Chapter 544 — Zhong Yongliang with Backing
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Zhong Yongliang grew anxious at heart. Why was this Gu Pengzhan so stubborn? They said businessmen cared only for profit, that there were no eternal enemies, only the weight of gain! In this situation, doing as he suggested was the only true win for both sides. Could the man really want them both to perish together?
Outwardly, however, he could not let it show. "Uncle Gu, so you really mean to turn me in?"
"Let me think about this. You go back first." At that moment Gu Pengzhan did not threaten Zhong Yongliang further, but waved his hand to signal that he might leave.
Gu Pengzhan's attitude left Zhong Yongliang utterly baffled! What did Gu Pengzhan mean by this? Did he accept him or not? Why send him away so suddenly?
"Well..." Zhong Yongliang knew that since Gu Pengzhan had ordered him out, he could not stay any longer, or he would only invite more suspicion! He guessed that Gu Pengzhan probably could not make up his mind for the moment. After all, it had all happened so suddenly. Though he had proposed a solution that benefited both sides, Gu Pengzhan still had to weigh the gains and losses carefully, whether to fight to the bitter end or to accept him as a son-in-law!
If there was still a chance, that was good. Having figured this out, Zhong Yongliang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "All right, Uncle Gu, think it over. If you insist on sending me to prison, there is nothing I can do!"
Gu Pengzhan said nothing, and Zhong Yongliang could only rise to his feet in embarrassment! Gu Pengzhan's attitude left him no way to carry out the next step of his plan! His original plan had been that if Gu Pengzhan accepted him as a son-in-law, he would set out that very night for the cave at Shuangyan Mountain and make the deed with Gu Mengyao irrevocable! If Gu Pengzhan refused, he would let Gu Mengyao go, so that since nothing had really happened to her, Gu Pengzhan would surely not hold him to account!
After all, if Gu Mengyao was unharmed, and Gu Pengzhan still clung on without end, he would be asking for trouble, for neither Bing Shao nor Li Cihua was to be trifled with! That was why Zhong Yongliang acted without fear! He had hesitated before, but once he had secured his ties to Li Cihua and Bing Shao, he had grown bold.
"I will consider it. You do not need to teach me that!" Gu Pengzhan waved his hand indifferently. "Uncle Qing, show him out!"