i Xiang and Chen Cheng hurried to the bank, fortunately, the bank hadn’t closed yet.
As the daughter of Xingye Dajie, i Xiang had no difficulty in checking the account transactions of her stepmother, Yahata Reina.
The bank manager recognized i Xiang and respectfully ushered her and Chen Cheng into the VIP room, quickly pulling up Yahata Reina’s account information.
Chen Cheng took the docunts handed over by the manager and scrutinized them carefully.
Yahata Reina’s account transactions resembled a luxury spending guide; each expenditure was eye-wateringly high, easily in the millions, even tens of millions of yen.
"Indeed, this level of spending is not sothing ordinary people can match."
Chen Cheng pointed to one of the transaction records, "Look, this expenditure of over thirteen million is from a high-class club."
i Xiang also leaned in to look and said indifferently, "This is a host club, Prince."
"Cough cough, seems like your stepmother has quite high standards for her lifestyle."
i Xiang’s face was expressionless as if recounting soone else’s story, "She has always been like this, spending money like water."
Chen Cheng continued flipping through, his frown deepening as he read.
"Sothing’s not right."
"What’s not right?"
"Look, starting from last month, your stepmother’s account has been receiving a fixed remittance each month, amounting to 200 million yen."
"200 million?!"
i Xiang was incredulous, "That much money? Who would give her so much every month?"
"Do you recognize this company?" Chen Cheng asked, pointing at the information of the remitting account.
"Sunrise Ocean Trading," i Xiang read and shook her head, "No, I don’t recognize it, never seen it before."
Faced with yet another new company, Chen Cheng felt increasingly that there was sothing fishy about the whole affair.
He took out his phone and called Wen Shulin again.
"Uh-huh?"
"I have another company here, sending it to you, take a look." Chen Cheng said briefly.
Wen Shulin agreed to Chen Cheng’s request as always, "Okay."
After sending the ssage, Chen Cheng asked again: "Does your stepmother have any investnts?"
"I don’t think so." i Xiang said uncertainly, "She likes money but doesn’t understand finance."
"Splurging money without understanding investnts?" Chen Cheng’s fingers tapped lightly on the table, "Then the source of the money is even more suspicious."
He paused, then continued analyzing:
"If the money was legitimate inco, like investnt dividends, your stepmother would have no reason to hide it from you. But she didn’t ntion a word, which suggests that the source of the money is very problematic."
i Xiang’s heart began to race, a foreboding sense flooding over her.
"You an..."
"I suspect," Chen Cheng lowered his voice, "I suspect your stepmother might know or be involved in the whole affair."
"The whole?"
"The embezzlent of the Brazilian Mine, the deficits on the books, and even..." Chen Cheng looked into those tired eyes, "your father’s death."
Chen Cheng’s words exploded like a bomb next to i Xiang’s ears.
She stood up abruptly, shaking her head in disbelief, "Impossible! That can’t be! My stepmother... how could she dare..."
i Xiang’s voice trembled, unable to accept that the woman, who seed so fragile and helpless on regular days, could be connected to her father’s demise.
"i Xiang, calm down first."
Chen Cheng grabbed the agitated i Xiang, "I just said it’s a possibility, I’m not saying she definitely did it."
i Xiang slumped back into her chair, hands covering her face, tears falling through her fingers.
Chen Cheng knew that nothing he said now would be of any use; i Xiang needed ti to digest this cruel suspicion.
He sat quietly by her side, waiting for her emotions to settle.
After a while, i Xiang finally lifted her head, tears welling in her eyes as she looked at Chen Cheng, "Brother Cheng, what do you say... what should I do?"
Chen Cheng passed her a tissue, "What we need to do now is wait for Wen Shulin to find related evidence among these items."
He gestured as he spoke: "Seychelles Company, Brazilian Mine, Araguaia Mineração, Watanabe father and son, Sunrise Ocean Trading, and your stepmother."
"There must be a connection between these six," Chen Cheng said with conviction: "What we need to do is find these connections, to weave this net completely so we can take them all down."
i Xiang took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
She understood that this was not the ti for sorrow and despair; only by uncovering the truth could she console her father’s spirit and recover the company’s losses.
i Xiang nodded firmly, their hands clasped tightly, waiting for Wen Shulin’s results.
Ti ticked by; i Xiang’s heart was anxious, but having Chen Cheng by her side at least gave her so peace.
About half an hour later, Chen Cheng’s phone rang again.
"There’s news," Wen Shulin spoke with a hint of excitent: "Our investnt research was stuck on this AM company, we couldn’t find any leads."
"But the SOT you provided is its successor."
Chen Cheng raised an eyebrow, "So, the funds from these two companies eventually end up in Seychelles?"
"No, ’Alpine Holdings’."
Wen Shulin gave the answer, "It’s a company registered in Switzerland, specializing in asset managent and investnt consulting."
Chen Cheng gathered his thoughts,
"So, you an to say the Watanabe father and son used the company Araguaia Mineração to sell the stolen niobium ore of the Xingye family illegitimately, and laundered the proceeds through Sunrise Ocean Trading, an offshore company, eventually transferring the funds to Alpine Holdings in Switzerland?"
"Exactly, and AH is the LP of Seychelles." Wen Shulin closed the loop at this mont.
Chen Cheng took a deep breath; after going round and round, they finally clarified the direction of the case.
Wen Shulin continued, "And, I’ve found sothing else."
"What?"
"The beneficiary of AH is nad..."
i Xiang snatched Chen Cheng’s phone, "Who is it?"
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