Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 743 - 738 Swift Retaliation

Chapter 743: 738 Swift Retaliation

Gu Chen seemed completely indifferent, still speaking with a smile.

"No, there is no misunderstanding, you’re overthinking it,"

As Gu Chen spoke so seriously, he couldn’t quite tell in the moment whether Gu Chen was joking or serious.

But after thinking it over, he didn’t continue to inquire, because he felt that Gu Chen probably wouldn’t lie to her.

Although Gu Chen didn’t say anything at that moment, he was well aware of everything in his heart.

He knew exactly what had happened.

However, Ji Pianran and that guy really had nothing going on.

Of this, Gu Chen was absolutely certain, because he knew his character well.

Ji Pianran, seeing that Gu Chen truly seemed indifferent, simply didn’t continue to ask.

Yet he couldn’t shake a feeling of unease deep inside, as if something had happened without him knowing.

Gu Chen didn’t say anything then, just made breakfast for him, and after finishing, he left the house directly.

Today was the first day for Xiao Baijiu to establish a branch office in Haicheng,

so now he needed to go to Xiao Baijiu’s company for a remote teleconference.

And as Gu Chen was on his way to Xiao Baijiu’s company, Tangtang saw Ji Pianran wake up and immediately hugged him tightly.

"Mommy, you scared me to death. You drank so much yesterday, and someone bullied you, but luckily, Daddy and I were there."

Tangtang said to Ji Pianran like this.

After hearing this, Ji Pianran was utterly bewildered, not understanding what she meant.

"Someone bullied Mommy? Who?" He then asked, a bit confused.

"There was a man, he not only bullied Mommy but also wanted to bully Daddy. But later, an uncle helped Daddy and beat up that guy, that bad egg, and he ran away in a panic."

Tangtang said with pride, sounding as if he was the righteous one who had stepped in.

But at this moment, Ji Pianran was not at all interested in hearing these things; she was just very confused and didn’t understand what was going on.

Someone had bullied her, and Gu Chen had stepped in; it all sounded so incredible to her.

"Do you know who the man that bullied Mommy was?" Ji Pianran asked nervously then.

But this question completely stumped Tangtang.

"I don’t know, Mommy, just that the bad egg said he wanted to take revenge on Daddy, but Daddy didn’t pay attention to him."

Tangtang shook her head at that time, having no idea about the various complicated matters.

However, it didn’t matter that Tangtang didn’t know; Ji Pianran faintly sensed something.

All of a sudden, he seemed to understand why he felt so uneasy.

Indeed, something had happened last night.

"Tell Mommy everything that happened last night in detail, would you?"

He said to Tangtang, very anxiously at that moment.

Tangtang didn’t quite grasp what was going on, but still recounted everything to Ji Pianran truthfully.

When Ji Pianran heard all the details, she understood everything in a flash.

Regarding the restroom, Ji Pianran had a vague memory that someone seemed to have followed her there.

And if he remembered correctly, that person was Tong Jingxin.

The moment he thought about these things, his heart rose in his throat.

It was as if she suddenly understood everything.

"Was Daddy hurt last night?"

He asked urgently, with concern then.

Upon hearing this, Tangtang shook her head.

"No, no, Daddy wasn’t hurt."

Hearing that he hadn’t been injured, Ji Pianran finally felt completely relieved.

The thing he’d been most worried about was if Gu Chen had gotten hurt yesterday because of this little thing; it would have made him feel very guilty.

Of course, even the current situation didn’t seem so optimistic to him.

He was very clear that what he had done was, in some small ways, a bit unfair.

After all, Gu Chen hadn’t done anything wrong, but this had still happened.

But faced with this situation, he really didn’t know what to say.

All he could do was sigh and try not to think of the matter as too complicated for the time being.

He planned to wait until Gu Chen returned that evening to explain everything to him in person.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen, who had already arrived at the company, was on a conference call.

He listened to the sales manager he’d sent out give his report.

"Boss Gu, I really don’t know what’s going on, we had a good discussion before, but then they suddenly said they wouldn’t rent it.

And those malls we had agreed on before, for some reason, they too inexplicably dropped out all of a sudden."

It was at this moment that he heard the report on the other end of the phone.

These reports rang clearly in Gu Chen’s ears, even stirring a flicker of anger within him.

He knew exactly what was going on; he understood the situation.

Looking at the trend of things, it was clear that someone was wreaking havoc from the inside.

"Did you ask for the specific reasons?" Gu Chen asked at that time.

"Boss Gu, we’ve asked, but they just say the paperwork isn’t right, and when we ask which part exactly, they can’t give a reason—they just seem to be dragging us along on purpose."

It was quite evident from the tone of the sales manager on the other end that he felt helpless.

He was at his wit’s end and couldn’t think of anything to do.

So, for now, that was that.

"Alright, I understand. Maintain your position for now, and I’ll contact you when there’s news."

Gu Chen didn’t say anything further to them.

He was well aware of the root cause of everything, so he felt there was no need to elaborate.

In the midst of this situation,

the call was ended.

The conference room fell silent.

Everyone fell quiet, not speaking.

Each face bore an expression of bewilderment.

Gu Chen never expected Tong Jingxin to act so quickly.

Had he already begun his retaliation in just a few hours?

Even the matter of establishing branches for his small-batch liquor in Haicheng, a decision he had made not long ago, somehow, that guy found out about it too.

Just like Xiong Qianyang, his sources seemed to be very extensive.

One could tell he had many people at his disposal.

At this moment, Gu Chen looked around at everything in the company.

He hesitated over whether or not to play one of his trump cards.

He had never used the items he exchanged from the points mall.

After careful consideration, he thought he’d better wait a while longer.

Maybe waiting a bit longer could yield a different result.

Mainly, he felt it was a bit too early to use this trump card now.