Chapter 351: You don't deserve it

One month later, the headquarters building of the Xu Group.

The bustling and busy scene of the past no longer exists.

The originally crowded and noisy building is now empty, with only a few elevators still operating normally.

There are only a few employees left in the building, but they are all hurrying to pack their things.

In the past, whenever they mentioned working for the Xu Group,

these people would feel a sense of pride well up inside them.

Now, however, they only hate the fact that they were born without two legs.

They are afraid that if they stay in this company for even a little longer, they will incur some kind of debt that they cannot repay.

'Sir, why have all these people suddenly left? Don't they work here anymore?'

Gu Chen stood in front of the main entrance of the group headquarters at this time, his face full of composure, and said to the last remaining security guard in front of him without any panic.

'Oh, forget it. I heard before that it was because the boss made a bad decision and offended the wrong people.

Now all of Xu's Group's businesses have been taken away, and they are in huge debt. Even the shareholders have withdrawn their capital, and it is said that they are suing the former chairman and want to put him in jail.'

The older man's expression grew more and more serious as he spoke, 'Last month, it was still a pretty big company, but this month, they can't even pay the salaries. What do you think these people will do if they don't run away? Even I myself am working for the last time today.'

Having said this, he couldn't help but smack his lips, as if lamenting the impermanence of worldly affairs.

Gu Chen, however, just nodded indifferently, without any joy or sorrow in his heart.

He took another look at the extremely messy office building in front of him, and walked straight in.

After he entered the building, he discovered that the scene here was far beyond what he had previously imagined.

Looking at the various offices inside, it was as if they had been ransacked many times.

The desks, chairs and all the necessary office equipment were all gone.

Even the light bulbs on the ceiling had been removed.

This kind of scene is quite common in this day and age. After all, people nowadays are not as clever as they were in the future, and the only thing they can think of is to move things and sell them for money.

Gu Chen didn't linger, but took the elevator all the way to the top floor of the Xu Group's company.

Pushing open the office door, an empty red wine bottle immediately rolled to his feet.

Gu Chen looked up and saw Xu Qingmu sitting in the leather chair in the chairman's office, his face full of despondency.

It seemed that he hadn't taken care of himself for a long time, and his face was covered with a messy beard.

The wide office desk was littered with empty bottles of all kinds, and his eyes were a little dazed.

He didn't seem to notice the sudden uninvited guest at the door.

He just kept drinking, looking very dishevelled.

'Is someone else here? What do you want this time? Just take whatever you want. Just leave the wine for me, and get out of here after you're done!'

Xu Qingmu still did not look up at this time, but impatiently shouted at the empty bottle in front of him.

After he finished speaking, his gaze could not help but fall on the photo he was holding in his hands.

Tears of remorse immediately welled up in his eyes.

In the photo, Ji Bianran was embracing her father Ji Guangsheng's arm, standing in front of the camera with a smile on her face.

The man standing next to her, not far away, was wearing a well-tailored, high-end suit, looking handsome and charming.

He was looking at Ji Pianran with adoration and obsession, the tenderness in his eyes as if they were about to overflow.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qingmu couldn't help but feel another wave of heartache that seemed to reach deep into his soul.

Ever since Ji Pianran left him, he had thought of and missed her every moment of every day over the years.

Even in his mind, the time he spent with Ji Pianran would occasionally resurface.

If he could do it all over again, he would trade everything he had for the other person's forgiveness.

If he could do it all over again, he hoped that time would just rewind by ten years.

Even if he was only given one day to live, as long as he could see Ji Pianran one more time, he would be willing to do it.

But reality was the opposite of what he wanted.

The more he wanted to keep Ji Pianran by his side, the more he wanted to control everything about the other person.

He had never wanted something so badly in his life, and this feeling made him almost go mad.

However, the more he wanted it, the further away Ji Pianran became, and the more lonely he became.

Xu Qingmu didn't know how to make up for the harm he had caused Ji Pianran.

He didn't know how to heal the other person's broken heart.

At the moment, he had lost everything and could only wait alone in this building.

'Pianran, I'm sorry, it was my fault. I shouldn't have pushed you like that. Pianran, please come back and see me again. You don't know how much I love you. It's been the same in the past, the present, and the future. I've never changed. Pianran, I was really wrong.'

More and more tears welled up in his eyes, and they fell drop by drop on the photo in his hands.

Gu Chen watched Xu Qingmu's performance quietly.

He couldn't help but sigh, a guy who would do anything to get what he wanted, could he also be so weak?

I'm afraid that what pains him the most at the moment is that he no longer has any power.

Continue to keep everyone else firmly under your control, right?

Gu Chen couldn't help but snort, before saying lightly:

'Xu Qingmu, do you still recognise me?' Hearing this, Xu Qingmu finally looked up, a little dazed.

Although this was the first time they had met,

but he still recognised the person standing in front of him at first glance.

This person made him jealous and drove him crazy.

This person made him hate them so much that he wanted to dismember them into a million pieces day and night.

'It's you, Gu Chen!!!'

Xu Qingmu shouted these three words with clenched teeth.

He looked like a wounded beast at that moment.

'When you plotted against the Ji family and sent someone to the streets to try to amputate my limbs, did Chairman Xu ever think that he would end up like this today?'

Gu Chen said this with full of mockery.

Hearing Gu Chen's words, Xu Qingmu couldn't help but be stunned, and then his eyes were filled with anger and resentment.

'Gu Chen, don't be too arrogant. Let me tell you, even if you are Ji Pianran's husband, so what? I tell you, I will make you pay the price sooner or later. Ji Pianran will always be mine, she is mine!'

Gu Chen couldn't help but laugh, and then grabbed Xu Qingmu by the collar.

He pressed him against the wall and shouted angrily, 'Xu Qingmu, don't you understand? It was you who destroyed the relationship between the Xu and Ji families, and then you were the one who drove Puran away. Don't say that you have nothing now. Even if you are still the chairman of Xu Group, Puran will never marry you!'

'No matter this life or the next, it's absolutely impossible!!!'

He emphasized the words 'never' and 'impossible' when he said them.

At this point, Xu Qingmu finally saw a deep look of despair in his eyes.

Gu Chen, on the other hand, threw him aside like he was garbage.

He reached out and took back the photo of Ji Bianran from the other person's hand, and shouted coldly.

'Xu Qingmu, you don't deserve her!'

This is a photo of his daughter-in-law, and someone like Xu Qingmu doesn't deserve to have it!