Chapter 114: Chapter 25: Transparency
"10 minutes."
The guard took Li Xinyue to the meeting room and pointed to the clock.
Li Xinyue nodded, walked into the meeting room, and looked at Yan Luo sitting on the other side through the reinforced glass.
Her steps paused for a moment, then she resumed walking and sat down behind the reinforced glass.
"Why have you come?" Li Xinyue asked.
Yan Luo replied, "I was on the way to find someone to buy low-value materials when I met your teammate, from him I learned that you’ve been detained. Didn’t you say the problem was already resolved? Why are you still locked up?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xinyue felt embarrassed.
She had confidently told Yan Luo that her problem was solved, yet now she was detained, it was obvious the problem was far from resolved.
"...I don’t know." Li Xinyue let out a frustrated sigh, frowned, and shook her head, "I don’t know why things turned out this way, it should have been taken care of..."
"What exactly happened?" Yan Luo interrupted Li Xinyue’s complaints and asked.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Xinyue shook her head, "This is my family matter, even if you knew, it wouldn’t help, I..."
"Don’t act mysterious! Just say what’s there to hide? Would saying everything make you feel ashamed?" Yan Luo interrupted Li Xinyue again.
Li Xinyue was startled; she hadn’t expected Yan Luo to be so blunt.
So, Li Xinyue paused for a moment.
"This matter is my family’s business, I am the only direct descendant of the current Patriarch of the Celestial Sea Li Family, expected to inherit the family’s business, but my grandfather arranged for me to marry the second son of a family from Celestial City. If I marry him, I will lose the inheritance rights, only holding some shares. Fortunately, my grandfather gave me a choice: marry the second son of that family, or make a name for myself and repay the family for their care with my strength. I chose the latter.
"After that, things were simple, my family contacted the guild leader, they wanted me to leave the hunter business and marry the second son of that family. I also contacted my grandfather, logically it should’ve been resolved but unexpectedly..."
Yan Luo crossed his arms over his chest, quietly listening to Li Xinyue’s story.
When Li Xinyue finished speaking, he said, "Why do you still think this was done by your family?"
Li Xinyue was startled, "...What do you mean?"
As the saying goes, insiders are baffled, while outsiders see clearly. As an outsider, after listening to Li Xinyue’s story, Yan Luo already understood who the mastermind behind the entire affair was.
"From your story, I know your grandfather still controls the Celestial Sea Li Family, everything needs his approval. Since he couldn’t resolve this matter, do you really think it’s done by your family? If your grandfather didn’t have such control, how could he manage a family?"
A series of questions from Yan Luo left Li Xinyue speechless, the more she listened, the more she felt he made sense.
Li Xinyue believed her grandfather could still command the Li Family, even though he was very old, his long-standing authority made everyone at home dare not rebel against him.
"Then, then..." Li Xinyue stammered, sweating in nervousness, "The person who did this is my grandfather..."
"Are you stupid?"
Yan Luo frowned, "Don’t you suspect that family wanting to marry into yours? Instead, you believe your grandfather would go back on the choice he gave you?"
Although he didn’t know the Patriarch of the Celestial Sea Li Family, Yan Luo didn’t think the tycoon who founded Bao Han Company would do such a trivial thing.
Li Xinyue was completely speechless.
She had to admit, Yan Luo was right, compared to her grandfather, the Tianyi Wang Family was more suspicious.
However, Li Xinyue couldn’t understand the motive of the Tianyi Wang Family for doing this.
Yan Luo glanced at the time and said, "Visitation time is almost over, I won’t waste words, when were you detained?"
Li Xinyue thought for a moment, "Around twelve days ago."
So, shortly after entering the Abyss, Li Xinyue was detained?
Yan Luo raised his hand and rubbed his chin, lowered his eyelids.
Interesting, the behind-the-scenes force seems to be wary of him, why is that?
This thought circled in his mind, Yan Luo understood why this situation occurred.
"So, it’s struggling within the rules." Yan Luo chuckled and stood up.
Yan Luo looked at Li Xinyue and said, "According to legal regulations, the longest investigation period is 15 days, if evidence isn’t found within 15 days, the suspect will be released. Those secretly framing you only dare to fight within the rules, so don’t worry, you’ll be out in a few days. By the way, I think your grandfather already knows who did this, but he has no intention of intervening, maybe he wants you to resolve it yourself."
Li Xinyue slightly opened her mouth, she didn’t understand how Yan Luo connected these things.
Just as she was about to ask Yan Luo, the guard opened the meeting room door and called, "Time’s up, Li Xinyue, come out."
Yan Luo waved his hand, "See you in three days."
Then he turned and left without looking back.
Li Xinyue stared blankly at Yan Luo’s departing back, taken back to her cell by the guard.
What did Yan Luo understand?
As Li Xinyue pondered this question, Yan Luo had already collected his gear from the detention officers, rode his motorcycle, and went to find a buyer.
Now Yan Luo had basically sorted out the whole logic, even fathoming the intentions behind the family planning to join with the Li Family.
It’s merely wanting to use Li Xinyue’s identity to annex Bao Han Company; the essence of capital is self-amplification, ultimately achieving total monopoly.
Nowadays, most companies on the surface have capital participation from Celestial City behind them, forming a loosely encircling net, ever ready to swallow up companies of all sizes on the surface.
However, Yan Luo wasn’t really concerned about these things, he knew, he only cared about how to completely eliminate the Abyss.
Having dealt with the remaining materials at the buyer’s, Yan Luo directly returned to the villa to rest.
......
Daoist Li obtained the surveillance footage of the meeting room, listening to Yan Luo’s words in the video, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
"What a bother!"
This young man was even trickier than anticipated.
Yan Luo, after all, could memorize an entire "Crimson Abyss Demon Encyclopedia" and was familiar with the hunter rules, proving his brain was quite sharp; he usually just didn’t care to bother with other matters.
From the current situation, it seemed Yan Luo intended to involve himself in this matter.
Daoist Li couldn’t figure out Yan Luo’s thinking; clearly, participating in this wouldn’t yield any benefit, Li Xinyue’s relationship with him wasn’t that deep, why would Yan Luo want to get involved?
Try as he might, Daoist Li couldn’t understand.
As a temporary ally, Daoist Li informed Shi Tianming with a message, the full representative of the Wang Family in the Crimson No.2 operations, warning him to be mindful of Yan Luo.
He believed with Shi Tianming’s means, he should be able to investigate Yan Luo’s capabilities.
As a temporary ally, a slight reminder sufficed; saying more equates to fully siding with the Wang Family, which doesn’t align with the interests of the Spiritual Spring Li Family.
"Yan Luo..."
Receiving Daoist Li’s message, Shi Tianming pushed up his glasses.
Regarding the famous hunter, Shi Tianming had recently heard quite a bit.
Many of the information came from Ma Liang, who told Shi Tianming that Yan Luo and Li Xinyue might have a fling.
However, after briefly learning about Yan Luo’s character, Shi Tianming felt this talk was nonsense.
Yet, after seeing Daoist Li’s message, Shi Tianming thought Ma Liang’s words might not be false, perhaps...there might really be some possibility.
Otherwise, why would Yan Luo involve himself in this matter for no reason?
For Yan Luo, there’s no need to be involved, right?