"Why didn't I know my father had a safe deposit box in a Swiss bank?" Luo Jialan was so excited that her eyes turned red. "This is fraud! This wasn't on my father's estate list at all! "
She had read the list of Huo Guanyuan's estate countless times and counted it countless times, but she had never known that Huo Guanyuan had a safe deposit box in a Swiss bank.
Gu Nianzhi was silent. Although she felt that Luo Jialan was his daughter, her focus was a little strange, she didn't say much. She only turned to look at Xie Shenxing and pointed at the letter in Xie Shenxing's hand. She asked calmly, "Granduncle, is this really a copy of Uncle Huo's will?"
Huo Xuenong's heart sank. He still had his head buried, but he rolled his eyes at Xie Shenxing. "… A copy of the will? Xie Shenxing, you're really something. You heard me say that I lost the real will, so you immediately made a fake will, right?! "
Xie Shenxing scoffed and shook the envelope in his hand. "Who would have the time to forge a fake will? What good would it do me? My sister's dowry was only a small part of the Xie family's property. Why would I forge someone else's will for that small part? Do you think I'm as short-sighted as you and your adopted granddaughter?! "
"You're not blind, but you hate me. You hate me for humiliating your sister, so it's not impossible for you to forge a copy of the will to ruin my reputation." Huo Xuenong spoke eloquently, insisting that the copy of the will in Xie Shenxing's hand was fake.
Xie Shenxing spread his hands and said helplessly, "… Do you still need me to ruin your reputation? I thought you were already stinky, but you were even more despicable than I thought. "
"You're slandering me!" Huo Xuenong pounded the bed. He was furious. "I'm going to sue you! I'm going to sue you for forging someone else's will! "
Gu Nianzhi admired the performance of the two old men for a while. She reached out to hold Xie Shenxing's arm and said with a smile, "Don't argue, both of you. Whether it's true or not, let Old Mr. Xie tell us the reason first. I think Miss Luo is right. Why isn't this copy of the will on Uncle Huo's list of belongings? "
She believed that Luo Jialan must have checked the list of Huo Guanyuan's belongings countless times. She knew best if she had missed anything.
Xie Shenxing nodded and the mocking expression on his face disappeared. He patted the back of Gu Nianzhi's hand and sighed. "Although Huo Xuenong isn't a good person, his son and grandson aren't bad. Especially Eldest Brother Guanyuan, and Shaoheng, who was raised by my sister herself, they are all like my sister, not like this shameless old thing. "
The corners of Gu Nianzhi's lips curled up slightly. She didn't say "I'm flattered." Instead, she praised him with pride, "… Old Mr. Xie has such good taste!"
Xie Shenxing looked at the will in his hand and said calmly, "Your Uncle Beichen discovered this. When Huo Xuenong was in France, it was your Uncle Beichen who stopped me, so I swallowed my anger and didn't chase him away. "
"But this time, because I investigated the trust fund under Luo Jialan's name, I found out something else. Even my gentle and refined son couldn't tolerate it, so he let me come back to settle the score with Huo Xuenong." Xie Shenxing's gaze darted between Huo Xuenong and Luo Jialan, and his expression darkened.
"Because Luo Jialan authorized her trust fund to transfer money to Germany, this amount of money wasn't a small amount, and it involved the possibility of money laundering, so your Uncle Beichen simply sent someone to check all the accounts of the trust fund over the years."
Luo Jialan's eyes widened in surprise.
After she took over Huo Guanyuan's trust fund, she hadn't checked the accounts.
And the other party had no obligation to account for the previous accounts, because she had only received the inheritance from Luo Xinxue. All the accounts had been transferred to her from the day Luo Xinxue died.
The rest of the accounts only contained a summary of the income before that, and there were no details.
Gu Nianzhi didn't know much about the financial management of the trust fund, but she roughly knew that it wouldn't be easy to check the accounts in detail.
But for the Xie family, it wasn't difficult.
