Chapter 377: Chapter 377: Heading to Dongye Group (2nd update)
Lin Fei wanted to knock Li Qing on the head, how could he not know where Yuan Yuxi went when he was here all along?
“Weren’t you with Yuxi and the others?” Lin Fei asked him.
Li Qing nodded, “I was with them, but after I had a drink, somehow I got drunk.”
Lin Fei couldn’t help but wonder, “You got drunk after just one drink?”
Li Qing nodded, then puzzledly said, “It’s strange, just one drink and I was drunk. I remember before passing out, Yuxi and the others were also drunk, but Secretary Zhang who drank with us wasn’t.”
Lin Fei thought to himself: It seems the alcohol Li Qing and the others drank was tampered with.
Li Qing expressed his worry to Lin Fei, “Lin Fei, could Yuxi and the others be taken away because they were drunk?”
Lin Fei said, “You go ask the hotel staff, I’ll call Yuan Yuxi and the others first.”
Li Qing agreed and went out to find the hotel staff.
Lin Fei took out his phone to call Yuan Yuxi, but the phone indicated that it was turned off.
Lin Fei then dialed Wang Yixin, Qin Zimo, and Xiao Xiao’s numbers, all of which were turned off.
Lin Fei felt an increasingly ominous sense.
Just then, Li Qing returned with a hotel manager in his forties.
“Hello, sir! I’m the manager of the Dus Hotel. Is there anything you need assistance with?” The manager looked at Lin Fei and asked.
Lin Fei said, “Manager, I’d like to know where the four girls who were in this room went.”
The manager said, “About an hour ago, there were six people dining here in this room, four girls and this gentleman later got drunk.” (Pointing to Li Qing)
Then, a Miss Zhang (Secretary Zhang) approached our hotel staff wanting to get a room for the five drunk people to let them stay.
But at that moment, a man claiming to be Mr. Chen came and said he was a friend of the four drunk girls and was there to drive them home. He even accurately stated their names.
So, our staff assisted in helping the four drunk girls into Mr. Chen’s car, and then he drove off.”
Lin Fei increasingly felt that this Mr. Chen was suspicious.
Lin Fei then asked the manager, “Manager, I’m a friend of those four girls. I learned they were drunk so I came to pick them up. I suspect they might have fallen into the wrong hands. Could you take me to see the surveillance tapes?”
The manager nodded, “Of course, please follow me.”
The hotel surveillance room.
The security quickly pulled up the surveillance videos for Lin Fei.
Lin Fei quickly discovered from the surveillance footage that the man who took Yuan Yuxi and the four was Chen Gongnan.
He was extremely surprised: How could it be Chen Gongnan?
What exactly does Chen Gongnan want by taking away Yuan Yuxi and the others?
Was it because he stole his spotlight on the day of the art exhibition?
Or did his senior sister put him in a terribly awkward position?
So he took advantage by taking away the drunk Yuxi and others to get revenge on me?
Lin Fei felt deeply uneasy.
Lin Fei and Li Qing left the surveillance room and walked towards the hotel entrance.
“Brother Fei, what do we do now?” Li Qing asked Lin Fei as they walked.
Lin Fei said, “Go to the city police department first and have Chen Xinyi help locate Chen Gongnan.”
Li Qing nodded, “The police will definitely be able to track down Chen Gongnan.”
As they were talking, they reached the hotel entrance and were about to walk out when four elders walked in.
Lin Fei was stunned when he saw the four elders because they were Master Yuan, Master Qin, Master Xiao, and another elder Lin Fei hadn’t seen before.
“Lin Fei!” Master Yuan, Master Qin, and Master Xiao were equally surprised to see Lin Fei.
“What brings you here?” Lin Fei asked them.
Xiao Baiyan said, “We received a call from Li Junchang of the Dongye Group saying our granddaughters got drunk at the Dus Hotel and wanted us to carefully consider the Dongye Group’s investment in our enterprises.”
Lin Fei frowned, “Who is Li Junchang?”
“Haha, he’s an East islander, chairman of Dongye Group which acquired all of Dus’s assets. His East island name is East Yixiong.” Xiao Baiyan said.
“It’s him!” Lin Fei suddenly felt like he had a lead.
From Yuan Yuxi and the others coming to the Dus Hotel to discuss buying a villa with East Yixiong, to East Yixiong telling himself and the four elders that they got drunk at the Dus Hotel, it all seemed like East Yixiong’s deliberate maneuvers.
And by intentionally telling Lin Fei and the others that Yuan Yuxi and the others were drunk at the Dus Hotel, the purpose was to let them know that they had been taken by Chen Gongnan.
Moreover, Chen Gongnan taking away the drunk Yuan Yuxi and others was very likely orchestrated by East Yixiong.
It wasn’t until now that Lin Fei realized that everything that happened tonight was directed by a single person, East Yixiong.
Lin Fei took out the business card East Yixiong gave him at his senior sister’s villa.
East Yixiong had said at the time to contact him if there were any issues.
Now, looking back, East Yixiong knew Lin Fei would reach out to him.
Lin Fei immediately dialed East Yixiong’s number.
The call quickly connected, and East Yixiong’s voice came through, “This is East Yixiong, may I know who is this?”
Lin Fei said, “This is Lin Fei.”
East Yixiong’s laughter erupted on the phone, “Haha, Lin Fei, you finally called me? I thought you’d never reach out.”
“East Yixiong, where did you take Yuan Yuxi and the others?” Lin Fei said.
East Yixiong laughed, “Lin Fei, you got it wrong, I didn’t take them anywhere, it was Chen Gongnan who took them.
But, seeing as you’re Thousand’s junior brother, I’m willing to help you find Yuan Yuxi and the others, but I have a condition.”
Hearing this, Lin Fei was certain that the disappearance of Yuan Yuxi and the others was orchestrated by East Yixiong.
Lin Fei suppressed his anger and said to East Yixiong, “What’s your condition?”
“The first condition is that the Xiao, Qin, Wang, and Yuan families agree to our Dongye Group investing ten billion in their family enterprises, holding ten percent of shares.”
East Yixiong continued, “As for the second condition, I’ll propose that to you in person. If you agree, come to the Dongye Group building. I’m waiting for you in my top-floor office.”
With that, East Yixiong hung up the phone.
Xiao Baiyan, Yuan Hong, and Qin Chuan all looked at Lin Fei, “Lin Fei, how did it go?”
Lin Fei looked at them and said, “Yuan Yuxi’s disappearance was orchestrated by East Yixiong.”
He then explained East Yixiong’s conditions to the four elders.
The faces of the three elders, Xiao Baiyan among them, showed uncontainable anger, Xiao Baiyan furiously said, “I knew East Yixiong was up to no good. He wants to secure the market by investing in and acquiring our enterprises.
Once he has a hold on the market, he’ll proceed to swallow up the nine major families.”
“But if we don’t agree to his investment and shareholding, our granddaughters might be harmed,” Elder Wang said, furrowing his brow.
Lin Fei said, “We should first sign an agreement with East Yixiong, rescue Yuan Yuxi and the others, and then deal with East Yixiong and the Dongye Group.”
The four elders nodded in agreement; saving the girls was the priority.
Then Lin Fei, the four elders, and Li Qing left the hotel, with the elders getting into their cars, and Lin Fei and Li Qing into the Bentley. The five vehicles drove toward the Dongye Group building…