Du Xiaoya, having successfully steered Li Kexin with her "Poisonous Chicken Soup for the Soul," didn't disturb Li Kexin's contemplation further. For Du Xiaoya, whether her "chicken soup" was ultimately effective or not, she didn't particularly dwell on it. If Li Kexin truly figured things out and came around, then she would have one more sister in their unique situation. If Li Kexin couldn't figure it out and didn't want to join them, Du Xiaoya wouldn't lose anything personally. However, if she were to be honest, she still preferred Li Kexin to figure it out and join them. After all, they were all familiar with each other and would be companions in the future. As for who would ultimately "win" and become the wealthy young mistress in the future, that question was still far off, and she didn't want to think about it for now. Anyway, as long as she remained obedient, Ye Chen wouldn't casually abandon her. So, what was the point of thinking so much? It was nice to have a carefree day like this.
Getting up and coming to the table, Du Xiaoya made two cups of coffee. However, as she was serving them, she didn't hold one of the cups steady, and it spilled. The dark brown coffee instantly flowed towards the briefcase that Ye Chen had casually thrown on the table. Du Xiaoya, noticing this, was startled and hurriedly pushed the briefcase aside. The briefcase immediately flew onto the sofa, and then numerous documents scattered out from it. Seeing this, Du Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, no coffee got on them..."
On the sofa, Li Kexin, who had been mulling over everything, came to her senses at this time and then leaned over to help pick up the documents. At first, Li Kexin didn't pay much attention, until she picked up a contract that had scattered out and was exposed without its cover. Li Kexin was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes widened.
"This... how much is this???"
Du Xiaoya, who was about to pick up the documents with Li Kexin, was stunned for a moment, and then took the contract from Li Kexin's hand. The next second, Du Xiaoya was also stunned. The long string of numbers—20.697 billion—was too shocking, and Du Xiaoya was completely dumbfounded. After a while, Du Xiaoya came back to her senses and then saw Ye Chen's signature on the contract.
Li Kexin looked at Du Xiaoya, a little less calm now, and asked,
"Xiaoya, Ye... Ye Chen's family owns a gold mine or something? 20.697 billion... he just spends it like it's nothing..."
Du Xiaoya covered her mouth and smiled.
"You're only just realizing this now?"
After speaking, Du Xiaoya carefully gathered all the documents and put them back into the briefcase. In fact, Du Xiaoya didn't know exactly how much money Ye Chen had. She had felt that Ye Chen probably had hundreds of millions at his disposal; otherwise, he wouldn't have bought a Bugatti Veyron so casually. But now, the long list of numbers on the contract gave her a very "clear" answer: Ye Chen wasn't just ordinarily rich; he was super-rich. In the morning, she had heard him on a phone call mentioning a contract, and now in the afternoon, she saw the contract to buy an entire community for 20.697 billion. It was too exciting, too crazy.
Li Kexin glanced at Du Xiaoya and asked,
"Xiaoya, have you thought about the future?"
Du Xiaoya was slightly taken aback.
"I thought about it before, but I don't think about it now. Anyway, I don't have to worry when I'm with him."
Hearing this, Li Kexin glanced at Du Xiaoya, then fell silent. Outside the Four Seasons Hotel, after Ye Chen came out, he walked directly to a place where no one was around, took out his mobile phone, clicked on the WeChat message sent by Li Kexin, and looked it over.
"Hu Zhishan, General Manager of Songwen Cosmetics International Trade Co., Ltd."
"A general manager with a net worth of hundreds of millions?"
Thinking of this, Ye Chen searched with his mobile phone, but unfortunately, he found nothing. In the age of information explosion, there were basically only two explanations for this situation: either the company was terrible, or the company was fake. The latter would indicate that Hu Zhishan was a liar, while the former meant the company simply couldn't support Hu Zhishan in obtaining a net worth of hundreds of millions.
"What's going on? Whether that Songwen company is fake or not, there's definitely something wrong with this Hu Zhishan..."
Thinking of this, Ye Chen took out Li Kexin's former manager's business card.
"Yayi Cosmetics Co., Ltd., Assistant Manager."
"Manager Wang and Hu Zhishan, one sells cosmetics, and the other engages in international cosmetics trade..."
"What's the matter? I thought it would be a little troublesome, but it seems easy now..."
If the two had a normal business relationship, Ye Chen definitely wouldn't think so. But the problem was that Manager Wang wanted to use Li Kexin to win over Hu Zhishan, which was not a normal business transaction. Under normal circumstances, people who could be black-hearted to such a degree would not have clean hands and feet. Dealing with such people should not be too difficult. Thinking of this, Ye Chen called Lawyer Shen directly. Not long after, the call connected.
"Hello, Mr. Ye, do you have any instructions?"
Ye Chen asked, "Do you know any capable private detectives? I want to investigate two people."
"I know one. Here is his contact information," Lawyer Shen replied.
"Okay."
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Not long after, a WeChat message with contact details arrived. Ye Chen called the number provided. Three seconds later, the call connected.
"Hello. Who is this?" a gruff voice asked.
Ye Chen didn't hide his identity and said directly,
"Lawyer Shen introduced me."
"Find someone: 100,000. Surveillance: 200,000. Revenge jobs: don't take 'em." The voice was curt.
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows involuntarily.
"I need to investigate two people. The more detailed the information, the shorter the time, and the higher the price. The starting point is 500,000. The premise is that the information is useful."
"Boss, send me the names of those two people and general information. I will give you an answer in three days at the latest," the detective replied.
"Okay." After Ye Chen finished speaking, he hung up the phone and sent a text message with the details.
Within three seconds, the other party replied:
"Boss, one day at most. I will send you the information then."
"Wow, he initially said three days, but now it's one day? Is it because the difficulty is too low?"
"This detective is a bit interesting..."
"It's time to raise the wealth level to level 10. It's almost there. I wonder if there will be any other changes when it reaches level 10..."
Thinking of this, Ye Chen waved to the doorman in the distance. Upon seeing this, the doorman bowed slightly and then drove Ye Chen's Bugatti Veyron over. Throwing a 100-yuan tip to the doorman, Ye Chen got in the car and left the Four Seasons Hotel.