After a Flash Marriage With the Disabled Tyrant - Chap 77
“What lawsuit? Which ignorant fool has come to sue us again?”
Gu Jue frowned fiercely and opened his mouth to curse.
Nearly half of the designs they sent to Zeguang were mixed with genuine and counterfeit goods. He had heard that the auctioneer, who noticed the difference, had made complaints.
However, the other party was easily “persuaded” to retreat by the person in charge of Zeguang and Lingyu.
The cooperation between Lingyu Design and Zeguang Auction has recently expired. How can anyone still stir up this matter?
“Who the hell is that person? Use the usual excuse to shut that person up! If you really can’t control this matter, just go to our warehouse and add some real materials.”
Gu Jue gave the solution as a matter of course and impatiently stated to the staff of the legal department, “You can’t even solve this little matter, and you come to me in a panic when you get a court summons? What does the company feed you for?”
Gu Jue smelled the sweet fragrance on Secretary Su Su’s body and couldn’t help but hug her tighter, “You guys are not as good as the new secretary, Su Su, who’s both attractive and good at her job.”
The head of the operations department and the staff of the legal department looked at each other and saw through the contempt in each other’s eyes—With a boss like this, their company is really doomed!
The staff member approached with the court summons and said without any emotion, “Mr. Gu, not just a single buyer is suing, but a whole group of fourteen buyers jointly sued us for adulteration of our designs.”
“…..”
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Gu Jue was stunned, obviously not responding to the number ‘fourteen’.
There were only about twenty pieces of adulterated designs. How could more than half of them notice and sue them at the same time? This is impossible!
The employee of the legal department continued, “The other party sued us, Lingyu Design, and Zeguang Auction at the same time for alleged fraud. Because the total auction of fourteen buyers is as high as 70 million yuan1, the accompanying civil lawsuit requires us to compensate 400 million yuan2.”
“My God!”
Secretary Su Su heard the huge compensation and couldn’t help but exclaim.
Gu Jue was irritated by her noise and pushed her away without mercy, “Get out!”
Su Su was thrown on the edge of the sofa by surprise and fell from heaven to hell in seconds. She met the subtle glances of the other two employees and immediately fled with a red face.
Gu Jue, with a livid face, glanced at the court summons handed by the employee and then tore it into pieces in a fit of anger, “These shameless people!”
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“Just a few fake beads were mixed in and they have the nerve to ask us for this amount?”
Seeing Gu Jue’s poor sense of morality, the employee of the Legal Department felt even more displeased.
Gu Jue and Lingyu Design did something wrong. The buyers only defend their legitimate interests, but now he blames the buyers for being unkind?
If he wasn’t getting paid by Lingyu, he really wanted to smash Gu Jue’s dog head right now.
“Mr. Gu, if the court finds that our designed products are adulterated and constitute fraud, even if the amount of compensation can be reduced, this blame…”
According to the relevant regulations, even if Lingyu Design only mixed some fake jade, the amount added by the fourteen buyers cannot be underestimated and was already considered a huge amount.
Before the words were finished, the director of the Operation Department reported the news he had just received, “Mr. Gu, the matter of our adulterated jewelry being jointly sued was also exposed by the media.”
Gu Jue wanted to grab the phone in his pocket, but it took a few seconds for him to realize that he had broken it just now.
He took a deep breath and said to the director of the Operation Department, “…show it to me!”
The director of the Operation Department handed over his mobile phone. The news was released fifteen minutes ago, and the headline was particularly exaggerated-“Lingyu Design was exposed for long-term sale of adulterated products! The amount involved has reached 400 million!”
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“What kind of bullshit and unscrupulous media is this?” Before Gu Jue’s sanity was completely swallowed up by anger, he suddenly clenched the phone tightly.
Long-term sale of adulterated products? The amount involved has reached 400 million?
Obviously, there were only problems with the auction design products, but such a title can easily cause panic among ordinary customers!
