護花近衛 - 第76章 主要任務是磨合 - 墨香閣

"Xiao Yi, you did not alert them, did you?" Gu Pengzhan suddenly thought of an important question, namely whether Wei Zhao had aroused the other party's vigilance while eavesdropping in the restroom. If the man had grown wary, catching him by the tail would become far more difficult.

"Do not worry, Uncle Chu," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "Just then Uncle Qing's call came in and startled me too, but I pretended to be someone here on business for the Group who had taken the wrong floor..."

Wei Zhao repeated to Gu Pengzhan the monologue he had put on earlier.

"Ha, well done. You are quick-witted." Gu Pengzhan praised him. The more he looked at Wei Zhao now, the more satisfied he felt. At first it had only been his old father's wish, and he had acted merely in obedience to the old man. Now, however, he truly felt Wei Zhao was a rare talent.

Gu Pengzhan's father, Chu Sanwa, was a man whose word was law at home. Starting out as a humble bricklayer, he had built the Gu Group from nothing over decades. Though he had now handed the Gu Group to Gu Pengzhan, Chu Sanwa remained the unquestioned authority in the family.

When Gu Pengzhan was young the family was still poor. Only when he was seven or eight did Chu Sanwa found Pengzhan Construction Company, which grew step by step into what it is today. That history had kept him from picking up the bad habits of rich second-generation heirs, and in his conduct he carried himself with considerable dignity, showing his father great respect.

Many of the company's present shareholders are old comrades who fought alongside his father to build the business in those days. Although their shares have now passed to their children, grandchildren, and relatives, and some among them have begun to grow restless, Gu Pengzhan has left them alone out of regard for his father's face.

Today's affair, however, had touched Gu Pengzhan's bottom line. Gu Mengyao is his only daughter, and for these people to use her to make trouble has made him truly angry for the first time.

"By the way, Uncle Chu, can you tell me what task you actually have for me?" Wei Zhao hesitated a moment, then decided to take this chance to ask properly.

He had already been in Songshan for several days without seeing any important assignment. Every day, apart from accompanying Gu Mengyao to and from school and making her breakfast, he had only dealt with a few petty clowns... The life was easy beyond compare, but Wei Zhao felt uneasy. He had come to carry out a great mission, one said to keep him fed and clothed for life, yet he could not believe that merely keeping the young lady company at school would earn a reward that freed him from want forever.

"Ah? Oh, the task..." Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Gu Pengzhan gave him a strange look, then said, "There is indeed a very important task, but the urgent matter now is for you and Yaoyao to get used to each other. Only then can the mission proceed smoothly."

"Huh?" Wei Zhao froze. Get along well with Gu Mengyao? Only then could he carry out the mission? What kind of mission was this? Could it have something to do with Gu Mengyao? Could some hidden figure mean her harm, and Gu Pengzhan want to use Gu Mengyao as bait while he ferreted out the person behind it?

That was all Wei Zhao could think of. Gu Pengzhan spoke so vaguely that he was still lost in fog, but from his past experience on missions, many employers kept the task confidential and revealed no details until the very moment of execution.

Although Wei Zhao knew he could never leak secrets, thinking from an employer's perspective, caution was best, and it never hurt to be careful. He understood that.

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