Chapter 1692 - 687: "The Incident" (2)

Chapter 1692: Chapter 687: "The Incident" (2)

"What about the company’s public account?"

Having thought of something, Jiang Qingkui quickly asked.

After some cross-shareholding operations, Zhou Wang was not the only individual shareholder of Wangzhou Group, but he undoubtedly still held more than 70% of the shares, maintaining an absolute controlling position.

Jiang Qingkui was worried that if the company’s public account also faced any problems, that would truly be devastating.

Fortunately, Xu Wenqian shook her head at this moment.

"The public account is operating normally, but..."

"But what?"

"To confirm, I purposely went to the bank again, and found that although the public account is in normal condition, there is suddenly a pledge under the boss’s name."

"Pledge?"

"Yes, pledge... The boss’s shares in the group were pledged, with the bank’s guarantee, to a company called ’Cloud Trust.’

At this moment, Xu Wenqian’s expression turned bleak again, "It might not just be his shares. There’s corresponding pledge documentation for the boss’s real estate and vehicles in Magic City... As for other cities, I haven’t checked yet."

As soon as she said this, the women in the room glanced at each other.

The terms were too technical for them to fully grasp, but they could at least gather a bit... That was, all the assets under Zhou Wang’s name that Xu Wenqian could find had been mortgaged, and his account had also been frozen.

This...

"Cloud Trust, I know this company."

Ding Yi mused with a frown, "My previous investigations suggest that this company may be related to Zhou Wang’s mysterious path to wealth abroad. Why would Zhou Wang mortgage all his assets to them, what exactly happened?"

Qi Jiayi, who also vaguely knew about the situation, felt a stir in his heart but had no clue for the moment.

"It seems Brother Dog really has encountered trouble. When he left a message in the group saying ’take care,’ I had a bad feeling."

Young Master Zhang, who had been listening in for a long time, muttered, "Debt crisis? Or did he offend some power or person... Cloud Trust, I’ve heard of it before, isn’t it a very formidable company abroad?"

Ding Yi hesitated to speak.

Based on her investigative data, this large multinational group that had intricate ties with Zhou Wang should have been Zhou Wang’s support, why would they "backstab" him at this time?

There were too many possibilities for Ding Yi to make any conclusions.

But there’s one thing for certain...

"So, is this why he chose today to avoid all of us?"

Ding Yi said softly, "He knew the bank would take action today, but he didn’t want us to see him at his most humiliating moment..."

Ding Yi spoke a few more words but then stopped.

Because she remembered some past events.

Back in their freshman year, Zhou Wang was also like this, full of hope for the future, and always believing he was the coolest guy.

After Zhou Wang fell into despair, he began to deliberately avoid her, or perhaps not just her, he almost never participated in any group activities again, and his personality became solitary.

Upon careful thinking, this was indeed something Zhou Wang would do.

It was very reasonable.

The women in the office fell into silence, confusion and bewilderment filling their minds.

With the terrifying wealth Zhou Wang had accumulated until now, with his powerful social status and connections, what kind of situation could threaten him, forcing him to pledge assets to get through a crisis?

Jiang Qingkui felt something stuck in her throat, needing to be vented, but didn’t know to whom or what should be said.

Yet none of them noticed that at this point, no one cared about any online exposés anymore.

Even the intent to compete among them had reached its lowest, instead, there remained a singular thought, to quickly find Zhou Wang and figure out what on earth was going on.

In the midst of anxious waiting, news finally came from Ding Yi’s side.

After receiving a phone call, she immediately said to Jiang Qingkui, "Found it, Zhou Wang took off in that Mercedes-Benz business vehicle, the last place captured by road surveillance was on Shenjiang Road in the Free-Trade Zone..."

"Shenjiang Road?"

Jiang Qingkui quickly moved to the desk as if she thought of something, asked AI to open the map search, and soon, the corresponding geographical location appeared on the large screen in the center.

"Indeed, it’s there..."

"Where?"

The other women trailing behind asked.

"If I recall correctly, this location should be an estate gifted by a company in Magic City to him, but he has never been there before, so I didn’t think of it earlier..."

Jiang Qingkui did not want to waste any time and immediately said, "There’s no time to lose, let’s head over there right away... Later, give me a WhatsApp contact so I can create a group and send the location to you guys."

By saying this, Jiang Qingkui felt a bit strange.

Creating a group...

What should it be named?

"Zhou Wang’s Harem Social Group?"

Quickly driving away that scary thought, Jiang Qingkui called over Xu Wenqian and Qi Jiayi and left the office first.

In a certain corner of the office, Jiang Mo was slightly dazed.

She looked at the women busy leaving the office, muttered a little but ultimately said nothing, just glanced down at her phone.

On the WhatsApp chat interface, Qu Peining sent her a message after a long disappearance, also a map location, but it seemed a little different from the place Jiang Qingkui mentioned.

"Senior Sister Jiang, what are you daydreaming about, let’s go, we’re going to find Zhou Wang."

At this point, seeing Jiang Mo still standing in the corner dazed, Ding Yi came over to pull her.

"Hmm..."

Jiang Mo ultimately said nothing, nodded, and followed Ding Yi out.

...

The women driving their separate vehicles soon arrived at the location of that European-style estate.

The estate’s gates were wide open, and the security booth outside was unattended, which seemed to forebode something.

Being the first to arrive, Jiang Qingkui had the driver drive straight in, and upon reaching near the main building, Jiang Qingkui immediately spotted Xiao Wang guarding the door.

This allowed Jiang Qingkui to relax a bit, indicating that Zhou Wang was likely here.

Jiang Qingkui, Qi Jiayi, and Xu Wenqian quickly got out of the car, Jiang Qingkui approached and asked, "Where is Mr. Zhou?"

However, Xiao Wang just shook his head, without uttering a word.

Jiang Qingkui frowned, asked a couple more questions but upon seeing Xiao Wang still unresponsive, she glared at him sharply, then pushed past him to walk directly into the villa.

However, Jiang Qingkui, Qi Jiayi, and Xu Wenqian searched the villa thoroughly but never found Zhou Wang’s figure, by this time, other women were arriving to search the estate as well.

"What does Zhou Wang mean by this?"

Upon hearing this, the last to arrive, Ding Yi frowned slightly, finding it somewhat incomprehensible.

At this moment, Jiang Mo remembered the location with a slight discrepancy, and she leaned down to Ding Yi and said, "Yiyi, I’m feeling a bit unwell, I... I want to go to the restroom."

Jiang Mo was not good at lying, but with Ding Yi being somewhat preoccupied, she didn’t notice the slight choppiness in Jiang Mo’s tone, simply waving her hand, "Okay, Senior Sister, I will also look for him, we’ll meet in the garden later."

After saying goodbye to Ding Yi, Jiang Mo took out her phone, glanced at the screen, and then directly walked out of the estate again, heading in the opposite direction along an inconspicuous pathway until reaching a small café located at a corner of the street.

There, she found Qu Peining waiting at the entrance, and Zhou Wang sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window seat, just looking up when she appeared.

Zhou Wang greeted her with a warm smile, waving through the window, seemingly mouthing the words "Senior Sister" silently.

Tears instantly welled up in Jiang Mo’s eyes.