A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

By the time evening came, the Gu Family was covered in despair. The day had been filled with unfortunate events, so they felt broken and helpless, to say the least.

A single faint lampshade was the only source of light in the living room.

Jacob was sitting at his desk silently. He couldn't stop himself from recalling Emily's poor defenseless state earlier that day. The light in his eyes grew dim, and the incredible amount of stress he was going through could be seen from the shadows under his eyes.

He thought about how the reporters had blocked every possible way of escape, forcing Emily to stay and bear all of their questions. Her depression had finally been cured recently. But with the problem she was facing, she could fall into despair once again. Was someone planning to destroy her whole life? If so, who was the person behind all of this?

After a few hours, the veil of the night was replaced with the light of dawn.

However, Emily couldn't sleep well for even a second. Yesterday's events had caused her emotions to become unstable yet again. She tossed and turned in bed, trying hard to make herself comfortable. But she didn't fall asleep until a few hours before dawn. Nonetheless, she still woke up early that day.

And so did Jacob.

After washing up in the bathroom, Jacob noticed that Emily was still lying in bed while staring at the window in a daze. A slight frown made its way on his face. He was fully aware that she was still troubled. Then he walked towards her and said, "Honey, what's wrong?" When his question was met with silence, Jacob sat down beside Emily and placed his arms around her in a warm embrace.

Emily was still in a daze. Only when she felt Jacob's arms around her did she come to her senses. "I'm fine," she answered simply. Then, she looked out the window again. Jacob couldn't help but feel worried.

Even though Emily said she was fine, it was obvious that she was in despair. Her eyes alone showed how much pain she was going through. Jacob opted not to force her to share her feelings anymore. Instead, he simply caressed her hair and uttered words that he thought would be comforting for her. "Don't worry. I'll fix everything. I swear," he said firmly.

After a while, they finished their breakfast. Jacob then headed out to the company.

The first thing he did when he got there was to look for Sam. He needed to ask him about his investigation about yesterday's incident. "Sam, please come to my office right now," Jacob said on the telephone in his office.

Sam ran as fast as he could to Jacob's office the moment the call ended. It was clear that the only reason that Mr. Gu had come so early to the company was to resolve the matter involving Emily.

"Sam, what do you think about what happened yesterday?" Jacob asked while he tapped the table rhythmically.

he planned a way to destroy us." Sam paused for a moment to calm down and then continued, "And I think his plan was to use two people. One is

assumptions were exactly what Jacob had thought as well. It was hard to implicate Darren because they were certain that he had planned this so meticulously that they wouldn't be able to connect it

should we start first?" Jacob asked while he furrowed his

Darren's recent bank transactions. It

Darren's bank records," Jacob firmly commanded.

I'll do it as soon as possible," Sam quickly responded and left the room to continue his investigation.

act like that, he must have paid him a lot of money. And if that were the case,

the transfer information of all the bank cards under

off. Three million dollars had been transferred from one

received the money, Sam quickly found out the real identity of the "injured" person, which successfully proved that there was something suspicious going on.

to follow the clues, and soon enough, he found the identity of the person who had taken the

After an incident like this, the people

to look for those people, but Jacob wouldn't allow them to get away

new order. "Sam, will you please invite the two of them over? Make sure to do it in a very kind way. After all, we have some business

action. He searched for the location of the two culprits. And when he found it, he and several special assistants of the Gu Consortium

at their location. The GPS showed that the two men were currently in

on a pair of

of alcohol and cigarettes surrounded the air. Women were dancing to the music. Even the bartender was gently swaying his body while making glasses of

group of sexy and enchanting women. Even though they were far from the entrance, their boisterous laughter could be heard throughout

suddenly, the reporter felt

the hell is standing behind me? Get out of here before I punch you in the face!"

met

an injury looked up at Sam and instantly felt that he knew him from

Sam's direction but the latter casually blocked him before the punch could land. Though Sam could feel the impact of the punch, he wasn't affected that much. After all,

trouble was brewing, all the women that surrounded them left in a hurry, leaving only the three of them in the corner.