Chapter 229

In an empty room inside the Golden Eagle, Gu Ding and Lilliath sat opposite Tricke.

"Tell me, why did you ask Bregen to kidnap Lili?" Gu Ding asked with a straight face. Although he usually looked sunny, he looked a little scary when he had a straight face. His expression made Liliath sit obediently at the side, not daring to make a sound.

"It really wasn't my idea. It was our young master's … No, it was the Childe family's young master's idea." Tricke had been reluctant to provoke Gu Ding ever since the incident at Old George Tavern because each of his crew members was scarier than the last. Being with them made him feel like he could lose his life at any time, so he dared not lie.

"The Childe family's young master was said to be extremely intelligent since he was young. He had a brain and was good at scheming. He would usually prepare at least two solutions to a problem when he issued a mission to his subordinates. This time, when he wanted to invite you to his coming of age ceremony, he only told me to think of a way. I don't even know what his second plan is. It wasn't until later that he asked me to contact Bregen. I found out that the second plan was to kidnap Lilliath and that it had been successfully carried out. He asked me to contact Bregen and prepare a ship to send Lilliath away as soon as possible. He also told me to kill Bregen. " Tricke's account revealed that the Childe family's young master was not a simple character.

"You mean he had no other purpose in kidnapping Lilliath but wanted me to attend his coming-of-age ceremony? That's why he took Lilliath hostage?" Gu Ding asked.

"I don't know if he had any other purpose, but the mission he gave me was to invite you to his coming-of-age ceremony. I'm guessing that's why he took Lilliath hostage. According to the information we obtained, she's the weakest in your crew and the easiest to capture. Moreover, a gunner would be easy to capture once she's closed in. " In truth, Tricke did not know the young master's real purpose in kidnapping Lilliath. He could only speculate based on the mission he had received.

"Gu Ding, I have a few questions too." Lilliath pointed at Gu Ding's arm.

Gu Ding nodded. "Go ahead."

"Does the Childe family have any involvement in the media industry? Or are you planning to get involved? "Lilliath considered her family's influence.

"The Childes started out in the banking industry and are now involved in almost every industry, but the two biggest ones are the financial and energy industries. He was also involved in the media industry. Currently, he couldn't say that he was making a loss, but he definitely wasn't making much money. This was because the Harris family had practically monopolized the entire 3 star and above universe country's information industry in the universe sea. This included news media and other industries. Faye Cosmic Nation is a five-star Cosmic Nation. This kind of monopoly is even more thorough. "Tricke was more familiar with the situation in various industries.

"The Childe family started in Faye Cosmic Nation, right? What's their family's financial group's ranking in Faye Cosmic Nation? "Lilliath's question was relatively simple.

"Yes, the Childe family's business was founded by a demigod ancestor more than ten thousand years ago. They've been residents of Faye Cosmic Nation for generations. Currently, the family financial group ranks second in wealth in Faye Cosmic Nation, not far from first. "Tricke was very familiar with all kinds of information about the Childe family.

"In other words, they probably want to take first place." Lilliath raised her eyebrows and asked, "A large financial group like the Childe family should have a lot of new projects every year, right? Do you have a list of projects? "

"Projects are decided by the leaders at headquarters. I'm just a small division supervisor and don't have that much authority. The projects are only given to us after they've been confirmed. Most of the time, due to regional differences, each region's focus will be different. Therefore, the project plans we end up with will be different. Moreover, the next year's project plans are issued at the end of each year. Basically, there won't be a situation where other projects are inserted midway. Therefore, if you want to see the project plans, I can only provide you with the ones from the end of last year. "Tricke did not know why Lilliath was asking these questions.

"Send me the plans for the past ten years." Lilliath made a strange request, but Tricke did it anyway.

He was currently in the Golden Eagle. Although external signals were blocked, signals could still be transmitted from inside the spaceship.

Lilliath, who had received the plans, immediately began to look through them. She did not ask any more questions.

After a round of interrogation, Gu Ding asked Biggie to escort him out and brought in the other two men.

