I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by that?" The officer furrowed his brow, sensing an underlying message in Zhang Menglong's words.

"Officer, may I ask you a question?"

"Of course, go ahead, Mr. Zhang."

"If you were a millionaire—no, if you were a billionaire, would you do something for a bribe of 100,000 yuan that might land you in jail?"

"Hahaha, of course not!" The officer laughed, a person with assets in the billions wouldn't risk it all for 100,000 yuan, that would just mean they were out of their mind.

"You see, a normal person wouldn't do such a thing. Don't you find this very suspicious?" Zhang Menglong said.

"Certainly, if a billionaire did such a thing, it would indeed be worth investigating deeply," the officer said, "But Mr. Zhang, your roommate is just a student from an ordinary family, and according to our investigation, 100,000 yuan is not a small amount for him."

Zhang Menglong was wealthy, and that was a fact known across all of Huaxia, but his wealth was his business, and it had nothing to do with his roommate. It would be absurd to average it out and claim their dorm room had a per capita wealth in the billions, wouldn't it?

"That's just what you think," Zhang Menglong chuckled, "If it weren't for the recent events, would you have known me at all?"

This statement stumped everyone. Indeed, before this year's National Day, nobody knew who Zhang Menglong was.

Even before Wang Ling, the formerly renowned richest second generation, became famous online, he too was not very well-known.

From these points, it wasn't hard to speculate that actually, there were many hidden wealthy individuals throughout Huaxia.

"Mr. Zhang, are you saying that your roommate is also a billionaire?"

"A billionaire?" Zhang Menglong laughed again, "Yulei, do you feel insulted? Someone actually insulted you by calling you a billionaire."

"Huh?" Sun Yulei was confused by Zhang Menglong's words; in fact, he didn't even know that Zhang Menglong was bringing two lawyers over today.

And according to the usual procedure, shouldn't the two lawyers be verifying the details and then starting to prove his innocence? Why had the narrative suddenly changed?

As for the people from Nas Holdings, they were completely perplexed. What did he mean by "insulting you as a billionaire"? Had "billionaire" suddenly become a derogatory term?

"The assets of my roommate's family, I fear you can't even imagine!" Zhang Menglong declared, "Yulei, I know you are humble and prefer not to reveal your family's background, and your family has intentionally disguised themselves as ordinary herders to help you blend in, but now is not the time to hide anymore!"
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"I… I…" Sun Yulei was completely baffled by the sudden label of "billionaire," although his family was really just a normal herder family!

"Officer, I have had the lawyers bring some things over that should prove my roommate's worth," Zhang Menglong stated.

The two lawyers stepped forward and handed a document to the officer, "Officer, this is the property deed of a residence in Jiangnan City belonging to my client, Mr. Sun Yulei."

"A property deed? How much can it be worth?" The policeman flipped open the deed book, but moments later, time seemed to freeze, and if it weren't for his twitching lips, one might have thought he had been hit by a paralyzing spell.

The deed contained the address of a villa by West Lake with a total construction area of 1400 square meters; based on the property rates of that region, just this house alone was worth over 1 billion Huaxia currency!

And on that property deed, the name Sun Yulei was prominently displayed, complete with a matching identification number!

"My God! Sun Yulei is that wealthy?"

"Damn, I thought he dressed so plain, turns out he was just low-key!"

"A single house worth over a billion, who would do something risky for 100,000 yuan?"

"Exactly! He probably came here to work just to experience life, right?"

"But isn't his family herders? Can herders have so much money?"

"Friends," Zhang Menglong said with a smile to the surrounding employees, "You might not believe this, but his family really are herders, but almost half of the livestock on the Inner Mongolia grasslands belong to them!"

At this point, Zhang Menglong's expression suddenly turned pained. "You don't know, this animal, when he first started university, pretended to be so pitiful. He said that to afford his education, his family bought a sheep and a cow, making it sound like they had used up all their savings."

"You don't know how much we took care of him back then, often treating him to meals, foot baths, and movies, just because we were afraid he would feel inferior!"

"Last year when we visited his home, we saw one of their pastures filled with tens of thousands of sheep and cattle. That was when we found out we had been duped!"

Zhang Menglong spouted all this in one breath.

"Livestock covering half of Inner Mongolia?"

"Damn... how rich must they be?"

"No wonder they can afford such a big villa in Jiangnan City!"

"No proof though, this property deed isn't fake, right?" Wu Yun's face looked a bit ugly.

"There really isn't a way to prove that," the police officer said, "Why not do it this way, since it's not far from here, we'll know once we go there."

"Alright, then I'll immediately arrange a police car!" the police officer said.

"No worries, I've driven here, fitting a dozen people is no problem."

"In that case, have someone from your legal department accompany us to get the evidence."

"Officer, I'd also like to go and see, if it's possible," that Wu Yun said, his anxiety clearly showing.

"Alright, since you are his boss and have interacted with him a lot, it'll be good for you to share what you know about him."

When they reached the downstairs of the office building, a Rolls-Royce was already parked there. Zhang Menglong glanced at the somewhat old police car. "Brother, we need to pay a bit of attention to appearances even in our police work. When the time comes, help me get in touch with your director. I'll donate 50 million so that we can equip the Jiangnan City police with better vehicles!"

"Since that's the case, let me thank Mr. Zhang on behalf of our department!" the officer said, his face radiating joy. While the money could not be used for other purposes, it coming from a case he handled made it a notable addition to his record. Chances of promotion this year looked hopeful!

With that thought, his behavior towards Sun Yulei became extremely cordial.

"Menglong, what exactly are you up to?" Sun Yulei whispered to Zhang Menglong.

"I'm not up to much. From now on, you're the billionaire who owns half the livestock in Inner Mongolia," Zhang Menglong said with a laugh.

"But I don't own any livestock in Inner Mongolia," Sun Yulei replied.

"If I say you do, then you do!" Zhang Menglong patted Sun Yulei on the shoulder. "Alright, we've arrived!"

The car stopped next to a villa. Anyone who knew a little could tell that those who could afford a villa in this area were at least worth billions!

At that moment, a person looking like a butler came out of the villa and bowed respectfully to Sun Yulei.

"Mr. Sun, you've come back early today! Shall I prepare lunch for you first? Today your chef has prepared the freshest gold caviar for you."

"This..." Sun Yulei looked at Zhang Menglong, "What exactly is going on?"