Chapter 2352 — There Was No Other Way
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Gu Pengzhan's heart gave a violent lurch. He had never expected that a few joking words between Wei Zhao and Han Xiaohu would be taken seriously by Zhao Qibing—and acted upon so swiftly. Gu Pengzhan did not know how large the Guangsi Catering Group truly was; he was not a local East Sea merchant and had never looked into Zhao Guangsi's affairs. But the value of this Arctic Ocean Seafood Restaurant alone was not to be underestimated. If he smoothly took over these holdings, the Gu Group's entry into East Sea City would proceed all the more easily.
Gu Pengzhan drew a deep breath and stepped forward, a little agitated, to leaf through the documents Zhao Guangsi had handed him. To his astonishment, even the land deed for the Arctic Ocean Seafood Restaurant belonged to Zhao Guangsi—which made the value of this place all the harder to reckon.
What a grand gesture! Looking at Wei Zhao, who seemed utterly indifferent, and at Han Xiaohu, who had not taken the matter seriously at all, Gu Pengzhan sighed inwardly. His own horizons, he realized, had grown rather narrow; Wei Zhao probably did not even deign to look at money like this.
And to think he had meant the Gu Group as Gu Mengyao's dowry! But Wei Zhao, it seemed, did not much care for it?
At that thought, Gu Pengzhan sighed. Under Zhao Guangsi's expression of fearful deference, he accepted the Guangsi Catering Group.
"Phew..." Seeing Gu Pengzhan accept the gift he had offered, Zhao Guangsi let out a breath of relief. Gifts were hard to give these days—especially a gift this heavy! Yet he had no choice but to give it. A man whom even Young Master Bing feared, a man who could cripple Old Bi in a single move—what was Zhao Guangsi? What virtue or ability did he have to dare stand against such a man?
"Chairman Chu, there's a meeting of the East Sea Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. Shall we attend together?" Zhao Guangsi asked cautiously. "Young Master Bing has made me vice chairman, to assist Chairman Chu with all my strength!"
"Chairman? Me?" Gu Pengzhan was taken aback, caught between laughter and tears.
A few hours ago, the East Sea Chamber of Commerce had been doing all it could to crush him. A few hours later, he had become its chairman.
The affairs of this world are sometimes utterly wondrous.
The young mistress was surprised too, but more than that she was pleased and proud. When Wei Zhao took action, things were simply different.
It was almost as if Wei Zhao were her man... But was he?
Gu Mengyao fell into a kind of bewilderment.
In the past, she could have said without the slightest hesitation: Wei Zhao is my man, he is my follower—what of it?
But now she could not say it, and was too embarrassed to say it. Wei Zhao was no longer the follower he once was. He had said, we are good friends...
Good friends—how good, exactly? Friends for a lifetime?
Never leaving the villa?
The young mistress was caught between hope and loss, and a little regretful.
Gu Pengzhan was, after all, a man of consequence in the Songshan business world, and he quickly adapted to the situation. He said to Zhao Guangsi, "Very well. Then I will trouble Vice Chairman Zhao to make the introductions!"
"No trouble at all, no trouble at all!" Zhao Guangsi's face split into a grin, like an old chrysanthemum in bloom.
"By the way, this lobby manager of yours needs replacing!" Han Xiaohu was a man who held grudges. The sight of that pasty-faced lobby manager put a knot of frustration in his chest. He, a young master of the hidden Han family, had been unrecognized by the fellow—and all this trouble had come of it?
This was hardly Han Xiaohu's first visit to the Arctic Ocean Seafood Restaurant. Had he not been treated as an honored guest every time before? How was it that today he had run into such a weathercock of a fool?