Chapter 48

Gu Jiangkuo quietly took a tissue to wipe his hands before going upstairs.

Old Mrs. Wang’s room is spacious and bright, and has been thoughtfully redecorated. Even the bed has been replaced with a lifting bed from a nursing home, providing maximum convenience for the elderly.

Young Master Jiang is just like that, wealthy and meticulous. People who are not familiar with him may think he is spoiled and difficult to deal with, but the more they get along, the more Gu Jiangkuo feels that Jiang Nuo is the best in the world and no one can surpass him.

"Take a look at this." Jiang Nuo handed the handkerchief to Gu Jiangkuo, then took it back midway. "How did it get so dirty? Go wash your hands first!"

"Okay." Gu Jiangkuo didn't care about Young Master Jiang's frequent changes in his orders. He ran into the bathroom and rubbed his hands with hand soap twice, almost rubbing off a layer of skin. He rubbed his big hands, which were slightly rough due to the thin calluses, until they smelled fragrant before returning.

Jiang Nuo then handed him the handkerchief and asked, "Have you seen it?"

This is a silk handkerchief embroidered with two Gesang flowers of different shades of color. The embroidery is delicate and elegant, with a small "Gu" character in the upper left corner.

Gu Jiangkuo saw his last name and tried to search his memory, but finally shook his head: "Never seen it before."

"This is a family heirloom that grandma kept for you. Unfortunately, she can't remember anything else when I ask her." Jiang Nuo said.

Gu Jiangkuo didn't think this handkerchief was worthy of the title "family heirloom." The workmanship was fine, the material was soft, but how much could a handkerchief really cost, no matter how expensive it was? A few dozen yuan? Or even a few hundred?

"It doesn't matter if you can't remember," Gu Jiangkuo said nonchalantly, "Grandma never mentioned it when she wasn't sick, so it shouldn't be that important."

Jiang Nuo: "No, this is something your father left behind. Do you know what the handkerchief embroidered with Gesang flowers and the word 'Gu' represents?"

Gu Jiangkuo shook his head blankly.

Jiang Nuo thought to himself: "It's right not to know!" This is a secret tradition of the Nanyang Gu family, unknown to anyone except the top upper class. I only know about it because I glimpsed the secret during my 'rebirth'.

Jiang Nuo: "Do you know the Nanyang Gu family?"

Gu Jiangkuo: "The Gu family that runs the Lion City Casino?"

Everyone knows the Nanyang Gu family. Casinos are legal in the Lion Country, and wealthy celebrities from all over the world are willing to travel thousands of miles to spend their fortunes there. The revenue from the casinos alone is enough to make the Gu family rich enough to rival a country, not to mention that over the years, the Gu family's business has expanded to both domestic and overseas locations, all over the world.

No wonder, Gu Jiangkuo, a poor boy with nothing, needs to climb up step by step no matter how strong his personal abilities are. It is impossible for him to be able to control both the black and white worlds and call the shots in the business world at the age of thirty.

But if he has such a background, then it would be reasonable for him to become an unfathomable big boss behind the scenes and crush the other protagonists in this book - of course, there is no way to crush the real top, because the real top in this world is the eldest grandson of the Gu family. The real top's family background can be called a top Mary Sue configuration.

Unexpectedly, Gu Jiangkuo was also related to the Gu family.

Jiang Nuo: "It's the Gu family in Lion City. Your father might be a descendant of the Gu family."

Gu Jiangkuo said flatly, "That's impossible. Wang Weiguo told me since he was little that my father was a beggar and it was my grandmother who took him in because she felt sorry for him."

How could a young master from Southeast Asia come to China to beg for food?

Jiang Nuo: "That's unknown, but your uncle seems to know something about it, so you can ask him."

"It's no use," Gu Jiangkuo said, "I've asked him many times, but he refused to reveal a single word, insisting that my father is..." a beggar.

Jiang Nuo: "That's different. You're just a kid and don't know the inside story. At most, you can threaten him with your fists. How can he say anything? I'll talk to him in person later."

Gu Jiangkuo thought to himself: Aren't you a child? You're three months younger than me.

Jiang Nuo suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot! There's one more small matter, about that house. I'll go get grandma's will for you."

"What will? And the house?"

When Gu Jiangkuo saw the will with his own eyes, he was shocked and delighted, but also felt mixed emotions. His grandmother had actually made the will several years ago, which was the year his parents died.

Grandma had made plans for him so early on.

At the same time, he also refuted from the bottom of his heart: Is this a trivial matter? With grandma's will, the demolition compensation is his legal property! More than one million!

