Chapter 1198 — They Come Calling Again
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Gu Pengzhan frowned. He had not expected the Xiao brothers to come knocking at his door again after all these days, and from the look of them, they had come to make trouble, without a doubt. But what manner of courage had driven the Xiao family to such a move?
Could the backing of a mere two Pi family experts have made them this reckless? Yet if so, why had they not come to make trouble the moment those Pi family experts arrived, instead of waiting all this time?
"Mr. Xiao has perhaps forgotten the pain now that the scar has healed? So short a time, and you have already forgotten the lesson of last time?" After that affair, Gu Pengzhan had come to understand things: there are times when a man must be hard, and hard he must be; at worst, one stakes everything on a single throw. Wei Zhao could give all he had for the Gu family — what had he to hold back for?
"Gu Pengzhan, I do not mind telling you — we have come because of the business last time!" Xiao Ji sneered. "Gu Pengzhan, do not say I never left you a way out! You have two choices now. One: obediently hand over part of your assets to our Xiao family. Two: wait for our Xiao family and our partners to strike at you in the stock market!"
Gu Pengzhan frowned. Without question, Xiao Ji was opening his jaws wide as a lion, just as he had last time. Yet for Xiao Ji to make so nearly insane a move, he must have something to lean on; he would not come running here simply to spout such foolish words.
Assets were not something he could hand over merely because someone demanded them. So Gu Pengzhan only smiled faintly: "Mr. Xiao seems very sure of himself. Is it because of those two Pi family experts? But do not forget — the Pi family's experts were also driven off by Xiaoyi."
"Wei Zhao? Hahahaha! So you are still counting on Wei Zhao?" Xiao Ji looked at Gu Pengzhan with mockery and laughed aloud. "I do not mind telling you — the man you are counting on is in the hospital right now! The Great Hero has beaten him into the hospital!"
"In the hospital?" Gu Pengzhan was slightly taken aback.
"What? You do not believe it? If you do not believe it, call your patron Wei Zhao and ask him!" Xiao Ji said carelessly.
Gu Pengzhan's expression shifted. He understood at last why the Xiao family had suddenly come knocking again with their extortion — they had learned that Wei Zhao was wounded. Like last time, they had come to plunder while the house burned.
But Wei Zhao had been perfectly well — how could he have been wounded? And beaten into the hospital by some Great Hero? What would the Great Hero strike him for? Had it been the Pi family's experts who beat him, Gu Pengzhan would have found it a touch more credible — but where had this Great Hero sprung from all of a sudden?
Still, doubtful though Gu Pengzhan was, he picked up the phone and called Wei Zhao; from Wei Zhao he could learn the most accurate news.
"Xiaoyi, where are you?" Gu Pengzhan asked. Though he kept his tone even, the anxiety within him could not be suppressed.
"I am at the hospital!" Wei Zhao said. "What is it? Uncle Chu, why do you suddenly ask?"
"What! You are at the hospital?" Gu Pengzhan's heart lurched, and the tone of his voice changed as well! He had not expected Wei Zhao really to be at the hospital at this very moment! Much as Gu Pengzhan had cultivated his temper of late and grown far steadier, cold sweat now broke out on his forehead!