Chapter 338 — It Came True

Besides, even if the evidence were dug up, there was no telling how much of it would actually be useful, and how long a lawsuit might drag on was anyone's guess. The second road was far cleaner. Jin Gubang, unless he was a fool, would surely take the second road.

Sure enough, Jin Gubang did not disappoint Gu Pengzhan.

"Fine, eighty million it is—done!" Jin Gubang no longer had the stomach for haggling with Gu Pengzhan; he had far more pressing matters to handle. With eighty million, he could open a smaller real estate company and hand it to Young Master Bing as compensation. By then, Li Cihua surely would not come after him again, would he?

Jin Gubang felt he had lost both the wife and the troops—not only had he failed to take the chairman's seat, he had slunk away from the company in disgrace. His shares were gone, traded for a mere eighty million, and even that eighty million might not be his to keep; it would pass straight into Young Master Bing's hands.

If Li Cihua were still backing Jin Gubang, then Jin Gubang would not have minded going head-to-head with Gu Pengzhan. With Li Cihua at his back, he had never feared Gu Pengzhan. But now Li Cihua was not merely withholding support—he was nursing the thought of finishing Jin Gubang off. How could Jin Gubang still find the means to fight Gu Pengzhan in an internal war? Better to take the money and slip quietly away.

That very afternoon, Jin Gubang completed his resignation procedures and duly transferred his shares to Gu Pengzhan. Clutching his eighty-million retirement fund, he walked out of the Gu Group beneath the astonished and mocking gazes of the other shareholders.

Vice Chairman Jin became a piece of the group's history. From then on, there would be no such man on the board.

Those spectators—the directors and shareholders who had once thought of siding with Jin Gubang—were secretly aghast. Thank heavens they had not tangled themselves up with Jin Gubang, or they would have gone down with him today!

Back then they had watched Jin Gubang look so formidable, so ascendant, joining forces with Xie Guangbo, the third-largest shareholder, to prepare the "Operation Topple Chu"—and what had come of it? Xie Guangbo's shares had somehow landed in the hands of Gu Pengzhan's son-in-law, and Jin Gubang's shares had been taken back by Gu Pengzhan!

The Gu Group was now unmistakably Gu Pengzhan's one-man show; the vast majority of the company's shares were controlled in his hands!

With Wei Zhao away from home, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were living it up...

"Oh, at last I can walk around the house with nothing on!" Shen Yushu, wearing not a stitch, curled up on the sofa watching television...

Shen Yushu habitually stripped off all her clothes the moment she got home. In her words, wearing clothes hindered the body's development...

"Ahem, Xiaoshu, you might want to mind the impression you make. Even if Wei Zhao isn't home, what if Uncle Qing comes by?" Gu Mengyao looked at Shen Yushu with some exasperation.

"Uncle Qing knocks every time he comes; he won't just walk in." Shen Yushu was utterly unconcerned, and went on displaying her body to Gu Mengyao on the sofa: "Yao Yao, how's my figure lately?"

"Stop showing off your big chest to me. Show it off again and I'll cut it off for you!" Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu. So a good figure meant you could flaunt it whenever you liked? And why didn't you mention that you're not as tall as I am?

All your nutrition went to your chest, while mine went into promoting bone development...

"Oh, I wasn't showing off..." Shen Yushu sat back on the sofa, disgruntled. Why would no one praise her fine figure? Honestly—she could not show it to just anyone, and the only person who got to see it, Gu Mengyao, would not spare a few words of appreciation or praise. Shen Yushu was most put out.

"Go show off to your Chewing Gum Brother. I'm not interested in you... Get lost, I want to watch TV!" Gu Mengyao cast Shen Yushu a look of utter disdain. Flaunting this way and that—in the end it would all be some man's to touch...

"Oh, I'd love to, only I'm afraid you won't agree, Yao Yao..." Shen Yushu gave Gu Mengyao a sly, teasing look.

"What is there for me to disagree with?" Gu Mengyao had no desire to pay Shen Yushu any mind.

"You're the first wife, and the first wife gets priority. If anyone shows off, it should be you first—I can only line up behind you!" Shen Yushu said with a grin.

"..." Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu. "Could you give it a rest? I've noticed—you're at your most well-behaved when Wei Zhao is home. I've finally discovered the advantage of having Wei Zhao around!"

"Ah... Yao Yao, so you miss Chewing Gum Brother too?" Shen Yushu blinked, as though she had discovered a new continent, and asked, waving her arms and legs about on the sofa.

"Miss what?" Gu Mengyao said, half crossly. "I just want him back soon so you'll quiet down a bit! I can't take it anymore—how have I endured this for over ten years!"

Gu Mengyao had discovered that she was at the very end of her patience. Especially during the stretch when Wei Zhao had been staying at her home—she had grown used to a Shen Yushu who was remarkably restrained. But the moment Wei Zhao left, Shen Yushu had reverted to her old self. Gu Mengyao prayed: Wei Zhao, hurry back!

With a click, the villa's front door was opened from the outside...

"Huh?" Gu Mengyao's eyes went wide, and she stared at the doorway in sheer astonishment! No way? Her prayer answered that fast? Wei Zhao had actually come back! Her dream had come true?

Shen Yushu froze as well. One moment she had been waving her arms about and gleefully mocking Gu Mengyao; the next, Wei Zhao had burst through the door! And the crucial thing was, the sofa Shen Yushu sat on faced the villa's entrance directly, so her body was laid out before Wei Zhao in perfect clarity...

"Uh... did I come back at a bad time?" Wei Zhao swallowed hard, finding that tearing his eyes away from Shen Yushu was a very difficult decision—so difficult it simply could not be accomplished...

In truth, Wei Zhao had been eyeing Shen Yushu hungrily for a long while. Only, held back by her status as Gu Mengyao's best friend, he had never dared show it too plainly. But today... this was a golden opportunity that came once in a thousand years—no point in wasting a free look... Besides, Lin Dahao consoled himself, this was an accident, and it was Shen Yushu who had let him see, so it had nothing to do with him...

"Cover your eyes, quick—you can't look!" Gu Mengyao finally snapped back to her senses and shrieked at the top of her voice, putting a stop to Wei Zhao's lecherous behavior.

"Oh..." Shen Yushu hastily thrust out both hands. Everyone assumed she was about to cover her chest—but instead, Shen Yushu used her hands to cover her own eyes...

"..." Gu Mengyao stared at her best friend and nearly pitched headfirst to the floor! Wei Zhao was the one who was supposed to cover his eyes—what are you covering yours for?