Chapter 944 — We Must Stay!

"That, I am not quite sure of either. My own reading is that there is no backing behind Wei Zhao at all. So I suggest that once we get to Gu Pengzhan's house, we simply finish Wei Zhao off along the way!" Yu Bide hated Wei Zhao to the bone. His real purpose in coming this time had been to avenge his son, but for the sake of the family's interests he had not quite dared to strike directly.

And now Gu Pengzhan had been driven to the end of his rope, yet still the power behind Wei Zhao had not shown itself. That in itself was proof enough that there was no power behind Wei Zhao at all.

"Getting rid of Wei Zhao would of course be fine, but he and Guan Xuewen seem to be on rather good terms privately. To move against Wei Zhao would be to slap Guan Xuewen in the face... that is not quite proper, is it? After all, Guan's pharmaceutical business is going from strength to strength; he has put out any number of miraculous medicines, and in future every great family will be courting him!" Yu Haitian analyzed with some misgivings. "It makes no difference how we trample the Gu family, but where Wei Zhao is concerned, we had best be careful!"

"Hmph, so what if he is on good terms with Guan Xuewen? Guan Xuewen has never stood up to shield him openly, and we can simply ignore that connection!" Yu Bide sneered. "When the time comes, we kill him and that is that. Even if Guan Xuewen speaks up afterward, it will be too late! Can he really make trouble for our Yu family?"

"Hmm... I think, in this matter, we had best consult Second Uncle first!" Yu Haitian said cautiously.

"Fine! I will call Second Brother right now and ask his opinion!" Yu Bide nodded. Yu Haitian's advice he might disregard, but Second Brother's he could not. Second Brother was a man of reason, and he weighed matters thoroughly.

Yu Bide got Yu Shuixing on the phone, told him what had happened here, and laid out his plan: early tomorrow morning he would go make trouble for the Gu family and finish Wei Zhao off in passing.

"You must not!" Yu Shuixing shook his head and stopped him. "Third Brother, it is not fitting for us to move against Wei Zhao at present!"

"Why not?" Yu Bide was taken aback. "If there were a power behind Wei Zhao, why has it not stepped forward by now?"

"Bide, you still do not think things through carefully enough!" Yu Shuixing said. "On the surface it seems Wei Zhao's ties with the Gu family are extraordinary, but that may be nothing more than a private friendship between Wei Zhao and the Gu family. It does not mean the power behind him will help the Gu family too! If Wei Zhao was merely out here on some trial or training, then he should be heading back soon, and the Gu family may well have been abandoned."

"Oh?" Yu Bide was startled. "Put that way, it does make sense. I was rash... Ah, the very sight of that Wei Zhao sets my teeth on edge!"

"Heh heh, no hurry. If there truly is no strength behind Wei Zhao, then sooner or later he will become a wronged ghost beneath your hand. But if there is some power behind him, then for the time being we must let him swagger. Wait until his background is investigated thoroughly, then decide!" Yu Shuixing said.

"Good. Then I will trample the Gu family to death first and be done with it!" Yu Bide said viciously. He had gathered all his resentment onto the Gu family. Since Wei Zhao could not be killed, the Gu family would be his punching bag — and that wretched dog that had brought about his son's death, he would see it dead too!

The Gu family villa.

Gu Pengzhan watched the time on the living room clock with some anxiety. It was already past five in the morning, and still no word had come from Wei Zhao's room! He could not help growing fretful. Today was the deadline the Xiao family, Zhao Qibing and the Yu family had set for him. If Wei Zhao had not left by the end of this deadline, then he feared there would be no leaving at all!

The Xiao family and the Yu family were manageable enough; he could cope with them. But if the Yu family's people came, how could Gu Mengyao still get away?

"Daddy, what is the matter? You look so anxious?" Gu Mengyao asked, watching her father glance at the clock again and again with some puzzlement.

"Today is the day agreed upon with the Xiao family, the Yu family and Zhao Qibing. I am afraid that once it is light they will come knocking, and then we will not be able to leave!" Gu Pengzhan sighed. He did not hide it; at a critical moment like this, he had to prepare Gu Mengyao mentally in advance.

"Yaoyao, how about you and Xiaoshu go first? I will stay here with Xiaoyi and keep watch?" Gu Pengzhan said helplessly. Was this fate, then?

Xiaoyi had been perfectly fine before, and yet trouble had come right before their departure! Still, Gu Pengzhan did not blame Wei Zhao. He knew very well what the consequences would be if he let his daughter leave first: the enraged Yu family might vent their wrath on him, and might even finish him off outright!

But how could Gu Pengzhan stand by and watch his daughter be carried off by the Yu family? If she were taken to the Yu family as a concubine, his daughter, unable to bear the humiliation, might well take her own life. And then, with his daughter dead, could he go on living alone? With what face could he meet Wan'er again?

If a man cannot even protect his own daughter, is he still a worthy father?

So Gu Pengzhan would sooner sacrifice himself than let harm come to his daughter!

"No, I am not leaving!" Gu Mengyao shook her head.

"Yaoyao, be good, do not be willful! If you do not go, the Yu family's people will certainly carry you off by force, and then Daddy will be powerless to stop them!" Gu Pengzhan frowned and spoke earnestly. "And if Xiaoyi sees that, can he sit by and do nothing? But if he forces himself to step forward, do you know how that will end? Doing this, you will be bringing ruin on Xiaoyi!"

"No!" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "Dad, you are right, but think about it: if the Yu family comes and does not find me, then besides venting their anger on you, on whom else will they vent it? You must understand that although it was I who gave the order to kill Yu Kun, the one who carried it out was Wei Zhao! If the Yus cannot find me, do you think they will let you and Wei Zhao off so easily?"

"That…" Gu Pengzhan had thought only of himself before, of ending this feud with his own death, but at his daughter's words it suddenly struck him that Yu Kun had indeed been beaten half to death by Wei Zhao. In that case, if the Yus could not find Yaoyao, they would likely not spare Xiaoyi either!

"Dad, if both you and Wei Zhao were dead, what meaning would there be in my living on?" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "So I must stay. If Wei Zhao comes out first, we leave together. If the Yus come knocking first, we face them together!"