Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

Qi Jiang might not have cared about what was said before, but Yu Zhe's mention of Qi Yi was enough to make Qi Jiang's mentality explode.

What does this mean? Is it implying that the current head of the Qi family is the mole within the family?

However, this doesn't mean Qi Jiang can believe it so easily: "Su Yuzhe! Let me tell you! Don't say whatever comes to mind. Even if your Su family is powerful and wealthy, you can't act so recklessly in the Qi family! Do you think I'd believe your outrageous words? Are you trying to sow discord here and make me and Qi Yi fight each other?"

Look, he's getting anxious, he's getting anxious.

Seeing Qi Jiang suddenly stand up, Yu Zhe remained seated: "Believe it or not."

"Hey, I didn't force you to believe me, why are you yelling so loudly!"

Faced with Yu Zhe's obvious sarcasm, Qi Jiang calmed down slightly and grasped the crux of the problem.

Just now, this Su family kid seemed to say that he could help Qi Yi obtain two-thirds of the Qi Group's working capital and then make him the true head of the Qi family.

Ha, the lie falls apart on its own. How could you possibly have obtained so much money from the Qi family?

If you can't keep your promise, why should Qi Yi help you? You should know that no matter what, Qi Yi is still a member of the Qi family.

"Su Yuzhe, if you're going to lie, at least make it believable. Otherwise, you won't fool anyone. Do you know that the Qi family has almost no liquid funds left? All the cash has been invested in various projects and collaborations. Now that you think about what you just said, it's laughable."

Just a moment ago they were calling him "Little Friend Yu Zhe" all the time, and now they're just calling him "Su Yu Zhe"?

This actually means that Qi Jiang may not be as in control as before.

Yu Zhe just smiled: "Yeah, it is ridiculous, but I'm talking about you, senior. Whether Qi Yi has betrayed us or not, why don't you go ask him next door? Also, the two-thirds of the Qi family assets that were promised to Qi Yi are now in Qin Yang's bank account. After the investigation and public relations work, Uncle Qi will probably be able to truly hold the money that belongs to him and be an independent and upright head of the Qi family, right?"

Qi Jiang suddenly froze, speechless.

His extreme frustration and growing sense of loss about the situation made him increasingly irritable.

Actually, he now had a premonition that what Su Yuzhe said might not be a lie.

But that's strange.

Why does Qin Yang have so much money in his bank account?

"Senior, don't worry about it, let me answer your question."

Yu Zhe also stood up this time, imitating Qi Jiang, and stood with his back to him.

Of course, Lu Ling also made all the necessary preparations to protect Yu Zhe.

Through the wall, Yu Zhe pointed to the conference room next door: "The money in Qin Yang's bank card was transferred in batches by your Qi family head, Qi Yi, over the past five years. How about that? Wasn't it done without anyone noticing?"

"Nonsense!" Qi Jiang slammed his cane on the ground. "Not to mention that I have been monitoring Qi Yi's fund allocation and transfers, all of the Qi family's working capital is now accurately invested in the project."

“Those project companies have indeed received the transfers from the Qi family; I have personally verified these! What? Did you conjure up that extra money out of thin air?”

One thing Qi Jiang was certain of was that the Su family would never directly give Qi Yi money to get him to agree to cooperate. Businessmen aren't stupid; they wouldn't do such uncertain deals.

Moreover, this amount of money is too large, two-thirds of the total. What does that mean? It's enough to leverage the financial power of the entire Fenghai City.

Yu Zhe turned his head and looked directly into Qi Jiang's angry eyes: "That's right, you are quite strict with Qi Yi. You monitor every single one of his transfers."

"But there is a sum of money that your Qi family transfers every year. Well, Qin Yang told me that you give him a 'hush money' every year to ensure his daughter's livelihood. The amount is not large, only tens of thousands of yuan a year."

"However, the transfer record of this money will become evidence that your Qi family and Qin Yang have colluded, so you old fox dare not transfer the money yourself. Therefore, you need a scapegoat so that if all else fails, this scapegoat can take the blame for you."

