96: The Cao family's fate 2

"I'm not afraid of danger. Ever since my son's family died because of that beast Cao Dong, my only fear in life, besides not getting revenge, is dying before it's done."

"Fortunately, Heaven has eyes, allowing me to see the Cao family's retribution." The butler's eyes were filled with hatred when he mentioned Cao Dong.

"I'll have my legal team help you with the lawsuit. If you're acquitted, would you mind coming to work for me as a butler?" Gao Ying didn't mind providing him a place to spend his retirement.

"CEO Gao, thank you. You are a truly good person. My real name is Ding Aiguo." Ding Aiguo knew she wanted to help him, so he was very grateful.

"You're wrong. I'm not some 'good person.' It's just that there's profit to be made."

"Go to this address. I'll contact the lawyer." Gao Ying handed him a business card.

Ding Aiguo left, overflowing with gratitude.

Gao Ying called Zhou Jingxing and told him about the matter.

"Don't worry, I won't lose any case I take on." Zhou Jingxing was very happy to receive her call.

He had wanted to call her himself, but it seemed he had nothing to talk about other than company matters.

At this moment, Zhou Jingxing felt quite helpless. In court, he could debate a crowd of scholars single-handedly, but facing her, he simply didn't know what to say.

Having finished what she had to say, Gao Ying prepared to hang up.

"Wait, do you want to come to the company and take a look?" Zhou Jingxing searched for an excuse.

"No need. With you at the company, I'm very relieved. Besides, Yin Ren is there too, so I don't need to worry," Gao Ying declined.

"Alright, I'll manage the law firm well." Zhou Jingxing hung up the phone, looking quite dejected.

"This won't do. If you want to be with Her Highness, you have to be direct."

"After all, Her Highness already has several outstanding people around her. If you keep beating around the bush like this, you'll lose your chance." Yin Ren entered the room and offered a pointer.

"Is it that obvious?" Zhou Jingxing asked, touching his face.

"Big brother, don't be too obvious. Everyone in this law firm knows about your little crush." Yin Ren let out a sneer as he looked at him.

"I'll confess once this case is over," Zhou Jingxing decided.

Yin Ren nodded in satisfaction and sent a message to Yin Lin: [See how good I am? I found another brother for you guys.]

[Photo of Zhou Jingxing]

Yin Lin: [Get lost!]

Yin Ren wanted to mess around a bit more, but was notified that he had been blocked!

"Tsk, no fun." Yin Ren put away his phone, preparing to go back and flex in their faces.

However, when he returned, what awaited him was a sparring match between the two.

Although the Cao family members had been arrested, the Cao Corporation was intricately connected and couldn't be dealt with in just a day or two.

Fortunately, the system had given enough time, so there was no fear of not completing the task.

Xi Yan called home to say he would be handling some things here; Father Xi would personally take charge of the company's affairs.

"Fugui, I think I'm still better suited for enjoyment than hard labor."

"So, please give me some more Androids." After handling company business for a few days, Gao Ying wanted to slack off.

[Sister, don't be so modest. Look at the way your men have been admiring you these past few days.]

[Doesn't it feel good?]

After systematic learning, Gao Ying handled matters swiftly and decisively. She personally took charge of several difficult problems and resolved them within a day.

This gave Fu Sheng and the others a sense of crisis. Their wife had money, looks, and terrifying strength.

If they didn't work harder, they really wouldn't be worthy of her.

"Treasure Ying, this Cao Corporation is a real tough nut to crack. Now that Cao Shan is gone, the Liu Family has jumped in to interfere." Yin Feng came over with some documents.

"Heh, the Liu Family was kicked off the island and now they're eager to show their faces."

"They're even planning to bring the arrogance of that Hidden family to Magic City." Gao Ying found the photo on the documents quite an eyesore.

"The Liu Family is cautious too; they didn't leave any evidence of their transactions with Cao Shan."

"For some reason, Cao Shan flatly denied anyone else's involvement and took the blame himself." Yin Feng didn't think Cao Shan was the type to be loyal.

"It's simple. There must be someone in the Liu Family he's willing to give up his life to protect."

"As for who it is? I'm quite interested." Gao Ying looked at the photos of the Liu Family members and locked onto one person.

"The Liu Family has publicly stated that the family is 'coming out of the mountains,' so many people have been inquiring about their sudden emergence lately."

"They are settled in the Imperial Capital; the Liu Family appearing in Magic City is just a branch." Yin Lin also brought over some information.

"They were kicked out but are too embarrassed to say it, so they made up an excuse about 'coming out of the mountains.' They really care about saving face."

"What's interesting is the Qiao Family. Their head actually directly turned in the person who was dealing with the Liu Family."

"Tell me, as the head of the family, does he really not know that his subordinates were doing these things behind his back?" Gao Ying certainly didn't believe it.

"Claiming ignorance is a lie. This is where they're clever; after all, it's something that brings profit to the family."

"If it isn't discovered, he treats it as if he doesn't know. If it is discovered, he acts like he didn't know."

"In the end, he'll express deep remorse for his negligence as the head and then righteously turn the person in." Fu Sheng and Xi Yan were very familiar with these types of people.

"Exactly. That makes it very hard to convict him, since he technically didn't touch anything." Gao Ying also hated these kinds of people and situations.

"Don't frown. It's not impossible to make him pay the price. Doesn't he think he's great even without being a Hidden family?"

"Then let's make them fall from Cloud End into the mud." Yin Feng distressedly smoothed out her furrowed brow.

[Ding! Side mission issued: Please host acquire the Liu Family and ensure Liu Jiang is punished.]

[Mission success reward: Location of a natural mine. Mission failure: No penalty.]

Liu Jiang is the current head of the Liu Family. He is 65 years old and appears very kind on the surface.

But the things he does in secret are utterly devoid of conscience.

However, he is very cautious, even guarding against his own biological son.

The only one who can make him let down his guard is his granddaughter, Liu Qian, who is even more ruthless than he is.

Liu Qian has shown her malice since she was a child. In front of parents and teachers, she's a pitiful little white flower.

But in places where they can't see, the things she does to her classmates are incredibly vicious.

Some classmates couldn't take it and transferred schools, but even then, they couldn't escape her clutches.

In the end, that classmate's entire family moved away from the city.

As the family head, Liu Jiang had always observed the younger generation, and Liu Qian was naturally among those under observation.

Seeing how vicious she was, Liu Jiang was very happy. Finally, a junior was like him, so he took her under his wing to train her.

"This Liu Qian was personally trained by Liu Jiang; her methods are ruthless."

"It seems she's come to the Imperial Capital this time to help the branch family take root in Magic City."

"Have we received an invitation?" Gao Ying looked at Fu Sheng.

The Second Elder hadn't revealed anything about Gao Ying to the Liu or Qiao families, so in Liu Qian's eyes, this newly emerged Gao Corporation was just a nobody.

"I received it when I got off work today, but I didn't plan on going."

"Now it seems we should make a trip to this banquet after all." Fu Sheng called his assistant and told him to fish the invitation out of the trash can.

"When is it?" Gao Ying asked.

"Three days from now."