kingnovel Chapter 98 Is it really such a coincidence?
Chapter 98 Is it really such a coincidence?
"Can... tell me?" Chu Xinglan asked softly.
“Normally it shouldn’t be possible, but it’s fine if it’s you,” Xue Bai replied.
"Are you really willing to tell me?" Chu Xinglan was a little excited. It really was necessary to build a good relationship.
"Why are you so concerned about Shirley's affairs?" Xue Bai asked, puzzled.
"Don't worry about that. What exactly caused Shirley to leave the company?" Chu Xinglan asked anxiously.
“Shirley, ah…” Xue Bai stopped, and there happened to be a traffic light ahead, so the car stopped as well.
Chu Xinglan stared intently at Xue Bai. Xue Bai suddenly stopped, making her heart sink. She dared not speak, afraid of disrupting Xue Bai's rhythm.
“Sherry isn’t really a taboo subject in the company. The reason we don’t want people in the company to mention her is mainly because it’s a scandal, and we’re afraid it will affect the company’s image,” Xue Bai said.
"Scandal? What scandal?" Chu Xinglan asked curiously.
“Since you want to know, then I’ll satisfy your curiosity.” Xue Bai straightened up, then stroked his chin and said, “Shirley did indeed hold important positions in the company before, and she and I were both deeply trusted by the boss.”
Sherry is beautiful, capable, and deeply trusted by Gu Ye. Could their relationship be merely that of boss and employee?
"Shirley...she's Gu Ye's mistress?!"
Chu Xinglan asked tentatively.
Xue Bai almost choked on his saliva because of Chu Xinglan's words. He quickly denied it: "How could that be? Xinglan, you don't know that although the boss is handsome and rich, he has always been chaste and never gets close to women. If it weren't for your story, I would have thought he was a reincarnation of a Buddhist monk and would be a widower for the rest of his life."
"Is that really true?" Chu Xinglan touched her hair with a hint of delight. It turned out that she was Gu Ye's first and only woman.
“Absolutely true, so Shirley is not the boss’s mistress at all.” Xue Bai could vouch for this.
Since Xue Bai said so, it seems there's no reason for her to suspect Shirley; it appears she was overthinking things.
With this in mind, Chu Xinglan lost interest in Shirley's affairs; perhaps her sudden departure from the company was just a coincidence.
"Let's get back to the main topic," Xue Bai interrupted Chu Xinglan's train of thought, speaking in a tone of utter incomprehension. "You know, Shirley is capable, beautiful, and has a great job, so why would she be so foolish?"
"What's wrong with her?" Chu Xinglan asked casually, her interest waning.
"She checked into a hotel with someone in the middle of the night." Xue Bai had already restarted the car.
"Shirley is a normal woman, there's nothing strange about her going to a hotel with someone."
Chu Xinglan looked at Xue Bai with amusement. He did have Ye Xiaoxiao, but if he didn't have physical needs, wouldn't he find someone to take care of them?
"You're right, but have you ever heard of a woman fighting three men?"
"One...one woman against three men?" Chu Xinglan's expression froze. She suddenly remembered her past life, which led to her suicide.
“Yes, if Shirley had just been having sex with other men, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. But she met up with three men in one night, and these disgusting scenes were filmed and posted online.” Xue Bai shook his head. Because of Shirley’s indiscretions, the company lost hundreds of millions.
"Wait!" Chu Xinglan suddenly felt something was wrong. Her mind raced, as if she had caught something but also as if she hadn't caught anything at all.
One woman versus three men? Posted online?
Isn't this something she experienced in her past life? How could this happen to Shirley?
What exactly is the connection between these two things?
Chu Xinglan suddenly felt a headache coming on from thinking so much.
"What's wrong? Xinglan, you don't look well. Should I take you to the hospital?" Xue Bai noticed Chu Xinglan's unusual complexion through the rearview mirror.
"No, it's nothing." Chu Xinglan waved her hand, rubbing her temples. "How did Gu Ye handle this?"
"What else can we do? Fire him, of course." Xue Bai said without even thinking.
"Is it just expulsion?" Chu Xinglan asked again.
"It's strange, but after this happened, the boss immediately held a press conference and issued a statement," Xue Bai said after thinking for a moment.
As expected... Gu Ye in his previous life didn't care about her at all. After that incident, his first reaction was to confine her to her quarters, without even giving her a chance to explain.
Thinking of this, Chu Xinglan felt somewhat disappointed.
"Gu Ye said at the press conference that this matter was purely a private matter concerning Shirley's personal life and had nothing to do with the company. Because Shirley's indiscretion caused the company to lose hundreds of millions of yuan, Shirley's legal responsibility should be pursued."
Is this... the first instance of kicking someone when they're down?
Chu Xinglan was stunned. What grudge did Gu Ye have against Shirley? Why would he want to kill her like this?
"It's really strange, it's as if the boss knew all along that this would happen to Shirley, and had me contact the reporters in advance."
After thinking about it, Xue Bai became increasingly convinced that Gu Ye really could tell fortunes.
"Gu Ye...he knew all along?" Chu Xinglan's hand tightened inexplicably.
No, it can't be what she thinks.
I don’t know whether he knew in advance or not, but it felt like he had planned it all in advance.
Planning ahead?
Is it really such a coincidence? What happened to her in her past life is happening to someone else in this life.
The methods were exactly the same. If it was done by the same person, how could it happen to two different people, and both of them were women close to him?
The person who harmed her in her past life...
And the person who harmed Sulli in this life...
"Xue Bai, go back and take me to see Gu Ye?" Chu Xinglan suddenly felt an urgent need to get to the bottom of things.
"Huh? Going back now? Weren't you going home to rest?" Xue Bai was taken aback.
"I don't need to rest, please take me back quickly."
"You two are dating but you won't admit it. We just left for a little while and you're already wanting to stick together again. You're even more clingy than Xiaoxiao and I," Xue Bai complained.
"Stop talking nonsense and take me back quickly," Chu Xinglan said anxiously.
"Alright, alright, I'll take you back to the company now." Xue Bai was scolded and had no choice but to turn the car around and go back.
She's not even a president's wife yet, but she can already act like one. With a cold-faced president in front and a capricious president's wife behind, why are these people's lives so miserable?
They had just returned to the company when they ran into Ye Xiaoxiao.
"Xinglan, weren't you going home to rest? Why are you back again?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.
"Xiaoxiao, I'll tell you something later. I'm going to find Gu Ye now." Chu Xinglan said to Ye Xiaoxiao, and then walked straight towards Gu Ye's office.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked at Xue Bai questioningly.
Xue Bai shrugged, his expression revealing that he didn't know what was going on either.