CHAPTER 490: CHAPTER 490: SIMPLY BOUGHT IT

Feng Wanshan’s face turned ashen. The scandal involving bank loans from years ago was already solid evidence. Lin Fan had even brought Zhou Dacai, who helped with laundering money back then, leaving Feng Wanshan with no room to argue.

Getting Zhou Dacai to cooperate was not a difficult task for Lin Fan. With the help of the police, Lin Fan found out that Zhou Dacai was the one who helped Feng Wanshan acquire the loan back then. Currently, Zhou Dacai was embroiled in a financial dispute, and if not handled properly, Zhou Dacai would face financial ruin, bringing disaster upon his only granddaughter as well.

Lin Fan promised to help Zhou Dacai resolve this dispute on the condition that he reveals the truth about Feng Wanshan’s loan from back then.

To protect his granddaughter, Zhou Dacai eventually agreed to Lin Fan’s terms.

However, Zhou Dacai was quite timid. He hesitated at the entrance of Shengshi Group, even thinking about backing out, but Lin Fan dragged him in forcefully like a small chicken.

With Zhou Dacai’s testimony, Feng Wanshan could no longer deny it.

Feng Wanshan’s face was gloomy as he sneered, "Even if I laundered money back then, so what? How can you know where my 200 million came from?"

Lin Fan replied, "You got it from An Jincheng."

Feng Wanshan said, "It didn’t come from him! As for where it came from, I don’t need to tell you."

Lin Fan said, "This 200 million came from selling a diamond called the Gamera Diamond, which was a burial artifact of the Pharaoh of Egypt. Am I right?"

Feng Wanshan’s complexion subtly changed. Lin Fan had actually revealed the origin of the diamond!

Lin Fan continued, "Our investigation showed that fifteen years ago, not long after An Jincheng disappeared, this Camilla Diamond appeared in an underground auction and was sold for a sky-high price of 200 million. Isn’t that a coincidence?"

Feng Wanshan sneered, "That still doesn’t prove it was me. My 200 million has a different source and has nothing to do with this diamond. It’s just a coincidence!"

Lin Fan said, "Don’t be hasty, let’s take it slow. We tracked down this auction, and back then, the auction was handled by an institution called Celestial Treasure Auction House. It’s still in operation today. When we asked them to disclose the seller of that year, they refused. After all, maintaining client confidentiality is very important for an auction house. And this Celestial Treasure Auction House is quite impressive, even refused to cooperate with the police."

Hearing this, Feng Wanshan laughed, "Lin Fan, I thought you were something, but you can’t even find out who the seller was back then. You’re just talking nonsense here, trying to pin a crime on me! Anna, you see, Lin Fan has no evidence, he’s just making wild guesses. Can you really trust someone like him?"

Anna replied, "..."

Anna was now calm, she couldn’t trust Feng Wanshan but was also cautious about Loli and Lin Fan. She only recognized evidence.

Lin Fan smiled slightly, "Don’t worry, I said really, don’t worry, let me finish. The Celestial Treasure Auction House was indeed outstanding, refusing to cooperate even with the police. In a fit of anger, I invested and bought the Celestial Treasure Auction House outright.

What?

Everyone was sweating profusely.

Damn!

That’s ruthless!

To outright buy an auction house on a whim, only Lin Fan, the richest man in Yun City, could do such a thing.

Purchasing Celestial Treasure Auction House didn’t cost Lin Fan much. He enlisted the help of Feng Ruolan. It turned out, Celestial Treasure Auction House was already facing operational issues, just waiting for a savior.

Lin Fan aimed to acquire the historical records of Celestial Treasure Auction House and possibly find use for it in the future, like organizing charity auctions, so he got Feng Ruolan’s help, and at a reasonable price, took over the Celestial Treasure Auction House.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Now that I own Celestial Treasure Auction House, I naturally have access to all its historical records, including the auction of the Camilla Diamond from 15 years ago. The 200 million transaction eventually flowed to a mysterious overseas account. Through the operation of this account, it ended up in the bank and was then transferred into Shengshi Group’s account, completing the money laundering. The seller of that diamond back in the day was you, Feng Wanshan. If anyone doesn’t believe me, I can publicly disclose all the records."

Loli stared at Feng Wanshan, "Feng Wanshan, do you have anything else to say?"

Feng Wanshan’s face turned white. He never expected Lin Fan would manage to acquire the entire Celestial Treasure Auction House!

Everyone knew how much Celestial Treasure Auction House valued client privacy, and it was virtually impossible for them to leak client information.

Who would’ve thought Lin Fan wouldn’t play by the rules, and simply bought the Celestial Treasure Auction House!

Now that the auction house belonged to Lin Fan, he could access any records he wanted!

The evidence was incontrovertible!

There was no denying it!

Feng Wanshan had no choice but to admit it. He snorted coldly, "Yes, I did sell the Camilla Diamond back then, but that diamond was originally mine, I bought it from someone else, not from Jin City. This diamond has nothing to do with Jin City!"

Lin Fan chuckled, "Is that so!"

Feng Wanshan, now smug, said, "Lin Fan, all your hard investigation work for what? So what if you found the 200 million had another source, so what if you found it was me who sold the Camilla Diamond, what can you do? Can you prove this diamond belonged to Jin City? Can you prove I robbed Jin City? You can’t prove it, it’s absolutely impossible!"

Lin Fan asked, "Why do you say that?"

Feng Wanshan replied, "Because the secret of the Camilla Diamond is only known to me in this world now. Originally, Jin City knew, but unfortunately he’s deceased, so I’m the only one left who knows, no outsider could possibly know!"

Lin Fan said, "In that photo of you and An Jincheng holding the Camilla Diamond, it was An Jincheng holding it."

Feng Wanshan sneered, "So what, what does that prove? The Camilla Diamond is mine, I was just letting Jin City take a photo with it, he returned it to me right after."

Feng Wanshan smugly looked at Lin Fan, thinking there’s nothing more Lin Fan could say now!

However, Lin Fan responded, "Then there’s no other way, we can only revisit that archaeological expedition back then."

Many years ago, Feng Wanshan and An Jincheng were soon-to-be university graduates who joined their mentor and classmates on a team expedition to Egypt for an archaeological dig.

While entering a Pharaoh’s Tomb, they encountered an unfortunate event. The tomb collapsed, and they narrowly escaped unharmed.

Afterwards, when tallying the artifacts excavated from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, they discovered two treasures were missing. At the time, everyone assumed they were buried due to the collapse.

Little did they know, those two treasures were secretly taken by Feng Wanshan and An Jincheng.

Later, they even took photos to commemorate, which turned into that photo displayed on Feng Wanshan’s desktop.