Chapter 76 Part 1 一 Ruan Yōu is a person protected by the Top Wealthy Octet together!
Taw’s Note: So, I’ve been wondering about phrases: ‘Top Wealthy Eight Members Group,’ ‘Eight Members of the Top Wealthy Group,’ ‘Top Wealthy Eight Group,’ etc. They didn’t sound quite right to me, so after some consideration, I’ve decided to use ‘Top Wealthy Octet.’ Or maybe you guys have another suggestion. (＠_＠;)
The Top Wealthy Octet consists of Ruan Yōu, Gu Fuchen, Fu Jiazhan, Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, Lu Xuan, Qi Zhiyan, and Qi Nuo.
At the engagement party, everyone stared in surprise at the sudden appearance of chat history on the big screen.
The girl’s profile picture was blurred, and all eyes in the room focused on their conversation.
【I can raise this child alone if you don’t want to.】
The text revealed a hint of gentleness and reluctance.
The responder’s profile picture was not blurred.
People who were familiar with it immediately recognized that it was Gu Min’s profile picture. In front of others, a usually quiet and reserved person, when answering these questions, carried a ruthless intent to utterly defeat the other party.
It was as if he was telling others that this was the real him.
【The child must be aborted before I return. If you don’t want to, I’ll do it.】
【I advise you to be more sensible and let me do it, or things won’t be so simple anymore.】
It’s hard to imagine that just two months before uttering these words, the two of them were in love and traveling together.
Even at one moment, made a lifelong promise.
The engagement party erupted into chaos, with voices of discussion gradually covering the entire hall like a rising tide, becoming deafening.
Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt were both dizzy, and all the sounds in their ears turned into ridicule and mockery. Their faces were pale and they looked panicked.
No one present had ever witnessed the ruthless Gu Min in the WeChat messages.
In their impression, Gu Min is honest, quiet, exceptionally capable, and never tries to steal the spotlight from others. He is a standard second-generation rich man from another family, a gentleman and polite, with outstanding talents yet very humble.
While other rich second-generation kids might have chaotic personal lives, he definitely won’t. Gu Min’s character, as he usually presents it, tells everyone present that he would never do such a thing.
It was hard to believe for those present, but five seconds later, the WeChat chat history disappeared, and an audio recording without visuals appeared for everyone to hear.
Upon clicking the start button, Gu Min’s irritated voice filled the entire banquet hall in 360 degrees.
“Was the child aborted? This is my final warning.”
Chat history can be fabricated, images can deceive, but audio cannot.
The Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt nervously instructed someone to shut everything down backstage, and everyone on the Wen family’s side, including today’s protagonist Wen Cheng, was in an unbelievable shock.
Wen Juxi sat in the front row.
At the moment the photo appeared, she looked to her left.
The Gu family sat there. Ruan Yōu, Gu Fuchen, Gu Youqian, and Ruan Liuyu sat in the front row, with the Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt beside them.
Amidst the chaos, Ruan Yōu’s exquisitely doll-like face showed no expression. Her originally clear and lively almond eyes now held a mix of ruthlessness and indifference. The Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt couldn’t handle the shock and collapsed onto the bench, with people around them showing concern.
Only Ruan Yōu gazed at Gu Min on stage with a faint expression, like a hunter patiently waiting for her prey to enter the trap, displaying a calm demeanor as if she had everything under control.
Wen Juxi withdrew her admiring gaze.
After listening to the audio, chaos erupted at the engagement party.
Gu Min stood on the stage, sweat forming on his forehead, fingers tightly gripping the microphone. Veins bulged on the back of his hand, making onlookers’ hearts race. The voices in his ears were infinitely amplified, and he seemed to hear Gu Fuchen’s mockery, making fun of him for being overconfident, mocking him for thinking too highly of himself. In his mind’s eye, he saw Gu Fuchen standing confidently in the Bozhan conference room, conducting a meeting.
Gu Fuchen is outstanding, he is the pride of heaven, and he has always been the goal he wants to surpass.
Gu Fuchen’s gentlemanly demeanor stands in sharp contrast to his current state of desolation and confusion.
Gu Min’s chest heaved irregularly, his breath deep and heavy. His own rationality seemed to have been stunned, and he didn’t realize he was still holding the microphone, maintaining the posture he had just confessed to his fiancée, Wen Cheng.
