At the auction site, the Shen Family and the Yang Family placed their bids intermittently, never hesitating for more than three seconds.
Although the Yang Family was embroiled in internal strife, when it ca to their collective interest, they were still united.
This ti, the three branches of the Yang Family reached a consensus: no matter the final price for the land, it would be equally divided among the three brothers.
To prevent suspicion, each family even advanced two million and entrusted the absolutely neutral old butler who had always followed Elder Yang to represent the Yang Family at the auction.
When the bid rose to two million, Shen Jin’s bidding speed noticeably slowed;
When it reached three million, Shen Jin spoke a few words to the secretary beside him, his expression not looking good;
After the old butler called out "3.5 million," Shen Jin’s face darkened slightly, and he put down his bidding paddle.
The young n from the Yang Family who ca with the old butler collectively sneered.
There was a murmur among so, saying that the Shen Family had recently spread themselves too thin, thinking they could take advantage of the Yang Family’s infighting but didn’t expect them to stick together... See, now they’ve lost to the Yang Family in front of all these people again, the Shen Family is destined to fall.
So even reminisced about the years when Elder Shen was in charge, calling those the days of decisive determination and true heroism. Now, with the younger generation in power, it’s hard to recreate the glory of old.
As the Yang Family sons applauded and cheered, suddenly a voice ca from the third row—
"I bid four million."
The voice wasn’t loud, and many present didn’t hear it at first.
The auctioneer was montarily stunned; after seeing who shouted, he swallowed and repeated with a slight tremble in his voice: "The Chu Family bids four million... four million, going once..."
At that mont, everyone at the scene was frozen.
A second ago, the Yang Family mbers were arrogantly mocking Shen Jin, but now they turned their stiff expressions toward Chu Tianqi, the eldest son representing the Chu Family.
Yang Jiahao suddenly slamd the table hard and shouted angrily: "You killed Jiawen!"
...
One day earlier.
Just as the three branches of the Yang Family gathered to decide the auction strategy and pooled their funds, the old butler suddenly entered, looking complicated, and said, "Miss Lin is here."
Lin Nianhe entered the Yang Family’s door alone.
Facing the almost fiery gazes, Lin Nianhe felt like a dragon daring to enter a wolf’s den.
"What are you here for?" Yang Laosan asked, his face stern.
"I’m here to help you find the murderer who killed your son." Lin Nianhe smiled, "You shouldn’t be foolish enough to believe that Nishi did it, right?"
After the deaths of Nishi and Eric, all the bla was thrown on them.
Especially the grief-stricken Thomas, who wanted nothing more than to bla twenty years of tax evasion by Gem Company on Nishi.
No one is more suitable to take the fall than the dead, after all, she can never speak for herself.
Lin Nianhe’s words didn’t just light up Yang Laosan’s eyes, even Laoda and Laoer restrained three tenths of their anger.
They looked at Lin Nianhe, waiting for her to continue.
Lin Nianhe casually pulled up a chair and sat down, speaking slowly: "It’s obvious, killing Yang Jiawen was to provoke infighting among your three families and conflicts with the Shen Family. What’s the fundantal reason for this? It can’t possibly be just boredom to stir the pot, right?"
"You are all businessn, fundantally, the word ’profit’ can explain the motive."
"The docks." Yang Laosan interjected.
Yang Laoda sneered, "Looks like it’s not just the Shen Family seeking revenge, soone else’s got their eyes on us too."
"Therefore, tomorrow’s auction is the only chance," Lin Nianhe said, "If they don’t secure the land for the docks now, they’ll have no chance to enter the ga, wasting their efforts."
"You an..."
"Second Mr. Shen asked to deliver a ssage—tomorrow at the auction, he will cooperate with you to raise the bid, forcing out the mastermind." Lin Nianhe smiled lightly and continued, "The condition is, he wants to secure that office building at the base price."
"What about the land?"
Lin Nianhe chuckled silently, "At this point, you shouldn’t still think that the Shen Family is interested in the docks, right?"
The Yang Family fell into collective silence.
The Shen Family not interested in the docks?
Then why were they so actively involved in this matter...
"Tomorrow, whoever intercepts the bidding is the mastermind, you’d better establish contact with the police in advance, otherwise you won’t be able to secure that piece of land," Lin Nianhe said, standing up.
"The police are cautious, who dares to take action prematurely?" Yang Laoer asked.
"The Anti-Corruption Bureau won’t care."
Lin Nianhe spoke with certainty, leaving the words behind as she walked out.
After she left, the Yang Family was silent for a full ten minutes.
"Is the Shen Family helping the Anti-Corruption Bureau? They’re throwing so much real money... they can really give it up..."
...
Hence, the mont Chu Tianqi shouted his bid, Yang Jiahao knew exactly what lines he was supposed to say.
He was more than willing to play this role.
It had nothing to do with Yang Jiawen’s death, mainly because—if Chu Tianqi, who bid last, was arrested and no one continued to raise the bid, the land would remain unsold.
By then, according to the agreent with the Shen Family, they could acquire it at a price far below normal.
Real money was certainly more important than a younger brother’s death.
At this mont, no one wanted revenge for his brother more than Yang Jiahao.
Chu Tianqi’s brow furrowed slightly, his expression indifferent as he gazed at Yang Jiahao, "What are you talking about?"
"You ordered people to kill my brother!" Yang Jiahao directly stepped onto a chair, climbed over the table towards Chu Tianqi, "I’m going to kill you!"
The scene imdiately descended into chaos, with those siding with the Yang Family surrounding Chu Tianqi, while those loyal to the Chu Family desperately pushed them back, and the vast majority who were neutral retreated as far as possible to avoid getting mistakenly caught in the fray.
Only Shen Jin remained seated, a faint smile on his lips.
The chaos lasted only five minutes before the police officers who rushed in ordered everyone to calm down.
"Officer, I’d like to report a case!" Yang Jiahao adjusted his tie, pointing at Chu Tianqi, "The Chu Family killed my brother!"
He was very much playing the role of a grieving brother, having lost a loved one, not noticing the strange look the officer gave him.
The police officer exchanged a glance with his colleagues, then raised his hand and said, "Take everyone away!"
Yang Jiahao wasn’t particularly worried; being a reporter and having to visit the police station for questioning was quite normal.
Until he saw that the Yang Family’s old butler was also taken into custody.
"Wait! Why are you taking us away?" The Yang Family was furious and couldn’t understand.
The officer counted the people present, confird against a list, then took out an arrest warrant, "The police have received multiple reports that the Yang Family ordered company employees to illegally enter hos and assault individuals, causing injuries... The Yang Family personnel have now all been arrested."
The Yang Family was dumbfounded.
The Yang Family’s supporters imdiately rged back into the crowd, wishing they’d never been present here.
The old butler suddenly turned his head back, glaring angrily at Shen Jin seated in the front row.
Shen Jin didn’t even turn to look at the chaos behind him; he elegantly gestured to the auctioneer, saying:
"The auction can truly begin now."
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