Chapter 60
Although most people have believed that Gu Chen was born in the mysterious Gu family, Gu Zhongmao still refused to give up. He still spread the news that Gu Chen was his son, as if he was determined to clear up the matter with the Li family.
For this purpose, he also made an appointment to meet with Qi Yajun, whom he had not seen for more than 20 years since his divorce.
In a private room of a coffee shop, Qi Yajun looked at Gu Zhongmao across from her and said bluntly, "I feel sick just looking at you. Let's get to the point. Did you ask me out because of that incident with Xiao Gu?"
When she and Gu Zhongmao were getting married, Gu Zhongmao could still pretend to be nice and coax her with sweet words at the beginning of the marriage, and promised her that he would let her take up a suitable position in the senior management of Gu's company. But not long after, she became pregnant with Gu Chen, and began to feel the disgusting feudal rules of the Gu family. She also gradually realized that after she gave birth to the child, Gu Zhongmao would definitely not let her go out to work.
But before she could give birth to the child, when she was pregnant with Gu Chen, Gu Zhongmao had already cheated on her, and the mistress was already pregnant with Gu Heng, and was just waiting to get married. She felt that she had to find another way out, so she found the only son of the Cheng family who was in poor health and saved her from the sea of fire of the Gu family.
So, how could she not hate Gu Zhongmao?
Gu Zhongmao frowned unhappily and said, "You actually called him Xiao Gu?" It was hard to say whether this was not a deliberate attempt to disgust him.
Qi Yajun smiled and said, "You are talking about Gu Chen? I have called him that since I was a child." Seeing that Gu Zhongmao came to her with something to ask for, she was naturally happy to see Gu Zhongmao being humiliated.
Gu Zhongmao was indeed "generous" and said: "Forget it, I won't argue with you about this today."
He was in a hurry to get down to business: "Xiao Chen is now rumored to be the descendant of the mysterious Gu family. You should have heard about this, right? You gave birth to your own son, and you watched him grow up. You should know how useless he is. You don't believe that Xiao Chen can achieve win-win integration negotiations or have the Midas Touch in the investment world, right?"
Qi Yajun nodded in agreement, "After all, he has your genes, so he's not very smart. I certainly don't believe that Xiao Gu is capable of doing these things." To be honest, the recent rumors also confused her. Is this the mediocre, introverted and self-abased Gu Chen? Absolutely impossible.
At the beginning, she allowed Gu Zhongmao to bring Gu Chen back and marry into the Li family, thinking that Gu Chen would help her in the Li family. After all, Gu Chen had been with her since he was a child and had never met Gu Zhongmao. Naturally, he would be closer to the Cheng family and the Qi family than the Gu family.
However, after getting married, I couldn't contact him for more than three months, and he didn't do anything he was asked to do. Now some news suddenly appeared, which was also outrageous... The development of the situation... was too weird?
Gu Zhongmao ignored Qi Yajun's derogatory remarks and continued, "So, it's ridiculous that the Li family lied so blatantly. Even our son can be directly denied by the Li family."
Qi Yajun retorted: "What do you mean our son? To be honest, I never wanted this son." The Li family was one thing, but no matter what Gu Zhongmao was seeking, she didn't want Gu Zhongmao to get what he wanted.
She divorced Gu Zhongmao when the child was born. She definitely didn't want Gu Chen, the child that belonged to Gu Zhongmao. However, she didn't want it, and neither did Gu Zhongmao. But Gu Chen was still breastfeeding, so he had to follow her to the Cheng family.
Because of this bastard, she suffered a lot in the Cheng family. It was not until a year later that she gave birth to Cheng Siyi without stopping, and then she felt better. However, this also hurt her body. So, how could she not hate Gu Chen?
It was not until her short-lived husband passed away that she gradually took control of the Cheng family and sent Gu Chen to a boarding school, thinking that out of sight, out of mind, she felt better. Only then did her mood gradually improve.