Now, the heavy panting was transmitted through the microphone to everyone’s ears. His breathing was erratic, and he saw his parents, equally pale-faced. Suddenly, he realized something, took two steps back, and tried to explain, “It’s not…”
“It’s not like this,” he gasped, his self-control wavering.
Below the stage, the people of the Wen family were already in chaos, while only Wen Juxi watched this farce with the demeanor of a spectator.
Six months ago, Gu Min told his mother that he had met the love of his life, a fact that Ruan Liuyu was also aware of.
After returning to the country, Gu Min and Wen Cheng used this information gap to portray the originally love-at-first-sight encounter with Sheng Tong as a meeting with Wen Cheng. They only mentioned that the two of them met again on the plane back home, and this time it was not love at first sight but a mutual pursuit. Once this story got out, it became a romantic love story admired within the wealthy circle.
Now, Gu Min’s involvement in pressuring his girlfriend to have an abortion had been exposed. From the chat screenshots just now, it was evident that Gu Min had pressured his girlfriend to have an abortion two months ago. Considering the time they had been living together, it was easy to deduce that the girl Gu Min fell in love with at first sight overseas was very likely the girlfriend he pressured into having an abortion.
If not, it would only reveal his even more despicable nature.
On one hand, he claimed to have fallen in love at first sight, and on the other hand, he cohabited with someone and pressured her to abort their child.
Hearing Gu Min’s words, someone from the Wen family angrily asked, “If it’s not like this, then what is it? Wasn’t the girl you fell in love with six months ago Chengcheng?”
In the Wen family, there was more than just Wen Juxi who didn’t want Gu Min and Wen Cheng to get engaged.
Their engagement had damaged the interests of too many people from both families.
In the midst of the chaos, Wen Cheng couldn’t determine who asked this ill-intentioned question. She anxiously bit her lip, met Wen Juxi’s calm gaze, and said, “I don’t know why Gu Min did this, but I didn’t lied.”
“Didn’t lie, are you sure?” Someone in the Wen family questioned.
Wen Cheng nodded, clenching her teeth.
At the same time, the audio disappeared, and two photos appeared on the left and right sides of the screen.
The left photo was taken half a year ago, showing Gu Min hugged a girl. The girl’s face was blurred, and her identity was unknown. Judging by the face shape alone, it couldn’t be Wen Cheng.
The right photo was taken four months ago.
Gu Min and Wen Cheng both attended an international economics conference organized by the Foreign Economic Association. After the conference, official photos were taken. In the photo, there were only three people between Gu Min and Wen Cheng.
At such a close distance, they couldn’t have missed each other when taking the photo.
In other words, despite Wen Cheng growing up abroad and never returning, there was a high possibility that Gu Min and Wen Cheng had already met abroad.
The so-called love at second sight, the bold and romantic love story of marrying after knowing each other for only three days, was all fake.
As for the purpose behind their actions, anyone who has been in the business world understands.
The discussions in the room gradually grew louder, and amid the ruthless criticism and mockery, the Eldest Aunt suddenly fainted.
“Aunt, Aunt!”
“Quick, call a doctor.”
In the panic, someone exclaimed, “Gu Min is gone!”
However, the people from the Gu family were too preoccupied with the unconscious Eldest Aunt to worry about Gu Min.
There were panicked footsteps. Ruan Liuyu, who was sitting in the front row, held Ruan Yōu’s hand and took two steps back, leaving the matter to others. She leaned over and quietly asked Ruan Yōu, “Did you do it?”
Ruan Yōu nodded confidently.
Ruan Liuyu didn’t ask any further questions. She protected Ruan Yōu behind her and watched as the Eldest Aunt was taken to the ambulance by the doctor. Then she said to Gu Fuchen, “You handle things here.”
Gu Fuchen: “Okay.”
Now, the control of Bozhan was in the hands of the Gu family. With Gu Min causing such a scene, the Gu family, as a top-tier wealthy family, had to provide an explanation to shareholders and others.
At the engagement party, guests were leaving in groups of two or three. This incident had caused quite a stir, and the news of Gu Min and Wen Cheng’s engagement had already spread nationwide. Uncle and Aunt Wen had even invited reporters to the scene. When Eldest Aunt fainted just now, the reporters seemed to have disappeared.
This incident was bound to make its way onto the internet sooner or later.
Ruan Liuyu didn’t want Ruan Yōu to be dragged into this matter any further. She held Ruan Yōu’s hand and prepared to go home.
