Chapter 66
In this world, no matter how hard the original owner tried, he never received recognition from his father and mother. They tried desperately to erase his existence. His classmates had forgotten him, and even his high school graduation photo was missing.
He is just a transparent person who is ignored and forgotten by everyone. Having lost important social relationships, he is just an insignificant passerby in this world.
Until he married Li Tingqin as a "marriage", his classmates were "jealous" of him, his parents and brothers contacted him and looked for him, and for a while, it seemed as if all his social relationships were restored, and he became an extremely important person.
But still no one noticed his difference.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you are just an ordinary person in the eyes of these people.
Gu Chen walked to Li Tingqin's car. Li Tingqin reached out to open the door. Gu Chen looked at his own reflection in Li Tingqin's eyes. Li Tingqin also looked at him quietly.
“Li…”
Suddenly, Li Tingqin put his arm around his waist, carried him into the car, rubbed his fingertips into his hair, and kissed his lips.
Gu Chen was too lazy to speak, so he just put his arms around his neck and responded to his kiss.
Li Tingqin didn't kiss him for long. He let him go and whispered, "Ah Chen, I know..."
Gu Chen put his fingertips on Li Tingqin's thin lips and said, "Shh..."
His smiling eyes stared at Li Tingqin quietly, as if everything was tacitly understood.
He is actually just a passerby passing through this world, but some newly formed relationships will become a new link between him and this world.
And the other person who leaves should also get new opportunities, right?
…
Qi Yajun sat in the car, her chest heaving violently.
She had asked her secretary to verify the news that Cheng Siyi had said, and the answer she got made her feel disappointed.
But the secretary was still a little confused: "Cheng Wenyao was able to suddenly have the confidence to tell the old man that he wanted to join the company. There must be someone behind him supporting him. But I don't know who we have offended to have such power? Mr. Qi, do you have any information?"
Qi Yajun said coldly: "Don't think about it, I know who did it. Gu Zhongmao's son has become so powerful that he has joined forces with the Li family to deal with me."
The secretary immediately said anxiously: "Boss Qi...if it's the Li family, I'm afraid we are no match at all..."
Qi Yajun said: "Since the relationship has already been torn apart, there is no need to save face for Gu Chen. Just tell the shareholders that after my son married into the Li family, he joined forces with Li Tingqin, an outsider, and supported Cheng Wenyao, a fool, to seize the Cheng family's property. Let them think carefully about whether to let Cheng Wenyao be the vice president." She didn't expect that the things Gu Zhongmao asked her to prepare could still be used now.
"But... Mr. Qi..." The secretary hesitated, "Gu Chen is...? Do you have a son with the last name Gu?"
Qi Yajun: “…” In the past, she had always tried to erase all contact with Gu Zhongmao and never let Gu Chen appear in public. After Gu Chen became an adult, he never returned home. It was not known whether it was normal for a secretary to have only worked for a few years.
Qi Yajun took a deep breath. She didn't want to explain to her secretary why she had a son. She said directly: "Go ask Assistant Li, she has some information." In the past, all matters related to Gu Chen's schooling and life were taken care of by one of her life assistants.
"Go ahead and tell the shareholders this." She must first stand on the same front as the Cheng family. If they are divided from the beginning, that would be a dead end.
"These are all facts. As long as the shareholders have brains, they will see who is behind this. There is no need to hide this news. We can spread it appropriately and put pressure on Gu Chen."
Doesn’t Gu Chen like to act mysterious outside? Now she is making it impossible for him to pretend to be “Mr. Gu” anymore.
…
The news that multiple media outlets were involved was no secret, and it was soon known to netizens from all walks of life. They had been looking forward to the media interviewing Mr. Gu, and now they finally saw hope.
At this moment, they were eagerly waiting for news from the scene.
[Urgent, urgent, urgent, what happened? 】
[With so many media outlets, there must be one that succeeds! ]
[I don't believe you can't take a single photo! Hurry up, I want to see Mr. Gu's stunning face tonight!]
However, the first news that came out was: [The case has been solved!!! I heard that Mr. Gu is Mrs. Cheng from the Cheng family, the son of Mr. Qi, who is now in charge of the Cheng family! There is an insider news that Mr. Gu is helping her husband to seize the Cheng family's property because she is now married into the Li family...]
[Yes, this is confirmed. I heard that in order to convince the shareholders, Mr. Qi even took out Mr. Gu’s previous school information. Mr. Gu attended No. 16 High School, which is a boarding school.]
