Chapter 943 — Tailor-Made: Though Gu Mengyao Knew That the Matter Was Not Her Fault or Xiaoshu's, It Was Merely a Pretext for the Xiao Family to Pick a Fight — Without This Pretext, the Xiao Family Might Well Have Found Some Other Pretext…
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"The second wave of callers were Zhao Qibing's people…" Gu Pengzhan said with a bitter smile. "My feud with Zhao Qibing goes back a long way. More than once he sent men to kidnap you; at the amusement park he even tried to have you and Xiaoshu killed. Then Xiaoyi suppressed him for a time. Now that Xiaoyi has met with trouble, he will naturally push back! His appetite, though, is not so very great — he only asked for the real estate company under the Gu Group…"
Gu Mengyao nodded. How could she not know Zhao Qibing? The man bore a deep grudge against her family and against Wei Zhao alike. If he had not come knocking at a time like this, Gu Mengyao would not have believed it herself!
"The third wave of callers were the Yu family of Yanjing…" Gu Pengzhan went on.
"The Yu family? Who are they?" Gu Mengyao found the name faintly familiar, yet she had no idea where she had heard of this family before.
"The Yus once broke into your villa by night and even wounded General Mighty — have you forgotten?" Gu Pengzhan prompted. "At the time, in your fury, you told Xiaoyi to kill that murderer, but Xiaoyi showed mercy and left him a way to live…"
"Ah! And rather than being grateful to Wei Zhao, he comes looking for trouble?" At her father's reminder, Gu Mengyao remembered that Yu Kun — the contemptuous, haughty look on his face was still vivid before her eyes. The memory made her uncomfortable.
"With people like them, what reasoning is there to be had?" Gu Pengzhan sighed and shook his head. "This time the Yu family's terms are even more outrageous. Not only must you marry into the Yu family and become a concubine to that Yu Kun whom Xiaoyi beat half to death — every share of the Gu Group must go with you as your dowry!"
"What? On what grounds!" Gu Mengyao was so angry she rose to her feet. "I am not marrying into their family!"
"Exactly. So if we cannot afford to provoke them, can we not at least afford to hide?" Gu Pengzhan laughed. "So Daddy is ready to flee back to the old home with you and Xiaoyi!"
Hearing her father's decision, a joy rose in Gu Mengyao's heart for no reason at all! She could not help cursing herself inwardly — the family was being hounded to this pass, and what was she so happy about? They were about to go on the run!
And yet, deep in Gu Mengyao's heart, there was still a secret delight…
"How can they be so brazen? Daddy, can't we call the police?" In her reason, Gu Mengyao told herself they must not leave — the Gu Group was her father's heart's blood, so how could they simply give it up?
"These old clans, the way they do things — much of it walks beyond the rules. Even if we call the police it would be of no use. They have only plotted a crime; they have not yet carried it out and done anything to us…" Gu Pengzhan smiled bitterly. "Besides, once they are provoked, they may well kill us to vent their spite, and by then they will likely seize our property through some unlawful means too!"
"Ah!" Gu Mengyao was startled. She did not know how much power these old clans truly held, but from the gist of her father's words she could more or less gather it: even if these clans truly did something to her, they themselves would probably come to no harm — at worst a scapegoat would step forward to take the blame…
"So we have no choice but to flee… The property, in the end, will have to go to them. But you — are you going to marry into the Yu family?" Gu Pengzhan asked.
"I won't!" Gu Mengyao shook her head. How could she marry into the Yu family?
"Then that settles it. So we wait until Wei Zhao is out, and then leave Songshan City together. Everything here, we leave behind — all of it!" Gu Pengzhan was, after all, a man built for great undertakings; his course was utterly decisive, and he did not touch a single cent of the company's money! His aim was precisely to avoid alarming their opponents and being unable to escape!