"If I'm not mistaken, the scapegoat is Qi Yi, isn't it? Every time you transfer money to Qin Yang, you deliberately arrange for Qi Yi to represent the Qi family to complete the transaction, and the account used for the transfer is also Qi Yi's. Sigh, Uncle Qi is really pitiful. Knowing there are risks, he still has to be the Qi family's scapegoat."

It must be said that Su Yuzhe's guess was completely correct.

After hearing this, Qi Jiang glared at Yu Zhe and said, "So what! What does this have to do with the fact that two-thirds of the Qi family's funds are in that bank card! According to you, it's only been a few hundred thousand yuan transferred in five years."

"No, no." Yu Zhe shook his head. "The old man's downfall was that he was too cautious. Have you noticed that every time Qi Yi transferred money to Qin Yang's account, it was also 'coincidentally' when he was about to invest in some cooperative projects?"

"You are too cautious, so you only arranged for someone to watch Qi Yi complete the transfer from a distance. But you didn't dare to check the exact amount of the transfer. If you did, your presence and involvement would leave a trace."

"Unbeknownst to me, I had already made an agreement with Qi Yi that every time I transferred money, the investments intended for various projects would be transferred to Qin Yang's bank card. As for the 'hush money' that was originally intended for Qin Yang, it became that pitiful project investment."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Qi Jiang questioned, "You bastard! If the money given to Qin Yang was really converted into project investments, how could it have been kept secret until now! Those project companies couldn't possibly have confirmed receiving the money!"

At this point, Yu Zhe tilted his head: "Hmm? Right, so, you guess since the Qi family didn't invest that money, but the project company did, then who invested? Let me give you a hint, remember that comic convention project from before?"

"?"

A possibility suddenly popped into Qi Jiang's mind.

Yu Zhe then nodded in confirmation of his guess: "That's right. In fact, all the investments your Qi family has made over the years have actually been funded by my Su family. Of course, the profits are still ours. But don't worry, unlike the Qi family, we don't provide cleaning equipment for those projects."

"Speaking of which, I should thank the Qi family; the investment projects they found were all quite good! Although short..."

Adding environmental protection equipment during the initial period may make it difficult to recoup costs, but in the long run, it can still generate substantial profits!

Qi Jiang stumbled and almost lost his balance.

The meaning behind Su Yuzhe's words was obvious: the accounts submitted to him by Qi Yi were all fabricated; in reality, it was the Su family that invested the money and also the Su family that received it.

And the Qi family, all these years, have actually just been working for the Su family?

This fact was hard for Qi Jiang to accept.

But the more serious issues don't stop there.

Just like the somewhat gloomy expression on Yu Zhe's face now.

"Now that we've come this far, I think you understand, senior. What have been the consequences of all these years when I had Qi Yi make transfers by turning things upside down and deceiving everyone?"

“You are very cautious, insisting that all transfers to Qin Yang be made through Qi Yi’s own account.”

"But you are also very vain. You have been coveting the position of head of the Qi family for a long time, haven't you? Every business investment project must be signed by you and the money must be transferred in your name."

"But once it's reversed, the result could be that your account was used to transfer an enormous sum of money to Qin Yang with unclear origins."

"Senior, what should I do now?"

............................

(P.S.: Monthly votes are getting worse every month... It's terrible, my good brothers, please vote! Just making the monthly vote interface look a little better would be enough!)

63. You lost from the very beginning.

"Senior, what should I do now?"

Qi Jiang, this senior, is now at a loss as to what to do.

Su Yuzhe's actions were not a sudden plan, but rather the result of gradual planning over the past five years, which led to Qijiang's current irreversible situation.

Yes, it's beyond saving; there's no hope of turning things around.

Qi Jiang suddenly felt that his legs had no strength, and even with the tiger-head cane he was leaning back, he still fell into the chair.

No one knows what he's thinking at this moment, and Yu Zhe doesn't want to know either.

