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Chapter 1593 Explosive
When people know the inevitable, irreversible outcome beforehand, they are better able to accept it when it comes to the end.

Ye Chuanping was like that; she calmly accepted the outcome she already knew.

The company was delisted and went bankrupt. She was even slapped several times by shareholders who were furious after learning the truth. She was quite content, considering how much money they had lost with her; it was good enough that they hadn't killed her.

Her schemes to embezzle money from the company under various pretexts were exposed. Her money and assets were confiscated, she was fined, and she was arrested and sentenced. The other shareholders, however, were not about to let Ye Chuanping off the hook; if it weren't for the law, they would have truly wanted to kill her.

However, he didn't leave nothing behind. After all, he was a wealthy man, and he still had some legitimate assets, though not much. All that was left for Gu Yuan was a 90-square-meter old house and a little over a million yuan in cash.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, illuminating the room. The dust motes inside seemed like dancing sprites, swaying in the light. But Gu Yuan, who had drunk himself into a stupor, was like a rat in a sewer, unable to bear the light.

Of course, this is just a figure of speech; in reality, I was woken up by the heat of the sun...

He was disheveled, his eyes glazed with drunkenness, muttering incoherently. He reached for his cigarette case, pulled out the last cigarette, clenched the case tightly, and then tossed it aside. With a bang, he lit the cigarette with his loud lighter and took a deep drag.

Smoke billowed out, spreading in the sunlight, seemingly enveloping the entire room. He stood there, cigarette dangling from his lips, staring blankly at the ceiling…

Clearly, Gu Yuan's ability to accept things was not as good as her elderly mother's.

His biological mother had already been arrested, his property seized, and he had been living in this small apartment for three days. Gu Yuan still hadn't recovered from this upheaval. He turned off his phone, refusing to contact the outside world, including Gu Li.

He just locked himself in his small apartment, drinking and smoking. When he was hungry, he ate instant noodles. When he ran out of cigarettes and alcohol, he would go downstairs to eat and drink. Nobody could contact him because nobody knew where he lived.

Perhaps, no one has contacted him anymore...

He was in great pain. He was in pain because of the huge difference between being a rich second-generation heir and now only having a small house and a little over a million yuan in assets.

For ordinary people, an old house in Shanghai and a million yuan in cash are things they can only dream of. But for Gu Yuan, it was truly unbearable suffering. After all, he used to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan a month; how could he possibly endure this? Putting everything else aside, just lying in this small house felt like being slowly tortured, a continuous accumulation of pain.

He also regretted it.

Because if he hadn't been so impulsive and reckless in the first place, and hadn't gone to cause trouble for Wang Yan, then all of this could have been avoided. Everything would still be the same as before.

His mother won't go to jail, his family won't go bankrupt, he won't know about Gu Li's affairs, and he won't be imprisoned for three months.

It's a pity there's no going back; he didn't get a second chance. He was just filled with regret...

However, no matter how much he regretted it, he didn't want to reflect on it. In fact, given his personality and way of doing things, even if he didn't know about Wang Yan at the beginning and didn't spend money to hire Xi Cheng, he would have eventually found out about Wang Yan and that Gu Li and Wang Yan didn't get along, and he would definitely have stood up for Gu Li.

Back then, he might not have paid Xi Cheng to come; he might have just directly confronted him, which would have made him an enemy anyway. It was simply a matter of choosing between getting beaten up and spending three months in jail…

bang bang bang --

Just as Gu Yuan was filled with regret and hatred for Wang Yan, there was a knock on the security door, followed by voices.

"Open the door, police!"

"Are you home? Open the door now!"

"Gu Yuan, open the door! It's me, Gu Li..."

The knocking continued. Gu Yuan hesitated for a while, finished a cigarette, and only when he heard someone outside asking for a locksmith did he slowly get up and go to open the door.

"Gu Yuan! Are you alright? You scared me to death!" Gu Li came over to ask with concern.

"How did you come?"

“I was worried about you, how could I not come? Your phone was off, I looked for you for two days, and only today did I find out by calling the police.”

When the topic of calling the police came up, Gu Li realized there were police officers nearby. "Thank you for your help, officers."

The two police officers said it was no trouble, then went inside to look around before leaving. Once the door was closed, only Gu Yuan and Gu Li remained.

There was a moment of silence.

Gu Yuan was unwilling to speak, while Gu Li was thinking about how to say it appropriately.

