"He was sitting on the flowerbed outside the exchange, his gaze intensely focused on the trend chart on the external screen.
I was a bit curious, so I went up to him and asked if he understood what he was looking at? Then he smiled, and to me, his smile seemed especially bitter."
Su Wanxin recalled the scenes from that time, still feeling a bit choked up.
"I chatted with him and learned some things about him.
He used to be a real estate salesperson—not wealthy but able to comfortably cover the family expenses.
He was married, with a three-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter. He had invested all his savings in a stock called Aud Company.
Do you have any impressions of this name, Aud Company?"
Fu Shihan listened to her and gave it some serious thought; then, indeed, he remembered a few things. "It went bankrupt."
"Yes, but although the company went bankrupt, its senior executives didn’t suffer much damage. At least compared to the innocent people they scammed, their losses were minor."
These people used one false set of data after another to deceive those stockholders who trusted them, swindling hard-earned money with their expertise from those who knew little about it.
Especially when the company encountered serious issues, clearly going under, that’s when they were most adept at deceiving shareholders.
There is an abundance of data showing that every year a considerable number of people are swindled out of large sums of money by these unscrupulous companies, and the most tragic outcome is nothing short of families being destroyed and lives lost.
Just like that man Su Wanxin came across, he lost everything. Including his wife and children.
"So, is it because of that man that you decided to agree to cooperate with GE?" Fu Shihan asked in a muted voice.
"No." Su Wanxin smiled and shook her head: "I’m not that noble morally, to set myself any plans or goals for a stranger who I merely crossed paths with."
The world is too vast, and there are too many people in need of help; she’s no superhero, without the ability to save everyone she encounters.
"I just simply think that going head to head with these conscienceless scoundrels should be quite interesting."
Su Wanxin shrugged her shoulders.
"Their passion for numbers is in scamming money. Part of my passion for numbers lies in spoiling their plans."
What’s more, she felt the job was quite challenging, and when she met Hodward, it just so happened to give her a reason to return to Hua Country...
So she agreed, somewhat inexorably.
"Let’s go, it’s getting late, and I should head home."
Su Wanxin turned around, got into the car, and asked Fu Shihan to drive her home. Tomorrow was Qi Ran’s birthday; she didn’t have the nerve to stay out all night tonight.
Fu Shihan dropped her off at her home, drove her car back to his place, then lay down on the sofa, unable to sleep as he thought about what had happened here during the day.
In the stillness of the night, the most dreadful thing is when your inner desires flare up, and the person who stirs them isn’t by your side, an exceedingly uncomfortable feeling.
Fu Shihan, feeling uneasy both mentally and physically, sent a message to Su Wanxin, asking what she was up to.
Su Wanxin had already bathed and put Yangyang to sleep, and was reclining on the bed reading a document sent by Chen Lei when she received his message. She replied casually: Getting ready to sleep.
H: I can’t sleep.
Su Xiaopian: Why?
H: Think about what you did to me during the day.