GBT Chapter 40

Qi Zi Zhi pushed back his evening engagements and rushed home, where the two elders were frantic, pulling him aside to talk.

“Zi Zhi, what time is it already? Is Shen Dong going to postpone the registration date again? If it’s pushed back any further, it’ll be after the New Year.”

“Although our Qi family can’t compare to the Shen family, we’re not nobodies in South City. Last time, the Shen family didn’t even consult us and just announced the postponement of the registration, making us wait for a long time at the Civil Affairs Bureau and become a laughingstock. We can’t be so passive this time, no matter what!”

The two elders spoke anxiously and angrily, each adding a sentence.

“Zi Zhi, will Shen Dong personally appear? Or will he just have his assistant handle it?” Qi’s mother, dressed in a custom-made cheongsam, with her hair done and wearing her favorite jewelry set, treated today like her youngest son’s wedding, having dressed up grandly.

Qi Zi Zhi took a towel from the servant to wipe his hands, picked up a cup of tea, and took a sip. Only then did he meet his parents’ worried eyes.

“The time is set for 6:30, it’s not here yet. As for whether Shen Dong will appear, it’s hard to say.”

Qi Zi Zhi said in a deep voice, “Dad, Mom, I think Xiao Shuang had made psychological preparations when he wanted to marry into the Shen family, and so did you.”

The two elders’ faces turned red and then white. They were all silent.

This marriage was arranged entirely by the Old Lady. She needed her youngest son’s luck to boost her own son, while they could gain some influence in the business world through the in-law relationship, thereby becoming second only to the Shen family in South City.

Besides, from beginning to end, their family had no right to refuse.

Marriage was just a transaction, and the two parties had no emotional foundation, so how could there be any respect?

Qi’s mother sighed, “Shen Dong’s private life is too chaotic. Who knows how many people he’s keeping outside? He might not even come home once a month. Xiao Shuang is going to have to live on his own.”

“What’s the point of saying this now?” Qi’s father walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. “He plunged into it headfirst, so this can be considered getting what he wished for, seeking benevolence and getting benevolence.”

“Ah.” Qi’s mother pulled out a tissue and pressed it to her reddened eyes. “It’s all fate.”

Qi’s mother became puzzled again: “Shen Dong has always been indifferent, so why did he suddenly postpone the date?”

She looked at her husband and eldest son: “Did the Master calculate something again?”

“It shouldn’t be, otherwise it would be a cancellation, not a postponement,” Qi’s father denied.

Qi Zi Zhi finished his cup of warm tea, and the fatigue of a day’s work dissipated a little: “Where’s Xiao Shuang?”

“He locked himself in his room since morning, not even eating. Your mother and I coaxed him for a long time before we got him to open the door, and then we coaxed him for a while longer to get him to go shopping,” Qi’s father said helplessly. “Buying things will help him calm down.”

Qi Zi Zhi rubbed his forehead. After the registration date was changed ten days ago, his younger brother didn’t even go to school, but stayed at home throwing tantrums and smashing things.

Some of the furniture in the house had been replaced several times.

Qi Zi Zhi was worried that his younger brother would get sick from anger, so he asked a doctor to come to the house to provide psychological counseling. He was pushed down the stairs, fracturing a bone.

His younger brother was spoiled rotten, and Shen Dong was not a soft-hearted person. He really didn’t know what would happen to him after he married into the family.

Qi Zi Zhi looked at his watch: “What time did Xiao Shuang leave?”

Qi’s father said: “Three or four o’clock.”

Qi Zi Zhi chatted with his parents for a while, but his younger brother still hadn’t returned.

The two elders were also a little anxious. It was almost six o’clock, had the youngest son forgotten the time while shopping?

“We can’t get through to the youngest son’s phone,” Qi’s mother couldn’t sit still. “What’s going on? He’s not answering the phone. Why am I so uneasy?”

Qi Zi Zhi comforted the two elders: “Don’t worry, I’ll ask.”

He dialed a number and asked: “Where are you now?”

A hoarse male voice came from the other end of the phone, as if the emotions had just been out of control and had not yet been adjusted: “Qi Total, I am not in the country, and I am not clear about the situation of Young Master Shuang.”

Qi Zi Zhi did not expect this result.

“Didn’t Young Master Shuang tell you?” The person on the other end seemed to have changed to a secret place, and the voice was extremely low. “My plane to England last night was to deal with private affairs. I just arrived today and will return home tomorrow.”

The other party seemed to sense that something was wrong and paused: “What happened?”

