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Chapter 1592 The Price of Arrogance

Seeing Gu Yuan leave dejectedly after uttering his harsh words, Lin Xiao looked at Wang Yan with great displeasure upon learning that Wang Yan had actually launched a retaliatory attack against Gu Yuan's family company.

"Wang Yan, you've gone too far!"

The childish voice sounded angry but lacked strength, sounding more like a joke made out of feigned displeasure.

"I don't want to hear your accusations of my ignorance. In fact, I already explained the reasons when I was explaining the cause and effect. I'll repeat it to you again, hoping you can understand."

It wasn't because Gu Yuan was merciful and let me go, but because he couldn't do anything about me. It wasn't because Gu Yuan's mother was well-mannered, but because she couldn't handle me. Otherwise, if Gu Yuan had spent money to gather a group of idle people, including minors, to beat me up, the normal outcome would have been that I would have been beaten to a pulp and received little compensation.

Back then, Gu Yuan, the murderer, was not only living a comfortable life with no consequences, but he might even come to me to mock me, letting me know that he was the one who did it, yet I couldn't do anything about it. You've known Gu Yuan for several years; how could you not know how Gu Yuan bullies people?

Don't tell me I'm fine now and there's no need to retaliate against Gu Yuan. Let me tell you, it's necessary, absolutely necessary. I want them to feel powerless, and to see if, after their wealth shrinks, their social status declines, and their social connections wither, they can still look down on others with an air of superiority.

They say others don't make money because they don't work hard, they don't think, and they lack awareness. I want to see if they can still think, still have awareness, still make money, and still become rich again after they've lost their money.

"Can……"

After listening, Lin Xiao instinctively wanted to refute, but she found that she didn't know how to refute.

Because Wang Yan is right, it seems his revenge is justified. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Gu Yuan retaliated against Wang Yan first, but he just couldn't defeat Wang Yan. Now Wang Yan is retaliating against Gu Yuan, again because Gu Yuan couldn't defeat Wang Yan.

Therefore, Wang Yan is naturally not to blame.

It seems there's no logic in the world to hit someone and then not let them fight back.

She asked blankly, "So Gu Yuan's family is going bankrupt?"

"The company's delisting and bankruptcy have little to do with their family; they still have some money. However, because they treated public property as private property, some of it may be taken back, and they may be fined, so in the end, they won't have much left. But they'll still have a place to live, and they won't be unable to eat or drink."

"So you're quite kind-hearted?"

Wang Yan smiled and shook his head: "If possible, I would rather break their legs and make them go out begging on a skateboard."

Lin Xiao shuddered at the thought of that scene: "You're so bad."

Don't you love it?

Lin Xiao shivered and glared at Wang Yan with disdain: "You rascal, I'm ignoring you."

……

Lin Xiao returned to the company and reported the situation. She received neither praise nor criticism, and that was the end of it. This greatly disappointed Lin Xiao, who had prepared herself mentally, because she truly felt she hadn't been taken seriously at all.

I finally made it off work, ate some fast food, and returned to my apartment, exhausted.

How was work today?

Hearing the noise and seeing Lin Xiao open the door, Gu Li greeted him with a sarcastic tone.

"It's definitely not good." Tang Wanru chimed in from the other end, "Ugh, going to work is awful, Lin Xiao, haven't you noticed you're starting to smell like a desperate working professional?"

"You're the one who's going to die."

Lin Xiao rolled her eyes, closed the door, changed her shoes, and threw herself onto the sofa in a few steps.

After a lazy, satisfied "Ouch!", she remembered the important matter and asked, "Gu Li, are you aware that Gu Yuan's family company isn't doing too well?"

"I know, Gu Yuan told me before that it was that mentally ill person who was behind it. What happened?"

Hearing Gu Li's nonchalant tone, Lin Xiao knew that Gu Li was unaware of the specifics of Gu Yuan's family situation. She said, "Gu Li, I saw Gu Yuan go to Wang Yan to beg for forgiveness today. Wang Yan even said that Gu Yuan's mother had gone to see him before... Gu Yuan's family situation might not be good..."

"What?" Gu Li sat up straight with a start. "Gu Yuan went to beg Wang Yan for mercy? Ye Chuanping went there before too?"

"Gu Li, you don't need to ask again, do you?" Tang Wanru complained.

