Chapter 1591: Guiding Oneself

"Come back to your senses."

Wang Yan reached out and pinched Lin Xiao's chin, closing her open mouth.

Lin Xiao swatted Wang Yan's hand away, her voice angry and milky: "Wang Yan! You're too bad!"

"What does that have to do with me?" Wang Yan spread his hands innocently. "You might not believe it, but I want to tell you that I had already grasped the problems in Gu Li's family long ago, but I just hadn't taken action. This time, with Gu Yuan's family ruined and Gu Li saying their love was unbreakable and that she didn't value money, I had a flash of inspiration and thought of letting Gu Yuan make this choice. So the bad one isn't me, it's Gu Yuan, understand?"

"Then why didn't you give Gu Yuan..."

"Why do you care if I gave it or not? It's Gu Yuan who reported it or not. It's like a gun; some people use it to break the law, some use it to protect their home and country. I gave you a gun; if you break the law, can you blame it on me? That's something you wanted to do yourself, not something I made you do. On the contrary, you should thank me, because if I didn't give you the gun, you wouldn't even be able to commit the crime if you wanted to."

"You're quibbling. You're so smart, you must have known Gu Yuan would definitely report it."

"Then you're overestimating me. No matter how smart I am, I can't see what's in people's minds. Just like these shameless things you're saying to me—do you really not know right from wrong, or are you just purely standing on Gu Li's side, racking your brain to find reasonable excuses to prove she isn't wrong, or to prove she didn't make a big mistake?

And you have to rack your brain to find loopholes in my normal-scale, legal, and compliant counterattack to prove I'm a ruthless bad person. But in reality? Lin Xiao, why don't I beat you up now? Don't call the police, don't hold a grudge against me, okay?"

"You, you, you..." Lin Xiao pointed her finger, her voice trembling. "You're sophistical!"

Wang Yan smiled, grabbed her hand, and stroked it gently, acting like a hooligan directly.

"Look at you, what are you afraid of? You're so pretty, and you have somewhat correct perceptions. At least you're racking your brain to find reasons, instead of just ignoring all reasons and putting all the blame on me directly; that's not bad."

"Oh, you, you, you, don't act like a hooligan!" Lin Xiao pulled her hand away and angrily swung her little fists at Wang Yan.

"Are you flirting with me?" Wang Yan raised his eyebrows ambiguously and used his own clumsy fists to defend, starting a playful scuffle.

Lin Xiao calmed down, put her hands down, and sat there blankly.

"Gu Li must be so sad..."

Wang Yan asked: "Do you think she's sadder about having no money, or sadder about Gu Yuan backstabbing her?"

"Both must be quite painful, right? Wang Yan, you're too vicious."

Wang Yan didn't defend his viciousness anymore; after all, even if he did, he couldn't change Lin Xiao's opinion.

He just smiled and said: "No, there must be one that makes her sadder."

"They're both sad; what's the point of trying to distinguish which is the saddest?" Lin Xiao threw Wang Yan's words back at him.

Wang Yan shook his head gently: "It's still very meaningful. According to Gu Li's character, having no money is pretty much the same as losing her life. Relatively speaking, Gu Yuan's backstabbing can't make Gu Li too sad; of course, there will still be some disappointment."

"Nonsense, Gu Li loves Gu Yuan so much..."

"Forget it." Wang Yan waved his hand gently. "Nan Xiang told me that when Gu Li and Gu Yuan argue, it's basically always Gu Yuan who bows his head and admits his mistake first, begging for Gu Li's forgiveness. The two of them put different amounts into the relationship, and the sincerity they bring out is different. Truth be told, I actually think Gu Yuan is the most painful one right now. That's a pathological love; I don't think you'll understand."

"You're really talking nonsense. He already reported Gu Li's family, causing Gu Li's dad to go to jail for over a decade. What's painful about him? You say it as if you understand so much."

"Don't resist my words; just think carefully about Gu Li's attitude toward Gu Yuan over the past many years."

"I just don't want to!"

Lin Xiao's voice was angry and milky again. She left indignantly. As she walked, she took out her phone to call Gu Li and tip her off.

Wang Yan turned his head to look behind a tree on the other side, where a figure quickly pulled their head back.

He smiled slightly and strolled back into the building to get to work.

