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.

us." Sam paused for a moment to calm down and then continued, "And I think his plan was to use two people. One is the 'injured'

Darren because they were certain that he had planned this so meticulously that they wouldn't be able to

you think should we start first?" Jacob asked while he furrowed his eyebrows.

should go after Darren's recent bank transactions. It might lead

work. Go now and check Darren's bank records,"

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, he wouldn't have paid in cash. It would certainly show up in

of the Gu Consortium, Sam got the transfer information of all the bank cards under Darren's

he checked the records, Sam found something that seemed off. Three million dollars had been transferred from one of Darren's accounts to another account, and the transaction had happened yesterday, the

found out the real identity of the "injured" person, which successfully proved

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

contemplating how everything could have happened. After an incident like this, the people involved in the crime would

Jacob wouldn't allow them to get away that easily, especially

"Sam, will you please invite the two of

moment that Jacob finished speaking, Sam quickly took action. He searched for the location of the two culprits. And when he found it, he and several special assistants of the Gu Consortium were deployed by a private plane.

The GPS showed that the two men

ordered his men to block the two exits. Once they were in position, Sam put on a pair of shades and a cap as a disguise.

the air. Women were dancing to the music. Even the bartender was gently swaying his body while making

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

the time of their lives. But suddenly, the

Get out of here before I punch you in the face!" the reporter shouted and

eyes met

Sam and instantly felt that he knew him from

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, the man who had caused

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