Chapter 1182 — Steal a Chicken Only to Lose the Rice Bait
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"Yes... Grandfather, I understand!" Kang Jinglong's expression tightened, and he answered hastily and with care.
"Grandfather, I still hold to my view!" The moment Kang Jingming heard his grandfather's words, he did not know where the courage had come from, but he steeled himself and answered stubbornly. He knew now that he could not back down; right or wrong, he had to see it through. Yet he reckoned himself rather fortunate — lately everything he did had gone smoothly, and several times he had been right by sheer blind luck, like a blind cat stumbling over a dead mouse.
"Grandfather has already made his decision, Zhaoming, so say no more. Your eldest brother knows what is in your heart, but right now the interests of the family must come first!" Kang Jinglong's tone was gentle enough, but the sarcasm in his words was thick, and anyone could hear it: he was saying that Kang Jingming's views were damaging the family's interests.
"Hmph! Suit yourselves. When the losses come, then you will remember what I said!" Kang Jingming could no longer bear the loss of face; he flung out this bitter sentence and turned to walk out the door.
"Ah!" Divine Doctor Kang watched the back of his second grandson, his heart somewhat conflicted. Could this second grandson truly be a man of rare talent? Every view he put forward was startlingly bold, and every time he was proved right. Was it truly coincidence, or had he seen something?
Still, this hoarding scheme would do the family's interests little harm. Even if Dr. Guan's Pharmaceutical kept selling at that price, the family would at worst neither profit nor lose, and would lose nothing by it — no more than a bit of extra effort.
At this thought, Divine Doctor Kang put his mind at ease.
The lion had run off to the Gu family to play lackey, and Gou Huili was not resigned to it! This was a tamed lion she had paid a high price to obtain, and now it was being handed to the Gu family for nothing — how could Gou Huili swallow that?
The more she thought, the angrier she became, and she did not sleep a wink all night. Early the next morning, Gou Huili went to the Gu family home, meaning to demand the lion back.
But just how to go about it, Gou Huili still had no idea. After all, if she simply turned up at their door to ask for the lion, not only would they refuse, they would scold her roundly — and with that vicious little wench Shen Yushu's tongue, she would surely get a scolding.
Reaching the gate of the Gu family villa, Gou Huili crept up and peered inside, and there she saw the lion lying motionless in the courtyard. Instantly she felt heaven had granted her a perfect opportunity! The Mighty General was not here, Shen Yushu was not here — only the lion, alone. What a convenient moment to make her move.
"Lion, little lion, my darling sweetheart, come home with me, quickly now?" Gou Huili walked over smiling and called to the lion.
The lion lifted a lazy eyelid, glanced once at Gou Huili, then let the eyelid fall again, as though it did not consider Gou Huili worth its notice, and could not be bothered even to growl.
"Aooo..." Seeing that the lion paid her no heed, Gou Huili lowered her voice and mimicked a lion's cry. She reasoned that this lion was a male — so if she imitated a lioness, might that not catch the male's attention?
But the lion showed not the slightest reaction; this time it did not even glance at Gou Huili.
Gou Huili grew anxious at once, thinking the lion had not heard, so she raised her voice a little and howled again: "Aooo!! Aooo!!"
Still the lion took no notice of her.
Gou Huili grew even more frantic: "Aooo!! Aooo!!! Aooo!!!! Aooo-ao-ao-ao!!!!!"
This time she did not summon the lion, but she did draw Shen Yushu out of the villa! Shen Yushu had thought the lion was idle and in heat at the gate, and had brought the Mighty General out to teach it a lesson — but stepping outside, she saw that the one howling was not the lion at all, but Gou Huili!