Chapter 74 — The Man in the Restroom
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Without betraying a thing, Wei Zhao stationed himself before the sink in the restroom's outer room and listened to the man inside.
"You cannot even handle a trifle like this, and you still expect me to work with you? It was nothing much I asked, just for you to keep that little girl Gu Mengyao under control for a few hours. When the contract talks with Gu Pengzhan came up, all you had to do was hint obliquely that Gu Mengyao's affair had something to do with you, and the contract would have been signed long ago! A mere oblique hint, and I daresay even that old fox Gu Pengzhan, for all his fury, would have swallowed his anger for the sake of his precious daughter's safety!" The man was plainly beside himself with rage.
"Hmph, there was no flaw exposed in this business, was there... What? You say you have no idea where the bunch you hired are now? Damn him, how did I come to work with a pig like you?" The man cursed. "Fine. I will sniff around for news on the police station's side. You get rid of the loose ends as quick as you can, and if it truly cannot be done... you know what I mean, don't you?"
"Ring—" A sudden burst of the classic Nokia ringtone went off, and the man inside the restroom broke off at once, plainly startled half out of his wits.
But the one most startled was Wei Zhao! His own phone had rung. Wei Zhao smiled bitterly; it seemed he had tipped his hand and scared off the snake. Whatever else there was to hear would now be very hard to come by.
As Wei Zhao had expected, the man in the restroom was badly shaken. This public restroom on the top floor was almost never used, for the group executives working on this floor all had private washrooms in their offices, and no one would come here to relieve himself; only outsiders on business and a few odd-job workers used the public restroom. That was precisely why he had chosen to make his call here.
In most cases, apart from a cleaner who came once in the morning and once in the evening to tidy up, this restroom stood empty nearly the whole day long.
Wei Zhao helplessly pulled out his phone, glanced at it and saw Uncle Qing's number. He pressed the hang-up button without hesitation, then muttered to himself out loud: "Brother Junhua, this is Xiao Liang—Li Xiaoliang! I'm over at the Gu Group. I couldn't find you—what floor are you on? I've already made it all the way up to the top floor. I figured, don't the senior executives all work on the top floor? Since you're a business manager, I came up here to look for you... What? Third floor? All right then, I'll head back down... I was just about to use the restroom anyway! What? The upstairs floors are all top brass territory? Never mind then—I won't go up. I'll go down first!"
As he spoke, Wei Zhao walked out of the restroom and headed in the direction of Gu Pengzhan's office. On Uncle Qing's end of the line, seeing Wei Zhao hang up without a word, he did not think much of it—after all, Wei Zhao had only stepped away to use the restroom, and upon spotting his incoming call, had presumably decided to come straight to Gu Pengzhan's office.
The man in the restroom heard Wei Zhao's words and immediately let out a long sigh of relief, muttering under his breath: "Damn it. Just some errand-runner here on business. Nearly scared me to death. Looking for a business manager—and coming all the way up to the top floor? A measly manager hardly qualifies as leadership. What an idiot. Doesn't he know that salesmen all call themselves 'business managers' just to sound impressive?"
Hearing Wei Zhao's voice grow steadily fainter, the man knew he had gone far enough. He picked up the phone again—but this time he was far more careful, keeping his voice even lower than before...
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