Chapter 52 This sentence is clearly a defiant remark, no...

This was clearly a sarcastic remark, but the middle-aged man was far more sophisticated than Zhou Ye. He spoke with a smile, making it impossible to tell whether he was doing it intentionally or accidentally.

Of course, Gu Sheng was certain that he did it on purpose.

Gu Sheng is in a bad mood right now. First, he was inexplicably blocked by Zhou Ye, and now he has to go to some meeting. He doesn't want to have any contact with the bank's senior management.

Gu Sheng replied to the middle-aged man's answer: "Tough luck? I wonder if his luck is tougher than a bullet." His voice was cold and hard, carrying a blatant threat.

The middle-aged man's smile remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard Gu Sheng's words, if one ignored his suddenly clenched fist.

However, the middle-aged man quickly composed himself and gestured for the bank manager to leave: "Let's hurry up and go, so as not to keep the bank manager waiting too long."

Gu Sheng glanced at him, said nothing more, and strode forward.

The middle-aged man led the way, taking Gu Sheng out of the building from the other side and into the park behind it.

The two boarded a shuttle bus, which took Gu Sheng to the center of the park.

Along the way, Gu Sheng noticed that there were very few people and buildings in the park, and large areas of greenery everywhere, making it more like a park than a park.

The shuttle bus stopped in front of a three-story building.

Gu Sheng followed the middle-aged man out of the car and into the small building.

This small building is rather understated compared to the buildings in front.

The building was very quiet, with only a receptionist present.

The middle-aged man led Gu Sheng to the elevator.

Gu Sheng looked at the elevator and silently complained, "Why would a three-story building need an elevator? Is that really necessary?"

He soon realized he had spoken out too soon.

After the two entered the elevator, the middle-aged man did not press the floor button, but instead looked up at the surveillance camera inside the elevator.

Gu Sheng followed his gaze and noticed that the surveillance system inside the elevator was far too advanced compared to the somewhat old elevator.

About two or three seconds later, the elevator started moving, and Gu Sheng clearly felt it descending.

It turns out the real park isn't on the ground, but underground.

The descent lasted for two or three minutes. The elevator descended very quickly, so quickly that Gu Sheng's ears began to feel slightly uncomfortable.

After exiting the elevator, there was a dimly lit corridor outside, with two rows of rooms on either side, the purpose of which was unclear.

The middle-aged man led Gu Sheng to the end of the corridor, pushed open the door to the room at the end of the corridor, and found a pure white parliament hall that looked out of place with the outside.

There was a long table in the middle of the hall, and three people were already sitting at the table.

One of them sat in the head seat, with two others sitting on his left and right sides. That person was Cheng Ruhui.

Of the people present, Gu Sheng only recognized Cheng Ruhui.

The middle-aged man nodded to Cheng Ruhui and said, "Bank manager, CEO Gu has arrived."

Cheng Ruhui's gaze swept over the middle-aged man, finally settling on Gu Sheng: "The mission is complete?"

He was asking a question he already knew the answer to; he couldn't possibly not know whether the head of the Gu Group had changed or not.

Gu Sheng walked directly to the opposite side of him and sat down in the place furthest away from him.

Gu Sheng asked, "What task?" He looked at Cheng Ruhui, "I remember I've already completed my task. The new business, wasn't it already assigned to you?"

Cheng Ruhui smiled; this was the first time Gu Sheng had ever seen him smile.

When Cheng Ruhui isn't smiling, he gives off a very serious vibe; but when he smiles, it sends chills down your spine.

Cheng Ruhui said, "You know that's not what I meant. I meant the Gu family."

Gu Sheng leaned back in his chair and said, "The Gu family? I'm quite comfortable living at the Gu family's, you don't need to worry about me."

This means that Cheng Ruhui's request was rejected.

Cheng Ruhui looked at Gu Sheng in silence for a while, then chuckled and said, "Forget it, it's just a small family business. If the bank wants it, they'll get it sooner or later."

Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly. Did this mean that the bank could take over the Gu Group at any time?

Gu Sheng didn't doubt the truth of this statement, because the bank really did have that capability. The problem was that Cheng Ruhui said this after Gu Sheng had clearly stated that he would continue to live in the Gu family home. Wasn't this a way of putting Gu Sheng in a bad light?

One by one, they're all so annoying.

The people in the bank were the most difficult group of people Gu Sheng had ever encountered.

Gu Sheng ignored Cheng Ruhui's words and said, "What kind of meeting is this? If it has nothing to do with me, then I'll be leaving now."

Cheng Ruhui did not answer Gu Sheng's question. Instead, he asked, "Why didn't you say you were coming back? If Zhou Ye hadn't sent a message to Xie Lin, I wouldn't have known you were at headquarters."

Xie Lin was that middle-aged man. Gu Sheng recalled the information he had found about the bank; Xie Lin was the name of the marketing director.

Gu Sheng glanced at Xie Lin; it was this person who, along with Cheng Ruhui, had sent Gu Sheng out to develop new business.

Gu Sheng looked at Cheng Ruhui again: "What obligation do I have to report my itinerary to you?"

The person sitting to Cheng Ruhui's left frowned and said to Gu Sheng, "Executive Officer Gu, everything in the bank is managed by the bank president. As the executive officer, your schedule is naturally under the bank president's jurisdiction."