Gu Zhongmao suppressed his anger and tried to persuade him: "Whether we want it or not is one thing, but we can't let the Li family forcibly deprive us of it. Who knows what the Li family is planning by making Xiaochen a descendant of the mysterious Gu family?"
In fact, he didn't want this child at all. Qi Yajun, that bitch, dared to hook up with that damned Cheng family member while she was pregnant. God knows whether this child is his or not. However, Gu Chen is still useful now, and he can't let the Li family succeed.
Qi Yajun sneered, "To be honest, the Li family wants to get rid of you, right? If it were me, I wouldn't want to be attached to someone like you. Who would want to be a relative of someone like you?"
Gu Zhongmao took a deep breath and said, "But if the Li family gets what they want and Xiaochen doesn't recognize his parents, it will not only be of no benefit to the Gu family, but you will also get nothing. After all, he is your son, so it should be easy for you to prove it."
"As a father, it should be easy for you to prove that it shouldn't be so?" Qi Yajun sneered, "You haven't seen your child for more than 20 years, and now you know to look for me?"
Gu Zhongmao tried to be calm and said, "I beg you, please stop." God knows how much he wanted to strangle Qi Yajun to death. Back then, everyone around him thought he was cuckolded. Over the years, he never mentioned Qi Yajun and Gu Chen, nor did he visit them. It was not until everyone had forgotten about the mother and son that he felt better.
Qi Yajun nodded and said, "Of course, I will let my son recognize me as his mother." However, whether Gu Chen recognizes Gu Zhongmao is another matter.
If the Li family really thought so, then it was just right. After all, they had raised their son for so many years, and they just didn't want Gu Zhongmao to have a share. The Li family let Gu Chen get rid of Gu Zhongmao, but with Gu Chen's character that always longed for love, he would not deny her as a mother.
It was too painful to pretend to be nice to Qi Yajun. After hearing her agreement, Gu Zhongmao finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, thank you for your help then." Whether he would turn against Qi Yajun at that time would be another matter.
Qi Yajun said: "But, Xiao Gu has disappeared without a trace. I can't contact him, so it's useless."
Gu Zhongmao said, "Next week is Master Li San's 80th birthday. I think Xiao Chen is very likely to show up. If he doesn't, then we can think of other ways."
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In the afternoon, in the double study room specially designed by Yiyuan, Li Tingqin and Gu Chen set up the chessboard and started playing chess.
Li Tingqin gave the black pieces to Gu Chen, sat down and asked casually: "Ah Chen, since we are going to decide who wins and who loses, what's the prize?"
Prize? Gu Chen has everything he needs now, but he doesn't want anything. He said, "Won't President Li give me everything I want? I can't think of any prize. But since President Li mentioned it, does it mean you want something?"
Li Tingqin said seriously: "Then let's have a kiss."
Gu Chen casually placed a black piece and chuckled, "Then there is no difference between who wins and who loses? Besides, don't we kiss whenever we want?"
Li Tingqin said meaningfully: "Winning is a different feeling."
While playing chess, the two chatted about business from time to time.
Li Tingqin placed a white piece and said, "It seems...Gu Zhongmao has been making a lot of small moves recently."
Li Tingqin observed Gu Chen's chess moves, which had become much more reckless.
Now that they can play chess face to face, the cute little program has been forgotten. What Li Tingqin sees is Gu Chen's slender jade-like fingers picking up the black jade chess pieces. The contrast between black and white is clear, which makes his skin look even fairer and his temperament more noble.
Gu Chen dropped a black dot and sneered, "I have never cared about it for more than 20 years, but now I care about it."
He looked at Li Tingqin with a smile and said, "This is all thanks to President Li's 'favor'. After all, President Li's old house was on fire, he was crazy about love, spent a lot of money on construction, and tried every means to build momentum for his lover... When Gu Zhongmao saw this, he wanted to get a piece of the pie."
Li Tingqin said frankly: "There's nothing wrong with that." There's no need to hide the fact that he likes Ah Chen.
