Chapter 294: You Are Just a Scapegoat

Could it be that the matter at my construction site is also related to your father?

This, I'm not sure, General Manager Xiao, do you know? I can tell you all this today; honestly, I've also taken a big risk, and my conscience will always be condemned.

Yes, I understand, Miss Zong. Frankly, someone who can get this far is truly very few, but I'm still very grateful to you.

No matter what General Manager Xiao says, I've basically done what I said I should do; I only hope for one thing—can you spare my father?

This should be a daughter's most basic protection for her father, so she would resort to this.

Don't worry, no matter what the final outcome is, I will definitely give your father a way out, but I tell you, if he continues like this, in the end it will still be a dead end, you know?

So, what I most want to do now is hope he can rein in at the precipice; maybe there's still time for all this, my father might have thought all this too simply.

Exactly, he really thought too simply; he didn't even bother to ask, is it really possible to stir up trouble here just by using all this? I tell you, it's absolutely impossible—Anjin City is my domain; even if I've run into some trouble and fallen on hard times now, I can still turn things around—do you believe that?

I absolutely trust him, and I also know that even if my father continues like this, he may not necessarily succeed in the end.

Hehe, that's really uncertain; he might manage to pull it off, but rest assured, I have a hundred ways to turn this situation around.

General Manager Xiao, have you already figured out what to do? I only hope for one thing—please don't harm my father, okay?

Don't worry, I won't harm him; before doing this, I've been thinking all along: you let me enter this Xing Ya Company—what exactly is the plot or trap you set up? Why, for him, does my entering the Xing Ya Company play such an important role?

I'm also not clear on this; I really haven't figured it out.

There must be something here; he has a colleague who never told you. Let me ask you one thing: back then, why did you return from abroad to the domestic country?

This...

When Xiao Ming asked this question, it indeed made Zong Mengni feel some difficulty.

After all, the real reason for returning to the country back then was actually unknown to anyone.

Only Zong Mengni and Zong Long themselves could truly know all this, and what it was for.

Miss Zong, I won't force you; if you don't want to say it, I certainly won't press you, but rest assured, based on my ability, I can definitely get to the bottom of this.

All right, you don't need to investigate, General Manager Xiao; I'll tell you why: our overseas bank went bankrupt, falling into a huge debt crisis.

What? Bankruptcy? At the time I only knew it seemed to involve a few shareholders and personal interests; how could there even be talk of bankruptcy?

But that's just an excuse; do you know why those people went bankrupt?

This, I really don't know.

It's because my father transferred all his assets, which put those people into a predicament.

What are you saying? Are all these things done by your father?

That's right, he did it, and back then I even specifically asked him why he had to go this far.

And him? How did he answer you?

He just told me that the primitive accumulation of capital is such bloody violence, and besides, abroad is ultimately not his homeland, so he must successfully escape.

You mean, if he wanted to withdraw his shares from there, it seems that if he followed normal procedures, it wouldn't be that simple at all—is that what you mean?

General Manager Xiao, you've never actually done business overseas, so you don't know that the survival environment abroad is far more complex than you imagine; a holding company may involve multiple interests, you know? Sometimes it can even be tied to big conglomerates behind the scenes.

I've heard of this before, but I haven't really grasped it; it seems your situation back then wasn't that simple either.

That's right, our situation back then really wasn't that simple; if my father hadn't used these methods, there would have been no way to succeed, but he indeed did.

Since he's done that, why then continue to stir up trouble here? Moreover, since he's done that, why also kidnap you—what is all this for?

I'm not sure, but based on my inference about this matter, my father probably needs to find a scapegoat.

A scapegoat?

That's right; if no scapegoat is found, this matter will never truly end, and my father will continue to be hunted by them, even put on a wanted list.

Then does that mean I can understand it as him transferring some domestic assets domestically, just to launder that money again?

Zong Mengni didn't speak, just turned her head away, and then looked out the window.

All right, I understand.

Xiao Ming also felt that, in fact, the information he had gathered here today was already quite a lot.

If we keep asking like this, it seems Zong Mengni also shouldn't reveal too much of the content.

While they were talking, the steaks were brought out one after another.

All right, all right, it's not early anymore, and the steaks are about to get cold—come, let's eat something first; we'll talk about the rest later.

Xiao Ming, while speaking, began to call on everyone to start eating here.

But who could really eat it? It feels that even such tender steak, when it reaches one's mouth, seems also rather bland and tasteless.

So, the meal everyone ate was actually not that relaxed.

And among these people, only Xiao Ming actually ate all the steaks in front of him.

The remaining three people each left some on their plates.

After Xiao Ming had eaten and drunk his fill, he merely let out a belch, then took a napkin from the side and gently wiped his lips.