Chapter 99: When Wandering the Jianghu, How Can One Avoid the Blade?
Uncle Guo’s sharp question made Liang Taotao’s heart feel as if it had stopped for several seconds.
Because of that “Liang Taotao,” everyone once again cast questioning looks at Liang Yu.
This time, even the elder Chairman Liang frowned.
Liang Yu immediately declared that this had absolutely nothing to do with him and urged his nephew to call Guo Ran again to make the other man explain clearly.
But Uncle Guo was currently in no mood to deal with their family. He even blacklisted Liang Taotao’s number.
When Liang Taotao made several subsequent calls, he could only hear the beep of a busy signal.
Later, Ye Zun also tried calling several times, but he was likewise refused.
Uncle Guo had never been a “proper” businessman. He wasn’t eloquent, he was sentimental, and he was incapable of being driven purely by profit.
From the moment President Shou collapsed in front of him, his world had already begun to crumble.
So, after the incident, not only could the Liang family not find them, but even the employees of “Guoran Trading” couldn’t find the two mentors.
The uncle and nephew of different surnames seemed to have vanished into thin air.
But while the people had vanished, legends continued to drift through the “Jianghu” for several days.
The footage of President Shou miscarrying and fainting at the Fanrong headquarters had been filmed by a passing Fanrong employee on their phone and was uploaded to “Little Red Flower” that same day, where it began to spread.
When the operations director of “Little Red Flower” discovered it, they reported it to Ye Zun, who immediately had the relevant content blocked.
However, even though the short video was only on “Little Red Flower” for three hours, people had still intentionally or unintentionally downloaded it, and it continued to serve as conversation fodder in WeChat moments.
At first, the captions the marketing accounts gave the video were quite sensationalized, such as: “So this is what an Omega miscarriage looks like; guaranteed you’ve never seen it before.”
In the following days, it gradually fermented into: “Fanrong suspected of exploiting pregnant employees, leading to accidental miscarriage.”
Because the theme of public opinion involved a famous internet giant, people in the industry couldn’t help but take a few extra looks.
Thus, half a month after President Shou’s miscarriage, his peers in the advertising circle finally belatedly began to gossip: “OMG, isn’t this President Shou? Didn’t he say he wouldn’t marry, wouldn’t have kids, and didn’t have heats? When did he get pregnant? Whose child is it?”
Because of this matter, Yong Ming was dragged into a small discussion group by several gossiping colleagues. He was inexplicably pressed for answers on whether that child his “male god” lost was his.
Director Yong’s eyes suddenly bulged wider than an ox’s, and his heart gave a sudden, sharp throb of pain.
However, Shou Jiaxun being pregnant didn’t come as a huge surprise to him; he could even guess that the child belonged to Liang Bo.
Compared to everyone’s suspicion about where Shou Jiaxun’s child came from, he loathed these long-tongued Alphas even more for using Shou Jiaxun’s misfortune as fuel for their idle speculation.
Director Yong was incensed and sent a voice message cursing them out: “Have you guys filled your heads with sht and decided to give up on being human? Whether he gets married or pregnant is none of your fcking business! If you keep spreading rumors and making things up, watch out for a subpoena!”
Given that Yong Ming had previously behaved in a very “uncooperative” manner regarding topics about Shou Jiaxun, they had dragged him into the group just to embarrass him and prove that Shou Jiaxun wasn’t as “pure and upright” as he appeared.
So when Yong Ming lost his composure and barked like a mad dog, his former colleagues naturally knew when to quit while they were ahead, apologizing immediately and disbanding the gossip group.
As soon as Yong Ming was kicked out of the small group, he immediately called Shou Jiaxun, but of course, he couldn’t get through. After a bit of thought, he simply called Liang Bo.
Liang Bo’s phone, however, was picked up quickly. Yong Ming felt a bit relieved and asked with a heavy sigh, “How is your President Shou doing? That… my condolences, you can still have children in the future… I just wanted to ask, where are you guys now? I want to go see him.”
Liang Bo’s voice was slurred, as if he were in a state of complete dejection. “…I don’t know. I’m looking for him too.”
“What do you mean?” Yong Ming couldn’t help but raise his voice. “Isn’t the child yours?”
“I think so…” Liang Bo’s side was tinged with a crying tone as he repeated the useless answer: “I don’t know where he is.”
“No… you!” Yong Ming asked urgently, but he felt he had nowhere to start. He was choked up for a moment before speaking again, “What about Guo Ran? You must know where Guo Ran’s house is, right? Go find him!”
“No one’s there.” The young Alpha sniffled, explaining with a sob, “I go look every day; there’s no one at home.”
Yong Ming was frustrated to the extreme, letting out a sharp breath. “Did you go today? I’ll go with you one more time. Give me the address.”
What he wanted to know most right now was Shou Jiaxun’s physical condition, followed by why Shou Jiaxun had dumped his Alpha at this time.
The last time they had been in contact, Shou Jiaxun had spoken with absolute certainty about marrying Liang Bo at the end of the year. Even if the child was accidentally lost, it shouldn’t lead to an immediate breakup with his boyfriend, right?
So, going to Guo Ran’s house to find Shou Jiaxun was one aspect. On the other hand, even if he couldn’t see Shou Jiaxun, he at least wanted to ask Liang Bo to his face what exactly had happened.
A few minutes later, Yong Ming received the address for Guo Ran’s house from Liang Bo, and the two of them drove separately to the destination.
When they met, aside from looking quite frustrated, Yong Ming was his usual self, while Liang Bo’s face was haggard, his beard unshaven, and his body reeking of alcohol.
The two of them very tacitly didn’t say much, heading straight for the elevator lobby to go upstairs. After exiting the elevator, Liang Bo took the lead and pressed the doorbell.
He had come over and knocked every day for the past half-month, and there truly had been no one inside; if there had been, they would have been annoyed by him long ago.
So he didn’t hold much hope today either.
The doorbell rang several times without any response from inside. Yong Ming clicked his tongue and asked, “Could he still be in the hospital? Do they have another residence?”
Liang Bo shook his head dejectedly. “I don’t know.”
Yong Ming was exasperated. “How can you not know anything? You should at least know why he won’t see you, right?”
Liang Bo hung his head and remained silent.
While the two were in a stalemate, the door to Guo Ran’s house finally opened from the inside with a clack.
Uncle Guo stood inside the door, looking gaunt and wearing loungewear.
Yong Ming hurriedly took the initiative to greet him, “President Guo, it’s been a while…” Then he lowered his voice to ask, “How is Shou Jiaxun? I only found out he had an accident after seeing the video online.”
Guo Ran cleared his throat with a cough, his voice still very raspy when he spoke. “Jiaxun isn’t here… Thank you for your concern.”
Standing behind Yong Ming, Liang Bo called out cautiously, “Uncle.”
Uncle Guo raised a hand to wipe his face. “Come in first. It just so happens that Jiaxun has something for you.”
Liang Bo didn’t understand, and Yong Ming was even more confused. The two of them followed Guo Ran into the house.
The air conditioning in the room was on, and the windows were also open, clearly for ventilation.
A box had been left in the foyer, also open; Uncle Guo seemed to have been organizing clothes earlier.
He had indeed just returned from outside, perhaps from the hospital or a hotel.
Liang Taotao’s nose began to sting again, and he stammered tremulously, “Uncle, where did Jiaxun go?”
“I don’t know.”
Uncle Guo brushed him off in a low voice, without even turning his head.
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