Chapter 923 — Few Soldiers, a Stirred Heart

Faced with the Xiao family's naked threat, he had no room to resist at all!

Gu Pengzhan did not doubt for a moment that if he refused the Xiao brothers' demands, they would do something extreme. For men of their caliber, there were countless deeds that left no evidence behind — and even if they killed his daughter, Gu Pengzhan would be utterly powerless to do anything about it!

"Mr. Wei, are you all right? Shall I take you to the hospital?" Gu Pengzhan turned to look at Wei Zhizun. This fellow had better not die in his office! Gu Pengzhan was truly furious. The man had boasted so mightily before, and yet turned out to be this weak!

He had hired a top-tier security company, and Wei Zhizun was the strongest of their men — yet he could not withstand even a single blow from the other side!

"No need. I will take my leave first!" Wei Zhizun had no face to stay here any longer. Though badly wounded, he could still walk well enough. His old face flushed red, he hurried out of Gu Pengzhan's office and went off to find some place to tend his injuries.

Gu Pengzhan sighed helplessly. Though within the Gu Group his word was law, there was not a single person at his side with whom he could discuss matters.

Li Fu had been beaten half to death, his life hanging in the balance, and Wei Zhao had lost his strength. So Gu Pengzhan did not want to tell Wei Zhao about this either — if he did, Wei Zhao would only worry, with no way to solve anything.

Gu Pengzhan gritted his teeth. It seemed this matter could only be borne on his own shoulders! A sense of internal strife and external threat descended upon him all at once. The Xiao family was simply too overbearing, too arrogant — it was outright robbery!

And yet, even so, Gu Pengzhan was utterly without recourse!

Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben left Pengzhan Tower together with Pi Bo. The brothers were in excellent spirits. Gu Pengzhan truly was as the rumors said — both of his fine fighters at his side were finished. Otherwise, why had neither of them appeared, and why had he instead brought in some fellow called Wei Zhizun?

Only, this Wei Zhizun was truly useless — one palm from Pi Bo and he was out cold!

"Second Brother, do you think Gu Pengzhan will cave? Did we set our terms a bit too harshly?" Xiao Ji asked worriedly once they were in the car. "We agreed back home on just two hundred million, but now we're demanding the Pengzhan Commercial Building and the Pengzhan Business Hotel on top of that. What if he gets desperate and does something reckless?"

"Heh, with this sort of thing, you ask for the sky and settle on the ground, don't you?" Xiao Ben laughed. "Those two properties we must have. As for the two hundred million in startup capital, my guess is Gu Pengzhan cannot produce it anyway — if we get fifty million out of him, that will already be good. That's also leaving him room to bargain! But if the fool sells everything he owns to pay us, we will be happy to take it!"

"Hahaha, Second Brother, you really have thought it through!" Once Xiao Ji understood Xiao Ben's meaning, he nodded with great satisfaction. "Exactly — we are the stronger party. We name an astronomical price, and when Gu Pengzhan bargains, we will deal with the bargaining then. If he does not bargain, we make out like bandits!"

"Elder Brother, since we have successfully coerced Gu Pengzhan, then you should still report this matter to Young Master Bing. After all, all our information came from him. It would hardly do for us not to report our spoils of war, would it?" After Xiao Ji had finished laughing, Xiao Ben pondered a moment and suggested.

"Indeed, indeed!" Xiao Ji took Xiao Ben's advice as entirely correct. "Second Brother, you have thought it through. Young Master Bing is someone we absolutely must not offend! For our Xiao family to do business in Songshan City from now on, we must cultivate good relations with a local snake like Young Master Bing!"

With that, Xiao Ji hurriedly took out his phone and dialed Zhao Qibing's number.

Zhao Qibing had heard from Li Cihua's informants that the Xiao brothers had gone to make trouble for Gu Pengzhan, and he too was waiting eagerly for news from them!

This time, both Zhao Qibing and Li Cihua were far more cautious. Though they had already sent someone to test Wei Zhao and confirmed that his strength had plummeted, there was the precedent of his rapid recovery after the mutual destruction with Uncle Zhu. Zhao Qibing and Li Cihua also feared that Wei Zhao might be playing the pig to eat the tiger — feigning weakness, waiting for his enemy to take the bait!

So after receiving the intelligence, they did not move against Gu Pengzhan at once. Instead, they sent the Xiao family to sound out the way, to serve as the vanguard.

Seeing the Xiao family's call come in, Zhao Qibing picked up at once. "Hello? This is Zhao Qibing!"

"Young Master Bing, this is Xiao Ji!" Though Xiao Ji was a generation older than Zhao Qibing, because of Zhao Qibing's background, he was exceedingly deferential in his presence.

"Oh, Uncle Xiao. Is something the matter?" Zhao Qibing asked, feigning ignorance.

"Ha, Young Master Bing, the main reason I am calling is to thank you — thank you for the information you gave us. We just went to make trouble for Gu Pengzhan!" Xiao Ji laughed. "And now that we have succeeded, I came specially to bring you the good news!"

"Oh? You succeeded in making trouble?" Zhao Qibing's heart stirred at the news. So Wei Zhao really was finished? It seemed he too could make his move now! But on the surface he betrayed nothing. "Is that so? And Gu Pengzhan did not resist?"

"Resist? With what? On what grounds? That Li Fu fellow and Wei Zhao are both finished. But Gu Pengzhan is no fool — he brought in some Mystic-rank fighter from heaven knows what security company, and thinking he had something to rely on, he was all set to put on airs with us. In the end, one move from Pi Bo crippled the man, and Gu Pengzhan was scared witless on the spot! Gahaha!" Xiao Ji recounted the whole affair with great relish.

"Oh? He found another fighter?" Zhao Qibing thought to himself that it was fortunate he had not acted rashly. As it was, the fighter Gu Pengzhan had brought in was not up to much, which was why the Xiao family had gotten the better of him. Otherwise, it would be the Xiao family suffering now! It seemed his intelligence was not flowing smoothly enough.

"Indeed. Who knows where all these fighters keep coming from. In the wider world, Yellow-rank fighters are already rarely seen, and Mystic-rank fighters only exist among the great families. Yet who would have thought Gu Pengzhan could hire a Mystic-rank fighter?" At this, Xiao Ji grew a little worried. "Young Master Bing, you do not think he will hire an even stronger one, do you?"

Xiao Ji's worry was not without cause. Though he came from a great family, it was not a martial family, so his understanding of fighters and the like was naturally not as thorough as Zhao Qibing's.

Now his only fear was that Gu Pengzhan would bring in another fighter from somewhere else.

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