Chapter 74 — The Man in the Restroom
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Once out of the hospital, Wei Zhao had at first meant to buy some Chinese herbal medicine at a pharmacy near the hospital, but hospital pharmacies generally charged rather high prices, so on second thought he let it go. He did have a little money on him, and the bank card Gu Pengzhan had given him as well, but the herbs he needed were no ordinary goods; for many of them, a few qian or a few liang cost tens of thousands.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Gu called just now. He said that if you had the time, I was to bring you to see him," Uncle Qing said to Wei Zhao once they were in the car.
"Oh? Uncle Chu is looking for me? Then take me to pay Uncle Chu a visit. You know as well as I do, Uncle Qing, that aside from school I have nothing to do." Wei Zhao had no idea what Gu Pengzhan wanted with him. Perhaps there had been a lead in the bank robbery case, or perhaps it was about the clash with Black Panther at school the day before.
"Very good. I will get in touch with Mr. Gu right now." With that, Uncle Qing took out his phone, dialed Gu Pengzhan's number, and told him over the line that he and Wei Zhao were on their way.
The security guard in the underground parking garage of the Gu Group knew Uncle Qing's Bentley. Before the car had even drawn close, the guard raised the barrier. To such sycophantic behavior from a guard, Wei Zhao was noncommittal.
Uncle Qing's car was expensive; finding an identical one and fitting it with a matching plate to slip inside would take some effort. But those fellows who had robbed the bank that day were plainly no ordinary characters, and there had to be others behind them.
Fortunately, even gaining entry to the underground garage would not much affect the group, so Wei Zhao said nothing more about it.
They took the elevator up to the door of Gu Pengzhan's office. Uncle Qing knocked, then pushed the door open a crack and glanced inside. As the man closest to Gu Pengzhan, he was naturally free to come and go in that office as he pleased, even when others were present.
After that one glance, however, Uncle Qing closed the door and said to Wei Zhao, who was waiting to one side, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Gu is discussing business with someone. Shall we wait a little while?"
"Of course." Wei Zhao nodded. As the chairman of a top-tier conglomerate, Gu Pengzhan could hardly be sitting idle waiting for him to turn up; plenty of matters could be arranged in the interval. "I will go to the restroom. If anything comes up, you can call me."
"Very good, Mr. Lin. The restroom is over that way!" Uncle Qing pointed in the direction opposite the chairman's office.
Nearly everyone on this floor was a senior executive of the group, and each office had its own private washroom, so there was no need to use the public one. The farther the public restroom was from the chairman's office, then, the better.
Wei Zhao walked briskly toward the restroom. Just before he reached the door, he heard a man inside speaking in a low voice, apparently on the phone.
Wei Zhao had not intended to eavesdrop, nor did he have the vulgar taste for prying into other people's private affairs, but his hearing was extraordinarily keen, and a name that fell from the man's lips suddenly caught his attention!
"I waited so long for this chance, and that little girl Gu Mengyao went to the bank to open a card. Who exactly did you find over there? How do you people do things?" The man seemed furious as he snarled into the phone, though for fear of being overheard he still kept his voice as low as he could.
Had Wei Zhao's hearing not been so exceptional, and had he not been standing at the restroom door, anyone else passing by would not have made out a word he was saying.
The man had already mentioned the name "Gu Mengyao" several times, which had put Wei Zhao on his guard; now, standing at the doorway and hearing him speak of the bank again, Wei Zhao felt another chill in his heart!