The car stopped in front of the hotel. Before getting in the car, Ruan Yōu trotted up to Gu Fuchen and whispered in Gu Fuchen’s ear: “I won’t let this affect Bozhan.”
Ruan Yōu’s gaze was sincere, and Gu Fuchen was momentarily stunned before he realized: “Did you do it?”
Ruan Yōu hesitated for a moment: “I don’t like him.”
Gu Fuchen tousled her hair and reassured her: “Go home. I’ll handle this. Everything will be fine.”
. . . . .
Ten minutes later, news of Gu Min pressuring his girlfriend to have an abortion made it to the top trending topics on Weibo. Alongside it, there was also a trending topic about Gu Min and Wen Cheng’s marriage for the sake of cooperation project.
People who were invited to the engagement party by Eldest Aunt quickly shared today’s events online.
The post detailed the reasons behind Wen Cheng and Gu Min’s marriage, included chat screenshots of Gu Min pressuring his girlfriend to have an abortion, audio evidence links, and also included Wen’s family’s questioning and Wen Cheng’s rebuttals.
Both of these reporters were arranged by Wei Wen.
Before long, entertainment news articles were trending.
The whole internet was shocked.
【wtf, wtf, wtf, this is the most bloody drama I’ve ever seen in a wealthy family.】
【Darn it, I don’t know if I’ve watched too much of those Top Wealthy Octet, but now I think every wealthy tycoon is outstanding, until disgusting Gu Min appeared.】
【Seriously, pressuring someone to have an abortion is a crime!!!!!】
【We need to catch this scumbag quickly.】
【Gu Min is from the Gu family, and yet they held this engagement party so extravagantly…】
【Waaah, what should I do? Gu Min has made me start disliking the Gu family, but there’s still Gu Fuchen and Ruan Yōu in there.】
【I feel like there are no good people in this world. Maybe even the Top Wealthy Octet aren’t clean.】
【Yeah, their private lives are all messed up…】
【Let’s not generalize, friends. Do you really think Ruan Chenchen is the type to have girlfriends outside and be involved in bad things like gambling and drugs?】
【I don’t know about others, but Gu Fuchen definitely wouldn’t… He will only feel that his girlfriend affects him in doting on his sister (bushi】
【Ruan Chenchen: Who needs a girlfriend when I have my sister!】
. . . . .
There was a lot of discussion online.
Ruan Yōu was prepared and immediately logged into Weibo to explain:
【@FatCat: Gu Min was not involved in the management of the Bozhan Group, including its subsidiaries. I won’t comment on the purpose of Gu Min and Wen Cheng’s marriage. My brother and Bozhan are not involved in this matter. They are both good people. In the end, Gu Min’s behavior has already been illegal, and those who break the law should be punished.】
Under this Weibo post, they listed the companies and enterprises where Gu Min had previously worked.
In reality, both Bozhan and Gu Fuchen are victims of this engagement party.
Everyone understands.
Most people believe in Ruan Yōu and Gu Fuchen.
【Wuwuwu, I knew you would come out!】
【Forever Top Wealthy Octet, what does Gu Min’s trashy actions have to do with Yōuyōu!】
【Yōuyōu and Chenchen, keep fighting!】
But there are a few people questioning it.
【I heard that this thing was released at the engagement party. I want to ask… is this an internal power struggle within your Gu family, using us as your front-line soldiers? The power struggle within your wealthy family, don’t use public opinion to manipulate us.】
【Yes, it’s very strange. The main conflict now is with Gu Min, and it seems like it’s the people from the Gu family who did this. The two articles also focused on the marriage of Wen Cheng and Gu Min, speculating that the marriage was for the cooperation project between Bozhan and the Wen family’s car companies. It seems like someone from the two groups doesn’t want Gu Min and Wen Cheng to join the company.】
【Gu Min is a scumbag, I’ll say that first, but if you treat netizens as fools to use for your own purposes, you’re not good people either.】
【There were clearly a thousand ways to handle this, but the Top Wealthy family chose to release it. Isn’t that laughable?】
The doubts and suspicions have been growing over time.
As people began to condemn Gu Fuchen, believing that he orchestrated everything from behind the scenes, organizing Gu Min’s engagement party and spreading the news online to rally netizens, causing the criticism to escalate, Ruan Yōu logged into Fat Cat’s Weibo and posted another Weibo.
