Chapter 250: Blood Ties are Mysterious


    Trantor: Dragon Boat Trantion Editor: Dragon Boat Trantion


    Gu Ziyu emerged from the restroom and calmly stated, “No need. Ji Chi took him away.”


    “Indeed, it was him!” Gu Ci breathed a sigh of relief. If Ji Chi had taken his brother, at least his brother wasn’t in mortal danger. In his previous life, he had protected his brother, and there was no reason he couldn’t do so in this life. Lu Zhiyuan was still alive.


    “Ji Chi?” Dr. North furrowed her brow. “Why did he take the master?”


    Gu Ci and Gu Ziyu exchanged a nce, their expressions somewhat subtle. Dr. North continued, “ck Hawk and the Jidao have been at each other’s throats recently. If he took the master, his life is in danger. I have a few familiar assassins; I’ll send someone to find Ji Chi’s whereabouts in Paris.”


    “Master, please don’t worry. This… Ji Chi taking my brother might actually be a good thing. He won’t harm him.”


    “ck Hawk and the Jidao have been at each other’s throatstely. If he took the master, what good coulde of it?” Dr. North reasoned.


    Gu Ci spoke softly, “Ji Chi taking my brother might not be rted to the Jidao and ck Hawk.”


    “What else could it be?” Dr. North was baffled.


    Gu Ci and Gu Ziyu couldn’t reveal Jiang Junlin and Ji Chi’s private matters. Jiang Junlin had never admitted it. Gu Ci said, “Ji Chi and my brother have a good rtionship. He won’t harm my brother.”


    “But the master’s personal freedom shouldn’t be restricted either,” Dr. North was quite rational. “If he remains missing for an extended period, someone might take his ce.”


    “That’s the oue Ji Chi wants!” Gu Ci finally understood. Ji Chi was going all-in and believed that as long as someone reced Jiang Junlin, Jiang Junlin wouldn’t be the Jidao’s leader. He wouldn’t be caught in this dilemma anymore.


    “From New Year’s Day until now… seven days of disappearance. If there’s no news soon, we’ll have to assume he’s dead,” Gu Ci sighed. This was a tricky situation. When Ji Chi went crazy, Lu Zhiyuan couldn’t control him.


    And now, Lu Zhiyuan wouldn’t care about this matter either!


    As long as Jiang Junlin wasn’t in mortal danger, he wouldn’t care how long Ji Chi imprisoned him. What Jiang Junlin would lose, Lu Zhiyuan wouldn’t mind. Gu Ci realized this clearly. If his brother was indeed hidden behind the Jidao, manipting them all along, he would know too many secrets. If someone had reced his brother, his brother would either lose his freedom or have to make a sacrifice!


    Dead people wouldn’t reveal secrets.


    She couldn’t just sit idly by. Gu Ci nced at the time; it was almost dawn. Gu Ziyu was nodding off beside her, and Dr. North looked deeply concerned. Gu Ci asked, “Master, does my brother want to rece Pei Qiuying?”


    “Yes, he mentioned it before Christmas that he wanted to rece Pei Qiuying!” Dr. North said. “I figured he wanted to wait for Chen Rushi to bring his industry into the Jidao and then engage in infighting with Pei Qiuying. He’d clean up the mess and then dispose of Pei Qiuying.”


    “Who does he hope will rece Pei Qiuying?”


    “I rmended you, but he didn’t want you to get involved in the Jidao and ck Hawks’ vendetta. He didn’t want you to risk your life. He declined my proposal.”


    Gu Ziyu squinted his eyes, half-dozing while keeping an ear open.


    “Why did the master rmend me?”


    “The Jidao can’t keep changing leaders. Three changes in ten years are very detrimental to the master’s ns. Only one person he cares about, who can be entrusted with life and death, can sit in the position of Jidao leader. He can be at ease. Light and shadow must support each other, rather than suspect and guard against each other,” Dr. North exined. “If you sit in that position, you won’t even think about betraying your loved ones. Even if you deeply love Lu Zhiyuan, you won’t do anything to betray your family. It’s a win-win situation.”


    “I will convince him!”


    “Cici?” Dr. North looked at her in surprise. “Do you want power within the Jidao?”


    “Pei Qiuying can hold power, why can’t I?” Gu Ci said with a cold smile. “This time, with the trouble she’s caused Lu Zhiyuan, she can’t escape responsibility. She cares deeply about the Jidao, and if I can take it, I want her to lose itpletely.”


    “But the master is missing now,” Dr. North reminded her. “You have no authority. How can you infiltrate the Jidao?”


    Gu Ci contemted, “Do you think my brother trusts me?”


    “He does!” Dr. North said lightly. “He trusts only you!”


    Gu Ci chuckled, “He and Gu Chuyun were siblings for over a decade, but he treated her with extraordinary indifference as if she didn’t exist. Why would he trust me?”


    “Perhaps you two are a different kind of people!”


    Gu Ziyu said casually. “Blood ties are quite mysterious, Mom!”


    “You’re still awake?”


    “I was listening to your conversation, couldn’t fall asleep,” Gu Ziyu said. “Anyway, Ji Chi… won’t harm him.”


    Dr. North had been busytely and was a bit fatigued. Gu Ci told her to go rest, but Gu Ci couldn’t sleep. Even though Ji Chi wouldn’t harm her brother’s life, her brother couldn’t be kept at Ji Chi’s ce for too long.


    Gu Ci had slept for two hours, and it was already dawn. Gu Ci called Jiang Minghua, “Uncle, are you at home today? I’ming over for a meal, and I have some things to discuss with you.”


    “Come,e, both your uncle and grandmother really miss you!”


    Gu Ziyu had stayed up all night, and it was the weekend, so Gu Ci let him sleep in. She packed up the auction items and drove to the Jiang family. Jiang Minghua hadn’t expected her toe so early.


    “Where’s Ziyu?”


    “He stayed up all night writing his thesis and is sleeping soundly. I’ll bring him over in a few days.”


    The olddy pulled Gu Ci to have breakfast together. “Howe you lost weight after a trip? Look at those dark circles. Haven’t you been sleeping welltely? You don’t look very energetic.”


    Gu Ci wasn’t the type to act cute, so she lightly smiled. “I had trouble adjusting to the foreign environment, and aftering back, I’ve been catching up on my coursework. So, I haven’t been sleeping well. Grandma, take a look at the gifts I brought for you. These are artworks from the auction, and these are prepared by my brother. He asked me to bring them first; he’s going to be busy for a while.”


    Opening gifts are always delightful, and the items Gu Ci brought back were all works of art. The olddy and the old man hastily finished breakfast and went to appreciate them. Lin Chunli was particrly pleased with the bag Gu Ci had chosen and went to show it off to her sisters.


    “Uncle, how about 1 apany you for a walk?”


    “Sure, let’s go!” Jiang Minghua could tell that Gu Ci had something to discuss and walked with her in the garden. In winter, there were no blooming flowers in the garden, but theyout was still elegant. Gu Ci asked, “Uncle, I won’t beat around the bush. You got married early and had children early, right at the peak of your youth. Why did you hand over all the power at Hun Bank to my brother so quickly?”


    Jiang Minghua, like Gu Ci, was a prominent figure in the financial world and a high-achieving individual. He had indeed inherited the family business, but his early retirement and his brother’s assumption of power at Hun Bank were unusual.


    In family-owned businesses, it’s rtively umon for those in power to relinquish control, especially at a rtively young age. Some business leaders continue to be actively involved well into their seventies or eighties.. So, why did Jiang Minghua step aside and allow his brother to take over as the president of Hun Bank when he was still rtively inexperienced in the corporate world?