The most terrible thing was that the “black material” of Lingyu Design that had been exposed was far more than this article.
It was as if the media were simultaneously controlled by someone. They collected all the negative news about Gu Jue’s management company over the past few years and exposed it at the same time.
The impact of such layers of negative news on the company will be enormous.
The director of the Operation Department asked cautiously, “Mr. Gu, what should we do now? Should we contact these media first and spend money to remove these online articles?”
Otherwise, when the crucial time had passed and the news was thoroughly spread, it would be useless for them to withdraw the news.
Gu Jue rubbed his swollen temples and whispered in response.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the Legal Department employee who was still standing there, and asked again in disbelief, “What would be the most serious liability for this lawsuit?”
“Sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years or even life imprisonment with a fined compensation and, in serious cases, with the company’s property confiscated.”
Gu Jue’s heart sank to the bottom.
Lingyu finally got a little better. If it really ended up in this situation, wouldn’t it be a waste of money and resources?
No, for these events to occur in quick succession, someone must be manipulating behind the scenes!
Who is it?
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A name suddenly flashed across Gu Jue’s mind.
In the next second, someone frantically rushed in, “Mr. Gu, it’s not good! Just now, Lin factory called and said that our private factory was closed by the relevant departments.”
The private factory they used for jade pickling and glue injection wasn’t affiliated with Lingyu, but had a special supply chain. How could there be a problem at this time?
When it rains, it pours3. The employee who just rushed in didn’t give Gu Jue any time to think and continued.
“Mr. Gu, the security guard just called and said that four or five media reporters have gathered at our door. They want you to come forward and explain the revelations online.”
“…..”
Gu Jue was silent for a while, and only choked out a few words through gnashed teeth, “Shi Yunnan! You’re too ruthless!”
Besides this person, who else could drive him into a corner in such a short period of time?
Gu Jue only felt a growing headache and a vague sense of bad premonition inside.
He had been messing around for so long using Lingyu Design’s famous brand name, but now the car has finally overturned?
…
Twenty days later,
When Yuan Rui saw the text message from Zheng Yan, he almost jumped up from the spot with joy. He hurriedly walked into his friend’s independent design studio, “Yunnan, are you done? I want to share with you a piece of news that can make you laugh to death.”
Shi Yunnan stopped drawing the new design draft he was about to complete. “Looking at your gloating face, it should be about Gu Jue and Lingyu Design, right?” he said, leaning back in his office chair.
Yuan Rui snapped his fingers and directly handed him his cell phone, “Didn’t Brother Zheng and others sue Lingyu and Zeguang together? As the trial is around the corner, Zeguang “countersues” Lingyu.”
Zeguang Auction House sued Lingyu Design for deceiving them in an auction transaction, thereby damaging the legitimate interests of their auction house and causing damage to their reputation.
In the face of interest, it was common for a dog to bite a dog.
Yuan Rui happily hummed, “By the look of it, Gu Jue and Lingyu are stumbling hard this time. Those compensation payments will bring their company to the brink of bankruptcy, right?”
“Not even by then. Lingyu can barely hold on now.”
Because of the chain exposure such as “adulterated sale,” after the news fermented for some time, Lingyu’s online and offline customers started a “return and refund” craze.
Besides the design of Lingyu’s new season products, which had subtle imitations of their studio’s designs, everything was returned to their inventory, even the accessories that have been sold for a long time. Netizens have gone online to relevant platforms to complain and ask for refunds.
Few companies can withstand such a disaster, let alone Lingyu Design, which was already “tearing down the east wall to mend the west wall” under Gu Jue’s leadership.
“Yuan Rui, you can try to contact some old employees of Lingyu.”
Although a leader like Gu Jue would indirectly affect the working attitude of the employees, perhaps some unpolished jades and hidden gems could still be picked out from the pile of stones.
“At the beginning, Lingyu pried our corner, and now we will return the favor in the same way.”
