Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Transfer assets?” Ye Xuan stiffened for a second. He looked down at the inventory of assets on his phone and said, “No way. How could you tell from that?”
He only thought Gu Yanran was rather stupid, so she likely only suffered more losses in business transactions. But transferring assets… That was impossible.
As for Gu Nianzhi, she already had preconceptions about Gu Yanran, so she considered everything with a negative perspective. She carefully looked at when the assets were sold. Her mind began to deduce the situation. Within the past seven years, the situation for the first three years had been relatively normal.
The inflow of assets was greater than the outflow, so it could be said that Gu Yanran earned more than she spent. The critical turning point was four years ago. At that time, the outflow of Gu Xiangwen’s assets greatly exceeded the inflow. A significant amount was sold off and squandered, and there was also a large donation to a charity organization, “Angels On Earth.”
Ye Xuan quickly explained. “I was helping Gu Yanran take care of the Gu estate, but she was the actual decision-maker. I couldn’t exceed my authority, so I could only give her advice on key issues. As for what to actually do, she had to decide that for herself.”
Gu Nianzhi believed what he said. To Gu Yanran, Ye Xuan was like a little wolf puppy. She didn’t give him too much attention or value him. Still, without Gu Yanran’s intelligence, could she really initiate such systematic transfers of assets?
Gu Nianzhi thoughtfully asked, “Tell me the truth. What kind of role did you have regarding the Gu estate? If you really used your financial management skills, how could you allow the Gu fortune to shrink more than half over the past four years?”
Ye Xuan smiled wryly and replied, “I majored in computers and minored in finance. When I came back, Gu Yanran had me manage the computers. For the financial side, she had hired a special financial advisor and legal consultant, so the person she consulted when it came to the management of the estate was never me.”
When he learned about Gu Xiangwen’s accident, he immediately interrupted his master’s studies to rush back to help. That had been three years ago, which was four years after the accident.
That day, Ye Xuan returned to Barbados and saw the man in a vegetative state. He was as dried up as a skeleton. Ye Xuan didn’t recognize him as the handsome man from all those years ago. Uncle Gu had been even more dashing than actors.
Ye Xuan’s was heartbroken as he knelt at the man’s bedside and cried his heart out. He vowed to properly stay by his daughter’s side.
At that time, Gu Yanran appeared and told him about many of the past events, as well as bits and pieces from their “chats.” Ye Xuan had finally been convinced that she was the daughter Uncle Gu referred to, who was also the little girl who had rescued him all those years ago.
He never thought that she was three years older than him, but Gu Yanran said that she had always been smaller than other kids her age.
As a result, he didn’t make the connection. Gu Yanran also told him that Gu Xiangwen adopted a younger daughter, Gu Nianzhi, who disappeared the day Gu Xiangwen’s plane crashed.
As for Gu Nianzhi, Ye Xuan didn’t think too much about her. He had no reason to think about an adopted daughter who had disappeared.
From the beginning to the end, Gu Xiangwen had only asked Ye Xuan to take care of and stay with his daughter, all without mentioning he had another adopted daughter.
From the way Ye Xuan saw it, the daughter Gu Xiangwen mentioned had to be about his biological daughter, which was Gu Yanran.
Now, he knew he was mistaken, and time could never be turned back. Even though he wasn’t Gu Yanran’s investment advisor, he served as a financial manager since he was the computer manager. He carefully recorded the time of each transaction, as well as directed capital inflow and outflow to compile into the Gu assets inventory.
Gu Nianzhi took the document and knew it was the key to the estate feud. She was thankful toward Ye Xuan and glanced around before quietly asking, “Are you not afraid that Gu Yanran will cut ties with you if you give me this information?”
“I already cut ties with her,” Ye Xuan calmly replied as he looked down to take a sip of black coffee. “I no longer have anything to do with her.”
Gu Niaznhi looked at Ye Xuan with a bit of surprise and sympathy. “You broke up with her?”
Ye Xuan looked at Gu Nianzhi’s lucid eyes and suddenly felt extremely filthy. In the face of her inquiry, Ye Xuan didn’t conceal anything. With a blank expression, he dryly replied, “I was only her bedmate. One of them anyway, so there’s no such notion as breaking up.”
Gu Nianzhi snickered, unsure of what to say. Was Gu Yanran a sugar mommy? Was she pretending to be a queen, or perhaps a queen mother?
Gu Nianzhi pouted with disapproval and said, “You don’t need to be sad. The good can’t come if the bad doesn’t leave. In the future, you can find a nice girl, get married and have kids. Make Gu Yanran see how happy you are, and that’ll be your greatest revenge on her.”