He can use it to do many things, such as paying off the expenses of the two of them at the Jiang residence, saving enough money for grandma's retirement, and carefully choosing a gift for Jiang Nuo that is worthy of him... For ordinary people, more than one million yuan this year is a huge sum of money that can make them rich overnight!

How can it be a trivial matter?

Gu Jiangkuo said solemnly: "I will keep it well, Master. Thanks to you, I..."

"It has nothing to do with me. It's all Grandma's plan for you," Jiang Nuo interrupted him, saying nonchalantly, "Do you know the witness mentioned above? When you have time, contact him and find out the whole story of the will, so that your uncle won't clamor for legal action again."

Gu Jiangkuo: "I will."

Jiang Nuo: "Actually, these are all trivial matters... The important thing is, find a time as soon as possible to ask your uncle out. I'll talk to him about your father's affairs for you."

Gu Jiangkuo actually felt that the "Nanyang Gu Family" just shared the same surname as himself. Such wealthy families only existed in the news and were out of reach for ordinary people like him.

How could they be related?

But Gu Jiangkuo always listens to whatever Jiang Nuo says.

So he nodded seriously: "I will ask him out as soon as possible."

At this time, Gu Jiangkuo didn't know that his uncle, Mr. Wang Weiguo, was being locked up in a small dark room by a group of hooligans and didn't even have dinner.

"That's good," Jiang Nuo said with satisfaction, "Go take a shower, rest for a while and have dinner. I haven't been back for a long time. Do you want some of Aunt Mei's fried noodles?"

Gu Jiangkuo looked at him and nodded honestly.

But I thought to myself: I am greedy, but I am not greedy for fried noodles with soybean paste.

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No words were spoken that night.

Gu Jiangkuo rarely returned to the villa to stay overnight, and was sent by Jiang Nuo to find Wang Weiguo early the next morning.

However, Wang Weiguo's phone call took several tries before getting through, and the person who answered the phone was not him, but a young, uncouth stranger.

The other party asked bluntly, "Who are you to him? No relatives or friends, we are only talking to the people at the Jiang Group construction site."

Gu Jiangkuo: "...I am."

Almost as soon as the other party confirmed his identity, Gu Jiangkuo figured out who had kidnapped Wang Weiguo and why. In fact, ever since he took over the project, there had been unrest around the construction site.

Other senior project managers judged that the hooligans who were ready to make trouble near the construction site were not just making small troubles, but were deliberately looking for trouble. If it were an honest office worker, his first reaction might be to call the police, but Gu Jiangkuo didn't want to do that.

If you call the police when there is no economic loss, the other party will not be punished multiple times and it will not hurt them. But if you use a sting operation to allow them to cause damage, you will not be willing to let Jiang's investment suffer losses.

Therefore, Gu Jiangkuo has been dealing with it in his own way, guarding it strictly, and if he fails, he will use the "rules of the underworld" to talk.

After all, Gu Jiangkuo is different from those project managers in suits and ties. He has a bit of a gangster spirit in his bones, and his work style is inseparable from the shadow of his childhood in the market.

But when working on projects and dealing with low-level people like foremen, migrant workers, and ruffians, this kind of bandit spirit is the most useful.

Therefore, during the two weeks that Gu Jiangkuo was in charge, those little hooligans were unable to find a breakthrough and failed to cause any trouble.

"Jiang Kuo, what happened?" Jiang Nuo, who was still eating breakfast, asked vaguely.

Gu Jiangkuo calmly hung up the phone, ate a bowl of lean meat porridge in a few mouthfuls, and said, "Wang Weiguo made a small mistake, but it's not a big deal. I'll go find him right away."

Jiang Nuo knew that when Gu Jiangkuo said it was 'not a big deal', it didn't matter how serious the problem was, so he didn't ask further questions and said with confidence, "Okay, do you want me to give you a ride?"

"No need," Gu Jiangkuo tore off a tissue to wipe his mouth, then stood up. "I drove the car from the construction site and it's just right to drive back."

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After watching Gu Jiangkuo leave, Jiang Nuo slowly drank half a bowl of porridge and then lost his appetite.

It was strange. In the past, when Master Jiang saw others wolfing down their food, he would always feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart, thinking that they were uncultured and not worthy of being in a refined atmosphere. But when he saw Jiang Kuo eating like this, he actually felt that the food was sweet, and his appetite was also aroused. When the person left, he even lost his appetite.

"Brother? Why are you distracted while eating? Are you thinking about Brother Gu?" Jiang Su suddenly interrupted.