Netizens who have been waiting for a long time: [??? This is poisonous, a few days ago someone surnamed Gu insisted that Mr. Gu was his son, and today someone surnamed Qi came and said that Mr. Gu was her son? Can you make up something credible? ]
[Du Ruiqing said in the program that Mr. Gu was his high school classmate. This is clear once you check it out. Can this be called a solid evidence? ]
[It's so funny. Even the Li family is polite to Mr. Gu and never uses the word "marry". How shameless of you to describe Mr. Gu as "marrying into the Li family"? Mr. Gu is a wealthy family himself, so he doesn't need to "marry into" a wealthy family. Thank you.]
[But... we still don't know Mr. Gu's identity... will it remain so secretive? One person will come to claim his son? Another person will come to claim his son?]
[Mr. Gu should give an answer, right? Otherwise, it's really annoying to be harassed by these scumbags all the time! ]
At this time, the content shot by many media that night has finally been reviewed by the host. They are eager to release this big news! Mr. Gu has so many vests. I don’t believe that the circle will not be shocked when they are exposed!
As multiple media outlets jointly released first-hand information from the birthday party, the topic #Mr.Gu# directly became one of the top three hot searches.
Everyone discovered that this was actually a long video lasting ten minutes!
Everyone started getting excited before they even watched it: [Ahhhh you guys finally showed some strength! I, Mr. Gu, have never had a video longer than two minutes.]
Finally, I clicked in with excitement, only to find that it was Mr. Li's assistant who was answering questions from many reporters.
Everyone was about to step out and start cursing these rubbish media, but they suddenly stopped.
Huh??? Mr. Gu actually did these things after asking for leave from the program team?
Hmm??? Mr. Gu's family seems to be really awesome...
Holy shit, this is too much information to even cross out...
[Oh my God...Mr. Gu, how many surprises do you have that we don't know about?]
[Mr. Gu has too many aliases, so he turned this into a press conference all by himself? This is really amazing...]
[Wow, the number of views has instantly exceeded 100,000. The last time such a grand occasion happened was when we played against Zhong Sheng together...]
Ten minutes later——
[Great! Mr. Gu was definitely responsible for the Li family's crisis last time!]
[She even "married into the Li family" and joined forces with her husband to seize the Cheng family? Mr. Gu is almost in charge of her "husband's" company. Isn't there a rumor that the group's senior executives are begging Mr. Gu to take over? ]
[The Yun family's project was actually invested by Mr. Gu. This project is said to be one of the most profitable directions in the future...]
[That... Gu Zhongmao? Aren't they also doing some kind of R&D? I remember they invested a lot of money and were soliciting investments everywhere. If they had Mr. Gu's connections, why not just ask Professor Gu to help? Why worry about the R&D not being successful?]
[Logically speaking, if Mr. Gu is his son as Gu Zhongmao claimed, then Professor Gu should be his brother? Is it necessary to invest so much money? Why not just ask his brother to lead the team?]
[I don’t know much about garbage disposal, but I did hear that the community’s garbage collection and transportation are being adjusted recently, and the environment has improved a lot.]
[I originally had no feelings towards Mr. Gu, but if he can really push this matter forward, I will really thank him. The community garbage storage is really smelly and unbearable. The garbage has been piled up for several days without being removed...]
[Oh my god... Mr. Gu, you are so busy. You have quietly done so many things since you quit the variety show. No wonder you didn't have time to take care of Jong Sung.]
[Is this the real life of the industry's elite? Although I didn't see Mr. Gu's face, I felt that Mr. Gu was even more charming. What's going on? ]
The people who came later saw everyone discussing this heatedly and immediately thought that the media had finally taken a picture of Mr. Gu. They asked excitedly, "Where is Mr. Gu? Where is Mr. Gu? Why don't I see any pictures of him?"
Someone answered him: [Dear, there are no photos...]
The people who came later were confused: [??? How can you come up with tens of thousands of discussions without photos?]
People who have watched the video: [Sisters, at this moment, it doesn’t matter what Mr. Gu looks like... Watch the video and see all the aliases of our Mr. Gu. ]
So the next person who watches the video continues to be shocked...
[A person like Mr. Gu must be from the legendary famous Gu family, okay? The Gu family, Qi family, Cheng family, these messy families don't look like a family, right? ]
[So... what is going on? Hurry up, are there any media outlets that can interview these families? What's the point of hiding and spreading rumors behind their backs? If you have the guts, come out and speak openly!]
…
When Gu Zhongmao returned home, Gu Kang looked at him, concealing the inquiry in his eyes, and asked, "Father, how is the situation?"