Gu Sheng glanced at the speaker, who was also a middle-aged man. He looked thinner than Xie Lin, with dark circles around his eyes, giving him a weak appearance.

Gu Sheng had seen this person in the bank's records. His name was Qin Nian, and he was promoted by Cheng Ruhui and was extremely loyal to Cheng Ruhui.

The person sitting opposite Qin Nian suddenly spoke up: "You can't say that. The bank manager is very busy. You can't report everything to him. Since Executive Officer Gu didn't say anything in advance, it's probably because he didn't have anything important to do this time. Maybe he just wanted to see some friends."

As he spoke, the man raised an eyebrow at Gu Sheng.

The person who spoke was the only woman present. Gu Sheng didn't recognize her, but based on the information he had found, he quickly identified the woman in front of him as Wen Yan, the head of the security department of the Development Bank of City A.

The head of the security department might sound like someone who manages security, but that's not the case. Her position is very important; her main task is to ensure the safety of all the bank's vaults.

That means she manages all the bank's vaults.

Gu Sheng glanced at Wen Yan unintentionally.

Wen Yan seemed unafraid of everyone present, including Cheng Ruhui.

The position of Minister of Security is definitely given to the most trusted person.

However, Wen Yan was clearly not the person Cheng Ruhui trusted most. Since she wasn't someone Cheng Ruhui trusted, she could only be the person the organization behind the bank trusted most.

Thinking this, Gu Sheng had already shifted his gaze back to Cheng Ruhui.

Cheng Ruhui tapped her knuckles lightly on the table, glanced at Wen Yan, and slightly curled the corners of her lips, saying, "Minister Wen is right. But Executive Officer Gu is different from others. If something happens to Executive Officer Gu in City A, I won't be able to explain it to his subordinates."

The air in the meeting room went silent.

These words sound like concern, but they are actually barbed. Doesn't this mean that Gu Sheng's subordinates only recognize Gu Sheng and not him, the bank manager?

Gu Sheng laughed, leaning forward against the table. "Don't worry, my men are incredibly loyal. They're the most loyal to the bank." No one present believed him, but there was no need to argue.

Cheng Ruhui was not at ease at all; Gu Sheng had been going against him for quite some time.

Cheng Ruhui had also considered getting rid of Gu Sheng quietly, but the people behind him wouldn't allow it.

Gu Sheng probably thought it was because of his strong abilities that he was able to get this position, but there are many capable people in the bank, so why did he get promoted so quickly?

Actually, the people behind him were worried about Cheng Ruhui becoming too powerful, so they promoted Gu Sheng, who was at odds with Cheng Ruhui the most.

Gu Sheng exists to restrain Cheng Ruhui.

Previously, Cheng Ruhui didn't really care about Gu Sheng. After all, he was a well-established and influential figure who had been operating in the bank for many years. He was far superior to Gu Sheng, who had only been in the bank for a few years and had made enemies everywhere.

Although Gu Sheng is indeed capable and insightful, and his performance is impressive, and the people he supports are gradually moving closer to the center of power in the bank, it is simply impossible for him to shake Gu Ruhui's position.

Until recently, the C City incident occurred.

The people who died in the incident were mostly people connected to Cheng Ruhui. The gathering was originally initiated by Cheng Ruhui in order to keep these people under his control.

Who knew they would be caught in one fell swoop?

And he still hasn't found out who that person is.

The C City incident dealt a heavy blow to Cheng Ruhui, and the A City Development Bank almost faced serious problems due to the broken capital chain.

Although he managed to stabilize the situation in the end, those who followed him were very dissatisfied with him.

Within the bank, Cheng Ruhui's influence was also rapidly shrinking.

Now Cheng Ruhui is extremely suspicious, finding fault with everyone. He's not just suspicious of Gu Sheng, but he's also starting to doubt Qin Nian, wondering if he's trying to seize power.

Cheng Ruhui said, "CEO Gu wants to know what the meeting was about today? Actually, it wasn't anything major, but I felt you would be very interested, so I invited you here."

Gu Sheng said, "Oh? President Cheng knows what I'm interested in."

Cheng Ruhui smiled and said, "It's related to Du Wanxing. Someone told me that Xiao Yi was investigating him a couple of days ago. Du Wanxing and Xiao Yi have no connection. I guess you asked him to investigate."

Gu Sheng didn't speak. His mind was racing, trying to figure out if his undercover identity would be discovered.

Ultimately, he concluded that it wouldn't happen.

At least not for the time being.

After all, he also has the identity of an executive officer, and given what "he" did before, no one with a normal IQ would associate him with the word "undercover agent".

It's likely that Xiao Yi was discovered by Cheng Ruhui's men when he was investigating Du Wanxing, or to put it another way, Cheng Ruhui had been sending people to keep an eye on Xiao Yi.

As for Gu Sheng, given his understanding of "himself," tracking him would be as difficult as making a bullet take a detour.

Cheng Ruhui must have tried before, but the result was definitely not good. Later, he probably gave up, or rather, he had no choice but to give up.

At least for now, Gu Sheng has not discovered that anyone is following or monitoring him.

Wen Yan looked at Gu Sheng: "Mr. Gu, why are you suddenly interested in Du Wanxing? You two have no connection, right?"