I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 548: The Dispute Between the Three Houses

After waiting for a while, there was no news from the other side.

Shen Lanxi's heart suddenly became nervous.

Wouldn't she delete him as a liar?

Just as Shen Lanxi was hesitating whether to explain, a message popped up on the interface.

-【Guan Nipeace: I don't believe it, V me five million to see my strength.】

Look at strength?

Shen Lanxi frowned slightly. What kind of strength can be seen with five million?

South Bay.

"Tsk. What era are we in now? Do you really think cheating people doesn't cost anything?"

Jiang Huashan threw her cell phone aside and dived into the fragrant and soft pillow. Today was so long that she felt like she was about to wither away.

"Ding-dong-"

Suddenly, the phone on my arm rang.

Jiang Huashan immediately looked up and picked up the phone swiftly. The sound of the bank text message arriving was so pleasant no matter how she listened to it.

- [Account 3333 received a remittance of RMB 20 on 500XX-XX-XX]

"one two three four five six seven eight……"

With so many zeros, did he really give her five million?

Jiang Huashan was amazed. What was going on today? Why were everyone competing to give her money?

On the other side, after Shen Lanxi transferred the money, she kept staring at the screen until she saw the reminder that the other party was typing, and then she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After waiting for a long time, the other party only typed but did not send any messages. Shen Lanxi hesitated for a moment and sent a good night message. In an instant, the reminder that "the other party is typing" disappeared.

Gao Zhi leaned on the windowsill and watched for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help but stretched out a hand from the window and patted Shen Lanxi's shoulder, "Master, give me a little love."

Shen Lanxi turned over her phone expressionlessly. The moment she raised her eyes, the melted silk turned into rime on an iceberg. "What are you doing lying here?"

"..." Gao Zhi silently withdrew his hand, scratched his face, and tried to save face. "Of course I came here for serious business. Who is like you, doing nothing all day long?"

Shen Lanxi looked at him indifferently.

That's right. Gao Zhi rolled his eyes and took off his sunglasses, saying seriously, "No kidding, Master, I really have something important to do."

Shen Lanxi was too lazy to argue with him and turned back to lean against the Arhat bed. "Is there any movement from Shen Che?"

Gao Zhi jumped off the windowsill and entered the study through the glass door. "I just received news that the four stewards of Juyuan were all killed on the way to Xiangying."

Shen Lanxi frowned, "Who did it?"

Gao Zhi shook his head. "The scene was completely burned. It's difficult to investigate in a short time."

Shen Lanxi lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then waved her hand, "No need to check."

Neither the second nor the third branch would submit to the other. Since it was Shen Che who conspired with Shen Zhi, the people who helped to kill and silence the witnesses must be from the third branch.

But something is strange.

In the family meeting, Grandpa has expressed his attitude of eliminating the traitor. Shen Che is a smart man. He should know that even without the four aunts of Juyuan, his identity will eventually be exposed. At this time, he should find a way to get Grandpa's forgiveness instead of taking the risk of continuing to kill people.

If Shen Che had only joined forces with Shen Zhi to assassinate Jiang Huashan but failed, given Grandpa's personality, he would at most be expelled from the country, but the crime would not be punishable by death.

Why would a smart person choose to continue killing? It must be because the value of killing far outweighs the risks taken.

Therefore, Shen Che must have a secret, and this secret may make the old man kill his own relatives for the sake of justice.

Suddenly, Shen Lanxi thought of something, and a dark light flashed in her eyes.

There are so many people in Shen Garden, why are Shen Che and Shen Zhi so obsessed with killing Jiang Huashan?

"Master, have you thought of something?"

Shen Lanxi shook his head. The threads here were too tangled to sort out for the moment. He turned over his phone, turned on the screen, stared at Jiang Huashan's profile picture and fell into deep thought.

*

Whale Cape Hilltop Villa.

A red sports car sped up the mountain road. When it reached the top of the mountain, a group of bodyguards in black immediately came out to greet it.

Shen Jiao pushed the door open and took off her sunglasses. "Where is your Fifth Master?"

"inside."

Shen Jiao put on sunglasses with an expressionless face and strode towards the villa area.

"Why didn't you say hello? I could have asked someone to pick you up?" Shen Rang had gotten the news long before Shen Jiao came up the mountain road, and he sat in the main hall waiting for her.

"Is it so you can come pick me up? Or is it so you can be on guard against me?"

Shen Jiao had a forced smile on her face, and when she saw Shen Rang's smile froze, she looked even more unhappy. She walked past him without even looking at him.

Shen Rang frowned, turned around and followed, "Ah Jiao, what's wrong with you? Are you angry?"

