Chapter 343: Chapter 343 You are really innocent_1
She had no desire to go down the same road again, giving birth to another illegitimate child.
However, her recent menstruation had indeed been a bit abnormal. She had heard that taking emergency contraceptive pills and pregnancy medication could mess up the menstrual cycle. That must be the reason, yeah, it must be.
Ye Lu didn’t think too much about it. She took the two children to a house rented by a friend.
That night, she didn’t return to the Gu Family’s house.
The high-ranking officials in Gu Yan’s study had already left. He sat there, rubbing his tired temples, looking at the lamp, as motionless as a wooden carving.
It wasn’t until a new housekeeper knocked on the door and said, "Young Master, Miss Ye hasn’t returned all day. It’s getting late; she probably won’t be back because she might be busy. I’ll go make some food for you."
Gu Yan was taken aback.
"No need, you may go home!"
He was left alone in the mansion, sitting there quietly, just like a wooden statue.
After a moment, he looked at the opened email on his computer.
Of course, he knew where she had gone. She must be at Third Young Master Jun’s place.
"Ye Lu, you’re really naive. Seven years have passed in a hurry. Even I have changed, but you have stayed the same all along," He laughed ruefully at his own words.
He had used her, intentionally letting her overhear what those high-ranking officials said.
He wondered, what would she do if she heard it?
He was not at all sure that she would help him.
In this world, even kin were not to be trusted, let alone a long-separated lover whose feelings had already faded.
People change, and seven years is enough to completely change a person.
Perhaps she would remain indifferent; perhaps she would be a bit worried but would not dare to offend Third Young Master Jun for it; or perhaps...
In any case, he felt that she would not stake everything for him. After all, everyone is selfish, right?
But in the afternoon, an anonymous email had arrived in his inbox.
"The moment I opened that email, I couldn’t believe you would betray Third Young Master Jun for me without any hesitation. You are so foolish, so foolish."
At that moment, his feelings were a mixture of shock, complexity, and trembling.
She was still as naive as she used to be, full of fervor, disregarding everything and not considering the consequences for herself.
Didn’t she know the consequences if Third Young Master Jun found out?
Even though she knew the consequences would be dire, she did it for him, even sending the email anonymously, so he wouldn’t owe her any favors.
His calm heart, as if hit by a huge stone, stirred up countless ripples.
It made him want to believe again, that not everyone would betray him.
He clenched his phone tightly, staring at the number on the screen.
His emotions were tumultuous, fraught with contradictions.
Maybe he should disregard everything, get back together with her, erase all the untenable parts and pain, and go back to square one.
But, but...
When he thought of her and his own brother...
Gu Yan put the phone down in agony, and after all, he didn’t make the call.
...
The next day, the stock market was volatile, and many investors who had bought stocks from the Gu Clan and the Shang Family were in panic.
They watched as the negative news about these two companies exploded like a flood, and as the stock prices plummeted.
"My god, what on earth has gotten into these two companies? They just fell so rapidly, and they’re not even trying to save themselves. Everyone, sell quickly, otherwise, the more it falls, the worse it will get."
The investors finally lost their confidence, and they started to panic, throwing away their holdings of these two companies’ stocks.
The panicked selling only made the stock prices fall even worse.
The Gu Clan and the Shang Family were in complete chaos internally. Everybody was filled with dread, sensing a terrible crisis.
The situation at Shang Family’s was even worse. The high-ranking officials were holding an emergency meeting to discuss the countermeasures.