Ye Xuan laughed as he pointed to Gu Nianzhi’s phone and said, “I thought this would be the greatest revenge.” He was referring to the inventory of the Gu assets he had sent her.
Gu Nianzhi smiled suggestively and said, “Yeah, this truly was the greatest revenge. Gu Yanran is bound to bleed a lot this time.”
After they finished talking about business, they fell into silence. They weren’t familiar with each other, so they couldn’t talk too deeply. It was already quite good that they had spoken like this for the first time. Gu Nianzhi nibbled on the last of her slice of cake as Ye Xuan finished his coffee. They both stood up at the same time.
“I took up your time today.” Ye Xuan nodded slightly to Gu Nianzhi before passing a business card to her. “You can come find me if you need any help in the future. This is a software company I started. We specialize in antivirus software.”
Gu Nianzhi accepted it with a smile and said, “Then, I wish for your business to prosper.”
“Thank you.” Ye Xuan gazed at Gu Nianzhi. After some time, he couldn’t help ask, “Where do you plan to go after you graduate? If you’re going to the United States, I can go there first and make preparations.”
Gu Nianzhi was caught off-guard. Why did it matter where she went after graduating, and why did Ye Xuan have to make preparations?
Seeing Gu Nianzhi’s confused expression, Ye Xuan calmly explained, “I made a promise to Uncle Gu to stay by your side forever and take care of you.”
Gu Nianzhi frowned. Her mood had already been a mess, and now she was depressed. “Ye Xuan, you don’t need to do that. Didn’t you say my father had only been testing you? He didn’t really want you spending the rest of your life looking after a stranger.” She walked out with a look of disapproval.
Ye Xuan followed her outside until she arrived at her dorm building. He looked at her with determination and said, “You don’t need to feel any psychological pressure. I’ll follow you and be even more loyal than I was to Gu Yanran. I made one mistake, so I hope that you’ll give me a chance to correct my sins. If I stay by your side, that’s still better than you being alone. You can ask me to do anything you want.”
“Haha, Ye Xuan, do you want me to tell the truth?” Gu Nianzhi patted her chest and stated in all seriousness, “You scared me. Your tone sounds like you’re my slave. I don’t care if Gu Yanran treated you like a slave or not, but I certainly won’t do that. My father adopted you and sponsored your tuition because he wanted you to help me out a bit when I’m in a time of need. You’ve already done that, so you don’t need to guard by my side anymore. You have your own life. You should spend the rest of your life happily.”
Ye Xuan looked at Gu Nianzhi’s solemn expression and couldn’t help but begin to smile. His gaze was firm. The expression on his handsome face was very touching as he dryly replied, “I promised Uncle Gu to take care of you forever, so that means forever. A minute or second less would not be considered forever.”
What a stubborn person… Gu Nianzhi was stony-faced. “Ye Xuan, do you think that it’s a great honor to have you stay with me for the rest of my life and that I must accept it?”
Ye Xuan stiffened and replied, “That’s not what I meant.”
“That’s what you are expressing.” Gu Nianzhi became ruthless. The fierce look of a little beast flashed across her eyes. “Ye Xuan, I am also a very picky person. Though you are willing to stay, I still need to be willing to allow you to stay.”
Ye Xuan looked at her blankly. After staring for a moment, a pure smile appeared at the corners of his lips. “Gu Nianzhi, are you thinking that I want to be your bedmate too? Of course, I certainly won’t refuse if you need that.”
Gu Nianzhi’s face suddenly flushed red. She stamped her feet and refuted, “I don’t need a little wolf puppy! Go find someone else and be their little wolf puppy!”
“Little wolf puppy?” Ye Xuan suddenly grabbed Gu Nianzhi’s arm and revealed a fierce expression. “You already called me that last time, and I didn’t even get you back for it yet! I’m not anyone’s little wolf puppy! Even if I was, I’d be a wolf, not a puppy!”
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips. She wanted to trip him up with the words. When she thought about how she wasn’t close to Ye Xuan, she finally suppressed herself. She was a wary person to begin with. The only person she had trusted with her body her whole life had been Huo Shaoheng.
Ye Xuan shouldn’t think about being her little wolf puppy. Even if he only wanted to be her guard dog, he would still need to take a long time to prove he was worthy of her trust.
Gu Nianzhi waved her arms and angrily said, “Let go! Don’t make me lose that bit of gratefulness I was just feeling for you!”
Ye Xuan refused to let go and continued to clutch her arm. Before he could stop, there was a series of beeps coming from a car not too far away. It was very noisy.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw a shimmering black Mercedes SUV. It was Huo Shaoheng’s car.
