CHAPTER 480: CHAPTER 480: THE GUO FAMILY’S AFFAIRS

And in the end, he followed Guo Hongyu out of the room, and then walked towards the adjacent room.

"Ye Chen, do you mind if there’s an extra person in your room?"

"Why would I? Besides, I won’t be able to sleep anyway if I go back alone, so after you come over, it would be great for the two of us to have a good chat."

"Good, that’s exactly what I was thinking, Ye Chen, let’s go this way."

As he spoke, Guo Hongyu, who seemed quite familiar with the place, led Ye Chen into a suite next door.

Although it wasn’t the main room, this room was still extremely luxurious to Ye Chen.

It was like a true presidential suite.

The size was probably only half of the room they had been in before, but here, all the living essentials were completely provided.

"Ye Chen, do you drink coffee? Or would you like to have some alcohol?"

"Haha, I don’t drink. I’ve never been much of a drinker. Let’s have coffee then. It’s a long night ahead, and it seems we have some hard days to endure."

"Okay then, let’s have coffee. Just give me a moment."

With that, Guo Hongyu went to get the coffee, and then brought over two cups, finally placing them in front of them.

"Ye Chen, do you think I’m pretty useless? Haha, I feel so indeed, very useless."

Originally, Ye Chen had already brought his coffee to his lips, but hearing these words of self-deprecation, he suddenly froze.

"What do you mean by pretty useless?"

"With such stature, you may have seen, the Guo Family indeed has great power. But what good is power if I couldn’t even safeguard a treasure from the experts? Doesn’t that make me quite useless?"

"How can you say that? Moreover, they caught you off guard, and you didn’t have many people with you at the time. Even if you had fought back desperately, I’m afraid there was no way to save everything."

"I’ve always believed that I’m the most useless person in our family. If my dad could really rise to the occasion and handle everything, then this burden would not fall on my shoulders at all."

As he said this, Guo Hongyu just helplessly shook his head and then let out a long sigh.

Although Ye Chen didn’t know exactly what had happened in the Guo Family, according to the current situation, it seemed it must be difficult to articulate.

"Today is the first time I’ve met the old master. Also, I’ve heard very little about you from Li Fu, so I’m even less clear about the Guo Family. By the way, when did you leave Sea City?"

"About 15 years ago, I guess."

"15 years ago? You must have been very young then, right? I haven’t asked you yet, how old are you this year?"

"Haha, yes, I just turned 21 this year."

"21? So, you were only 6 years old when you left?"

"Yes, only 6, but it seems I already had vague memories at that time, so I can somewhat remember what it was like living in Sea City."

"So you’ve been away from Sea City for so many years... Did your father’s incident occur there, or did it happen somewhere else?"

"It happened in Sea City."

"Oh, you were only 6 years old at the time."

"Yes, 6. I remember clearly, one day I was suddenly taken to the hospital by my family, and then I saw my dad was in a coma. I had no idea what had happened at the time, and only gradually, as I grew up, did I understand what had occurred to him."

"So, this car accident, it was really unexpected, wasn’t it?"

"An accident, it should be considered an accident. Although there was a determination of liability for the incident back then, my grandfather firmly insisted that it had something to do with Yang Da."

"If your grandfather is convinced of that, then I suspect there must be some unusual relationship between your family and Yang Da. If there were no such relationship, your grandfather would not be so certain of everything."

"Right, afterward, I just heard from our family that our Guo Family and the Yang Family used to be major rivals, and we were both in the same line of business."

"Oh, I see. So you were business competitors on the market, but even as competitors, there was no need to resort to such acts, was there?"

"Competition in business, in my view, is a very normal thing. Besides, I’ve always felt my grandfather’s thinking and approach to things was too extreme. He always told me that I was kind-hearted and that I’m not suited for business. So, to be honest, I haven’t held much power over these years."

You could tell that Guo Hongyu was having a hard time saying these words, and he was indeed very helpless.

"Merely business competition, does it necessitate such an incident? I don’t think it necessarily has to be the case."

"Exactly, so I think similarly to you, but my grandfather is adamant that it had something to do with him. So now, I’ve been guessing something."

"Guessing? What are you guessing?"

"I suspect that the death of Yang Da’s son also involved some mystery."

"His son died too?"

"What, you didn’t know? Yang Da actually has no children. He indeed had a son in his early years, but that son later passed away."

"Then how did he die? Was it also a car accident?"

"No, it wasn’t a car accident. He died of an illness."

"If he died of an illness, then that’s even less likely to involve your Guo Family, right? How could they be related?"

"Yes, I also thought initially that it was an unrelated matter and couldn’t possibly be connected, but someone told me that the reason for his severe illness could be related to a certain chemical that we had stored at the time."

"Chemicals? Leading to his illness?"