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"Sister Qin, this little tripod is so pretty, can I take it home and play with it?"

Qin Yu's lips twitched when he saw what he was pointing to.

This guy really knows how to pick things. That small bronze cauldron, despite its patina and ugly appearance, is the most expensive among these antiques, worth 100 million.

"Since Young Master Ye likes it, then I'll take the liberty of giving it to him to play with," Nangong Qian said with a smile.

"Thank you very much, Pavilion Master Nangong. I'll transfer the money to you when I get back."

While Qin Yu and Nangong Qian were talking, Ye Chen walked up to Zhao Bailu with a look of deep sympathy.

"Sister, it's so pitiful that you ran away from home. Take this. Sister Nangong said you can eat for free."

Xu Jiali took the black card with some suspicion, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"This is the Hundred Flowers Society's top-tier VIP card. With it, you can eat for free at more than 20,000 restaurants in the Great Xia and enjoy the highest-level VIP treatment."

"Great, we'll finally stop going hungry."

Zhao Bailu's face was full of joy as she hugged Xu Jiali and jumped around.

Ye Chen was somewhat helpless. Although Zhao Bailu did not reveal her identity, Ye Chen had already guessed it from her conversation with Xu Jiali.

So, how did you two end up in such a miserable state, one being the daughter of the King of the Southwest, Princess Qingping, and the other a Qi Refining Master?

After the initial excitement, Zhao Bailu showed a slightly shy expression to Ye Chen.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Ye, I was too excited just now. Don't worry, I will definitely thank you properly after I break off the engagement and go home."

"Okay, okay, I need to hurry and save my wife Ningning now. Goodbye."

Ye Chen looked extremely anxious and pulled Qin Yu outside.

The two ran to the door, and Qin Yu didn't forget to turn back and give Zhao Bailu some instructions.

"Little sister, if that convict comes knocking on our door, don't hold back, give him a good beating!"

Back in the car, Ye Chen sent Li Muling a message.

Ask her to arrive at the Gu Group ahead of time, and also to help him investigate Nangong Qian's background.

When Ye Chen and Qin Yu arrived at the Gu Group, Li Muling and Jia Kehu were already waiting at the entrance.

Li Muling found an opportunity to report Nangong Qian's situation to Ye Chen privately.

"Young Master Ye, regarding what you said before about Nangong Qian surrendering to you and wanting your help to deal with Nangong Qi and the Nangong family, this should be true, according to my investigation..."

After listening to her report, Ye Chen was at a loss for words.

Nangong Qian's family situation is truly quite peculiar.

Nangong Qian is the biological daughter of Nangong Qiyu, the head of the Nangong family, but she was stolen by human traffickers shortly after birth.

To alleviate Madam Nangong's longing for her daughter, three days later Nangong Qiyu brought back a baby girl, claiming that someone had abandoned her and found her by the roadside.

At that time, Lady Nangong was immersed in the great grief of losing her daughter and did not think carefully about the loopholes in his words.

Eighteen years have passed in the blink of an eye. The baby girl Nangong Yue, who was adopted, grew up enjoying the luxury of being the eldest daughter of the Nangong family and the love of her parents.

Apart from Madam Nangong, the Nangong family had long forgotten their legitimate eldest daughter who had been living away from home.

Fortunately, Madam Nangong never gave up the search and finally found Nangong Qian in a small county town eighteen years later.

The return of the true heiress should theoretically be a good thing.

But Nangong Qiyu didn't like her. He called her a wild girl from the countryside with no manners and gave her the cold shoulder.

Nangong Qi and Nangong Yue made things difficult for her at every turn and even plotted against her in various ways.

Nangong Qian was also stubborn and always went against them, which made Madam Nangong completely disappointed in her.

But as time went on, Madam Nangong finally noticed something amiss and secretly launched an investigation.

In the end, the truth came out: Nangong Qian had been suffering abuse from her family members all along, and even her own mother was the murderer.

Ironically, Nangong Yue was not an abandoned baby picked up from the roadside at all, but the child of Nangong Qiyu and his mistress.

When his affair was exposed, Nangong Qiyu actually brought his mistress home and humiliated Madam Nangong in various ways.

Overwhelmed by remorse for her daughter and betrayed by her husband, Madam Nangong suffered a complete mental breakdown and jumped from the 100-story Nangong Group building.

Nangong Qian hated the Nangong family to the core. After vowing to return one day to avenge her mother, she resolutely left the Nangong family.

"That's not surprising," Ye Chen muttered to himself.

However, just because Nangong Qian has a pitiful background doesn't mean Ye Chen will help her. In his eyes, being a good person is acceptable, but there must be boundaries.

There's a specific term for someone who's overly kind and indiscriminate: a "saintly bitch."

What truly made him decide to take Nangong Qian in was her business acumen and the fact that they shared a common enemy: the Nangong family.

According to Li Muling's investigation, Nangong Qian is a business genius.

Others thought she was just the owner of Gu Fang Ge, but they didn't know that she actually controlled dozens of listed companies.

The total assets of these companies add up to nearly 50 billion yuan, which is comparable to Gujia before the brain-computer interface launch event.

He had been looking for someone with business acumen to free Gu Ning and Shen Qianqian.

Haven't we found it now?

Having learned about Nangong Qian's past and her abilities, Ye Chen began to secretly look forward to how she would make Nangong Qi suffer.

"Honey, I heard the Nangong family is targeting our Gu family. What's going on?"

When Gu Ning saw that Shen Qianqian, Lin Shasha and her group had arrived, she was still a little confused.

However, she quickly realized that the Nangong family's real target was the Ye family behind the Gu family.

From the day she announced her marriage to Ye Chen, she was already prepared to face all difficulties with him.

She wasn't afraid of the Nangong family targeting her; she just didn't know where they would start.

This is a question that everyone present is considering.

If the Gu Group could know the Nangong family's plans in advance, they would be able to formulate corresponding countermeasures.

In the end, it was Shen Qianqian who was the first to see the situation clearly.

She looked at Gu Ning and asked, "Sister-in-law, after the press conference that day, were Gu Yuanjian and Gu Yuancheng from the second branch of the Gu family found?"

"no."

Gu Ning shook his head, and a sudden flash of inspiration crossed his mind.

She now knew how the Nangong family planned to deal with the Gu Group.

However, at that moment, the female secretary came to report.

"Mr. Gu, something bad has happened. Gu Yuanjian and Gu Yuancheng have come to our door with several people. They said they have sold their shares to those people. Everyone is very worried after hearing this news."

"Come on, take me to see this."

Gu Ning's magnificent face was covered with a layer of frost as she strode towards the conference room in her high heels.

The Gu brothers, Gu Yuanjian and Gu Yuancheng, hold 30% of the shares in the Gu Group. If this matter is not handled properly, the Gu Group, which has finally recovered, may suffer a major setback.