【@FatCat: Gu Min’s matter was arranged by me. I convinced my mother to tell Eldest Aunt to organize a big engagement party. Anything I say, my mother will listen without asking for reasons. I’ve been the one scheming behind the scenes all along. My parents and brother are unaware.
This matter was arranged so that Gu Min could get the punishment he deserved. As for internal strife within Bozhan, there is none. I don’t believe he has the ability or qualification to influence my brother’s position in Bozhan.
Although my brother is childish, he’s the most suitable person for Bozhan.】
This is the truth.
Ruan Liuyu and Gu Youqian had already stated when Gu Min announced the engagement that as long as they were married, they wouldn’t let Gu Min interfere in Bozhan’s affairs. Now, with the shares and management positions in the hands of Gu Fuchen, Gu Min has no say.
The shareholders will never abandon the legendary Gu Fuchen to support someone who wanted to grow their career through marriage.
Ruan Yōu hated Gu Min. In addition to having overestimated his ability to compete for Bozhan, there was also a significant reason: he sent people to follow her.
The purpose remains unknown for now, but it can’t be anything good.
Ruan Yōu always felt that Gu Min wanted to fabricate some false statements to make her embroiled in a public opinion storm, subsequently affecting her parents and brother.
In the novel, after her car accident, her brother and parents lived a lifetime in despair and depression.
This is also why Gu Min didn’t have anyone follow Gu Youqian, Ruan Liuyu, or Gu Fuchen.
Sometimes, hurting your loved ones can be more unsettling than hurting oneself.
After seeing this Weibo post, the voices of doubt significantly diminished.
There was no way, Ruan Yōu spoke openly and naturally, which actually made people less suspicious of anything.
【Believed in the invincible happy fat cat!】
【Yōuyōu, you were too modest. Gu Fuchen wasn’t just suitable for Bozhan, he was suitable for any company. Laugh to death!】
【The business legend is being used by you appropriately. Is Ruan Chenchen feeling wronged and about to cry?】
【Hahaha, basically, it all boiled down to one sentence 一 ‘Ruan Yōu was annoyed and wanted everyone to criticize Gu Min, as for internal conflicts? Haha, is he worthy of my brother?’】
One minute after Ruan Yōu’s second Weibo post, Fu Jiazhan reposted her Weibo.
【@Fu Jiazhan: When Gu Fuchen heard you call him childish, his hands stopped working, and he covered his face, crying for three seconds.This wasn’t the image he wanted.】
Before long, Jiang Huai, Lu Xuan, Qi Zhiyan, Lu Jin, Qi Nuo, and Wen Juxi all reposted Ruan Yōu’s Weibo.
【@It’s Xuanxuan: Wuwuwu, you didn’t even call me when you do something!】
【@Qi Zhiyan: Yeah.】
【@Lu Jin: Ah, this was the longest Weibo you’ve posted.】
【@Qi Nuo: The boss is right.】
【@Wen Juxi: That’s right.】
All six heirs of the top six wealthy families expressed their support, leaving fans of the Top Wealthy Octet feeling emotional.
【Ah, this was the first time all of the Top Wealthy Octet appeared together!】
【I think Ruan Yōu’s words took a lot of courage. I don’t know if the Gu family will criticize her internally.】
【I have the same concern, but seeing everyone supporting Yōuyōu, I feel relieved!】
【Yōuyōu’s position as the group’s favorite cannot be shaken!】
【Protect the world’s best Top Wealthy Octet Group! why don’t you do another variety show? Wuwuwu, I still want to see more】
【Um, where is the siscon Ruan Chenchen! Yōuyōu protect him, where did he go!】
Five minutes later, everyone finally found out what he was up to.
Bozhan’s official account posted a clarification on Weibo:
【@Bozhan Group: Gu Min’s actions have nothing to do with Bozhan.】
After this Weibo post, Gu Fuchen, who had just finished a meeting with Special Assistant Song Wen and the PR department, finally appeared and left a comment on Ruan Yōu’s Weibo, crying:
【@Gu Fuchen: [Tearful] Everything else you said is very good. Just change the last sentence, the “very childish” after “brother,” we don’t need this prefix, it’s actually unnecessary.】
All the heirs of the top wealthy families gathered on Ruan Yōu’s Weibo, causing it to crash again.
People indeed believed in Ruan Yōu, but there was still one question: why did Ruan Yōu make such a big deal out of this matter?