bullyxtreme Chapter 580 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (59)
Chapter 580 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (59)
Yan Zhen returned to his office after the meeting, where the cleaning staff was wiping the floor.
A sweet scent wafted in the air; Yan Zhen recognized it as the five-finger peach chicken soup her mother had been making lately. Then she noticed a broken thermos in the trash can and asked the cleaning lady, "What happened here?"
The cleaning staff said, "Mr. Gao came to bring you soup, but somehow he spilled it."
Gao Shenghan came by?
"What about others?"
"left already."
Yan Zhen seemed to be deep in thought, his gaze falling on the desk where the mouse had been moved.
Gao Shenghan left the company and immediately went back to the Yan family home.
He found Yan Zhen's frequently used bank card in the master bedroom and logged into his mobile banking app to check his statements.
Upon investigation, he discovered that Yan Zhen had transferred one million yuan to Yu Yanfei the previous night.
One million!!!
It seems that Yu Yanfei has indeed betrayed his side and sold his secret to Yan Zhen.
This thought caused Gao Shenghan's anger to rise steadily.
He recalled everything that had happened since he met Yu Yanfei—twenty years ago, the two were newcomers who entered the modeling agency at the same time. After struggling in the modeling industry for several years, Gao Shenghan switched to acting, while Yu Yanfei became a model agent.
Different choices lead to different opportunities. After Gao Shenghan joined the Yan family, it was as if he had flown to the top of a tree.
Yu Yanfei, whom he hadn't contacted in a long time, suddenly came up to him. Among the group of old friends who were fawning over Gao Shenghan, Yu Yanfei was the most enthusiastic and praised him the most.
Yu Yanfei was willing to flatter him, and Gao Shenghan didn't mind giving him some benefits through his fingers. He would bring Yu Yanfei to some high-end dinners and banquets.
Yu Yanfei reciprocated by introducing Gao Shenghan to circles he had never been exposed to before, including gambling, young models, and even marijuana.
Wine, women, wealth, and power brought Gao Shenghan an incredibly exciting and novel experience.
At first, Gao Shenghan played in moderation, gambling in moderation for fun, and never touched young models or anything illegal.
But he couldn't resist Yu Yanfei's encouragement, and he placed increasingly larger bets. On one occasion, while on a cruise ship in international waters, he crossed the line when faced with a hot young model that Yu Yanfei had sent to him.
Winning and losing are common occurrences at the gambling table. With the Yan family as his backing, and his wife's supplementary card being like a tap that provides a continuous flow of money, Gao Shenghan gradually lost his concrete concept of winning and losing.
Until one night, he emptied his credit card at the gambling table.
After getting off the gambling table, Gao Shenghan realized he had lost over 90 million yuan when he checked his accounts.
More than 90 million, nearly 100 million, is not a small amount.
What should I do if my wife asks?
Gao Shenghan felt a little flustered for a moment.
During festivals and holidays, Yan's father, as the backbone of the family, would repeatedly warn his uncles and younger generations that they must never get involved in gambling or drugs, because once they got even a little bit of either, they were finished.
If his father-in-law, who despises gambling, finds out he's addicted, he might force his wife to divorce him.
This thought filled Gao Shenghan with fear; he absolutely could not lose everything he had now.
To cover the debt, Gao Shenghan, at Yu Yanfei's urging, borrowed three million yuan at exorbitant interest rates.
His idea at the time was simple: use the three million as capital to win back the money he lost, pay off the debts, and then he would quit.
But the three million was lost to the casino within an hour.
From that moment on, Gao Shenghan seemed to have entered a vicious cycle he couldn't escape—he borrowed money again and again, lost money gambling again and again, and all that was left in front of him were one IOU after another.
After spending three days at the casino, Gao Shenghan incurred nearly 60 million yuan in high-interest loans.
When Yu Yanfei urged him to borrow another ten million yuan at high interest rates to "make a beautiful comeback," Gao Shenghan's muddled mind finally realized that he had been tricked.
When he tried to leave, Yu Yanfei revealed his true colors.
He showed him a video from several months ago of Gao Shenghan pinning down an 18 or 19-year-old model on a cruise ship in international waters. Enraged, Gao Shenghan punched him in the face.
Yu Yanfei wasn't angry after taking the punch. Instead, he smiled and said, "Either I release this video and the Yan family kicks you out of the house, you gluttonous, womanizing, gambling and prostitution, or you listen to me and we'll get rich together. You choose."
After that day, Yu Yanfei, who acted as the guarantor for the loan sharks, was like a dog with "prostitution" and "gambling" tethered to him. As long as he pulled that leash, Gao Shenghan would have to obey.
For nearly four years, the usury snowballed, growing from the initial 60 million to 100 million, then 200 million. With interest plus principal, new interest was added, resulting in an astronomical figure of 1.7 billion.
During this time, Gao Shenghan did consider telling his wife and father-in-law the truth, but whenever he thought about the consequences of being kicked out of the Yan family and returning to being an ordinary person, he dared not take the risk.
His mother-in-law was weak, his wife was incompetent, his brother-in-law was a good-for-nothing, and his own son, Gao Xinyu, was the only junior member of the Yan family.
This gave Gao Shenghan hope, and he longed for his father-in-law to die soon.
Once his strong-willed father-in-law dies, he will either be able to inherit the company or use the assets inherited by his wife to completely resolve the debts and extricate himself from this quagmire.
Gao Shenghan never expected that his father-in-law would die before he could see him. His wife, who had changed her mind, filed for divorce first. Because Yu Yanfei informed on him, she presented him with an extremely harsh divorce agreement that almost demanded that he leave with nothing.
He went from being the envied son-in-law of the Yan Group to his current wretched state, all because of Yu Yanfei.
It's all his fault!
Gao Shenghan gripped his phone tightly, a murderous intent rising in his heart.
He didn't understand why his wife knew what he had done but chose to remain silent, but Yan Fei was definitely involved in this matter.
Thinking that he only had 300,000 yuan left each month in child support after the divorce, which was not enough to cover the high-interest loans, and that he might be driven to death by the loan sharks, Gao Shenghan felt a surge of resentment.
Since Yu Yanfei has pushed himself into this situation, he won't have an easy time either!
Gao Shenghan unlocked his phone and called Yu Yanfei: "See you at Red Leaf Manor tonight. There are some details about the previous plan that I need to discuss with you."
That evening, Gao Shenghan met Yu Yanfei in the parking lot of Red Leaf Villa.
He drove a brand new car that hadn't been registered yet, and when he got out of the car, he was beaming and looked extremely proud.
Gao Shenghan asked knowingly, "Oh, a new car?"
"Yes, I just picked it up today." Yu Yanfei patted the hood of the car. "How about it, isn't it impressive?"
Gao Shenghan suppressed the urge to punch him in the face and asked with a smile, "Did you win money?"
Yu Yanfei waved his hand: "I haven't touched that stuff in a long time."
"Where did you get the money to buy the car? This car must cost close to a million, right?"
"The final price is 850,000." Yu Yanfei paused, ignoring Gao Shenghan's previous question, and changed the subject, "Didn't you say you wanted to discuss the details with me? How do we discuss them?"