Chapter 926 — Each Step a Deceit

"Yes — for me to go and serve as someone's bodyguard, no amount of money could make that possible, unless it were for the sake of tempering myself!" Yu Feng nodded after hearing his father's words, then sighed. "It seems my experience is still too shallow — I failed to see the reasoning in it!"

"But your Third Uncle and I, at our age, if there is no hope of a breakthrough, and the Yu family has fallen on hard times, might well end up as bodyguards for some rich man. Even so, we would never, ever let you take such a post — because you are the future hope of our Yu family!" Yu Shuixing said. "So Wei Zhao's present predicament may well be a trial and a tribulation imposed on him by the power behind him! As the saying goes: when Heaven is about to lay a great charge upon a man, it first tortures his mind, wearies his sinews and bones, starves his body, and leaves him destitute, thwarting all his undertakings — thereby stirring his heart, steeling his nature, and supplying what he lacks. This too is a form of tempering and cultivation!"

"Then the heaven-sent opportunity you spoke of, Father — what is it?" This time Yu Feng was rather puzzled. Since his father did not approve of moving against Wei Zhao, why did he call it a heaven-sent opportunity?

"We won't touch Wei Zhao — but we can touch Gu Pengzhan!" Yu Shuixing said with a smile.

"Oh? Second Brother, did you not say before that once we moved against Gu Pengzhan, we would fall into open enmity with Wei Zhao?" Yu Bide was startled too, and could not help asking.

"That was before Wei Zhao's martial arts were crippled. If we had moved against Gu Pengzhan then, Wei Zhao would surely have jumped out," Yu Shuixing said. "But now that his martial arts are entirely gone, what use would it be for him to jump out?"

"True enough. But what if the power behind Wei Zhao can no longer hold back and shows itself?" Yu Bide asked.

"If it shows itself, so much the better — we will be able to sound out exactly what Wei Zhao is. I am only afraid it will not show itself!" Yu Shuixing laughed. "And even if the power behind Wei Zhao does step forward to help, it cannot do anything to our Yu family! Everything must have a reason: the one we are moving against is Gu Pengzhan, not Wei Zhao. If they come, we can simply do them the courtesy of withdrawing — they will not go so far as to vent their anger on the Yu family. Besides, the power behind our Yu family is not to be trifled with either!"

"Brilliant! Truly brilliant!" Yu Bide could not help exclaiming in admiration at Yu Shuixing's words. "That way, no matter how things turn out, our Yu family loses nothing. If the force behind Wei Zhao does not step forward, we can use the occasion to punish the Gu family and squeeze some profit out of them — the trip will not be wasted. And if it does appear, we will have learned exactly what Wei Zhao's backing is!"

"Exactly — that is the idea!" Yu Shuixing said. "Next, we need only work out what terms to put to Gu Pengzhan. The Zhen family has already opened its jaws wide; if our Yu family does not make some outrageous demand of its own, how would we be doing justice to this opportunity?"

"Father, I propose we make Gu Pengzhan hand over his shares to our Yu family, and send his daughter over to serve my cousin Yu Kun!" Yu Feng suggested. "Just leave this matter to me!"

"A good proposal — but for now you had best not show yourself. You are our Yu family's trump card, the one meant for dealing with Wei Zhao!" Yu Shuixing said. "Leave this business to Bide. You go with Yu Haitian and convey our wishes to Gu Pengzhan."

"Very well, Second Brother!" Yu Bide nodded. He was full of hatred for Gu Pengzhan; this trip, he would make sure to show them a thing or two!

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In Songshan City, in Gu Pengzhan's office, two more uninvited guests had arrived!

These two were the Medicine King and Li Cihua!

Looking at the agreement for the split and sale of the real estate company that the two produced, Gu Pengzhan's fury reached its absolute peak!

The Xiao family's people had scarcely left when Zhao Qibing's people arrived — truly, one wave had not yet subsided before another rose!

Looking at his own signature on the agreement, Gu Pengzhan felt a deep sense of helplessness. The signature was indeed his — but this agreement was absolutely not one he had signed!

But whether it was or not no longer mattered. Li Cihua's visit this time was plainly an act of seizure by force!

Gu Pengzhan did not believe it was mere coincidence. The Xiao family's people had just left, and now Zhao Qibing's people had come — this was clearly long premeditated!

"Mr. Gu, you signed this agreement yourself — surely you will not deny it?" Li Cihua said mildly. "When do you plan to hand the real estate company over to us at Qibing Real Estate? Mm... the agreement states that the remaining unsold units in the developments you have built are to be handed over to us as well!"

"Whether I signed that agreement or not, you know very well," Gu Pengzhan said, his face dark. "Why you have come, everyone knows very well. Before, you merely coveted my real estate company; now it has become outright robbery? Your appetite is truly enormous!"

"Heh — Mr. Gu, you are mistaken. I merely wish to take back what belongs to us," Li Cihua said, quite calmly. "Mr. Gu, you had better not do anything irrational."

"Aren't you afraid of pushing me too far?" Within Gu Pengzhan's heart, the rage had reached a certain pitch! When a wall is about to fall, everyone pushes it — he had never imagined that after Wei Zhao and Pi Bo fell, these people would so swiftly leap out!

"Pushing you too far? How have we pushed you?" Li Cihua grinned lazily. "If you are unhappy, you can go call the police, right, Medicine King?"

"Indeed. But from now on, Mr. Gu, you had better be careful. Last time I failed to poison your daughter — next time it may not go the same way!" the Medicine King said mildly. "With Wei Zhao stripped of his true qi, let us see how he will save her then."

"It was you!" Gu Pengzhan's expression froze; he glared at the Medicine King in fury. But the Medicine King seemed not to hold Gu Pengzhan in his eyes at all, utterly ignoring his gaze.

"Gu Pengzhan, people at our level should all understand that calling the police solves nothing. Those who go out to take the blame are nothing but scapegoats," Li Cihua said, somewhat unbridled. "I hope you have thought it over. Young Master Bing's patience is limited!"

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