Shen Jiao sat down with her legs crossed, glancing around, "Where's the other one? Why? Didn't dare show up after knowing I was here?"

Shen Rang glanced at her, scratching his head in confusion. "What other one? Are you here to find fault with me?"

"Still talking tough?" Shen Jiao pulled out a stack of documents from her bag and threw them at Shen Rang's stomach. "Twenty billion a year, you're really ruthless."

White papers were scattered all over the floor like snowflakes. Shen Rang picked up one and glanced at it with a gloomy expression. "Ah Jiao, calm down first."

"You still want me to calm down?" Shen Jiao took off her sunglasses and threw them at Shen Rang's feet. "Even you betrayed me, how can I calm down?"

"It's just 20 billion. Is it worth yelling at Arang for such a small amount of money? Don't forget, this is mother's assets, not yours, Shen Jiao."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked out from behind the velvet curtain. The man had deep features and eyes like amber. Among the children of the third room, only Shen Che looked most like Madam Li.

"Old Four!" Shen Rang's face changed slightly. "Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to hide first?"

Shen Che sneered and strode into the main hall. "Hide? They're coming for me, where else can I hide?"

Shen Jiao's eyes flickered between Shen Rang and Shen Che. "You've finally spoken your mind. For so many years, you've been resentful of your mother's final arrangements."

Shen Che, "I don't have any resentment towards my mother, but I simply don't believe the authenticity of that will."

Mrs. Li married into Mr. Shen's family with a dowry worth hundreds of billions, but she died of depression because she had never found love in her life.

At that time, Shen Jiao was still young, and Mrs. Li knew that she did not have much time left. She was afraid that her children would suffer after her death, so she made a will. The secret guards and industrial assets of the Li family that came with the marriage were to be inherited by her two sons, and the jewelry, cash, and bank gold bars in her name were all left to her youngest daughter.

Because of her considerable assets, Mrs. Li was afraid that her children would become disloyal due to money when they grew up, so she gave her will to Shen Zhuang and asked him to oversee it.

Shen Che, "Mother was trapped to death in the yard by father. How could she possibly give something as important as a will to father?"

Shen Jiao, "That's just wishful thinking on your part. Father did let Mother down, but he has his own character. Apart from his status as a husband, how is he not worthy of respect? Mother didn't entrust her orphan to her husband before her death, but to our father."

"Of course you say that." Shen Che thought it was funny, with a look of disdain on his face, "You took 70% of my mother's 100 billion worth, so of course you say good things about my father."

Shen Jiao knew that she couldn't explain it clearly, so she turned to look at Shen Rang, "Fifth Brother, do you think so too?"

Shen Rang shook his head, his usually amiable face gloomy and solemn. "Stop talking. We're brothers and sisters. It's not worth damaging the relationship over a few dollars. Fourth brother, Gillian is young, and it's understandable that Mother favors her. If you really make things awkward, you'll be letting Mother down."

"Effortless?" Shen Che burst into laughter. "You are so naive. That's hundreds of billions of assets, not just a few coins. If father really didn't value it, why did he marry into the Li family in the first place? Didn't he force mother to death just to embezzle her dowry?"

"In fact, he did do it. He merged the Li family's secret guards into the Dark Hall, under the pretext of preventing the transfer of members of the Li family back to the Secret Guards, but in reality, he simply turned the Li family into the Shen family. He deliberately gave all the cash to Gillian to manage, but it was only because Gillian was young and easy to control at the time. Gillian said that the money she invested in the Dark Hall was to strengthen the Li family's secret guards, but after so many years, I'm afraid they have forgotten the surnames of those secret guards."

Shen Jiao frowned, "Shen Che, are you crazy?"

Shen Che sneered, "Am I crazy? Or are you afraid to admit it?!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Shen Rang immediately stepped forward and stood between the two of them, "Alright, calm down and stop talking!"

Shen Jiao couldn't tolerate any sand in her eyes. She stood up, pushed Shen Rang away, and tapped Shen Che's shoulder. "Even if the will is unfair, even if father betrayed mother, this is no reason for you to join forces with Shen Zhi to assassinate Shan Shan!"

Shen Che's eyelids moved slightly, and Shen Rang looked at Shen Jiao in shock, caught off guard.

"Why? Are you surprised? Do you think you guys did a perfect job? Or do you think I'm a fool to be fooled by you?"

Seeing that Shen Jiao was a little out of control, Shen Rang quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "Ah Jiao, calm down."

"How can you expect me to stay calm?" Shen Jiao pushed Shen Rang away with her backhand, her usually arrogant eyes faintly glistening with tears. "Fifth brother, if I pointed a gun at Zhizhi right now, would you still stay calm?"

