Chapter 113 — There Is Killing Intent [Begging for Monthly Tickets, Fifth Bonus Update — Please Cast Your Precious Vote for the Fish-Man, Who Will Be Eternally Grateful; This Book's Development Is Inseparable from Everyone's Support, Thank You Dear Readers]

A great many things had happened over this stretch of time. Though Gu Pengzhan had, at the company's board meeting, already dropped a few veiled threats and warnings, making clear to those petty scoundrels that they had best not act rashly.

But if someone was dead set on opposing Gu Pengzhan, that too was beyond Gu Pengzhan's control. So during this period, whether going out or at the company, Uncle Qing was cautious beyond cautious. Though the car sat in the company parking lot, before driving off Uncle Qing still carefully checked the exterior for any tampering.

Planting a bomb was unlikely, but sabotaging the brake system or slashing the tires was entirely possible. Uncle Qing had no choice but to keep his guard up.

Gu Pengzhan and Wei Zhao walked at the rear. As for Gu Pengzhan's intent, Wei Zhao had already guessed seven or eight parts of it. Gu Pengzhan would not be this zealous about packing up leftovers; sending Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu on ahead surely meant he had something to say to Wei Zhao.

"Uncle Chu, is something the matter?" Wei Zhao asked as he packed the dishes on the table one by one into the lunch boxes.

"Heh heh, nothing can be hidden from you." Gu Pengzhan likewise picked up a lunch box and helped at his side. "That business at the company before — I have already conducted a covert investigation, and I have confirmed the suspect. However... it involves the face and interests of the older generation. Without absolute evidence, I cannot make a move..."

"You mean for me to gather evidence, Uncle Chu?" Wei Zhao asked.

"That won't be necessary. You just stay at Yaoyao's side and keep anything from happening to her. The company's affairs, for the time being, I can still handle." Gu Pengzhan shook his head.

"That works too. Whenever you need me, Uncle Chu, just say the word." Wei Zhao thought to himself: Does your brother need evidence to get things done? Tell me who you suspect, and I will take care of him for you... Why go looking for evidence? So much trouble...

But Gu Pengzhan was the employer. Whatever he said, Wei Zhao would naturally do.

"Xiao Yi, do you have enough money to spend? Being with Yaoyao must be quite costly, no? I heard you two went shopping together yesterday?" Gu Pengzhan changed the subject.

"Costly... not really." Wei Zhao shook his head, and with a wry smile pointed at the clothes he wore. "Even this casual outfit was paid for by Miss Gu. To this day, I have not spent any money at all."

"Heh heh, when you go out shopping, a man has to spend the money — that is how a man's mettle shows!" Gu Pengzhan laughed. "How about this: in a little while I will have Li Fu get you a credit card. Then you can just swipe it directly."

"Ha... all right." Wei Zhao smiled, shrugged, and declined no further. When someone offers you money, what reason is there to refuse? Though Wei Zhao did not know why Gu Pengzhan would do such a thing, he had no habit of turning down money from an employer.

The two emerged from the elevator and came to the underground parking garage, walking together in the direction where Uncle Qing had parked. Before they had gone many steps, the jade pendant on Wei Zhao's body reacted. Wei Zhao's heart went cold, his whole body entering a state of alert, his eyes beginning to sweep the surroundings...

"Xiao Yi, what is it?" Gu Pengzhan suddenly saw that Wei Zhao had stopped walking and was at once puzzled.

"There is killing intent..." Wei Zhao said flatly.

"Hm?" Gu Pengzhan was taken aback. Killing intent? Gu Pengzhan did not sense it himself, but he also knew that killing intent was a thing most mysterious and elusive. It was hardly surprising that Wei Zhao could perceive what ordinary people could not.

Wei Zhao said nothing more. With a sudden yank he pulled Gu Pengzhan aside and dodged away...

"BOOM—" A great crash, and a massive chandelier came plunging down, landing on the very spot where the two had stood, shattering to pieces...

Gu Pengzhan's face went white on the instant. Staring at the fragments of the chandelier on the ground, fury surfaced in his eyes. The chandelier was enormous in size. Had Wei Zhao not reacted so quickly, then whether the two of them had continued along their previous path or stopped where they were, they would have been struck by the falling chandelier.

The chandelier was made entirely of glass. Dropped on one's head, it might not kill, but injury was certain...

These people actually dared to do such a thing. A flicker of wrath crossed Gu Pengzhan's face — their nerve was far too great. Gu Pengzhan knew this was retaliation for the warning he had delivered at Friday's board meeting.

It seemed some people had already reached the point of acting without the slightest scruple. Not only did they dare to kidnap Gu Mengyao — now they even dared to employ such methods as this...

Uncle Qing, over by the car, had seen what happened here as well, and naturally so had Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. The two stood staring blankly this way, and only after a long while did Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu cry out. It was truly too frightening.

Uncle Qing, relatively composed, had already hurried over to Gu Pengzhan's side. "Mr. Gu, are you all right?"

"Call security. Investigate what happened. Seal off every exit to the underground parking lot — no one leaves until I say so," Gu Pengzhan ordered, his face dark.

"No need." Wei Zhao looked up at the chandelier, at the cut where the wire had been severed, then rose to his feet and turned to Gu Pengzhan. "The chandelier's power cable was sliced through by a sharp blade — cut clean through in several places..."

"Oh?" Gu Pengzhan froze for an instant, then followed the direction Wei Zhao was indicating. Sure enough, there was a ring of clean cuts on the chandelier's cable. Gu Pengzhan's expression darkened further. "But how did they time it? The chandelier falling at precisely the moment we walked beneath it?"

"Well... My guess is that the chandelier was switched off beforehand. When we walked under it, power was suddenly fed to it — the weakened cable couldn't bear the chandelier's load, so it fused and snapped almost instantly, and the whole thing came down..." Wei Zhao paused. "Of course, that's only my speculation. They may well have other means, for all we know..."

Gu Pengzhan was no fool; he understood at once that Wei Zhao's hypothesis was very likely the truth. If so, there was no point in investigating further. Whoever had arranged this had covered their tracks with surgical precision — whatever evidence might have remained would surely have been destroyed long before any search could begin.

"Let's go." Gu Pengzhan drew a long breath, forcing down the fury roiling inside him, and set off with Uncle Qing toward the car.

"Xiao Yi, sit in the back with Yaoyao and the others. I'll take the passenger seat," Gu Pengzhan said to Wei Zhao.

"Very well." Wei Zhao nodded and turned to open the rear door — but upon seeing Gu Mengyao in the back seat, he hesitated, then circled around to Shen Yushu's side instead, opened the door, and climbed in.

Compared with Gu Mengyao, Wei Zhao's rapport with Shen Yushu was considerably more cordial. The Bentley's cabin was roomy enough that three people in the back seat did not feel the least bit cramped.

A moment earlier, when Gu Mengyao had assumed Wei Zhao was about to sit beside her, her heart had clenched — a flicker of nervousness she couldn't suppress. And thinking of what Shen Yushu had said to her before... she found her cheeks warming despite herself...