Over this period, while others were going bankrupt and getting arrested, he was riding high. Because the Series A financing he had been in contact with for a while was successfully negotiated; he gave up 20% of the shares and raised 50 million USD. The company's valuation was heading toward 2 billion, as if it were taking off like a rocket.

It was still thanks to the various reasons mentioned earlier: Xuanxuan Life had technology and directions and methods for making money. As long as the capital was sufficient, the company could naturally be built up. So even though it had only been a startup for half a year, with verified user support and the website's strength, a high valuation was normal; it would be wrong if it weren't high.

With the injection of these funds, Xuanxuan Life fully revealed its intention and ability to expand.

The company began to send out personnel on a large scale to connect with relevant companies of various categories, directly shipping from the source as mentioned earlier, no longer letting middlemen earn the price difference.

At the same time, it also began to improve and expand its intra-city business, forming its own delivery team. It began to intervene in food delivery and other intra-city delivery businesses, joining the food delivery war.

Although Xuanxuan Life's actions angered the relevant companies it cooperated with, the two sides didn't have any major conflicts and didn't cut off cooperation. Because Xuanxuan Life didn't give users subsidies, users naturally still bought things where it was cheap, and naturally still increased their order volume.

Wang Yan mainly focused on training his team and also did other deliveries, such as medicine, supermarket group purchases, digital products, flash delivery, and other intra-city businesses, without attacking the food delivery business, which had the largest volume. This avoided conflict, didn't overly affect his own business, and at the same time trained his own delivery team, retaining the ability to carry out food delivery business in major regions and cities.

It was mainly because Wang Yan didn't want to throw all his money into subsidies and delay the development of other businesses. Relatively speaking, his scale was still far behind, and he couldn't burn money as well as others.

And the ultimate secret to a price war is either to press the price to the bottom or don't lower it at all. After all, only the lowest one is the most attractive. If you can't reach the lowest, the money spent is half the effort for double the cost.

So Xuanxuan Life was still quite busy now.

The company had to undergo another wave of rapid expansion; Wang Yan had even found an office building off-campus and began social recruitment, otherwise, relying solely on these student part-timers, human resources were already in short supply.

Wang Yan was naturally even busier...

Of course, no matter how busy Wang Yan was, he wouldn't forget to take care of women.

Nan Xiang lay in Wang Yan's arms and laughed foolishly: "You're really bad! But I like it. Now it's good; Gu Li and Gu Yuan have both become the poor people they used to look down on. Gu Yuan even reported Gu Li's family, causing Gu Li's dad to be arrested. You hit them both at once. I guess Gu Yuan, who reported it, is also feeling terrible."

"Lin Xiao came to find me today..." Wang Yan talked about the conversation with Lin Xiao. "So I'm not bad; I'm a good person. I'm helping them verify their feelings."

"Then what if Gu Yuan didn't report it? What would you do?"

Wang Yan shook his head: "Of course I wouldn't let Gu Li's dad off. Do you know how much money he swallowed? Four hundred million!"

Nan Xiang widened her eyes, then sighed: "Gu Li's dad is too ruthless."

"He broke the law. If I didn't know, that's one thing, but since I knew, I'd definitely report it along the way. Who told everyone to find him an eyesore."

"Actually, it's a bit of harming others without benefiting oneself."

"Your awareness is just too low. It really didn't benefit me, but it benefited the country and the people. That money goes into the national treasury and is later used for public expenditures and the like; this is doing a great good deed. Besides, if others lose and I don't, that's earning."

Nan Xiang was speechless: "Only your awareness is high. Then you have a net worth of one billion now; how much money do you have yourself?"

"I put out shares, and everyone is fighting to buy them. Their vision is too shallow."

"You know I'm afraid of being poor. Money that is actually in hand is one's own."

"You're afraid of being poor? It seems I'm poorer than you, right?" Wang Yan said with a smile. "To tell the truth, I still have some money; after all, I have a salary. Since I got so much money this time, I have to keep some."

"Then how much money do you have now?"

"I won't tell you. I'm afraid you'll covet my money and won't engage in spiritual communication with me anymore. But it's a happy event after all; let me give you ten thousand to spend."

"Fine, ten thousand is ten thousand; at least it's not a free ride." Nan Xiang expressed satisfaction and didn't dwell on it. She turned to say, "Hey, there's another interesting thing."

"Tell me."