Looking at the messy state of the room, Gu Li sighed and said, "Gu Yuan, you have to pull yourself together! You have to face things when they happen, and you have to keep living. Running away like this isn't the solution, and you can't escape it anyway."

Gu Yuan lit a cigarette, opened a can of beer, and started smoking and drinking.

Gu Li continued, "It's been three days already, Gu Yuan. You'll have to accept it sooner or later, won't you? And you don't need to be so dejected. I can support you. You know I'm willing to."

"Willing?" Gu Yuan scoffed. "You seem to have forgotten what you said when we argued before? You said that all my clothes and shoes were bought for me by you. Now you're willing to support me?"

"Those were just angry words during an argument! Don't you understand?" After saying this, Gu Li got a little angry. She took two steps forward and slapped the beer out of Gu Yuan's hand. "Fine, even if I don't support you anymore, shouldn't you think about your future?"
Gu Yuan, since the start of your senior year, you've only attended a few classes. Maybe it didn't matter before, and you didn't care about the diploma. But what about now? Besides, you came to university to get a diploma, didn't you? You should know that having a diploma and not having one are two different things. You can't just sit around doing nothing, can you? You need to find a job to support yourself. Why are you glaring at me? What did I say wrong?”

"It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, how could I have clashed with Wang Yan? How could things have turned out like this? It's all your fault!" Gu Yuan almost shouted.

Gu Li couldn't believe Gu Yuan's current attitude, because Gu Yuan hadn't said that before. He had said it was his own choice, that he would do anything for her, even die for her.

Her eyes widened: "So that's what you think now?"

"That's what I think! Is there a problem? Isn't it right? Gu Li, you're a bitch! I've become like this, and you come here pretending to be a good person. Yes, I admit you're right, but you're not me, you haven't experienced what I've experienced, what right do you have to tell me these things?"

No way! That idiot Wang Yan won't let you off the hook either. What you said makes so much sense, Gu Li, think again about how you're trying to persuade me, and then comfort yourself with the same words. Let's see if you can handle it!

Gu Li let out a long breath and calmed herself down: "You're too agitated right now. Let you calm down first, and I'll come back tomorrow."

"You don't need to come! I don't want to see you!" Gu Yuan cursed again, calling her a bitch.

Gu Li didn't respond, quickly opened the door and left. It wasn't until she got downstairs that her tears finally broke free.

She was heartbroken, truly heartbroken. She believed that Gu Yuan's words at that moment weren't just a momentary emotional outburst, but rather that Gu Yuan genuinely believed it, and that was what saddened her.

But when she thought of Wang Yan's grinning face that deserved a beating, when she thought of Tang Wanru's crickets, and when she thought of all the things that had happened between her and Gu Yuan, Gu Li finally believed that Gu Yuan was just acting on impulse...

Gu Li took two days to calm down, but just as she was about to have a proper talk with Gu Yuan again, she received some bad news first.

"What did you say? My dad's been arrested?"

Inside the apartment building, Gu Li held her phone and asked the same question repeatedly in disbelief.

It was this sentence that caught the attention of Lin Xiao and Tang Wanru.

After exchanging a few words, Gu Li hung up the phone and cursed in a panic, "Wang Yan is a lunatic!"

"Gu Li, what happened?" Lin Xiao asked with concern.

"It's hard to explain, I have to leave quickly. Anyway, it was definitely Wang Yan who did this."

Gu Li grumbled as she put on her shoes, and without saying much to Lin Xiao and the other person, she hurriedly left.

Tang Wanru said, "Gu Li is in such a hurry, it seems their family situation is really not good. Lin Xiao, do you think Gu Li will end up like Gu Yuan? Wouldn't that be terrible? Wouldn't we never be able to enjoy this good life again?" "Tang Wanru! You're so disloyal! Do you only get close to Gu Li so you can enjoy a good life?"

"Of course not, I was thinking about the worst-case scenario and regretting my current life. Seriously, Lin Xiao, do you really think I'm such an unfaithful person?"

"Okay, okay, I was wrong."

Lin Xiao waved his hand, then thought for a moment and stood up to change his shoes.

Where are you going again?

"I'm going to find Wang Yan! I'm going to ask him what he did to Gu Li's family. Gu Li's father has been arrested. He's gone too far!"

Tang Wanru asked uncertainly, "Then shall I go with you?"

Lin Xiao waved his hand: "Forget it, you had intense training yesterday and haven't recovered yet. You should rest."

