CEO, Release Me

"Then... I'll go back to my room to sleep tonight. Take care of yourself, if you need anything, just let me know. " Although the warmth of the night was about to be crushed, there was nothing that could be done about it.

"Alright." With that, Gu Chen returned to his room.

Jane was holding her stomach, and now she felt some pain. She knew that the real pain had yet to come.

The first thing Jane did was to quickly lie down and warm the bed. Hopefully it will reduce some of the pain caused by dysmenorrhea.

This night, Jane was very tired. Her lower abdomen was in pain until the latter half of the night before she was able to calm down. It was also the latter half of the night when she was able to sleep peacefully.

When he woke up the next day, Gu Chen received a call from the company. He rushed to the company in the early morning.

Before he left, he did not forget to tell Mama Zhang to make Jane a cup of brown sugar water, which he had found on Baidu.

He said that the brown sugar water was good for the girls who came to his aunt's room. The next day, he hurriedly told his mother.

After saying that, she drove to the company. Jane had been working on her stomach all night and felt very tired when she woke up in the morning.

While she was still in a daze, she saw a cup of hot brown sugar water brought over by Mama Zhang.

"Thank you, Mrs Zhang. How did you know …" Jane asked curiously.

"This was instructed by Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu really cares about you." Mrs Zhang said with a smile.

"Ah …" Yes... "Is that so?" Jane was a little embarrassed as she said this, but Mrs Zhang could see that Jane's face was mostly filled with happiness.

"Then what about Mr. Gu? Why haven't we seen him this early in the morning?" As Jane spoke, she looked around.

"Mr. Gu left early in the morning. He said it's an important matter for the company."

"Oh, I know, but thank you anyway, Mrs Zhang." With that, Jane took the warm brown sugar water in her hand and went back to her bedroom.

Inside the company's office, Gu Chen was pacing back and forth with a frown on his face.

The emergency call early in the morning had summoned him back to the company. Before he sat down, he saw Gu Yuan walking in complacently.

"I heard good news early in the morning, but I didn't have the time to tell you. Younger brother, you have to congratulate me, Dad said I have to fund the company myself, and now I'm the CEO. Younger brother, don't you think there's something to congratulate me?" Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Chen. He stared intently at Gu Chen's expression, as if he wanted to see a trace of disappointment on Gu Chen's face to make him feel better.

"Starting a company? Hmph, can you do it, with your despicable methods? " Gu Chen was infuriated.

"Means aren't important. As long as I can make the company operate successfully and improve day by day, wouldn't that be much better than someone with a 'conscience' like you? "I'll ask Dad later whether you, Gu Chen, are truly the CEO of a company, or if I, who bring great benefits to the company, am more convincing to the public!" Gu Yuan slammed the door and left.

Gu Chen angrily picked up the phone, "Father, it's me."

"Little Chen, what's the matter?" his father asked calmly.

"Why did you contribute to Gu Yuan's company? You know how he got his cosmetics formulas!" Gu Chen excitedly raised his voice.

"How did they get their hands on it? If we don't admit it, no one will ever question us. If we push forward before the Lu family, no matter how much they resist, it will be useless."

"Father, how can we do such a thing for such a small benefit? Is the benefit more important than the reputation of the company!"

"You don't need to say anymore. I have already decided on this. As long as there are benefits and money, I don't care about other things." Saying that, his father mercilessly hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the line, Gu Chen was deeply saddened. He was once again disappointed in this family, this company.

In the days that followed, Gu Yuan began to buy out large quantities of medicinal herbs in preparation for the new company's formula. All the medicinal herb merchants in the market turned to Gu Yuan's company. When the Lu family started purchasing medicinal herbs, they discovered that the Gu family owned almost all of the medicinal herbs in the market.

"What!?" Why was there a sudden shortage of medicinal herbs! Someone else is purchasing this medicinal herb! " When Lu Zhan Ming heard of this, he flew into a rage. He never thought that the herbs needed for the company's secret formula would be sold without restraint.

"It's a new company opened by Gu Yuan of the Gu Clan. According to our investigation, their company is about to list a new product with similar effects to ours. The main ingredients are also the same. Now, all the herbs on the market have been purchased by them." the secretary whispered.

"Why is it like this, who is it!?" Who leaked our formula? Otherwise, how would Gu Yuan know about our new product! "Now that their products are going to be on the market, who would buy our stuff?!" Lu Zhan Ming was on the verge of collapse.

As predicted by Lu Zhan, Gu Yuan's new product was released on schedule and received a lot of attention in the market. Because the results were good and the price was cheap, many women rushed to buy it.

Lu Zhan Ming impatiently paced back and forth in his office. Suddenly, he heard a light knock on the door.

"Come in." Lu Zhan Ming impatiently shouted.

