Hearing the noise, the woman sitting on the sofa turned around and frowned, "Who told you to do that?"
"Me." Jiang Baiyan sat on the windowsill and raised his hand very obediently, like a good kid answering the teacher's questions in class, "Boss Lian, it's me."
Jiang Lian raised her eyebrows: "What the hell are you doing? Is there any place for you to talk here?"
"I think so." Jiang Baiyan spoke slowly, "The chairman's will clearly states that any daughter or daughter who is related to him by blood and has doubts about his death cannot execute the will. We must wait until the matter is thoroughly investigated before executing it."
He looked at the gray-haired man on the sofa: "Lawyer Cai, am I right?"
Lawyer Cai is nearly fifty years old and wears a pair of square-framed glasses: "Yes. Mrs. Jiang, Miss Jiang Lian, Mr. Jiang Qi, Mr. Jiang Ou, Mr. Jiang Xun, and Miss Jiang Xue, you can all make requests for investigations."
Jiang Ou couldn't help but say: "Two illegitimate children, do you still have the right to say anything?"
"According to the law and Mr. Jiang's wishes, illegitimate daughters also have inheritance rights." Lawyer Cai still spoke in a businesslike tone.
He is the chairman's lawyer, has served the Jiang family for more than ten years, and is the trustee of Jiang Guangze's will. Jiang Ou couldn't get angry, so he pointed his spearhead at Jiang Baiyan: "Go wherever you want, you have no right to speak here."
Jiang Baiyan blinked and asked aggrievedly, "I have doubts about the chairman's death. Since President Qi has asked his lawyer to investigate, why can't I ask my friends for help?"
Jiang Qi looked at him coldly, his expression indifferent: "It's up to you." He looked at Jian Jing sarcastically, "You are really well-informed."
Jian Jing then said, "You kidnapped my friend, and I came to your house. Is that weird?"
She thought she had encountered a battle for a wealthy family's inheritance and was just about to watch the show, but she didn't expect the plot to escalate and turn into a murder case.
"From what you said, Chairman Jiang is dead. Is there anything strange about his death?" She was in high spirits and immediately forgot about the exhaustion of a day's running around. "Is the body still there? What was the cause of death?"
Jiang Baiyan said: "Yes, I am not the only one who thinks there is something wrong with the chairman's death."
"You can investigate if you want." Jiang Lian, as the eldest daughter, presided over the bureau. "But like I said before, don't leak the news before the matter is clarified. I hope you can distinguish the priorities."
Jian Jing raised her eyebrows.
This family reminded her of the Fang family, both of whom were quite annoying.
"Watch your words." She said slowly, "I hate people who tell me what to do. The last guy who was so arrogant sank into the sea."
Jiang Lian's face darkened and he glanced at Jiang Baiyan.
He ignored her and said to another beautiful woman in her thirties, "Madam, I want to take my friend to see the chairman. Do you think it's a good idea?"
"Of course." The beautiful woman embraced a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, her bare face looking a little haggard, "You are also the chairman's child."
Jiang Baiyan curved his eyebrows and pulled Jian Jing's sleeve: "I'll take you to the scene."
Rather than fighting, Jian Jing naturally wanted to see the scene more, so she went upstairs with him and asked, "What's going on? Your agent was so anxious that he called me."
Jiang Baiyan sighed and said, "It's a long story."
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Four days ago in the morning, he went out to buy groceries and was stopped by two bodyguards halfway.
He said, "Mr. Jiang Xun, the chairman wants to see you."
Jiang Baiyan said in a good-tempered tone: "I'm very busy. I don't have time recently."
"Excuse me, please come with me." The two bodyguards didn't waste any time talking. No matter how he answered, they just carried the man away.
Seeing the huge disparity in strength, Jiang Baiyan immediately adjusted his strategy: "Then let me call my agent."
"Sorry." The bodyguard snatched his phone away, "You are not allowed to contact the outside world for the time being."
Something was not right, Jiang Baiyan calmed down.
He quietly boarded a private plane and flew to the city that was said to be the best place for recuperation. Secretary Fan was waiting at the airport and took him directly to this place.
Things are indeed more serious than I imagined.
It wasn't that the chairman wanted to meet his rebellious son on a whim, it was that he was almost dying.
But let him die, everyone will die, the chairman is not an ordinary person. If he dies, he will leave behind a very large and complicated fortune.
Jiang Baiyan didn't want his inheritance, but the chairman didn't care what he thought and insisted that all the women be present.
And he said that only in this way can the will take effect.
The absence of any person could result in the will being unable to be executed normally. Therefore, no matter how much the Jiang brothers and sisters hated Jiang Baiyan, they had to allow him to appear.
After nearly ten years, Jiang Baiyan saw his biological father again.
The chairman was no longer the tall man that memory remembered. He was so thin that only a bag of bones remained, his hair was gray, and he leaned weakly on the back of the bed.
Jiang Baiyan walked into the bedroom, and their eyes met for a moment.
In an instant, all the past events came to my mind.
Jiang Baiyan has had a good memory since he was a child. Everything, good or bad, is engraved in his mind.
He remembered very clearly how eagerly he waited for his biological father to come every time, and how he tried hard to please him under his mother's guidance.
"Dad, I can recite 200 poems now."
"Dad, I got praised by the teacher today."
"Dad, all my homework scores are 100."
Like a dog wagging its tail.
It was so annoying. He obviously hated himself at that time, but when he thought about the little fatherly love given by the chairman, he couldn't deny that he had been happy.
"Dad." Jiang Baiyan was a skilled actor. No matter how he felt inside, he only showed surprise and sadness. "Why are you..."