“Nothing.” Qi Zi Zhi hung up the phone and asked his parents, “Did you have someone follow Xiao Shuang when he left?”

“There are a few, all of whom are selected for their outstanding ability and flexibility…”

Qi’s mother hadn’t finished speaking when Qi Zi Zhi’s phone rang. The caller ID made him frown. He pressed the answer button: “Hello.”

“Qi Total, the chairman wants to see you and your brother.” Chen Yiming went straight to the point, without superfluous greetings.

Qi Zi Zhi knew that the meeting address would not be the Civil Affairs Bureau: “Shen Corporation?”

“Yes.” Chen Yiming said, “Please come as soon as possible, don’t keep the chairman waiting too long.”

Qi Zi Zhi suppressed the suspicion in his heart: “Okay, I will bring my brother over.”

“Zi Zhi, is that Assistant Chen?” Qi’s father asked.

“Yes.” Qi Zi Zhi went to the entrance to change his shoes. “Shen Dong wants me and Xiao Shuang to go to Shen Corporation.”

“So that means you’re going to the Civil Affairs Bureau together?” Qi’s mother grabbed her partner’s hand. “Is it?”

Qi’s father patted her hand: “What else could it be besides that.”

Qi Zi Zhi didn’t reply.

Why did Shen Ji have his assistant notify him to go to Shen Corporation at this time? He felt that this matter was a bit strange, but he couldn’t figure it out.

Qi Zi Zhi sent people to find his younger brother, but they couldn’t find him.

How much his younger brother cared about the registration day and wanted to marry Shen Ji, Qi Zi Zhi was very clear about it, he hasn’t returned yet, it can only be that something is holding him back.

The motive for that matter was very likely to prevent him from going to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Chen Yiming’s phone call came again, and his tone was much worse than before. He seemed to be under tremendous pressure and was approaching the limit.

Qi Zi Zhi realized that something was wrong. He asked his subordinates to continue searching, while he went to Shen Corporation first.

On the way, Qi Zi Zhi was waiting for news from his younger brother. He didn’t make any assumptions about Shen Ji’s purpose.

Even if Shen Ji wanted to break off the engagement, he wouldn’t handle it personally.

What could it be? Qi Zi Zhi couldn’t figure it out. He parked the car and entered Shen Corporation, meeting Chen Yiming, who didn’t know how long he had been waiting in the lobby.

“Qi Total, why are you alone?” This day, Chen Yiming was covered in sweat, and there was a ring of sweat-soaked marks on his shirt collar.

Qi Zi Zhi explained a few words.

Chen Yiming’s expression was stiff: “Then please go up first, I’ll wait here.”

As he said that, he pressed the elevator for him: “Please.”

Qi Zi Zhi didn’t go in.

“Qi Total, no matter what questions you have, I can’t answer them for you,” Chen Yiming said mechanically.

Qi Zi Zhi narrowed his eyes and walked into the elevator.

Chen Yiming didn’t go up, not to wait for Qi Shuang, but to hide, as long as he could hide for a while.

The chairman was now in a towering rage, and Chen Yiming had worked under him for many years, knowing that he had the heart to kill.

The front desk frequently cast curious glances.

Chen Yiming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, daring to eat any melon, these little girls were really bold.

Seeing that the elevator was about to reach the top floor, Chen Yiming’s eyelids jumped. He went to the corner and dialed a number, awkwardly uttering two words: “Brother Zhang.”

This address stunned Zhang Zhen. He almost dropped a bag of pumpkin seeds.

Zhang Zhen glanced at Jiao Bai, who was lying on the bed being massaged by a masseuse, turned his feet and left the room: “Chen Yiming, what are you planning?”

Chen Yiming said: “Can you send Jiao Bai to Shen Corporation now?”

Zhang Zhen: “…” He was hesitating whether to let Jiao Bai use his phone, he was annoyed, how could Chen Yiming add to his troubles.

“Listen, I don’t care what you want to do, my Third Brother gave me orders to watch him,” Zhang Zhen said sternly, “Then he can’t leave Lanmo Manor, whether he wants to run away himself, or someone sends him away, or someone comes to pick him up, none of that is allowed.”

The beeping sound in the phone was like a war drum in Chen Yiming’s ears, the battlefield was on the top floor. He panicked even without getting close.

Zhang Zhen thought it was good, this matter was too serious, he couldn’t complete the task given by his Third Brother.

On the West City side, when Zhang Zhen returned to the room, the masseuse had already finished and left.

