Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire
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Chapter 307: Chapter 296 Suspicion Chapter 307: Chapter 296 Suspicion Lu Jiaxin knew that Nie Zhan’s father was a scientist, but she wasn’t clear about the details of his father’s family lineage, and out of curiosity, she hadn’t asked either. Dating was a matter for two people, and at the moment, they weren’t even girlfriend and boyfriend.

Nie Zhan asked, “Do we go to Yan Yihua’s law firm now, or should we go back to the hotel to rest and call him to the hotel to talk later?”

Lu Jiaxin said, “Let’s go to the bank first. My aunt’s will is kept in a safe deposit box there.”

“You really have the will?”

Lu Jiaxin said, “I urged my aunt to make a will last year, but she had been reluctant. She gave it to me the last time I visited. However, that document lacks a lawyer’s presence; it only has her signature. The He Family will definitely use her illness to invalidate the will.”

Nie Zhan said with a smile, “Your goal isn’t to split the inheritance; it’s to delay time so that He Zhuliang can’t continue to sell off Madam Guh’s assets. You have videos and written documents; the videos even have two lawyers present. This lawsuit won’t conclude in less than a year.”

Lu Jiaxin was stunned, “A year, will it take that long?”

Nie Zhan knew what she was thinking, “Yan Yihua can use various reasons to stall until it drags on for a year. By then, you’ll be of age and can apply to become their guardian.”

Lu Jiaxin was touched, “Nie Zhan, thank you.”

“Silly girl, why talk to me as if you’re an outsider?” Nie Zhan said. Although their relationship wasn’t official, in his heart, he had already considered Jiaxin as his girlfriend. Now that his girlfriend was in trouble, he naturally wanted to help share the burden.

After retrieving the documents, Lu Jiaxin went with Nie Zhan to Yan Yihua’s law firm.

Hearing that she intended to sue He Zhuliang, Yan Yihua frowned and said, “Miss Lu, I’ve heard that He Zhuliang has invested in a large project. They’ve mortgaged their shares due to insufficient funds. But the project encountered problems and has halted, rendering the initial investment futile. The mortgage deadline is approaching, and He Zhuliang needs a large sum of money to redeem the shares. I’m worried he might turn desperate and harm you if you proceed with the lawsuit.”

Nie Zhan said, “He Zhuliang has had someone look into Jiaxin’s background and found that she has an asset worth seventy to eighty million in her name. They’re now insisting that these assets were given by Madam Guh and are demanding she return them.”

Yan Yihua said to the two, “If there’s evidence that the assets in Miss Lu’s name were gifts from Madam Guh after she fell ill, He Zhuliang could legally reclaim them through legal means.”

Lu Jiaxin said, “The money and storefront that my aunt gave me have been donated. The assets I hold now are all self-earned, with no relation to my aunt.”

Yan Yihua understood and said, “That means the He Family has no evidence that your assets were gifts from Madam Guh.”

“It’s all self-earned; where would they get any evidence? Unless they forge it.”

Yan Yihua, seeing her calm demeanor, nodded and said, “If they were to forge evidence, that would be considered obstructing justice, and everyone involved would be held legally responsible, including the lawyers.”

Seeing Guh Xiuxiu’s signature on the document, which matched what he had seen before, Yan Yihua nodded and asked Lu Jiaxin to accompany him to the courthouse the next morning.

“Okay.”

After sending Lu Jiaxin back to the hotel, Nie Zhan returned home, only to find his aunt, Nie Manli, and his eldest cousin’s wife, Chen Cuiyu, sitting on the sofa chatting as soon as he entered the living room.

Nie Manli saw him, stopped someone and said, “Ah Zhan, there are rumors outside that Miss Lu has stolen Madam Guh’s antiques and jewelry and stored them in our bank.”

Nie Zhan looked very upset and said, “Aunt, the antiques and jewelry that Jiaxin mortgaged at the bank are her parents’ collection and have nothing to do with Madam Guh.”

After a pause, he continued, “Madam Guh has all her antiques and jewelry stored in HSBC Bank, and she gave the password and key to her grandnephew Guh Haifan. However, today when Jiaxin and I went to see Madam Guh, Haifan said that the safety deposit box’s password and key had already been given to someone from the He Family, and now those items are in the possession of the He Family.”

He felt that He Zhuliang’s affairs might not be as simple as mortgaging shares; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so unprincipled.

Nie Manli said somewhat incredulously, “I heard that among the items Miss Lu mortgaged, there were many priceless antiques and top-tier jewelry. How could their family have those items?”

Nie Zhan’s elder sister-in-law, who was more familiar with the Mainland, explained from the side: “Mommy, the Mainland is indeed backward now, but after so many dynasties, there are many valuable things. It’s very possible that Miss Lu’s parents inherited these fine items from their ancestors.”

Nie Zhan indicated that the Lu Family’s ancestors for three generations had been poor: “In the Mainland, various goods were scarce in the past years. Jiaxin’s father had channels to obtain some goods, and he traded them for antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and rare jewelry…”

“Aunt, these antiques and jewelry were transported over from the Forty-nine City by Jiaxin. Concerned about not getting through customs, she even used some special methods. If you don’t believe it, you can check. If the origin of the items was unclear, I wouldn’t have allowed her to mortgage them at the family bank.”

Nie Manli wanted to say more, but her daughter-in-law changed the subject, “Ah Zhan, grandfather is in the study and just told us that he has something to discuss with you.”

Nie Zhan just happened to have something to discuss with Old Master Nie and immediately went upstairs.

After he went upstairs, Nie Jingwen’s wife said, “Mommy, your youngest brother isn’t an inexperienced kid; he can handle matters well.”

About what her mother-in-law had just said, she felt it was quite inappropriate. Someone with little scheming would feel suspected of cheating their own bank after hearing these words. Since his return, Nie Zhan had always kept business and personal matters separate; it’s unlikely he would jeopardize the bank’s interests because of his fondness for Miss Lu.

Nie Manli sighed and said, “This Miss Lu is too scheming. I’m worried that Nie Zhan can’t see through her deception.”

Nie Jingwen’s wife was speechless. That wasn’t her son, and even if Miss Lu was scheming, it wouldn’t affect her. However, she knew Nie Manli’s personality; even if she was stopped today, she would bring it up again later. She tactfully said, “Mommy, Ah Zhan always listens to grandfather’s words; if you think Miss Lu isn’t good, let grandfather talk to him about it.”

Actually, Nie Zhan didn’t necessarily listen even to Old Master Nie. Previously, Old Master Nie had arranged for his old friend’s granddaughter to meet with him, hoping to strengthen the kinship ties, but Nie Zhan disagreed and almost resigned to return to America. After that incident, Old Master Nie no longer interfered with his personal life.

Nie Manli found her words quite reasonable and decided to talk to Old Master Nie about it.

Old Master Nie said displeasedly, “Even if you suspected that the origin of the items was unclear, you should have spoken to Jingwen first, not questioned Ah Zhan. By saying that, it’s as if Ah Zhan would sacrifice the company’s interests for the sake of pleasing Miss Lu.”

Nie Manli insisted she didn’t mean that: “Dad, that woman is very manipulative. Marrying her would surely bring endless troubles.”

Old Master Nie said irritably, “Don’t worry about all this nonsense. When Ah Zhan gets married, he will certainly move out and not live with us.”

Seeing that he was unhappy, Nie Manli didn’t say anything more.

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