Before he finished speaking, his eyes turned red. He turned his head to the side, trying hard to hold back the tears and trying his best to appear not to care.
What a realistic performance, as if he is a child who has not been home for many days and thinks he hates his family, but in fact he still misses his father.
There was a hint of relief in the chairman's eyes.
He forced himself to cheer up: "Your movie..." Because of breathing problems, he had to speak in several paragraphs, panting, "I watched it."
Jiang Baiyan showed genuine surprise.
But Jiang Lian quickly stepped forward, stroked his chest to help him breathe, and comforted him: "Dad, Jiang Xun has returned home, you should have a good rest first." She then picked up the water cup, fed him medicine, and adjusted the position of the pillow.
After a busy period, the topic naturally ended.
The chairman's medicine contained a sedative ingredient and he soon became drowsy after taking it.
Jiang Lian asked Jiang Baiyan to leave.
The two walked to a secluded place, and Jiang Baiyan said: "Give me back my phone. I've seen the person. I want to go back."
"You have no right to be here." Jiang Lian said calmly, "Dad is soft-hearted and insisted on seeing you. You should be content and accompany him to the end."
Jiang Baiyan: "I still have work to do."
She said, "The news that Dad is seriously ill should not be spread outside for the time being. Don't wander around, and don't have any unrealistic ideas."
"Whatever you say, it's nothing but inheritance." Jiang Baiyan was impatient, "I don't want the inheritance, let me go back."
"It's not your turn to decide this matter." Jiang Lian clearly rejected him.
Jiang Baiyan was surprised: "You should be happy without me, what's the point of leaving me here?"
Jiang Lian sneered: "Do you think I have to recognize you? It's Dad who wants everyone to be in front of him before he dies."
Jiang Baiyan suddenly realized.
"Jiang Xun, be smart and don't cause trouble." His elder sister gave him a cold warning and turned to go downstairs. She stepped firmly in her pointed high heels, her calves were tight, her shoulders and neck were relaxed, and every angle was impeccable.
This reminded him of the Swan Lake ballet he had seen, which was elegant but inhuman.
As expected, he thought, the ugly duckling really hates the white swan.
Besides Jiang Lian, he also met his arrogant elder brother Jiang Qi. He was easier to deal with than Jiang Lian, so they just had to pretend to be extremely myopic so that they couldn't see each other's faces.
As for the third brother Jiang Ou, he was still the same. When he first saw me, he gave me a bunch of trash talk like "illegitimate child", "bastard", "the old man is crazy and called him a bitch" and so on.
What interested him more was Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Xue, whom he met for the first time.
Mrs. Jiang has a good-looking face and is well-maintained. In terms of age, she is two years younger than Jiang Lian. She was originally the assistant to the general manager of Jiangshui Group, and was later transferred to be the special assistant to the chairman.
During this period, she gave birth to a daughter, Jiang Xue. When Jiang Xue was about five years old, they got married and she officially became the first Mrs. Jiang.
But unfortunately, even if she became a legal wife, in the eyes of the three Jiang siblings, she was just a maid, and Jiang Xue was just an illegitimate daughter.
The three Jiang siblings are polite, such as Jiang Lian, who calls her "Assistant Yin", while the impolite, such as Jiang Ou, just call her "Hey" or "That person".
Mrs. Jiang was okay. She had managed to marry into the Jiang family successfully. No matter what she thought in her heart, she certainly wouldn't easily get into disputes with others.
Jiang Xue didn't think so.
When she was born, her brothers and sisters were all gone, and the legitimate Mrs. Jiang had died many times, so she did not have the inferiority complex and moral guilt of an illegitimate daughter. On the contrary, the chairman was very spoiled, and she was a girl, so she developed a domineering temper.
"Why don't you let me see my dad?" Jiang Xue had a fight with Jiang Ou on the afternoon that Jiang Baiyan arrived.
She refused to give in and pressed him aggressively: "You are allowed to monopolize Daddy, but I am not allowed to look at him?"
Jiang Ou sneered: "You are so annoying, do you want to force Dad to death?"
"You're on guard against me and my mom, are you afraid that dad won't leave you any money?" Jiang Xue retorted, "You're such a big shot, but you're still eyeing dad's purse. You're really shameless."
Jiang Baiyan lay on the railing of the second floor, watching with great interest.
Jiang Ou was furious and almost raised his fist: "What nonsense are you talking about? You know who is eyeing the money."
"Hit me if you dare." Jiang Xue said bluntly, "I'm going to tell Dad right now. He's not dead yet, but his daughter and wife are about to be forced to death."
Jiang Ou was almost angry to death.
At this time, Jiang Qi came out of the study and said in a very cold tone: "Let her go."
"Let's go." Jiang Xue challenged, "Do you think I don't dare?"
"It's up to you, you can say it or not." Jiang Qi said calmly, "If it's yours, it will always be yours. If it's not yours, it's useless for you to sow discord."
He also said about Jiang Ou, "She is playing the victim and pretending to be pitiful just to get more money, and you are still arguing with her? Are you stupid?"
Jiang Xue was so angry that her face turned pale. She turned around and rushed into the chairman's bedroom. It was unknown what she said. When she came out, her eyes were red.
--
Jian Jing stood there and looked at Jiang Baiyan: "We are at the scene now, and you are only talking about this?"
"I'm introducing the characters," he said confidently.
"Is that all?" she asked.
Jiang Baiyan: "He is the main character, and no one else has the surname Jiang."
"We'll talk about that later. Now, let me take a look at the scene."
Jian Jing said this and pushed the door open.