HLnovel Chapter 231 Gu Yan's First Return After Her Disappearance
Chapter 231 Gu Yan's First Return After Her Disappearance
Su Qi wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but through the window of her room, she saw a short-haired woman standing at her door.
She hurried downstairs and carefully opened the door.
The woman, still with her red lips slightly upturned and radiant, greeted Su Qi in a beautiful red cheongsam.
"What? Don't you recognize your aunt?" Gu Yan suddenly covered her mouth: "Oh, right, I forgot, you've ended your adoption with the Shen family, so you don't need to call me aunt anymore."
"How about... you call me 'sister'?"
Su Qi's lips twitched, and he invited her in to sit down: "It's not convenient to talk outside, please come in."
Gu Yan was invited into Su Qi's house: "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Gu Yan looked around but still couldn't find any changes inside or outside the villa: "With your current status, you can move to a bigger house."
Su Qi raised her eyebrows slightly, suddenly remembering that this was the house Shen Chaohuai had given her when she was down on her luck: "No need, I like this house now."
"What brings you here today?"
Gu Yan chuckled lightly: "Shen Qingyue...did you do this?"
Su Qi rolled his eyes, crossed his legs smugly, and lit the cigarette between his fingers.
"I'm not that heartless."
"Ah...so that's what that person did?" Gu Yan said, "My...ex-husband."
Su Qi wasn't too surprised, simply because she knew beforehand that Gu Yan and Zheng Ran had also had a past relationship.
"Why isn't Xiao Qi shocked at all?"
“That’s normal, you need the right lid for the right pot,” she said.
Gu Yan gripped the hem of her skirt, trying to calm herself: "No matter what, it has already happened. I came here to thank you."
Su Qi turned her head, not understanding what she meant.
"Thank you for helping me punish my ex-husband."
Su Qi sneered: "Shouldn't you still love him? He's your white moonlight. You dated for five years, and finally got married. He got your assets. You should still be unable to forget him."
"Do you think I'm such a fool in private?" Gu Yan leaned to the side of the sofa: "I admit that I took a gamble when I married him, but I didn't expect that I would be wrong. Since then, I have been living a life of wandering and relying on the Shen family."
"Now that he's finally about to fall from power, I should be happy."
Gu Yan's smile was extremely eerie.
Su Qi's system was buzzing with numerous notifications.
Public opinion surrounding the Zheng Ran incident is spreading.
Please note that the "Zheng Ran incident" has reached an uncontrollable level.
Gu Yan's expression was cold, but she had a smile on her face: "What's wrong, Xiao Qi?"
"I need to go to the restroom first."
She suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"Gu Yan, if you've only come to thank me but haven't even brought a gift, then you don't need to come."
"Hmm? I like doing business with people like you because it's a two-way street..."
Su Qi ignored Gu Yan's words and turned to go to the restroom.
She opened her phone, and the Zheng Ran "phoenix man" incident had topped the trending searches.
[First floor: The character I've liked for so long turns out to be this kind of trash?]
[Second floor: Tell me it's fake! I really don't want to believe it!]
[Third floor: It must be a sarcastic comment from the rival, right?]
[Fourth floor: What rivals could a businessman possibly have? Do you think he's a big star?]
[Fifth floor: The probability of a man's character collapsing is 99%. I suggest everyone just play around with it, rather than investing real feelings in him.]
Before Su Qi could even make a move, another post pointed to the incident involving Zheng Ran and the Gu family.
#The decline of Gujia Group in Hong Kong is related to Zheng Ran's unfair competition and acquisition.
#The mastermind behind Gu Xing's forced obedience to the rich woman Zheng Ran
Su Qi was unaware of any of this; she simply stared blankly as these headlines trended on social media.
"Then let's add fuel to the fire..."
Su Qi once again used her blog to publicly release the archived video.
@Su Qi: I had a relationship with Mr. Zheng because I was deceived. As the adopted daughter of the Shen family, Mr. Zheng believed that I had certain inheritance rights to the shares, so he got together with me.
The video clearly depicts the scene of Zheng Ran and his assistant plotting all of this.
[First floor: Waaaaah, Sister Qi's suffering is finally over! She's finally found a chance to expose him!]
However, before the entire internet could process this explosive news, Zheng Ran actually used his own account to clarify the situation, attempting to clear his name.
@Zheng Ran: Xiao Qi finally admitted to his feelings for me?
[First Floor: ???]
[Second floor: No, what's with all this ruthlessness?]
[Third floor: Brother, you'd better find somewhere to hide.]
Su Qi glanced at the contents of her phone, turned it off, put it back in her bag, and came out of the bathroom.
As soon as she came out, she saw that Gu Yan had also just put down her phone.
"I see, there's no way to salvage Zheng Ran's situation now."
Gu Yan smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, just creating public opinion isn't enough."
"We must uproot his power completely." Gu Yan patted her shoulder lightly, then got up and left.
……
Meanwhile, Zheng Ran lay sprawled in the chaotic room, rubbing his hair and staring at Su Qi's photo in his hand, almost frantically.
"You also made my affairs public, you also..."
"You really want me dead?"
"Or is it that everyone is kicking you when you're down, and you're forced to stand firm on your position?"
"Ah……"
Zheng Ran clicked on Su Qi's blog to watch the video she released.
His brow twitched slightly, as if he had suddenly thought of something.
"Wait, this camera angle..."
"How could the shooting time be so precise?"
A terrible thought suddenly surged into Zheng Ran's mind, and he felt a sudden wave of panic.
"Is what that woman said true? She's not the real Su Qi! She's just a reborn avenger..."
"If she wants to survive in this world, she must pretend to be the same as the original Su Qi."
"Pretend you've experienced Su Qi's past."
Unfortunately, nothing is foolproof. He discovered it, and then he started shouting and screaming madly around the house.
"Great...great...I've got you covered, you monster."
"So what if you're capable? You're a monster... Once this is exposed, as a female celebrity, you're definitely finished..."
Zheng Ran picked up her phone and started posting on her blog.
@Zheng Ran: Things are not as everyone thinks. These exposures are slander against me because my financial chain is extensive. Someone wants to take me down and divide my assets. Please do not believe them.
@Zheng Ran: I have never been married to any of the ladies; we are business partners.
The netizens remained silent for a while.
[First floor: Isn't marriage just about partnership? It's been clarified, but not completely.]
[Second floor: Your explanation is useless. It's already alarmed the capital's police and cyber police.]
Zheng Ran's pupils dilated slightly as he saw the official police statement on their website announcing that they would be arresting him and taking him to the capital court for trial.
……
Su Qi felt a sense of relief upon seeing the official announcement.
"It is said that economic crime experts have been invited to the capital to assist in the investigation."
Lynn sighed.
"He's finished this time. He's made a huge fuss, and the amount of money involved is huge. No wonder the higher-ups are wary of him."
Su Qi suddenly realized something: "But I'm nothing, so why has it suddenly become such a big deal and even alarmed the higher-ups?"
"Hey, it can't be suppressed."
"Anyway, you're lucky you used your own account to post the video publicly, now the whole internet is praising you."