Chapter 253 \nBy the time Wang Cheng returned home, Bodyguard A had been back for a while. Originally, they thought that he would only need about ten minutes to sneak into Liâs house. They didnât expect that this matter would cause another trip to the health clinic, so the time was more than sufficient.\nThe items at the door had been removed, as Granny Wang did not dare to squat in front of Wang Chengâs house anymore. Not only that, but she also asked Li to check if she had left any hairs in the quilt. Wang Cheng could no longer be bothered to complain about her overwhelming behavior.
âHow did your task go?â Wang Cheng asked Bodyguard A to enter the house with him, in order to make sure that no one could eavesdrop on their conversation.
The bodyguard carefully pulled out a woven bag from behind the door, which seemed to contain something heavy. He created a small opening at the top of the bag, saying, âZhou Shao, I successfully completed the task. That woman below the balcony hadnât discovered me at all.â
The small opening revealed a stack of red banknotes [T/N: stacks of 100 yuan bills]. This was the money that Wang Cheng had asked the bodyguard to steal from his eldest uncleâs safe. At a glance, it was a lot of money.
âHow much money is that in total?â
âThe total is two hundred thousand.â
âThey still have two hundred thousand?â Wang Cheng had heard that Wang Ningkaiâs company had closed down, so they should be in debt. It was impossible for them to have so much cash. He thought the safe would amount to around one hundred thousand at most.
âZhou Shao, I also found these things in the safe.â Bodyguard A took out some data that he had stuffed into the bag. ly, he had only given it a rough glance. He didnât know if it was useful or not, but figured since he was already there, he might as well steal everything.
At that time, Li had not discovered that the safe was robbed, because the only ones who knew the password to the safe were the Wang Ningkai father and son. Since the two were not there, no one currently at their house could open the safe.
After Wang Cheng looked over the data a few times, he finally understood how Wang Ningkaiâs safe could have 200,000 in cash. It turned out to have been cheated from a business partner.\nThe bankruptcy of their company was inevitable. After the Wang Ningkai father and son found that there was no way for them to recover the company from debt, they let some employees calculate the estimated loss after bankruptcy. When they found that the amount was beyond their reach, they began to transfer the property to others in increments. However, this transfer could not fill that gap of loss. Papa Wang also refused to lend money. At that time, they happened to pick up an order from a traveling businessman, and the other side was paying half a million yuan. So, the two had the idea of ââtaking the money for themselves.
Wang Ningkai took 300,000 yuan from that payment to repay part of the debt, and the rest became the 200,000 yuan in the safe that they planned to keep for their own use in the future. Therefore, they were obviously well-off, but were still not willing to repay the debt to the workers.
âThose two are really bold.â Wang Cheng was stunned after reading the data. He could guarantee that Li and Granny Wang didnât know that the money was cheated. He finally understood the reason why Wang Ningkaiâs company went bankrupt, yet they could still keep their house in the city.
Bodyguard A asked, âZhou Shao, what should I do with this money now?â
Of course, it was impossible for him to pay back this cheated money to the unfortunate business partner. Wang Cheng originally only intended to let his eldest uncleâs family panic for a while and let everyone know that his eldest uncle still had money, and then later find another chance to secretly return the money. However, now that he found that the money was not theirs, it was a different matter.
âIâll have to think about it.â
This caused a change to his plan. Maybe the Wang Ningkai father and son would have go to jail, as this behavior constituted fraud. As long as their business partner came looking for them, the Wang Ningkai father and son would never be able to escape. Wang Cheng did not believe that this sort of thing could be kept hidden, but the Wang Ningkai father and son obviously hadnât thought about this problem, otherwise, they would not have spent the money. At this point, their house in the city would have to be sold even if they werenât willing to sell it.
Wang Cheng did not tell his parents about what went down today, nor did he tell them that he had sent someone to his eldest uncleâs house to steal money. Both of them were honest rural people, so if they learned of this, he would have to give the money from the safe back immediately and they might even beat him.
