121: I've struck gold!

"What did you say?" Liu Xiaoli wondered if she had misheard. Li Xiuwu had a technology company, and it was in the chip industry. The chip industry was a world-leading sector, and the country had been supporting it in recent years.

"Are you lying to Mom?"

"Ah, how could I lie to you? Today we went to Li Xiuwu's company, called Panda Core. The employees there all really liked me." Liu Yifei sounded anxious.

"You're really not lying to Mom?" Liu Xiaoli still couldn't believe it.

Although she didn't understand chip investment and R&D, it surely required billions or even tens of billions in investment, right? Did Li Xiuwu have that much capital?

"It's true! If Mom doesn't believe me, you can come see. Li Xiuwu has to handle company matters, so we'll be staying here for a few more days."

Liu Xiaoli tried to slowly accept it, but her mind still hadn't fully wrapped around the idea.

"Don't cause trouble there. Don't give Xiuwu any headaches."

"I'm not causing any trouble!" Liu Yifei retorted immediately, like a kitten that had been poked.

Liu Xiaoli listened to the disconnected call and sat in her chair, lost in thought. Little Lion yawned, stretched, looked at Liu Xiaoli's face, and went back to sleep.

"A chip company," she murmured.

She recalled when the public opinion storm erupted, Li Xiuwu had remained calm, as if he wasn't worried at all about how the backlash might affect him.

"That seems to make sense now," she sighed. Li Xiuwu's attitude toward filming TV shows was just for the experience; he was never too fixated on working with big-name directors.

It seemed he was even more outstanding than she had imagined.

Liu Xiaoli suddenly thought of her daughter. Had she found a treasure?

A smile spread across her face. She picked up Little Lion, who was sleeping on her lap, and gave him a big kiss.

"Meow." Little Lion looked bewildered, his two eyes staring at her in confusion... Liu Yifei hung up the call and looked up to see Li Xiuwu busy with his laptop.

"What are you doing?" Liu Yifei walked over, hands behind her back, clearly in a very good mood.

She leaned in to look at the computer screen, which was filled with lines of various codes she couldn't understand at all.

"Studying. How else am I going to get to the sky in the future?" Li Xiuwu glanced up at Liu Yifei, his fingers clattering away nonstop.

"You really want to go to the sky?" Liu Yifei squeezed into the spot where Li Xiuwu was sitting, staring intently at the code on the screen.

"Why not?" Li Xiuwu paused his coding, placing a hand on her waist.

Liu Yifei turned her head to look at Li Xiuwu, disbelief in her eyes.

"What else are you hiding from me?"

"I have billions in assets, advanced technology, can tame beasts, cultivate, and reach for the moon in the heavens..."

Liu Yifei just rolled her eyes at him.

"See, you still don't believe me." Li Xiuwu looked helpless.

"Who would believe that?" she said discontentedly.

"Forget the rest for now. Billions in assets—do you even know how much money that is?"

"No idea, but it's a lot." Li Xiuwu indicated he had no concept of it.

"Then stop bragging."

"Fine, I was bragging." Li Xiuwu didn't explain further. She wouldn't believe it until she saw it.

"I'm going to take a bath and go to bed." Her face suddenly flushed as she felt Li Xiuwu's hand slipping under her clothes. She pushed his hand away, stood up, and ran off.

"Want to join me? I'll work hard and scrub your back." Li Xiuwu grinned.

"If you dare come, I'll beat you to death!" Blushing, she clenched her fists and ran into the suite.

Li Xiuwu watched her retreating figure and smiled.

He glanced at the code on the screen, tapped a few keys, and suddenly lost interest.

His head involuntarily turned toward the suite door.

Just then, his computer chimed, pulling him back.

He opened the chat software—a social app released by Dream Time. It wasn't as widespread as the Two Qs, but it was very professional, with dedicated remote conferencing features.

The message was from Lin Qian.

"Are you there?"

Li Xiuwu felt a bit speechless. He really wanted to reply, "No money."

He opened the remote conferencing feature, and the video connected quickly. Lin Qian was in Tianjin, still dressed in formal attire.

"What's going on?" Li Xiuwu asked him.

"Boss, the financial audit of the Chip Factory is complete. There are some minor issues, nothing major. However, during Foxis's tenure, there were some internal accounting problems with Motorola."

Li Xiuwu listened to Lin Qian's report.

Power at the Chip Factory was all in the hands of Motorola's inner circle. In this transaction, the management who could stay weren't in high positions, so even if there were issues, they weren't significant.

But Foxis's problems were big. Under his control, there were many abnormal fund transfers in the accounts.

Lin Qian judged that Foxis might have colluded with Motorola's internal management to embezzle Motorola's funds and launder money through this Chip Factory.

He listened to Lin Qian's detailed report, thought for a moment, and said, "Seal it. Foxis's past mistakes have nothing to do with us. We'll deal with everything after he returns and reassumes his position."

"Yes, Boss." Lin Qian nodded.

"Regarding the Lithography Machine, our ship has set sail. We plan to rent a dock in Singapore, temporarily replace it with our people. Once the ship docks, arrange for the crew to disembark and complete the swap."

Lin Qian outlined the detailed plan.

"Just handle the arrangements." After hearing the entire plan, which was thorough and meticulous, Li Xiuwu offered no further input.

Lin Qian also mentioned some movements by Qiu Wanjun. Giant Crocodile Investment was starting to take action.

Li Xiuwu considered the various matters at hand for a while. Nothing major. He checked the time and went to take a bath and sleep.

In the suite, Liu Yifei finished her bath, changed into pajamas, and lay in bed, suddenly feeling nervous. She kept feeling like Li Xiuwu's lecherous eyes were peeking at her.

She pulled the covers over herself, gripping them tightly, occasionally glancing at the door. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

Early in the morning, Li Xiuwu got up early to wash up. He did some simple exercises in the room.

"Sleepyhead, time to get up." He went to knock on Liu Yifei's door.

"Leave me alone." Liu Yifei's voice came from inside the room.

Pan Lei had already arrived with service staff, pushing a food cart.

"Brother Pan, join us for breakfast." After the service staff set down the breakfast and left, Li Xiuwu directly invited Pan Lei to join.

"Okay." Pan Lei sat down.

"Today I'm going to Xian Jiaotong University. You don't need to come. If Yifei goes out, just follow her." He said to Pan Lei while eating.

"Boss, how are you getting there?" Pan Lei frowned. He was Li Xiuwu's bodyguard; protecting Li Xiuwu was his top priority.

"Long Xiangdong will come over. We'll go to Xian Jiaotong University together. The situation on campus is a bit special, so you shouldn't follow."

Hearing that Li Xiuwu was going to the university, Pan Lei nodded.

After finishing breakfast, Li Xiuwu read for a while. The suite door clicked open.

He looked over at the sound. Liu Yifei peeked her head out first, looked around, and only came out after seeing only Li Xiuwu.

"Are you hungry? Should I call for breakfast to be sent over?"

Liu Yifei walked up to Li Xiuwu, her eyes fixed on him.