Who wants to be a male model after being reborn? I want to be a male god.

Chapter 412 Don’t Rush First

After getting the USB drive, Gu Xingruo quickly left the cafe.

She didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

But I can't care about so much now. The most important thing is to find out the truth of the matter.

Li Min's last meaningful look kept flashing back in my mind.

That was not suspicion towards Yan Hui, but fear towards Gu Hong.

Her father is such a person, the local tyrant of Hongjing Industry. Anyone who sees him will feel scared.

Gu Xingruo recalled her childhood.

It seemed like there was a period of time when she was particularly afraid of her father.

But later I wasn’t afraid anymore.

She only has her own life, so there is no need to be afraid.

When Gu Xingruo was thinking about her father, her cell phone vibrated in her bag.

She took out her cell phone, and the words "Gu Hong" on the screen made her fingers tremble.

The young lady only felt that the USB flash drive in her hand was getting slightly hot, as if it was some dangerous item.

Could it be that her father discovered her secret investigation so quickly?
People always feel guilty after doing something wrong.

Gu Xingruo took a deep breath and pressed the answer button: "What's the matter?"

"Ruoruo, come home for dinner tonight. I have something to talk to you about." Gu Hong's voice came through the phone.

This was the same unquestionable command tone as usual.

Gu Xingruo was very obedient when she was a child.

But after hearing this tone too many times, I gradually became rebellious and didn't want to listen anymore.

"I have something to do with Xu Wen today, so I don't have time." She made up a random excuse to refuse.

Gu Hong didn't say directly what it was about, which made Gu Xingruo a little nervous.

She subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"Cancel it. Seven o'clock. Don't be late." The sound of shuffling papers came from the other end of the phone, and the tone was still unquestionable.

The call was cut cleanly.

Her father was always like this, only saying what he wanted to say and never asking for her opinion.

Of course, Gu Xingruo often didn't listen.

If it were any other time, she would definitely not keep the appointment.

But this time she suddenly wanted to go. She also wanted to see why her father wanted to see her.

Gu Xingruo adjusted her mood.

The most urgent thing is to return the USB flash drive in hand, which is the major gain of today.

She drove quickly back to Shem City.

When she walked to the front desk, the girl stood up quickly and said, "Hello, Madam Boss! Mr. Xu is in the conference room and needs me."

Under normal circumstances, this title alone would put her in a good mood.

But she didn't have time to think so much now.

"No need, I'll go directly to his office and wait." Gu Xingruo waved his hand and glanced across the open office area.

Several new interns immediately lowered their heads and pretended to be busy, but they couldn't hide their furtive glances.

She was already used to this kind of stare and walked through the corridor with her head held high.

The door of Xu Wen's office was ajar, and low voices of conversation could be heard from inside.

Gu Xingruo was about to push the door when she suddenly heard Yan Hui's name, her fingers hanging in the air.

"Everything has been arranged at Xingsha, but Director Yan's condition is not very stable. She called this morning and asked if she could change hotels, saying that she felt like she was being followed." It was Wan Zhi's voice.

"Change her hotel and have her register with someone else's ID card. Also contact Jiang Xiaqing and ask her to send two reliable people from Jiangcheng. The two of them live close to each other and can take care of each other." Xu Wen arranged calmly.

"Mr. Xu, are we taking too much risk? What if Gu Hong knew about us..." Wan Zhi's voice was filled with worry.

"So what if he knows? Yan Hui is now an employee of Shancheng." Xu Wen's voice suddenly turned cold.

Gu Xingruo who was outside the door stopped eavesdropping.

She pushed the door open and jokingly asked, "What shameful thing are you guys plotting?"

Xu Wen's originally cold expression instantly returned to gentleness: "We were talking about the Xingsha branch and Sister Yan. You came back so soon, what did you gain?"

"Of course. Is there anything I can't do?" Gu Xingruo threw her bag on the sofa, her tone very proud.

Upon seeing this, Wan Zhi wisely left the office, leaving the space for the two people in front of him.

After the door closed, Xu Wen walked up to her and put his hand on her cheek: "Why do you seem unhappy today?"

This simple action made Gu Xingruo's nose sore.

After all, she still had some fear in her heart.

Fear of the unknown, fear of change.

She leaned on Xu Wen and asked softly, "You knew there was something wrong with my father a long time ago, right?"

Xu Wen's expression was calm: "Why do you ask?"

Gu Xingruo took out today's harvest from her bag: "I just got it. Aunt Li said it contains the accounts of the Finance Department for the past three months. Sister Yan was not fired for embezzling public funds, right?"

