Chapter 10
The light from the warehouse's ceiling illuminated the paranoid glint in Qin Yu's eyes with uncanny clarity. The words, "Your life is mine," resounded with undeniable force, even a hint of heart-pounding possessiveness. They echoed through the empty safe house, hitting the cold metal walls and bouncing back, hammering at Gu Jing's eardrums.
It's not a question, it's not a discussion, it's a declaration.
Gu Jing's heart skipped a beat, not out of fear, but a more complex shudder, a tremor of being forcibly bound yet strangely finding its fulcrum. He looked at Qin Yu, at the sharp and dark core of this man revealed after he stripped away all his disguises. He didn't refute or retreat.
Now was not the time to dwell on this. Zhou Liguang's betrayal was like a poisonous thorn in his heart, and it had to be removed as soon as possible, otherwise the entire Gu family would be completely hollowed out.
"How to do it specifically?" Gu Jing looked away, forcing himself to focus back on the cold reality. His voice returned to the calmness he had during business negotiations, although his face was still pale.
Qin Yu seemed very satisfied with his reaction. The dark color in his eyes faded slightly. He turned back to the operating table and tapped his fingers quickly on the keyboard.
"Zhou Liguang's short position on Gu's is leveraging leveraged funds he controls through underground banks and offshore shell companies, which comes at a very high cost." He pulled up several complex financial chain diagrams, with red arrows indicating staggering interest rates. "He's betting on a short-term collapse of Gu's. As long as the stock price remains stable, or even experiences a small, unusual rebound, his capital chain will be under tremendous pressure."
He paused and pointed to a node. "The first step is to use an overseas offshore account to buy Gu's shares in small quantities and multiple transactions, creating the appearance of mysterious funds supporting the bottom and pushing up his liquidation line."
Gu Jing frowned immediately: "This requires a huge amount of capital flow, and once Zhou Liguang finds out..."
"He won't notice." Qin Yu interrupted him, his tone firm, "These accounts have nothing to do with me or the Qin family's overt business. As for the funds..." He turned his head and glanced at Gu Jing, his eyes filled with a deep and profound meaning, "I've been preparing for a long time."
What was he preparing for? To deal with his father? Or... something else? Gu Jing didn't ask, but a chill ran through his heart. This man was far more unfathomable than he had imagined.
"Step two," Qin Yu continued, his voice lowered. "You need to go back and hold an emergency board meeting to announce two things."
"First, I'll pledge some of your shares in my personal name to raise funds and announce the launch of Project Dawn—the Gu company's previously shelved new energy research and development project. I'll claim it's achieved a key technological breakthrough and holds great promise."
Gu Jing's pupils shrank. "That's just bluffing! The core data of the project has long been leaked by Zhou Liguang's people. Now it's just an empty shell!"
"We need a shell company." Qin Yu's lips curled up coldly. "Once the news gets out, the market will have a short-term positive reaction, enough to make Zhou Liguang's short position even more vulnerable. Furthermore, this will force him to reveal more of his true colors—he knows the true state of the project better than anyone else, and he'll definitely do everything he can to prevent you from 'restarting' it, or... try to intervene and put his people in core positions again, making it easier for him to continue to manipulate and manipulate."
Lure the snake out of its hole.
"What about the second thing?" Gu Jing asked, his palms slightly sweating.
Qin Yu's eyes darkened. "Secondly, at the meeting, you 'accidentally' revealed that you were traumatized by the explosion, and you've become extremely distrustful of the Qin family, even...taking your anger out on me. You've decided to unilaterally reevaluate all cooperative projects with the Qin family, especially the key joint venture that just received funding and stabilizes Gu's cash flow."
Gu Jing looked up suddenly and instantly understood Qin Yu's intention!
This is to make him play the role of a frightened, impulsive heir, cutting off his own arm! If the joint venture project stalls, Gu's newly stabilized cash flow will immediately tighten again, and the stock price will inevitably fall! This contradicts the positive news he announced, confusing the market and exacerbating volatility!
But more importantly - this will make Zhou Liguang ecstatic!
An impulsive, foolish, self-destructive heir is exactly what he's dreamed of! This will only strengthen his resolve to accelerate his encroachment, and it will also make him relax his vigilance, allowing him to more boldly use funds to increase his short position, and even... perhaps even resort to unconventional means that would leave more evidence in order to force the emperor to abdicate as soon as possible!
"This is a risky move." Gu Jing's voice tightened. "If the joint venture project really stalls, Gu's might collapse before Zhou Liguang's margin call!"
