Xie Hongbo?
Gu Shao's answer was unexpected to Gu Xi.
"Isn't Gu Yao his biological son?" Gu Xi looked at Gu Shao in confusion. Although Gu Shao had said that Xie Hongbo had given up on Gu Yao, Gu Xi couldn't imagine that someone would do that to his own son.
Seeing the surprise on Gu Xi's face, Gu Shao's eyes flickered. Originally, he hadn't intended to tell Gu Xi these things, but after thinking about it, he decided to let this girl know some things.
"Xie Hongbo doesn't treat Gu Yao as his own child …" Gu Shao explained simply.
Of course, Xie Hongbo had improper relationships with many women, and Yang Wanni was just one of them.
Yang Wanni's pregnancy was just an accident to Xie Hongbo.
Even before Gu Yao was born, Xie Hongbo had already made up his mind to use him as a pawn to smear Gu Qinghua's reputation.
How could Xie Hongbo have any pity for a pawn?
Hearing Gu Shao's explanation, Gu Xi nodded in a daze and thought of the plot of the novel.
— — It seemed to be the case. In the novel, even though a few people came to defeat the Gu family and ruin Gu Shao's reputation, the big boss behind him didn't acknowledge Gu Yao. Gu Yao changing his surname to Xie seemed to be his own decision.
Just as Gu Xi was frowning and seriously considering how their family should deal with Xie Hongbo, a large hand suddenly pressed down on the top of her head.
"I'm telling you this so that you won't think too much," Gu Shao said.
Gu Xi removed Gu Shao's hand from the top of her head and asked, "Then why are you telling me this?"
"I know that some people are sinister, so that I won't be deceived when I go out." Gu Shao secretly laughed and said.
Gu Xi: "…" Do I look like I'm deceiving people?
Gu Xi glanced at Gu Shao quietly, only to hear Gu Shao say, "Don't read too much gossip online."
"Also, during this period of time, no matter what rumors you see or hear on the Internet or elsewhere, don't panic or worry, understand?"
Gu Shao's tone was calm, but Gu Xi sensed something unusual in it.
Gu Xi nodded, but she still couldn't let go of her worries.
— —
When they got home, Gu Shao asked Gu Xi to go back to her room to do her homework while he went straight to the study.
"How is it?" Gu Shao asked as he walked into the study.
"Everything we found is here." Gu Xuan handed a stack of documents to Gu Shao.
The information was about Gu Yao and the Xie family.
The records on it were far more complicated than what was reported on the internet.
— — On the surface, the Sun family's business had collapsed, and because of business violations, they had lost all their assets overnight.
All of this seemed reasonable, but in fact, it was just a big show concocted by Xie Hongbo.
His real goal was to transfer the Sun family's money into his own hands after a few rounds of transactions.
"This Xie Hongbo is really ruthless." Gu Feng also looked at the information in front of him and sneered.
"I'm afraid he planned this long ago." Gu Xuan whispered.
On the surface, Gu Yao, as the son-in-law of the Sun family, was making money for the Sun family, but in fact, he was making money for himself, Xie Hongbo.
The amount of dirty money the Sun family had made was far beyond their initial expectations.
"Have you found Gu Yao?" Gu Shao looked up and asked.
"We found him, but …" It's already over.
Gu Xuan didn't finish his sentence, but the other two already understood what he meant.
"How are Sun Feiyan and Gu Xueer?" Gu Feng asked.
"Sun Feiyan herself doesn't know much, but she's still clean. She took Gu Xueer and Gu Xueer to Q province." With the Sun family in trouble, if Sun Feiyan and her daughter continued to stay in B city, they would only become the target of public opinion and face countless troubles. It was better for them to go back to the Sun family and live incognito than continue to be live targets.
"Next should be our Gu family, right?" Gu Xuan sighed softly and said.
Gu Feng nodded. "Based on Xie Hongbo's style of doing things, I don't think he'll wait too long."
After a pause, Gu Feng said, "Based on our current bargaining chips, our side has a higher chance of winning, but …"
Halfway through, Gu Feng paused. Gu Shao nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Yu Gufeng continued, "But if we really go head to head, we will also be greatly affected."
Gu Shao expressed that it was no problem. "The impact is within the range of control."
Gu Xuan nodded and laughed meaningfully. "Looks like the game is about to start."
In terms of means and family background, the Gu family's Xie Hongbo did not lose to anyone.
Therefore, the three people present all knew that it was time for the Gu family and Xie Hongbo to meet force with force.
— —
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the study. Wang Pei's voice came from outside.
"Are you guys not going to come out of the study?" Wang Pei said disdainfully outside the door.
"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Gu Xuan went to open the door and was met with a glare from Wang Pei.
"It's time to eat." After saying that, Wang Pei also glared at Gu Shao and Gu Feng. "The two of you are so busy that you don't even eat?"
Gu Shao looked at the time. Indeed, it was more than ten minutes past the usual time for the Gu family to eat.
