Chapter 2344 — What Are You So Happy About?
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So the moment Han Xiaohu received the call, he drove at top speed to the North Ice Ocean Seafood Restaurant.
Once Wei Zhao and the others entered the restaurant, they booked a private room, ordered food and drink, and went inside.
"Xiao Yi, about what happened just now..." Gu Pengzhan began only after they were in the room. "To be honest, Li Fu and I meant to handle it ourselves. It's nothing major, after all—the man is merely working with a few East Sea businessmen to squeeze out our Gu Group. I didn't want to trouble you..."
"Ha, Uncle Chu, I'm the second-largest shareholder of the Gu Group. Don't tell me you're trying to push me out?" Wei Zhao said with a laugh. He had noticed before that Gu Pengzhan might be running into some trouble, but he had not thought much of it—he had assumed it was ordinary business competition.
But now it was clear that was not the case at all. Lei Daming was targeting Gu Pengzhan outright, the sort who wanted to wipe him out root and branch. Naturally Wei Zhao did not want Gu Pengzhan wasting his effort dragging things out with the man. Was it not a contest of who had more power? Perfect—he would summon the hidden Han family, the local snakes of East Sea, to crush him.
"How could I?" Gu Pengzhan laughed. "I'm getting on in years. The Gu Group will naturally be yours and Yao Yao's in the future. But now that you mention it, I'd truly forgotten—you're still a member of the company's board of directors, so of course you have a duty to contribute to the company."
Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. The implication in Gu Pengzhan's words seemed to be that he intended to leave the Gu Group to him and the young lady in the future. With Wei Zhao's present wealth, he might not care about such things, but back when he had first come to Songshan City, penniless and with nothing to his name, Gu Pengzhan had already hinted at such an intention.
The young lady naturally understood her father's pointed remark. Her face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Wei Zhao.
"Oh, Yao Yao, Uncle Chu really does want to take Arrowhead Bro as his son-in-law! Yushu is amazing—she predicted it all along!" Shen Yushu said happily.
"He's finding a son-in-law for himself, not for you. What are you so happy about?" Gu Mengyao, made even more embarrassed by Shen Yushu's remark, glared at her and said in exasperation.
"You're the proper wife, so I'll be the concubine. Eh? Yao Yao, you haven't forgotten, have you?" Shen Yushu said with perfect seriousness.
"Ha..." Gu Pengzhan laughed. Far from being displeased that Shen Yushu was competing with his daughter for a man, he was gratified that the two sisters would be able to stay together forever. His father, Chu Sanwa, had said that a man like Wei Zhao could never be bound by a single woman. Gu Pengzhan did not quite understand why his father had been so certain, but his father's judgment had always been remarkably accurate!
Qing Bo and Granny Sun exchanged a silent glance, each seeing a trace of gratification in the other's eyes. What relationship Sun Jingyan had once had with Wei Zhao, whether she had been his lover, whether she would compete with the young lady—none of that was any concern of Qing Bo's, nor of Granny Sun's. Sun Jingyan was simply a relative of theirs.