Chapter 617 - 614: He is Going to See Wanwan

Chapter 617: Chapter 614: He is Going to See Wanwan

When he found out, his heart ached terribly, which was why he had accelerated his power grab with even more frantic urgency.

He had long been accustomed to hiding his emotions, never letting his joy or anger show on his face.

But on the drive to Wanwan’s rented apartment, the corners of his mouth kept uncontrollably turning up in a faint smile, filled with an almost childish anticipation and excitement.

He thought that as long as he found her and explained all the misunderstandings, all the hardships he couldn’t tell her about, she would surely understand. They could definitely start over, and he would more than make up for every wrong she had ever suffered.

But he never, ever imagined that fate would be so cruel to him.

He found the dilapidated rental apartment and knocked on the door, only to be met by a stranger.

After much difficulty, he finally received a piece of news from her former colleague that struck him like a bolt from the blue: a few days prior, during a company team-building event, Wanwan had lost her footing and fallen from a cliff...

When he rushed to the hospital, he could only look at her frail form through the glass of the intensive care unit.

The doctor told him the patient probably wouldn’t make it.

In that moment, Fu Jinsen felt as if his entire world was collapsing and spinning before his eyes.

As if struck by lightning, he froze on the spot, his mind a complete blank. He even had the absurd thought that this had to be a hallucination, a cruel joke someone was playing on him. His Wanwan would surely live a long life; she would never go through such suffering and hardship.

For the next month, he searched the world for experts to treat Wanwan. Her body showed clear signs of improvement, only to rapidly deteriorate again...

In the end, he couldn’t save her. He was the one who saw her off...

Afterward, he was like a walking corpse, with no heart to manage the company’s affairs.

A lifelong materialist, he began desperately praying to any and every deity, visiting all the so-called "masters" rumored to have true power, all for the chance to see Wanwan one more time—even if only in a dream.

Yet, his hopes were dashed time and again. He couldn’t even catch a glimpse of her in his dreams.

Just as he was about to be completely consumed by despair, a chance opportunity arose. He learned of a near-fanatical research team that had dedicated years to studying the theory of traversing time and space. An inside source revealed they had made incredible progress in activating a special Energy Stone to open a miniature, controllable "black hole."

As if grasping at the last straw, Fu Jinsen unhesitatingly poured in a colossal sum of money, directly injecting five billion, pushing the project forward regardless of cost.

The power of money was immense. The research progress accelerated wildly. In the end, using that strange black Energy Stone, they successfully opened a temporary, unstable passage. And through it, he found Bai Wanwan—in that wild, vibrant Beast World, living a spectacular life, surrounded and protected by numerous powerful Beast Husbands.

In that moment, tears streamed down his face, and he couldn’t tell if it was from joy or a deeper agony.

From then on, like an addict drinking poison to quench his thirst, he repeatedly depleted the Energy Stone’s stored power, crossing over just to catch a glimpse of her from afar.

Watching her laugh, watching her play with the young cubs, watching her being cherished in the arms of other males...

Every time he witnessed it, it was like death by a thousand cuts to his soul, yet he couldn’t stop.

But now, even this final solace was about to disappear.

The Energy Stone was almost depleted!

Between seeing her one last time and never seeing her again, he made his choice without hesitation.

Before leaving, he did one last thing: he used the majority of his liquid assets to establish a massive charitable foundation.

The first article of the foundation’s charter clearly stipulated that every year, all orphanages in the country, as well as impoverished children in remote mountainous regions, would receive educational and living subsidies distributed in Bai Wanwan’s name.

He stared at the foundation’s proposal, his gaze distant.

If it were possible, he even had the mad desire to travel to an earlier time, back to when Wanwan was a child.

He wanted to personally watch over her as she grew up, to shield her from every storm, to prevent her from suffering even the slightest hardship, and to stop anyone from ever having the chance to hurt her—including... the man he himself had once been, who had made her endure such grief and misunderstanding.

However, he knew this was ultimately an impossible dream.

All he could do was use this last, fleeting chance to see her one final time. No matter the cost.

「Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, a blur of frantic work and grim resolve.」

Fu Jinsen handled every conceivable task that needed arranging with astonishing efficiency.

He signed the final document, handed a USB drive symbolizing ultimate authority to his top professional manager, and even calmly drew up his will, nipping all potential disputes in the bud.

When he had done all this and stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows of his empty office, his heart was filled with an almost deathly calm.

Just then, the call he had been waiting for finally came.

It was the head of the research team.

"President Fu," the voice on the other end was complex, as if trying to make one last effort, "everything... is ready on our end. But... the energy readings are even more unstable than we predicted. The risk factor has exceeded the safety threshold by three times. Sir... would you like to reconsider? We can keep searching..."

"No need." Fu Jinsen cut him off. His voice was flat but held a tone of absolute finality. "I’ve already made my decision. There’s no need to wait any longer."

The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds, finally ending in a nearly inaudible sigh. "Very well. All the equipment has been calibrated, and the Energy Stone is in position. We can begin whenever you arrive."

"Good." Fu Jinsen glanced at his watch. "I’ll be there in an hour."

After hanging up, he summoned his most capable assistant and walked briskly toward his private elevator.

The elevator descended smoothly, the numbers on the display changing.

Fu Jinsen stared blankly at his own blurry reflection in the metal doors. The face that had once struck fear into the hearts of his business rivals now only showed exhaustion and the cold resolve of an all-or-nothing gamble.

DING!

The elevator doors slowly opened onto the first-floor lobby.

The moment Fu Jinsen stepped out, a group of people who had been lying in wait swarmed him like hyenas that had scented blood, instantly blocking his path.

"Jin Shen! Jin Shen! I’m your uncle! How can you be so heartless? Wasn’t it enough to kick me out of the company? Now you want to send me to jail?"

A middle-aged man in an expensive suit, now with disheveled hair and red-rimmed eyes, shouted agitatedly, trying to grab Fu Jinsen’s arm.

"That’s right! Jin Shen, your aunt has always thought the most of you! How could you not even spare your aunt? Do you have to force us into bankruptcy and onto the streets?"

Another woman, dripping with jewels but with a haggard face, chimed in shrilly, her expression one of false grief.

"Fu Jinsen, how can you face the ancestors of the Fu Family after doing this?"

"You’re a cold-blooded animal! You don’t even recognize your own family!"