Naturally, there was no such thing as desolation.
At the final moment, Ye Chen saw through the scam and decisively stepped in to prevent the signing of the contract, saving Gu Corporation from the abyss and winning the immense favor of Gu Xiyue, who viewed the company as her second life.
To put it in the words of a Chinese teacher: This plot segment not only served as a link between the preceding and following events, but through delicate descriptions and emotional foreshadowing, it allowed readers to gain a deeper understanding of the changes in the female lead's inner world...
In fact, according to Ye Chen's personality, if he had large amounts of capital in his hands at the moment, there was a ten-out-of-ten chance he would seize this opportunity to secretly plot to swallow up Gu Corporation.
However, because the plot had just begun, the people—only he and A Jiu—and the money were still being washed.
Ahem, still being transferred.
Although he wasn't completely without money, ten billion was something he didn't have at this stage, making it impossible for him to leap to the heavens in a single bound.
That being the case, doing Gu Xiyue a favor was the logical next step.
Of course he couldn't swallow Gu Corporation, but as for other companies whose capital chains had ruptured due to being scammed, he could still try to dip his fingers into them.
Take Luobing Pharmaceuticals for instance.
To be fair, this gang of fraudsters was also dancing on a minefield. If they had simply called it a day after making a huge haul, those money would have been enough for them to live in luxury and ease for the rest of their lives.
Who would have thought they were audacious enough to first go scam female lead Xiao Luobing out of half a billion, and then come scam Gu Xiyue out of tens of billions.
They originally intended to wash their hands of it after finishing this job, but they hadn't expected this to be their final move.
Splendid.
Young Master Fei reviewed the plot, found nothing to do with himself, and prepared to go to class.
Yet the moment he walked to the entrance of the hospital, he immediately spotted a problem.
Wrong!
Right now, not only was Ye Chen not Gu Xiyue's boyfriend, but he wasn't even an employee of Gu Corporation anymore!
Let alone how to reconnect the previous romance between the male and female leads.
Even without Ye Chen in this storyline, Gu Xiyue would undeniably be scammed.
The contract itself was compliant, but a problem had occurred in the specific technical links within it. Once Gu Corporation's technical head and relevant senior executives were bought off, it would be entirely normal for them to be scammed.
What was to be done about this?
Once Gu Corporation was scammed, the entire enterprise would definitely collapse in an instant.
First of all, the blow to Gu Xiyue would be immeasurable. If this blow drove her to depression, there might still be salvation, but if she ended up jumping from a building and committing suicide, it would become quite a joke, making her the only female lead in a Dragon Protagonist novel to commit suicide.
More importantly, this Gu Corporation needed to appear frequently in the subsequent plot.
If Gu Corporation was gone, who would fill this missing backdrop?
Ye Chen had to be the one to see through this scam!
Before that, he first had to find out where Ye Chen was. If he remembered correctly, during this period the latter was gradually getting a handle on some minor forces.
Having made up his mind, Fei Yangyao couldn't bother with class anymore. He opened his alternative account's friends list, only to find strangely that the person he added yesterday was missing.
With no other choice, he asked for leave through Uncle Fu.
"Uncle Fu, help me say sorry to Teacher Liang; I probably won't be able to attend subsequent classes for the time being."
"Teacher Liang?" Xiao Luobing's stage name was common knowledge, and Uncle Fu immediately reacted. "Understood, Young Master."
But what should he do once he found Ye Chen?
For a moment, Young Master Fei couldn't think of a good way to naturally and unobtrusively return the plot to its original track.
The system said there weren't any major problems with Gu Xiyue's plot, but Young Master Fei himself always felt something was amiss.
Even though the system said he didn't need to do anything and couldn't do anything even if it felt wrong, Young Master Fei still felt uneasy in his heart.
He could only find Ye Chen first, see what he was up to, and then estimate the impact on the specific plot.
After thinking this through, Young Master Fei went back to prepare to order his subordinates to look for him.
As a result...
"So hungry, so hungry, so hungry~"
Suddenly, someone lunged from behind and hugged him. This gave Fei Yangyao a fierce fright, and for a split second he thought some lunatic in the hospital had lost their mind and chosen a random fellow patient for humanitarian destruction.
He hurriedly pushed her away with both hands propped behind while turning around, only to look closely and see a familiar person.
"A Jiu?! What are you doing here?"
"Hungry~ I'm hungry~"
After a flurry of panicked fumbling, Young Master Fei pulled her apart while asking, "A Jiu? What happened?"
Instead, A Jiu hugged him tightly with strength far greater than his, refusing to let go, and cried, "Wuwuwu! Young Master is gone! I can't find Young Master anymore! Young Master doesn't want me anymore!"
As mentioned before, A Jiu's greatest fear was being abandoned.
But that didn't make sense, right?
Right now, Ye Chen had no reason to abandon her, even though he had seemed to disdain A Jiu earlier.
Still, it shouldn't have come to this.
Unless Ye Chen felt A Jiu was useless, he shouldn't easily give up on her.
And right now, he was still a long way from the Ten Thousand Yang Divine Art.
Young Master Fei figured A Jiu might have misunderstood something and decided to ask clearly.
He turned around with difficulty and gently patted A Jiu's back, trying to calm her down. "Don't rush, don't rush, tell me slowly."
A Jiu choked out, "I don't have a phone, and I don't have a single penny on me. Young Master is gone; he didn't come back; he doesn't want A Jiu anymore~! Besides, the other sisters haven't come yet, and I can't contact anyone else. I haven't eaten in two days. Wuwuwu..."
"Don't worry, come get something to eat with me first. We'll look for Young Master after you're full, okay?"
A Jiu sniffled and nodded.
Hearing her ramble incoherently, Young Master Fei saw that it was too crowded here and not a good place to talk, so he brought her back to the ward.
"Young Master, why are you ba—A Jiu?" The little maid was tidying up the room when she saw Young Master Fei return and simultaneously bring back an A Jiu.
"She hasn't eaten in two days and is starved. Go buy her something to eat first, thin congee or noodles will do. Don't get anything hard, and don't get too much."
Someone who had been starved for a long time couldn't eat too much or too full all at once.
"Young Master, you're still so gentle~" The little maid smiled faintly, instantly grasping his intention, and turned to pull out a lunchbox from inside.
Young Master Fei was almost becoming immune to these kinds of compliments that violated his character setting.
Acting as if he hadn't heard, he asked, "Where did you get this from?"
"Young Master, this is my lunch; let's give it to A Jiu first." As the little maid spoke, she opened the lunchbox and handed it to A Jiu.
"Thank you, Sister! Thank you!" Puppy-like A Jiu smiled sweetly and thanked the two of them, then began huffing and puffing as she wolfed down her food like a dog.
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