Chapter 951 — Stop Pretending
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What did the Yu family give you?" Xiao Ben's face darkened. If the Yu family really had a hand in this, then things would indeed be troublesome.
"The Yu family gave me their shares in the Yu family auction house and in another business, and threw in two Yu family girls as concubines." Wei Zhao glanced at Xiao Ben and said mildly, "Now it is your Xiao family's turn. I hear you asked for two hundred million? And the deeds to the Pengzhan Commercial Building and the Pengzhan Business Hotel? Very well then—you give me four hundred million, and bring me the deeds to four businesses besides, and you may get out."
"What?" Xiao Ben was stunned, not quite able to take in Wei Zhao's words. If the Yu family had come and, while demanding their own share, secretly promised Gu Pengzhan certain terms, that could indeed explain Gu Pengzhan's newfound calm. After all, Xiao Ben had heard that the Yu family wanted Gu Pengzhan's daughter, Gu Mengyao, as a concubine for their house—which would make Gu Pengzhan the Yu family's father-in-law, and would truly give him reason to be calm.
But now it seemed that was not the case at all. Wei Zhao's words struck Xiao Ben as bizarre; from them one could gather that the Yu family had come off the worse here, and had been forced to agree to certain terms.
If the Yu family really had formed a marriage alliance with Gu Pengzhan, would Wei Zhao dare say such outrageous things?
Yet after his initial shock, Xiao Ben's heart steadied. If Wei Zhao had not said such wild and outrageous things, Xiao Ben might have been afraid, might have grown suspicious, might have thought Gu Pengzhan had gained the Yu family's backing.
But hearing Wei Zhao speak as he did, Xiao Ben felt reassured instead! What a formidable existence the Yu family was—the foremost of all the great clans! How could the Yu family possibly compensate Gu Pengzhan with shares in the Yu family auction house and another business? And as for the Yu family sending two girls to be Wei Zhao's concubines—that was even more impossible!
How noble were the Yu family's daughters? Even when they married, they would choose another great clan, and they must be the principal wife—how could they be given to another as concubines?
So Xiao Ben naturally believed he had guessed the truth behind Gu Pengzhan's calm. They must be putting on an act—they had planned it beforehand, before his arrival, deliberately feigning this utterly unruffled manner to make him think they had someone to rely on, and so frighten him off!
True, at first Gu Pengzhan's expression had genuinely frightened Xiao Ben. But their mistake lay in letting Wei Zhao jump out and spout those baffling words that seemed so badass and so terrifying! What Wei Zhao said was simply too much—badass, yes, but when badass goes too far, it becomes idiocy!
"Ha, Wei Zhao, you needn't put on that tough act for me, and you, Gu Pengzhan, needn't pretend either!" Xiao Ben laughed. "I'll tell you both: spare me all that nonsense. If you don't hand over the two hundred million and the Pengzhan Commercial Building and the Pengzhan Business Hotel to the Xiao family today, then Wei Zhizun will be your example! Pi Bo?"
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