Chapter 581: 518 I’m here to provide information
"Fine, I really don’t want to talk about her anymore. I’m not interested in any news about her."
That statement...was quite decisive.
Song Lili pursed her lips, truly looking befuddled.
At this moment, Princess Chinian led Snow Ball in.
Princess Chinian glanced at Zhongli Wuzhi, but quickly averted her gaze.
Song Lili hurriedly looked at Zhongli Wuzhi and noticed that the black bracelet on his wrist had been taken off.
What...was actually going on now?
Princess Chinian said to Song Lili,
——Sister Lili, I’m going upstairs first.
Perhaps out of boredom, Song Lili looked at Zhongli Wuzhi and then at Chinian, thought for a moment, and said,
"Chinian, come and sit with us for a while. Haven’t you and Zhongli Wuzhi not seen each other for a long time?"
Zhongli Wuzhi looked at Song Lili.
Chinian gave a dry laugh and then explained,
——I’m sorry, Sister Lili, my brother just called me for a video chat.
"Oh, then go ahead."
Song Lili hurriedly said.
Chinian nodded slightly and then went upstairs.
Little Snowball, however, didn’t follow and ran straight to Zhongli Wuzhi and started circling around him.
"The little Snowball, how come he gets along with you so well?"
"I touched him outside earlier, and he started clinging to me."
But Little Snowball’s favorite person was still... Wen Qichen.
After a few rounds around Zhongli Wuzhi’s feet, he wagged his tail and ran to Wen Qichen, starting to frolic with the crawling Wen Qichen.
The usually quiet Wen Qichen and Snowball created quite a scene, laughing incessantly with "giggles."
Seeing that Zhongli Wuzhi was not in a good mood, Song Lili tactfully refrained from starting another topic.
After watching Wen Qichen tire out, she took him upstairs to wash up.
Little Snowball followed them.
Zhongli Wuzhi sat in the living room, casually flipping through the magazine on the coffee table.
While flipping through, he spaced out.
Wen Nian returned home and saw Zhongli Wuzhi zoning out with the newspaper as soon as he entered the living room. He took off his coat and handed it to the butler, relaxing his tie and shirt collar.
Rolling up his sleeves, he sat down in front of Zhongli Wuzhi and asked,
"What are you thinking about?"
"..."
Zhongli Wuzhi was startled but did not react too greatly. He took a deep breath, lifted his head to look at Wen Nian, and feigned calm,
"I was thinking about you."
Wen Nian glanced at him.
"What’s the matter? Don’t you believe I was thinking about you?"
Zhongli Wuzhi placed the magazine on the coffee table, spread his hands, and nonchalantly leaned back on the sofa.
"Now that you have Song Lili, you don’t care about me anymore. Out of sight, out of mind."
"..."
Wen Nian casually rested his hands on his knees. He slightly tilted his head to look at Zhongli Wuzhi with a poised expression as if to say: I’m watching you play your tricks.
"Xiaonian, have you ever considered me?"
"..."
Wen Nian’s eyebrows rose even higher.
"Look, I’m not trying to poach Song Lili from you, but as someone who’s been through it, I genuinely think women are mysterious creatures."
"You told me you had something important to discuss, and it turns out to be about women?"
"..."
Zhongli Wuzhi pursed his lips. Seeing that Wen Nian was uninterested, he couldn’t help but sigh, "Forget it, forget it. Even if you were dying in a gentle land, you’d still be willing."
"Speak up, what’s the matter really?"
"Somebody is using large corporations and consortiums’ funds to penetrate the arms market."
Zhongli Wuzhi lowered his voice and said to Wen Nian.
"Anlin?"
"Anlin."
"Where did you get this information?"
"I discovered it myself," said Zhongli Wuzhi indifferently, "Zhongli Yuting has expressed his wish to hand over the group for me to take over half a month ago, and since he revealed this intention, I’ve felt something was off."
"How so?"
"He has always favored Big Brother, and I’ve only ever just been a shareholder in the company, while Big Brother has always been the leader of the Zhongli Group."
"Are you saying someone is using your consortium’s money?"
"After one talk with Zhongli Yuting, I started investigating the group’s affairs. I don’t know much about finances, but the finance department director privately told me that Big Brother had indeed used the consortium’s funds. And... more than once."
"You mean, your big brother is involved in the arms dealing business?"
"Big Brother is just making investments. It’s not just Big Brother; there are other young consortium heirs who have good private relations with Big Brother and are also involved in this investment."
Zhongli Wuzhi took a deep breath,
"I checked the details of this investment project carefully. On the surface, this investment project seems impeccable. The project initiators are several highly reputable magnates in the business arena; anyone would find the project promising."
"However, among the initiators, there is one unfamiliar name: Chu Yue."
"Chu Yue?"
"It looks like the name of someone from our G country, but upon closer examination, I found that the President’s daughter of M country is also called Chu Yue. I’m not sure if they are the same person."
Zhongli Wuzhi spoke frankly.
"The President’s daughter of M country... the investment project she’s involved in..."
Wen Nian narrowed his eyes.
"The agreement you reached with Prince Chiluo, the alliance treaty you signed, seems to have been exploited by someone with an agenda. A project initiated by numerous business magnates together with the President’s daughter of M country indeed has a strong allure."
Zhongli Wuzhi said earnestly.
"This project... the current funding amount has already reached more than thirty billion, but the investors are shown data that is halved."
"Thirty billion, where did you get that figure from?"
Wen Nian asked Zhongli Wuzhi.
"Estimated. Just from the Zhongli Consortium alone, Big Brother diverted two billion to invest in this project, and what’s more, he’s trying to funnel even more money into it. It was also because of Big Brother’s actions that father found out."
"That’s why he decided to let me take over the Zhongli Consortium."
"..."
"Besides Big Brother, just from the people I know, the amount of money I found out about already totals over ten billion."
"From what you’re saying, someone is eating money right under my nose."
"The project has been ongoing for just over two months. This capital seems to flow into legitimate channels, but all legitimate channels are just a facade; the portion of the data that went missing is what has entered the arms market."
"..."
"Of course, I’m just providing you with this information. You know me, I have many sources, but the people I usually deal with are also quite mixed. Whether this investment project has real issues or not, you can find out with just a look."
Zhongli Wuzhi said.
Wen Nian clasped his hands together, amber eyes squinted even more, murmuring,
"M country..."