She expressed her guess.

Xu Wen was silent for a moment, then turned and walked to the computer: "I wanted to wait until I had more evidence before telling you."

"Tell me what?" Her voice began to tremble.

Xu Wen opened a folder on the computer.

He went to Black Cat Tarot today and found something he needed from the USB drive.

After what happened to Yan Hui, everything that happened there became traceable.

"When I met Jiang Jiayi in Chengyi last year, I felt something was wrong. The way she looked at Yan Hui was very wrong, so I used my own method to investigate." Xu Wen made up an excuse.

He opened the file and a series of screenshots of bank statements appeared on the screen.

Gu Xingruo took a closer look and found that they were several large transfer records of Hongjing Industrial in the past two years, and the recipients were all overseas companies.

"What are these?" Gu Xingruo asked puzzledly.

"A special project operated by your father through Yan Hui." Xu Wen clicked on the last picture.

Gu Xingruo stared at the numbers and suddenly felt very incredible.

It was obvious that her father was trying to transfer his property.

"So Jiang Jiayi reported Sister Yan in order to stop her from delaying things?" Gu Xingruo expressed her guess.

"Yes, it's mainly to cover up the real flow of funds. Maybe Yan Hui knows too much and is not obedient enough, so your father needs a reason to get rid of her." Xu Wen closed the file.

After reading Xu Wen's files, Gu Xingruo inserted the USB drive he had obtained into the computer.

Here are the accounts of Hongjing Industrial for the past three months.

This part of the evidence is exactly what Xu Wen lacks.

The USB flash drive only told him what Gu Hong had done before, but he didn't know what had happened recently.

The accounts were very detailed and contained a number of unusually large expenditures.

In particular, the most abnormal piece of data was: the company account transferred five million yuan to Jiang Jiayi's account.

"It's indeed her! Here is the evidence! It was she who embezzled the public funds, it wasn't Sister Yan at all!" Gu Xingruo slammed the table excitedly.

"It's not enough. We need to prove the true destination of the funds and the connection between Jiang Jiayi and your father." Xu Wen shook his head.

"Then what should we do now?" Gu Xingruo's voice trembled. For the first time, she felt what it meant to be at a loss.

Xu Wen turned to look at her: "Don't worry, we don't know your father's purpose yet."

He may look at the computer screen and the evidence on it.

It all went so well.

It was as if someone had deliberately guided him to know all this.

Xu Wen first suspected Li Qingyun. Could it be that he had already infiltrated Hongjing Industry a long time ago, and he had set all this up for Gu Hong?

This possibility is not impossible.

Li Qingyun might want to use his hand to get rid of Gu Hong and watch them kill each other.

But
Xu Wen always felt that everything happening before his eyes seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

He thought for a moment and finally remembered why he felt it looked familiar.

The same thing happened at Chengyi Hotel.

Although Zhang Zhiyuan has always targeted him and Gu Xingruo, this was not his intention.

It was not until the truth was revealed that people found out that it was all a setup by Gu Hong.

Although Xu Wen couldn't figure out who was behind this incident, he didn't understand his purpose.

But he knew there was no rush, and the most important thing was to take every step carefully.

Seeing Xu Wen in a daze for a long time, Gu Xingruo shook his arm and said, "So we are not doing anything now? We are not going to tell my dad about Jiang Jiayi's embezzlement of public funds, and yes, about his transfer of funds."

The eldest lady became more and more speechless.

She found everything so messy.

It was just like the cartoons she watched as a child. She couldn't tell who was good and who was bad. Or maybe there was no distinction between "good" and "bad" at all.

Xu Wen held her in his arms and gently stroked her long hair: "Don't think too much, no matter what happens, I'm here."

His heartbeat was steady and strong. Gu Xingruo buried her face in his chest, smelling the familiar body fragrance.

Xu Wen looked at the person in his arms, and inexplicably recalled what Gu Hong had said to him.

Those words seemed like he was entrusting his son to take good care of Gu Xingruo.

Perhaps the truth lies in these words.

Xu Wen inexplicably felt that he was somewhat passive. He could not do anything now.

"He wants me to go home for dinner tonight." Gu Xingruo said, looking up.

Xu Wen was a little surprised when he heard this: "Do you need me to accompany you?"

Gu Xingruo shook her head and sat up straight: "Let's find out what he is doing first. If he wants to hurt you or do something to Shancheng, I will definitely not sit idly by and wait for death."

