s no different from fetching water with a bamboo basket, pulling teeth from a tiger’s mouth, and the internet oligarch—it’s Feng Chengjin."
Inside the He Mansion.
He Xiaoqi was finally comforted by her mother and vented her anger by taking several beautiful dresses and pieces of jewelry from Gu Zixuan’s bedroom, barely holding back her