However, due to the basic trust between them, and the fact that the heads of the families were far more astute than he had imagined, he was able to achieve his goal.
He was quickly exposed.
The Gu family dealt with the leader and his family with swift and decisive measures.
On the other side, Gu Zhenting's younger brother, the equally talented second son of the Gu family, also quickly led a team to find the two imprisoned children.
The final rescue operation went exceptionally smoothly.
But during the evacuation, his men lost their guard, and a sniper in the shadows took the young life of Gu's uncle.
...
The swing stopped completely, and Su Qianqian stopped swaying.
She kicked off her shoes, curled up her legs, hugged her knees, and rested her chin on her skirt.
The information and images on the screen are still ongoing.
After being rescued, Zhou Yu'an suffered from severe neurasthenia and insomnia.
Although the eldest son of the Shen family did not become demented due to timely treatment, his intelligence was ultimately impaired. He went from being a highly anticipated heir to an ordinary person who was merely considered to have excellent intelligence.
Country S had billions of people at the time, and there were countless geniuses who were one in ten thousand.
An average person who is reasonably talented is practically considered useless in the elite circle of geniuses.
That internal strife, which seemed insignificant to ordinary people, resulted in a silent and devastating tragedy.
The family of the leader, once jokingly referred to as the fifth great family, has completely disappeared.
From now on, Madam Gu will only ever be Madam Gu.
The leadership began to change every four years, and the group became a mascot completely sidelined by the four major families.
Although the Gu family won, they also paid a price and lost a close relative.
Old Master Gu was deeply moved, believing that to preserve wealth, one must have a sufficiently powerful heir.
His meager offspring left him with no hope.
In addition, at that time, the marriage law had just been established, and people's ideas were still conservative. It was not uncommon for important people to have multiple wives, and legally, this did not constitute any wrongdoing.
Grandpa Gu made a cold-blooded decision.
He himself, and his son Gu Zhenting, began to gather women from good families and with excellent genes, settling them in a separate villa, all in order to produce enough heirs and select the most outstanding one.
Even Gu Chengyu himself later couldn't distinguish which of these illegitimate children were his uncles and which were his brothers.
Ultimately, the Shen family relinquished all their real estate to the Gu family, allowing the Gu family to dominate the real estate industry.
As a result, the Shen family almost fell out of the ranks of the four great families.
Shen's father, grieving the loss of his heir, eventually succumbed to family pressure and, one night, got drunk and agreed to let the family offer him a woman, his only request being that it be kept secret.
That very night, the daughter of his trusted subordinate, who was also his secretary at the time, slept with him, leading to Shen Que's pregnancy. (This chapter is now complete. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)
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