WWY Chapter 11
by VolareChapter 11: The Will – The Old Man Can’t Rest Even in Death! …
The elaborate ceremony was completed in the morning. During the whole process, Tuxi Ling remained vigilant. If Lan He was the center of the circle, then Tuxi Ling was the other foot of the compass, always keeping a safe distance from him while ensuring his safety.
After the funeral, the guests left one after another, and the He family also withdrew, leaving only a few media outlets filming and interviewing. Tuxi Ling was a little disappointed and prepared to return to the team when he was stopped by a voice.
“Hey? Isn’t this Officer Ling?”
It was the He family’s lawyer, Xiaocheng Chu.
Tuxi Ling nodded to him: “Hello.”
Xiaocheng Chu stepped forward and grabbed him: “Perfect timing, I’m going to the He family to announce Mr. He’s will, how about you come and be a witness?”
Tuxi Ling didn’t want to get involved, but he was pulled into the car half willingly.
Half an hour later, the car drove back to the He family villa. Relevant people were already waiting in the study, not only relatives but also heavyweight executives of the He Corporation. Of course, as Lan He’s legal wife, Ya Gu was also present.
When they saw Tuxi Ling, everyone cast doubtful glances at him. He felt a little uncomfortable and regretted agreeing to this.
Lan He suddenly saw Tuxi Ling, his pupils trembled, and then he greeted him with a smile: “Officer Ling, why are you here?”
Tuxi Ling shook his hand: “Lawyer Chu asked me to be a witness, I don’t know what’s going on, it’s too presumptuous!”
“Not presumptuous at all, welcome!” Lan He stepped aside to give him his single sofa, “Please sit down!”
Then he dragged a chair over and sat diagonally opposite him.
Xiaocheng Chu took out a stack of paper documents from his briefcase, cleared his throat, and showed a different kind of seriousness and professionalism. The atmosphere in the study suddenly became subtle.
“Mr. He’s will is divided into two parts.”
“The first part is about the registered property. According to the will, Mr. Weiyu He will leave all his existing assets to Mr. Lan He, including 59% of the shares of He Corporation, as well as this villa in Dongjiao.”
The room was so quiet that even breathing could be heard. Everyone widened their eyes in astonishment. Several senior executives of He Corporation looked at Si’nian He, whose face was unsightly. Tuxi Ling, who was participating in the witnessing of the distribution of tens of billions of assets for the first time, was also inevitably a little excited. He noticed that although Ya Gu’s surface was still calm, there was an irrepressible surprise surging in her eyes.
Xiaocheng Chu paused for a long time, as if waiting for everyone present to digest it, before continuing: “But there are additional conditions.”
Lan He didn’t seem to care at all. Whether it was announcing the will or the additional conditions, he had a nonchalant calmness on his face. To outsiders, it seemed that he was still immersed in the sadness of losing his father and hadn’t come out.
Ya Gu couldn’t hold back and asked, “What conditions?”
Xiaocheng Chu smiled: “President Gu, this matter really has something to do with you. Mr. He’s additional condition is that within three years, Mr. Lan He must conceive a child with President Gu. On the day the child is born, I will be responsible for transferring all assets to Mr. Lan He’s name. Otherwise, on this day three years later, this part of the inheritance will all go into the charitable foundation account established by Mr. Weiyu He during his lifetime. The two of you need to hurry up. The will states that the child’s gender is not limited, but the fetus does not count!”
Ya Gu was stunned, and Lan He was also stunned. The two looked at each other and showed expressions of disgust at the same time.
Tuxi Ling’s fist clenched unconsciously. He suddenly realized that his palm was slippery. He quickly wiped it off by adjusting his clothes. When he looked up, he found Lan He was looking at him.
At that moment, Lan He actually caught a glimpse of panic on Tuxi Ling’s face, and the haze in his heart suddenly dissipated. He smiled quickly.
Everyone present were people of status. After a moment of panic, they calmed down again and looked forward to the next content of the will.
Xiaocheng Chu picked up the second document and looked at Si’nian He with a suppressed smile, like a child carrying a sandbag looking for a target: “The second part is about the content of the charitable foundation. Mr. Weiyu He wants to give the Aerospace Charity Foundation to Mr. Si’nian He. All the past charitable projects, the forty welfare homes across the country, and the list of all accounts and funds are all here. Oh, I will send you the electronic version later.”
As he said, he took out a stack of bound A4 papers from the document bag and handed them to Si’nian He.
Si’nian He took it and glanced at it, leaving shallow dents on the stack of paper with his fingers.
“The supplementary explanation of this will is also for President He.” Xiaocheng Chu said to him with a smile, “During the existence of He Corporation, President He can receive 1% of the profit dividend at the end of each year.”
Si’nian He bit his lip and didn’t speak.
Even Tuxi Ling, an irrelevant person, felt that Weiyu He was too much for his adopted son. For so many years, Si’nian He had been managing the inside and outside of He Corporation, how much he had worried and how much effort he had put in, and in the end, that was it?
The charitable foundation was a very unstable mess. If you’re not careful, you’ll get yourself into trouble. The 1% dividend was also tied to his efforts. In this family, Si’nian He didn’t get a penny for nothing.
Sure enough, a middle-aged executive of He Corporation started the mocking mode: “President He, you have to work harder in the future!”
Si’nian He smiled without even raising his eyelids.
