Chapter 7: Zongtian Group

  Jin Tianxing's hearing was exceptionally good, and when Lan Xinlin made a phone call in the corridor, he faintly heard a few words: Luo Yi, Zong Tian, and money laundering. After Lan Xinlin came in with an unpleasant expression, Jin Tianxing easily judged that something had gone wrong, and it was related to himself or Luo Yi. He tentatively asked, "Is there any progress in the case?"

  Lan Xilin's heart was slightly hesitant, she wanted to tell Jin Tianxing everything she knew, but his identity was that of a criminal suspect. Jin Tianxing saw her wavering and took the opportunity to say, "As a citizen, I have the right to know, I have the right to know all things related to my wife. Just now we agreed to go together to crack the missing case, if you have any information, you should share it with me."

  "Alright, I'll tell you, but you have to be mentally prepared and can't get too excited."

  Jin Tian Xing took a deep breath, "You can speak now, I'm ready."

  Lan Xilin said slowly, "We just found out that all of your wife Roy's documents are fake, including her ID card, marriage certificate, orphanage adoption papers and so on. All the materials are fake."

  What Blue Heart Lin said was too shocking. Although he had prepared himself, Jin Tian Xing still couldn't accept it for a moment. He suddenly laughed and said, "Are you kidding me?"

  Lan Xinlin didn't smile, her expression serious as she stared at him.

  "Impossible!" Jin Tianxiao roared. "The teacher from the orphanage where she grew up even attended our wedding!" The silver-haired old man with a kind face had left a deep impression on him. If even this was fake, then everything he knew about Luo Yi was built on lies, and the world he lived in crumbled to dust in an instant.

  Lan Xinlin wanted to comfort him, but she had never comforted anyone before and didn't know how to start. "Don't worry, we'll investigate the truth as soon as possible and give you an explanation."

  Jin Tianxing found it hard to accept the fact, and after a long silence, he remembered that in Lan Xinlin's phone call, another term was also mentioned. "In your phone call, I also heard Zong Tian, what is its connection with Luo Yi."

  Lan Xilin thought that his case had not been filed for investigation, and she believed Jin Tianxing. The situation he told her would be more true. "What is your relationship with Zong Kuo?"

  Jin Tianxing and Zhang Er's monk were baffled. "Who is Zong Kuo? I've never heard of this name before."

  "Lan Xinlin continued to ask, 'What about the Zongtian Group? Your company has had close financial dealings with the Zongtian Group recently, you wouldn't be unaware of that, would you?'"

  "What kind of company is Zongtian Group? I don't recall having a business partner with that name."

  "Blue Heart Lin explained, 'The Zongtian Group is a large company in Hong Kong, and the president is just Zong Kuo. This is muddy water, you'd better not get involved.'"

  "You mentioned it and I remembered, a few days ago my deputy general manager called me to say that a large company in Hong Kong was seeking cooperation with us, our company would gain high profits from it, it seemed to be the Zongtian Group. At that time, I was on honeymoon with Roy, so I handed over the power to my deputy general manager and let him take full responsibility. What did the Zongtian Group do? Why are you so tense?"

  "Blue Heart Lin thought that Jintian Xing's company might still be in contact with the Zongtian Group, so he had better be careful. He told Jintian Xing about the information of the Zongtian Group: "The Zongtian Group appears to be a large financial investment company in Hong Kong on the surface, but in reality it is a criminal organization led by Zong Kuo, involving fields such as money laundering, cultural relic smuggling, arms trafficking, financial fraud, and underground casinos. The organization has strict discipline, and many international crimes are related to them, but no useful evidence can be found. The leader of the group, Zong Kuo, was just a small-time gangster on the streets a few years ago, not even a peripheral member of the black society, making a living by parking cars for others. Until one day he mysteriously disappeared for about half a year, no one knew where he went, and no one could investigate. He returned with a large amount of funds and quickly rose to become the underground emperor of Hong Kong, a true godfather, whose power in Asia can rival that of the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi. In recent years, he has gradually faded out, handing over all his underworld businesses to his subordinates and retiring behind the scenes, but the police believe he is still secretly controlling everything. The Zongtian Group's daily cash flow is tens of millions of dollars, and the people who ambushed us on the road and stole our laptop are from the Zongtian Group."

  Jin Tianxing took a deep breath of cold air, he wouldn't have thought in his dreams that he would be dealing with the Black Gang. Now it's even more serious, he's directly hooked up with the international Black Gang. "It doesn't make sense, why would this big shot Zong Kuo look down on my small company? Why did they snatch away the laptop?"

  "Zhongtian Group is only interested in making money, every move they make is for the sake of profit. People like that won't invest in your company without a reason, they must be waiting to gain something from you or your company. As for why they snatched the laptop, it's unknown."

  Jin Tian suddenly bounced up from the bed, he didn't want to leave the hospital and go to the police station right away. "Should I call my deputy general manager and have him terminate our cooperation with Zong Tian company?"

  Lan Xinlin thought for a moment, "It's best not to, it will scare the snake away. Just leave everything to the police and I'll go back to the police station now to see if there are any new developments."

