Ouyang Xue drove to the Jiahe Garden residential area from the Mingzhu Hotel parking lot. Having gone through the loss of Xiaodan, the share withdrawal incident, and the life-or-death lawsuit, she was no longer easily moved to tears. She just wanted to ask her big brother what the so-called internal documents were all about.
During her tenure as chairwoman, she had attended all decision-making meetings at Gelüshi, and there had never been any discussions requiring confidentiality. She had always kept custody of all signed and stamped documents, and she had never seen any so-called internal documents. How could her big brother hand over something that didn't exist?
After driving for over 20 minutes, she entered the Jiahe Garden community and saw two cars parked near Ding Yuanying's building, one of which was the familiar BMW 730. Standing by the car were Han Chufeng, Li Zhijiang, driver Xiao Zhao, and three men who looked like bodyguards—a clear sign of important figures traveling at night.
Her heart sank: her big brother was leaving.
She knew she couldn't get any closer in this situation. Since her big brother hadn't informed her in advance, it was clear he didn't want any farewells. She turned into a nearby road and parked, quietly observing through the car window. She had a vague realization that the so-called internal documents in Liu Bing's envelope were not as simple as he imagined. With Xiaodan gone, the ancient city had become a place of sorrow for her big brother. The only reason he waited until now to leave was to ensure there were no issues with Gelüshi's cooperation with Lusheng. He wouldn't have set any obstacles for Gelüshi.
Her phone rang, displaying Xiao Yawen's number. She answered, hearing Xiao Yawen's distressed voice, "Ouyang, something happened. Liu Bing jumped from a building... he's dead, and the ground is covered with white paper..."
Ouyang Xue's mind buzzed again. Liu Bing... jumped? The person she had spoken to just over 20 minutes ago was gone? She felt a mix of emotions she couldn't describe.
She asked, "Yawen, did Big Brother say anything about Liu Bing when you last came to the ancient city?"
Xiao Yawen replied, "Big Brother said Liu Bing's intention to stay with the company wasn't just to work. If Liu Bing didn't do anything particularly wrong during this sensitive period, we could consider giving him some shares to give him a stable future."
Ouyang Xue understood.
At that moment, Ding Yuanying emerged from the building, and everyone got into their cars. Ding Yuanying and Han Chufeng entered the BMW, and the two cars drove out of the Jiahe Garden gate, merging into the traffic and disappearing.
Ouyang Xue stared blankly at the traffic outside the gate, murmuring to herself, "Big Brother, you're going to be blamed again."