Is it hard to chase the school beauty?It doesn't matter, she still has roommates

Su Dahe slammed down the phone and threw it onto the sofa.

"A bunch of snobs!"

He cursed through gritted teeth.

The assistant carefully handed over a cup of tea.

"Mr. Su, we've already contacted twelve investors, and they all..."

"I know!"

Su Dahe rudely interrupted him.

"So what if I owe the bank over 10 billion? Everyone's kicking me when I'm down!"

He irritably loosened his tie and walked to the French windows.

Outside the window, the city lights still shone brightly, but they couldn't brighten his gloomy mood.

Yesterday he was the second-in-command of Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group, but today he's a stray dog.

To make matters worse, he only had a little over 200 million yuan in cash left, which wouldn't even make a ripple in the capital market.

"Su Yue."

He pronounced the name as if he were chewing up every single word.

"You think you've won just because you've become chairman? You're too naive."

He turned to his assistant and said.

"Notify our people that starting tomorrow, all decisions requiring board approval will be delayed. Procurement contracts, R&D projects, personnel transfers—stop everything that can be stopped!"

The assistant hesitated.

"But Miss Su Yue is now the chairperson; she has the final say."

"So what?"

Su Dahe sneered.

"The execution level is in our hands. Who can she, a newly appointed young woman, command?"

He walked back to his desk, turned on his computer, and checked the stock price chart of Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group.

"Just give me a little more time, until I raise the money to increase my shareholding."

His fingers were typing on the keyboard when suddenly a push notification popped up.

Breaking News: Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group's stock price plummeted to its daily limit at the open; analysts suggest it may be related to high-level management changes.

Su Dahe's pupils contracted sharply, and he stood up abruptly, the chair scraping against the floor with a jarring sound.

"how is this possible?"

He stared intently at the screen; the steep green line on the stock chart felt like a knife piercing his heart.

"Su Yue."

He gritted his teeth, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"You actually made the first move."

On Tuesday, the stock price of Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group plummeted to its daily limit down, like a kite with a broken string.

"what happened?"

Su Dahe stared at the computer screen, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the desktop.

His assistant stood to the side, beads of sweat glistening on his forehead.

"Mr. Su, we've checked. There's no negative news, and no large sell orders. It's just... it suddenly hit the daily limit down."

Su Dahe slammed his fist on the table.

"Bullshit! How can a stock price suddenly plummet to its daily limit for no reason? Investigate this!"

However, they couldn't find the reason by the close of trading.

In Su Dahe's private account, the value of the pledged stocks has shrunk by 10%, and is close to the liquidation line.

On Wednesday, the stock opened slightly lower, and some speculators began to buy.

"The opportunity has come!"

Several short-term traders were excitedly posting on the stock forum.

Su Dahe breathed a sigh of relief and was preparing to have the finance department prepare funds to support the stock price.

Suddenly, a message exploded across major financial platforms.

"Su Dongshan, Chairman of Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group, is critically ill; the inside story of the falling out between Su family father and son."

"Who the hell posted this?!"

Su Dahe was furious, but it was too late.

Retail investors panicked and frantically sold off their stocks.

The stock price plummeted, ultimately closing down 8%.

In his office, Su Dahe's phone kept ringing, all calls inquiring about the veracity of the news.

He hung up on one call after another in frustration until the brokerage firm called back.

"Mr. Su, the shares you pledged have reached the liquidation threshold. Please add margin before the market opens tomorrow."

Su Dahe's forehead veins bulged.

"I see!"

After hanging up the phone, he slumped into his leather chair, looking at the meager amount of liquid funds left in his account, knowing that all was lost.

On Thursday morning, before Su Dahe had even gotten out of bed, the phone rang.

It's a securities company.

"Mr. Su, we regret to inform you that due to your failure to provide additional margin on time, we will be forcibly liquidating your pledged shares after the market opens today."

Su Dahe's phone slipped and fell to the ground.

This means he will lose control of Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group.

Meanwhile, in Chen Yihan's office, she was staring at the computer screen, her fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard.

"Su Yue, the stock price has fallen to our target price."

Chen Yihan turned to Su Yue, who was sitting on the sofa, and said.

"We can begin the acquisition."

Su Yue nodded.

"do it according to plan."

Chen Yihan quickly issued a buy order, and buy orders poured into the market, silently absorbing the chips dumped by retail investors.

By the close of trading on Friday, Chen Yihan closed her laptop and revealed a victorious smile.

"Including your original shares, we now hold 51% of the shares. Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group is yours."

