Chapter 97: Forcing Gu He'an out of the Gu Corporation is only the first step

In order to prove himself, Gu He'an had never actually transferred any shares; this was entirely an illegal and rule-breaking operation by Lin Yan.

He summoned Lin Yan to his office and demanded she explain clearly what on earth was going on.

Why was she able to take away four percent of his shares?

Standing in the office, Lin Yan looked at Gu He'an innocently and brought out the recording she had made earlier, playing it for everyone to hear.

It was Gu He'an who had said with his own mouth that he wanted to transfer four percent of the shares to her; as his assistant, she naturally handled it according to his wishes.

Hearing the recording, Gu He'an stared at Lin Yan with a sinister gaze.

This was a trap she had set!

Since the matter was already a foregone conclusion and he could not change it, he could only say, "Lin Yan is my wife. We are one, husband and wife; her taking the shares won't affect anything."

Hearing Gu He'an's words, Lin Yan subconsciously looked at Lu Qianchuan. Lu Qianchuan also looked at her, his black eyes deep and his voice calm, "Miss Lin, so you are not single."

"It's not like that. The President didn't let me say anything before. Actually, we will be divorced very soon," Lin Yan explained with an ugly expression.

Lu Qianchuan asked, "But you still have a marital relationship with him. Will you still support him?"

Gu He'an stared at Lin Yan with a cold face, his tone laced with threats, "Lin Yan, you say we're divorcing, but I never agreed. We are still husband and wife right now; shouldn't you be supporting me?"

Lin Yan knitted her brows in conflict and said aggrievedly, "President, you don't love me at all. You married me only because you didn't get me when you were young. After my family went bankrupt, you used coercion and inducement to make me compromise and become your secretary, then your mistress. You even registered our marriage just to keep me by your side, letting down Miss Qin. I feel very remorseful in my heart, so I cannot support you."

"..." Gu He'an was stunned, glaring at her fixedly. If it weren't for this public setting, he would have wanted to rush up and grab her by the throat, making her say it all over again.

Coercion and inducement?

After her family went bankrupt, wasn't it he who helped her pay off her debts? Wasn't it he who sent her abroad to study so she wouldn't be schemed against by her parents?

After she returned to the country, she sought him out and fawned over him in every way. Even knowing he was engaged, she didn't keep her distance, instead wearing camisoles to seduce him, and she would insidiously and subtly speak ill of Qin Yan, which was what caused him to develop negative feelings toward Qin Yan?

And she was always lying in his arms crying, saying how heartbroken and sad she was that he was engaged to Qin Yan, which was what made him soften his heart and register their marriage?

"Lin Yan, why would you say that? Why would you betray me!"

Hearing his low roar, Lin Yan looked as if she were about to cry from grievance, her voice choked with sobs, "President, when I was young and naive, I did like you. But after the Lin family fell, you always used money to humiliate me. I was truly in pain."

"I am very grateful that you spent money to send me abroad to study, so I registered our marriage with you only out of gratitude. I don't love you at all. I beg you, stop forcing me! You clearly love your fiancée Qin Yan, so why must you keep holding onto me!"

"..." Hearing her words, each one like a sharp blade piercing his eardrums, Gu He'an trembled, his lips shaking, unable to speak from anger.

It was too ridiculous.

It was truly too ridiculous!

At this moment, he thought of Qin Yan. When she found out he had betrayed her, was she also in such pain?

Hating that she couldn't skin the other person alive, yet being too rational to do anything.

He took a few deep breaths, but still could not calm down.

"Lin Yan, you really are, you really surprise me!"

Seeing his ugly expression and even tears at the corners of his eyes, Lin Yan cried out directly, "President, I never thought of hurting anyone. After I divorce you, I will go to apologize to Miss Qin. It was my fault before; I shouldn't have been soft-hearted for a moment and agreed to register our marriage with you. It was my fault. I am also not suited to stay in the company, and I will resign."

Only by leaving the Gu Corporation this way could she go to the Lu Corporation.

Since Lin Yan had made her stance clear that she would not support Gu He'an, and with the support of three board members, Gu He'an's removal from the position of President of the Gu Corporation was a foregone conclusion.

Lu Qianchuan watched Gu He'an walk out of the office in a state of exasperation, raising his eyebrows at him—it was a mockery of his stupidity and self-righteousness, and also a mockery of him reaping what he had sown.

He had previously possessed all of Qin Yan's love and could have obtained all the shares in her hands, yet he didn't cherish it at all, even trampling it underfoot.

And forcing him out of the Gu Corporation was only the first step.

Gu He'an returned to his office, angrily smashing the coffee cup on the table and kicking the tea table beside the sofa. The small teacups wobbled, emitting a crisp sound.

"Lu Qianchuan, you dog, you're just fixated on biting me, aren't you!"

It wasn't just Lu Qianchuan; this time, being backstabbed by Lin Yan was also something he never could have dreamed of.

Back then, when the Lin family was driven to bankruptcy by Lin Yan's brother and the family wanted to trade Lin Yan for funds, it was he who saved her from fire and water, yet now she claimed he had forced her.

She truly had a glib tongue, able to talk the living into the dead.

It seemed she had told him quite a few lies in the past!

Thinking that he had lost the Qin Yan who truly loved him for such a woman, he squeezed his brows in regret.

Perhaps it was because his emotions were too agitated, but his leg hurt a bit again, and walking caused him some pain.

This body seemed to be mocking his betrayal from back then, when he was blinded by obsession.

Sitting down wearily, he gazed at an orchid by the office window. That was the day he took office as President, which Qin Yan had bought and sent to him to celebrate. But it hadn't been cared for well; after blooming once, it had withered, as if its vitality had been drained away.

Lin Yan had wanted to throw it away before, but he had kept it.

This could be considered one of the few things Qin Yan had given him that still remained.

Even without this position, he still had his shares in the Gu Corporation. He still had plenty of capital to fight Lu Qianchuan, and even more opportunities to win back Qin Yan's affections!

He stood up to pack his things and walked out of the office, seeing the people in the secretarial department staring at him, yet not one of them came over to greet him.

Gu He'an kept a cold face and strode into the elevator. Downstairs, he ran into Lu Qianchuan and Lin Yan, who had just finished their meeting.

Seeing Lin Yan standing beside Lu Qianchuan, as if he had realized something, he immediately dropped the things in his hand and rushed toward her.

"Lin Yan, was it from the very beginning that Lu Qianchuan sent you to my side to scheme against me!"

Lin Yan was frightened by his ferocious appearance and immediately hid behind Lu Qianchuan, "I don't know what you're talking about? Mr. Gu, please be rational!"

Before, it was "Brother He'an" at every turn, then it was "President," and now it was "Mr. Gu."

Seeing her timidly shrinking behind Lu Qianchuan, Gu He'an became even more convinced of his own idea.

This woman was sent to his side by Lu Qianchuan specifically to destroy everything he had!

"Lin Yan, wasn't I good enough to you back then? Why did you betray me! Why!"

Lin Yan explained aggrievedly, "Mr. Gu, please don't be so self-righteous. Were you really good to me? You clearly registered our marriage, yet you went to deceive Miss Qin, making me bear the blame for stealing her man, which made me feel very guilty. I felt a sense of guilt every time I was with you."

"As for betrayal, that's even further from the truth. It's just that your skills were inferior to others and your head wasn't clear, so you lost to Mr. Lu. How can you blame me? You're just labeling me a vicious woman. Mr. Gu, if we are to part ways, we should do it with some dignity."

Dignity?

Gu He'an sneered.

She didn't deserve it! ===== CHAPTER 98 =====