Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire
Chapter 469 - Chapter 469 Chapter 457 Jealousy Drives People Mad

Chapter 469: Chapter 457: Jealousy Drives People Mad Chapter 469: Chapter 457: Jealousy Drives People Mad Mo Libin now has to keep an eye on the business over in Europe and America and is also helping Lu Jiaxin buy stocks and speculate in futures, which is why he frequently flies overseas. Lu Jiaxin is short on staff and has therefore recruited two more personnel through an international headhunting firm, one named Sang Wen, who has worked at a securities company in Hong Kong; the other named Deng Weihai, also Hong Kong people, was a senior executive at Little Days Bank.

Sang Wen stays in Hong Kong to handle business on that side for her; whereas Deng Weihai is responsible for the affairs in the Island Country. Although currently only some futures contracts and stocks of Island Country have been purchased, after the stock market crash is over she plans to invest in Little Days’s electronics and real estate. Despite her disdain for that country, its electronic technology is indeed ahead of the Mainland, making this investment quite profitable. As for real estate, she remembered it collapsed in the mid-1990s, so she would pull out when the time came.

Nie Zhan knew she had hired two more senior staff, and while he was a bit surprised, he did not ask. He did not interfere too much in business matters unless he felt something was improper.

That day, as Lu Jiaxin was reading, she suddenly received a call from a private detective who said he had investigated some matters: “Miss Lu, should I send the information to you, or would you like to send someone to pick it up?”

Lu Jiaxin was very pleased, feeling her money had been well spent: “I’ll send someone to pick it up.”

Lu Jiaxin summoned Yan Yijun and told him about the private detective’s findings: “Go and pick it up now.”

The afternoon he arrived in Hong Kong, he visited Gu Wenfeng at the hospital, and after asking her not to go out the next day he went out driving by himself, always returning late at night.

At dinner that day, Lu Jiaxin asked him what he had been doing. Only then did she learn that he was familiarizing himself with the geography of Hong Kong, as instructed by Gu Wenfeng.

Yan Yijun also showed the map he had drawn to Lu Jiaxin: “Boss, this map is not yet complete. Once I have driven all the roads, I will inform you.”

Lu Jiaxin told him to take his time to understand, there was no hurry, and also reminded him to drive safely when going out.

After Yan Yijun got the materials from the private detective, Lu Jiaxin was busy in the garden, so he did not disturb her. Having asked the private detective earlier and knowing it was not good news, he waited until Lu Jiaxin returned to the living room after picking flowers before taking out the materials.

Lu Jiaxin had been anxious about this matter, feeling uneasy until the mastermind behind the scenes was caught. She immediately opened and read the material, and her face turned ashen after reading it.

Yan Yijun and Li Qing did not yet know what the situation was, but Miao Na knew there had been progress in the kidnapping incident. However, she was puzzled as to why the police and Mr. Nie’s investigations had found no leads, yet the private detective hired by the boss had clues.

Lu Jiaxin said to Yan Yijun and Li Qing, “Come with me to the study.”

Miao Na saw them go upstairs and was puzzled as to why she was being excluded. After all, she had been with the boss for over a year, while Yan Yijun and Li Qing had only arrived a little over a week ago.

The study was soundproofed, and once the door was closed, no one outside could hear the conversation inside.

Lu Jiaxin said, “The private detective’s investigation shows that Kang Huijuan believes I was the reason she could no longer stay with the Nie family, and she has vowed not to let me off easily.”

Who is Kang Huijuan? Yan Yijun’s brain raced to process the information.

Li Qing, who had a good memory and quick response, immediately asked, “Is she the Second Young Madam of the Nie family?”

Lu Jiaxin nodded, “Yes, she is the wife of Nie Jingshu, the Second Young Master of the Nie family. The Nie family elders have asked Nie Jingshu to divorce her, but for now, she hasn’t because she apparently has something on them that’s keeping the divorce at bay.”

Li Qing said with a puzzled face, “Boss, you said it’s the Nie family elders who want Nie Jingshu to divorce her, but that has nothing to do with you, right?”

Although he had been here only seven days, he had already noticed that Lu Jiaxin was not the type to meddle in other people’s business, and she probably wouldn’t bother with her cousin-in-law’s matters.

Lu Jiaxin spoke grimly, “I’ve never met Old Master Nie or Nie Manli, nor have I had any interaction with her. As for why she would hate me, I guess someone from the Nie family said something they shouldn’t have. Not daring to resent the Nie family, they took out their anger on me.”

Yan Yijun couldn’t understand and said, “Maybe this woman is just spewing some harsh words.”

Lu Jiaxin said, “Kang Huijuan has a childhood friend, a guy named Brother Qiang, who is a branch leader of the 14K. A private detective found that one of Brother Qiang’s confidants… had met with the fugitive Lame Sen before the kidnapping.”

The fugitive Lame Sen was the one who delivered money to the deceased Vulture.

Since the people associated with Vulture were a mixed bunch, and his instructing party met him in the dark, searching from Vulture’s end yielded no useful clues after a lengthy investigation. But the private detective found Brother Qiang suspicious, so he started searching from his associates and unexpectedly found something.

Lu Jiaxin had instructed the private detective to check on the Nie family just in case, not expecting to really find a lead. However, now they only had suspicions and still needed to find evidence.

On the kidnapping case, both Yan Yijun and Li Qing had seen the information held by the police. The two had also analyzed the case, but with too little information and not being familiar with Hong Kong, they hadn’t come up with anything useful.

After pondering, Li Qing said, “That Lame Sen, now neither alive nor dead to be seen, even if we tell the police our lead, it won’t help. If the other party flatly denies it, there’s nothing they can do.”

Lu Jiaxin never intended to tell the police in the first place, and she looked at both men and said, “Don’t report it, do you guys have any good ideas?”

Yan Yijun frowned and said, “Reporting won’t do, and we can’t let the private detective continue either. Not only will they fail to find any evidence, but they might also raise the alarm.”

Lu Jiaxin coldly stated, “I will have someone ask this close associate of Brother Qiang, he should cooperate.”

How could simply asking guarantee that they would spill everything? But Yan Yijun quickly realized that the person she planned to “ask” was definitely not an ordinary person.

Upon hearing Lu Jiaxin’s words, Li Qing understood the implication and said, “Boss, make sure you find someone reliable to do the questioning.”

Lu Jiaxin looked at Yan Yijun as if asking his opinion.

Yan Yijun felt this approach was somewhat risky, “If the person you hire isn’t thorough and exposes you, then you, Boss, will be in danger.”

Seeing that neither of them opposed her use of special measures, Lu Jiaxin was satisfied inside, “These gangs are a cancer to society, they deserve to die.”

If the two had opposed her methods, she would not have continued to employ them. She was not a person for violence and bloodshed, but if others were putting her life in danger, to continue adhering to her previous principles would be foolish. Moreover, if Kang Huijuan thought she was easy to bully, who knows if there could be another kidnapping attempt.

This was a preparation to strike fatally. Neither of the two men had spoken out against it, if it had been in the Mainland, it would definitely have been handed over to the government, but this is Hong Kong. The laws in Hong Kong are different from the Mainland, even if they actually found out that Brother Qiang had the intention to kidnap the boss, they wouldn’t sentence him to death after being captured, at most he would serve ten or twenty years in prison.

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