Pretty idiots are born to be played with and ruined by their husbands.

Chapter 104 Wedding Ring

It rained all night without us realizing it, the raindrops falling incessantly.

The next morning at eight o'clock, Zhou Gangxun stood outside the jewelry store smoking. There were already two extinguished cigarette butts in the trash can as he looked at the recent transfers.

Three real estate projects, fifteen cases of qualification fraud, and outsourcing projects for municipal and county-level government and school systems, totaling 5.7 million yuan.

He asked Huo Wenyong on the other end of the phone, "How many shares has the Ruan family sold?"

"36%, the Ji family is starting to realize that there are problems with the Ruan family." Huo Wenyong said in a tone that suggested he was not afraid of making things worse. "But it was too late. The bank debts that the Ruan family has accumulated during this period have already reached the market value of his company."

After the Ruan family's first batch of loan eligibility was snatched away, Zhou Gangxun asked Huo Wenyong to give the Ruan family a big foreign project, making the Ruan family think they had gotten a great deal, and they used it to advance payments for goods in a way that allowed them to use loans to pay off other loans.

Then, they deliberately create the illusion that the payment for goods can be used to cover the loan in a timely manner, repeatedly increase the amount of cooperation, and intentionally delay the delivery in accordance with regulations, thus staggering the delivery time.

"Stop their loans now, and have his company's internal staff report that Ruan's family has serious debt problems, is unable to repay high debts, and may even be falsifying accounts," Zhou Gangxun said unhurriedly. This was how the two families dragged him down in the first place.

First, they spread rumors about his involvement in a corruption case and suspected money laundering, using public opinion to influence the stock market and investors. Then, while his funds were frozen by banks and he was under investigation, they colluded with other companies to maliciously short-sell the stock price, causing Zhou's shares to be suspended from trading.

This image of Zhou's company as a corrupt official who embezzles public funds and colludes with powerful figures has caused shareholders to lose trust in it.

Therefore, he could only come to Fucheng in the mainland.

Zhou Gangxun took the last drag of his cigarette, threw it into the trash can, and said, "I want their stock to fall, and at the same time, I'll find people to sell high and buy low in bulk to short the Ruan family's stock price."

An eye for an eye.

"Okay." Huo Wenyong replied, having finished his business, he started acting silly again. "Zhou Gangxun, something sounds off about your tone. Are you in a bad mood? Did you have a fight with your wife?"

"It doesn't seem like that. It sounds more like you're sulking. Zhou Gangxun, why don't you tell me? I'll give you..."

"Looking at wedding rings, I'm hanging up now." Zhou Gangxun hung up the phone briskly and walked back into the jewelry store.

The wedding ring was actually ordered before he went bankrupt, and it was rushed out with a 20-day production time.

But it was still a bit late. After Zhou went bankrupt and dreamt that his wife was having an affair, the shop finally notified him that the wedding ring was finished.

After picking up the ring, Zhou Gangxun discovered a problem: the ring was too small for his finger.

But this is clearly his custom-made wedding ring. A custom-made ring means that the ring was made to his size, not by any other man, so why would it be too small?

"Mr. Zhou, try applying some more soapy water." Zhang Leyao came over from inside the house carrying a bowl of soapy water.

She is the store manager in charge of this jewelry store. This morning around 7 o'clock, the headquarters in the port city suddenly notified her that there was a VIP customer who needed service, and the tip alone was five or six hundred yuan. When she arrived, she found that the wedding ring was stuck on her hand.

"Next time, please don't force yourself to wear it. Look, your hand is all purple. The blood isn't circulating properly. If something goes wrong, you'll have to have your hand amputated." Zhang Leyao muttered to herself. This VIP customer service is really something. Isn't the size obviously a size too small? You can't even get it on after trying on a little bit.

He's really something, he's already covered most of it, even past the middle joints, he's really something, he has a lot of stubbornness he can't use.

Zhou Gangxun silently stared at his left ring finger, which was now red and purple from being tightly bound, "..."

He thought that his fingers had become calloused from carrying goods during that time, and now that they had recovered, he should be able to wear his wedding ring.

