Jeanette the Genius: Defying My Evil Stepmother by Starting a Business with My Ride-or-Die Fiancé! Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 7] by Miyako Miyano

Author:Miyako Miyano
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 4: That Day

Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

Jeanette and Claus were taking their breakfast when the sound of heavy footsteps echoed outside in the hallway. Seconds later, Kyuriakris burst through the door. “Listen to me!” he exclaimed.

“It’s not all that unusual for you to barge in uninvited, but why are you making that face?” Claus asked, startled.

In a fluster, Jeanette hurriedly swallowed the food that had been in her mouth. “Good morning, Lord Kyuriakris! What’s wrong?”

Kyuriakris’s breathing was ragged, perhaps because he’d ran all the way here. He inhaled deeply to calm himself down, and without any preamble announced, “The tulip buyers have disappeared from the market.”

Jeanette’s and Claus’s expressions changed upon hearing those words. With a serious look on his face, Claus inquired, “Are you sure?”

“Yes,” responded the prince.

“As I thought,” Jeanette muttered under her breath. “That means this is the beginning of the great price crash, isn’t it?”

“I believe so,” Kyuriakris confirmed. “Right now, there’s a crowd of people in the marketplace, screaming and waving their bills of exchange.”

“What on earth happened? Please tell us,” Claus urged.

Kyuriakris shook his head as he began explaining. He had been keeping an eye on the tulip market outside of Roussel Corporation. Tulips were often sold without the involvement of the usual marketplace or merchants, as they were mostly traded around during tavern auctions. These auctions were always bursting with people and enthusiasm, but this morning, the situation had suddenly changed.

“Yesterday, everything still seemed normal at a glance. But as the time passed, I started to have a bad feeling. It was a very small feeling, almost like a gentle breeze brushing against your cheeks. Eventually, I realized I felt that way because nobody was buying the bills anymore, except for the purpose of reselling them. By then, the market was in a state of great panic.”

“But why have the buyers suddenly disappeared?” Claus questioned. “What’s the cause of that?”

Jeanette strained her ears in anticipation of the reply, but Kyuriakris once more shook his head. “I can’t be certain of anything,” he replied. “There are a bunch of rumors about it. Some say the biggest tulip fanatics have gone bankrupt, or that all the customers have fallen gravely ill, or that the banks have declared they won’t make any loans for tulips... It’s difficult to tell what is the truth among all this gossip. There’s only one thing I know for sure.” Kyuriakris gazed at the other two with a grave expression. “The tulip market has collapsed.”

There was a moment of silence.

Finally, Claus exhaled deeply and leaned back against his chair. “That was a close one... If we hadn’t pulled out of the market just like you decided, Jeanette, then Roussel Corporation would no doubt be swimming in debt right now... In fact, it might’ve completely gone under.”

Jeanette exhaled as well, feeling relieved. “Y-Yes, that was truly dangerous. I was paying close attention to how things would turn out, but for the day to come so quickly...” she trailed off, her heart pounding at the thought that they just barely avoided a crisis.

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