Under Qi Yun’s solemn promise, Director Fu agreed to help borrow the bronze mask for study, but only within the museum.

Actually, similar situations are not uncommon, but there were some news articles recently, and now things are a bit sensitive.

Having settled the museum matter, the only thing left is to wait for Hua Weiguo to sort out the work and head to Rongcheng with Ignacio to disclose the hidden secret there.

Returning home in the evening, Qi Yun received a call from Li Yaohua, who had finally tracked down a clue about Xiao Wu.

"He’s in Cangzhou; it seems his personal freedom might have been restricted."

Qi Yun was a bit surprised upon hearing this: "What’s the specific situation?"

Li Yaohua described the circumstances he had uncovered.

According to the investigation, that night after Xiao Wu left the cemetery, he received a phone call while in the car returning to the hotel, and then hurriedly asked the taxi driver to take him straight to Cangzhou.

Qi Yun remembered Fu Wentao mentioning earlier that Xiao Wu’s martial arts lineage seemed to originate from a renowned family in Cangzhou.

"When he arrived in Cangzhou, he went straight to a martial arts school. I had someone check, and the owner of that school is named Kong Zhenshan, who seems to have some mentor-student relationship with Xiao Wu, probably his martial uncle."

"Xiao Wu entered that martial arts school and never came out again..."

Martial uncle? That sounds like internal family matters.

But since Xiao Wu went in and didn’t come out, and has been out of touch, this is quite unusual.

No matter what, Xiao Wu should at least make a phone call to inform us.

Unless something happened suddenly, or an extraordinary situation occurred, he could not be silent for such a long time.

"Has the background of Kong Zhenshan been thoroughly investigated? Is there anything unusual about his martial arts school?" Qi Yun asked in a solemn tone.

"Found some information."

Li Yaohua explained in detail, "Kong Zhenshan is fifty-two years old this year, practices Bajiquan, quite famous in Cangzhou’s martial arts circles, reportedly when his martial arts school opened, many influential people attended, so he has quite a social network background... Nothing particularly unusual other than that."

Listening to Li Yaohua’s report, Qi Yun furrowed his brow even tighter.

A martial arts school owner famous locally, and being in the same lineage as Xiao Wu, even if there were internal matters to handle, it’s unlikely they would hold someone for so long without allowing any communication.

"Shall I go there myself tomorrow? To see what’s happening." Li Yaohua suggested.

Beijing is not far from Cangzhou, representing the Fu Group, Li Yaohua’s personal presence might compel them to show some respect.

After brief consideration, Qi Yun nodded in agreement: "Alright, please go check it out, call me if there’s anything."

"Okay, I’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning." Li Yaohua agreed.

...

The next day, Qi Yun went to the company in the morning.

Although he hadn’t been around recently, the company continued to operate smoothly.

Xiang Xiaoyue’s outstanding capabilities kept everything orderly managed, with daily active users for the game "Defense of Azeroth" still steadily increasing, ensuring the game store’s daily revenue remained stable at ten million.

This meant that the internet company alone could bring Qi Yun more than a hundred million net profits every month. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Regarding the trading company, Brother Peng was in charge.

As Mendeleyev gradually secured his footing over there, the market scale has been expanding, now nearly dispatching two to three trains of goods every day, with revenues steadily climbing.

After handling some documents needing his signature, Qi Yun waited in his office for news from Li Yaohua.

Time ticked away, approaching midday, and finally, Li Yaohua’s call came through.

"I met Kong Zhenshan; things might not be as we thought."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Qi Yun asked with confusion.

Li Yaohua’s voice carried a hint of schadenfreude: "A while ago, Kong Zhenshan’s daughter went to Beijing looking for Xiao Wu, and this guy ended up sleeping with her, now she’s pregnant."

"Kong Zhenshan, aggravated upon discovering this, called Xiao Wu back and directly detained him, demanding an explanation."

"When I arrived, Kong Zhenshan was still quite furious..."

Qi Yun was stunned for several seconds, his expression turning somewhat peculiar.

Xiao Wu slept with the man’s daughter?

This... was indeed unexpected.

He had anticipated various possibilities, but never thought Xiao Wu got detained because of a romantic scandal.

"Did you see Xiao Wu?" Qi Yun asked.

Li Yaohua chuckled: "Saw him; that guy asked me to convey a message, asking you to find a way to get him out."

"Get him out?" Qi Yun was puzzled. "He got the girl pregnant; isn’t getting married the straightforward solution? Why does he need me to get him out?"

"That’s where the issue lies." Li Yaohua’s laughter sounded helpless, "Xiao Wu told me it happened while drunk, and he doesn’t even remember..."

Qi Yun was speechless upon hearing this: "Tell him I can’t help with this; he can take a month off to sort it out himself."

After hanging up, Qi Yun leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples, feeling a mix of amusement and helplessness...

Two days passed quickly; during these days, Qi Yun consistently spent time with Zhao Qing and his daughter, while also awaiting Liu Guangxin’s preparation updates.

That morning, Qi Yun received a notification from Liu Guangxin’s secretary, inviting him to visit Guanghui Group headquarters.

Qi Yun knew the show was finally about to begin, and immediately set out by car.

...

Within the conference room at Guanghui Group headquarters, some executives and shareholders had already arrived; the atmosphere was subtly tense.

Liu Guangxin sat in the main seat, his face devoid of emotion.

Zhou Bin and Li Maocai sat on the left side, whispering about something with faint smiles on their faces, seemingly confident of victory.