Chapter 1594 - 1593: The Most Suspicious Is the Beneficiary

Chapter 1594: Chapter 1593: The Most Suspicious Is the Beneficiary

Chapter 1593: The Most Suspicious Beneficiary

Uncle Fu was shocked to discover that the Old Master had actually noted down the numbers every year, but he quickly lowered his head.

Uncle Qu, Third Uncle, and the others were taken aback when they heard the figures.

Back then, Gu Weiwei had sold off her massive dowry and invested 200 million into the Ou family’s enterprise. After more than forty years, just half of the dividends alone amounted to nearly 2 billion yuan, which was close to half of the entire company’s assets.

No wonder Ou Xue insisted on receiving these forty-three years of dividends instead of shares. However, she was still short-sighted. While the company’s assets were only around 4 billion, the market prospects were favorable, and its market value was much higher than this.

Suddenly, Uncle Qu thought of something—the contract between Gu Weiwei and the Ou family had a loophole.

The contract only stated that if Ou Xue died, her shares in the Ou family would go to charity. If Ou Xue disappeared, the dividends would be saved for her and returned to her when found. However, it never addressed the scenario of her being killed after disappearing, leaving the dividends unspoken for.

While surveilling the Ou family, Mengyu suddenly thought of this point. How could she overlook these forty years of dividends?

Everyone’s eyes were on the shares, but they hadn’t considered how much these accumulated dividends over decades would be worth.

In other words, if the Ou family killed Ou Xue now, although they would lose shares, her forty-three years’ worth of dividend shares would be enough to offset the loss! They could reinvest a significant portion of the dividends, buy back the Ou family’s shares from the charity, and still have over a billion yuan at their disposal.

Previously, the insistence was that the Ou family wouldn’t resort to murder because they hadn’t calculated Ou Xue’s entitled dividends!

If Ou Xue truly died, the manager of her shares—Old Master Qu—would acquire those dividend shares!

The most likely beneficiary might have issues!

Even though everyone thought so, no one expressed it, until a voice suddenly shouted from within the crowd: "Kill Ou Xue, and the money will belong to the Old Family Head."

The clan members looked around at each other, wondering who said that.

But as they looked at each other, no one knew who uttered those words.

However, people quickly stopped concerning themselves with who spoke but began to consider whether it was really possible that Old Master Qu had ordered the repeated attacks on Ou Xue?

Seeing the unusual gazes directed at him and unable to identify who had spoken, Old Master Qu couldn’t help but get angry: "Xuexue is the daughter of my first wife; she is my eldest daughter. I’m close to the grave myself. Would I really send someone to assassinate my own flesh and blood over some money? How would I face Xuexue’s mother in the afterlife?

Moreover, if I had the intention to take that money, why would I have openly mentioned it just now?"

While monitoring the Ou family, Mengyu couldn’t understand this, so she was sure that Old Master Qu should be ruled out—being a smart person, he wouldn’t do such a thing.

And since the Ou Zhengren brothers had long been ruled out by her, the only one left was Old Lady Qu.

An elder looked at Old Lady Qu: "You didn’t send anyone, but can you guarantee no one else has? After all, if Ou Xue dies, your direct line is the biggest beneficiary."

With these words from the elder, not only Old Master Qu but also his three sons could likely be involved.

After all, if the money went to their father, in the end, they would all have a share.

Old Master Qu only has three sons; who else would he favor if not them?