Su Yue let out a long sigh, her eyes filled with a complex expression.

She picked up her phone and dialed Qin Luo's number.

"Qin Luo, we succeeded."

On the other end of the phone, Qin Luo's voice was calm and gentle.

"Congratulations. I will be there on time for your birthday party tonight."

At this time, Su Dahe was facing the darkest moment of his life.

Creditors, like sharks smelling blood, flocked to the door demanding repayment.

What devastated him even more was that Wu Li, who was pregnant with his child, left a note saying that she had aborted the child and left.

"Bitch! They are all bitches!"

Su Dahe smashed everything in the villa to pieces, roaring hysterically.

Just as he was venting his anger, the doorbell rang.

Su Dahe, panting heavily, went to open the door. Standing outside was a hunched old woman, leaning on a snake-shaped cane. Her face was crisscrossed with wrinkles, but her eyes were frighteningly bright.

"who are you?"

Su Dahe asked warily.

The old woman grinned, revealing a few yellowish-black teeth.

"I'm here to see Xiaoqi."

"What Xiao Qi? I don't know her!"

Su Dahe impatiently tried to close the door.

The old woman suddenly reached out her withered, bony hand and grabbed Su Dahe's wrist.

"Xiao Qi was a Gu worm that I raised inside Su Dongshan's body. It's dead."

Su Dahe felt a chill creep from his wrist throughout his body. To his horror, he discovered a dark blue snake emerging from the old woman's sleeve, its tongue flicking as it stared at him.

"What do you want to do?"

Su Dahe's voice trembled.

The old woman smiled sinisterly.

"Tell me, who killed Xiao Qi?"

Su Dahe's eyes darted around, and he suddenly came up with an idea to use someone else to do his dirty work.

"It's Qin Luo! That kid named Qin Luo, he used some kind of evil magic to kill the Gu worms inside my father!"

"Qin Luo."

The old woman chewed on the name, a venomous glint in her eyes.

"Take me to him."

Su Dahe was secretly delighted and quickly nodded.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right away. Today is Su Yue's birthday party, Qin Luo will definitely be there."

He drove the old woman to the Su family villa.

Inside the car, the old woman remained silent, but the chilling aura emanating from her sent shivers down Su Dahe's spine.

He peeked into the rearview mirror and saw the snake coiled around the old woman's cane, its tongue flicking out from time to time.

"How may I address you?"

Su Dahe asked tentatively.

"Just call me a fortune teller."

The old woman replied ominously, "Focus on driving, don't try anything funny, or else..."

The snake in her sleeve suddenly darted out and hissed in Su Dahe's ear, startling him so much that he almost crashed into the railing.

Meanwhile, the Su family villa was brightly lit and filled with guests.

Su Yue, wearing the white dress Qin Luo had given her, elegantly greeted the guests.

Chen Yihan stood beside her, occasionally whispering reminders of which clients were important.

"Su Yue, where is your mysterious boyfriend?"

A college classmate asked curiously.

"I heard he gave you 20% of the shares of Jiangsu Pharmaceutical Group as a birthday gift?"

Su Yue's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Qin Luo has something to attend to, he'll be here soon."

In fact, Qin Luo had arrived long ago and was talking with several veterans of the Suyao Group in the backyard.

These veterans were all former subordinates of Su Dongshan, and they expressed their full support for Su Yue's takeover of the company.

"Mr. Qin is young and promising."

One of the elders said with a smile.

"I've heard you're skilled in medicine?"

Qin Luo smiled modestly.

"I know a little bit."

As they were talking, Qin Luo suddenly frowned and turned to look in the direction outside the villa.

"what happened?"

Another elder asked.

Qin Luo's expression was solemn.

"Excuse me, I have something urgent to attend to. Please excuse me for a moment."

After saying that, he left quickly.

Su Yue noticed that Qin Luo was missing and assumed he had gone to the restroom.

At this moment, Qin Luo had already arrived on the lawn in front of the villa.

Under the moonlight, several security guards lay on the ground, their fate unknown.

"Come out."

Qin Luo said calmly.

In the darkness, a hunched figure slowly walked over; it was the sorceress.

The night was as dark as ink, and the moonlight was obscured by thick clouds, leaving only a few pale rays that barely penetrated the darkness.

Qin Luo stood in the open space in front of the Su family villa, his muscles tense, his eyes fixed on the slowly moving figure in front of him.

"rustle."

The sound of fallen leaves being crushed underfoot was particularly jarring in the quiet night.

