Chapter 953 — Role Reversal

"Someone call an ambulance, quick!" Xiao Ji was frantic too, glaring at Gou Huli. "What are you standing there for? Call an ambulance, now!"

"Oh, oh! Right!" Gou Huli nodded hastily, pulled out her phone, and dialed the emergency center...

Inside the villa, Wei Zhao was staring wide-eyed too, hardly able to believe the scene before him. This was absurd. How exactly had Pi Bo died? Had he been slapped to death by Wei Zhao's own hand, or run over by a car?

"Sister Yaoyao, that Gou Huli is really pitiful. She ran over one of the Xiao family's best men! Arrow-Brand Brother went easy on him for nothing!" Shen Yushu said with some regret. "I bet when she gets home tonight, she'll be strung up and beaten. I really want to go watch!"

Though the scene before them was a little gory, the dramatic ending still made Gu Mengyao laugh despite herself. "Yeah, that family is unlucky enough!"

Gu Pengzhan had not expected things to end this way either: one of the Xiao family's best men, run over and killed by the Xiao family's own daughter-in-law. Their household had sunk to a level of misfortune where Gu Pengzhan almost could not bring himself to bully them anymore.

"Go deal with the funeral first, and once that's done, send someone to discuss the four hundred million and the four properties with me!" Wei Zhao looked at the Xiao brothers and shook his head. "You saw it yourselves. Life is full of accidents. Who knows, the next accident might be you!"

Hearing Wei Zhao's threat, Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben shuddered violently. Only at this moment did they truly feel fear.

Wei Zhao's strength had never vanished at all. But that was not the crux of it. The crux was that Pi Bo was dead! Without their pillar of support, the Xiao family would be kneaded like dough by anyone who pleased.

Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben were shocked and furious. They had not expected that even with Pi Bo dead, Wei Zhao would refuse to let the matter drop, and would still extort a sum of money and the ownership of four businesses from them! This was going too far!

Yet in this moment it did not occur to them that when they had Pi Bo cripple Wei Zhizun, they too had pressed forward step by step, driving Gu Pengzhan nearly to his wit's end. But what property did the Xiao family even have? If they had businesses of their own, would they have needed to seize Gu Pengzhan's?

As for the four hundred million, the Xiao family could produce it, but only by selling off every asset they held in Yanjing; that money was meant to fund their grand expansion in Songshan City. How could they hand it all over to Wei Zhao just like that?

But the present situation was this: the Xiao family did not want to pay. Did they have a choice? Would Wei Zhao let them off?

Watching Pi Bo being carried off in the ambulance along with the whole Xiao family, Wei Zhao felt not the slightest sympathy. Perhaps this was what they meant by "self-inflicted sins leave no way to live."

"Time for the next family." Wei Zhao shrugged, turned to Gu Pengzhan, and said, "Uncle Chu, I'm going to make a trip to the Geli Fuyun Bar."

"Oh? Little Yi, you're planning to go after Zhao Qibing too?" Gu Pengzhan was taken aback.

"They came to my door bullying me. If I don't return the favor, how will they ever learn their lesson?" Wei Zhao shook his head. "Though it seems Zhao Qibing has a poor memory..."

"All right, then be careful!" Seeing Wei Zhao insist, Gu Pengzhan said no more. He knew the law of the jungle well enough: if you are bullied and do not strike back, others will think you fear them, and next time they will come bully you again.

Only when someone has bullied you, and you stomp back on them twice as hard and twice as viciously, stomping until they are truly afraid, will they learn to fear you.

"But you'd best go early and come back early!" Gu Pengzhan added with some hesitation. "After all, these are extraordinary times, and I worry the Yu family and the Xiao family may rally and come back for revenge against Yaoyao and Xiaoshu..."

"Don't worry." Wei Zhao smiled. "General Weiwu is no pushover either. Besides, would they dare come? Still, Uncle Chu, you'll have to pay to fix the villa's gate yourself. No telling when the Yu family's businesses will be recovered."

As long as the Yu family and the Xiao family had sufficient strength, they would certainly strike back in revenge—but probably not now.

"Naturally!" Gu Pengzhan smiled bitterly to himself. Only Wei Zhao would dare say such a thing: kill Yu Bide and still dare to go demand compensation from the Yu family!

Still, his father had been right. Wei Zhao was Wei Zhao through and through. In the end, the passive situation in Songshan City still had to be resolved by him!

It seemed like a single instant, and all their troubles had scattered like smoke. The side that had been weak was suddenly the strong one, and Gu Pengzhan could hardly even adjust to such a rapid role reversal! Just this morning he had been fretting over the future of the Gu family and of his daughter—but now, the ones who ought to be worrying were probably the Yu family, the Xiao family, and Zhao Qibing, who was about to get what was coming to him!

"Wei Zhao, be careful!" Gu Mengyao waited until Wei Zhao had reached the doorway before she finally spoke.

Her tone was as flat and even as ever, but the instant Wei Zhao turned his head and looked at the eldest young lady, he read a deep, unmistakable concern in her eyes.

"Heh... all right!" Wei Zhao nodded. The eldest young lady was always like this—cold on the outside, warm within—and he had long since grown used to it.

"Go for it, Arrow-card Bro!" Shen Yushu pumped her fist. "I've always had high hopes for you!"

Wei Zhao nodded to the two of them, turned, and walked out of the villa. He got into Shen Yushu's Beetle, and the car headed off toward the Geli Fuyun Bar.

An Liwen had stirred up both the Yu family and the Xiao family to go make trouble for Gu Pengzhan, while he himself waited smugly for Gu Pengzhan to call him and beg for help. In his view, with the Yu and Xiao families pressing in step by step, Gu Pengzhan was certain to agree to his proposal!

There was no other reason: Gu Mengyao might not like him, An Liwen, but compared with being married off to the unfamiliar Yu family as a concubine, marrying him was the best way out for her! Surely Gu Pengzhan was no fool—he ought to understand that much!

If Gu Mengyao married him, Gu Pengzhan would not only preserve the Gu Group but also secure his daughter's happiness! An Liwen truly liked Gu Mengyao, so even after he married her and brought her home, he would surely cherish her in every way and never treat her badly!

An Liwen glanced at the time on his watch. Hadn't the Yu family said they would go first thing in the morning? It was already past eight, and there was still no word on whether anything had come of it. From the Xiao family's side, too, no news had come through at all—had they even gone?

At last, An Liwen grew impatient. It seemed Gu Pengzhan could hold out quite well—still refusing to compromise at this point? Fine, then, since you won't compromise, I'll add another log to the fire! He decided to call Zhao Qibing again and tell him the news that Gu Pengzhan was preparing to flee with Gu Mengyao, so that Zhao Qibing could join in the fun as well!RO