Jiao Bai was lying comfortably. After hesitating, Zhang Zhen gave him the phone: “Take it.”

Ignoring Jiao Bai’s smiling eyes, Zhang Zhen said seriously: “You are not allowed to download any messy software on my phone, and you are not allowed to…”

A hand stretched out, grabbing his phone, and his fingertips touched him at the same time, a little wet.

Zhang Zhen suddenly retracted his hand: “I warn you, be honest.”

“Since your Third Brother left, you have been saying it from time to time,” Jiao Bai said, holding Zhang Zhen’s phone. It was a little hot to the touch. This brother didn’t know how long he had been holding it back. “I’m a patient, I can’t even run, and Lanmo Manor is in the deep mountains and forests. The surroundings are so remote, and there are a bunch of you watching, I don’t understand why you are so wary of me.”

Zhang Zhen was speechless.

“I want to log in to WeChat, you log out,” Jiao Bai returned the phone to him, “Okay?”

Zhang Zhen’s eyebrows knotted, why was this so troublesome?

Jiao Bai smiled: “Please.”

Zhang Zhen pursed his lips, took back his phone, operated it, and said, “I will mention your use of the phone to my Third Brother.”

The implication was that no matter what you do in Lanmo Manor, I will report it to my Third Brother. I am my Third Brother’s man and will never be bought by you. You better dispel that naive idea.

Jiao Bai waved his hand: “I want to log in to WeChat.”

Zhang Zhen turned his head to one side. He was not interested in other people’s privacy.

But warnings still had to be given.

“Don’t play tricks on WeChat,” Zhang Zhen threw a pumpkin seed into his mouth, accurately and casually, “That’s a very stupid act.”

The bright color blocks on the avatar seemed to have turned into countless horns, babbling there. Jiao Bai muttered while logging in to the account: “I know, you’re so long-winded.”

Zhang Zhen: “…”

His face darkened: “I only give you two minutes.”

“Enough.” After seeing the security verification prompt, Jiao Bai chose friend-assisted verification without much thought. Shen Er An cooperated with him quickly.

Jiao Bai logged in to WeChat and found that the avatars of his few friends had a small red circle on them, with numbers of messages marked inside.

Liang Er Huo actually had more than Shen Er An.

Time was limited, Jiao Bai had no intention to manage other people, he only poked Zhang Zhen’s avatar and clicked in, pulling up the chat history from bottom to top.

After Jiao Bai pulled up the record, he sent Zhang Zhen a message and went to the “Account and Security” column in the settings, clearing the traces left behind. After that, he logged out of WeChat.

A rumbling sound came from outside.

A huge thunder hit the sky above Lanmo Manor.

The weather changed.

Shen Corporation

Shen Er An, who was kicked out of the office, sat in the stairwell, holding his phone in a daze. Jiao Bai didn’t reply to him.

Shen Er An put his phone in his pocket, took out a folded piece of colored paper from his school uniform pocket, and folded it inward along the corners on both sides.

The paper was folded wrinkled, and no pattern was folded out. Shen Er An’s fingers closed, and he squeezed the colored paper tightly. He took a deep breath, picked up his phone, contacted a number, and sent a message.

-Help me check the address that this account just logged in to.

Shen Er An bent down, his forehead against the phone case. He bit his slightly cool lips a few times, and then sent another sentence.

-I want to know what things Chen Yiming sent people to investigate tonight.

Shen Er An deleted the record and sat quietly.

On the other side, Qi Zi Zhi squatted on the ground looking at the information. He had been squatting for several minutes and hadn’t gotten up yet.

His hands and feet were stiff, and his face was tense.

Qi Zi Zhi’s hand holding the information turned white: “Shen Dong, is there some misunderstanding here?”

Shen Ji sat deep in the leather chair, playing with the gun casually. He had passed the most angry stage and was now thinking about how to get this anger out: “A few months ago, if I hadn’t been lucky in that car accident, I would have been lying underground now.”

Qi Zi Zhi couldn’t speak.

The sentence just now was just a subconscious thing he said with a fluke mentality. There was no doubt about the authenticity of this information.

Qi Zi Zhi’s eyebrows furrowed little by little, getting more and more furrowed, as if a snow mountain suddenly pressed on his head, cold and heavy. This pressure had nothing to do with any big projects, it came from his private affairs, his family, his younger brother.

Qi Zi Zhi was almost thirty years old. He had taken over the family business early on and was labeled as young and promising. His career development had always been considerable.

