Chapter 1377 — The Wu Family's Reaction
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"Killed by Chentian's leader? And in a single punch?" Wu Gonggao sprang from the sickbed, the IV line torn clean from his arm without his even noticing. "Is every word of this true? Jin Wudi, killed by that Er Goudan?"
"It is true, family head. This subordinate dared not conceal a thing—the moment it happened, I came at once to report to you!" the disciple said.
"Hahahaha!" Wu Gonggao burst into thunderous laughter that shook the very rafters. "This is splendid! Heaven blesses our Wu family—ahahahaha! That boy Chentian has a good eye, to take such a formidable fellow as his leader. It seems the Wu family has hope yet!"
At that moment the happiest person besides Wu Gonggao was surely Wu Jiaoqi. Until now he had been living in terror over his son's affairs, dreading that his brother and nephew would join forces to scheme for the headship. But now it looked as though the rainbow had appeared after the storm.
"That is all thanks to your fine guidance, Father. As for Chentian—fool's luck, that's what he has. Without an ounce of scheming in him, he is all the easier for others to accept!" Whether openly or between the lines, Wu Jiaoqi was needling Wu Jiaolong and Wu Chendi: what good did all your plotting and cleverness do you? In the end, neither of you is worth a fraction of the leader Chentian took on a whim!
Wu Jiaolong and Wu Chendi wore ghastly expressions. The two of them had already worked it all out beforehand—to use this incident to persuade Wu Gonggao into having Wu Chengtian dragged back to reflect on his faults, with Wu Chendi taking his place. Now it had all gone up in smoke.
"Hmm... Grandfather, this affair may yet prove a blessing in disguise. The hidden clans keep Heaven Rank experts on hand—who can say whether the Pi family will come seeking revenge? We must hope it does not drag our Wu family down with it!" Wu Chendi ventured by way of reminder.
"Don't think I can't read your thoughts!" Wu Gonggao kicked Wu Chendi into a somersault. "Get out! I don't want to lay eyes on you!"
Wu Chendi went flying across the room, grief welling up in him. He differed from Wu Chengtian by a single year, and his cultivation speed was much the same—on what grounds, on what grounds at all, did Grandfather favor that one so?
A flicker of hatred passed through Wu Jiaolong's eyes as well. For reasons he could not fathom, neither he nor his son ever won the old man's favor—so it had been since they were children, and so it remained. That his own aptitude was poor, he could accept; but Wu Chendi's aptitude was excellent!
Taking Wu Chendi with him, Wu Jiaolong hurried out of the sickroom, not daring to cross the old man at a time like this.
Only after Wu Jiaolong had gone did Wu Gonggao's expression soften. He said to Wu Jiaoqi, "Call Wu Chengtian at once and find out how things stand!"
"Yes..." Though Wu Jiaoqi could not understand in his heart why his father had never thought much of his younger brother or his nephew, he did not care to press the matter. After all, it worked in his own favor; whether he asked or not made no difference.