"Shut up!" Gu Li frowned. "No wonder Gu Yuan hasn't come to see me these past few days, and he hangs up after only a few words on the phone. So there's a problem at home... Wait a minute!"

Gu Li looked at Lin Xiao, "How did you see it? Where did you see it?"

So Lin Xiao explained that she had been sent by her company to handle public relations with Wang Yan: "Just as I was about to leave, Gu Yuan arrived. He came in and went straight to Wang Yan..."

After hearing what had happened, Gu Li didn't offer any opinion, but instead left with her phone in hand: "I need to call Gu Yuan and ask what's going on..."

After saying that, she went back to her room.

Tang Wanru leaned closer and whispered, "Lin Xiao, I heard that Gu Yuan's family is going bankrupt?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the situation isn't good." Lin Xiao sighed deeply. "Wang Yan was too ruthless..."

“Yeah, it’s just a small thing, but he’s held a grudge for so long and is even targeting Gu Yuan’s family.” Tang Wanru sighed again, “Lin Xiao, what if Gu Yuan’s family really goes bankrupt, what about Gu Li and the other two…”

"Impossible. Gu Yuan loves Gu Li so much. He stood by her through even the biggest crisis. What's money? If Gu Yuan runs out of money, Gu Li still has plenty. Besides, you can earn money... Ah..."

When it comes to making money, Lin Xiao hesitated a bit. After all, she was currently working as an assistant, serving people and earning eight thousand yuan a month. This was because she was an assistant to a leader like Gong Ming. If she were in another position, she wasn't sure how much she could earn.

Gu Yuan is an ignorant person with no skills. How can he make money?

"So you don't think highly of them either, right?" Tang Wanru had a look on her face that said, "I see right through you."

"What? I was worried about whether Gu Yuan could make money, but I didn't doubt that the two of them would break up! You really don't think they'll last?"

"It's not that I don't think they'll last, I was just saying. Of course I hope they can be together for a long time, but Gu Yuan's family has run into problems, such a big change, it's bound to affect their relationship..."

"Don't worry! It won't have any impact. Gu Yuan has no money, but I can support him!" Gu Li walked out, looked down at Tang Wanru who was sitting, changed her shoes at the door, and left.

Tang Wanru and Lin Xiao were left looking at each other, speechless...

The next day, after his morning exercise, Wang Yan had breakfast with Nan Xiang before leisurely heading to the Entrepreneurship Center.

As soon as they arrived, they saw Gu Li sitting on a bench at the entrance of the entrepreneurship center, her high-heeled feet tapping back and forth.

Wang Yan walked over, sat down next to her, and lit a cigarette.

"You've come to apologize to me?"

Gu Li hummed in agreement, unusually calm: "I've reflected on it, and it was indeed my fault. I judged people by their appearance and looked down on the working class. If I hadn't mocked you in the beginning, none of this would have happened."

However, I want to clarify one thing: I'm a straightforward person, and my words can be a bit sharp. I usually talk to Lin Xiao and the others like that. I have no intention of making things difficult for you or hurting your self-esteem.

Now, Xi Cheng has been arrested, Nan Xiang, you slept with him, and my scandalous affair with Xi Cheng has been exposed. I've lost face in front of my friends and my reputation is ruined. As for Gu Yuan, he's been in detention for three months, and his family's company is being delisted and is about to go bankrupt.

"Wang Yan, stop now. If you stop now, they'll still have a chance to catch their breath..."

Wang Yan blew a puff of smoke in her face: "Look at you, you still don't understand. Didn't Lin Xiao tell you what I said yesterday? Is it because Gu Yuan doesn't want to get revenge on me? Is it because that old hag Ye Chuanping is too soft-hearted? Is it because they can't do anything to me?"

Gu Li, why can you bully others but not be bullied? What kind of logic is that? Xi Cheng got arrested because you lured him in. Nan Xiang sleeping with me wasn't the goal, and besides, you indirectly facilitated that too. If Nan Xiang heard this, she'd probably curse you to death.

I won't go into the scandals you mentioned, after all, you're a victim too, and I still have that much integrity. As for your comment about you being blunt and having a sharp tongue, I already addressed that from the very beginning, when Xi Cheng had just been arrested and you and Nan Xiang came to me seeking forgiveness. Didn't I have Nan Xiang record that then?
It's not that you're blunt or have a sharp tongue; it's that you don't respect others and you have a strong psychological advantage over them. Since you're so blunt and have a sharp tongue, why are you apologizing to me now? Right?