Zhang Leyao finally managed to take the ring off Zhou Gangxun's hand. "Did you wear this last night? Why did you think of wearing a ring in the middle of the night? I'll go and use some tools to adjust the size of the ring. It should be done in about twenty minutes. Please wait here for a moment."

Looking at the dented marks and red, broken fingers, Zhou Gangxun slowly replied, "Because my wife would run away."

"With the wedding ring on, my wife will have no reason to run away."

Born a member of the Zhou family, and will die a member of the Zhou family.

"I have no reason to let him go."

He was Ruan Zhijuan's husband in life, and he was Ruan Zhijuan's ghost husband in death.

They should be together, whether they live or die.

……

Room 601.

Ruan Zhijuan opened her eyes sleepily, feeling exhausted from her sleep, with a sore neck and a chill in her body.

He sat up listlessly, feeling inexplicably uneasy and anxious while staying in the room.

"Buzz—Buzz—"

The phone beside her pillow rang. It was Zhou Gangxun calling. Ruan Zhijuan answered and, as usual, started their phone call game. "Hey? Zhou Gangxun, are you in the kitchen? I can't hear you. I... I want you to come inside and hug me..."

But the voice that came through the phone was neither Zhou Gangxun's reply nor the one he knew.

"You...you are...zzzz...he just got hit by a car...zzzz...we need you to get out...zzzz...get down...zzzz...he's going to die..."

The sound on the phone was intermittent, as if the call signal was poor.

But Ruan Zhijuan heard what was being said inside: Zhou Gangxun had been hit by a car and was about to die.

Zhou Gangxun is going to die...

Ruan Zhijuan stared blankly at the bedroom door, angrily saying, "Zhou Gangxun, don't play these kinds of bad jokes on me, okay? I don't like it, I especially hate it."

He hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door, but the whole house was empty.

Zhou Gangxun is not at home.

Ruan Zhijuan's eyes suddenly stung and reddened, her vision blurred by scalding tears. Her mouth trembled as she anxiously asked the person on the phone, "Where is he? Where is he...?"

"Huayuan Road... Zzz... Zhongxing Street..." came the unclear voice on the phone.

Having learned from the previous landslide, Ruan Zhijuan would pack her small schoolbag every day and put her money in it.

He put on his shoes, grabbed his small schoolbag containing the money, and ran outside.

But he didn't see a man following him.

It was Qiao Ransheng, who had been watching him and Zhou Gangxun on the ship and had taken over Zhuang Siyi's body, who had come back with them.

"Call an ambulance...call an ambulance for him, please...I...I'm on my way...We have money...don't let him die..." Ruan Zhijuan pleaded, her face streaked with tears.

But the other end didn't answer him and hung up the phone.

Ruan Zhijuan, like a headless fly, frantically dialed Zhou Gangxun's number back as she ran, constantly wiping away her tears. "Waaah, husband, don't die, don't die... Don't we already have money...?"

Ruan Zhijuan was completely focused on Zhou Gangxun when she suddenly felt herself being hit hard. She lost her balance and fell into the lake next to her with a "plop".

……

Jewelry store.

"Mr. Zhou, here's your wedding ring." Zhang Leyao handed the adjusted wedding ring to Zhou Gangxun. "Try it on and see if there's anything else that needs adjusting."

Zhou Gangxun tried it on, and the size was right. He looked at his wife's diamond, which was very beautiful.

As Zhou Gangxun paid the bill, he casually picked up his phone to check and found a missed call from his wife, which lasted only a few seconds.

He frowned and quickly dialed back, but no one answered.

This isn't right...

Zhou Gangxun quickly put the wedding ring into his pocket and hailed a taxi to head home.

Seven or eight minutes later, the car drove across a lake and was stopped by a red light ahead, where it waited with a "tick-tock" sound.

An ambulance and a crowd of onlookers were parked by the lake.

"Sorry, the number you dialed..." Zhou Gangxun kept calling Ruan Zhijuan, but no one answered.

"What's going on, honey, answer the phone..." He rubbed his temples in frustration and glanced out of the car.

In the crowd, his wife was lying on the ground, her body soaked.