"CEO Lu …" Jane walked in timidly.

"Are you here to make fun of me? If it is, then you see it now! Are you satisfied! " Lu Zhan Ming roared.

"I just have a document for you to look at... "If you're busy, I'll leave it here first. I'll come back later to retrieve it …" With that, Jian Chu rushed out of the door.

"CEO Lu." At this moment, Lu Zhan Ming's secretary came in.

"What is it?"

"Earlier, Jian Chu and the second young master of the Gu Clan … "Do you think …" The secretary asked carefully.

Lu Zhan Ming suddenly thought of that day's photo and Jane's expression. Instantly, an uncontrollable rage rushed into his heart.

That's right, if it wasn't for her, why would the secret recipe fall into the hands of the Gu Clan? She can enter my office at any time, and she also has that unclear relationship with Gu Chen. If it weren't for her handing the formula over to Gu Chen to curry favor with him, how would Gu Yuan have gotten the formula to suppress our Lu Clan!

If it wasn't for her betraying me, I wouldn't be in this situation right now! The more Lu Zhan Ming thought about it, the angrier he became. He was certain that it was Jane who had betrayed him.

"How about... I'll go down and ask Jane if she won't tell us, and we'll use some means to force her to tell us the truth. " The secretary noticed that Lu Zhan Ming's face was darkening. He thought to himself that this was a good opportunity to take credit for himself.

"Go on, you know what to do." When Lu Zhan Ming thought of that disgusting woman who had betrayed him, he felt a wave of disgust. As for what his subordinates wanted to ask, all he had to do was to ask about the results. If she betrayed him, she wouldn't have to stay.

Jane was in her seat, sorting out the documents she had prepared when the phone rang. It was Gu Chen.

"It's me." Gu Chen's voice sounded exhausted.

"Wait a moment, I'll talk to you in the tea room." Jane looked around worriedly to make sure her colleagues were not watching, then she quietly left her seat and walked into the teahouse.

"Why are you sneaking around like this?" There was a hint of displeasure in Gu Chen's voice. He didn't understand why a woman he liked would answer his phone at work as though it was a clandestine affair.

"No, no, I just …"

"Jane Chu, come here for a moment. I have something to ask you." The secretary's voice sounded behind her, causing her to almost lose control of the phone in her hand.

"Okay, okay." "No," Jane said quickly.

"I'll call you later. The company has something to take care of."

Before Gu Chen could reply, Jane hurriedly hung up the phone.

This woman, why is she always so restless? Gu Chen thought for a moment before putting away the phone. Suddenly, his hand stopped in midair. No, at this time, the news of the Gu family's cosmetics market going public should have already reached the Lu Corporation. They originally wanted to call to ask if Jane Chu had been troubled because of them.

Would anything happen if he called her over at this time? Thinking of this, Gu Chen didn't bother to inform his secretary as he strode out of the company and ran towards the underground parking lot.

In a warehouse in the Lu Corporation, there was a dim light. At first, Jane didn't understand why her secretary would bring her here to discuss things. The moment she walked in, the secretary quickly locked the door.

"Is there anything you need to ask me here?" Jane asked uneasily.

"Did you know that the Gu Group recently released a new batch of cosmetics on the market?" the secretary asked arrogantly.

"Yes, yes." Didn't you hear that we also have new products coming out of the market? " Jane asked weakly.

"Hmph, going public. Going public my ass. The formula has been given to a lover out of hand. You can go and take whatever you want!" The secretary said in a strange tone.

"What do you mean!" Jane did not understand.

"What do you mean? Don't you understand? Why are you playing dumb with me?" "If you hadn't posted the secret formula to Gu Chen of the second company of the Gu Clan Group, would he have stuck so closely to someone like you?"

"What evidence do you have to say that about me! I've never done such a thing! How could I have done anything to betray the company? " Jane could not believe that she was being suspected like this.

"You won't sell out the company? You even know this is the company you work for? I thought you didn't know what you were anymore because you were close to the top branch of the Gu Group. "If you don't give us some benefits, how could the Gu Clan take an interest in you?" The secretary spat.

"I really haven't done that! "You said I did it, what evidence do you have?!" Jane shouted in anger. Since she was young, she had always been strict with the rules, but this was the first time she received such a huge injustice.

"What proof would someone like you, who only eats money from the inside, need? Don't cry until you see the coffin today, right? If you don't tell the truth, don't blame me!" The secretary rolled up his sleeves and picked up a metal rod beside him.

"What are you doing!?" Are you trying to use lynching!? I will tell CEO Lu! You can't accuse someone wrongly for no reason at all! " Jane slowly began to feel a tinge of fear. She did not understand why she was being wrongly accused. It seemed that the situation now was akin to a battle of attrition. No, he could not be wronged like this, he could not be named a traitor.