Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Zhuang Li did not have time to calm down his grief. He immediately called the police and asked them to arrange for the most authoritative forensic doctor to perform an autopsy on his grandfather.
He attributed both his car accident and his grandfather’s death to murder, but the police could find no evidence to support this theory.
First, there was no sign of human damage to the car’s broken circuit. The forensic department instead found rodent teeth marks and saliva on the rubber tube of the circuit. But except for Zhuang Li’s fingerprints, no one else had touched the circuit board. The car’s automatic driving system had lost control, which might be because it was hacked, but all the corresponding traces were erased.
Zhuang Li’s grandfather did get sick after receiving a suspicious phone call, but the number was from abroad and it was relayed through several base stations, so it was difficult to trace the source. There was no one around him when he got sick, so the content of the call was unknown.
The autopsy report submitted by the forensic doctor also showed that the real cause of death of his grandfather was heart disease, which was an irrefutable fact.
In other words, Zhuang Li’s two charges could only be shelved indefinitely in the absence of conclusive evidence.
“Mr. Zhuang, we understand your feelings, but we can’t convict others just because of your guess. You should go back first. Mr. Shao’s funeral is waiting for you to preside over it.” The police chief said helplessly.
“I understand.” Zhuang Li put on his coat, walked out of the police station, looked up at the skyscrapers reflecting the cold sunlight, and couldn’t help but curl the corners of his lips.
The justice that the police could not deliver, he would get it himself.
Three days later, Mr. Shao’s urn was buried underground.
The Shao family’s private lawyer published a will. Not surprisingly, Mr. Shao left all his property to Zhuang Li, which was worth up to 39.8 billion.
When the lawyer read the long list of assets, it was not obvious on Liao Xiujing’s face, but her bright red nails had already scratched her palms. More than 30 billion, more valuable than the entire Zhuang family! Even if her son got Huarui Manufacturing in the future, he would never be able to compare with Zhuang Li in terms of wealth and status!
How could Zhuang Li be so lucky! This world is so unfair!
Zhuang Jincheng sat in the farthest corner, his eyes sweeping across his eldest son’s cold face, and his pupils darkened. This son had been just so lucky since he was a child, so he was unwilling to give him any fatherly love.
Why was it that when others were desperately trying to climb up, he already stood on the top of the mountain, easily taking in wealth that others could not imagine having in their entire lives? Why was it that when others had nothing, he had everything, without having to make any effort? The world should not operate according to this logic.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Jincheng couldn’t help but close his eyes.
Zhuang Han’s young and handsome face had the just the right amount of sadness on it, as he consoled him in a gentle voice, “Brother, the dead cannot be brought back to life, please accept my condolences.”
Zhuang Li glanced at him and suddenly changed the subject: “It is said that the intelligent AI you developed defeated a group of Go masters, and in three days you will challenge Mr. Liu, who is ranked first in the world?”
“Yes, big brother. Why, you are also interested in AI technology? Oh, you must have good IT skills, otherwise you couldn’t have dismantled the car parts and made a radio to send messages to others. I really admire you, big brother, for being able to think of a way to deal with such a dangerous situation. If it were me, I would have fainted from fear.”
When saying this, Zhuang Han’s eyes were full of admiration, as if he had a very good relationship with his elder brother.
But in fact, the two brothers had serious differences in determining the future direction of the company’s business. Zhuang Han wanted to make Huarui Manufacturing quickly enter the research and development and manufacturing stage of driverless cars, striving to be the first to seize the market share of driverless cars.
The original owner was very conservative and felt that it was best to stick to traditional automobile manufacturing when technology was not mature.
Zhuang Han asked the company to invest 2 billion to develop unmanned driving system software, but the original owner rejected the plan immediately.
In order to prove that he was right, Zhuang Han organized a Go competition, in which the intelligent AI he developed played against a group of Go masters to prove that if this technology was used in the field of unmanned driving, it would be much safer and more reliable than human drivers.
The intelligent robot Eugene he developed was indeed very powerful. Its current record was undefeated, and all of its defeated opponents were well-known figures in the chess world.
This was the first competition in history between humans and intelligent robots, which attracted the attention of the whole world, and Eugene’s outstanding performance also made Zhuang Han’s “Cambrian” famous.
The competition was now coming to an end. The last person Eugene would challenge was Mr. Liu, the top chess player. The stock price of “Cambrian” had also experienced several rounds of skyrocketing.
If Eugene won the final victory, Zhuang Han and his company would surely soar to the sky. His proposal would then be unanimously approved by the board of directors, and the public would also recognize the reliability of intelligent AI and then recognize the self-driving cars produced by Huarui.
What was even more coincidental was that the car the original owner was driving on the day of the accident was produced by Huarui’s competitor.
These days, the media had widely reported on the accident in which the original owner almost lost his life while driving at high speed and had also criticized the company’s driverless technology.
The better Eugene performed, the worse the company would look. Therefore, without Huarui taking any substantial action, the company’s stock price had already plummeted.
If Zhuang Li had not traveled to this world and resolved the crisis in time, the original owner would have died without a doubt, and the original owner’s grandfather would have died of illness. Huarui’s competitors would have soon been affected by this tragic car accident and would have fallen into a situation of trust bankruptcy.
No consumer would then dare to buy their cars anymore.
The person behind the scheme not only wanted to kill the original owner but also wanted to get the huge inheritance that had been passed down in the Shao family for a hundred years. He also wanted to destroy his competitors in order to consolidate his position and implement his own plans.
One thing led to another, the method was really powerful.
If Zhuang Jincheng had the ability, he would not have married the original owner’s mother and lived off her. In fact, Huarui’s current size was entirely the result of the support from the original owner’s mother and grandfather.