"Let's go." Gu Shao stood up.
Gu Feng also put away the documents in front of him. The three of them went downstairs together.
— —
Gu Shao had just walked downstairs when he met Gu Xi's "concerned" gaze.
Gu Xi's concern was obviously not for the person, but for the matter they were discussing.
"Have you finished your homework?" Gu Shao asked.
Gu Xi was stunned. "Oh, right away."
You haven't finished your homework yet?
Seeing that Gu Xi was about to run off to do her homework, Gu Shao had a headache and stopped her.
"Do it after dinner," Gu Shao said. After a pause, he said, "Also, do two sets of practice questions for class."
Gu Xi: "I've finished all the practice questions."
Gu Shao: "…"
"Then go to my desk and take two sets of electronic engineering test papers to do." Those were the papers that the school's assistant had sent to Gu Shao. They were the basic test questions for new students of A University.
Gu Shao decided to find more things for this girl to do so that she wouldn't let her imagination run wild all the time.
— —
After a few days, everything was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.
However, Gu Xi could clearly feel that the adults at home were much busier than usual. Gu Xuan did not go abroad, and even Cui Min had pushed back a big fashion show to stay at home.
However, at home, Gu Xi often did not see them. Sometimes, she would not see them for two or three days in a row.
Therefore, the so-called calm was all an illusion. In fact, there were already undercurrents surging.
The first thing that was exposed was the news that several villas in the western suburbs of B City were of unknown origin and had incomplete paperwork.
Previously, Gu Xi had heard from Grandpa Gu about the location of some of the Gu family's businesses. The villas in the western suburbs mentioned in the news were owned by the Gu family.
Gu Xi did not know if those villas really had problems with the paperwork, but she knew that this news must have been Xie Hongbo's doing.
Then, another piece of news was exposed: Aikaro Electronic Technology Limited Company was suspected of illegal transfer of funds.
In the eyes of others, this company was just a shell game company set up by a few people. There was no actual company income at all. However, what everyone did not know was that the person who really controlled this company was actually Xie Hongbo. The purpose of this game company's existence was to launder money through games.
Therefore, problems began to be exposed continuously.
There was a huge loophole in a certain organization's accounts. Many of the people in a certain company had long passed away, but they were still operating normally. A certain service center was involved in a huge chain of interests. A certain sales store was suspected of selling supplies exclusively for the military camp …
One thing after another seemed unrelated, but in fact, they were all related to the Gu family and Xie Hongbo.
And from the way the news was exposed, it was also very particular.
The assets of the Gu family that Xie Hongbo had investigated were exposed bit by bit. From the Gu family's shares to valuable real estate, to foreign investment projects, they were pushed forward layer by layer. The purpose was nothing more than to let people realize that the Gu family had a deep family background. Then, he led all these problems to Gu Qinghua.
Gu Qinghua was only a battalion commander back then. It was unreasonable for him to have such a deep wealth.
Most importantly, Xie Hongbo's questions were then led to the Gu family's illegal business dealings and Gu Qinghua's collusion with the enemy. All the problems were perfectly explained.
— —
The Gu family's methods were different.
The Gu family was weaving a net, a net of evidence of Xie Hongbo's crimes.
Some of the illegal operations that Xie Hongbo had carried out in the camp, as well as the countless illegal companies that he had set up outside, were exposed bit by bit.
These problems seemed like small problems, but once they were connected, it became a huge case of corruption among the higher-ups of the camp.
— —
Xie Hongbo had always thought that he had hidden those illegal companies and chains very well, but he had never thought that the Gu family would be able to find out everything.
Xie Hongbo was busy cutting off his own flesh, wanting to get rid of it all. Unfortunately, he had too many problems. If he tried to get rid of one, the Gu family would expose another one.
While he was busy solving his own problems, Xie Hongbo was not idle either. He directly handed over the evidence of the Gu family's crimes that he had collected.
The two big shots were fighting. For a moment, no one knew who would have the last laugh.
People were busy picking sides, but naturally, there were also people who were wise enough to protect themselves. They did not mention the words Gu and Xie.
Therefore, the atmosphere outside was tense, but Grandpa Gu, who was at home, was completely free.
Because they were worried that they would be implicated, many of Grandpa Gu's friends who he had arranged to fish, play chess, or practice Tai Chi with didn't dare to come. Except for one person surnamed Shen, who came to his house every day, making Grandpa Gu extremely annoyed.
At the Gu family's dining table, Grandpa Gu looked at Grandpa Shen in front of him. His face was full of disdain.
"I say, surnamed Shen, is there no one in your family to cook for you? Do you have to come to my house every day to freeload?! "Grandpa Gu said unhappily.
Grandpa Shen had heard these words a few times and was already immune to them. He calmly took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly, "I was worried that you would be lonely at night, so I came to keep you company. These few days, those people in your family should be quite busy and won't have time to eat with you."
Hearing this, Grandpa Gu rolled his eyes at the other person, "I think you're lonely yourself."
