Ye Huanyan didn't understand Ling Han's actions.
Even if he wanted to compensate Gu Duo, he could have done it in other ways.
"There's one more thing."
Gu Chi hesitated again and again, looking troubled.
"Just say it."
Ye Huanyan looked at him and held the corner of the table to calm herself down.
"The mountain villa was sealed off and the Gu Corporation was investigated. The fuse was that the Gu Corporation had injected funds into Pleasure Group, and the destination of these funds was the border arms. It is said that the testimony that He Xiao submitted to the United Nations Public Prosecutor's Office was related to Ling Han's tacit knowledge of this matter."
So, Ling Han had a lot to do with what happened to the Gu family.
Ye Huanyan's face darkened. "Go on."
"But the change of ownership really happened ten days ago. Ten days ago, you suspected that Ling Han was missing. If this is true, then I suspect that the control of Pleasure Group was no longer in Ling Han's hands ten days ago or even earlier."
There was someone behind him.
Gu Chi's analytical ability was on par with Gu Liu's. He simplified his analysis process and only talked about simple reasoning. Ye Huanyan already had enough reason to believe that this matter had nothing to do with Ling Han. As for the person behind him, she didn't need to think too much to know who it was.
"Du Qifeng isn't that capable."
Ye Huanyan frowned.
Du Qifeng was Gu Duo's biological father. He was very ambitious, but he didn't have the ability and was very useless. All these years, he only knew how to ask for money from the Four Seasons Villa to do his business, but he changed his business every two years. He had worked in all kinds of industries and closed down whatever he did.
In Wen Yi's words, he didn't have the life to make a fortune.
"But Wen Qing does."
Gu Chi continued with a dark expression. "I've checked. Before Wen Qing moved to Los Angeles, she was from the side branch of the Wen family in West Ridge."
Ye Huanyan's face stiffened.
She had encountered all the coincidences in the world?
The Wen family in West Ridge was Wen Qingwan's maiden family. The current head of the family was Wen Qingwan's eldest brother.
As for the branch family that Gu Chi mentioned, did that mean that Wen Qing was a member of the Wen family? In that case, Wen Yi was naturally one as well. In that case, she and Ling Han …
Guessing what Ye Huanyan was thinking, Gu Chi calmly added, "A very distant relative. The surname Wen is a big family in West Ridge, so it's spread far and wide. Almost everyone there has the surname Wen. Madam and Wen Qing are cousins, so Second Miss, you don't have to worry about your blood relationship with Mr. Ling Han. It's very faint, almost non-existent."
Ye Huanyan's eyes were a little resentful, but in the end, there was still some affection.
She coughed dryly to cover up her embarrassment and awkwardly changed the topic. "So you're saying that Gu Duo and Umbo worked together to make Ling Han a mere figurehead?"
Gu Chi nodded.
Ye Huanyan's expression darkened. She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, but still felt very stifled in her chest.
Even though she knew that he was being held hostage, the knot in her heart was still difficult to dissolve. After all, it was Pleasure that had implicated the Four Seasons Villa. After all, this was how it was.
After a long while, she asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is he now?"
Gu Chi hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.
"Outside the door."
Ye Huanyan's expression froze, and there was a hint of astonishment in her eyes as if she couldn't believe what she had heard. She asked, "What did you say?"
"After he left Pleasure's board of directors, he went to Haiyan Media to look for you, but I couldn't contact you at that time, so I asked him to go back and wait for you. He waited for you downstairs for five days. After that, I felt that he wasn't a threat, so I brought him here."
These words that weren't a threat made Ye Huanyan's heart skip a beat. She suddenly remembered that Chen Yin had shouted at the door just now. Her eyes suddenly tightened, and she quickly walked to the door.
She pulled open the door, but there was no one in the corridor.
Gu Chi frowned. "He was here just a moment ago."
There was a rustling sound coming from the corner of the corridor. Ye Huanyan clenched her hands and walked straight in that direction.
The man standing in the shadow of the corner was wearing a large winter coat. His gray felt hat was pulled down so low that his facial features couldn't be seen. She could only see that he was extremely unkempt and unkempt. Although he was tall, he was leaning on a crutch.
Ye Huanyan's face turned pale. She looked at him in disbelief and said in a hoarse voice, "Ling Han …"
The moment he heard her voice, Ling Han's figure shrank back. His slender and clean fingers gripped the crutch in his hand tightly. His stubble trembled slightly, as if he didn't dare to look up.
"Ling Han …" Ye Huanyan composed herself and raised her voice to call out again. This time, she reached out her hand, wanting to touch his fingers.
When he felt the warmth of her fingertips on the back of his hand, Ling Han slowly raised his head, revealing the unkempt but still handsome face under the felt hat.
Ye Huanyan didn't know what he had gone through to become like this. She had too many questions to ask him, but those questions weren't as important as him suddenly appearing in front of her at this moment.
Even if he was in such a sorry state, even if he had caused the Gu family to be in such a precarious situation.
In the living room, Ye Huanyan helped him sit down and handed him a hot towel. "Your leg …"
"I've been in the water prison for too long. Luckily, I still have one leg that can move."
He pretended to be indifferent, but his words made Ye Huanyan's expression turn even uglier.
"So you were coerced by Gu Duo?"
No wonder Gu Chi had such a confident look on his face earlier. There were many things that he had most likely already verified with Ling Han.
"Yes."
"Is my brother really in Gu Duo's hands?"
"Yes."
After asking the question and getting the answer, she didn't know how to react. Grief or resentment didn't seem appropriate. Ye Huanyan felt a sharp pain in her heart. They had been involved in other things time and time again, but they were still willing to jump in.
Gu Duo had grasped this point and had proven it time and time again.
…
In Manhattan Beach, the Maid in charge of looking after Gu Sinian every day pushed his wheelchair to the balcony and then stood quietly at the side, waiting for him to ask to go back after he finished basking in the sun.
There were only four people in the villa, including Gu Sinian. One Maid and two bodyguards. The bodyguards were in charge of 'moving' the weak Gu Sinian every day, and the Maid was in charge of his meals and lodging.
A piece of driftwood floated over from afar. A wave hit it, and after the wave receded, two figures were pushed to the beach. Gu Sinian's eyes narrowed and he said in a low voice, "Go and take a look."
The Maid was stunned. "Miss said you can't go out."
"I said you go and take a look. If it's a person, bring him back for treatment."
"…"
"Did she say you can't bring anyone back?"
"No."
"Then go."
Gu Sinian sat in the wheelchair and couldn't move his limbs, but the cold aura around him made people not dare to treat him casually.
The Maid's face turned pale. She nodded quickly and turned to go downstairs in a hurry.
Not long after, the Maid's fat figure appeared on the beach. She squatted in front of the two figures for a long time, then ran towards the villa and called two bodyguards to save them.
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