Gu Zhongmao sighed tiredly, "I think your brother still hates me, and Qi Yajun, that bitch, must have set up a lot of traps behind my back..."
Gu Zhongmao frowned and thought. Now Gu Chen wanted to cut off his funding chain, and the project was in urgent need of money. He had no idea what to do for a while...
He hypothesized, "Ah Kang, if I let Xiao Chen come back to the company, will he stop doing this? I have to make him realize that after all, he also has a share in the Gu family. It's not good for him to do this."
Gu Kang hesitated to speak. He had never thought that Gu Chen had a share in the Gu family. During this period of time, his father had been obsessed with Gu Chen and his excellent son. Although he did not dissuade him on the surface, he was actually a little disappointed...
Gu Zhongmao shook his head and said, "But he may not be interested in ordinary positions. I'm afraid you, Akang, will have to let one position go first, and wait..."
Gu Kang smiled and said calmly, "Dad, I've been thinking about starting my own company lately, and it's just right..."
Although Gu Kang spoke calmly on the surface, Gu Zhongmao could tell that he was emotional. He said, "Dad doesn't mean anything else. It's just that your brother is really good. We can't compete with him for the time being..."
Gu Kang took a deep breath. Excellent, excellent. His father had always said these two words to him since he was a child. But in fact, he knew very well that his father was just looking at which son could bring him more benefits. But he still couldn't help but cater to him...
Now, he doesn't want to cater to others.
"As long as father has a plan," he said, "it's just that, father, you have always wanted the Gu family to become a prestigious family like the Li family, but in the end, it went against your will. Do you know... where the problem lies?"
There was no warmth in this family. Although my father looked down on painters and athletes, God knew how much he envied Li Tingqin and Li Jiashu for having such a grandfather and parents...
Gu Zhongmao rebuked: "Don't say such depressing words. Haven't you heard what is being spread outside? As long as your brother's problem is solved, maybe..."
Gu Kang didn't want to listen any more and said, "Dad, you go ahead and do your work. Too many things happened today. I have to work overtime too."
…
On the other hand, although Qi Yajun produced evidence that Gu Chen was her son, the shareholders did not quite believe it.
First of all, in all the years they had been dealing with Mr. Qi, they had only met two young masters, Cheng Wenyao and Cheng Siyi, and had never seen or even heard Qi Yajun mention that she had a son.
Secondly, the so-called "evidence" that Qi Yajun produced... was just some relevant processing materials for Gu Chen's high school attendance. Gu Chen was not on her household registration booklet, and she did not produce any birth certificate or anything like that, so it was not credible.
Of course, Qi Yajun explained that there was no information before high school because she had changed assistants many times before and the information was kept by the assistants, so it was not well preserved; there was no information after college because Gu Chen moved out independently after graduating from high school and did not go home; there was no information on the household registration book because Gu Chen married Li Tingqin...
This is also outrageous. Could a mother really give all of her son's documents to an assistant? Did the previous assistants resign and all the previous documents were lost? Only some high school documents were left? And such documents can be easily obtained by contacting the school.
But these are not the main point. The main point is, even if they know that Cheng Wenyao is supported by Mr. Li and Mr. Gu, what does it matter? Now these two are obviously going to deal with Qi Yajun, how can they continue to be tied to the same boat with Qi Yajun?
The purpose of supporting the eldest son of the Cheng family is to force the Cheng family to cut ties with the Qi family as soon as possible. As long as Qi Yajun is forced to leave, the Cheng family has no grudges against these two people. Will others continue to deal with the Cheng family?
A shareholder advised: "Mr. Qi, you have always told everyone that you are managing the company for the late Mr. Cheng. Over the years, everyone has believed in you and supported you. Now that the eldest son is old and the youngest son can take charge of his own affairs, it would be a good idea for you to take this opportunity to retire peacefully..."
Qi Yajun sat in the main seat, looked around at everyone in the conference room, and said: "I think you have been wanting to force me to leave for a long time..." Talk about support, if she hadn't tried her best to suppress these people, these people would have probably turned over a lot of trouble long ago.
Seeing Qi Yajun being so rude, the shareholders also said, "To be honest, Mr. Qi, we don't know how you offended Mr. Li and Mr. Gu, but we still advise you not to say outside that Mr. Gu is your son. If he is not, you are simply courting death. If he is, and you have let your assistant take care of the child all these years, don't you deserve it?"
"Yes, Mr. Qi, there is no point in dwelling on this issue. Don't offend Mr. Li and Mr. Gu. I still think it's best if Mr. Gu is not your son."
