Chapter 602 — Li Cihua's Probe
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"Boss Li, I take it you have some business?" Gu Pengzhan didn't bother with pleasantries. They had no commercial dealings to speak of, and after what Li Cihua had done — orchestrating Jin Gubang's campaign against him recently — Gu Pengzhan had no inclination even to feign politeness.
"President Gu, there's no need to spell out what I do for a living. Relations between us haven't exactly been cordial, but that's all water under the bridge now," Li Cihua said coolly. "What happened before — let's set it aside. Since Jin Gubang failed, I have no further intention of coming after you."
"Oh? Then what brings Boss Li here this time?" Gu Pengzhan wasn't particularly surprised that Li Cihua spoke so bluntly about what he'd done. It was common knowledge either way.
"Let's not mince words. You've hired a bodyguard, have you not? His name is Wei Zhao?" Li Cihua wanted to get Zhao Qibing's errand done quickly, so he couldn't be bothered with small talk. From the moment he walked in, he struck a dominant posture.
In Li Cihua's view, even though he was no match for Wei Zhao, he was still a formidable figure in Songshan City. Gu Pengzhan, for all his talk, was nothing but a businessman. How could a businessman hold a candle to someone like him, a man with underworld connections?
"That's right. What about him?" Gu Pengzhan frowned. So Li Cihua had indeed come for Wei Zhao.
"Heh, there is indeed something I'd like to trouble President Gu with. I'm sure you've heard the news that Young Master Qi Bing was beaten up?" Li Cihua asked coolly.
"What exactly are you trying to say?" Gu Pengzhan shot back.
"There's no good man at the Young Master's side. I wonder if Mr. Gu would be willing to part with what he cherishes and let us have Wei Zhao?" This time Li Cihua had resorted to a bit of scheming; he was probing whether Wei Zhao had also been injured, how badly, and whether the skill was still in him.
"Oh, Mr. Wei Zhao and I have a contract," Gu Pengzhan answered blandly.
"So that's how it is..." Li Cihua cursed Gu Pengzhan inwardly as an old fox. He had assumed that if Wei Zhao were injured, Gu Pengzhan would surely say Wei Zhao was hurt too and unfit to protect anyone else, or that if Wei Zhao had lost all his skill, Gu Pengzhan would surely say Wei Zhao could no longer guard anyone.
But what Gu Pengzhan said had to be about the contract! What on earth did that mean? Did it mean Wei Zhao still had his skill and Gu Pengzhan was unwilling to give him up, or that Wei Zhao had already lost his skill and was gravely injured, but Gu Pengzhan had not dismissed him purely because of the contract?
The words carried no particular tone, and Li Cihua truly found it hard to judge Gu Pengzhan's real intent!
"Since that's the case, I won't force a man against his will," Li Cihua said through gritted teeth, inwardly resentful. "I wonder where Mr. Gu found Wei Zhao? Was it from the Vanguard Company, or some formidable organization? Why not recommend it to me, so I can hire a bodyguard too?"