  Watching Lan Xinlin leave the ward, Jin Tianhang lay back on his bed. His originally peaceful life was disrupted by a series of sudden changes. He hadn't prepared himself for it yet. The mysterious waters, the three-eyed immortal, and the fake new wife all came one after another, making it seem like the entire world had gone crazy. After calming down in the room, Jin Tianhang still felt that something was missing. These days with Lan Xinlin coming and going, her leaving made him feel a bit unadapted. Jin Tianhang closed his eyes but couldn't sleep at all. The next few days would probably be spent in insomnia as well. He felt that the world he originally knew had become very strange, or perhaps he hadn't seen the true face of the world clearly.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! The knocking at the door interrupted Jin Tian Xing's thoughts, "The door isn't locked, come on in. You're pretty quick."

  The ones who pushed the door open were not Blue Heart Lin, but a group of burly men wearing suits, ties and black sunglasses. A chill ran through Jin Tian Xing's heart as he sensed from their movements that these men were fierce, efficient and well-trained, giving him the same feeling he had when he was with his father's elite soldiers. The six burly men walked into the hospital room, making the spacious single room feel somewhat cramped. The last one to enter was a bald-headed man with a wolf head tattoo on his scalp, wearing the same attire but with obviously better quality clothes than the eight burly men. Jin Tian Xing would not forget who he was, and it was because of this bald-headed man that he was wrapped up like a mummy in bed.

  Jin Tian Xing was only afraid for a few seconds, and the fear quickly disappeared. Compared to the mysterious cave, this was nothing. "Who are you people, what do you want to do?"

  "Baldy removed his sunglasses and said politely, 'Mr. Jin, sorry to disturb your rest. I'm the deputy manager of Hong Kong's Zong Tian Group, and I've come specifically to pay my respects to you. Our CEO, Mr. Zong Kuo, originally wanted to come in person but had an unexpected matter that required his personal attention, so he couldn't make it and entrusted me as his full representative. It took some time to find the hospital where you're staying and avoid the female police officer who's been taking care of you, please don't mind. Also, about the harm I caused you earlier, that was purely accidental, I didn't mean to hurt you. Luckily, you have a strong fate and good luck, or else I wouldn't know how to explain it to our CEO.'"

  Zongtian Group! Jin Tianxing's head was a bit dizzy, an hour ago, he didn't even know that such a group of people existed in the world. After learning about Zongtian Group from Lan Xinlin, the people from Zongtian Group suddenly appeared right in front of him. The president of the group almost came to visit him personally, Jin Tianxing didn't know how to react to this situation. He could only ask foolishly, "Do you have business with me? It seems that I don't even know your president. We haven't even met before."

  "Fate is a wonderful thing, our president thinks he has a great affinity with you." The bald man reached into the inside pocket of his suit, Jin Tian Xing thought he was going to pull out a gun and instinctively made a dodging motion, closing his eyes tightly. The expected gunshot didn't come, instead he heard the bald man's apologetic voice, "Sorry Mr. Jin, I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to give you something."

  Jin Tianxing opened his eyes to see a bald-headed man leaning forward, holding an envelope in both hands and presenting it to him with great respect. He took the envelope and asked puzzled, "What's this?"

  "Ah, it's our Tian Tian Group's compensation for your loss," replied the bald man in a gentle tone. "The envelope contains an account and password we've set up for you at a Swiss bank, with $100 million deposited as compensation. Please rest assured, the police won't be able to track this money."

  "One hundred million! US dollars!" Jin Tianhang was startled, the envelope felt like a hot iron plate that burned his hand, the thin sheets of paper seemed to weigh as much as a thousand gold bars, pressing down on him so heavily that he couldn't lift his hand. "Compensation for what? Just because I got injured?" Jin Tianhang certainly didn't think his life was worth one hundred million dollars.

  "Sorry, I'm not very clear about the specific compensation either. It's all up to the chairman's decision. Do you think it's not enough? We can add another $100 million. Let me make a call and transfer it to your account immediately." Baldy said as he was about to make the call.

  Jin Tian Xing was taken aback by the money for the first time today, and he hastily stopped Guang Tou, "No need, no need, I just sighed a little earlier, nothing else meant."

  The bald-headed man put down the phone and asked, "Is there anything else Mr. Jin would like to instruct?"

  "In the midst of electric sparks, Jin Tianxing only thought of one possibility, 'Are you mistaken about me? I'm just an insignificant minor character. What exactly did the notebook say? You want to snatch it from the police.'"

  The bald man flashed an ugly smile, "I can't answer your question. Mr. Jin, you must be joking, how could you possibly be a minor character? We have all the detailed information about you from childhood to adulthood, how could we mistake someone else for you? If you don't mind, I'll take my leave now, we don't want to get involved with the police. By the way, I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Long San, Mr. Jin can just call me Ah San. I believe we will meet again, wish you a speedy recovery." He turned around and was about to leave.

  Jin Tianxing was at a loss as to how to deal with such a large sum of money, and hastily said, "Wait, can you take this money away? Please thank CEO Zong Kuai for me, I appreciate his kindness, but I absolutely cannot accept this money."

  Long San bowed deeply and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Jin. I won't be able to fulfill your request. If I take the money back, the president will think I'm incompetent and you'll be angry with me. I'll face severe punishment, so please accept this money." The six strong men he brought also bowed to Jin Tianhang, "Thank you!" Without waiting for Jin Tianhang's response, they quickly turned around and left the hospital room, leaving Jin Tianhang alone holding the envelope, staring blankly into space.