Lou Caiyun broke down crying, believing her two sons had been kidnapped and demanding the police conduct a full search.
However, the police station refused; it was already against regulations for them to even pull up surveillance footage.
Without a 24-hour disappearance, they couldn't file a report.
Old Master Gao also felt the situation was serious. Even if his two grandsons were a bit rebellious, even if they impulsively went out to play, they wouldn't stay out until midnight without coming home.
He made calls to send people out to search.
But the people he sent searched for hours without finding them, not even their car.
As dawn was breaking, Gao Wenshi's phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Gao Wenshi answered the phone and immediately launched into a scolding.
"Dad, please stop scolding, we, we fell into a trap..."
"Please come save us quickly, otherwise, we'll be sent to the police station."
After Gao Wenshi clarified the address, he and his wife prepared to rescue their two sons.
"Wait!" Old Master Gao stopped his second son. "Tell me the address."
Upon hearing the address was on the way home from his grandsons' work, his eyelids twitched. The people he sent out couldn't find them?
Who was behind this?
He called his subordinate and asked if they had checked that address.
The subordinate replied that the security guards at the complex wouldn't let them in without the owner's address and phone number, or the owner's personal escort.
Old Master Gao asked his subordinate which company managed the complex.
The subordinate told him the complex was a property developed by Jingyuan Real Estate Company.
Jingyuan Real Estate Company?
All properties managed by Jingyuan Real Estate Company were managed by Jingyuan's own property management company.
This offered extreme security and discretion, which was one reason Jingyuan's properties were so sought after.
Even if his two grandsons were brought in by an owner, how did the group that stormed in to catch them get inside?
Wasn't it said to have extreme security and discretion?
Old Master Gao told his second son and his wife to quietly handle their two sons' situation, while he would report the issue with Jingyuan Company to higher authorities.
After several phone calls, he finally got through to a leader's secretary.
As soon as he mentioned Jingyuan Real Estate Company, the secretary informed him that Jingyuan Real Estate Company had no problems.
Personal grudges were to be resolved privately, and trivial matters should not be reported to higher-ups.
The secretary claimed to be busy and hung up.
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To handle the matter discreetly, they couldn't use their own car or bring their escorts.
As Gao Wenshi drove his private car with his wife to the entrance of the complex, they were surrounded by more than a dozen reporters.
These reporters not only knew what had happened to the Gao brothers but also their current building and apartment number.
Lou Caiyun, hearing the offensive questions from the reporters, was enraged and wanted to get out of the car to argue, but Gao Wenshi stopped her.
Gao Wenshi closed all the car windows and slowly drove to the barrier at the entrance.
The security guard refused to raise the barrier, stating that they needed a resident's pass or a phone call to confirm identity with the resident they were looking for before allowing strangers to enter.
Seeing the guard's inflexibility, Gao Wenshi had to take out his phone and call his eldest son.
Gao Mingfei looked at a group of overweight people and asked who the owner was.
The overweight woman Gao Mingfei had slept with raised her hand, saying she was the owner of the apartment.
Gao Mingfei handed her his phone, asking her to tell the security guard to let his parents in.
After Gao Wenshi drove into the complex, two people from the reporters walked out, showed their resident passes, and swaggered into the complex.
When Gao Wenshi and Lou Caiyun entered the building, they were startled by a room full of overweight people.
Gao Wenshi immediately identified himself, saying he would compensate the two young women.
The overweight family refused.
They stated that regardless of their status, their daughters were pure young women, and this matter could only be resolved by marriage or legal proceedings.
Legal proceedings? Lou Caiyun wasn't afraid; it was just a formality, and they would be out on bail soon.
She didn't want two fat pigs as daughters-in-law; she'd be laughed to death.
Upon hearing they agreed to legal proceedings, the overweight family threw out a stack of photos to be used as evidence.
The photos showed Gao Mingfei and Gao Mingxue in lustful poses that were utterly unsightly.
The two overweight young women only had their bodies and chins captured in the photos; not even their noses were visible.
At this moment, two reporters walked to the open main entrance. One focused on the photos on the ground, while the other photographed the people in the living room.
Gao Wenshi was a bit slow to react. Seeing that reporters weren't allowed into the complex and a room full of overweight people, he didn't close the door, and his face was photographed.
Lou Caiyun waved her hands, forbidding the reporters to take pictures and threatening to sue them for invasion of privacy.
The two reporters, having taken enough photos, scurried away.
Gao Wenshi hurriedly called his father, asking him to intercept these two reporters.
Old Master Gao scolded his second son for his incompetence and told him to resolve the problem quickly.
After hanging up, Gao Wenshi pointed at the photos on the ground, claiming the overweight family had set a trap in advance.
Gao Mingfei and Gao Mingxue also said they felt unwell after drinking tea yesterday.
The overweight family then presented the physical examination certificates of the two overweight girls, proving they were both virgins who had just turned twenty.
They claimed the Gao brothers were greedy for novelty and forced the girls. If they didn't believe them, they had recordings as proof.
Saying this, the overweight family produced two voice recorders and played recordings of Gao Mingfei and his brother threatening the overweight girls into letting them experience novelty.
They threatened them with ruin if they didn't agree, because the Gao family held high positions.
With photos and recordings, wasn't this clearly a premeditated trap?
However, the overweight family was unfazed by Gao Wenshi's threats, stating they were not as foolish as the two girls, who had already given themselves after being threatened.
They would continue to fight for justice.
Even if only one person was left, they would seek justice.
This mutually destructive approach rendered even Lou Caiyun's shrewish tactics useless.
Lou Caiyun could only compromise and propose financial compensation.
One member of the overweight family waved the voice recorder in his hand, indicating they had been recording since Gao Wenshi and his wife entered.
Gao Wenshi calmed himself and spoke kindly about various solutions.
The overweight family refused, still insisting on marriage certificates or calling the police as the only two options.
As the situation reached a stalemate, Old Master Gao called.
He berated his second son, saying the two reporters had never left the complex and that two private newspapers had already reported on the matter.
He added that photos and Lou Caiyun's threats to reporters had even been uploaded online.
The matter had now become widely known.
Gao Wenshi's face turned pale. This was a chain of schemes, a plan to destroy him and the entire Gao family!
He quickly relayed the situation on his end to his father.
Old Master Gao told him to immediately and publicly take Gao Mingfei, Gao Mingxue, and the two young women to the Civil Affairs Bureau to obtain marriage certificates.
The matter had to be resolved with a publicly acceptable outcome.
The Gao family could not be ruined by two grandsons.
Lou Caiyun wanted to refuse, but there was no room for her to do so.
Gao Wenshi winked at his wife, signaling her to appease the two overweight daughters-in-law, while he negotiated with the overweight family.
Negotiate what? Of course, it was to ask the overweight family to change their story about the incident, claiming it was mutual affection that led to an impulsive act, and they would get the certificate first and hold a wedding later.
The overweight family agreed.
They put away the photos and voice recorders, stating they were guarantees for their daughters' future happy lives.
Gao Wenshi just wanted to resolve this matter quickly, and after the heat died down, he would have his two sons figure out how to get a divorce.
As for the photos and voice recorders, after the marriage, he would have his two sons charm them into destroying them.