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Chapter 74: 072 It's Cold [1 Update]
Chapter 74: 072 It's Cold [1 Update]
Chapter 74: 072 It’s Cold [1 Update]
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However, after connecting, there was no sound on the other end of the line.
The guests looked over with a hint of surprise.
Head of Wu Family pressed with impatience, “Hello? Don’t you know I’m busy right now?”
“If there’s something, call me back in three hours.”
A few days earlier, he had just participated in a new energy development project, and it was now in the preparatory stage.
If the Wu family could successfully secure this project, their status within the Imperial Capital’s wealthy family circle would undoubtedly rise.
Perhaps they could even use this opportunity to form ties with the Mu family and several other major business clans.
In doing so, the Wu family could leave other medium-sized clans far behind.
Who had such a lack of foresight to disturb him?
The head of Wu Family sneered, about to hang up the phone.
Finally, a voice emerged from the receiver, icy cold.
“In one hour, all of the Wu family’s industries will be sealed off, supervised by the Yi Character Team.”
Having the speaker on, the guests heard everything clearly and were stupefied.
The head of Wu Family was even more shocked, his seat suddenly unstable beneath him.
The three words “Yi Character Team” struck like a thunderbolt, leaving his mind utterly blank.
What was the Yi Character Team?
It was an organization established long ago by major clans to restrain themselves and prevent their younger generations from going astray.
The Yi Character Team monitored all families in the Imperial Capital, rigorously investigating any illegal activities.
Even families as powerful as the Nie Family and Mu Family were subject to the Yi Character Team’s oversight.
The first violation would be met with a warning from the Yi Character Team.
If the situation was serious, they would seal off the entire family.
The last time such an event occurred was five years ago.
In these peaceful years, the circle of wealthy families had almost forgotten about the existence of the Yi Character Team.
“It’s a misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding,” the head of Wu Family said with a forehead dripping with cold sweat, his tone ingratiating, trying to sound appeasing, “The Wu family has always acted cautiously, how could our industries need to be sealed off?”
“Your Wu family embezzled three hundred million, illegally employed child labor, and you say it’s a misunderstanding? Just wait.”
The call ended, and the hall fell into silence.
The guests glanced at each other; they had a general idea of the situation and began to leave one by one.
“Old Wu, I have something to take care of, I’ll be leaving first.”
“Me too, I have a bit of a headache, need to visit a hospital…”
With the Yi Character Team in action, who would dare to further associate with the Wu family?
Head of Wu Family slumped into his chair, his entire body soaked with sweat.
At that moment, his phone received another call.
“Big brother! Please save me!” The voice was panicked, “The people from the Yi Character Team say I deliberately obstructed court proceedings, they want to arrest me!”
“Big brother, you must have a way, right? Quickly get the family to bail me out, those people from the Yi Character Team…”
Head of Wu Family could no longer hear what was said on the other line, as his ears buzzed.
The only two words remaining in his blank mind were:
Finished.
The Wu family was finished.
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In the corridor.
Nie Yi stood by the window, a cigarette between his fingers, not smoking it.
“Boss, it’s been checked out, the airport incident and the car accident, they were both done by the Wu family. The brothers have already taken action.”
“It’s really quite shocking to find out when you dig into it. The Wu family has the nerve to talk about a misunderstanding. Don’t worry, boss, we work fast, we’ll satisfy you.”
“Hmm,” Nie Yi said indifferently, his voice cold, “Follow the rules.”
The call ended, and he lightly flicked the cigarette ash before putting out the cigarette in the ashtray and then turning to leave.
Meanwhile, back in the courtroom, the people listening to the trial had finally recovered from their shock, whispering to one another.
Ying Luwei also learned about the events in the Imperial Capital from the mouth of a Daughter of Wealth and Nobility.
“Luwei, you’re overthinking it. What kind of personage in Shanghai City would merit a special trip from the Imperial Capital’s Nie Family? It’s just a coincidence,” one said.
“You don’t understand, the Wu family is in trouble; they’ve even alarmed the Yi Character Team, leading to the sealing off of their entire family’s assets.”
“I heard that whatever you mentioned about this trial, they must have tampered with it somehow too. The Nie family came on account of the Yi Character Team’s prestige and has little to do with that foster daughter you spoke of.”
“Let me put it straight, does she even deserve the Nie family to come out for her?”
The Nie family in the Imperial Capital is a top-level major clan, far surpassing the Four major noble families of Shanghai City.
Let alone a foster daughter, even the daughters and sons of others aren’t worthy.
Ying Luwei breathed a sigh of relief while secretly chiding herself for being overly suspicious.
Indeed, Ying Zijin in Shanghai City had neither power nor influence, let alone any entanglement with people from the Imperial Capital.
It was just that the Wu family happened to kick an iron plate.
But this time, she had truly lost face.
Ying Luwei ended the call and turned to Lu Zhi, “Has your teacher mentioned any news?”
“No,” Lu Zhi shook her head, “The teacher will come to Shanghai City in a few days to examine the Old Madam.”
Ying Luwei smiled, “Thank you for your trouble.”
She was indeed worrying too much.
Ying Luwei’s expression cooled as she stood up and walked directly towards the girl.
Now that the live broadcast was withdrawn, she no longer had to worry about being recognized.
The trial had been going on for thirty minutes, and Ying Zijin had been asleep for that long.
She wiped her hands with a tissue, ready to leave and visit Shao Ren Hospital.
Seeing this, Ying Luwei quickly stepped forward, blocking her path.
Ying Zijin looked up, her eyes and brows expressing faint indifference.
“Xiao Jin, you really are lucky, having the Nie family from the Imperial Capital lend you a hand by chance,” Ying Luwei said with a smile. “But I wonder if you’ll still have such good fortune in the future.”
She lowered her voice, threatening with a hint, “Apologize to your cousin now, it’s not too late. Otherwise, how will you survive in Shanghai City?”
However, the girl’s expression remained completely unchanged.
Ying Luwei swept her hair back behind her ear, smiling again, “Xiao Jin, and don’t think I didn’t warn you—Fu Yunshen is just a wastrel, his situation in the Fu family is hardly better than yours in the Ying family.”
As she spoke, she tightened her mask.
Her facial injury had not yet healed, and she was quite afraid of the mask slipping off.
Ying Zijin glanced at her, hands in her pockets, then spoke, “Three seconds.”
Ying Luwei was puzzled, “What do you mean?”
Muttering incomprehensibly, she thought the girl was crazy.
Seeing that the girl didn’t take the offered wine and thus must drink a penalty, she lost interest in further schooling the younger generation and was about to leave through the door, holding her bag.
But three seconds passed.
A basket full of eggs came flying towards her, smashing directly onto Ying Luwei and washing away the mask from her face.
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