Chapter 612: Chapter 612: Toppling the Ling Family
Having finished her meal, Gu Ningyue’s phone remained silent; Ling Tianyou hadn’t replied, and Lu Qingqing hadn’t said anything more.
After hesitating for a while, Gu Ningyue sent a message to Lu Qingqing: "Do you know the Miss Li from that recording?"
"Ding-dong—"
Lu Qingqing: "Seems like someone close to Chen Rui, one of her lackeys. If you’re interested, you can check out the company Chen Rui works at."
"Thanks." Gu Ningyue just typed these two words and was about to click send when she noticed the time in the upper left corner was nearing eleven o’clock. She then added, "Is Qianqian awake yet?"
"Ding-dong—"
Lu Qingqing: "The medication has been used, but Shangguan Wuyue said Qianqian won’t wake up for another three hours."
"Ding-dong—"
Lu Qingqing: "I don’t know why, but I’m a bit nervous now, haha..."
Looking at the message from Lu Qingqing, although filled with worry, Gu Ningyue couldn’t help but be curious: What will Ji Qianqian be like once the antidote is used?
Will she still be affectionate when she sees me again, just like before?
Gu Ningyue comforted Lu Qingqing with a few words and then dialed Ling Tianyou’s number: "Hello? Are you busy?"
There was some noise around Ling Tianyou, not seeming like he was in the office, perhaps outdoors.
Gu Ningyue sighed, he must be planning Ling Tianze’s funeral.
This was something Ling Tianyou would undoubtedly take personal charge of, but...
Just as she thought of this, Ling Tianyou’s familiar voice came from the other end: "It’s okay, you’re awake?"
Gu Ningyue responded somewhat awkwardly: "Yeah, I’m awake. Is it convenient to talk now?"
Ling Tianyou paused: "Hold on a minute, I’ll find a quiet place, it’s noisy here."
Gu Ningyue nodded, "Alright."
Right after replying to Ling Tianyou, Ling Tianyou’s assistant’s voice came through: "President Ling, you’re here. I’ve been looking for you. Look, here’s the latest news that just came out; someone is deliberately slandering our company! Someone is clearly trying to take this opportunity to ruin us!"
Ling Tianyou was probably looking at what the assistant gave him, not speaking for a few seconds before saying to the assistant: "I know, you can leave now! We’ll talk about this later!"
"But..." The assistant began, but under Ling Tianyou’s murderous gaze, could only quickly back down.
After a while, the surrounding noise wasn’t as loud as before, and Ling Tianyou’s voice finally sounded again: "The media are spreading rumors again, I’ll have to deal with that shortly."
Gu Ningyue acknowledged, showing understanding: "Tianyou, did you listen to the voice message I sent you? It doesn’t seem as hard as imagined to get evidence of Chen Rui’s incitement to murder."
Ling Tianyou was momentarily surprised: "I only listened to part of it, haven’t had time for the rest. Don’t act rashly, wait for me to come back and we’ll discuss it slowly."
Gu Ningyue smiled: "Don’t worry, I won’t. I actually just wanted to see what you’re up to and if there’s any place I can help."
Ling Tianyou was slightly stunned, then said to Gu Ningyue: "No, stay home and take care. I’ll be back by noon."
Gu Ningyue nodded, reminding Ling Tianyou to stay safe, take care of himself, and then hung up the phone.
As soon as she hung up, Shen Hanyin’s call came in: "Ning Yue, have you seen Weibo? Something happened to the Ling Family!"
Gu Ningyue thought of the conversation between Ling Tianyou and the assistant moments ago, and replied: "Is it about someone slandering the Ling Family? I haven’t looked yet."
"Slandering the Ling Family?" Shen Hanyin paused, then said to Gu Ningyue: "Now the slander is small, the Ling Family’s stock has dropped!"
"What?"
Shen Hanyin briefly explained the context, likely realizing that Gu Ningyue wasn’t too familiar with the details inside the company, avoiding using too many technical terms.
After she finished speaking, Gu Ningyue’s fingers clenched into fists: "So now not only the Ling Family, but the Gu Family will also be affected?"
Shen Hanyin said: "Yes, don’t know why, it’s suddenly become like this!"
Gu Ningyue’s brain raced, "If the Ling Family is heavily damaged, the Gu Family collapses, and the Ye Family is long gone, then the biggest surnames in City A now are the Lu Family and the Chen Family. But the Lu and Chen Families have always conducted business on separate paths, minding their own business. The Chen family... is this a bid for complete annihilation?"
"Is the Chen family behind this? No way!" Shen Hanyin took a deep breath: "...Wait, hold on! It might be true, simply because the Ling Family and the Chen Family permanently ended their cooperation, so the Chen Family outright wants to topple the Ling Family?"
This matter had long been on the news, even Shen Hanyin, who rarely leaves the house, now knew, let alone other people!
But why, up till now, is there no speculation regarding the Chen Family?
Gu Ningyue hesitated for a while: "Han Yin, I’ll hang up first and check out the trending topics, I’ll get back to you later."
Originally thought it was merely some media slander, but didn’t expect it had escalated to this degree.
Shen Hanyin agreed upon hearing Gu Ningyue’s words, then hung up the phone.
Gu Ningyue opened Weibo, staring at the trending topic marked with ’explosive’ at the top, an ominous feeling washed over her.
Up there were clear notes of what Shen Hanyin just mentioned, and the comments section was a mess, a mix of good and bad.
The only difference from information about her was, beneath this trending topic, most people pitied Ling Tianyou instead of fueling the fire to assign some false accusations to him at this time.
Gu Ningyue scrolled through the comments, her eye caught on one comment receiving tens of thousands of likes, and it mentioned her name: "Isn’t this Miss Gu really a jinx? Ruined her own family, and now even the well-established Ling Family fell? Tsk tsk, scary!"
And in the nested comments, many echoed similar sentiments.
If it was any other day, Gu Ningyue wouldn’t feel much seeing these words, but for some reason today, she felt an urge to follow the internet lines and beat these people up.
"Have you noticed, since our President Ling got together with Miss Gu, President Ling seems unluckier than before! This woman wouldn’t be specifically here to sabotage our President Ling, would she?"
"I feel the same, all this talk is about greed and lust!"
"A definite jinx, absolutely a jinx!"
"I’m weakly saying, I think Miss Chen is actually more suited to President Ling..."
"+10086, I agree too..."
