Chapter 1127 — Are You Out of Your Mind? An Liwen Had Come Into Money and Been Through Woman After Woman, Virgins Among Them, Yet His Heart Was Never Really In It—He Still Liked Gu Mengyao Best
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Childhood sweethearts—ah, how hard they are to forget! An Liwen found that he liked Gu Mengyao more and more.
"Uncle Chu, it's An Liwen!" Once out of the underground arena, An Liwen got into his Ferrari and called Gu Pengzhan's mobile.
"Oh? Jianwen. What is it?" Gu Pengzhan asked indifferently. He had never thought much of An Liwen, and that business of profiting from another man's misfortune had sent his opinion of the young man plunging.
"Uncle Chu, where are you? I'd like to come and pay you a visit..." said An Liwen.
"I'm at the office, not finished yet. A visit won't be necessary. If there's anything, say it over the phone." Gu Pengzhan's attitude was plain enough: he did not wish to meet An Liwen.
Rejected outright, An Liwen was instantly displeased. He cursed inwardly: Gu Pengzhan, you old bastard—if Wei Zhao hadn't shown his teeth last time, the Gu Group would have been finished long ago. Still at the office, are you? Go home and sit there!
"Heh heh. Nothing really. It's just been a while since I saw Uncle Chu, so I thought I'd send my regards." On the surface An Liwen remained courteous. He had never torn the mask off with the Gu family, so it hardly mattered that Gu Pengzhan disliked him.
"Is that so. Then thank you," Gu Pengzhan said flatly. "I have things on hand right now. If there's nothing else, shall I hang up?"
"Uncle Chu, the truth is I really did want to help you last time. You didn't agree to my terms, but I was still working quietly behind the scenes, ready to step in—who'd have thought Wei Zhao would recover his strength so quickly... heh heh, so I was just a step too late... I hope you won't hold it against me. After all, my own situation wasn't too good back then..." An Liwen explained.
"I know. I don't blame you," Gu Pengzhan said, his tone as calm as ever.
"All right then. I won't disturb you any longer, Uncle Chu. I wish you a smooth day's work!" An Liwen hung up, thoroughly vexed. He had meant to visit Gu Pengzhan and then go with him to Gu Mengyao's villa. Now that hope was dashed. If he wanted to see Gu Mengyao's villa, he would have to go alone.
Neither Wei Zhao nor the Young Mistress had expected An Liwen to turn up at a time like this. When the Gu family had run into trouble, An Liwen had seized the moment to press for Gu Mengyao's hand in marriage. That much Wei Zhao knew, and so did the Young Mistress.
Wei Zhao had not gone after An Liwen last time because, detestable as the man was, he had done nothing that truly harmed the Gu family; and afterward An Liwen had gone into hiding, so Wei Zhao had simply paid him no mind.
"Yao Yao, it's been so long—you're lovelier than ever!" An Liwen held out the roses in his hand to Gu Mengyao.
Gu Mengyao frowned. Loathsome as she found him, she took the flowers all the same and passed them off to Xiao Shu beside her. "Xiao Shu, they're for you!"
"Oh!" Shen Yushu took the roses, then, beaming, carried them over to Wei Zhao and held them out. "Brother Arrow, for you!"
"Heh..." Wei Zhao took the flowers, glanced at the livid look on An Liwen's face, and let a cold smile flicker at the corner of his mouth.
In every clash with An Liwen, Wei Zhao had held the upper hand. So long as the man did nothing too far out of line, Wei Zhao would not do anything to him—especially since he had a vague understanding of An Liwen's background.
An Liwen alone was nothing. The crux of it was the Fire Wolf Gang behind him. As things stood, Wei Zhao did not want to make too many enemies for the Gu family. The matter of the Xiao family was still unsettled; if the force behind An Liwen jumped in as well, it would mean trouble.
Wei Zhao himself was fine—at worst he could pick himself up and walk away, back to Xixing Mountain Village, where Old Man Wei and Er Gou Dan were; anyone who came would die. But the Gu family could not. If Wei Zhao left, what would become of the Young Mistress and Xiao Shu?