Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 962 - 29: They Will Inevitably Be Abandoned by the Times

The Shen Family used to be very wealthy.

An ancient person once said, if you stand at the right vantage point, even pigs can fly.

The Shen Family was exactly that pig at the right vantage point.

When most landlords in the country still had no idea what real estate was, the Shen Family was the first to take the plunge.

They made a fortune.

After the fall of the Shen Family, their assets were quickly divided up by various forces.

If Shen Qingxi hadn’t been secretly digging the wall from early on, she would have ended up with nothing.

But then again, who exactly were these "various forces"?

Ordinary people certainly didn’t have the channels to investigate information of this level. Those who got a seat at the table kept their mutual understandings unspoken and wouldn’t bring such matters to light.

Initially, Shen Qingxi had no interest in retrieving these assets.

After all, the Shen Family no longer considered her one of their own, and she was quite capable herself. Once she had the initial funds, earning money was simple, and she didn’t need to step into that quagmire.

But... reality is harsh.

If you don’t step on others, they’ll think you’re easy to bully and will step on you instead.

As soon as Shen Qingxi proclaimed herself the new Church of Eternal Life leader, she was immediately copied by others.

Counterfeiting has always been common throughout history.

You open a KFC, I get jealous seeing you make money, so I open a Kentucky next door... all very normal.

The problem was, this unlucky copycat ran right into Shen Qingxi.

The results of the interrogation left Shen Qingxi with mixed feelings.

The Shen Family had been a puppet from the beginning—the real estate trade was something they didn’t understand; it was taught to them step by step by someone else.

After Shen Zhidong was arrested, his company went bankrupt and was liquidated, with a large amount of his properties used to clear debts... regardless of how those debts came to be, the contracts were all there in black and white.

The Chamber of Commerce of the Joshua People took a large slice of the pie.

Aside from the real estate, other assets were absorbed by another Chamber of Commerce.

With the backing of the Yang Family, it was the "Extensive Knowledge Society."

The third son of the Shen family, whom Shen Qingxi had just contacted after her return—a dissolute uncle—brought the remaining Shen Family assets with him into the Extensive Knowledge Society. Although nominally still the lord of the Shen Family, he essentially did nothing but indulge in pleasure.

All other affairs were managed and operated by professional members of the Chamber of Commerce.

In effect, by providing for this debauched young master, the Extensive Knowledge Society openly claimed sovereignty over the Shen Family’s assets.

In ancient times, this was called using the emperor to control the feudal lords.

But with Shen Qingxi’s return, the matter suddenly became complicated.

The Chamber of Commerce wasn’t single-minded, each faction had its own interests. Some supported the third young master in his indulgence, while others wanted a share of the pie.

The Shen Family had other members, but none could compare to the third young master, unable to compete against him.

Except for Shen Qingxi. If she spoke up, the third young master wouldn’t dare breathe a word.

Having been beaten, he had a psychological shadow.

Many wanted to use Shen Qingxi for their own gain, but they couldn’t find her.

In the latter half of last year, Shen Qingxi spent half her time in detention and the other half working on a construction site.

Thus, some people, relying on their extraordinary intellect, came up with a brilliant idea.

Let’s fake one!

The Extensive Knowledge Society primarily dealt with gold, silver, jade articles, and antiques, and was especially skilled in counterfeiting.

But they hadn’t expected the counterfeit to run into the real thing so quickly.

"So what should we do about this now?"

Shen Qingxi looked expectantly at Wang Yunxiao.

With his knowledge of her, Wang Yunxiao knew that the idea of "letting things be" would never exist in her mind.

It’s already lucky if she doesn’t cause trouble for others, and now someone dares to cause trouble for her.

The real underlying question was—can we deal with them?

After all, we’re living in a society governed by the rule of law now.

Having been in detention before, Shen Qingxi was quite sensitive about this.

"Report to the police, just go talk to Director Qin."

To secure her right to interrogate, she had just shelled out a large sum, ostensibly under the banner of the New Church of Eternal Life, providing a deposit to the police station.

Qin Xiangdong was naturally the happiest to see someone like Shen Qingxi, rich and foolish, using legitimate channels to seek legal benefits.

Although it was foreseeable that many big names would be drawn into this case, and the office phones might be flooded with calls.

But Qin Xiangdong had never been afraid of this.

"No problem, let’s have the Special Service Section start investigating this case right away."

Qin Xiangdong nodded in agreement without hesitation, then turned to Wang Yunxiao: "Which direction do you think we should start our investigation?"

"Two directions."

Before bringing this person back, Wang Yunxiao had already laid out a mental draft.

"First is the succubi masquerading as Miss Shen, involving a demon problem, which happens to be the main focus of the Special Service Section."

"Next is economic crime, the debt contracts behind the Shen Family, which I’m sure have some loopholes. We can bring in the Secretary Bureau, which specializes in document work, for a joint investigation."

"Alright, you follow the demon line, I’ll coordinate with the Secretary Bureau."

"Let Chen Yuguang do it."

"He can’t handle such a tough case yet."

"Everyone grows up eventually."

The current Chen Yuguang was no longer the university graduate with nothing but curiosity; he had begun cultivation in the Garrison Soldiers Dharma Gate, and the new recruits could provide him adequate power as well.

If Chen Yuguang was smart enough, he’d recruit help from the younger, less experienced students.

Besides, ever since Wang Yunxiao became a Rampaging Colonel, he hadn’t thought much of these petty tasks.

A waste of time, effort, and emotions.

He longed for an opponent of equal measure.

Predictably, as soon as the investigation into this case began, it encountered unprecedented difficulties.

Within a week of returning to school, Wang Yunxiao heard that Chen Yuguang had been secretly shot and hospitalized.

However, this year wasn’t as chaotic as the last. Tianmen City, in the third year of Ming Country, was no longer a place where monsters and demons ran rampant.

The shot that injured Chen Yuguang led to the downfall of the newly ascendant Zhu Family in the area.

Calling them a powerful family isn’t accurate; rather, they were wealthy merchants, supposedly astute enough to seem as influential as the Shen Family in its heyday.

But when the downfall came, it was silent, without causing much of a stir.

Who knows if those bigshots realized their days of exploiting power were over.