"Didn't Lin Xiao go find you today? As a result, not long after Lin Xiao left, Jian Xi went to find Lin Xiao. Tang Wanru was there, and she said Lin Xiao went to find you. As a result, after Lin Xiao went back, Tang Wanru asked her if she saw Jian Xi, but Lin Xiao said no..."

Nan Xiang had a meaningful look on her face. "Wang Yan, you're guilty of terrible crimes; another couple is going to break up because of you."

"That's a way of putting it; clearly, it was Lin Xiao who came to find me, not me finding her. If they can break up over this, it just shows they aren't true love." Wang Yan was shameless, as if he wasn't the one who was handsy.

"Hey, did you also take a fancy to Lin Xiao?"

"What fancy or not? I just said she was quite pretty. When we met at the stadium at the beginning, didn't I say she and Gu Li were pretty?"

Nan Xiang said: "You're really a scumbag, Wang Yan."

"Your definition of a scumbag is problematic; after all, I'm responsible. And I said it beforehand, clearly, and never subjectively and intentionally deceived anyone. Your misunderstanding of me is too great; I need to correct it for you."

Compared to Wang Yan and Nan Xiang's happiness, Gu Li was in a very bad state.

In the suburban villa, Gu Li drank glass after glass of wine, and even hung a cigarette from her lips. What echoed in her mind was her being questioned, the seizure notice, the frozen accounts, Lin Xiao calling her to tell her the truth of all this, and the things Gu Yuan said when she went to persuade him two days ago...

Just as Gu Yuan said, when it was truly her turn, she also became decadent. She lost hope for the future, wallowing in the past affluence, unable to extricate herself. In her heart was endless regret and great hatred for Wang Yan...

She spent the night drunk like this. When the next day came, she got up early, and although her head was aching, she couldn't sleep. At the same time, her mind began to clear, which made her even more painful.

She sat blankly for a whole morning, and only when she was truly hungry did she tidy up and leave the villa.

After finding a place to eat and getting her soul back, Gu Li went directly to Gu Yuan's residence.

After a round of *clanging* on the door, Gu Yuan finally opened it.

Without a word, Gu Li slapped him directly across the face.

Gu Yuan took the slap, was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, turned around, and went back into the room, lying lazily on the sofa.

"You found out? Wang Yan told you, right? I knew that Wang guy had bad intentions; he did it on purpose. But it doesn't matter; anyway, I did it on purpose too. Gu Li, come, come, come, what were those things you said two days ago? Did you think of more great principles these past two days? Now we're both fallen people at the end of the world; tell me, comfort me, and comfort yourself too."

Looking at Gu Yuan's crazy state, Gu Li's eyes were full of disappointment.

"Gu Yuan, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Originally, I had the ability, and I was thinking of taking care of you..."

"Gu Li, don't pretend to say these things. I know myself; I'm nothing, and I can't do anything. Can you support me for long if you spend money on me? Won't you just despise me and kick me out later? Now it's good; your family is richer than mine and can have more left, but you have many family members too. Now that your dad is inside, how much can you get?"

Gu Yuan laughed foolishly. "You used to talk about being well-matched in social status, and others always said we were well-matched. Gu Li, now we're both the same. I still love you; do you love me?"

"Is this how you love me?" Gu Li was so angry she laughed. "Gu Yuan, you're simply crazy."

"Right, I'm crazy. Now you're crazy too, right? Hahaha..."

"Gu Yuan, you really have guts; go take revenge on Wang Yan. Go kill him; do you dare?"

Gu Yuan said: "Clearly it's you who wants to kill him; it's all your problem, it's all things you caused, it's all you! It's come to this point, and you still want to provoke me. You deserve what you have today!

Don't you want to kill Wang Yan? I'll teach you a method. That Wang guy is lustful; if you take the initiative to offer yourself, he'll definitely be willing. When the time comes, while he's asleep, just take a kitchen knife and chop him up. Anyway, you don't have any psychological burden; you even slept with trash like Xicheng, isn't that Wang guy better than trash? Don't you think?"

Gu Li, who was already in tears, just looked at Gu Yuan and shook her head in disappointment. She had the heart to slap Gu Yuan a few times, and even more heart to curse Gu Yuan severely. But looking at Gu Yuan's bastard-like appearance of not caring about life or death, Gu Li finally said nothing, wiped away her tears, turned around, and left...

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