236: Chapter 236 Unspeakable

"I'm not feeling unwell, I'm just a little... because of what happened this morning."

Seeing that he hesitated to finish his sentence, Chen Guangke asked Shen Yan with a curious face, "A little what? Don't leave me hanging, you're making me anxious."

Shen Yan sighed helplessly, "I don't even know how to explain it to you. It's just a bizarre encounter."

Hearing the word 'bizarre,' Chen Guangke became even more interested.

He pulled out the chair opposite Shen Yan, sat down abruptly, and asked, "What exactly happened this morning? Could it be that Gu Xuantian came looking for you again?"

Shen Yan shook his head and replied, "No, I ran into the Chairman of the Gu Group."

The Chairman of the Gu Group?

Chen Guangke opened his mouth slightly and asked softly, "Was it a chance encounter, or did he come looking for you?"

Shen Yan glanced at Chen Guangke and asked with amusement, "Why would you think the Chairman of the Gu Group would come looking for me?"

Chen Guangke scratched his head and replied somewhat uncertainly, "Well, since Gu Xuantian came looking for you, why couldn't the Chairman of the Gu Group come looking for you?"

Shen Yan was instantly convinced by Chen Guangke's logic.

"Fine, whatever you say. But it wasn't him actively seeking me out; it was a chance encounter."

Chen Guangke nodded and asked again, "Okay, it was a chance encounter. Then what happened next?"

Shen Yan replied with a slight headache, "To put it simply, I passed by, saw them being extorted, and acted righteously. After I finished, their car broke down, so they came to borrow my car."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Guangke eagerly said to him, "So you lent them the car, established contact with them, and became friends?"

Shen Yan: "..."

He looked at Chen Guangke with the gaze one reserves for an idiot and said, "Have you been reading too many novels?"

Chen Guangke blinked, looking completely unconvinced.

"What do you mean, reading too many novels? You've already acted righteously twice, why couldn't you establish contact and become friends with them?"

Shen Yan chuckled softly and countered, "If you were the Chairman of the Gu Group, would you casually establish contact and become good friends with a random person on the street over such a small matter?"

Chen Guangke answered without hesitation, "I would! Why wouldn't I? Someone who helps you when you're in dire need is definitely a good person!"

Shen Yan was utterly helpless.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say. But what I wanted to talk about isn't that; it's what happened after I lent them the car."

"They said they needed to go to the airport and asked me to drive them. On the way to the airport, we noticed several cars following us."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke couldn't help but start getting nervous.

"And then?"

Shen Yan hid nothing and told Chen Guangke everything that happened at that time.

"Holy crap!"

"You just accused me of reading too many novels, but now I feel like you're the one who's been reading too many!"

Shen Yan replied, fighting a smile, "What I said is true. Someone really chased us and rammed my car. My car is totaled now."

Actually, Chen Guangke believed Shen Yan's words.

After all, Shen Yan never lied to him about such matters.

"I remember the Gu Corporation made its fortune with the Artificial Intelligence project. How could they have provoked such formidable enemies?"

At this point, Chen Guangke's eyes suddenly widened. He asked Shen Yan with a look of horror, "Could it be that working on the Artificial Intelligence project itself carries immense danger?"

"If that's the case, I think we should pull out right now!"

Shen Yan knew Chen Guangke was just blowing smoke.

They had already invested so much money.

Giving up the project now would be equivalent to watching the company go bankrupt.

"If you keep spouting nonsense like that, get back outside to work!"

Chen Guangke pouted.

"Then answer me this: Why was the Chairman of the Gu Group blocked on the road? And threatened with sticks?"

Shen Yan replied, "Could it be that they are involved in some shady business dealings?"

The words fell.

Chen Guangke fell silent.

He thought Shen Yan's words held some possibility.

Although he hadn't interacted with those extremely high-level circles, he had heard that the bigger the enterprise, the dirtier their hands might be behind the scenes.

If the Gu Corporation was indeed running illicit businesses privately, should they still cooperate with people from the Gu Corporation?

Wouldn't this bring danger to them?

Thinking about it, he asked the question that was bothering him.

"Then should we still cooperate with Gu Mingming now?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan let out a chuckle.

"Are we going to give up cooperating with Gu Mingming over something baseless?"

"Without Gu Mingming's investment funds, where are you going to find 200 million for me?"

Chen Guangke also knew his words were somewhat unrealistic. He pursed his lips and complained in a low voice, "I was just saying it; you don't need to be so serious, do you?"

Actually, Shen Yan wasn't being serious either.

He was just saying it casually.

After the two finished discussing the matter, the atmosphere in the office returned to quiet.

Chen Guangke rubbed his hands, glanced at the air conditioner in the corner of the office, and asked Shen Yan, "Aren't you cold? The AC is set so low."

Shen Yan turned to look at the air conditioner and replied to Chen Guangke, "It's not cold at all. I think you're the one who's weak. If you ask me, you're the one who needs to rest the most right now."

"I heard from Xiao Wu that you only rested two days this month. If you keep this up, can your body handle it?"

Chen Guangke's eyes widened.

"What do you mean by that? Don't you know the one thing men hate hearing most is being called weak?"

"I'm telling you, I'm not weak at all. I can even work continuously for another month right now!"

Shen Yan was speechless.

Chen Guangke only knew how to compete with him over trivial matters like this.

"Forget it, forget it. Whatever you say goes, but just make sure you rest properly."

After saying that, he glanced at the watch on his wrist.

"I need to go out for a bit later. Help me keep an eye on the company."

Chen Guangke was stunned.

"Didn't you say you weren't planning to rest?"

Shen Yan stood up while replying to Chen Guangke, "Didn't you say it? Work is work, and life is life. I just had such a big scare today; can't I be allowed to rest?"

Chen Guangke: "..."

Who said only women change their minds like flipping a book?

Clearly, men are the same!

After leaving the company, Shen Yan decided to go home for a visit.

Due to work recently, he hadn't had time to spend quality time with Liu Hui.