Chapter 1830 — An Explanation
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"Fine, I'll speak to my father now..." An Liwen did not stall; he took out his phone and dialed An Mingyue's number...
After An Mingyue finished his call, even Gu Mengyao felt a little uncertain. Could the Ans truly be innocent? Otherwise, why would An Liwen be so confident?
Of course, suspicious as the Ans were, it couldn't be ruled out that they truly were innocent.
"Then why is it that they made money before, and afterward lost everything, down to the last cent?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"Ah, well, there shouldn't have been any loss at all—but for some reason, Uncle Chu suddenly wanted to withdraw a billion. That threw off the groundwork laid earlier and wrecked the whole operation. So not only did the billion never come back, everything was lost outright..." An Liwen spread his hands, full of regret.
"What? It was because of the withdrawal... that everything was lost?" Gu Mengyao was stunned. Never had she imagined that the root cause of her father's bankruptcy would be his own wish to withdraw funds! Though An Liwen's words could not be trusted now, she still sank into deep self-reproach.
Was it because of her? If she hadn't called her father asking for a billion, would he have withdrawn the money so suddenly? Was all of it her doing?
Earlier, Qing-bo had skipped over all this because he feared it would hurt Gu Mengyao—and at the time he had been convinced the Ans were behind it anyway, that losing money through a withdrawal was only a pretext, so he had left these details out.
But An Liwen was intent on making Gu Mengyao resent Wei Zhao, and so he said deliberately: "Yes—in financial speculation, nothing is more taboo than pulling out after the groundwork is laid. It throws the whole plan into disarray at once..."
"Is that so..." Gu Mengyao lowered her head, her spirits sinking.
Seeing that Gu Mengyao did not blame Wei Zhao, An Liwen was slightly disappointed, but he could say no more. Say too much, and she would surely grow suspicious; Gu Mengyao was no fool. He had gone to great pains to bring her to half-belief, and he would not ruin such a fine situation.
Presently, several messages arrived on An Liwen's phone. He glanced at them, then said to Gu Mengyao: "They've sent it over. Let me play it for you."
"All right," Gu Mengyao nodded without hesitation.
"Brother Pengzhan, why are you calling again? Didn't we just speak a moment ago? I've sent the current profits to your email—see if you've received them..." The recording began to play slowly from An Liwen's phone...
At first it was only ordinary conversation, but as it went on, Gu Mengyao's expression shifted ever so slightly.
"Brother Pengzhan, as an old neighbor, let me advise you—futures carry risk. It's not the sure thing you imagine, where you can't lose. When you profit, someone else loses; that's only natural. So enough is enough—pull out, why don't you?"
What followed was Gu Pengzhan's request to withdraw the funds. An Mingyue had warned him then that withdrawing carried risk, but Gu Pengzhan insisted on withdrawing anyway, and Gu Mengyao's face fell... Thinking that her father had done it for her sake, tears welled up and spilled from her eyes...
These few recordings were enough to prove the Ans' innocence, and only now did Gu Mengyao believe it—that this was entirely an accident. Faced with such evidence, she could hardly argue; even if the Ans had played some trick in it, to put it bluntly, Gu Pengzhan had brought it on himself.
They had warned you again and again, and still you wouldn't listen—so when you lost the money, whose fault was that?
"Yaoyao, now do you understand what our family has suffered?" An Liwen smiled bitterly. "In all this, the Ans gained no advantage at all. It amounts to our having bought these shares and properties with that money."
"Could you send me these recordings?" Gu Mengyao asked, drawing a deep breath. Qing-bo knew nothing of these matters, and the Ans had never explained any of it to him.