This was the first time he faced his own failure, and it came unexpectedly.

As an older brother, Qi Zi Zhi was too indulgent to his younger brother. Except for persuading him not to be so determined to enter the Shen family, he would give him whatever he wanted, which led him to make a big mistake today.

The content of this information made Qi Zi Zhi feel like it was just a story, except that the name was the same as his younger brother.

He never would have thought that his younger brother would collude with that young man who used to live in Qinlin Garden to plot against the Shen family.

Hiring a fugitive who had been on the run for many years to drive a car and hit the Shen family’s head, kidnapping the Master’s wife and children, and threatening him to fabricate the fortune, deceiving the Old Lady.

These things made Qi Zi Zhi’s temples throb.

Qi Zi Zhi slowly stood up: “Shen Dong, my younger brother hasn’t been found yet. When he comes, I will give you a satisfactory explanation.”

“But,”

Qi Zi Zhi had been working hard in the business world for many years. Although his methods and achievements were not as good as Shen Ji, he was also a person who could stand alone. Even if his heart was in turmoil, his face was calm: “Should we mention the mastermind of everything?”

Shen Ji’s action of playing with the gun stopped.

“I know how much my younger brother weighs,” Qi Zi Zhi said, “My younger brother couldn’t have come up with such a seamless plan, and there is no such capable person around him.”

“In addition, to be honest with you, two years ago, my younger brother asked me to threaten the Master, so that he could fabricate the fortune of Jiao Bai, so that you could drive him out of Qinlin Garden. We tried all kinds of coercion and inducement, but he refused to cooperate, so we had to give up.”

“At that time, my younger brother also hid it from me and went to find the Master’s weaknesses. He spent a long time and couldn’t find them.” Qi Zi Zhi looked at Shen Ji, who had put down the gun, and said meaningfully, “So, the address of the Master’s wife and children was not found by himself.”

Shen Ji suddenly supported the table and stood up.

A terrifying air pressure attacked Qi Zi Zhi. Sweat was oozing from his temples: “Shen Dong, my younger brother was just confused for a while, but Jiao Bai is…”

Shen Ji raised the gun and aimed it at Qi Zi Zhi.

The killing intent permeated from the dark muzzle, gathering towards Qi Zi Zhi. He stood still and said word by word: “Premeditated, planned, long, time, ago.”

“Bang”

The bullet cut through the void, grazed Qi Zi Zhi’s ear, and flew into the wall behind him.

Shen Ji violently smashed the gun on the floor-to-ceiling window.

The glass did not break open, but the gun cracked under the terrible impact.

Shen Ji seemed to have been poked in the spine, and his chewing muscles trembled with anger, and his eyes were about to burst with blood. It was one thing for him to sort out the ins and outs himself, but it was another thing to hear others mention it in person.

He had lost all face.

His little dog would rather put himself in danger and use Qi Shuang to arrange that car accident.

He didn’t worry at all that the driver who caused the accident would shake his hand and step on the accelerator too hard, that the car would hit too hard, and that he would be missing a few parts while sitting in the car, or even die on the spot.

Smart, ruthless, to himself and to others.

First, create a car accident with himself and the gold master present, leaving the Old Lady with the impression that he was not competent as a mascot, and at the same time, he wanted the gold master to suffer minor injuries, so that he could avoid being punished.

Then, he used the Master’s chess piece to combine the car accident to make the Old Lady believe that his life had changed from a lucky star to a disaster star.

The most remarkable thing was that the little dog accurately pinched his master’s boredom with fate and his disdain for spending time on related people and things.

During the car accident, he also used a look to hook his master.

Amazing.

Every step was set up so meticulously, I don’t know how long it was planned.

Just wanted to leave Qinlin Garden, get rid of the Shen family, and get rid of the quota for Shen’s wife.

——Step forward, without hesitation.

A fishy smell surged in Shen Ji’s throat, but he forcibly suppressed it. He trembled and made a phone call, the veins on the back of his hand protruding upwards: “Get in here!”

Chen Yiming cautiously entered the office. The strong smell of blood rushed into his nose. He saw that Qi Zi Zhi’s left ear was covered in blood, and he couldn’t help but take a breath.

The chairman usually appreciated Qi Total and thought he was a capable junior, but this time he actually shot him.

All of this was caused by Jiao Bai’s reed. He actually stirred up such a big storm.

Fortunately, he was still in West City and didn’t run into the muzzle of the gun.