"Ahem!" These careless childish words almost made Young Master Jiang leave.

"Don't get excited," Jiang Su put down his bowl and chopsticks and came over, patting his brother's back attentively. "Look at you, what are you going to do if you choke? Brother, you are the pillar of our Jiang family, you must take care of yourself."

...If someone shows you kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.

Jiang Nuo asked cautiously: "...What exactly do you want to say?"

The Second Young Master Jiang then stammered, "Well, there might be a parent-teacher conference soon. Can you go?"

Usually, it was Lao Meiqin who attended the parent-teacher meetings for Jiang Er, because he was not very motivated and was far behind his brother who was both good in character and academic performance. So after every exam, he would be subjected to Lao Meiqin's mixed cold and hot violence.

Speaking of which, Lao Meiqin is not a qualified mother. She never helps her son with his homework and doesn't care about his studies. She only exercises her rights as a mother when the test results are out.

So much so that Jiang Su suffered from PTSD about the 'parent-teacher meeting'.

But who will attend the parent-teacher meeting is really a sensitive topic nowadays - half a month ago, Mr. Jiang had a long and serious talk with his younger brother about the issue of guardianship.

This was the first parent-teacher meeting after the long talk, and it seemed that whoever attended would be more likely to become Jiang Su's legal guardian in the future.

"Can I go?" Jiang Nuo asked solemnly.

Then, the second young master Jiang frowned and said, "Please. I didn't do well in the exam again."

Jiang Nuo: “………………”

It was like flirting with a blind man. He shouldn't have asked Jiang Su's opinion so seriously. The naughty kid was just afraid of being scolded because he failed the exam.

"Why should I go just because you didn't do well in the exam?" Young Master Jiang also imitated his brother and frowned, saying coldly.

Jiang Su quickly tried to make amends, "It's not particularly bad. If I just perform normally, I'll probably still be in the bottom few... No!" He suddenly became excited. "Maybe I'll improve! There's a transfer student in my class, and he seems to be an average student. With him, I might not be tenth from the bottom anymore!"

"..." Jiang Nuo couldn't bear to see his useless brother, so he didn't agree immediately. He said, "Since there may be progress, then you should think about who will hold the parent-teacher meeting."

He said meaningfully, "Don't worry, think about it carefully. If you choose me in the end, I will cancel any important schedule that day and focus on your parent-teacher conference."

Jiang Su was touched: "Thank you, brother!"

At this time, the two brothers still didn't know how powerful the transfer student was.

If Mr. Jiang really attended this parent-teacher meeting in person, what kind of butterfly effect would it cause?

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Jiang Nuo was still thinking about questioning Wang Weiguo. After finishing his meal and rinsing his mouth, he urged Jiang Su, "Grab your schoolbags and get ready to go."

Yanlin No. 1 Middle School and the Jiang Group headquarters were in the same direction, so it was barely on the same route. Whenever Mr. Jiang was free, he would give Jiang Su a ride. Today was no exception.

Jiang Su dawdled again, not rinsing his mouth after dinner, so Young Master Jiang pushed him away in disgust. Jiang Su, however, was unusually talkative today. He only played quietly on his phone for a moment before coming closer again, hesitantly saying, "Brother, I remember I had a very bad dream last night."

Jiang Nuo: “Let it go.”

"..." Jiang Su, "I dreamed that my teeth fell out."

Jiang Nuo sneered: "If you don't pay attention to oral hygiene, it's only a matter of time before all your teeth fall out."

"That's not true," Jiang Su said dejectedly. "I've been feeling uneasy since I woke up this morning. I just looked up the Zhougong's Dream Dictionary, and it says that dreaming of teeth falling out means misfortune will befall a loved one. ...Brother, do you think Dad will be okay?"

Hearing this, Jiang Nuo's heart tightened. He suddenly remembered that the doctor who reported on Mr. Jiang's health every day hadn't sent the news on time today. Once some bad emotions start, they will grow wildly and uncontrollably.

But as the eldest brother, he absolutely could not show his weakness, so Young Master Jiang sneered disdainfully: "You keep reading this kind of stuff all day long, no wonder your grades can't improve."

But looking at the listless Jiang Su, President Jiang couldn't bear it anymore and rubbed his brother's head stiffly. "Dreams are always the opposite of what they used to be. If you miss Dad, I'll take you to see him when I'm free."

The author has something to say:

It's finally the weekend, but unfortunately I have to go out. However, I will try my best to update tomorrow! Have a nice weekend, my dears!