Chapter 1730 — Five Million Is Too Little
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"It's all right..." Hearing him say that, Gu Mengyao had no choice but to let it go.
"Heh, and Wei Zhao — I may have been a bit hard on you before. Actually, I understand now that there's nothing going on between you and Yaoyao. I'll be needing your help in the future!" An Liwen said.
"Oh, no problem at all. But you'll have to pay the service fee! I'm tipping you off and passing along information — I can't do that for free, can I?" Wei Zhao agreed readily enough.
"Of course I'll pay, naturally I'll pay!" An Liwen laughed heartily, thinking that Wei Zhao wasn't afraid of losing face in Gu Mengyao's eyes. But this only confirmed his guess — Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao really had nothing between them!
The big-bird roast business had left An Liwen somewhat embarrassed and irritated, but after turning it over in his mind, he had drawn a lesson from it: Xiaoshu might have a little something going with Wei Zhao, but Gu Mengyao absolutely did not! That made things easy. Gu Mengyao was the one he wanted; Shen Yushu could be handed to him for free and he wouldn't take her.
"Oh, then give me three to five million to start," Wei Zhao said. "You know my account."
"Three to five million?" An Liwen was stunned. Wei Zhao was really opening his mouth like a lion! He'd only been humoring him — and now the man actually wanted money? And who did Wei Zhao think he was, asking for three to five million?
"Don't tell me that's a lot, Brother Jianwen? Sister Yaoyao is a proper young lady of means. If you're going to be stingy, then if you really do marry her someday, she'll be in for a world of suffering! You're not that poor, are you?" Shen Yushu knew Wei Zhao was asking for money for the orphanage, so naturally she threw herself into the act.
She and Gu Mengyao had already donated all their saved pocket money to the orphanage, so there was nothing more they could do to help Wei Zhao. That was why she was so eager to help him smooth-talk An Liwen now.
"No, what I mean is... it's too little..." An Liwen thought to himself, damn it, I may have made a lot of money lately, but I handed a big chunk of it over to the Fire Wolf Gang. Three to five million isn't exactly a small sum, and the key problem is, this is no longer something three to five million can solve! An Liwen could only say with a mournful face, "Forget three to five million — let's just make it five million!"
"Isn't five million still three to five million? Is that not a lot?" Shen Yushu asked.
An Liwen seethed inwardly. You bastard — enjoy your moment while it lasts! Once my father gets that business settled, not only will the Gu family fortune be mine, but Gu Mengyao will be mine too! Yet on the surface he only smiled. "Haha, true enough. Then let's make it eight million!"
"That's more like it!" Shen Yushu nodded. "When will you pay?"
"I'll call and transfer it right now... Haha, I keep my word — this is small change!" An Liwen laughed, speaking as though it hardly mattered.
Afraid Shen Yushu might say something more, An Liwen hurriedly called and made the transfer. At the same moment, Wei Zhao received the text confirming the transfer had gone through!