Qi Jiang remained silent, and Yu Zhe stopped talking as well. They had said what they needed to say, and all that was left was to wait for the relevant personnel to arrive, arrest everyone who needed to be arrested, and end this farce.

It was during this quiet lull that...

Lu Ling whispered in Yu Zhe's ear, "Young Master, actually, since just now, Miss Yu Che has been sending me messages asking if things went smoothly and if I could give you a call."

"It's okay, you don't need to reply to the message. I'll just call her back. Anyway, that old fox Qi Jiang is contemplating life here, so we basically don't have anything else to do."

After saying that, Yu Zhe picked up his phone and dialed the number in his contacts that was labeled "my cutest little sister".

Ahem… This definitely wasn’t changed by Yu Zhe himself! It was a nickname that Yu Che changed using his phone.

I did think about making it more normal, but as soon as Yu Zhe makes a change, Yu Che changes it to something even more outrageous.

So Yu Zhe simply decided not to change it.

After the call connected, Yu Zhe held the phone close to his ear: "Hey, Yu Che, you were looking for me?"

On the other end of the phone, Yu Che's joyful voice quickly rang out: "Ah! Brother! You finally called! How is it? Is everything over? Brother, are you alright?"

"Why would you be injured... My mission was just to say a few words, don't worry, I'm unharmed."

Clearly, Yu Che breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew~ That's good. Zi Xiao and Qi Xinye are here too. You have no idea how anxious they were, shouting and yelling. Honestly, can't they learn from me and stay calm no matter what?"

If no one was around, Yu Zhe would have believed her, but unfortunately, Zi Xiao's voice came through the phone right away.

"What did you say?! We were shouting?! Weren't you the one who was acting like a complete idiot just now?! Stop talking nonsense, give me the phone!"

And then there was Qi Xinye's voice: "I'd also like to say a few words... Is that alright...?"

"No, I haven't finished speaking yet! Hey, you dare to steal it?!"

Then Yu Zhe heard a commotion of someone grabbing for the phone on the other end of the line. Good grief, if left unattended, they might start fighting!

Yu Zhe held the phone a little further away: "Oh dear, the cell phone signal is a bit weak, and oh dear, it's already out of battery, I'll hang up now!"

"elder brother…"

Before the other end could finish speaking, Yu Zhe hung up the phone.

That's why he said he wouldn't dare call home rashly, as who knows what kind of fight it might cause.

Just as he put his phone back in his pocket, Qi Jiang, who had been deep in thought, suddenly raised his head.

He now seemed much older than before.

Yu Zhe sat back down and took a sip of goji berry water: "So, senior, have you figured it out now? When you're out in the game, especially when you're opportunistic, you always have to pay the price."

Qi Jiang looked at the tiger-head cane he had been using for over a decade and sighed with a wry smile, "That makes sense. Su Yuzhe, don't think I'm being nagging. I just want to ask you this: from your perspective, have you ever considered the Qi family a competitor?"

"If you were competing fairly, you'd be considered rivals, right? Too bad, you were plotting to run me over back then. Rivals, my foot! How could you ask such a question?"

Yes, Qi Jiang understands this even better now.

The Su Yuzhe in front of me is not on the same level as some of the smart people I've met before.

Or perhaps we should have retreated in the first place?

A pointless farce.

At that moment, everyone upstairs heard the incessant wailing of police sirens coming from downstairs.

Yu Zhe stood up and said to Qi Jiang, who was slumped there, "Senior, is there anything else you need?"

"Why do you need to ask? I came here to find you for two reasons: first, to buy you some time so you don't run away—though you probably won't; second, to answer some of your questions. After all, you're quite old; even if you lose, you should lose with understanding, right?"

"If you have no further questions, I'll be going now."

As expected, Qi Jiang called out to him, "Wait."

Then, he looked up, his eyes still filled with confusion: "I don't understand why I lost so completely, or rather, when exactly did I start losing? Was it really just a momentary lapse in judgment...?"

Indeed, Yu Zhe could hardly see the resentment in Qi Jiang's eyes now, but doubts still lingered.