Another gray-haired director said: “Young Master Lan and Vice President Gu also have to work hard, otherwise, before the inheritance is in hand, it will fall into the Aerospace Foundation!”
Lan He looked at him with a smile and nodded: “Thank you for reminding me!”
Next, Lawyer Chu announced the third will, which was about the appointment and removal of internal personnel of the group and major decision proposals. Lan He didn’t care. He casually took out a nail clipper from the storage box on the coffee table and focused on trimming his nails.
Tuxi Ling frowned at him, always feeling uneasy.
In fact, his nails had not been trimmed for a long time, they were clean, full, and round, there was nothing to trim. Lan He just wanted to use this action to cover up his emotions.
The corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, and he slowly polished his right index finger. The sound of Xiaocheng Chu reading the will was equivalent to the chirping of birds outside the window to him.
Old man, you can’t rest even after death!
Suddenly, two slender, boneless fingers brushed across his wrist to take the nail clipper in his hand. He was preoccupied and inadvertently the nail clipper was taken away.
He looked up and saw Ya Gu smiling at him gently: “Lan He, pay attention to the occasion.”
Lan He’s breathing stagnated, and his tone was cold: “Don’t call me that.”
The smile froze on the corner of her mouth, but Ya Gu persevered and changed to something more ambiguous: “Then what should I call you? Darling?”
She came over to hold Lan He’s hand very familiarly, but he dodged it.
Ya Gu still smiled gently, like a virtuous wife and loving mother: “Darling, there are things going on at the company, I have to go back later. You like to eat the vinegar fish from that restaurant last time, right? That place is very close to one of our shopping malls, next time I do a routine inspection, I’ll bring you one.”
Last time, it was also the only time they had lunch together. He didn’t even remember if there was vinegar fish on that table.
He understood that the woman was saying this at this time, clearly taking advantage of the crowd to lay the groundwork for their upcoming wedding.
Tuxi Ling felt out of place in this occasion. Anyway, he had finished witnessing it, and he had signed the paper. He stood up: “Mr. He, everyone, I have a case in the team, I’ll take my leave first!”
Everyone present knew this promising criminal investigation team leader. Now, the position of criminal investigation detachment leader in this city was vacant. Director Liu Chao, who was in charge of criminal investigation, had rejected the arrangements from superiors and stated that this position was reserved for the two team leaders under him, which meant that Tuxi Ling was only one case that pleased the leadership away from the position of criminal investigation detachment leader.
They stood up one after another to be polite, and Lan He also stood up: “I’ll see you off.”
Tuxi Ling then remembered that he had come in Lawyer Chu’s car, so he didn’t refuse.
They left the study, and Jiu Ya, who was standing by the door, immediately followed. Tuxi Ling looked back in confusion, and when he saw his cold and hard temperament, he immediately thought of his identity.
Lan He smiled: “This is Jiu Ya, A’nian hired a new bodyguard for me.”
Tuxi Ling nodded, increasingly feeling out of place in this family.
“Jiu Ya, you take Officer Ling back to the team, and on the way back, go to the supermarket to buy me some snacks.”
“Yes, Young Master Lan! If you have anything special you want to eat, send it to my phone.”
Tuxi Ling felt a little amused: “You like to eat snacks?”
“I like them, who wouldn’t? Don’t you like them?” Lan He’s voice rose high, as if he was feeling guilty.
Tuxi Ling didn’t retort, and waited until they walked out of the villa before he said: “Go back, don’t see me off, they’re all waiting for you!”
“What’s the use of waiting for me?” The car was parked in front of the door. Lan He hesitated for a moment, there was no reason to continue following, so he raised his hand, “Then…”
He wanted to say goodbye, but Tuxi Ling’s phone rang.
“Hello? Li Wu.”
“Team Ling, we’ve found Man Qin’s whereabouts. He’s in a village near the blind spot of the rural road surveillance. Some villagers said they saw Man Qin’s car, and then we found the yard where Man Qin lived based on the clues!”
“Send me the location, I’ll come over right away!”
“Yes!”
The He family was located in the eastern suburbs, but the destination was more than seventy kilometers outside the western suburbs. It would be faster to cross the entire city or take the bypass expressway, but there were no taxis to be found in this area.
He was a little embarrassed: “Mr. He, could you trouble your bodyguard to take me to the western suburbs? There’s new progress in the case, I need to hurry over there.”
The phone earpiece would leak some sound. Lan He faintly heard the name Qin Man and asked: “Is it our family’s case?”
Tuxi Ling had to nod: “Yes, Man Qin’s case is not over yet, but in fact, the case itself has nothing to do with your family.”
Lan He curiously moved his head closer: “Can you tell me about it? Oh, right, if it needs to be kept secret, then forget it, but there’s nothing to keep secret, right? I’m the victim.”
He rarely put himself in the position of “victim,” except when deliberately showing weakness.
Tuxi Ling thought for a while: “Sorry, we have regulations.”
Lan He curled his lips indifferently: “Okay, then get in the car!”
Tuxi Ling opened the car door and fled. Jiu Ya also got into the car immediately, but before the car could start, Lan He came up from the other side of the car door.
Tuxi Ling: “?”
“I’m going to the supermarket myself, but I’ll take you to your destination first, don’t worry!” Lan He grinned, “Officer Ling, it’s my own car, it’s okay to take a ride, right?”
Tuxi Ling: “…”