“Go investigate that goddamn Master, find him, I want to see him alive, I want to see his body if he’s dead.” Shen Ji lit a cigarette, and the cap of the lighter was pressed back hard by him. He took a puff of cigarette, and the flickering flame reflected his unfathomable eyes, “Within an hour, I want to know the result.”

Chen Yiming swallowed: “Yes.”

He walked out, his steps a little unsteady. God knows that when he received the chairman’s instructions to investigate Jiao Bai, he was only thinking about how much money the adoptive parents of Jiao Bai’s family would ask for. That leech-like face was really disgusting.

The 20 million on Jiao Bai’s card pulled out Qi Shuang.

After that, Qi Shuang became the focus of the investigation. He had some good officers around him who helped him clean up the mess, but they couldn’t be compared with the resources of the Shen family.

So all the covered things emerged one by one.

If the chairman had admitted earlier that he cared about a little dog, this scene would have been staged earlier.

There was no way to skip it.

Chen Yiming underestimated Jiao Bai. That was not a vicious dog, but a vicious wolf. A high school student who had not yet entered society did not know where he got his city and courage to dare to play tricks under the chairman’s nose.

The chairman was used to being arrogant and invincible. This time, he was probably shocked by everything he had lost his face and his inner face.

As soon as he left the office, Chen Yiming told the things that the chairman had ordered to be done.

In fact, when he found out that the Master had an accident, Chen Yiming had asked people to continue the investigation. Because Qi Shuang’s people did not find the Master’s body.

Chen Yiming needed to confirm it.

This time, the chairman set a time limit, and Chen Yiming added a lot of manpower. He had to find a way to complete the task.

The smell of blood in the office was even stronger.

Qi Zi Zhi’s neck and shoulders were stained red with blood, but he did not reach out to cover the wound. His Qi family could not get out of this matter unscathed, and it was difficult to take his younger brother out.

His younger brother must have been caught by some handle by that Jiao Bai, and he didn’t dare to say a word to him, the big brother.

Otherwise, how could it have developed into the current situation.

“Jiao Bai…” Qi Zi Zhi said the name in his heart. At that time in Fu Yuan Building, he heard some words in the lounge and thought that the child’s temperament was very good. He was still thinking that if the other party encountered any difficulties in the future, he would help him.

Now looking back, it was very ridiculous.

That child didn’t need his help at all.

Qi Zi Zhi’s face gradually turned pale due to blood loss. When he pointed out that Jiao Bai had been planning for a long time, Shen Ji’s reaction revealed a little bit. He would not deal ruthlessly with Jiao Bai, so he needed a way to turn the page.

The younger brother was that way.

Even the entire Qi family would be destroyed by at least half of its foundation.

Qi Zi Zhi frowned, his thoughts clear. If the Qi family went down, they could rise again, but the younger brother couldn’t have anything happen.

He hoped that his younger brother would not come here.

It would be good for him, the big brother, to face Shen Ji’s anger.

The next second after Qi Zi Zhi thought so, the phone in his pocket rang. He answered it without thinking.

“Qi Total, Young Master Shuang has been found.”

Qi Zi Zhi wanted to pretend that it was a call from a friend to deceive Shen Ji, but when he noticed that the tone of the subordinate on the other end of the phone was wrong, his expression suddenly lost control: “What’s wrong?”

At the same time as he asked, a strong sense of uneasiness rushed into Qi Zi Zhi’s heart, and he was caught off guard.

“Qi Total, Young Master Shuang, he…”

Other voices broke into the phone, shouting in panic: “He’s not breathing!”

Qi Zi Zhi lost consciousness for a moment: “Who’s not breathing?”

What answered him was a dead silence.

“Where are you? Tell me the specific address.” Qi Zi Zhi’s breath became disordered at an out-of-control speed, “Speak!”

Hearing something, Qi Zi Zhi’s hand loosened, and the phone and information all fell down.

He ran out, and the blood on his ears splashed backwards as he ran, falling on the information on the ground. It looked messy and shocking.

The office door suddenly opened from the inside, and Chen Yiming was stunned: “Qi Total, what…”

After saying only three words, Qi Zi Zhi had already disappeared.

A trail of blood was left in the long corridor.

Chen Yiming leaned against the wall. Did the old youngest member of the Qi family have an accident? It must not be like this. Otherwise, who else can marry into the Shen family and bring good luck to the chairman?

That’s right, there is also the reed that floated to West City.

The Master said that his fate had changed, but that was a lie. He was still the chairman’s wife candidate.