After a full interrogation of the three men, Gu Ding realized that there was not much useful information.

The man who looked like a bodyguard in black was indeed a bodyguard of the Childe family. He knew almost nothing about the Childe family's business. He was just a simple mission executor. All he did was accept a mission and carry it out. They never asked why. When they were not carrying out a mission, they were the Childe family's bodyguards.

As for Bregen, he had only accepted a mission at the last minute. He had never had any dealings with the Childe family before. It was the young master of the Childe family who had contacted him. The young master had taken the initiative in the entire deal. All Bregen knew was that the young master wanted him to kidnap Lilliath. As for why, the young master had never mentioned it.

Lilliath did not find any relevant clues in her search for the ten-year project. However, after she had Neptune hack into the Childe family's headquarters network, she discovered that someone had proposed expanding the media project three years ago. However, the sponsor of the project remained anonymous. In the end, the project was shelved and never carried out. As for the reason for the shelving, there were only two words: "Project Pending!" However, the shelved project was placed in a confidential folder with the highest level of clearance.

Lilliath smelled traces of a conspiracy. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the young master of the Childe family was not as simple as he seemed. She even felt that the invitation to Gu Ding's coming-of-age ceremony was just a cover. The real target was her.

The sky was almost dark by the time the interrogation was over.

Elsa finally sobered up. Biggie had carried her back from the tavern. When she came out of the bedroom, she saw Tricke and the other two men. "Why are they here? And who is this uncle with glasses? "

Lilliath gave her a brief account of what had happened.

"In other words, they're enemies?" Elsa looked at the three of them in an unfriendly manner. "Gu Ding, you've already interrogated them. There's no point in keeping them, is there? Do you want me to get rid of them? "

Elsa was a little angry at the other party's act of kidnapping Lilliath.

"Let me do this." Biggie took the initiative to take on the task. After all, it was not good for a little girl to do such a thing.

The three men's hearts sank. From the looks of it, the three of them would not be able to escape the clutches of Gu Ding's crew.

"Lili, what do you think we should do?" Gu Ding looked at Lilliath. After all, Lilliath was the biggest victim. She had the right to make her own decision.

"Forget it. Let them go." Lilliath did not plan to pursue the matter any further. "They're just accomplices. If we want to settle the score, we should look for the young master."

"Lili, there's no need to be soft on people like this. If they can kidnap you today, they can kidnap others in the future." Elsa glared at the three of them.

Lilliath, on the other hand, looked at Gu Ding. "Gu Ding, let them go …"

Gu Ding was silent for a moment. In the end, he nodded. "Since Lili doesn't want to pursue the matter, I'll let you go this time. But before you leave, there's one more thing … "

Gu Ding's gaze fell on Tricke. "I want to speak to your young master."

"This …" Tricke's expression suddenly became a little awkward. It was one thing for him to fail the mission. All he had to do was keep a low profile for a while. However, if Gu Ding were to use his communicator to speak to the young master, it would undoubtedly be a slap in the young master's face. Moreover, he would feel like he was assisting in this slap.

"You can choose to refuse, but you'd better think about the consequences of your refusal." Gu Ding's words were an obvious threat.

Tricke could naturally hear it as well. He took a deep breath and nodded vigorously. "Alright!"

Tricke quickly found the young master's number in his address book and dialed it.

Within two rings, a young man's voice came from the other side of the phone. "Tricke, is the handover complete?"

"Hello, the young master of the Childe family." Gu Ding smiled and greeted him.

"You're … Gu Ding?" He did not expect the person on the other end to recognize Gu Ding's voice.

"That's right, I'm Gu Ding!" Gu Ding said his name word by word.

"You dialed my number. You didn't just want to say hello, did you?" There was no fluctuation in the young man's voice.

"Of course." Gu Ding grinned. "Haven't you always wanted me to attend your coming-of-age ceremony? Let me tell you a piece of good news. I happen to have time to visit. "

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator. The young man seemed to have figured something out after a while. "That does sound like good news. I'll be waiting for you then!"

Everyone else was stunned when they heard the conversation between the two.