Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Seeing Jiang Shixu Bring Ruan Chutang Home, Gu Zechuan Goes Mad It didn't take long for Chu Tang to learn the full story behind the knife attack. The attacker was a man named Huang Jiahan, the owner and legal representative of a private enterprise. Due to a contract dispute, he had been sued by another company in court. Lawyer Zhang Tianxin had accepted the case on behalf of the opposing company and won the lawsuit. When the court's judgment came down, Huang Jiahan was held liable for breach of contract and faced massive compensation. When the case reached the enforcement stage, the court froze his company's accounts. Shortly after, Lawyer Zhang Tianxin found evidence that Huang Jiahan had commingled personal and company assets and had withdrawn capital. After filing another lawsuit, the court seized his real estate and impounded movable property of equivalent value. Around the same time, Huang Jiahan's wife had an affair and ran off with another man, taking the family's money with her. After this series of events, Huang Jiahan was completely cornered. He blamed everything on the lawyers at Shengke Law Firm, which led to the knife attack. Fortunately, Lawyer Zhang Tianxin was rescued and pulled through, out of danger. After this incident, the law firm set aside a room and converted it into a security office. Two tall, muscular male security guards were stationed there. Chu Tang knew those were the bodyguards Jiang Shixu had arranged for her. ... Meanwhile, Gu Zechuan spent half a month recovering in the hospital. During that time, he used his assistant's phone to call Ruan Chutang frantically, but she never answered a single call and never came to visit him. Gu Zechuan couldn't help but stare at the hospital room door. Every time someone pushed it open, he would hold his breath, hoping the person behind it would be Chu Tang. But every time, it wasn't her. He spent his days torturing himself, replaying the image of Chu Tang with that man, his heart aching as if being twisted with a knife. After half a month of physical and mental torment in the hospital, Gu Zechuan was finally discharged. Since Ruan Chutang wouldn't come to see him, he would go find her. He couldn't wait to see her. On the day of his discharge. Gu Zechuan walked ahead, with his assistant and Chen Wan following on either side behind him. "Has the Su Group matter been arranged?" Gu Zechuan asked his assistant as he walked toward the parking lot. During his hospital stay, those old bastards on the Gu Group shareholders' board had been constantly asking about his progress in securing investment. The assistant replied, "Mr. Gu, next Friday at 8 PM, President Su will attend a banquet. I've already obtained the invitation." Gu Zechuan opened the car door and got in. His assistant got into the same car and sat in the passenger seat. Gu Zechuan asked, "What kind of banquet?" "It's a banquet President Su is hosting for his cousin," the assistant replied. "I heard President Su's cousin just returned to Jiangcheng. This banquet serves as a welcome reception and also as an event where President Su formally introduces his cousin into his social circle and networks." Chen Wan sat in the back seat and intimately wrapped her arm around Gu Zechuan's. Gu Zechuan glanced down at it, then casually pulled his arm away. Chen Wan's expression stiffened. Gu Zechuan had never done that before. After she returned to the country, Gu Zechuan had always clung to her. They had indulged themselves several times. Hadn't he always been crazy with her, drowning in lust every time? Why was he now in Jiangcheng, not even letting her hold his arm? Could it be that he was still thinking about that Ruan Chutang? "Zechuan, why are you..." Before she could finish, Gu Zechuan interrupted, "How old is President Su's cousin?" The assistant replied, "She seems to be in her twenties—a very young woman." Gu Zechuan asked again, "Do you have any detailed information?" "Sorry, Mr. Gu, I wasn't able to find any detailed information about President Su's cousin." Gu Zechuan didn't ask further. If Su Yu wanted to protect someone's privacy, there was no way they could find out. Besides, Su Yu's cousin was surely from a wealthy family—how could her personal information be so easy to obtain? "However..." the assistant added, "I did manage to find out a bit of news about President Su's cousin. Apparently, she's getting engaged in half a month. President Su places great importance on this young lady. If you could prepare a generous engagement gift for her, Mr. Gu, maybe if she's happy, President Su will be more amenable to talking." Gu Zechuan lowered his gaze. That was a good idea. A girl in her twenties—winning her over would be much easier than winning over Su Yu. "Mr. Gu, shall we return to the hotel?" the driver asked. Gu Zechuan thought for a moment, then said to the driver, "Stop at the entrance of the mall up ahead." Chen Wan assumed Gu Zechuan wanted to go shopping and said with a smile, "Zechuan, are you going to pick out a gift for President Su's cousin at the mall? Let me come with you. President Su's cousin is about my age—I know what women in this age group like." As she spoke, the car had already stopped at the mall entrance. Gu Zechuan said in a flat tone, "Get out." Chen Wan obediently opened the door and got out. "You get out with her too," Gu Zechuan said to his assistant in the front seat. "Huh?" The assistant was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the door. "Oh, oh, okay, Mr. Gu." After getting out, Chen Wan stood by the car waiting for Gu Zechuan. However, Gu Zechuan did not get out with her as she had expected. The car door closed, and the black Maybach sped away. Chen Wan's smile froze on her face as she stood in the wind, stunned for a few seconds. What did Gu Zechuan mean by this? He just left her here? Gu Zechuan's assistant stood in the wind, exchanging awkward glances with her. The assistant forced an awkward smile. "Miss Chen, Mr. Gu probably has his own arrangements. Well then, I'll head off for the day. Bye!" Chen Wan stomped her foot in anger and pulled out her phone to call Gu Zechuan. In the car. The phone vibrated. Gu Zechuan ignored it, rubbing his temples in frustration as the phone kept buzzing. After a moment, he said to the driver, "Go to Mingjia Garden, across from Jiangcheng University." "Yes, Mr. Gu." Mingjia Garden was the residential complex where Ruan Chutang lived. The car had barely come to a stop when Gu Zechuan saw that man following Ruan Chutang into the complex. Gu Zechuan hurried out of the car and chased after them, but was stopped by the security guard. "Sir, please scan your face." Gu Zechuan made something up on the spot: "I just moved in and haven't registered yet. Let me in first, and I'll come back tomorrow to set up my facial recognition." The guard kept a stern face. "Then please show me your ID, and state your building and unit number so I can verify." Seeing that he couldn't bluff his way through, Gu Zechuan decided to force his way in. The guard wasn't easily intimidated either. Seeing Gu Zechuan trying to barge in, he grabbed hold of him tightly and refused to let him pass. "If you keep this up, I'm calling the police." "Let me in!" Gu Zechuan's veins bulged on his forehead, his eyes turning red. That man had gone home with Ruan Chutang! What were they going to do? Had they already slept together? Images of the two of them tangled up in bed uncontrollably burst into his mind, switching between various positions. Gu Zechuan was being tortured to the brink of madness. The thought of Ruan Chutang submitting beneath that man made him want to kill. Three years of dating, and he had never tasted her—what right did that man have? "Let me in!" Gu Zechuan roared, throwing a punch at the guard's face. Seeing the situation going south, the guard immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie at his waist to call his colleagues for backup. While Gu Zechuan was clashing with the guard, Ruan Chutang and Jiang Shixu had already walked far away, unaware of what was happening behind them. Gu Zechuan got into a full-blown brawl with the security guards at the complex entrance. When the guard's colleagues arrived, it was two against one. In the end, outnumbered, he was taken down and pinned to the ground. Finally, the police arrived and took him away.