sbdcsierra Chapter 137 A Thick Fog
Chapter 137 A Thick Fog
Chapter 137 A Thick Fog
The room was filled with smoke.
Smoke curled from the cigarette in Ye Kai's hand, drifting gracefully through the air, forming strange shapes before finally vanishing into nothingness.
The ashtray contained at least a dozen cigarette butts, but Ye Kai only inhaled a few; most of them burned out in his hands before being discarded.
There's no way around it, the situation is just too complicated.
"Sigh, if I had known it would be this troublesome, I would have preferred not to know."
Ye Kai left his desk, walked to the hotel's floor-to-ceiling window, and gazed into the distance, somewhat lost in thought.
This location faces northeast, and there aren't any particularly eye-catching buildings in the distance. The Huaxia Zun, which was later designated as the tallest building, had not yet been constructed, but the land prices in the vicinity had already been driven up.
From the year before last to this year, the price per unit of land near the CBD has more than doubled.
Given their scarcity, the land price per unit area of some plots could potentially double.
The file bag that Feng Yuqiu gave to Ye Kai contained not only trouble, but also the legacy left to him by his mother: two plots of land near the CBD, one about 1.5 hectares in size and the other about 1.1 hectares in size.
Ye Kai now owns both plots of land.
Outside, there are also equity registration certificates and other documents for more than a dozen companies of varying sizes, all of which have been registered under Ye Kai's name.
However, Ye Kai also noticed that his shareholding in these companies was all within 5%, which was the portion that did not need to be disclosed to the public.
Based on the current stock price, the value of the shares held by Ye Kai is approximately 160 billion.
It seems that although Feng Yuqiu has never had any contact with him, he has already made plans and left his son a substantial fortune.
"Why didn't this happen in my past life?"
"Could something be wrong?"
Ye Kai stubbed out his cigarette, a hint of doubt in his mind.
It seems that he faces a rather complicated problem, and he has very few people around him he can trust.
Even Feng Yuqiu, who had contact with him, and his agent didn't seem to be very reliable.
Even Grandma Xu Jingyuan —
Tsk, this is hard to doubt. If even Grandma Xu Jingyuan is among the suspects, then who can he trust?
"Let's investigate the Ye family massacre again—"
Ye Kai put aside his doubts and picked up the documents again.
Eighteen years ago, the Ye family in Beijing was wiped out overnight.
This incident did not have a significant impact at the time. One reason was that it was early 1994, and there was no internet or media at the time. Ordinary people had very limited access to information, relying mainly on television or newspapers for news. Another reason was that after the incident, some people deliberately suppressed the news.
Even now, the massacre of the Ye family has long since disappeared without a trace, and not a single word of it has spread.
Only some of the top wealthy families in Beijing at the time had some recollection of this matter, but they all remained tight-lipped about it, clearly indicating that there was a significant problem behind it.
Strictly speaking, Ye Kai is not even considered a member of the Ye family.
At that time, Ye Xianggao, the head of the Ye family, had a son and a daughter. His son, Ye Zhenhuan, was twenty-six years old, and his daughter, Ye Suxin, was sixteen years old.
Ye Xianggao is very capable. He comes from a Confucian business background and went into business in the 1980s. He has accumulated billions of yuan in wealth through his skillful maneuvering and has an astonishing network of connections. His strength is much greater than that of the publicly known richest man.
Ye Huanzhen was already married at the time. His wife, Nie Yuanqing, came from an official family. The couple had a daughter who was less than half a year old, but they were not getting along and were already planning to divorce.
Feng Yuqiu was an employee of Ye Xianggao's company back then. After meeting Ye Huanzhen by chance, they fell in love at first sight.
Ye Huanzhen's plan is to divorce Nie Yuanqing and then marry Feng Yuqiu.
However, the massacre of the Ye family happened too quickly. Before the relationship between the two could be clarified, the Ye family was wiped out. At this time, Feng Yuqiu discovered that she was pregnant.
Feng Yuqiu was the one who reported the massacre of the Ye family, but after reporting the case, she found that something was not quite right. So she took the opportunity to run away from the capital and went to Xinghua City to live in seclusion, where she gave birth to Ye Kai.
Three years later, Ye Kai started kindergarten, and Feng Yuqiu turned around and returned to the capital. While starting a business, she secretly investigated the truth behind the massacre of the Ye family years ago, and she continues to this day.
"The problem now is that all the legitimate members of the Ye family are dead."
"And I, the son of a mistress, am expected to shoulder the heavy responsibility of avenging the Ye family?"
"This is outrageous! A mother opening the door for something so outrageous! This is utterly outrageous!"
Thinking about this convoluted, novel-like affair, Ye Kai's mind was in complete turmoil.
Despite Feng Yuqiu's secret investigation over the past decade, he has yet to find conclusive evidence to pinpoint a specific suspect.
The massacre of the Ye family back then lacked sufficient clues, and the scene was also completely destroyed. At this time, although Feng Yuqiu had great power, it was not convenient for him to make his actions too obvious.
After all, in terms of status, Feng Yuqiu is now the wife of Huo Xitong, the head of the Huo family.
The Huo family is of high social standing and great power, and its family relationships are quite complex. In addition to the patriarch Huo Xitong, there are also some collateral relatives, and the relationships among them are so intricate that they are difficult to unravel.
Once Feng Yuqiu's investigation is exposed, the first thing he will be unable to bear is the questioning from within the Huo family.
If Feng Yuqiu and Ye Huanzhen had no emotional foundation, that would be fine. She could have just lived a peaceful life as Mrs. Huo, with a net worth of hundreds of millions and the respect of others. It would have been a perfect, perfect scenario.
Unfortunately, Feng Yuqiu and Ye Zhenhuan did have a deep emotional foundation, and she could never let go of this relationship. Moreover, Ye Xianggao, the former head of the Ye family, treated her very well. In addition, she had a son named Ye Kai who was destined to bear the surname Ye. Therefore, Feng Yuqiu has never given up investigating this bloody case over the years.
Another reason is that Ye Zhenhuan had secretly transferred some of his assets to Feng Yuqiu, which gave Feng Yuqiu the confidence to develop rapidly and enter the circle of the wealthy after returning to Beijing.
Through Feng Yuqiu's own efforts and by leveraging her position after marrying into the Huo family, this portion of assets has developed into a vast business system.
In Feng Yuqiu's own view, these assets would eventually be handed over to Ye Kai.
However, if she couldn't thoroughly investigate the massacre of her family back then and find the murderer, Feng Yuqiu wouldn't dare to let Ye Kai reappear in the world easily. She couldn't be sure who the other party was or whether they would eliminate Ye Kai completely.
The assets that Feng Yuqiu is now handing over to Ye Kai are just the tip of the iceberg, and are relatively safe assets.
"Whether I can obtain the other assets belonging to the Ye family depends on whether I can find the murderer from back then, investigate this tragedy thoroughly, and clear the name of the Ye family."
"This is not only a test from Feng Yuqiu, but also my duty as a descendant of the Ye family."
"However, this matter is indeed extremely difficult."
Thinking about these things, Ye Kai couldn't help but open another pack of cigarettes.
Based on the information he has now, it seems that what happened back then really was Louis XVI, which is completely baffling.