A slightly melancholic Li Youyan faintly sighed that people's hearts are no longer ancient, if he didn't think this way while touching his gold coins perhaps it would be better, now all that can be felt is a strong smell of copper.

  Li You Ran returned to Earth and back to his own villa, where He Mei Li and Tang Ming Ying were waiting. In the past few days when Li You Ran was not around, Tian Tian from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came to find him every day, with only one goal in mind: hoping that Li You Ran would accept the business license. Unfortunately, each time he was rejected by Tang Ming Ying on the grounds that the boss was not present, which almost drove Tian Tian crazy.

  It's no wonder he collapsed, the struggle between the Liu and Yuan families has been going on for a long time. This time, because of Li You Ran's matter, Liu Jia Jia lost her husband, more importantly, she was forced out of Sha City. Before leaving, she didn't give the Yuan family, who were watching from behind, any trouble, how could she be at peace? After knowing that the Yuan family was dealing with Li You Ran, she had already planned to help Li You Ran. If it wasn't for Zhou Pi's bad deeds, maybe they would have already gone to make friends with Li You Ran by now.

  Liu Jiajia left cleanly, and before leaving, she made a statement to protect Li You Ran, and also said that the other party's power was too great, not something that officials in Sha City could contend with. If someone else had said this, the high-ranking officials would have taken it lightly, but since it was a member of the Liu family who said it, it was worth considering. Not to mention whether what she said was true or false, just the fact that the Liu family wanted to protect her made them wary.

  The Yuan family did not expect that what was originally a good start would end up dragging the Liu family into their affairs, and the family does not want any unnecessary trouble. Yuan Lihui has been ordered to obtain the gemstone as soon as possible or find out where it came from, otherwise she will be removed from her position and will have no future prospects, only existing as a tool for the family's alliances.

  Yuan Lifen sat restlessly in her office, having just received another call from her family, urging her to quickly take down Li You Ran.

  "Call Little Li in, I have something to ask him." Yu Li Fei instructed into the phone.

  Before long, a man came in and said, "General Manager, did you want me for something?"

  "I had you keep an eye on Li You Ran, tell me, what's his situation been like recently?"

  "Sorry, General Manager, I haven't seen him for a few days, but I did find something unusual."

  When she heard that her subordinates had lost Li You Ran's trail, Yuan Li Fei was very disappointed. However, her subordinates made another discovery, which piqued Yuan Li Fei's interest. With the mindset of treating a dead horse as if it were alive, Yuan Li Fei let her subordinates continue speaking.

  "In the past few days, I've been investigating Li You Ran and discovered a strange phenomenon. After he got rich, every time he bought something, it was mostly grain in large quantities, not just once or twice. It can be said that apart from opening companies and buying villas, his largest expenditure is on grains. And recently, he even bought a batch of winter supplies from a textile factory's inventory, which are all for winter use. His actions are highly suspicious."

  The servant reported his findings, and Yuan Li Fei nodded repeatedly before saying: "Very good, it seems you've been very diligent in investigating Li You Ran. However, what's the use of all this? What I want to know now is whether he has what I'm looking for in his hands, not what he bought or sold! Do you understand?"

  The mother tiger's mighty roar was indeed not to be underestimated, and Yuan Lihui's angry bellow left her subordinates also at a loss. Her subordinates hastily explained: "Manager, please listen to me finish."

  "Speak! Convince me and you'll get a promotion and raise, be the CEO, have all the riches... if not, then just go home and eat your own food."

  "I've been investigating Li You Ran like this because he's really suspicious, I think we're heading in the wrong direction. What you want is definitely not in his hands, but he must know the clue, it's just that he doesn't dare to say it. And I've also investigated his general scope, no mistake, all the goods are transported to a small warehouse on the outskirts of a small town, and every time they arrive, he disappears for a period of time, this time is not fixed, I think he should be escorting the goods."

  "Dare not say? Very well, continue." Yu Li Fei furrowed her brow and thought for a moment before giving up.

  "I see that the things he bought are mostly grains and clothing, all daily necessities, and the quantity is huge. Can we assume that there is a force that has discovered a treasure or a mine, and Li You Ran is their chosen representative, or puppet..."

  "If that's the case, it would explain why a small citizen could have so much gold and a gem worth a city. Buying grain was obviously to provide for them, these people are likely nearby, Shazhou has many mountains, and the surrounding areas are even more densely packed with mountains, no one knows what's hidden deep in the mountains, we've been searching in the wrong direction all along."