"As for Gu Zhongmao..." Li Tingqin tapped the chess table with the hand holding the white chess piece, "How does Ah Chen want me to deal with it?"
Gu Chen asked, "Don't you have any cooperation?" But he had never specifically inquired about it, and didn't know what specific areas of cooperation the Li and Gu families had.
Li Tingqin explained: "Yes, there are some conventional cooperation. Li's entered the southern market this year, but Li's main industrial base is in the north, and production capacity cannot be expanded for the time being. Gu's family has a mature industrial chain in the south, which can provide pre-, mid- and primary processing services for Li's products, which can be regarded as a location advantage. As a resource exchange, when Gu's family entered the northern market, Li's family also provided some industrial cooperation."
Gu Chen said: "It's OK, it's a win-win situation, and it can also be regarded as a kind of resource optimization."
This is a very normal and fair business cooperation. If you don't choose the Gu family, you can find another family. It doesn't need to be a marriage. Gu Zhongmao wants to regard himself as a relative of the Li family. It can only be said that he wants to get more from this fair cooperation, which is indeed in line with his calculating and profit-seeking style.
Gu Chen thought for a moment and then said, "But I remember that this industrial chain is not Gu's main business direction?"
On the chessboard, he ate a large number of Li Tingqin's white pieces. Gu Chen picked up the white pieces, but felt that... something seemed wrong? Was Mr. Li deliberately trying to lose? Gu Chen's lips curled up. Was he trying to see who was better at acting?
Li Tingqin replied: "It is indeed not, so Gu Zhongmao still feels it is not enough and is eager to obtain other conveniences."
Gu Chen joked, "Does Mr. Li have the skill of 'The weather is getting cold, and the Gu family will go bankrupt?'" It was really annoying to keep jumping up and down, and from the original owner's point of view, Gu Zhongmao did not deserve a good ending.
It was the first time that Li Tingqin heard such words from Gu Chen. He found it very interesting. He actually thought seriously about how to bankrupt the Gu family before saying, "If we work hard, there should be a way."
"However, if we let the Gu family go bankrupt, it might cause many people to lose their jobs." Li Tingqin added, "If I want to do my best, do I need Ah Chen's help?"
Gu Chen casually asked, "Didn't President Li have the idea of acquiring Gu's industrial chain from the beginning?"
The Gu family has no sense of propriety, so shouldn't Mr. Li, who appears to be well-mannered but is actually alienated, let Gu Zhongmao fall into the trap from the beginning? Then he would watch you fall into the trap indifferently and finally harvest you with thunderous means.
Li Tingqin smiled knowingly and said calmly, "Indeed, but let's take our time."
Gu Chen raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, he asked, "Boss Li has already planned it, and you still want me to help you?"
Li Tingqin did not hide it and said, "I always feel that working with Ah Chen will be very interesting."
Gu Chen did not comment and said, "But I don't want to work overtime."
He lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard again. His black pieces were tempted by the white pieces to attack, but they fell into a trap and a large piece was eaten. Tsk, he finally fell into Mr. Li's trap. Whether dealing with Gu Zhongmao or playing chess, Mr. Li always had this kind of personality of watching people fall into traps with a cold eye. Even if he was acting now, his style of playing chess did not change.
Gu Chen threw the black piece in his hand back into the chess box and said, "Boss Li, you win."
Li Tingqin also looked at the chessboard and saw Gu Chen's expression. He said helplessly, "Ah Chen, there is no way you can't see my trap."
Gu Chen looked into Li Tingqin's eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, by setting this bet, do you want me to kiss you actively?" However, in the end, Mr. Li made a mistake.
After being exposed by Gu Chen, Li Tingqin did not refute, but just sighed: "But Ah Chen, you still let me win."
"Can't I have the same idea as you, Mr. Li?" Gu Chen leaned back on the sofa and said in a relaxed manner, "Come on, kiss if you want."
After all, it is quite tiring to kiss someone actively, so he would feel more comfortable lying down and being kissed by Mr. Li.
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