Grandpa Shen did not mind and smiled, "Alright, then I'll be lonely. Your family doesn't lack a bowl of rice like me, it's just one more pair of chopsticks."
— — Ptui, how shameless!
Grandpa Gu cursed in his heart and sneered, "Then I don't mean it. Our Gu family's food is simple and plain, we can't afford to entertain you."
Although he said that, in reality, Grandpa Gu asked Butler Zhou to bring his best bottle of wine to entertain Grandpa Shen.
— — A friend in need is a friend indeed. Grandpa Gu knew that Shen Hongshi had been staying in the Gu family for the past two days mainly because he was worried that the Gu family would encounter some trouble or change at the last minute. He could take care of them here.
Grandpa Gu knew that the two people that Grandpa Shen had brought over the past two days were not bodyguards or doctors.
In fact, those two people were Grandpa Shen's former students and currently held important positions.
Grandpa Gu did not say anything and filled Grandpa Shen's glass with wine.
"What kind of wine is this?" Grandpa Shen asked as he smelled the wine.
"It's loose wine that costs ten yuan a catty outside. Drink it if you want."
Grandpa Shen laughed, "Hehe, is that so? Then I won't hold back and drink more. How much is left? I'll take away the rest."
"You have to drink. Shut up."
Grandpa Gu poured some wine for himself as well.
Today, no one from the Gu family was around. The younger ones had accompanied Gu Yanlin and Gu Xi to participate in the second round of the internal assessment of the Heavenly Creation Competition. Only Shen Hongshi and Grandpa Gu were at the dining table.
The two clinked glasses.
Before Grandpa Gu could finish his glass of wine, Butler Zhou walked in with a nervous look on his face.
"Sir, it's okay. They're here."
Behind Butler Zhou, a few well-dressed people with serious expressions on their faces walked in.
They revealed their identities. They were from the prosecutor's office.
"I believe you've already guessed why we're here. The fact that we're here means that we already have the relevant evidence. So, we'll have to trouble you to come with us."
Grandpa Gu stood up calmly when he heard the head of the prosecutor's office say this.
"I've already guessed that you're here, but I really don't know why you're here." Grandpa Gu said with a half-smile. He paused, lowered his eyes, and sighed. "But since you're all here, I'll go with you."
Grandpa Gu put down his wine glass and motioned for the butler to get him a coat.
However, Grandpa Shen stopped him with a look of disapproval. "You don't even know what's going on. Why are you going with them?"
Grandpa Shen glanced at the people in front of him and muttered unhappily, "You guys sure know how to pick the time."
It was probably not a coincidence that they were here when Gu Shao and the others were not around. They must have made a special trip.
That was the way of their gang.
Grandpa Shen snorted inwardly and took out his phone. He wanted to use his connections to mediate this matter, but he was stopped by Grandpa Gu.
"You'll have to go sooner or later. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. We're from the Ji University, so let's not make things difficult for these young comrades."
"Alright, I'll go with you then. We used to be in the same battalion, so I know a little about your situation."
Grandpa Shen wanted to go with Grandpa Gu, but Grandpa Gu stopped him.
Grandpa Gu followed the people from the prosecutor's office into their car and left.
— —
An hour later, Grandpa Gu was brought to the place where the prosecutor's office was. The people from the prosecutor's office took good care of this family who had once made contributions to the military.
"This way, please." Grandpa Gu was brought into a small room that was enclosed and dimly lit. The person placed a glass of water in front of him.
Not long after, three people walked in and sat across from Grandpa Gu.
"Gu Qinghua."
"Me."
"We've already conducted a detailed investigation of your problem before you came here. Here, we'll give you some time to take the initiative to confess." This was the usual procedure when the prosecutor interrogated a person with a "problem".
Grandpa Gu nodded and cooperatively began to confess.
"I joined the army when I was seventeen and was transferred to the third battalion when I was nineteen …"
Grandpa Gu briefly reviewed his previous experience and looked at the people from the prosecutor's office. "You should have already investigated what happened to me before I was thirty-two. I've always been in the battalion. It's clean and there's no problem. So, I'll start confessing when I was thirty-two."
The people from the prosecutor's office looked at Grandpa Gu with an unfathomable expression and then nodded. "Okay, let's begin."
"When I was thirty-two, I was working in the second military. I was injured during the S31 joint combat exercise and received treatment at the military hospital. I recovered and was discharged at the end of April … Then, the nurse on duty at the hospital, Yang Wanni, found me and said that she was pregnant with my child. Regarding this matter, I concealed it at that time and didn't report it to my superiors. I also took the initiative to mobilize my subordinates to investigate this matter …"
Hearing this, the three people from the prosecutor's office immediately became serious and listened carefully to Grandpa Gu's next words.
They originally thought that Grandpa Gu was going to explain his mistake, but as they listened, they gradually realized that something was wrong.
It was true that Old Master Gu was explaining his own problems, but his explanation actually implicated another unexpected person: Xie Hongbo!
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