Chapter 1779 — Borrowing Money
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Old Master You's words sent a tremor through the hearts of everyone present. It seemed that the strength the hidden You Family had displayed thus far was nothing more than a façade! Just how many masters and trump cards their family held in reserve, no one could say.
"In my view, let's simply say that it was our old friend of the Zhao Family who snatched the Qi-Gathering Pills," Old Master You said after these remarks.
"You... you must not fling mud at us! How could our Zhao Family possibly have robbed the Yu Family of their Qi-Gathering Pills?" Greatly startled, Old Master Zhao hastily denied it.
"..." Old Master You was momentarily at a loss for words. "I say, old friend of the Zhao Family, you are far too worked up! I did not mean that you actually stole the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills. Rather, among us hidden clans, only you have just broken through to the Heaven-rank, so if I said you had taken the pills, it would be the most plausible story: you used the Qi-Gathering Pills to break through, and therefore you fell out with the Yu Family..."
"So that's how it is..." Old Master Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, though he cursed inwardly: that old goat had guessed all too accurately—he really had broken through after swiping the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills! Nevertheless, staging this play would cover things up to some extent. Although his own family would become the target of everyone's arrows, if the fact that he had truly made off with the Yu Family's Qi-Gathering Pills ever came to light later, no one would believe it! But Old Master Zhao was no fool either. After a moment's deliberation, he said, "My in-law and I have staged such a dangerous play for everyone's sake. In the end, everyone stands to gain—aren't we the ones at a bit of a loss?"
"Hahaha!" Old Master You seemed to have expected Old Master Zhao to ask exactly that, so he laughed and said, "Rest assured, we are not ungrateful wolves. Your two families have stepped forward for all of us, and we will not let you suffer for it behind the scenes. This time, the You Family will offer generous pills as a token of thanks!"
"Our Tang Family, though we have no pills, still has some money to spare..." Old Master Tang also said.
"Us as well..." Old Master Pi and the others chimed in one after another, expressing their willingness to quietly offer some benefits.
And so the matter was tentatively settled for the time being!
Over these past few days, the Yu Family had pretended, as if by accident, to receive a secret tip-off from their daughter Xiao Jin, saying that the Qi-Gathering Pills had been taken by the Zhao Family. On their part, the Yu Family also had Yu Huoxing cooperate, atoning for his crimes through meritorious service by falsely accusing the Zhao Family. In this way, a rift would appear between the two families and gradually escalate to an irreconcilable falling-out, at which point the Great Elder could be summoned...
While Wei Zhao was in seclusion, a few things were also happening in Songshan City.
Gu Pengzhan stared at the numbers on his computer screen. Even a man of his experience, who had seen much of the world, could not keep his composure! The speed at which this money was being made was simply too fast! In all his years at the helm of the Gu Group, he had never earned money like this!
He had heard of people who made fortunes in a matter of minutes, and had always dismissed it with a laugh. But now Gu Pengzhan finally understood that such people truly existed—and that he had become one of them!
This futures market really was easy money! Somewhat excited, Gu Pengzhan picked up the phone and dialed An Mingyue's number.
"Brother Pengzhan, why are you calling again? Didn't we just speak a moment ago? I've sent the current profits to your email inbox. Have you checked whether you received them?" An Mingyue asked without a change in expression.