  Yuan Lifen slapped the table and stood up, excited to the point of tears. These past few days, she had been urged by her family to the point of collapse, but now there was finally some progress.

  "Go find Li You Ran immediately and ask him, at this time I can't take care of so many things, I must know these clues immediately." Yuandi gave the order immediately.

  Her subordinates looked at her with a difficult expression, as if they wanted to say something but didn't dare.

  "What's wrong! Didn't you hear what I said? Hurry up and go!" Yuán Lì Fēi said impatiently.

  "I'm afraid it's not as easy as you said, manager."

  "Why?" asked Yuan Li Fei in confusion.

  "Because of Liu's family."

  "Liu family? What is that? The Yuan family just doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, but if they dare to stir up trouble again this time, I'll immediately wipe them out. No one will be spared." Yuanyu said decisively.

  "It's not just Liu's family, Manager, do you know why the eldest sister of the Liu family left? And how did her husband die?"

  "What does this have to do with what I want to do?"

  "The relationship is big, according to my investigation, Liu Jiajia initially just wanted to avenge her husband and sent Li You Ran into the bureau. That night, the Tianyun Building was attacked, and Liu Jiajia's husband also died that night. According to the autopsy report, he was kicked down by someone. Who dares to kick the son-in-law of the Liu Group in the Tianyun Building?"

  "You mean to say......" Yuan Lifeng thought of an even more frightening possibility.

  "Behind Li You Ran is a powerful force, so much so that someone from the Liu family has to take the fall, and it can't be some small fry. So, the son-in-law of the Liu family was pushed out, Liu Jia Jia retreated three steps, before leaving, she said she would protect Li You Ran, which is also a decision made to get along with or please the other party. If that's the case, we can't make any rash moves either."

  "But isn't that saying we can't do anything about Li You Ran? How infuriating." Yuan Lifi had never felt so stifled as she did today.

  "It's not like there's no way out, actually, there are still ways."

  Yuan Lifen's interest was piqued, and she looked at her subordinate and said: "Oh! You have a way? Tell me about it. If it works, what do you want? The family can probably agree to it, including......" Yuan Lifen's words made her subordinate feel a surge of heat in his chest, and a wave of warmth spread through his lower abdomen.

  Compose himself, he knew that if he showed even a hint of weakness at this time, it would be remembered immediately, and what awaited him would be endless retaliation.

  "Li You Ran is just a small potato, he only used the money to buy a house and a car, starting a company was just a cover-up, it's not like he had that much money in his hands, would he be willing?"

  "If the time is short, it may not be a big deal, but if the time is long, he will definitely have some other thoughts. You just need to slightly entice him and guarantee his and his family's safety, and he won't betray you. If he doesn't betray you, you can also monitor him and see who he meets with. With the strength of the Yuan Group, any normal person should know which side to cooperate with."

  "That makes sense, I'll go find Li You Ran right away and get him to call you. I want to have a personal conversation with him." Yuan Li Fei said with a smile, and then it was time for their confrontation.

  Yuan Lifeng sent someone to find Li You Ran, but Li You Ran was at home preparing to go out. The aftermath of the last gold incident made him no longer believe in the gold shops on the market. He needed a safer place to digest these things. After searching online, the best solution turned out to be banks, not domestic ones, but foreign ones like Citibank, Standard Chartered and Swiss banks, which all welcomed gold deposits.

  This also gave Li You Ran a new idea, of course he was not planning to immigrate, but having some property and companies outside would reduce the troubles he might encounter. After all, the drawbacks of being a national are still very deep, although it's not ideal, for the sake of his own property security, it's safer outside.

  In the commercial street outside Li You Ran's villa, a man sat in a cafe drinking coffee, he had been here for three days already, just a small task, but to commemorate his flying cash, he decided to set off a bunch of dazzling fireworks, next to another target, according to the information, that woman was someone he liked, so it would be very painful for him! Also counted as avenging an arrow.

  The employer's death has drastically reduced his income, how can he not hate? So this is just a little bit of his own willfulness, from the surveillance cameras installed in his own villa, that man has already returned home and is about to go out, it's easy to take action on the road, and you can also appreciate his painful expression.

  On the other side, two suspicious-looking men, one fat and one thin, were chatting in hushed tones.

  "Brother Ji, we've been sitting here for days. If that guy never comes out, are we going to guard him for the rest of our lives?" Fatso complained first.