Chapter 945 — Then I'll Give You Ten Billion!

"No. If Sister Yaoyao and Brother Arrowbrand die, then living on would mean nothing to me!" Shen Yushu shook her head.

"All right, then you stay here." Gu Pengzhan's thinking was this: even if Shen Yushu stayed, the Yu family might not dare to touch her. Shen Yushu belonged to the Chen family. Though the Chens had declined, though Old Master Chen had retired and Chen Yuxuan still had not accomplished anything of note, the Chen family was, after all, an old-established clan with influence in military circles. So long as the Yu family did not want to tear all masks away, they would not offend the Chens at a time like this!

Time slipped by, minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye it was half past six in the morning. From Wei Zhao's room, still no word of any kind emerged!

At last Gu Pengzhan could bear it no longer. He walked over and raised his hand to knock, but hesitated and did not knock. Instead he pressed his ear to Wei Zhao's door, hoping to catch some sound from within.

Yet to Gu Pengzhan's disappointment, there was not the slightest stir inside Wei Zhao's room.

Was Wei Zhao healing his wounds? Gu Pengzhan did not know. What he could be certain of was that Wei Zhao must have some business of his own left unfinished, and business of the utmost importance — otherwise he could not have shut himself in that room, neither coming out nor sending the least word!

It was plain that Wei Zhao had no time to explain any of it. The one thing he had left behind when he hurried into the room was that single sentence: do not disturb me!

So Gu Pengzhan hesitated again and again, and did not knock. Instead he retreated once more to the sofa, sat down, and waited quietly for Wei Zhao to come out on his own...

But then something happened that was both expected and utterly unforeseen!

With a resounding bang, the villa's front door was kicked open by a force of tremendous power, startling Gu Pengzhan, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu on the sofa half out of their wits!

Gu Pengzhan's heart clenched. What was fated to come had come at last! He did not know who had been the first to track him down, but it had to be one of three: the Xiao family, Zhao Qibing, or the Yu family. No one else would be so brazen as to smash through the door without even knocking!

Though Gu Pengzhan had made his preparations for being tracked down, when the moment actually arrived he still felt it had come a little too soon. It was not even seven in the morning — were the enemy really so impatient? Truly a pack of greedy, hot-headed creatures!

"Gu Pengzhan, you've got some nerve, haven't you? I hear you're planning to run off with your daughter? Sure enough, you didn't go to the company — you're hiding out at your daughter's place!" Yu Haitian sneered. "But can Sun Wukong ever escape the Buddha's palm?"

Yu Haitian and Yu Bide had gone first to Gu Pengzhan's residence, and finding him absent, their hearts had dropped with a thud. Surely Gu Pengzhan had not really fled? They had hurried to Gu Mengyao's residence, only to find Gu Pengzhan's car parked at the villa's gate!

At that, Yu Haitian and Yu Bide became all the more certain that Gu Pengzhan meant to abscond with his daughter! Otherwise, why would he skip the company first thing in the morning instead of waiting for them to call, and come running to Gu Mengyao's place?

At the sound of Yu Haitian's voice, Gu Pengzhan's heart sank at once. He had not expected the first to come knocking to be the Yu family — the most troublesome of them all! Had it been the Xiao family or Zhao Qibing's men, they would have been easy enough to send packing: just hand over the assets they wanted, and the matter was settled!

But the Yu family wanted not only the assets, but his daughter as well!

"If I meant to run, would I still be sitting here waiting for you?" Though panic churned inside him, Gu Pengzhan forced himself to speak with composure. "If I were going to leave, wouldn't I have gone long ago?"

"Hmph, spare me the drivel. My terms — have you thought them over or not?" Yu Bide cut him off and demanded outright.

"The group's shares, I will transfer to the Yu family in full, without compensation. But as for my daughter, I beg the Yu family to show some mercy!" Gu Pengzhan knew he could not get away now, so he was making his final struggle.

"Mercy? What a joke!" Yu Bide snorted coldly. "When your daughter had that little bastard Wei Zhao kill my son, did she think of showing any mercy?"

"In the end, was it not Xiaoyi who showed mercy and let your son live?" Gu Pengzhan replied, neither cringing nor blustering.

"Yes — and it is precisely because my son did not die that I let your daughter serve him as a concubine! I showed mercy too. Otherwise I would have simply killed your daughter and married her to my son in the underworld!" Yu Bide glared at Gu Pengzhan and raged.

"Mr. Yu, when all is said and done, it was your son who trespassed into my daughter's villa without permission, and that is what brought about this outcome..." Gu Pengzhan argued his case on principle. This was the final hour, and though he knew reasoning with the Yu family would most likely get him nowhere, he had to fight for it!

If the Yu family truly carried Gu Mengyao away, then the Gu family would be finished indeed!

"What? Are you saying my Yu family is at fault? Are you saying my son brought it on himself? Is that what you mean? Do you dare say it again?" Yu Bide's face instantly took on a sinister look.

"I didn't say that. I only hope that you, Mr. Yu, will let my daughter go!" Gu Mengyao paused for a moment, then said, "If you are willing to let my daughter go, I will agree to whatever terms you propose!"

"Fine! Give my Yu family ten billion, and I'll let your daughter go. How about that? Fair enough? Buying a life with money!" Yu Bide laughed heartily.

"You—" Gu Pengzhan's face flushed red at once. The Yu family's terms were simply unreasonable! Ten billion—where was he supposed to come up with ten billion? Wasn't this deliberately making things difficult for him?

"What, Mr. Gu, are you reluctant to part with your money now, unwilling to buy a life with it?" A trace of mockery flickered at the corner of Yu Bide's mouth. "In that case, don't say that Yu never gave you a chance!"

"Phew!" Gu Pengzhan drew a deep breath and worked hard to calm his emotions. He must not lose his temper, Gu Pengzhan reminded himself. This was not the time to tear all pretenses with the Yu family. He had to endure it—he absolutely had to endure it!

"Mr. Yu, ten billion—aren't you forcing a man to do what he cannot?" Gu Pengzhan asked in a low voice.

"What? Gu Pengzhan, do you think your daughter isn't worth ten billion?" Yu Bide retorted.

"Mr. Yu, but you also know that I cannot produce ten billion," Gu Pengzhan said with some helplessness. At this moment, he was no longer the lofty president of a conglomerate, but a loving father who would set aside any pride and dignity for his daughter.