When Yuan Rui heard his friend’s suggestion, he couldn’t help but show off what he had done, “You also think of this? I’ve already made arrangements, and indeed I can still find a few good employees.”
“By the way, Yang Sen and those few designers contacted me a few days ago saying they wanted to come back, but I didn’t agree…”
They had looked down on their studio at first, but now they wanted to return. How can there be such a convenient thing in the world?
Shi Yunnan smiled and listened to his friend’s ceaseless chatter. His hand subconsciously pressed his phone’s return button to exit the WeChat interface with Zheng Yan.
He didn’t realize this was Yuan Rui’s mobile phone until he caught sight of the top WeChat avatar and message.
Shi Yunnan immediately returned the phone and said, “Yuan Rui, sorry, I logged out of the chat interface. I thought it was my phone.”
“What? That’s fine.”
Yuan Rui obviously didn’t realize the meaning behind Shi Yunnan’s apology and casually tucked the phone back into his pocket.
Shi Yunnan looked at him with a subtle change in his eyes, and the WeChat interface he just saw came to mind.
The avatar on the top was a pure white box, and the remark was the word “brother.” The message stayed at eight minutes ago with a simple but vulnerable sentence—”Brother, can you stop being mad at me?”
Obviously, Yuan Rui sent it to Lu Zhao’an.
“Why are you suddenly not talking?” Yuan Rui reached out and waved his hand in front of Shi Yunnan’s eyes while teasing him, “It’s not because you miss Mr. Luo, right? When is he coming back from abroad?”
“About seven or eight days.”
Shi Yunnan put away those thoughts and did not deliberately mention the content of WeChat that he accidentally saw.
As an outsider, Shi Yunnan could perceive Yuan Rui’s deep-rooted dependence on Lu Zhao’an.
Some matters can be the scars hidden in a friend’s heart, and he doesn’t want to casually mention, touch, or harm them.
“By the way, have you packed your things? We’ll leave for Jing City the day after tomorrow.” Shi Yunnan changed the subject.
Inspired by foreign jade and porcelain exhibitions, he planned to study the content of porcelain to see if it could be reasonably applied to future jade ornament designs.
This time, he successively scheduled a half-month trip to Dehua County in Jing City and Fu City. Because Luo Lingsheng was away, Shi Yunnan had to find Yuan Rui to go with him.
Yuan Rui suddenly showed excitement and said, “Do you even need to ask? Don’t forget that the hotel was booked by me.”
Shi Yunnan smiled, “That’s good. I won’t come here tomorrow. Let’s just meet at the airport, ok?”
“No problem.”
1
10,024,189.74 US Dollars
2
57,281,084.23 US Dollars
3
[屋漏偏逢连夜雨] The literal translation of this would be, the house is leaking when it rains overnight, meaning that the situation is already bad but troubles keep coming in succession.
Shi Yunnan and Yuan Rui stayed at Jing City for a whole week, and then they continued to rush to Fu City according to the original plan.
Yuan Rui put down his luggage and lazily stretched his body. His relaxed voice sounded, “It really is a coastal city. I smelled seafood as soon as the plane landed.”
Shi Yunnan smiled and walked forward to the exit, “What kind of dog nose do you have?”
“Hey, if you don’t believe what I said, just look at the atmosphere. It’s clearly different from the Imperial Capital…”
Yuan Rui said as he followed him. Then the two of them heard a brittle voice calling out from the airport entrance.
“Little Uncle!”
Shi Yunnan almost thought he had hallucinations.
He hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, only to find that there were big and small figures less than ten meters away from the exit.
Luo Lingsheng sat quietly in his wheelchair, while Little Goldfish, with a small cap on, was bouncing around on the side.
Little Goldfish saw that Shi Yunnan had discovered them and hurriedly waved again, “Little uncle! Here, here!”
Yuan Rui was stunned, “Isn’t that Mr. Luo? Yunnan…”
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Shi Yunnan didn’t hear his friend finish his sentence. He just dropped his luggage and ran over.