Xu Wen looked at her, with a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

The eldest lady is planning to sacrifice her own relatives for the sake of justice.

It was even more difficult for him to imagine what would happen if she saw the entire contents of the USB drive.

Xu Wen reached out and brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead, and comforted her: "Don't worry about me. What your father is going to do may have nothing to do with us."

He didn't believe this himself.

However, Xu Wen was mentally prepared.

He had already thought it through since he got on the fast track of Hongjing Industry.

Xu Wen just didn't expect that all this would happen so quickly.

Gu Xingruo nodded.

She sat down in front of the computer and continued to look at the contents of the USB flash drive, trying to find clues.

The financial statements were densely packed, but she had come across them a lot in the past year or so and could barely understand them.

The more Gu Xingruo looked back, the more frightened she became.

The public funds that Jiang Jiayinuo obtained were only a small amount.

She saw a transfer record of up to 200 million yuan. The recipient was an overseas company. The approval signature was Yan Hui's name, and the date was just one week before she was fired.

The two checked online and found that this company was quite irregular and was obviously a shell company.

"This is impossible! Sister Yan would never do such a thing." Gu Xingruo stood up suddenly.

"The signature is forged. Look at the way the word '卉' is written. Yan Hui is used to writing the last stroke upwards, but this signature is flat." Xu Wen enlarged the picture.

Gu Xingruo carefully compared it with Yan Hui's signature that she had seen before, and indeed found subtle differences.

She analyzed: "So Jiang Jiayi not only framed Sister Yan for embezzling public funds, but also forged her signature to transfer huge amounts of money?"

"To be more precise, someone instructed her to do this." Xu Wen expressed his judgment.

"I want to ask him in person." Gu Xingruo said suddenly.

There are too many mysteries ahead.

Every time the young lady encounters this kind of thing, there is only one way to end it.

That is to run up to the person and ask him properly.

Ask him what he wants to do.

Even if this person is her father.

Xu Wen held her shoulders and said, "It's too early to show our true colors now. We need more evidence, especially evidence of where the funds ultimately flowed to."

Gu Xingruo bit her lower lip.

Her mind told her that Xu Wen was right, but her emotions told her to confront her father immediately.

She wanted to know the truth, she didn't want to be deceived.

"I'll go back to the villa and calm down." She took a deep breath and stood up from the chair.

Xu Wen did not try to persuade her to stay, but handed her an encrypted hard drive: "Here is all the information I have collected. The password is your birthday. Contact me immediately if anything happens."

It contained the evidence related to the incident that he picked out from the USB drive, but not all of it.

Gu Xingruo took the hard drive and said helplessly, "You knew this would happen, didn't you? From the first time you reminded Sister Yan not to trust Jiang Jiayi, you anticipated this day."

She had never understood before why Xu Wen always reminded Sister Jiang to be careful of her apprentice.

Now she finally understood.

It turns out that he can see so far ahead, as if he can predict the future.

Xu Wen's eyes flickered and he explained, "You know, I've always been cautious."

Gu Xingruo nodded, she quickly kissed Xu Wen's lips, grabbed her bag and left the office.

In the corridor, Wan Zhi was talking to the new human resources director and was obviously stunned when he saw Gu Xingruo.

She smiled at him and then walked quickly towards the elevator.

After getting into the car, Gu Xingruo slumped down on the seat.

All these changes happened so fast that she was overwhelmed.

The phone vibrated again. It was a text message from my father: "Don't forget seven o'clock."

Gu Hong rarely emphasizes something twice.

Normally, if she didn't go, her father wouldn't say anything.

Gu Xingruo felt an inexplicable palpitation.

She started the car, while mentally planning her plan for the evening.

Pretend you know nothing first and observe your father's words and actions, maybe you can find more clues.

After returning to the villa, Gu Xingruo took the elevator from the underground garage to the first floor.

She adjusted her mood and pretended that she knew nothing, still looking as heartless as usual.

After the elevator door opened, Gu Xingruo took a deep breath and stepped out.

She found her father waiting for her in the living room, a glass of red wine in his hand.

"You are ten minutes late." Gu Hong looked at his watch and said this as a greeting.

Gu Xingruo pretended to be unhappy: "I told you that I had a date with Xu Wen today, but you still asked me to come back. It's good enough that I can come back. Do you still want to see if I'm late or not?"

After saying that, she sat directly on the sofa, picked up the fruit on the table and took a bite.

This is her usual self.

Gu Xingruo never thought that one day she would need to play herself.

(End of this chapter)