"It won't collapse." Qin Yu's tone was firm, with an almost insane confidence. "At the same time as you make this announcement, I will force the Qin Group to react strongly. I will announce that due to your distrust and unilateral breach of contract, we will suspend capital injection and reserve the right to prosecute. This will cause huge panic in the market, and the stock price will plummet."
He looked at Gu Jing with a scorching gaze. "And this is exactly what Zhou Liguang wants to see. He'll think his opportunity has arrived and will recklessly increase his short selling efforts, even resorting to borrowing funds with higher leverage, pushing himself...completely into a dead end."
"And then?" Gu Jing asked, his heart beating like a drum.
"Then," Qin Yu's voice was as cold as iron, "when his position is at its heaviest and leverage is at its highest, I will use the funds I've prepared, join forces with a few reliable allies, and instantly drive up the stock price, causing him to... lose everything and suffer a margin call!"
A carefully designed roller coaster ride. Using Gu's short-term, drastic stock price fluctuations as a trap, Zhou Liguang was lured into the trap and killed instantly!
This requires extremely precise manipulation, the ultimate exploitation of human greed, and...huge financial strength hidden behind the scenes.
Gu Jing looked at Qin Yu, his profile, impossibly calm and even cold under the cold light. He finally understood that Qin Yu's so-called "preparations" weren't just for self-preservation. He had already woven a vast net, waiting for his prey, or perhaps... for everything else.
Including myself.
The realization made his throat dry.
"Why?" he asked hoarsely, "Why did you help me to this extent? Even when dealing with Zhou Liguang, you could have used a gentler approach instead of gambling..."
Instead of taking the risk that the Gu family might really be doomed.
Qin Yu stopped operating the computer.
The safe house fell into a dead silence, with only the low hum of machines and the regular ticking of Uncle Lin's medical equipment.
He slowly turned around and faced Gu Jing. His face was expressionless, but those bottomless eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions: long-suppressed pain, a dark fire of paranoia, and a hint of...almost sad self-mockery.
"Gu Jing." He spoke, his voice low and hoarse, yet carrying a strange weight, "Don't you understand yet?"
He took a step forward and approached Gu Jing. The distance between them was instantly shortened to the point where they could hear each other's breathing.
"From the moment I knew the marriage partner was you, this wasn't just a simple business game."
His gaze seemed to carry real warmth, branding it on Gu Jing's face.
"Zhou Liguang must die, not because he's a parasite of the Gu family." He paused, each word gnashing out between his teeth, "but because he touched you."
"He framed you and put you under my father's gun." Qin Yu's voice shone with a hint of cold murderous intent. "For this alone, he deserves death a hundred times over."
Gu Jing's heart seemed to be gripped by something, and he had difficulty breathing.
Qin Yu looked at his suddenly changed expression, and the emotions surging in his eyes became even more turbulent, as if they had finally broken through some kind of floodgate.
"Why do you think I've been watching you for the past ten years, holding on to that shameful thought?" He suddenly smiled, something uglier than crying. "It was so that one day, I could be like this—"
He suddenly stretched out his hand, not to touch, but to clench it in the air, as if trying to grasp something invisible firmly in his hand, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged.
"—I can legitimately tell you that your safety, your emotions, everything about you is under my control."
"Real Young Master..." His voice trembled, with a sense of madness and paranoia, his eyes fixed on Gu Jing, "...Fake Young Master...I don't care about these titles at all!"
"What I care about is that if anyone wants to kill you, I will first make him crazy and make him disappear completely!"
His breathing became heavy and his eyes were bloodshot. The emotions that had been suppressed for ten years and the murderous intent at the moment were intertwined, making him appear to be in an extremely dangerous state of madness that was on the verge of losing control.
"So, don't ask me why." He stared at Gu Jing, and every word he said was like a curse and an oath, "Do as I say. If you win, everything Gu's and Zhou Liguang have will be yours. If you lose..."
He paused, a dark glint of extreme paranoia flashing across his eyes.
“…I will go to hell with you.”
You can hear a pin drop in the safe house.
Gu Jing looked at Qin Yu, who was almost a stranger in front of him, and saw the undisguised madness and possession in his eyes that almost devoured him. His heart was pounding and his blood was rushing, but strangely... he no longer felt fear.
A kind of desperate ruthlessness, of being forced into a desperate situation, grew from the bottom of his heart.
He took a deep breath, met Qin Yu's crazy eyes, and nodded.
"good."
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