"Pinggui? Impossible! Absolutely impossible that it was him!"
Tao Wenqiang shook his head, his tone certain as he said, "Pinggui isn’t with your pharmaceutical company. How would he know what goes on there?"
"Moreover, he is my brother, your second uncle, a mber of our Tao Family. How could he possibly help outsiders betray us?"
"No, Father, you’re wrong!"
Tao Donglai narrowed his eyes and spoke gravely, "Actually, Second Uncle is aware of the developnt status of ’Super Bro 2’. That night, he used the side effects as a pretext to barge into our research center. He not only beat up Dr. Wang severely but also tried to forcibly take away the ’Super Bro 2’ samples."
"Fortunately, my assistant Liu, both intelligent and brave, stopped Second Uncle in ti."
"Father, if you think about it carefully, haven’t Second Uncle’s attitudes and behaviors seed sowhat abnormal these past few days?"
Tao Wenqiang stroked his chin, recalling his brother Tao Pinggui’s behavior over the last few days.
He hadn’t noticed anything before, but now with his son’s reminder, he indeed felt that sothing was off about his brother Tao Pinggui.
In fact, this was a psychological suggestion. Tao Donglai was using his closer relationship with his father to deliberately guide him to think negatively.
Now that Tao Donglai was in charge of both the pharmaceutical and entertainnt divisions, if he could also take over Tao Pinggui’s comrce, he would have control over three-quarters of the business.
If it were the ordinarily composed Tao Wenqiang, he might not fall for this ploy, but Tao Family was facing a difficult mont. Without finding the person leaking secrets, Tao Wenqiang would be unable to rest or eat in peace.
"During this ti, Second Uncle always seems to be inquiring about Father’s whereabouts, sotis even trying to get information from ."
As Tao Wenqiang hesitated, Tao Donglai spoke again, "Second Uncle has always been self-sufficient and barely inquires about our affairs, but now he’s subtly trying to extract information from . What does this tell you?"
"This indicates that he wants to gather intelligence through ."
"Of course, this doesn’t an Second Uncle has already betrayed the Tao Family. Is there a chance that soone is using the treatnt for Second Uncle’s illness as leverage to get him to divulge so information about the Tao Family?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Wenqiang’s eyes lit up. Indeed, there was this possibility. If he were in that situation himself, with so problem of his own, and soone offered to cure his illness in exchange for leaking so information, he might well do the sa.
He stroked his chin, thought for a while, and then said, "Donglai, all this is your speculation; there’s no evidence."
"Of course, bold conjecture and careful verification have always been our Tao Family’s guiding principles."
"Let’s do this: call Pinggui and ask him to co to the villa."
"Yes!"
Half an hour later, Tao Pinggui hastily arrived at the Star City Villa Number Three.
As soon as he entered the door, he eagerly called out, "Big brother, has sothing happened? Why suddenly call over?"
"A small matter, take a seat first."
Tao Wenqiang gave a slight smile, signaling his brother to sit down, then gestured to his son, "What are you waiting for? Haven’t you served tea to your Second Uncle yet?"
"Right away."
Tao Donglai hurriedly brought over a pot of fine Longjing tea and poured a cup for both his father and Second Uncle.
"Pinggui, how’s your condition now?"
Tao Wenqiang picked up the teacup and sipped lightly, asking casually, "I see you can walk normally now."
"Much better. That Gui Nongsang really has so skills. My leg felt sensation imdiately after his acupuncture treatnt," Tao Pinggui replied, "I’ve been exercising according to his thod these past few days, and my walking has improved a lot."
"That’s good, that’s very good."
Tao Wenqiang chuckled, then suddenly changed the subject, "Pinggui, didn’t you ask and Donglai what we were discussing with Park Biology the other day? I’ll tell you now, we were discussing the specifics of partnering on ’Super Bro 2’..."
"Big brother! How can this be okay? No, it can’t happen! Not now, at least!"
Tao Pinggui had just picked up his teacup, but upon hearing this, he quickly put it down and sincerely said, "The side effects of ’Super Brother No. 2’ are too obvious, I am one of the victims."
"If we put this dicine on the market and another incident like mine occurs, our Tao Pharmaceuticals’ stock price would plumt, and it could even affect Tao Corporation’s stock price!"
"Really?"
Tao Wenqiang squinted his eyes, scrutinizing Tao Pinggui’s expression; it was very clear, seemingly without any trace of lying.
Yet for so reason, he had a feeling that the Tao Pinggui before him was no longer his brother. What he precisely seed like, he couldn’t articulate at the mont.
"Take a look at this."
Tao Wenqiang, having noticed nothing unusual about Tao Pinggui, passed over the tablet computer.
Tao Pinggui took the computer and was instantly shocked, "What? Postpone cooperation? Big brother, had you already finalized a deal with Park Biotech?"
"You’re so muddled! ’Super Brother No. 2’ isn’t completely developed yet, there’s no feasibility report or experintal data, how could you sign a contract?"
"Now look, you’re shooting yourself in the foot!"
"This is disastrous! It’s front-page news, we can’t hide it. Tao Corporation’s stocks will drop at least 8 points; big brother, you need to arrange sothing quickly, we have to stabilize the stock market!"
Tao Donglai, who had been quietly serving tea at the side, had been observing his second uncle Tao Pinggui’s words and behavior. So far, the second uncle seed to show no issues.
All of his reactions were normal, whether it was his tone of speech, the way he moved when angry, or that persuasive manner when advising his father, they were all similar to before.
However, the more normal everything seed, the more doubtful Tao Donglai beca.
He spoke up, "Second uncle, don’t you find this whole situation very odd?"
"’Super Brother No. 2’ is our Tao Corporation’s top-secret SSS-grade project, known only to a very few. Yet today, the news of this drug’s side effects has broken out. This ans soone inside has leaked our secrets!"
"A leak?"
Tao Pinggui’s mouth twitched slightly, a flicker of panic passing through his eyes, but then he quickly cald down, "Right! Dong Lai, you are correct!"
"Certainly, soone in the company has leaked information! Do you have any suspicions about who it might be?"
Tao Donglai nodded, "There is one person, but I’m not sure."
"Not sure? How do you handle things, Dong Lai?"
Tao Pinggui imdiately berated him fiercely, "Do I need to teach you this too? This is about the rise and fall of the Tao Family; we must rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!"
"No matter who it is, capture him first, then we can interrogate him with torture!"
Tao Donglai smirked, "But second uncle, the person I suspect is you!"
"? You’re courting death!"
Furious, Tao Pinggui picked up the teacup and hurled it at Tao Donglai, who deftly dodged to the side.
With a clang, the porcelain cup shattered into pieces.
"Big brother, calling here, does that an you suspect too?"
Tao Pinggui took a deep breath and glared at Tao Wenqiang with a dark expression.
Up to this point, Tao Wenqiang was still unsure whether his brother had betrayed the Tao Family, hence he could only grab his brother’s hand, comforting him, "Pinggui, you misunderstood."
"What Dong Lai ant was, rember that day you brought several people to the research center? He suspects that one of those people betrayed the company."
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