Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 28 I want to talk to her personally (1)

Chapter 28: Chapter 28 I want to talk to her personally (1)

In the evening, her parents didn’t come home.

Knowing her daughter couldn’t hear, Gu Nuan’s mother had no choice but to diligently send her several text messages. Thus, Gu Nuan asked about her sick grandfather’s condition.

"Your grandfather—" when Gu Nuan’s mother mentioned her father-in-law, her tone was filled with helpless exclamation.

Gu Nuan didn’t need to think to know that the old man was faking illness again.

After carefully checking that the doors and windows were secured and inspecting the water and electricity, Gu Nuan returned to her room, where Su Yixia was lying on her bed flipping through a book. When she saw Gu Nuan coming in, Su Yixia pointed at the bookshelf in her room, and with a gesture of surprise, indicated: I didn’t know your family had so many books.

Gu Nuan was a bookworm, a bibliophile. In her childhood, some even mistook her for being autistic, as she liked to confine herself at home, and what did she do there? Read books.

For the sake of a book, she could save money from her meals, not buy clothes, not buy cosmetics.

If Su Yixia saw the kind of books she purchased were romantic novels like "Jane Eyre" or "Scarlett," like many girls who tend to read such books, or even "Pride and Prejudice." However, Su Yixia couldn’t find a single book about love and romance in Gu Nuan’s room; after searching for a long time, they were all academic tomes.

For instance, "The Wealth of Nations."

For instance, "Das Kapital."

For instance, Keynes’s "General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money."

Keynes’s fame was self-evident. The monetary policy adopted by almost all the central banks around the world, the so-called expansionary monetary policy, has been interpreted by financial economists as Keynesianism.

"So, you’re saying that it wasn’t during the time around college that you decided to apply for the Finance department?" Su Yixia’s tone was full of question marks.

Generally speaking, high school students make decisions about their major before taking the entrance exams. After all, one must consider their exam results and environmental factors, rather than following one’s dreams unilaterally. However, no matter what, some people—those with capability and determination—are not influenced by these external factors.

What path they want to take in life, they’ve planned early on.

Xiao Yebai’s long fingers rested on his chin, and in the eyes of Zang Xiaolian and Li Sitong, this contemplative expression was as unprecedented as ever.

The investigative report Li Sitong had someone bring over, after two days of investigation, was now laid out before Xiao Yebai.

Inside, it detailed Gu Nuan’s performance in school, including her academic grades, her part-time jobs during her studies, and her social interactions both within and outside of school.

Among these, the investigator deemed one particularly important and positioned it at the top for Xiao Yebai to review. Apparently, the individuals hired by the Xiao family were very intelligent and keen-smelling, having already pegged her as a crocodile that had slipped through the net in the Crocodile Pond.

"Purchased a house in that area earlier than Changda Group. Its value has doubled and then doubled again." Xiao Yebai’s fingers lightly tapped the report paper twice.

Li Sitong felt a pressure wrapping around his neck, he lowered his head and admitted, "We underestimated this person, Director Xiao."

"Underestimated?" Xiao Yebai uttered coldly between his teeth, "You might as well say it’s a coincidence too coincidental to be true."

The probability of an accident. Yes, if Gu Nuan hadn’t suddenly gone home, if Aunt Qiu hadn’t gone to seek Gu Nuan’s help, then they could have proceeded with their perfect plan to take Aunt Qiu down.

One could say that with every business deal, there’s the possibility of unforeseen accidents. Generally, scholars refer to these kinds of accidents as risk management.