Little Goldfish hurriedly ran up and opened his arms to beg for a hug, but he didn’t expect Shi Yunnan to pass him and rushed straight in front of Luo Lingsheng without saying a word to confirm his presence.
Luo Lingsheng stroked the side of his neck and asked with a smile, “You don’t recognize me anymore?”
Shi Yunnan came close and quickly kissed Luo Lingsheng. He couldn’t help but chuckled, “Who are you borrowing Anywhere Door1 from? When I called you two days ago, you said you would wait for me at home when you returned to the country.”
Luo Lingsheng was delighted by the short kiss just now, and felt that this trip was not in vain, “I don’t want to interrupt your work or waste the time that we can both spend together.”
At the end of the first rehabilitation cycle, there are only ten days for adjustment and rest.
Shi Yunnan was scheduled to stay in Fuzhou for another week or so, so after thinking about it, Luo Lingsheng bought a ticket to Fuzhou as the first thing he did after landing in the Imperial Capital.
“Little Goldfish was spoiled by you and insisted that I take him along.” Luo Lingsheng added another sentence.
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The pair of uncle and nephew’s flights were half an hour earlier than Shi Yunnan and Yuan Rui’s, so they had been waiting here.
When Shi Yunnan heard the name ‘Little Goldfish’, he suddenly remembered his little nephew who had just been ignored by him.
He turned around quickly and saw Little Goldfish pouting and sullenly complaining, “Humph! Little Uncle only likes uncle and doesn’t like me anymore!”
Shi Yunnan felt a little helpless and hastily picked him up, “Nonsense, I miss our Little Goldfish the most in the past two days.”
Little Goldfish was instantly coaxed into being happy again, and hugged Shi Yunnan’s neck, refusing to let go, “Little Uncle, I miss you the most too!”
Yuan Rui came up with Shi Yunnan’s luggage and looked at Little Goldfish with interest, saying, “Yunnan, who is this kid? His chubby milk fat looks quite funny.”
Shi Yunnan squeezed Little Goldfish’s soft milk fat and deliberately teased his friend, “This is your little brother. Did you notice? Both of you have the same milk fat.”
The implication was that Yuan Rui was regarded as his son again.
Yuan Rui snorted, “Stop doing this. Where do I have milk fat? It’s been gone for 800 years.”
Only Little Goldfish believed this joke and called out obediently, “Hello, big brother.”
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“….”
Yuan Rui, whose seniority was demoted, was tongue-tied.
Shi Yunnan was amused by the ‘two sons’ and couldn’t help but look at Luo Lingsheng, who was beside him. His fatigue from the past few days was swept away at this moment.
Yuan Rui glanced at the time and asked Luo Lingsheng cautiously, “Mr. Luo, have you settled on a place to stay?”
Their destination tonight is Dehua County, and it will take four hours to drive from Fu City’s airport. It’s estimated that it will be late when they arrive there.
Because it is a county town, there are no starred hotels, so Yuan Rui found a local homestay with relatively high ratings and characteristics, which was approved by Shi Yunnan.
“Yunnan reported the homestay address to me before. I already asked Qin Jian to reserve an additional room.”
Because it’s not the peak season, it’s not hard to book a room.
Although Luo Lingsheng was picky about the accommodation conditions, he didn’t want to disrupt Shi Yunnan’s original work plan because of this. This time he wanted to take Little Goldfish out to play, so lodging at a homestay can be counted as a unique experience.
Yuan Rui nodded, “That’s good.”
“I asked Qin Jian to book the car in advance. He and Yuan Meng just went to pick up the car. Why don’t we wait for them outside?” Luo Lingsheng said.
Shi Yunnan and Yuan Rui looked at each other and nodded in unison.
“Yeah! Go out and play!” Only Little Goldfish was especially excited.
Since meeting Shi Yunnan, he has completely unleashed his playful nature.
