Just as Apel's little head was finding the matter rather incredible, the subsequent events and the tidal wave of chaos they unleashed left her utterly dumbfounded. She finally understood that the "wild claims" Chen Fei had made on the phone were no joke at all.
In just one night, when Apel woke up the next day, bid Chen Fei a reluctant goodbye, and prepared to return to her company to resume work, she was horrified to see the news plastered everywhere. Nearly every media outlet was reporting or lambasting the scandals involving the Sicilian Family and the Japanese Asou Clan! Furthermore, the stock prices of nearly all their publicly listed companies had plummeted off a cliff the moment the market opened that morning.
