After Wang HaiMei finished recounting everything, Bai Hanwen, who was Bai Man's great-uncle, spoke up once again.
"The information I've gathered is different from what my niece-in-law has said."
"According to what I've learned, the large sum of money Bai Hua received was mainly provided by Deng Hai Lin."
"The aim was to ensure several projects were awarded to certain individuals who, in return, agreed to procure all construction materials from Deng Hai Lin's company."
"It seems now that the problem lies with Deng Hai Lin and that large sum of money."
"However, just how much was that sum?"
Bai Hanwen had gathered some information but was similarly unaware of the specific amount.
Su Fan's gaze once again fell on Wang HaiMei.
This time, Wang HaiMei took a deep breath before speaking, "Before Bai Hua was taken away, he told me that the sum was sixty million."
This figure made even Bai Hanwen gasp!
The expressions of the others in the living room also changed instantly.
The wealth owned by a family in business differs starkly from that of one in politics.
Since the Bai family's members were primarily active in politics, they had not amassed a massive fortune.
If everyone present emptied their savings and liquidated some real estate assets, adding it all up,
naturally, they could come up with sixty million.
But their current comfortable and affluent lifestyle would clearly be unsustainable.
After taking a deep breath, Bai Hanwen could only ask, "How much can each of us contribute to this sum?"
Hearing these words, of course, no one was willing to speak up voluntarily.
All of them were as cunning as age-old foxes, so why entertain fantasies here?
This time, it's highly likely that Bai Hua was set up by someone, and even with the return of the embezzled funds, it wouldn't be possible for him to be reinstated to his official position.
Unless, in addition to returning the illicit money, it could be proven that someone deliberately set a trap for him.
In that case, coupled with the Bai family's years of influence in politics, there might be room for maneuvering the situation.
But not now. The key witness, Deng Hai Lin, who could prove that Bai Hua was framed, is now critically ill, and his life hangs in the balance.
Moreover, the sixty million squandered by Bai Hua, likewise, represents a gaping hole that simply cannot be filled.
Under such circumstances, Bai Hua has essentially become a scapegoat.
With their shrewdness, how could they possibly spare no expense to get Bai Hua out?
While the others remained silent, Wang HaiMei had to speak up, after all, the man arrested was her husband.
"All our savings plus quickly liquidated real estate amount to five million,"
"Apart from where my daughter and I live, everything else we own can be sold off,"
Wang HaiMei was obviously out of options to make such a statement.
But even so, the other old foxes of the Bai family weren't prepared to sympathize with her and bleed themselves dry.
Seeing no one else speak up, Bai Man had no choice but to say, "All of my savings, along with a house the family gave me before, could add up to about two million."
After she spoke, the others still remained silent.
Asking them to give up a substantial amount of savings or to sell off real estate to save Bai Hua was clearly out of the question.
It wasn't just others—Bai Hanwen, Bai Man's young nephew, unexpectedly didn't make any statement either.
Witnessing this scene, Su Fan understood.
Only Wang HaiMei and Bai Man still cared about Bai Hua.
In the eyes of the others, Bai Hua had become expendable, and his fate was completely unrelated to them.
And when it came to the large sum of money, Su Fan couldn't help but think of the recent deal in Yang City with the top tycoon, Feng Zhenghua.