After a few years, the business world was once again in turmoil. Videos and news about the only daughter of the Yuan family having multiple lovers were everywhere. Her promiscuous nature was laid bare in front of everyone. With solid evidence and the power of public opinion, the reputation of the Yuan Corporation hit rock bottom. Its stocks kept plummeting, and the planned marriage alliance naturally fell through. Especially for the project of developing a nursing home on the land in Lincheng that the Yuan family had just invested in recently. Once the image of the loving couple they had created was shattered, no one was willing to buy their products. People were asking for refunds, and the Yuan family had to pay compensation. What was once a highly sought - after project had now become a hot potato, and it was bound to fail.
This project was actually a trap set by Gu Bei for the Yuan family. He didn't invest much but made a fortune through buying low and selling high. He even took this opportunity to buy a large number of the Yuan family's stocks and properties. Other groups followed suit and rushed to divide up the remnants. It seemed that a change was coming for the Yuan Corporation.
In the study of the Gu family, Gu Bei looked at the achievements of the past few days and proudly curled his lips. However, his happiness only lasted for a few seconds. Then, Xiao Mei rushed in anxiously. "Young Master! Young Master! Miss she..."
"Has she been causing trouble again!"
In the bedroom, Xie Bingxia was sitting on the bed. Holding a drill in her left hand and a hammer in her right, she was carefully tapping on the plaster on her leg. Just as she was getting into it, Gu Bei slapped the hammer out of her hand. The man looked down at her from above with a bad tone. "Don't you want your leg anymore?"
Xie Bingxia ignored him. Without the hammer, she directly used the drill to tap. The tapping sound was not just on the plaster but also on Gu Bei's heart.
Since he caught the little white rabbit and brought her home, she had never been obedient. The first thing she did when she got home was to throw the USB flash drive into Gu Bei's water cup, saying that she didn't accept favors from others and would solve her own problems. Gu Bei thought that the little white rabbit was quite proud. He had taken out his best resources, issued press releases, and helped her, but she didn't appreciate it at all. Well, now that you've solved your own problems, why are you always putting on a sour face?
Wasn't it supposed to be a perfect ending of winning the beauty's heart?
"Alright, alright, stop tapping." Gu Bei directly snatched the drill and threw it aside. "Tell me, what's really on your mind?"
Xie Bingxia lifted her plaster - covered leg and turned sideways, deliberately turning her back to Gu Bei. "It's just a bone fracture. I don't need this plaster. It's in the way."
"Not putting on the plaster so that you can run away on your lame leg again?" Gu Bei was puzzled. "I think you don't really want to stay by my side."
"Right, I don't." Xie Bingxia answered firmly. "We've already broken up."
Gu Bei was furious. "You made me wear the cuckold in public and turned me into a laughingstock in the industry, and you still don't want to be responsible for me?" Boss Gu still adhered to the routine of coaxing first, then persuading, and if all else failed, acting pitiful. He tried not to conflict with her.
"Who's shadow are you so obsessed with finding in me?" Xie Bingxia turned around. Her look at Gu Bei was serious but with a hint of imperceptible sadness.
She should have realized earlier that it was a very unpredictable thing to use this body and the shell of Xie Bingxia to seduce Gu Bei. As their hearts got closer, she was worried that Gu Bei would mercilessly expose her true self. However, the situation was quietly moving in the opposite direction.
When Gu Bei asked her to take off her glasses and when he called out Xia Jingwei's name in his moment of passion, Xie Bingxia had already become a substitute. Instead of obediently acting as a substitute and letting Gu Bei taste the pain of betrayal, Xie Bingxia would rather choose to leave him. She firmly believed that she could achieve her goal of revenge even without relying on Gu Bei's feelings.
Let this be her last bit of stubbornness.
"If you're just trying to find some lost emotions, I'm sorry, I can't accompany you." Xie Bingxia withdrew her gaze and waited for Gu Bei to explain. Unexpectedly, Gu Bei chose to remain silent. He only left her with a sentence, "Take good care of yourself. Don't neglect your own well - being." Then he left the room.