Luo Lingsheng can’t do anything about his playful nephew. Fortunately, Little Goldfish is a clever child and he was only in the middle kindergarten class, so he could afford to miss some of his curriculum.
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“Let’s go, Qin Jian and the others should be back soon.”
“Ok.”
…
Yuan Meng and Qin Jian took turns driving. It took them almost four hours and a half to reach their destination tonight.
Yuan Rui was still quite reliable in this regard. The environment and hygiene of the homestay he booked were very good. In order to take care of Little Goldfish, Shi Yunnan and Luo Lingsheng stayed in a family room.
Under Qin Jian’s advance instruction, the boss also prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Yuan Rui chose to go out for a stroll after the meal.
Facing the sincere invitation from his friend, Shi Yunnan chose to “return to his family” and waved his friend goodbye. Then he followed Luo Lingsheng and Little Goldfish back to their room.
In the bathroom.
Shi Yunnan looked at Little Goldfish splashing around in the bathtub, and said with a smile, “I’ll let you mess around for a while. You have to stop after ten minutes, ok?”
Bathing for too long isn’t good, with cold water on top of that.
Little Goldfish, with foam on his nose, nodded cutely, “Okay.”
Shi Yunnan didn’t close the bathroom door so that he could hear Little Goldfish’s every movement. He walked out of the bathroom and unexpectedly saw Luo Lingsheng resting his hands against the wall, moving slowly toward the bed.
Luo Lingsheng caught a glimpse of Shi Yunnan out of the corner of his eye and was distracted for a moment, causing his body’s center of gravity to shift.
“Be careful!”
Shi Yunan quickly approached him.
Fortunately, Luo Lingsheng adjusted his body posture in time and fell on the bed, which was very close to him.
Shi Yunnan quickly stabilized him and asked, “Are you okay? Did you hit your leg?”
“I’m fine.”
Luo Lingsheng replied in a low voice, pressing his hands lightly on his legs.
Shi Yunnan let out a sigh of relief, but recalling the gesture of his lover just walking against the wall, an obvious look of joy appeared on his face, “Are your legs all right?”
Luo Lingsheng sighed and laughed, “Not so fast. According to Dr. Bence, it will take a long time to rehabilitate. It’s not clear how far I can recover.”
It may be the beginning of good luck, or it may end up being just this one step.
When all is said and done, Luo Lingsheng had been in a wheelchair for several years, and his legs were definitely not as good as ordinary people’s, but compared to the previous situation of numbness and powerlessness, there was indeed a rapid improvement now.
Shi Yunnan’s smile widened, and he didn’t say any discouraging words, “It’s good to be able to reach this step. We have so much time, so let’s just take it slow.”
Luo Lingsheng nodded and glanced at Shi Yunnan’s empty ring finger.
Compared with the contentment of his lover, he still hoped that he could return to the best state as quickly as possible, preferably in time for their marriage certificate anniversary.
There were things he had been preparing.
He should wait until the right time to speak some words that had been hidden for a long time.
As he was thinking about it, Little Goldfish’s soft, sticky voice asking for help came from the bathroom, “Uncle, Little Uncle, I’m ready. I didn’t bring in my clothes.”
Luo Lingsheng took the initiative to say, “I’ll go get it for him. I just saw that there was no drinking water in the room. Can you go downstairs to get some?”
“Ok.”
Shi Yunnan readily agreed, got up and went downstairs.
The first floor of the homestay was an open-plan hall and kitchen. The boss wasn’t there at the moment. Shi Yunnan was just about to search for the drinking water when he saw Yuan Rui walk in with a wooden expression.
The two looked at each other.
Yuan Rui lost his usual energy and just pulled the corners of his mouth, “Yunnan, why aren’t you in your room?”
“I came to find some water.”
Shi Yunnan quickly approached him and asked worriedly, “What’s wrong? Weren’t you just fine when you went out?”