The sorceress walked very slowly, taking four or five minutes to reach Qin Luo, a distance of only a dozen meters.

With each step she took, it seemed as if she had used all her strength, yet it carried a strange rhythm.

As they drew closer, a chilling, decaying aura swept over them, and Qin Luo's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat, but he forced himself to remain calm.

"You're the one who killed my Xiao Qi?"

The sorceress's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, hoarse and dry, each word carrying a chilling coldness.

Qin Luo squinted, using the dim light to examine the uninvited guest before him.

The sorceress was hunched over, less than 1.5 meters tall, and wrapped in a tattered black robe. She leaned on a twisted wooden cane with a coiled snake carved on the top.

"I killed him."

Qin Luo did not deny it, his voice was calm and powerful.

"He deserves to die."

The air seemed to freeze at this moment.

The sorceress slowly raised her head. The moonlight pierced through the clouds and shone on her terrifying face, which was covered with wrinkles like dry tree bark. Her eyes were sunken, and her eyeballs were almost invisible. Only two eerie green lights flickered in the darkness.

Her skin clung tightly to her bones, making her face look like a skeleton wrapped in human skin.

Qin Luo gasped, instinctively taking a half step back, his right hand already reaching for the dagger at his waist.

The sorceress suddenly raised her cane, pointing it at Qin Luo's throat with incredible speed.

Qin Luo's pupils contracted sharply. He was about to retaliate when he saw the sorceress suddenly stop moving. The tip of her cane was less than an inch from his throat.

"you"

The sorceress's voice suddenly changed, and her eerie green eyes stared intently at Qin Luo's face.

"It looks just like him."

Qin Luo was stunned, looking at the sorceress with a puzzled expression.

She trembled as she withdrew her cane, took a step forward, almost touching Qin Luo, and carefully examined his face.

"Tell me your parents' names?"

The sorceress's voice suddenly became urgent.

Alarm bells rang in Qin Luo's mind, but his intuition told him that this question might hide an important clue.

He hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully.

"My father's name is Ye Xuanlong, and my mother's name is Feng Yajun."

"Ye Xuanlong Fengyajun"

The sorceress murmured the two names repeatedly, then suddenly let out a strange laugh.

"As expected. It really is his child."

She took two steps back and slammed her cane heavily on the ground.

"I can't kill you. I can't."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Qin Luo was struck dumb; this was the first time in over a decade that he had heard any concrete news about his parents! He rushed forward in an instant.

"Wait! You know my parents? Where are they?"

The sorceress did not answer and continued walking forward, her pace much faster than when she had come.

"stop!"

Qin Luo panicked and was about to chase after him when Su Yue's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Qin Luo? Who are you talking to?"

Qin Luo turned around and saw Su Yue standing at the villa entrance in her pajamas, looking confused.

In the blink of an eye, when he turned around again, the sorceress had vanished without a trace, as if she had never been there.

"Someone tried to kill me just now."

Qin Luo frowned and looked around.

"But no fight broke out."

Su Yue quickly walked to his side and nervously grabbed his arm.

"Who goes there? Where are you?"

"A sorceress, claiming to have come to avenge Xiao Qi."

Qin Luo briefly explained what had just happened.

"But after seeing my face, she suddenly asked for my parents' names and then left."

Su Yue's eyes showed surprise.

"Does she know your parents?"

"It seems so."

Qin Luo clenched his fist, his nails digging deep into his palm.

"This is the first time I've received a clue about my parents."

Su Yue pondered for a moment.

“Since the fortune teller knows your parents, she is likely to have a relationship with them, otherwise she wouldn’t have let you off so easily.”

She paused.

"And she mentioned 'like him,' could this 'him' be your father?"

A spark of hope ignited in Qin Luo's eyes.

"I must find her and get to the bottom of this!"

"Don't rush yet."

Su Yue comforted her.

“Since the sorceress is here, there must be some clues. We can start our investigation with Su Dahe.”

Mentioning Su Dahe, Qin Luo suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, how did the fortune teller get in? Where's the security guard?"

The two hurried toward the gate and found the security guard on duty lying unconscious on the ground.

Qin Luo squatted down to check and found a tiny needle mark on the security guard's neck, but his breathing was steady and his pulse was normal.

"They were just anesthetized."

Qin Luo pinched the security guard's philtrum.

"He should wake up soon."

Sure enough, a few seconds later the security guard opened his eyes with a groan, looking completely bewildered.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Someone broke in."

Qin Luo helped him sit up.

"Did you see the attacker?"

The security guard tried hard to recall. (End of Chapter)