Chapter 950 — Here Comes Another

It was only that Yu Shuixing had never once stopped to ask himself: when he had sent men to make things difficult for the Gu family, had that not been going too far as well? So many people are forever seeing the faults of others while blind to their own.

Hatred had already clouded Yu Shuixing's reason. He did not believe his own family had done anything wrong—all the fault lay with Wei Zhao! Be that as it may, Yu Shuixing had for the moment chosen to endure. Full of hatred though he was, he would not act rashly again.

"Xiao Yi, you..." Gu Pengzhan, seeing the Yu family flee in disarray, was both astonished and overjoyed! He truly had not expected that at the Gu family's most critical hour, when ruin and death seemed certain, Wei Zhao would turn the whole situation around in an instant!

The men who had been so arrogant, so bent on slaughtering his entire family—Wei Zhao had... or rather, General Mighty had killed them! At the thought, Gu Pengzhan's expression turned somewhat peculiar. Since when had General Mighty become so formidable?

One kick to kill an inner-school expert of the early Mystic Rank? Even if Yu Bide had been gravely wounded by Wei Zhao, it still seemed unlikely he could be kicked to death so easily by a dog. Could it be that Wei Zhao had trained or remade General Mighty?

"Heh... forgive me, I came out a little late." Wei Zhao smiled. "Still, it was in time. Otherwise, if Yaoyao had been taken, I might have had to march all the way to Yanjing to kill."

"Who asked you to? Couldn't I just run back myself?" Gu Mengyao's cheeks flushed, and a very, very sweet feeling welled up inside her, though her face showed utter indifference. "Didn't you say your strength was gone? How did you suddenly become so formidable again?"

"That... it's a long story..." Wei Zhao smiled wryly. "A lucky coincidence, I suppose. General Mighty helped me recover my strength."

"General Mighty? Helped you recover your strength?" Gu Pengzhan looked at Wei Zhao in surprise. "So then, you don't have to go back to your hometown anymore?"

"That..." Only then did Wei Zhao remember the matter of returning home. He had been so immersed in the joy of recovering his strength that he had forgotten he had been preparing to go back! But he had already tendered his resignation to Gu Pengzhan, and it would be awkward to stay on now. "Once these troubles are settled, I'll go back."

Before Gu Pengzhan could speak, the young lady's expression shifted slightly. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, yet not knowing how, and instinctively gave Xiao Shu a kick.

"Oh, Mr. Arrowhead, your word doesn't count!" Shen Yushu, sharing a mind with Gu Mengyao, spoke up at once the moment she caught the hint.

"Oh?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. How had his word stopped counting?

"Before, we hooked pinkies on it! You said that if your strength recovered and became even greater than before, you'd come back to be our bodyguard and stay in the villa forever!" Shen Yushu declared with righteous indignation.

"Huh?" Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Wei Zhao could only smile bitterly. Only now did he realize he had fallen into the trap Shen Yushu had set. What she had said back then had not been a spontaneous outburst—the little minx had likely planned it all along! Otherwise, how could she have said it so smoothly?

At the time, Wei Zhao had not thought much of it and had casually brushed Shen Yushu off with a few words. Who would have guessed that a single sentence would ensnare him! Was he really to stay in the villa for the rest of his life?

"Haha, I was about to speak up and urge you to stay, but since Xiao Shu has already reached an agreement with Xiao Yi, it seems my words would be superfluous, so I needn't say anything!" Gu Pengzhan laughed heartily as well.

"All right!" Wei Zhao nodded. There was still some time before the five-year term was up, so he was in no hurry to go home—except that he wondered whether Tang Zhi, once she heard, would be unhappy about it.

"Oh! Prophet Shu is amazing, la la la!" Shen Yushu cried out in excitement.

Gu Mengyao was delighted too, though she did not show it as plainly as Shen Yushu. She merely smiled slightly and said, "Wei Zhao, we'll be in your care from now on."

Wei Zhao was just about to tease the young lady when footsteps sounded once more in the villa's courtyard.

"Heh... another one come to die?" A cold smile flickered at the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth. "Fine. Saves me the trouble of coming to find them."

The Xiao family had also received word from An Liwen that day: that Gu Pengzhan was preparing to abscond with Gu Mengyao, and that the company's shares and assets had already been secretly transferred away. This threw the Xiao family into a furious rage!

The truth was that An Liwen feared one Yu family alone would not bring Gu Pengzhan enough pressure, so he had notified the Xiao family as well, hoping they too would pressure Gu Pengzhan—ideally driving him to the end of his rope, at which point An Liwen would appear like a savior, and Gu Pengzhan would have no choice but to accept his terms!

And so it was that Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben, accompanied by Pi Bo, received the call and went to Gu Pengzhan's company, only to find him absent. After a good deal of running about, they finally returned to Gu Mengyao's villa—and there they spotted Gu Pengzhan's car!

On the way, Xiao Ji called Gou Huli and told her to hurry over to Gu Mengyao's house as well. After all, this whole business had been stirred up by Gou Huli; letting her come and see the wretched state of Gu Pengzhan's family would also give Gou Huli a chance to vent her spleen.

In truth, Xiao Ji was still quite fond of this second wife of his. Gou Huli was, after all, a marvel in bed, and every day she left him in such bliss he thought he would die. So when he came to Gu Pengzhan's place to work off some anger, he had not forgotten to bring Gou Huli along.

Gou Huli was outside getting a beauty treatment. When she heard that her husband had taken Pi Bo and her brother-in-law to make trouble for Gu Pengzhan, she could not be bothered to finish. She splashed some water on her face and drove her Ferrari racing home in a panic...

"Huh? What's happened at Gu Pengzhan's place? Why does the gate look like that?" Arriving at the entrance to Gu Mengyao's villa, Xiao Ji stared at the Gu family villa with some puzzlement. Why did the gate look as though someone had kicked it to pieces?

"Could someone have gotten here before us to make trouble?" Xiao Ben frowned. Now that even the Yu family had come, the Xiao family naturally knew of it too, and they had also found out the Yu family's terms. The Yu family wanted all the shares of Gu Pengzhan's Gu Group, and did that not include Pengzhan Commercial Tower and Pengzhan Business Hotel as well?

So the Xiao family was getting anxious. If the Yu family beat them to it, what would be left for them? At a time like this, whoever struck first reaped the rewards, and whoever came late was out of luck! Given the Xiao family's current situation, if the Yu family really did take away all the shares of the Gu Group, how could the Xiao family still ask for shares in Pengzhan Commercial Tower and Pengzhan Business Hotel?