Chapter 1685 - 684: King Meets King Meets King...

Chapter 1685: Chapter 684: King Meets King Meets King...

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After reading the content of the email and confirming the authenticity of the electronic contract, a question mark slowly floated through Jiang Qingkui’s mind.

Although she was already the CEO of Wangzhou Group, which seemed to give her the final say, there was a substantial difference involved.

No matter how much Zhou Wang acted as a "hands-off manager," he was still the chairman of the group, and Jiang Qingkui was only responsible for specific operations, while major corporate decisions and senior management personnel decisions remained in Zhou Wang’s hands.

Only when Zhou Wang delegated authority did she become the queen; otherwise, she was at best a female chancellor.

But now, with the backing of the law firm’s letter, she had truly become the ruler of Wangzhou Group, able to decide all matters large and small without needing Zhou Wang’s consent.

This should have been the state Jiang Qingkui had always desired, but... it shouldn’t be occurring at this time.

So after confirming the email content, clever as she was, Jiang Qingkui reacted the same way as Qi Jiayi.

"Something fishy is going on."

She took out her phone and, finally under her own name, made the first call to Zhou Wang today.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

Just as Qi Jiayi said, Zhou Wang’s phone was unreachable.

Just as Jiang Qingkui was about to pick up the landline to contact others, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Qi Jiayi, "This doesn’t make sense, President Qi, such authorization from Mr. Zhou can’t be a last-minute decision. As the legal director, didn’t he talk to you about it beforehand?"

"That’s exactly why I find it suspicious... On my way back from Hang City, I reached out to my former colleagues at Yunshangyun Law Firm and can confirm that at least a day ago, Mr. Zhou had already communicated with the top management of the law firm."

Qi Jiayi candidly said, "I believe that if Mr. Zhou was trying to avoid a so-called emotional dispute, he wouldn’t have planned so far ahead."

After listening to Qi Jiayi’s explanation, Jiang Qingkui had no more doubts.

She exchanged a glance with Ding Yi, who was standing by the window, and then both turned back to continue their previous tasks—monitor the footage, seek out connections...

Although they realized that things might not be as simple as they seemed on the surface, what they needed to do remained the same—

The most pressing matter was to quickly find the whereabouts of Zhou Wang.

No matter what had happened, it was clear that only Zhou Wang could provide an answer in person.

Jiang Mo could no longer maintain her passive stance; she found a relatively quiet corner and took out her phone to send messages to the only two people she could think of for help.

One was her current "good friend" Qu Peining.

Speaking of which, Jiang Mo hadn’t seen her in a long time.

Back when in Beidou, she saw Qu Peining far more often than Ding Yi, but recently, it was as if Qu Peining had disappeared.

This made Jiang Mo a little sad.

However, she knew that Qu Peining was not merely an office worker; she had also left a message saying she was going on a secret mission, possibly leaving Beidou for a while, so Jiang Mo understood.

...Although she didn’t know why, Jiang Mo had been having some bad dreams lately, and Qu Peining was in them.

Sending a message to Qu Peining now was more of an instinctive gesture of sharing emotions for Jiang Mo.

Even though Jiang Mo’s message was simple: "Do you have a way to find someone?"

Jiang Mo believed that Qu Peining would understand.

After waiting a few minutes and seeing that Qu Peining indeed didn’t respond, Jiang Mo opened her chat with Su Yajing.

Compared to the "long-term silence" with Qu Peining, Jiang Mo and Su Yajing’s chat history was quite colorful, especially recently—they were almost chatting daily.

While most of the time it was Su Yajing talking, with Jiang Mo sending one message, Su Yajing would send ten, it didn’t seem to affect their interaction.

The chat history also included a lot of photos and videos, mostly taken from candid angles...

Yes, Jiang Mo knew about Zhou Wang’s trip with Su Yajing’s dormitory.

Su Yajing had secretly "sold out" Zhou Wang... even if Zhou Wang never intended to hide anything from anyone.

Jiang Mo didn’t mind that Zhou Wang went on a trip with some girls; in fact, during Qu Peining’s absence, Jiang Mo spent much time looking through the photos and videos that Su Yajing took of Zhou Wang.

As she was chatting with Su Yajing, who might have a better chance of finding Zhou Wang, Jiang Mo elaborated a bit more. After briefly explaining the situation, she almost immediately received a video call invitation from Su Yajing.

Jiang Mo was someone who feared making and receiving calls and videos, but given the special situation, she hesitated for a moment but quickly connected the video.

"Hello, where are you now, senior, what’s going on? No wonder my brother hasn’t contacted me since last night..."

"Sister Ranran, can you ask the main question, where on earth did that big bad... Zhou Wang go?"

"Shouldn’t we report this to the police?"

"If Zhou Wang just ’went missing,’ this doesn’t meet the conditions for filing a case at all, right?"

In the video, besides Su Yajing, several other chattering girls soon appeared, all looking anxious.

Because of Zhou Wang’s birthday, after the trip, the three girls from the Colorful dormitory all came to the Magic City, while Cui Min’er had just flown back from Korea last night...