CHAPTER 402: CHAPTER 372: DON’T TEMPT ME!

Gu Linhai returned to his courtyard.

As soon as he entered the living room, he smashed a vase placed to the side onto the ground.

Just as Meng Qian entered the door, the vase shattered at her feet.

Meng Qian was startled and screamed. Normally, she would have cursed by now, but she could only swallow her anger and enter the living room, speaking softly, "Why are you throwing such a tantrum?"

The things in this living room had been smashed to bits by Gu Yicheng and Ji Xiaoxiao last time.

The current items were all newly replaced.

And now they were smashed again.

"Why are you throwing such a tantrum?! Didn’t you see that Gu Yanjing is about to step on my head!" Gu Linhai shouted, "Do you think he came over early in the morning for nothing?! He came to warn me! To threaten me! He’s using Jian Ye to tell me! If anyone dares to touch Qiao Yuxian again, their fate will be the same as Jian Ye’s."

Meng Qian said, "So he came just to threaten you, didn’t he? He can’t really do anything to you, right?"

"Why do you think he didn’t do anything to me?" Gu Linhai asked.

Meng Qian didn’t speak.

There were too many possibilities.

The biggest possibility was that Gu Linhai still had information that Gu Yanjing wanted.

Not touching Gu Linhai was more valuable than touching him.

Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that Gu Yanjing still had some familial feelings.

Meng Qian didn’t speak.

Gu Linhai, livid with anger, stood for a moment, then sat on the sofa and said, "Jian Ye can’t be left alive."

"Are you afraid he’ll reveal something?" Meng Qian asked.

"He knows too much," Gu Linhai said.

"He’s very loyal to you and won’t say anything," Meng Qian said, "Jian Ye surely hasn’t said anything to them."

Gu Linhai still believed that Jian Ye hadn’t turned him in.

But how Gu Yanjing knew Jian Ye had something to do with him, he couldn’t figure out.

Fortunately, his contact with Jian Ye had always been cautious.

He could still extricate himself cleanly.

"He won’t say anything now. But what about in the future?" Gu Linhai said coldly, "He’s already in Gu Yanjing’s hands. It’s only a matter of time before Gu Yanjing gets something out of him."

Meng Qian was silent for a while and said, "In Gu Yanjing’s hands, it’s difficult for us to make a move, isn’t it?"

"Not difficult. Gu Yanjing is waiting for our people to go over," Gu Linhai said, "Do you think he came over this morning just to threaten me for one reason? Didn’t you hear him say he wanted to get something out of Jian Ye?"

Meng Qian thought for a moment and said, "Why is he doing this? Since he already knows it was you, and has already dealt with the matter this time. Why goad us into taking action?"

Gu Linhai thought for a moment and said, "I don’t know. It’s hard to guess what’s on Gu Yanjing’s mind. We have to be extremely careful dealing with him."

"Send Old Wei over?" Meng Qian said, "Old Wei is skilled, and... our relationship with Old Wei is purely business, seen from the outside as just a partnership. Even if investigated, it won’t trace back to us."

"Yeah," Gu Linhai nodded, getting up to go to the room to fetch another phone.

Just as he stood up, a phone in his pocket rang.

The display showed an unfamiliar number.

Gu Linhai answered.

The voice on the other end was a bit breathless, urgent, "President Gu, it’s me, President Wei’s assistant."

"What happened?" Gu Linhai asked.

"President Gu. Early this morning, President Wei’s base was attacked, the entire base burned down, and President Wei was taken away," the assistant said, panting.

"What did you say?!" Gu Linhai shouted sharply.

Meng Qian saw his reaction and tensed up.

"President Gu, we’ve suffered great losses, everything at the base is gone," the assistant added.

"Who did it?!" Gu Linhai asked.

"Some people seemed to be Su Qi’s men," the assistant said, "I’ve seen them once before."

"Gu Yanjing!" Gu Linhai said, simultaneously tossing the phone away.

The phone hit the ground, split in two, and the screen went black.

Gu Linhai was so angry he panted heavily, his whole body shaking.

Seeing him like this, Meng Qian was a bit afraid; she had never seen him this way: "Wh-what’s wrong?"

Gu Linhai didn’t speak; he directly flipped over a nearby shelf, spilling things all over the floor, fragments everywhere.

Meng Qian saw him like this, stood in place for two seconds, then quickly left.

Listening to her footsteps, Gu Linhai flipped over the coffee table again.

Old Wei had registered a company on the surface in the Capital City, which had some business dealings with the Qian’an Group. Old Wei also acted as Gu Linhai’s partner.

In fact, Old Wei had secretly trained many people at the base, all skilled, who had done many things for him.

Old Wei being captured and the base burned could decisively be said to have cut off one of Gu Linhai’s arms.

Gu Linhai’s only power in the Capital City was uprooted.

Gu Linhai took a deep breath, yet he still couldn’t stabilize his emotions.

Rage and fury kept bubbling up, tearing at his body.

He thought Gu Yanjing coming over to threaten him this morning was already stepping on his head.

Unexpectedly, he had another move, directly wiping out his power.

This was like trampling his head into the ground.

How on earth did Gu Yanjing know these things?

He had already been exceedingly cautious, yet everything had still been uncovered by him!

Gu Linhai stood in the living room, kicked the things on the ground twice more, and only stopped when his ankle was cut by debris.

...

Gu Group

When Gu Yanjing arrived at the office, it was not yet work time.

He pushed open the office door and saw Qiao Yuxian sitting behind his desk, her arms crossed, looking at him with a face full of resentment.

Gu Yanjing’s cold and fierce expression softened considerably the moment he saw her, his eyes showing a hint of a smile, as he walked directly towards the desk.

Qiao Yuxian’s gaze followed Gu Yanjing’s movement, glaring at him.

Gu Yanjing walked up to her, cupped her chin with his thumb, and pinched her cheek, "What’s wrong?"

"Where have you been?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"Went to Gu Mansion," Gu Yanjing said.

"What did you do there?" Qiao Yuxian asked, looking up.

Gu Yanjing pinched her chin and leaned down to give her a kiss.

Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips and said, "Don’t think you can seduce me with your looks. I’m not falling for it."

Gu Yanjing’s brow raised slightly as he looked at her.

Qiao Yuxian looked at him for a while, her fierce tone somewhat deflated, "I already found out that Gu Linhai is at Gu Mansion, he came last night."

Gu Yanjing didn’t speak.

Qiao Yuxian sighed, looked at him, and said, "I just heard that a place in the South Suburb was burned down early in the morning, it’s Gu Linhai’s territory."

"The information is very timely," Gu Yanjing said.

Qiao Yuxian looked at him, and after two seconds, nudged his shoe with her foot, "You promised me last night, liar. When we woke up this morning it was obviously early, yet you lied and said it looked dark because it was cloudy. Made me wake up early. Look at that big sun outside, does it look like it’s cloudy? I woke up and couldn’t even find you."

Listening to her grumble a bunch, a faint smile appeared at the corners of Gu Yanjing’s mouth.

Qiao Yuxian wasn’t really that angry, but seeing him smile, she suddenly got a bit exasperated and kicked his shoe harder twice, "Still laughing."

Gu Yanjing reined in his smile, looked at his kicked shoe, sat on the chair beside her, and took her hand, "Don’t worry about me, I know what I’m doing."