Xie Shenxing continued, "When we checked the accounts, we found out that Guanyuan had opened a safety deposit box in a Swiss bank in Shaoheng's name 17 years ago." As he spoke, he smiled at the puzzled Luo Jialan. "Why wasn't this Swiss bank safety deposit box among Guanyuan's belongings? Because it wasn't under Guanyuan's name, but under Shaoheng's. "
Gu Nianzhi: "…"
"… Is there really no one who knows? What if they forgot to check the accounts? "Gu Nianzhi asked curiously.
Xie Shenxing smiled and patted her head. "They won't forget. When the trustee of the trust fund was questioned by your Uncle Beichen, they said that they hadn't forgotten about the safety deposit box. Back then, Guanyuan left them a power of attorney. He said that if his nephew, Huo Shaoheng, got married and he was no longer alive, he would give this envelope to him as a wedding gift. "
Gu Nianzhi felt sweet and sad at the same time. She felt both sympathy and respect for her uncle, whom she had never met. Her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
She sighed and said, "No wonder. If the power of attorney was given to the trustee of the trust fund, it had nothing to do with Uncle Huo's belongings, so it wasn't recorded in the list of belongings."
It was like he had written a letter to the trustee of the trust fund. Of course, this letter wasn't considered Huo Guanyuan's belongings, but the property of the trustee of the trust fund.
Xie Shenxing continued, "With Shaoheng's permission, we opened the envelope and found that it was a set of keepsakes for renting a Swiss bank safety deposit box. We used this keepsakes, as well as Shaoheng's identity document and power of attorney. With the accompaniment of a lawyer, we went to the Swiss bank to open the safe deposit box. "
"In the end, there was nothing else in the safe deposit box. There was only a sealed document bag and two letters. One of the letters was a copy of his will. "Xie Shenxing looked a little uncomfortable as he said this.
Gu Nianzhi observed his expression and quickly helped him change the topic. "Then Major General Huo already knew that Uncle Huo had a copy of his will?!"
Xie Shenxing shook his head. "He didn't know. Although we got his authorization to open the safe deposit box, we didn't tell him what was inside. "
In other words, Xie Shenxing was even testing Huo Shaoheng.
Luo Jialan and Huo Xuenong asked almost at the same time, "… Then who was the document bag and the other letter for?"
Xie Shenxing looked at them disdainfully and said aloofly, "The document bag was still for Shaoheng. We didn't open it. As for the other letter, it has nothing to do with you. I came back this time to deal with this matter. "
"I opened the copy of the will. Because Guanyuan had already died, and we didn't hear that he had left a will, we were worried that there was something fishy going on, so we opened the envelope containing the will with the accompaniment of a lawyer." Xie Shenxing took a deep breath and looked at Gu Nianzhi with a smile. "Little Nianzhi, your speculations about Guanyuan's will were almost spot on."
"Really?!" Gu Nianzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and her face seemed to glow. She attracted everyone's attention.
At that moment, the door of the ward was pushed open again, and Huo Shaoheng, dressed in the black uniform of the Special Operations Forces, strode in.
He was extremely tall and burly. As soon as he walked in, he cast a huge shadow at the door, causing great mental pressure to many people in the ward. Gu Nianzhi, however, wasn't affected at all.
Gu Nianzhi wasn't affected at all. She smiled and pounced on him. "Huo Shao, you're here?!"
Huo Shaoheng nodded and steadily reached out to catch her. He held her by his side and brought her to Xie Shenxing. He said, "Granduncle, can you show me the will?"
"Of course." Xie Shenxing nodded and placed the copy of the will in Huo Shaoheng's hand. "This was for you to begin with."
Huo Shaoheng opened the will and read it at a glance.
Xie Shenxing turned to look at Huo Xuenong and said mockingly, "… Now, you don't have to worry about other people's things anymore. Everything will be returned to its rightful owner."
"Do you think I did it all for myself?!" Huo Xuenong couldn't take it anymore after being humiliated by Xie Shenxing.
He knew that his relationship with the Xie family could no longer be mended, and he no longer dreamed of getting the Zhang family to get close to the Xie family.
