"What did you say? Cooperate with Ning Nanxue?" His voice was cold, full of resistance and disgust.
"Impossible! I will never bow to that woman!" Secretary Chen had expected Fu Chen to react like this, but he still insisted on persuading him.
"Mr. Fu, this is an extraordinary period. Face and self-esteem are no longer important."
"Miss Ning has funds and connections. If we can get her help, there might be a glimmer of hope."
"Also, from what I know, Miss Ning seems to be investigating Xu Zhao's case as well. Perhaps she has already obtained some key evidence."
Secretary Chen's words made Fu Chen's heart move slightly.
He knew that what Secretary Chen said made sense.
Now, the Fu Group is at its wit's end. If it can cooperate with Ning Nanxue, perhaps it can really save the situation.
However, his self-esteem could not accept that he should bow down to Ning Nanxue and seek help from the woman whom he had deeply hurt.
"Enough! Stop talking!" Fu Chen interrupted Secretary Chen irritably.
"Even if I, Fu Chen, go bankrupt, I will not ask that bitch Ning Nanxue for help!" His tone was firm and unquestionable.
"Achen, are you awake?" Xu Zhiru's voice was extremely gentle, like a spring breeze.
Fu Chen had a splitting headache, and what came into his sight was Xu Zhiru's worried face.
Memories of last night at the bar came flooding back to my mind like fragments.
Ning Nanxue, Jiang Tingchen, and his own gaffe.
A nameless anger surged in my heart again.
"How's the company?" Fu Chen's voice was hoarse.
Xu Zhiru's eyes were slightly red, and her tone was aggrieved: "Ah Chen, the situation is not good. The stock price is still falling, and those projects have been stopped."
She paused and said cautiously, "They're all saying that Ning Nanxue is behind this."
He scratched his hair irritably. The hangover and the mess at the company had left him exhausted.
"Zhiru, do you also think it's her?" Fu Chen's tone was gloomy, with a hint of imperceptible temptation.
Xu Zhiru bit her lip, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Ah Chen, I'm not sure either, but... think about it, ever since Ning Nanxue came back, the Fu Group has been in trouble. First there was the incident with the real and fake daughter, and now there's the money laundering scandal. Isn't all this too much of a coincidence?"
Xu Zhiru's voice was very soft, but it was like a needle piercing Fu Chen's heart.
coincide?
Yes, all this is too much of a coincidence.
His disgust and suspicion towards Ning Nanxue grew like weeds.
"This vicious woman!" Fu Chen gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear Ning Nanxue into pieces.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiru hurried forward to hug Fu Chen and comforted him softly: "Ah Chen, don't be angry. I know you feel bad, but you have to believe me, I will always be by your side."
Fu Chen hugged Xu Zhiru tightly, as if grabbing the last straw.
He needed Xu Zhiru's comfort and support to fight against all this sudden happening.
"Zhi Ru, you are the only one who treats me the best." Fu Chen's voice was a little fragile.
A glimmer of success flashed in Xu Zhiru's eyes, and she comforted Fu Chen more gently.
Fu Chen was busy dealing with official business in the office.
The table was piled high with documents, each of which was like a huge rock, suffocating him.
He rubbed his brows and felt tired.
I picked up a document from the corner of the table and prepared to sign it. My eyes accidentally swept under the document and a photo suddenly appeared in front of me.
Fu Chen's hand suddenly stopped, his pupils suddenly constricted, the photo was a little blurry, obviously it was taken secretly.
But he recognized the two people in the photo at a glance: Xu Zhiru and a strange man.
The background of the photo is an abandoned factory, which is where Xu Zhiru was found when she was "kidnapped".
Fu Chen's mind went blank for a moment. He picked up the photo in disbelief and looked at it carefully.
Xu Zhiru in the photo looked natural, even with a hint of a smile, and showed no signs of fear or panic from being kidnapped.
The strange man was handing Xu Zhiru a file bag, and the two seemed to be conducting some kind of transaction.
Fu Chen's heart began to beat wildly, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
This...what is going on?
Was Xu Zhiru’s kidnapping a fake?
He tried hard to recall the details of Xu Zhiru's "kidnapping".
There must be something wrong.
Xu Zhiru loved him so much, how could she lie to him?
Fu Chen tried hard to convince himself, but the photo was like a thorn that pierced his heart deeply and made him unable to ignore it.
Just as Fu Chen was secretly investigating, a piece of news once again set the Internet on fire.
Xu Zhao, missing.
According to official reports, Xu Zhao was under investigation by the Chamber of Commerce's regulatory authorities for suspected money laundering, but during the investigation, Xu Zhao suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown.
As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.
Xu Zhao’s disappearance undoubtedly casts a more mysterious veil over this money laundering case.
The stock price of Fu Group fell again, and the decline was even more severe.
Hospital VIP ward.
When Xu Zhiru learned that Xu Zhao was missing, she completely collapsed. She screamed, cried, and smashed things in the ward.
"How could this happen? How could Xiaozhao disappear? Impossible! Impossible!"
Her hair was disheveled and she looked like a madman, with no trace of her usual weak and pitiful appearance.
This was the scene Fu Chen saw when he rushed to the ward.
Xu Zhiru was like a wounded beast, roaring and screaming, full of despair and anger.
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