Chapter 1804 — Total Loss
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"Brother Pengzhan, to be honest, our An family has taken a grievous loss this time as well. We didn't want to go on, but you insisted on one more big play, and when the funds fell short our family put in more—and now it's all gone..." An Mingyue said. "Well, Brother Pengzhan, tomorrow my elder brother will come to take over the company and those industrial holdings... I hope you'll cooperate."
"..." Gu Pengzhan's heart was filled with bitterness, his thoughts in utter chaos. He wanted to say something more, but to his surprise An Mingyue had already hung up.
To the very end, Gu Pengzhan never once suspected that An Mingyue had set him up—which shows just how formidable that hypnotist was, and how powerful the psychological suggestion planted in Gu Pengzhan had been.
Be that as it may, Gu Pengzhan first dialed Gu Mengyao's number. He had promised her he would call as soon as there was news, and now... whatever the case, he had to tell her something.
He wanted desperately to help, but there was nothing he could do. Though he sat in his office, he was in truth a man with nothing left.
"Daddy, how did it go?" Gu Mengyao had been waiting for Gu Pengzhan's call, but a whole day and night had passed with no word, which left her very anxious.
"Yaoyao... I can't free up the funds on my end for the moment..." Gu Pengzhan hesitated, and did not tell her the truth. Yaoyao was already worried sick over Wei Zhao; if she learned that he himself had lost everything, she would only fret the more.
"What?" Gu Mengyao was stunned by her father's words.
"All of Daddy's money is tied up in that big project, so..." Gu Pengzhan said against his conscience. "I'm sorry... Yaoyao, let Daddy think of something else..."
"Daddy... but Wei Zhao's condition won't wait!" Gu Mengyao grew agitated. "If we don't buy the spirit medicine, he... he could be in mortal danger..."
"Daddy will find another way. Yaoyao, don't panic yet..." Gu Pengzhan's voice was full of bitterness. "I..."
"Daddy, then let me think of something..." Gu Mengyao knew her father must truly be in a tight spot; otherwise he would have been even more worried about Xiaoyi than she was—his attitude the last time Xiaoyi was hurt had shown that plainly. At that thought, she could not bring herself to press him further.
She hung up, her face dark. Tang Zhi and Xiaoshu had both heard her conversation with Gu Pengzhan and understood her difficulty—but what was to be done about Wei Zhao?
"How about I ask Fatty Lai? See if he has any way?" At her wit's end, Tang Zhi could think of no one else but Fatty Lai.
"All right, let's see whether he has money," Gu Mengyao said, her eyes lighting up as she spoke quickly.
But how could they know that Fatty Lai's days were desperate indeed? Every bit of cash on hand had gone to pay the workers' wages, and even so he could not hold out much longer. The Liu family had no money left either; the dealers who had not received their refunds had banded together and were preparing to go to the Liu household and to Fatty Lai's place to demand their debts.