Liao Xiujing was just an 18th-tier celebrity back then, and couldn’t even make it in the entertainment industry, so how could she have come up with such a plan?
Zhuang Li looked around and finally directed his focus at Zhuang Han.
He could not find any evidence on the Internet that this person had done something evil. The other party was clean and innocent and was always very respectful and friendly to his eldest brother, but this was precisely the most abnormal thing.
With so many accidents happening, it seemed that the person who benefited the most was Zhuang Jincheng, but in fact, all the benefits finally fell on Zhuang Han. Could there be such a coincidence in the world?
Zhuang Li didn’t believe in coincidences, so he said calmly, “I do know a little bit about AI technology. I will go to watch the game in three days.”
“That’s great. I wanted to invite you, too, but I was afraid you might be in a bad mood and unwilling to go out. If you go and take a look, you will understand that AI technology is not something immature. It can completely replace humans to take on more work. I firmly believe that the automotive field in the future will belong to AI, and humans will be completely freed from the constraints of the steering wheel.”
When talking about the field that he was most proficient in and loved the most, Zhuang Han’s face was filled with more smiles and his eyes were shining with sincerity, like a young man who still had ideals and passion.
If Zhuang Li had not personally experienced so many disasters and found the internal connections among these disasters, he would never have applied the word “murderer” to Zhuang Han.
Zhuang Han’s appearance and temperament were so gentle, like a piece of jade washed by a gurgling stream, smooth and round, without the slightest bit of aggressiveness.
Zhuang Li lowered his eyes and listened to Zhuang Han’s speech, his face expressionless. What he was doubting, thinking, and commenting on, others had no way of knowing. It seemed that overnight, he had drawn enough strength from his grandfather’s death, becoming mature, steady, and restrained, no longer the noisy, carefree playboy he once was.
Zhuang Han kept saying words of comfort and occasionally trying to find out the details of Zhuang Li’s escape from death. But he disguised himself very well, hiding all the temptations in the care of his relatives, and looked like a good brother.
Zhuang Li lowered his eyes and listened for a while, then rubbed his eyebrows and showed an impatient look.
At this moment, the housekeeper came in and said respectfully, “Young Master, Mr. Zong Zhengming is here to pay his respects to the old master. He is in the living room. When can you come down?”
“I’ll be down right away.” Zhuang Li didn’t know any Mr. Zong Zhengming, but he didn’t show it.
“Is it the newly appointed administrative officer Mr. Zong Zhengming?” Zhuang Han suddenly interrupted and asked. This was probably the first time he behaved impolitely since entering the Shao family’s old house.
It was obvious that he cared very much about Mr. Zong Zheng.
Zhuang Li’s pupils shrank slightly, but his expression showed no sign of it.
Zong Zhengming? There was a “Ming” in his name! Could it be his lover?
“Tell him to wait for a moment. I’ll be down right away.” Zhuang Li looked at Zhuang Jincheng and drove him away without any courtesy: “You can leave now.”
Zhuang Jincheng wanted to get angry, but his youngest son looked at him nonchalantly and he suppressed his anger. He took a breath and said, “From now on, without your grandfather to help clean up the mess, you will have to take care of yourself.”
Zhuang Li had no time to pay attention to Zhuang Jincheng. He just stared at the computer screen, typing quickly, trying his best to search for all the information about Zong Zhengming.
A photo caught his eye, causing his gaze to freeze slightly.
The man in the photo had a resolute face and a stern temperament. He was wearing a casual suit, but it couldn’t hide his muscular body. His 1.9-meter height made him even more conspicuous in the crowd. He was taking off his sunglasses and looking at the paparazzi who was taking pictures. While his slightly narrowed eyes radiated a sharp light, like a beast locking onto its prey.
Zhuang Li stared at these extremely aggressive eyes and almost forgot to breathe.
It’s him, Le Zhengming was him, Xuan Ming was him, and Zong Zhengming was also him.
No matter where he travelled to, the person he met was always him.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Li covered half of his face and smiled quietly with great relief.
He looked at Zhuang Han who was about to leave the study, and said slowly: “My car, Grandpa’s death, you were the one who did it, right? Don’t talk to me about any evidence, I don’t need any evidence, I only know that if all of our Shao family members die, you will be the biggest beneficiary. I will let you and everything you have now be buried with Grandpa.”
Zhuang Han suddenly turned around and looked at Zhuang Li with a look of surprise on his face.
He opened his mouth several times to defend himself, but felt that facing such an extreme person, no matter how much he said, it would be useless, so he could only smile tolerantly: “Brother, I know you are stimulated and your mood is unstable, so I won’t bother with you. When you calm down a little, the two brothers will sit down and have a good talk.”
“There’s nothing to talk about. I’ll make your Cambrian disappear in three days.” Zhuang Li turned off the computer, stood up and straightened his tie and clothes.
“Oh? How do you want Cambrian to disappear? You are a waste who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, what can you do? If your grandfather is watching from heaven, he will regret it sooner or later. The century-old foundation of the Shao family will be destroyed in your hands! Without your grandfather backing you up and without the Zhuang family standing behind you, who do you think you are?” Zhuang Jincheng, who had been forbearing for a whole day, suddenly exploded.
Liao Xiujing hurriedly pulled her husband’s arm, as if to dissuade him, but her eyes revealed a look of satisfaction.
Yes, without Mr. Shao and the Zhuang family, what would Zhuang Li be? Her son could start from scratch and bring honor to the family, but could Zhuang Li do the same?
“Although Mr. Shao is gone, the network of contacts he left behind is still there. Mr. Zhuang Jincheng, please be careful with your words.” A deep and powerful voice suddenly came from outside the door.
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