So Tang Wanru didn't insist anymore: "Alright then, Wang Yan wouldn't hit anyone, and there's no danger for you to go."

As she spoke, she fiddled with her phone, typing...

Lin Xiao walked quickly and aggressively to the startup center, where he found Wang Yan having lunch.

"What do you mean? Are you here to fight?" Wang Yan asked with a smile.

Lin Xiao glared at Wang Yan: "I just can't beat you, otherwise do you think I wouldn't want to?"

Wang Yan shoveled rice into his mouth: "Wanting to hit me and actually being able to hit me are two different things. I can beat you, but you're still perfectly fine, aren't you?"

"Come out for a moment, let's talk."

"Didn't you see I'm eating? I know what you want to talk about, it's about scolding me again, right? But who told you to be so pretty?" Wang Yan raised an eyebrow at her, grinning. "You go outside first, I'll come down after I finish eating. Hey, don't glare at me, didn't you see Lin Quan hasn't said anything? She's scolding you."

"Get out, get out, am I a dog?" Lin Quan was displeased first.

Lin Xiao couldn't bear to watch the two flirting, so he snorted and turned to leave.

Lin Quan moved closer to Wang Yan, her big eyes full of anticipation, and whispered, "What did you do to Gu Li?"

"It's as if I'm some kind of bad person. It's not that I did anything to Gu Li, it's that Gu Li's family went through something."

"Alright, Mr. Wang, may I ask what happened to Gu Li's family?"

While eating, Wang Yan muttered, "Gu Li's father was arrested; it just happened recently."

"Because of what?"

"For financial issues, he'll probably get a sentence of more than ten years."

"Does that mean Gu Li's family is the same as Gu Yuan's?" Lin Quan asked excitedly.

"more or less."

"Great, let's see how they can act so smug now." Lin Quan felt like he had finally gotten his revenge.

After chatting and laughing with Lin Quan, Wang Yan strolled downstairs, lit a cigarette, and sat down next to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao immediately questioned, "Why did you do this?"

"Wasn't the reason I gave Gu Yuan enough to explain things?"

"But Gu Li's father has been arrested and will likely be sentenced!"

“He will definitely be sentenced,” Wang Yan said with a smile. “The day after you came last time, Gu Li also came to see me. She came to beg for forgiveness. At that time, I told her… So Lin Xiao, do you think there’s anything wrong with Gu Li’s father being arrested? He broke the law and committed a crime. Shouldn’t he pay the price? Otherwise, what is the purpose of the law?”

"But it all started with such a small thing..."

“I didn’t do anything at first. It was Gu Yuan who caused me trouble, and then Gu Li who came to me and made threats. That’s how things got to where they are now. You can’t blame all the problems on me, the victim.”

"You're the victim? Wang Yan, how dare you be any more shameless?"

Wang Yan shook his head: "I've said it many times, it's not that they don't want to mess with me, it's that they can't mess with me. Otherwise, would you say these things to Gu Li like you're saying them to me here? I don't think so. After all, your attitude towards Lin Quan's death says it all."

"No, it was Gu Li back then..."

"It's her, it's you, it's all of you. You're telling me whose problem is bigger, does that even matter?"

Lin Xiao fell silent, speechless.

A moment later, she watched as Wang Yan extinguished his cigarette and precisely flicked the butt into a trash can several meters away.

"So what exactly will it take for you to..."

Wang Yan shook his head: "Do you think the law is just for show? Why don't you go and change the law? If you can do that, Gu Li's family will be fine."

Lin Xiao let out a dejected sigh: "Nothing really happened, it just gradually led to this point. I should hate you, but I can't bring myself to, because although you went too far, you didn't do anything wrong..."

"Although you said I went too far and that was very wrong, I'm still quite satisfied with your attitude. I have some very exciting news here, would you like to hear it?"

"What news? How explosive can it be?" Lin Xiao looked at Wang Yan suspiciously.

"Actually... I wasn't the one who reported Gu Li's family."

"Who is that?"

Why don't you take a guess?

"You're so annoying. I'm not going to guess anymore. Are you going to tell me or not?"

Lin Xiao frowned, but seeing Wang Yan's composed demeanor, her not-so-bright mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

She said uncertainly, "It's not Gu Yuan, is it?"

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Is it exciting enough?"

"what?"

Lin Xiao's mouth dropped open in astonishment...

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