He looked at Xie Shenxing with almost resentment and said angrily, "All you know is money?! If you've read the will, don't you understand why I would rather that huge fortune fall into the hands of someone unrelated than say a word?! "
"Isn't it because the matter between you and Zhang Feng was also mentioned in Guanyuan's will?" Xie Shenxing shook his head. "Guanyuan hoped that Zhang Feng could retire early and said that she was no longer suitable to continue working in the Huo family."
"Yes, he did mention Zhang Feng, but at that time, your sister had already passed away. It wasn't impossible for Zhang Feng and I to be together, but we didn't." Huo Xuenong said confidently, "What good do you think Guanyuan is? He coveted his own sister-in-law! You're saying that I could let others see this will at that time?! Does he still want his title as a martyr?! Does his brother Guanchen still want to be a human?! "
Even Gu Nianzhi was shocked by Huo Xuenong's words.
Although she knew that Huo Guanyuan had a deep crush on Song Jinning, she absolutely believed that Huo Guanyuan was "in the heat of passion" and was very reserved. It wasn't as disgusting as what Huo Xuenong had said about "coveting his sister-in-law".
He was so reserved that Song Jinning never knew that Huo Guanyuan had feelings for her.
Moreover, this matter had already been used by Bai Jinyi and Luo Jialan as evidence of Luo Xinxue's suicide during Bai Jinyi's case last year.
At that time, Gu Nianzhi was the one who had saved Huo Guanyuan's reputation.
This was because she had proved that Song Jinning's letter, "Tears fall from my eyes, I regret not being able to meet you before we got married", was written under Bai Jinyi's guidance when she was mentally unstable.
As for Huo Guanyuan's love letters, they were written a long time before Song Jinning and Huo Guanchen got married. The man was unmarried, and the woman was unmarried. It was only natural for Song Jinning to have someone pursuing her, so Gu Nianzhi refuted it with "insufficient evidence".
Now this matter had actually come out of Huo Xuenong's mouth, and he even said that he "coveted his sister-in-law"!
So after Song Jinning and Huo Guanchen got married, Huo Guanyuan still had designs on her?
Gu Nianzhi found it unbelievable.
Even if he did, with Uncle Huo's cautious mind, would he have written it in his will?
Surely he knew how much trouble and harm it would cause Song Jinning if he wrote it like that?
Gu Nianzhi instinctively retorted, "I don't believe it."
She moved closer to Huo Shaoheng's hand and looked at the will together.
Gu Nianzhi had been forced by He Zhichu to learn shorthand for a while. She had a very good memory to begin with, so she only took a few quick glances and had a new understanding of Huo Guanyuan's will.
She looked up at Huo Xuenong calmly. "Grandfather Huo, from which sentence did you see that Uncle Huo still had feelings for Ms. Song? I couldn't see it at all. "
"Of course you couldn't see it." Huo Xuenong sneered. "Didn't you see what he wrote in his will? All the property rights to the trust fund were left to his nephew! "
Gu Nianzhi: "…"
That sentence was indeed in the will.
"… However, this can only mean that Uncle Huo didn't want to leave the trust fund to Luo Xinxue and Luo Jialan." Gu Nianzhi continued to analyze, "What if Ms. Song had another son in the future? Wouldn't that be an equal share with Major General Huo? "
The expression on Gu Nianzhi's face suddenly became strange.
Her gaze slowly moved from Huo Xuenong's angry old face to Zhang Wenjie, who was giggling like he was listening to a book from heaven.
Gu Nianzhi gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. She said in surprise, "I understand now. I understand why Grandfather Huo tried so hard to transfer half of the trust fund to Zhang Wenjie. Because according to the original text of Uncle Huo's will, he specified that the trust fund would be given to his nephew, and Zhang Wenjie was also considered Uncle Huo's nephew! So literally speaking, he also has half of the inheritance rights! "
Before the Zhang family could rejoice, Gu Nianzhi continued, "Grandfather Huo, you're too despicable! Uncle Huo clearly couldn't have known that you had an illegitimate son and grandson at the time. The nephew he was talking about was obviously Major General Huo alone! "
It was precisely to avoid suspicion that Huo Guanyuan didn't openly write that he would give the entire trust fund to Huo Shaoheng, right?
Because he didn't want to cause trouble for others.
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