Qi Yajun sneered: "Very good..."
But she knew that these shareholders were afraid of the Li family and wanted to cut ties with her. After all, she was just an outsider of the Cheng family.
There was no point in continuing to argue, so she said, "Then let's adjourn the meeting. If you have the guts, remove me!"
Qi Yajun left the meeting room and said to the secretary, "Go, tell Gu Chen that if he doesn't stop, I'll take him to court and let him recognize our inseparable blood relationship again..."
However, at this moment, the secretary received a message from the front desk, saying, "Mr. Qi, many media have come to the company today, and they hope that we can respond positively to the question about Mr. Gu's identity. Do you want to go?"
Qi Yajun said, "What are you going to do? Be a clown and shout in front of the media, "Is Gu Chen my son?" Go and get rid of them." She couldn't do such a thing. She had always wanted to get rid of the relationship, and now she had to admit it in front of the media and let them verify it, which was even more humiliating to her.
But after a while, the secretary came back in a hurry and said, "Boss Qi, Vice Boss Qian... is already accepting an interview with the media..."
Vice President Qian didn't expect the news to spread so quickly. Qi Yajun had just shown them the information when the media came to ask about it. It was hard to say if it wasn't Qi Yajun who spread the news herself... He was in charge of the company's publicity work, and Qi Yajun did this without saying hello, which was really disregarding the overall situation.
In response to the media's inquiries, he said, "There are only some business frictions between our company and Mr. Gu, which is normal. The outside world is saying that Mr. Gu is actually Mr. Qi's son, and after marrying into the Li family, he joined forces with Mr. Li to seize the Cheng family's assets. Their imagination is really too rich... Mr. Gu and Mr. Li may not be interested in our company's assets, right?"
The reporter asked, "So what about the evidence that Mr. Qi brought out in the rumor?"
Vice President Qian said, "It's just some high school student information... I don't know where President Qi got it from."
The reporter continued to ask: "Then why did Mr. Qi do this..."
Today is Cheng Wenyao's first day on the job. He has been struggling for a living under his stepmother for too long, and now he finally feels a bit more high-spirited.
At this time, he also rushed over to meet the media and said, "I'm sorry, media friends, I didn't know that my stepmother's unintentional words caused so much speculation from the outside world. She had a child named Gu in the past, but I haven't seen him. I don't know if he died or got lost, so when she mentioned this child, her spirit was a little..."
"Plus, the company has had some friction with Mr. Gu recently. Mr. Gu also happens to have the last name Gu, so my stepmother has some strange ideas..."
The reporters nodded. So that's how this outrageous rumor came about...
This Ms. Qi is quite funny. None of her colleagues at the company or her family members agree with her, but she still dares to claim that Mr. Gu is her son.
At the same time, the media also approached the Gu family. Gu Zhongmao was not in a position to respond directly, so he asked Gu Kang to come forward for an interview.
Although Gu Kang was angry and decided to start his own company, he did not want Gu Zhongmao to recognize Gu Chen as he would only have one more person to divide the family property.
He was taught by Gu Zhongmao, so of course he would only do things that benefit himself, so he said: "Everyone knows that my father only has three sons: me, Gu Heng, and Gu Yue. As for whether he has other sons, I am not sure..."
The media were also confused. They didn’t even know Mr. Gu’s biological son, Gu Kang, so how could Mr. Gu claim that Mr. Gu was his son?
People remembered Du Ruiqing who appeared in the show and once claimed to be Gu Chen’s high school classmate.
Du Ruiqing had to pay numerous high amounts of liquidated damages. After paying the compensation, he no longer received any notices. Now that the media wanted to interview him, he was naturally very happy.
However, when asked about the relationship between Gu Chen and the Gu, Qi, and Cheng families, Du Ruiqing was a little confused and said, "Isn't Gu Chen... a distant relative of the Cheng family?"
If Gu Chen was the son of any of the three families, Gu, Qi, or Cheng, how could he have such a miserable life in high school? How could he be considered a poor kid who could be bullied at will? Gu Chen's current rise to power must have started with her marriage into the Li family, right? What does it have to do with these three families?
And if they really loved their son as much as these people said, then when Gu Chen was forced by a group of people and jumped from a building, no one came to give him justice?
"It's fake." After finally getting an interview, Du Ruiqing couldn't help but express his own opinion, "But this is normal. When people become rich, don't a bunch of poor relatives jump out and try to establish connections with them?"
