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Chapter 53 The Man Who Suddenly Appeared

A hint of regret appeared on mother's face, "Had I known she would ruin our home like this, I should not have been so soft-hearted to adopt her. Tabatha, it's mom's fault, mom was foolish."

I pursed my lips, a certain indescribable feeling stirring within me. After a moment of silence, I looked at my mother and said, "You and dad never told me about this before."

She gave a helpless smile and said, "Not long after I adopted her, you were born. After your birth, she was very sensible and took good care of you. Your father and I saw this and gradually began to treat her like our own daughter. Over the years, she has been very obedient and sensible towards your father. Your father and I also had our own selfish thoughts, thinking that when we are no longer around, she could help and support you a bit, which would give us peace of mind. But we never expected that things would turn out like this today."

Listening to my mother's words, I suddenly understood why Ashley had framed me five years ago. If she wasn't the daughter of the Conner family, everything would make sense.

With this thought, I couldn't help but take a slight gasp, looking at my mother and saying, "Mom, if she's not your biological child, why wouldn't you and dad believe what I said about the incident five years ago?"

She furrowed her brows, somewhat helpless, "It's not that your father and I don't believe you, it's just that we have no evidence. Moreover, after you got into trouble, she even went to the border to look for you, more anxious than your father and I. She was seriously injured when she came back and almost died. People's hearts are made of flesh, how

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could we doubt her when she treats you like this? Your father did investigate, but found nothing. So we can't just take your word for it. Besides, you were only eighteen at that time, young and naive, there are always times when you don't understand things!"

I understood my parents' concerns and didn't say anything more.

That night, I spent the entire night with my mother at the Conner family's place. She only managed to fall into a light sleep in the early morning. I didn't feel sleepy at all, as my father had just been buried. The mess of the Conner Group was still waiting for me to deal with.

The next morning, I went to the Conner Group early. Cory brought all the financial statements of the Conner Group for the year to my office. There was too much information, and I estimated that it would take several days to look at them one by one. So I directly asked Cory, "Cory, were all these data prepared and sent over by the finance department?"

Cory nodded, "Yeah, Ryan found out that you wanted to see the financial statements, so he prepared them in advance."

I pursed my lips, fell silent for a moment, and said, "No need to look at the documents anymore, have someone send them back to the finance department."

Cory paused, not catching on, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

I glanced at the mountainous pile of documents and calmly said, "The company's top management must have known about the shareholders. coming to the company. Since they knew, these things they sent must be what they wanted me to see. Even if I read every single word, I wouldn't be able to find any problems, so there's no need to read them."

Cory looked at me, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You mean... the

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matter of the thirty million dollars is related to the company's top management?"

I pursed my lips slightly and said, "My father wouldn't have any intention of touching those thirty million dollars, and outsiders have even less chance of touching that money. Only people within the company could. Such a large sum of money couldn't possibly disappear from the company's account for no reason. Find a way to get me the financial statements of Bright Media for this year."

He paused for a moment, his brows furrowed, appearing somewhat troubled.

Upon seeing this, I couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

He opened his mouth, and after a long pause, he finally said, "Although Bright Media is under the Conner Group, many things are different from the Conner Group. There, you need to go through the process to get the financial statements."

"Procedure?" I was a bit confused, "What procedure?"

He thought for a moment and said, "Bright Media is a company acquired by the Conner Group. The senior management and staff are all from before, including the CEO who hasn't been replaced. If I were to ask for the financial statements, I don't think they would easily give them to me."

I pursed my lips, not expecting this matter to be so difficult. After a moment of silence, I asked, "The Conner Group doesn't have Bright Media's financial report?"

He nodded, "Yes." As he spoke, he retrieved the financial report of Bright Media and handed it to me.

I roughly flipped through it, pursed my lips and asked, "Who is in charge of this account?"

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"Ryan," Cory began, "When I went to get these documents, Ryan specifically said that there was no problem with Bright Media's accounts, because he was always in charge, so there could be no problems. A lot of the funds were spent on acquiring some small media companies and display screens, as well as on company promotion. Every penny spent is recorded there."

"Indeed, it's all recorded there," a strange male voice suddenly rang

out.

Cory and I instinctively looked towards the office door that had been pushed open, seeing a man with gold-rimmed glasses walk in. He was dressed in a blue suit, which accentuated his tall and straight figure, broad shoulders and narrow waist.

The man entered the office, his dark eyes swept over me, then he took the account book from my hands, casually tossed it aside, and said, "Stop looking, the best way to understand the market is to go to the market yourself."

Looking at the man who suddenly appeared in front of me, I was a bit stunned, and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"

The man's dark eyes scanned me, his handsome eyebrows raised as he extended his hand towards me, "Alexander Borseth, the soon-to-be CEO of the Conner Group, Ms. Conner, you can call me Mr. Borseth."