Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 339: Three hundred thirty-eight surrounded and intercepted ah_1

Chapter 339: Three hundred thirty-eight surrounded and intercepted ah_1

Gu Chen never expected that, years after leaving school, he would once again experience the feeling of being surrounded by a crowd of men on the street.

It was a good thing that the unfortunate system had increased his constitution by 1 point, otherwise he really doubted whether he would have been crushed to death on the spot.

Fortunately, the Millennium Ganoderma’s medicinal effects were incredibly potent and took effect very quickly.

The critically ill little girl, who was nearly at her last breath, recovered almost under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Her feverish temperature, which had refused to go down, visibly returned to normal right before their eyes.

And in less than three minutes, she had regained consciousness and woken up from the coma.

Even when the belated ambulance finally arrived,

the little girl’s complexion had become very rosy, and she appeared healthier than ever.

After the emergency doctor had meticulously examined her from head to toe, he finally cleared Gu Chen’s name.

And just like that, he went from being seen as a delusional nuisance whom everyone wanted to hit, to a valorous Samaritan, a modern-day Hua Tuo.

However, after witnessing such miraculous results with their own eyes,

the previously helpful crowd’s gaze towards Gu Chen became even more eager.

Many people, some even more zealous, grabbed hold of Gu Chen’s hand,

desperate to purchase some Millennium Ganoderma from him.

This thing, whether real or not, if they could get even a little of it, it was essentially like having an extra life.

No one present was a fool; everyone wanted such a treasure.

The crowd, who had just been speaking with righteous indignation, now seemed like they wanted to worship Gu Chen like a deity.

Even the neighborhood committee auntie, with her red armband missing, kindly took Gu Chen’s hand,

while constantly hinting that the girl next door to her cousin’s sister-in-law’s nephew’s grandmother was exceptionally pretty.

If he wasn’t married, maybe she could introduce the two of them to each other, and so on.

Gu Chen was caught between laughter and tears at this, repeatedly telling everyone,

that today he had made a decision that went against his ancestors.

He had taken out the family heirloom and given it to someone else, and now he really didn’t have any left.

Seeing Gu Chen speak so sincerely, although people were still somewhat unwilling to accept it, they felt there was nothing they could do about it.

After hesitating for a while, they finally let him go.

Yet, the impact of the incident spread far and wide.

Many journalists, sniffing out the story, competed with one another to interview Gu Chen.

At any other time, this probably would have been an opportunity he dreamt of, one that would have him waking up laughing.

After all, nobody would say no to free publicity, but just then, he couldn’t muster a single laugh.

The effects of the Millennium Ganoderma had far exceeded his expectations; a man without guilt becomes guilty when he possesses a gem.

If this got out, he would never have peace again.

So Gu Chen nearly fled without hesitation.

Fortunately, not many people owned cars in those days, and even fewer would dare to speed with such a valuable item.

Even Gu Chen himself hadn’t expected that he would actually manage to escape from the journalists’ encirclement,

by relying on his Santana 2000.

However, on the way back, Gu Chen finally realized the true value of this object.

This was genuinely a miraculous medicine; although it couldn’t bring back the dead or mend broken bones,

just a small piece could cure someone on the brink of death, making them as lively as a dragon or tiger.

At this thought, a light bulb went off in his head,

and he suddenly remembered Xu Qingmu from Chuan City and the Xu Family he was part of, which specialized in the medical industry.

Gu Chen’s gaze flickered, as if in deep thought...

...

Half a month later, Chuan City.

In a seventeen-story building, a man was holding a financial statement tightly in his hands.

Veins throbbed on his hands, his expression was extremely gloomy.

"How is this possible? How could this happen?"

Xu Qingmu’s face was filled with disbelief as he looked at the financial statement for the past month.

Xu Corporation’s total sales of medicinal materials had inexplicably plummeted by over eighty percent.

Even many partners who had paid deposits in advance were now willing to risk breaching their contracts.

They refused to purchase the batch of medicinal materials that the Xu Family had newly launched.

"What in the world is going on?"

Xu Qingmu was exceedingly anxious. In Chuan City’s medical sector,

the Xu Family had always held a significantly high market share and an almost monopolistic status.

This was the business the Xu Family was most confident in and best at.

Xu Qingmu had never imagined that he would one day face defeat in this area.

"Chairman."

A secretary walked over, trembling, and respectfully called out.

Then he sneaked a glance at Xu Qingmu’s livid face and even began to stutter as he spoke.

"We’ve, we’ve found some leads. This incident seems to be the work of the Ji Family from Chuan City behind the scenes."

"The Ji Family? Ji Guangsheng!"

Fury unmatched showed on Xu Qingmu’s face.

Just a month ago, he had been here, arrogantly claiming he would take down the Ji Family piece by piece.

Even Ji Guangsheng himself had been so angered by this that he ended up in the hospital, but unexpectedly, in just a month,

the retaliation had come so fiercely and swiftly that it caught him off guard.

"Chairman, what should we do now? If the situation continues like this,

I’m afraid our profits this year will turn completely negative, and moreover, calls keep coming in.

Many of our old partners have already said they’ve found better substitutes.

They won’t be purchasing the Xu Family’s medicinal materials again for a while."

A general manager of Xu Corporation came over, reporting to him with an anxious look.

Hearing this, Xu Qingmu’s face grew even uglier.

"Immediately notify everyone to gather all the company’s shareholders. I want to hold an emergency board meeting," he demanded coldly.

"Yes!"

The assistant bowed and hurriedly exited the room.

In the spacious conference room of Xu Corporation, the company’s shareholders had already filled the seats.

"This issue is too serious!"

An elderly man seated to Xu Qingmu’s left stated with furrowed brows and a grave face.

"Hmph, isn’t it all because Xu Qingmu stubbornly provoked the Ji Family?

"Indeed, I also feel that the Chairman’s actions this time were truly disappointing."

"I fear it’s not just the Ji Family. Ji Guangsheng alone couldn’t possibly have the power

to align so many of our competitors at once, and for such a large quantity of top-grade medicinal materials to appear in the market all at once.

This big news was only known after the fact—it seems to me that this is the Chairman’s biggest failure in duty."

The investors present all spoke up one after another, their faces etched with worry.

Watching everyone at the moment speaking out against him non-stop,

Xu Qingmu’s face flashed with annoyance, and he couldn’t help but slam the table forcefully, yelling loudly.

"Everyone shut up!"