Conned Him Silly

This time, the royalties and profit-sharing from White Night Walk totaled more than 24 million Japanese Yen.

After paying all sorts of miscellaneous taxes and Lawyer Hu's commission, more than 18.4 million Japanese Yen remained, which converted to a little over 920,000 Chinese Yuan.

With this money combined with his stock earnings, Guo Yuan's funds had successfully surpassed ten million.

About ten days earlier, Lawyer Qin had also completed the registration of Future Technology.

It actually should not have taken twenty days. The main issue was that the name Future Technology had already been registered by someone else. Lawyer Qin asked Guo Yuan whether he wanted to change the name, but after thinking it over, Guo Yuan decided against it.

So Lawyer Qin negotiated with the other party and ultimately spent 50,000 yuan to buy the company name, finally completing Future Technology's registration.

Meanwhile, Tianyu Technology's various audit procedures were also drawing to a close.

Wu Tianyu specifically called to inform Guo Yuan that the audit would be completed in a few more days, around mid-October. As long as Guo Yuan had the final payment ready, the company acquisition could be completed at any time.

Guo Yuan said that he already had the money prepared. Once Wu Tianyu's audit was finished, he could pay the remaining balance whenever needed.

Just as Guo Yuan was thinking about acquiring the company, Li Yun and Bai Xinshu's divorce case officially went to trial.

Neither Guo Yuan nor Lin Yumo attended the hearing. Guo Yuan had no interest in such matters, while it was inconvenient for Lin Yumo to show herself.

No matter what, Bai Xinshu was still her uncle. That blood relationship could not be severed.

Lin Yumo only learned about the trial later by asking Li Yun's lawyer.

Overall, supported by all kinds of evidence, Bai Xinshu's side was steadily beaten back despite having hired an excellent lawyer.

According to procedure, the court would conduct another mediation session afterward. If mediation failed, it would rule that the two were divorced.

Bai Xinshu held a total of 14.7% of Longcheng Biology's shares, as well as 14 million in cash, four properties, and a Mercedes-Benz sedan worth over one million. All of these were considered marital property.

Barring any surprises, Li Yun could receive 7.7% of Longcheng Biology's shares, 8.5 million in cash, two properties, and the car as well. All told, Li Yun would get 60% of the assets.

Li Yun had refused the previous court mediation, and now that she held such a major advantage, there was even less chance she would agree to a later mediation.

The court's second mediation also ended without results, so it did not proceed with a third. All that remained was to see when the court would formally declare the two divorced.

Coincidentally, the day after the divorce case went to trial—October 12—Wang Qiu's money laundering case was also sentenced.

Normally, a case like this would take at least half a year from arrest to sentencing.

Yet this one had taken only two months from start to finish, an astonishingly fast turnaround. Such swiftly concluded cases usually implicated a great many people, and this one was no exception.

As the mastermind, Wang Qiu was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The other forty-seven people involved in the money laundering, including several officials, also received their respective punishments.

Among them, Su Yurou received the lightest sentence. She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years.

Sun Ming, like Su Yurou, also received a suspended sentence. After all, he had exposed quite a few people involved in the money laundering, and many had been arrested because of him.

Even so, Sun Ming's punishment was harsher than Su Yurou's. He was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four years.

Lin Yumo learned the verdict that same day. Under the usual procedures, Su Yurou would be released the following morning.

Lin Yumo was extremely excited. Early the next morning, she dragged the bleary-eyed Guo Yuan along to pick Su Yurou up.

Guo Yuan truly could not understand why Lin Yumo insisted on bringing him along to pick someone up.

Ever since returning to the country, Guo Yuan had not been in the habit of waking up early. This was the first time he had been dragged out of bed before eight, and his eyelids kept drooping as he sat in the car.

"Screech—" A sudden stop woke Guo Yuan up a little. He glanced out the window and realized they had arrived outside the detention center.

At exactly eight o'clock, the detention center gates opened, and Su Yurou walked out in an office-lady outfit, carrying a small bag.

After being locked up for two months, Su Yurou's appearance and demeanor had changed dramatically.

She looked much thinner, and even her chest seemed less ample than before.

Her former long, shoulder-length hair had been cut into a short style just past her ears. Whether because she was not wearing makeup or for some other reason, Su Yurou's face was deathly pale, and her lips were almost bloodless.

Lin Yumo's eyes had already reddened at the sight. She and Su Yurou had known each other for a long time and had been close friends. After her father got into trouble, Su Yurou had immediately returned to help her without a word.

Seeing Su Yurou like this filled Lin Yumo with guilt. She quickly drove over and rolled down the window.

"Yurou, get in!"

Su Yurou froze when she saw Lin Yumo. Clearly, she had not expected Lin Yumo to come pick her up.

Since the case involving Lin Zhengnan's murder had not yet been ruled on, the two of them were both connected to it. The best course of action was to avoid seeing each other for the time being and wait until everything had settled.

"Yumo, you—"

"Stop talking! Get in! Hurry!"

Under Lin Yumo's repeated urging, Su Yurou opened the front passenger door and got in.

"Yumo, you shouldn't have come to pick me up."

"I know, but I felt that if I didn't come at a time like this, I'd be too heartless." With that, Lin Yumo started the car, intending to take Su Yurou back to her home.

Su Yurou remained silent throughout the drive, clearly still unable to recover from everything.

It was not until Guo Yuan, sitting in the back seat, stretched lazily that Su Yurou realized there was someone behind her.

"Yumo, he is...?"

"Guo Yuan! You've met him before—the mystery novelist you mentioned."

"Why is he in your car?" Su Yurou froze for a moment and asked.

"Because he already knew about us. Guo Yuan, I want to tell Yurou about you. If you agree, I'll tell her. If you don't, just pretend I never asked."

"Sure, go ahead!" Guo Yuan felt there was nothing about him that couldn't be said.

However, as Guo Yuan listened to Lin Yumo's account, his expression gradually turned strange.

So what Lin Yumo wanted to talk about wasn't him at all, but the mysterious organization she had concocted in her own head. No wonder she had specifically dragged him along to pick up Su Yurou today, and why she had asked him so solemnly just now.

What was even more absurd was that Lin Yumo had no idea how much drama and how many details she had added to that organization. She had somehow spun a flawless story from the moment she moved into this neighborhood and barged into Guo Yuan's life, all the way to Guo Yuan helping her take over the company.

With that imagination, Guo Yuan felt she was truly wasting her talent by not writing novels.

As for Su Yurou, who was listening to the story—Guo Yuan saw her dumbfounded expression in the rearview mirror and immediately understood. Lin Yumo had successfully talked Su Yurou into believing every word.