See, it was really like this. Xie Bingxia smiled bitterly. She felt very uncomfortable and just hoped that her leg injury would heal soon so that she could leave this unbearable home.
She recuperated for another week. During this period, Gu Bei didn't "bother" her anymore. He left early and returned late, and they rarely saw each other. Even when they did, they had nothing to say to each other. Xie Bingxia thought that it was good if Gu Bei let go. But somehow, there was always an empty feeling in her heart. After that, she went to the hospital alone to remove the plaster. Her injury was getting better. The doctor told her not to do strenuous exercise, but her movement was not greatly affected, and it was okay for her to go back to school. It was the final - term unified exam for major courses, and she had to take it. Otherwise, her credits would be in danger.
The scandal at the engagement banquet was still fermenting. When Xie Bingxia returned to school, she inevitably received the concerned looks of her classmates. Especially during the unified exam, when everyone was concentrated in one classroom, she became the focus as soon as she entered.
Xie Bingxia ignored it all. She found her seat and sat down, waiting for the exam to start. The whispering of the classmates stopped when the exam bell rang. Xie Bingxia picked up the test paper and started answering the questions quickly.
"Students, please stop the exam for a moment." Several school teachers walked in. They were wearing work cards on their chests with the words "Supervision Team" written on them.
"We've received a report that a student is cheating in the exam. Please cooperate and let us check."
The classroom immediately became noisy, and everyone cried out their innocence. Qingya University always emphasized the all - around development of students in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, especially in morality. The incident of Yuan Yiyun being fired for causing a ruckus at the dance as a teacher was still fresh in people's memories. The teachers of the supervision team didn't dare to be careless after receiving the report of cheating. They insisted on checking each examination room.
The students' mobile phones had been checked in advance and were not allowed to be brought into the examination room. So the only possible way was to hide communication devices. The teachers of the supervision team took out electronic detectors and scanned each seat one by one. The detectors were silent.
"Please cooperate." A teacher came to Xie Bingxia. She put down her pen and let the teacher scan her. When the detector scanned her canvas bag, it suddenly beeped continuously.
The teacher got nervous and asked sternly, "What's in it?"
Xie Bingxia cooperated and opened the canvas bag, taking out the things one by one: the admission ticket, a YSL cushion, a lipstick, a few spare pens, and a floral handkerchief. That was all. The teacher rummaged through the handkerchief, and a small black wireless earphone rolled out. He picked up the earphone and checked it for a while, then said, "It's confirmed to be a signal - receiving device."
Xie Bingxia squinted her eyes and said curiously, "This handkerchief is not mine."
"It was found in your bag, and you still dare to argue? Come with us to the teaching affairs office!" The teacher grabbed Xie Bingxia and took her away in full view of everyone.
In the teaching affairs office, the school leaders were gathered. In the serious atmosphere, no one was willing to say the first word. It was the teaching affairs director who was brave enough. He coughed twice and said to Xie Bingxia, "According to the school regulations, students who cheat in the exam should be expelled."
The principal secretly glanced at the teaching affairs director and gave him a look. The teaching affairs director understood and added, "However, since you were recommended to enter the school and you're the only daughter of the Xie family, as long as you admit your mistake sincerely, I'll give you a major demerit. Just reflect on it and promise not to do it again."
Xie Bingxia coldly scanned everyone's expressions. No one believed her.
"I'm not wrong. The earphone is not mine."
"You—" The teaching affairs director was given a cold shoulder and had no way out. He was momentarily speechless with anger. The other school leaders also looked embarrassed. The principal tried to persuade her kindly. "Bingxia, this is a serious matter. As leaders, we can't turn a blind eye. Do you want to organize your words and explain it properly?"
"Right. Should I call Mr. Gu? According to the rules, we should inform the parents." The teaching affairs director took out his phone while talking.
"Don't contact Gu Bei." Xie Bingxia refused and directly said, "I'll drop out of school."