“I just… I seem to have seen my brother… I think I saw Lu Zhao’an.” Yuan Rui stammered, and then denied himself, “It’s nothing, it’s just from the back. I must have seen it wrong.”
After all, before Yuan Rui returned to his senses, the man had already disappeared.
Yuan Rui spit out the turbid air in his chest. He was afraid of appearing ridiculous in front of his friend, so he quickly put on a smile of indifference, “Okay, I’m going to my room to rest. I’m very exhausted today.”
“There seem to be bottles of mineral water in the kitchen; go take a look.”
Shi Yunnan nodded silently.
After watching Yuan Rui’s departure, he took three bottles of mineral water and walked towards his room.
The family room was arranged in the innermost part of the second floor.
Shi Yunnan was walking when suddenly the lights in the corridor went out, plunging everything into the darkness for no reason.
“…..”
power outage?
Shi Yunnan was stunned. The instinctive resistance made his chest suddenly stuffy. His hands were clenching the water bottle too hard, causing it to fall off.
As luck would have it, the water bottle smashed on his toes through the fabric of the disposable slippers, and a heavy dull pain came through.
Shi Yunnan’s eyes were shrouded in darkness, and he could not see the surroundings at all. In desperation, he could only squat down slowly in the original position, just like every time before—trying to curl up and give himself a sense of security.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a door opening in the darkness, and the light of the mobile phone was quickly revealed.
“Yunnan?”
Luo Lingsheng’s tense voice was full of worry.
Shi Yunnan narrowed his eyes and saw the person coming through the light. He reacted at once and ran over regardless.
Luo Lingsheng immediately put his lover in his arms. He kept soothing his nervous body with his hands and whispered, “It’s okay, I’m here with you. It’s probably just a circuit breaker trip.”
“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have asked you to fetch water… It was so dark just now. Did you fall somewhere?”
Luo Lingsheng arrived just in time this time. Shi Yunnan stabilized his heart with his few words of comfort. He cleared his throat, which was somewhat dry due to physiological reasons.
“I’m fine. I just dropped the mineral water on the floor.”
As soon as his voice fell, the lights in the corridor returned. It was indeed a temporary trip.
Luo Lingsheng first observed Shi Yunnan’s situation, and after confirming that the other party’s face was okay, he kissed his lips again, “It’s good that you’re fine. Let’s go back to the room.”
He thought about it for a while, but still persuaded, “Tomorrow let’s go back to the city hotel. Even if it takes more hours to travel, it doesn’t matter.”
Shi Yunnan nodded wordlessly.
The half-opened door was pushed open again.
Little Goldfish came out holding his little quilt, the fear in his eyes disappearing at the sight of the two parents.
“Uncle, it’s so dark just now.”
Little Goldfish belatedly complained.
Just now, remembering Shi Yunnan’s fear of darkness, Luo Lingsheng had to temporarily leave his nephew, who hadn’t fallen asleep, and rushed out with his wheelchair.
“It’s alright, don’t be afraid.”
Shi Yunnan withdrew from Luo Lingsheng’s arms and got up to rub the Little Goldfish’s head.
The pain in his feet hadn’t completely dissipated. He lowered his eyes and said casually, “Tsk, I was hit by a mineral water bottle just now, and my toes still hurt.”
Luo Lingsheng frowned and immediately took his hand, “Come in, I’ll help you take a look.”
He paused, “Jin Yu.”
“Ah? Yes!”
Little Goldfish opened his eyes wide, thinking that his uncle was deeply apologetic and wanted to say something comforting to him.
Luo Lingsheng asked, “Go and pick up the water bottle in the corridor.”
Little Goldfish made an “oh” sound. After the two uncles entered the room, he slowly went to pick up the mineral water bottle.
The little ahoge2 on his head twitched, as if declaring Little Goldfish’s current mood—
Hmph!
Sure enough, both Uncle and Little Uncle are the most biased!
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Little Goldfish: Go go go go~ people always have to learn to grow their own ~
