CHAPTER 509: CHAPTER 509: WEIWEI IS PREGNANT, NOTHING MUST HAPPEN TO HER!

Ji Wei didn’t struggle. She hadn’t had a drop of water since morning, and combined with her weakness from motion sickness, she couldn’t afford to waste any more energy.

Ring ring ring...

Just then, the phone in her jeans pocket started ringing.

Ji Wei guessed it was likely Gu Moqian calling. Her hands were tied behind her back, making it impossible to reach the phone.

She tried several times but eventually gave up.

The phone, however, persisted in ringing until it finally fell silent.

...

Gu Moqian stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of the Ji Group building, dialing Ji Wei’s number repeatedly, yet no one ever picked up.

Ji Wei had sent him her location, and he had dispatched people to track all possible routes, but that would take time.

The unease in his heart intensified. Had something happened to Ji Wei? Was that why she hadn’t answered the phone...?

She was pregnant; nothing could go wrong!

Putting away his phone, Gu Moqian glanced around.

He had been to the Ji Group building a few times before, but this time it truly shocked him.

The massive office was eerily empty, not a single employee in sight.

Even Ji Yunli was nowhere to be found.

He guessed Ji Wei must have discovered something, which prompted her to leave this place.

Gu Moqian walked over and pushed the door to the president’s office open.

On the desk, he quickly spotted a court subpoena stating clearly that the Ji Group had committed significant tax fraud and was under investigation by law enforcement.

Gu Moqian knew Ji Yunli’s character. After decades in business, he wouldn’t make such a rookie mistake in middle age. This had to be a deliberate setup.

His eyes swept over the other items on the desk.

Near the computer lay a photo frame.

Gu Moqian picked it up; it was a photo of Ji Wei and Ji Yunli, father and daughter, leaning affectionately against each other.

Ji Wei looked about sixteen at the time, her smile as radiant as sunshine, her large eyes lively and intelligent—a girl anyone would immediately be drawn to.

Gu Moqian stared at the photo in a daze. When he decided to put the frame down, his fingers suddenly brushed against something on the back.

Small and hard, it felt sharp against his hand.

Gu Moqian flipped the frame over and discovered a hidden surveillance device.

He immediately called Chen Ke into the room.

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"Miss Ji, we meet again. Surprised to see me?"

"Your father is missing, so why come to me about it?"

"Don’t fool yourself anymore. There’s not a drop of Ji Family blood in your veins, and the entire Ji Group will never belong to you... If I exposed your true identity, the entire business world in Rongcheng would be in an uproar... I suggest you know your place. At least you wouldn’t spend the rest of your life begging on the streets..."

Through the surveillance device, Tang Yi’s voice came through clearly.

The more he listened, the darker Gu Moqian’s face grew.

Standing to the side, Chen Ke was inwardly alarmed. He never expected the Ji Group’s president to have an ambitious secretary like this lurking at her side!

"...Old K, are you ready? I’ll head out soon—I have to capture that woman Ji Wei!" The voice was purposely suppressed and sounded faint through the surveillance device, easily overlooked if not listened to attentively.

Gu Moqian raised his eyes to look at the assistant beside him.

Chen Ke immediately understood his intent. "Mr. Gu, I’ll start tracing that secretary’s movements right away!"

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Ji Wei watched as the sun outside rose higher into the sky. It was almost noon.

Suddenly, with a loud clang, the door was flung open.

A woman walked in carrying a lunchbox.

The moment Ji Wei saw her face, her expression froze, turning cold as ice.

"You conniving wretch. Bet you didn’t expect it to be me, huh?"

Zhu Jianian smirked triumphantly as she walked toward her.