However, Wang Cheng was very concerned about the matter of whether Papa Wang was born to Granny Wang or not. This could be checked through DNA identification, but he was already very sure that his father was not Granny Wangâs biological son. Wang Cheng was even more curious about what had happened in the past.
How could Papa Wang have become Granny Wangâs son over fifty years ago?\nThe most troublesome thing was how over 50 years had passed since this incident, and as the times have changed, things have changed; there was no more Wangâs Village now, so it was even more difficult to investigate.
Li and Granny Wang called Liâs husband immediately after they got home to inform him that the plan had failed. Today was the deadline, so the group of workers was coming over tomorrow.
âHow could the plan fail? Could it be that Wang Cheng got the better of my mother?â Wang Hongwei didnât believe in this fact, as it was not his motherâs character to compromise so quickly. He knew his mother, and for her eldest sonâs family, she would definitely spare no effort in making trouble with the third family.
Li secretly cast a glance at the two elders who were sitting in the living room, and took her phone to the kitchen to say in a low voice, âThere has been an incident. Your third brother might not be the biological son of our parents. Husband, did you know of this?â
âWhat?â Wang Hongwei cried out in surprise. Even he hadnât known about it. The ages of the three brothers were not too far apart; he was only four years older than his third brother. He was still young at that time, so even if he did see something, he would have forgotten it with age. How could he remember something that had happened so early in his life?
Li immediately told him of Wang Chengâs conversation with Granny Wang. Let alone Wang Cheng, even Li could see that Granny Wang had some kind of guilt in her heart. Granny Wangâs reaction was just far too obvious.
Wang Hongwei thought similarly to her after hearing this. âNo way, we absolutely must not let anyone know that the third son is not the son of our parents.â
Their family only dared to make trouble by pointing at the blood relationship between the two families. This was a fact that could never be erased. Especially when it came to Granny Wang, a blood relationship was like a golden finger to avoid death. No matter what Granny Wang did, Wang Hongxin would still have to succumb to their blood relationship in the end. So, once this layer of protection was lost, the result could be imagined.
The Granny Wang husband and wife might have watched Wang Hongxin grow, but many knew that the couple had treated Wang Hongxin badly since he was young; Wang Hongxinâs obligation to support them now should not be so heavy.
âI will let our parents stay at home for this period of time. But shouldnât you and Ningkai come back?â Li clearly understood that even if someone did doubt their familial ties, without any DNA identification, the third family was still unable to deny their blood relationship to the elders.
\nWang Hongweiâs eyes suddenly darkened a bit. âI donât want to use this method, it is a last resort. If the matter your mother just spoke of really canât be hidden, then we can take advantage of it before being exposed.â
Wang Ningkai didnât quite understand, but he knew that his father must have a plan.
While the father and son were still discussing their next strategy, Wang Cheng sent someone to investigate two matters.
The first matter was the one that had long since occured, it had taken place over 50 years ago. The younger and middle generations certainly didnât know of this incident, so he could only look for elders in the same generation as the old lady and her husband. Fortunately, the Wangâs Village had a good environment and beautiful scenery, so most of the old people there could live to 80 or 90 years old.
The second matter was the fraud committed by the Wang Ningkai father and son. Wang Cheng directly contacted Zhang Wu [T/N: hotel managerâs son, leader of the new Dongwang Group] and asked him to investigate Wang Ningkaiâs company and who they had cooperated with before going bankrupt. 500,000 was a big deal for Wang Ningkaiâs company. If these things were true, it would certainly not have been kept quiet at the time.
Zhang Wu proceeded to immediately look into it. The results came unexpectedly smoothly, without much effort needed at all.
Because the Wang Ningkai father and son had done a good job keeping things under wraps before their company went bankrupt, not many people knew that they were in debt. That deceived businessman only discovered that something was wrong after a few days. When Zhang Wu sent someone to investigate, he happened to find that the hapless businessman was looking for the Wang Ningkai father and son everywhere.