Gu Li frowned: "What exactly do you want?"

"Haven't I made myself clear? I just want Gu Yuan to be penniless and lose his support. Gu Li, you know he wanted to cripple me for your sake."

Those guys in Xicheng are armed with knives, guns, and clubs. If one of them accidentally hits me on the head, I could end up in a vegetative state, with no one to turn to for help. I'd just have to suffer this humiliation, and one day I might even take my own life in some forgotten corner. How pathetic and pitiful! Relatively speaking, haven't I been pretty considerate? What are you dissatisfied with?"

"And what about me? It all started because of me. How do you plan to get revenge on me?" Gu Li stiffened her neck and stared at Wang Yan defiantly, as if to show that she would never admit defeat.

"You're wrong, this isn't revenge."

Wang Yan shook his head. "Which of my actions against Gu Yuan's family was illegal? On the contrary, it was the law and the market that punished them. The law regulates the market, and the market also promotes the law. As an elitist, as a finance student, Gu Li, would you say this is my revenge?"

"Isn't that right? You somehow found the tax evidence against Gu Yuan's family and reported them. You also somehow found funds to suppress their stock price and affect their business..."

"Has Gu Yuan's company violated any laws? Are there any tax issues?"

Gu Li opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

"What's wrong with me trading stocks openly and honestly in the stock market?"

Wang Yan said, "It's their family that has problems, and I caught them red-handed. This is justice. If their family didn't have problems, and I created problems to target them, that would be revenge."

Don't argue with me about why I don't target other companies; it's because they haven't targeted me. If Gu Yuan's family hadn't done anything wrong, I wouldn't have caught them. Similarly, if your family is clean and aboveboard, there's nothing I can do about it.

Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, after learning the details of Gu Yuan's family's ordeal, she was already somewhat desperate.

She never imagined that Wang Yan, a poor man with no one to rely on, would have such great power to slowly and steadily push Gu Yuan's family company towards its demise over just a few months.

If Wang Yan possessed equal or even greater strength, it would be easier to accept; it's the way things are now that's unsettling. Playing the fool to prey on the strong—the tiger that gets eaten isn't having an easy time. Of course, Wang Yan isn't a pig, and they aren't tigers either.

But despair wasn't without its benefits; it brought her to her senses, finally allowing her to calm down and be forced to speak with Wang Yan in a peaceful manner.

"You haven't found any evidence yet?"

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Don't you think it would be interesting if I handed the evidence to Gu Yuan and let him make the choice?"

"You're a complete lunatic."

"Didn't you just show me how strong your love was? Oh, right..." Wang Yan took out her phone and pulled up a few photos. "Look, this was before your love was supposed to be strong. Gu Yuan was living a life of debauchery during this period. You know what, rich people are different; they all date pretty good-looking people. Take a look?"

Gu Li didn't take the phone; she had already seen the photos Wang Yan had scrolled through. There were pictures of Gu Yuan drinking heavily at a bar, him with two women on either side of him, him entering and leaving hotels, and even some specific activities...

"You're really unscrupulous. Is it really necessary to drive a wedge between me and Gu Yuan?" Gu Li coldly condemned.

"No, no, no, I'm innocent. Only the photos of me entering and leaving the hotel were taken by someone I hired; the hotel's security cameras were planted by someone else. You can write down the hotel names and look into it later; you'll find that these hotels have all been punished. As for your claim of sowing discord..."

Wang Yan looked at her with a smile, "Do you think your relationship can be sown apart? Is it really stronger than gold and unbreakable?"

"You're indestructible, we'll see." Gu Li snorted and stood up. "You'd better take care of yourself. Aren't you afraid Gu Yuan will take you down with him?"

"Why use 'also'? Do you think Xi Cheng's actions constituted mutual destruction? What was the result? He was sentenced to seven years, his tendons in his hands and feet were crippled, while I'm sitting here. Do you think Gu Yuan has the guts to do that?"

Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, so who can predict what will happen when a person is desperate?

"In fact, many times, people are not as good as dogs."

Wang Yan refuted Gu Li's words, then suddenly exclaimed, "Have I ever told you that my grandfather was a barefoot doctor and taught me a few tricks?"

"What do you mean?" Gu Li looked at her like she was a mental patient.

"You should go to the hospital for a checkup."

"You are the one who is sick."

Gu Li snorted, turned around, and walked away in her high heels...

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