After the media visited many places to understand the truth, they finally confirmed that Mr. Gu had nothing to do with the Qi family or the Gu family. He was at most a distant relative of the Cheng family.
[Hahahaha, I've never believed those outrageous rumors. If I think about it, I know that Mr. Gu can't have any relationship with those companies. If Mr. Gu was willing to take up the position, those companies wouldn't have developed into such a mess...]
[Du Ruiqing used to tell lies all the time, but now that he is out of favor, he tells the truth. Aren’t these people eager to jump out and make connections with Mr. Gu just because he is so awesome? ]
At this time, a rich girl who had attended the birthday party finally came out to give feedback: [I went home last night and went straight to sleep. Are there already so many rumors when I woke up? ]
[By the way, I met Mr. Gu last night! He was absolutely amazing!!! So handsome and full of charisma! He and Mr. Li are a perfect match.]
[You outsiders don’t understand, but actually there are quite a lot of people in the circle who know Mr. Gu and Mr. Gu’s family. For example, Mr. Gu’s family and Mr. Li’s family are old friends. I heard that it was Mr. Li who abducted Mr. Gu, and Mr. Gu is still angry now. Hahaha. For another example, the Yun family should have a good relationship with Mr. Gu’s elder, Professor Gu. Otherwise, Professor Gu would not have easily brought out such an important research result. Also, Mr. Gu has a really good relationship with the senior executives of Li’s. The second-in-command of Li’s always wants to poach Mr. Gu to work for Li’s, but Mr. Gu says he wants to be Mr. Li’s gigolo 23333]
[Yesterday, that Gu Zhongmao even jumped out and called Mr. Gu, but Mr. Gu didn't recognize him at all and dismissed him with just a few words.]
[So, as long as you know Mr. Gu, you will know how outrageous these rumors are, hahahaha]
This young lady is considered a well-known rich second-generation on the Internet. She said yesterday that she was going to attend a banquet. Now she says that she met Mr. Gu at the banquet, which is naturally credible.
Moreover, everyone felt that she had outlined Mr. Gu's social network in just a few paragraphs, which was much more realistic than the Gu and Qi families' dry claim that Mr. Gu was their son.
[Ahhh, you actually met Mr. Gu!!! You also told me that Mr. Gu is super handsome??? My heart, which had just been reconciled, began to feel uneasy again...]
[Boss Li! How beautiful is our Mr. Gu? You won't even let us take a look! You just sent an assistant to deal with us!]
[Boss Li, how can you resist showing off when you have a man like Mr. Gu? ]
The young lady replied to this comment: [Hehe, actually it was a show. I observed carefully yesterday that President Li and Mr. Gu were a pair from clothing to accessories. President Li was also very considerate. He was definitely asserting his sovereignty hehehe]
[Ahhhh I hate that I'm not here, Mr. Li, can you please show it directly on my face? ]
…
At this moment, Qi Yajun saw the direction of public opinion and finally lost her temper. She sneered, "For the sake of a little bit of profit, these people can even directly erase the fact that Gu Chen is my son... It's ridiculous."
Cheng Siyi said nervously: "Mom, how about I find another media to help us clarify it..." In fact, he also thought about it, what other evidence can be used to prove it?
Qi Yajun shook her head and said to her secretary, "Prepare to sue..." Anyway, the relationship has been completely torn apart.
The secretary was bewildered and said, "Uh... But Mr. Qi, what grounds should we use to sue Mr. Gu? Mr. Gu has never publicly said that he is not your son..."
"It seems that the situation now is that no one outside believes what you said. I think that Mr. Gu's image has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. No matter how much you prove it, it is difficult for anyone to believe it."
Qi Yajun swept away the cup beside her, unwilling to admit it, "Can blood relations be erased by these thousands of mouths?!"
Gu Zhongmao couldn't accept it either. He was still thinking about how to convince Gu Chen and solve the problem. Who knew that Gu Kang would wipe out the father-son relationship between him and Gu Chen with just a few words.
He slapped Gu Kang in the face and said angrily, "Look at what you have done! Are you so jealous of your brother?"
But now that things have come to this, will anyone believe him if he tells the story again?
Gu Chen had never lived with him, and he could not find any evidence to prove the father-son relationship except for that little bit of blood.
Gu Kang covered his face and said, "Father, the causes I planted in the past have resulted in the results today. None of this was caused by me."
At first they tried desperately to erase the existence of this child, and no one knew that they were Gu Chen's parents.
Even though they are related by blood now, all social relationships have been erased, and no one believes that Gu Chen is their child.
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