Shen Rang was speechless and turned his head away to avoid her gaze.

Shen Che frowned, his voice cold, "Jiang Huashan is just an orphan that the old man adopted on a whim. She and Sui'er are nothing alike. Why are you alienating me just for a stranger who has no blood relationship with you?"

"Outsider?" Shen Jiao was originally heartbroken that their feelings had changed beyond recognition after growing up, but when Shen Che said this, she knew that her soft-heartedness was a complete joke.

She raised her eyes, shook off the residue from the corners of her eyes very decisively, and said in a light tone, "Shen Che, don't get it wrong, to me, you are the outsider."

Shen Che's expression changed slightly, "Ah Jiao, what do you mean?"

Shen Jiao took a step back, her eyes wandering between her two brothers. Madam Li passed away early, and Shen Che and Shen Rang accompanied her almost throughout her childhood. It would be a lie to say that she had no feelings for them.

But now the relationship has deteriorated and she must draw a line.

Shen Jiao looked down at the messy documents on the ground, struggled for a moment, and finally made a decision.

"From today on, I will no longer invest in any of your businesses. Furthermore, I will terminate all cooperation with any projects I previously invested in. I will set up a liquidation team to liquidate all our assets at once."

Shen Che frowned, his face gloomy. "Why did you do this? If Arjan and I hadn't withdrawn voluntarily, you wouldn't be in this situation today..."

"Just because you dare to kill my child!" Shen Jiao didn't wait for him to finish and directly retorted domineeringly, "Shen Che, you have to understand that the supervisor of mother's will is father. Do you really think I'm stupid? You didn't withdraw voluntarily, you had to withdraw voluntarily!"

"I may have had doubts about my mother's will before, but seeing you now, my doubts have completely disappeared. It turns out that people change as they grow up. My mother can see the long term better than anyone else, so she gave the will to my father."

Shen Che's hands trembled slightly, and he gritted his teeth, "Are you really going to do this?"

If Shen Jiao suddenly withdraws his investment, his funds will collapse completely. Once there is a funding gap, the old man will definitely find out about it, and then he will not be able to hide the fact that he is secretly growing drugs.

Who would have thought that the glamorous Mr. Shen was actually the biggest drug lord in the underground dark web, with his business chain spanning the globe, and the amount involved was many times more than Mrs. Li's inheritance?

Shen Jiao met Shen Che's gaze without the slightest fear, "Fourth brother, you shouldn't touch my children. They are my bottom line."

Shen Che closed his eyes, "That's Shen Zhi..."

"It's no use." Shen Jiao interrupted him, turned around and took out two pieces of paper from her bag, "It's rude not to reciprocate. I also prepared two little surprises for Fourth Brother."

Shen Che raised his eyes suddenly. He knew Shen Jiao's stubbornness very well and had also witnessed her ruthlessness when she dealt with others without mercy. He knew that the so-called surprise must not be a good thing.

Shen Jiao smiled and said, "Half a month ago, I invested 500 million yuan in Guodao Scientific Research in my personal name, and asked them to bring equipment and personnel to the mining area to participate in the purification experiment.

Unfortunately, a mining accident has occurred on the island, and all personnel are trapped in the mining area, and it seems that Yi Ze is also inside."

Shen Che and Shen Rang's expressions changed drastically. Shen Che finally couldn't hold back any longer and grabbed Shen Jiao's collar, "Are you crazy?"

"Old Four!" Shen Rang quickly stepped forward to pull the man away, his expression serious. "Ah Jiao, this is no joke. Let's put things in perspective. If the old man finds out, you'll be in big trouble."

"Come on! What am I afraid of? Even if the old man kills me, I will kill those two bastards of yours first! Oh, I forgot to mention, there's also Yijie. I bribed his comrades and superiors, and he was betrayed by both of them during the mission, and now he's in my hands."

Shen Rang was filled with shock and looked at Shen Jiao in disbelief.

When they were young, the three of them did everything together. If they got into trouble and were afraid of being blamed by their father, they would take turns to be punished for Shen Jiao. But the person in front of them was so unfamiliar, with no trace of their childhood at all.

Shen Jiao met Shen Rang's gaze and said, "You don't have to look at me like that. We've already fallen out, so why not just cut off the last bit of friendship?"

"I'm a superficial mother. I chose my child over my husband. I would choose my child over my brother. Even between my family and my child, I would still choose my child. Shen Che, you should never, ever lay a hand on my child."

Shen Che saw Shen Jiao's relentless drive and asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Shen Jiao, "I want to kill you, but I don't want to dirty my hands, so you and your child, make a choice."

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