Chapter 675 - Caught in a Trap (II)

Gunan calmed down after saying these words. 

He still had a way out of this. 

"This is your last chance, or else, I will have your head in my mansion, do you understand?" 

It was a threat spoken in a cold tone.

His subordinates shuddered and promised that they would do well this time before ending the call.

Gunan sat on his chair. His eyes narrowed.

There was no doubt about it. The people targeting him would not stop just here. No matter how much he kept the matter under wraps, they would just dig it up and add another pile on top of it. 

This series of scandals was just getting bigger and bigger, like a never ending cycle. 

For sure, his father and master must have heard about it by now. Gunan could no longer block his ears. 

His eyes flashed. 

Since he could not block these from reaching the master, then he must show that he could clean up after himself. He must handle this matter well. Before his father and master took everything away from him.

Now that he calmed down, he thought of the plans to counter this mess. He suddenly thought of the Guan member's confirmation.

How dare a member of Guan family assisted the people that was targeting the Guan Empire?

His eyes darkened. He pressed on a button to unlock the office and dialed the intercom.

"Bring my eldest brother to me."

He was certain that alleged Guan person was somehow connected to Guan Xixin. Or perhaps, it was Guan Xixin himself and just used another person as front. 

Come to think of it. 

He should have him now without delay.

While Gunan was waiting for Guan Gu Ri, he started to clean up the recent scandal. 

He let the Guan Empire make a public statement that Univ One was being supported by the Guan empire. One of the proofs they showed was the expansion of Univ One in other areas a few months ago that was approved by the former head.

This made some people shut up, but there were still a lot of people who were not fooled by the statement. There were a lot of loopholes in the Guan Empire's statement such as the lack of proven date of the support, and the detailed accounts they had not released in public yet. The latter was understandable as this was considered within the privacy rights of the corporate group. However, this could have clarified a lot.

While the public was still confused about who to believe, Guan Gu Ri finally arrived in the chairman's office.

His face was full of worries as he came in.

"Brother..." 

However, his words stopped when he saw the mess in the room.

Gunan was busy taking care of the scandals that he had not had the time to clean up after venting his anger out.

Guan Gu Ri's eyes flashed with dark delight in someone's misfortune before it was quickly replaced by worries.

"Brother, what happened here? Are you alright?"

"How can I be alright when Univ One is being attacked by the enemy left and right? This can affect the Guan Empire by a large margin." 

Gunan was holding his tablet. His eyes were on the real-time stock exchange market. Many quick investors started pulling out from Univ One. Since Univ One was already a subsidiary of the Guan Empire, the whole market of the Guan Empire was affected.

"I heard about it. I instructed some people to look into it, but they can't find the people behind the spread of these articles. Some of my men went to SHM already, and they are negotiating with them right now."

Gunan's stiff brows relaxed when he heard that. 

His men were really useless. They dared not to go near SHM, yet his eldest brother was able to negotiate with those journalists. 

He could  not help but ask, "Do you know someone there?"

Guan Gu Ri nodded. "I have a friend who works there. He has a bit of authority, so I know that we can hear from him in just a short while later. "

Gunan nodded in satisfaction. The Guan Empire surely had its influence everywhere. It made his uneasy heart relax a bit.

"Good. I want to meet your friend as soon as possible. I need an explanation from SHM and a public apology."

Guan Gu Ri knew what Gunan wanted. He mocked him inside. This bastard was really shameless. What could he expect from a fraud? But he just nodded despite the boiling anger inside him.

Guan Gu Ri touched his necktie softly. His eyes flashed before asking worriedly, "Brother, I just saw your released statement through the Empire. I know you made it immediately due to the situation, however, if the public asks for more explanation, how can we cover this lie? I am your brother, so please be honest with me. Where did the money used to fund the creation of Univ One come from? Is it really from dirty money?"

Gunan's face flashed with annoyance. But he did not answer. 

In his mind, he was cooking up a reasonable lie.

Guan Gu Ri continued. "I know the family laws. And it isn't possible for you to create money overseas given the circ.u.mstances at that time. I saw the reports from grandfather, you only studied and did not work abroad. So how can you get the money? Grandpa and I did not ask you the details when you introduced Univ One to us because we are happy and proud that you achieved something so great. But we have been meaning to ask you, and so I'll ask you now. How were you able to get all of this?"

Gunan looked him in the eyes. 

….No matter what he said now, it would look like a lie. 

So why not say the half-truth? This guy was just plain dumb when it came to his family anyways.

"...It is true that I did not create it with the Guan's money. It is from my friends and my saved allowance. I have a business partnership that the family is not aware of."