Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Two contracts were thrown in front of him.

Picking them up, Wu Xiaojiu saw that one was an agreement signed between the Su Family and the Wu Family, and the other was between the Wu Family and Wu Dan.

The contract between the Su Family and the Wu Family seemed fine.

But the one between the Wu Family and Wu Dan was precisely the gambling agreement Wu Dan had mentioned.

“Wu Dan, this person is lazy and idle, a hooligan in the village, an enforcer under the village head.

I looked into his background. His family is dirt poor. Forget the tens of millions on the contract; he can’t even come up with 1,000 yuan right now.”

The gambling agreement stated clearly: Wu Dan would pay the Wu Family 90 million in operating funds, and within three years, the Wu Family must increase its stocks and peripheral businesses by eight value points, replacing the Su Family as the new wealthiest family.

If they failed, Wu Dan would seize 50% of the Wu Family’s shares, and the Wu Family would have to repay him one billion in gambling compensation. If the Wu Family succeeded, Wu Dan would have to pay them one billion.

“This is forcing your Wu Family into a corner. Moreover, I found out that the 90 million from Wu Dan was entirely provided by Bo Suihan. He just became a figurehead investor on the contract.”

“But the actual controller is Bo Suihan.”

“In other words, for Bo Suihan, the situation is win-win whether he advances or retreats.

If the Wu Family works hard and replaces the Su Family as the wealthiest, then the ‘him’ behind the scenes will definitely strike at the Wu Family.

And if the Wu Family does not succeed and does not become the new wealthiest, that ‘him’ also won’t move against the Wu Family.

Bo Suihan can directly, without doing anything, obtain 50% of the Wu Family’s shares and leave the Wu Family owing him one billion!”

The words struck like a thunderclap.

Wu Xiaojiu was scorched inside and out. His expression tense, he kept flipping through the contracts.

Finally, with a headache, he pressed his temples, rubbing his fingers back and forth.

Until Wang Xiao placed a surveillance clip in front of him.

“Don’t disbelieve. Look, here’s the evidence.”

The surveillance footage was black-and-white, stuttering, seemingly from old, poorly maintained equipment, but it barely captured two figures clearly: Bo Suihan and Wu Dan.

At two minutes and two seconds into the footage, Bo Suihan pulled a card from his bag and stuffed it into Wu Dan’s hand.

Then he leaned in and whispered something confidential to him.

Though the surveillance had no audio, Wu Xiaojiu’s face and temperature gradually dropped.

“When the false is taken as true, the true becomes false.”

Wang Xiao knew this truth well. The truth is not a swift knife; a person’s imagination is the most terrifying.

Once suspicion arises, no matter how good someone was to you in the past, those actions will be interpreted as having ulterior motives.

“Alright, I understand.”

“Xiaojiu, this isn’t just something you know. This matter hangs on the lives of everyone in your family. Have you thought about the Wu Family’s situation? It’s very likely he’ll strike at your whole family tonight!”

“I know, I know, I know all of it.”

Wu Xiaojiu scratched his head irritably. He actually had his own concerns; he hadn’t openly fallen out with Bo Suihan for so long.

It was because of the System strategy.

If he truly stabbed Bo Suihan to death, this Son of Destiny…

What would happen to this world, what would happen to the Wu Family-Wu Xiaojiu had no confidence at all.

That was why he dared not act rashly.

Moreover, every time he asked the System in his mind whether he could attack Long Aotian…

The System remained silent from beginning to end, never answering.

This made Wu Xiaojiu even more hesitant. Wang Xiao’s repeated pressure was truly unbearable for him.
Wu Xiaojiu stood up, clicked his tongue, and looked around the police station restlessly.
“I’m going out for a smoke.”
After tossing that out, he hurried off.
“Young Master, they value you so much over there. Why would you give up a perfectly good senior executive position to be an ordinary detective here…”
As the figure disappeared out the door, the people who had been all smiles moments ago gathered around.
Wang Xiao looked at his demeanor, just casually waved his hand, and turned his head away.
“Just wait a while, I’ll go back soon… Such a youngster still smoking, why not puff on me? If you smoke me hard enough, I’ll smell burnt too.”
Wang Xiao tossed and turned inside, feeling uneasy.
The evidence was now out in the open. Why was Xiaojiu still unwilling to believe?
Wasn’t he his soft spot? Wasn’t he his most fatal weakness?
Could he really abandon everyone in the Wu Family for a man?
Wang Xiao licked the corner of his mouth, feeling the fire burning fiercely inside him.
“Did you find the person who delivered the head that day?”
The officer nodded.
The village wasn’t big, and there was surveillance. Especially at the Police Station, the cameras were ultra-high-definition.
So finding two people wasn’t hard.
In less than ten minutes, they were dragged out from the neighboring village.
“Send them to the Interrogation Room. I’ll go in with them in a moment. Don’t let your people stop us.”
“Alright, suit yourself.”
The police had just stepped out when Wu Xiaojiu came in right after.
His face was so dark it could drip water. He plopped down across from Wang Xiao without a word.
The atmosphere was oppressive.
Wang Xiao unconsciously rubbed his hands under the table.
He felt a bit guilty, afraid that Wu Xiaojiu wouldn’t believe him and would call Bo Suihan.
If the other side explained, the chess game he had set up would be completely ruined.
So he leaned in, prying, pretending to cautiously ask Wu Xiaojiu why his expression was so grim.
But the other just coldly threw out:
“Would you be happy if your whole family was about to die out?”
Wang Xiao poked at his own fingers.
“My whole family is already dead.”
“Alright, alright, drop it. It annoys me every time it comes up. Let’s talk about your troubles instead. Did you find those two?”
In the Interrogation Room.
Two burly men sat across from them, their fleshy faces glaring at Wang Xiao and Wu Xiaojiu, the two young lads, with disdain.
“Whatcha want? We already said that head was definitely from that corpse. You guys accepted it back then. Now that something’s gone wrong, you come looking for us. Who knows if you secretly swapped the head and are trying to frame us.”
The big men were clearly tough customers, and when they opened their mouths, they had a rogue, ruffian tone.
Initially, the plan was to interrogate them separately in different rooms, but the two big men clung to each other stubbornly, hugging each other tightly like octopuses.
The other police officers simply couldn’t pry them apart, so they reluctantly let them come in together.
“I don’t care about the money. I’ll just ask you one thing: what’s your surname?”
“Our surname is Li. We’re brothers, born of the same mother.”
Wang Xiao nodded and told them to take DNA samples from the two big men.
When they saw someone coming to pluck their hair, the big men grimaced in pain and got anxious.
“What’s this? Are you torturing us?”
“No, I remember you have an elderly father. He died right after you collected the bounty for the head, and was buried the very next day.”
The big men visibly panicked.
The two of them stared at each other.
For a moment, there was silence.