Gu Ci didn't know that Meng Sheng came today because she already knew about the whistleblower at Yueqifang Beauty Salon. After all, she had never told anyone about this matter and had originally intended to use it as a trump card.
Now that she heard Meng Sheng wanted to talk to her father, she felt that Meng Sheng must have grand ambitions, perhaps wanting to make a big profit from their Gu family.
If Meng Sheng were given a huge sum of money for nothing, she would be really angry to death.
But given the Gu family's current situation, if the matter of wage arrears and the use of shoddy materials were to be exposed, it would be a serious matter that would make the situation worse. Her father and brother might also be held criminally liable and risk going to jail.
This situation must never happen!
Thinking of these consequences, she couldn't help feeling anxious and worried, a little panicky, and always felt uneasy.
Now seeing Meng Sheng so calm and composed, she felt even more uneasy.
Meng Sheng was more than three meters away from her, but he could still feel her anxiety.
She lowered her eyelids, pulled the corners of her lips, sipped her tea silently, and said nothing more.
In the huge ward living room, you could hear a pin drop. With this silence, the atmosphere gradually became eerie for some reason.
The suffocating and tormenting feeling of oppression made Gu Ci feel like every second felt like an eternity.
After a moment of painful inner struggle, Gu Ci finally spoke first, "Director Meng, instead of talking to my dad, why don't you make a deal with me? You might be more interested in the chips I have."
Meng Sheng curled the corners of his lips almost imperceptibly. When he looked up at her, his brows were already furrowed, and even the light in his eyes became cold and sharp.
There was also a hint of scrutiny as it fell on Gu Ci's thin and bony body.
The smile is gone.
"Oh, chips? Miss Gu, why don't you tell me about it?"
Her contemptuous tone and attitude clearly showed that she did not believe what she said, but thought that she was making it up to temporarily reassure her.
Gu Ci took a deep breath and couldn't help but feel fortunate that she didn't reveal her cards so quickly, and didn't tell Ning Weiwei or anyone else about this.
Otherwise, in a situation like today, she really didn't know how to deal with Meng Sheng.
Thinking of this, her anxious heart calmed down a little, and the look she gave Meng Sheng was obviously much calmer.
A gentle and decent smile could still be forced onto his pale face, completely different from the previous forced and awkward smile.
This comes from the heart.
"I know that last year, your mother-in-law... oh, to be more precise, your ex-mother-in-law Yu Qionghua's beauty salon, Yueqifang, was investigated and the incident became such a big deal because of you. It was you who reported it."
Meng Sheng felt relieved.
He was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickered slightly, then he calmed down and chuckled, "Ms. Gu, not only are you good at shifting the blame, you're also quite good at fabricating things out of thin air. You can even come up with something like this without even having to worry about it."
Everyone knows that she was the legal representative of Yueqifang. After the beauty salon was investigated, she was arrested and interrogated for many days until her innocence was proven and she was released.
If this matter had not been done perfectly, she would have been suspected and found out long ago.
If you want to perform, you have to perform the whole thing.
Otherwise, if you believe it right away and negotiate terms with her directly, it would be too fake.
Gu Ci noticed her reaction and her tense body relaxed. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Director Meng, I can say this because I have evidence. You don't have to be so stubborn.
If... I mean if, ha, if I tell this news to the several families implicated in the Yueqifang case, or even to the dozen or so wealthy families, what will be the consequences? Your Meng family... oh, your uncle's Xu family, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape the disaster either."
Her voice was neither hurried nor slow, her tone was gentle, and there was a hint of joy in it, which brought the threatening and oppressive feeling to the extreme.
"Director Meng, do you really want to gamble? Can you afford it?"
Meng Sheng's face darkened, and he looked at Gu Ci's smiling face for a long time without saying anything.
Gu Ci was not in a hurry either. She just felt that the depression she had been feeling for so many days had finally dissipated a little at this moment.
This is Meng Sheng’s lifeline.
But she still felt a little unhappy when she thought about not being able to carry out her real revenge tomorrow.
She asked Meng Sheng if he could afford the gamble, as she herself could afford it. Meng Sheng held the lifeblood of their Gu family in his hands, and if he wasn't careful, they could be doomed.
So, even though she took out this bargaining chip, she and Meng Sheng could only balance each other.
However... after today, she will ask her father to fill in the gaps in these two matters, especially the Huazhou Library. This project has only been under construction for a short time, so it is actually easy to remedy it.
Thinking of this, she felt a surge of heat in her heart again.
As long as she gets through this stage, she can still reveal this matter.
But then she thought again, this wouldn't work. Once she took action, Meng Sheng would definitely not be polite. Once the investigation started, if she found any clues, she would be the one pushing the Gu family into the abyss.
Thinking of this, her heart sank again. The joy and relief that had just surged up in her were instantly destroyed. A ball of irritability and unvented anger once again pressed on her heart, making her feel a little suffocated.
This Meng Sheng is like a poison. No matter what kind of plan, it will become vulnerable in front of her.
Anyway, she can always resolve it easily, and most of the time she can even take control and turn the tables on them.
Thinking back carefully, she had never once taken advantage of Meng Sheng.
"Director Meng, have you made up your mind?" Seeing that Meng Sheng had been silent, she finally interrupted her thoughts impatiently.
Meng Sheng raised his eyes and caught the confusion and irritability between her brows.
If the mind is not calm, one's actions will be disordered.
He managed to disrupt Gu Ci's thoughts and break down her psychological defenses.
She narrowed her eyes, took out her phone, and openly opened the recording. She placed it on the table and stared at her calmly, "So, what do you want now? Before that, I have to remind Miss Gu that you can't threaten me. If I delay the workers' wages for your Huazhou Library project for four months and replace them with inferior ones, making the entire Huazhou Library project a shoddy project, your Gu family will not get any benefit at all. Miss Gu, you don't want to end up in a situation where both sides are destroyed, right?"
Gu Ci looked at the recording mode of her phone, her face suddenly changed, and she didn't even care about what she said. She pointed at her phone and asked sternly, "What do you mean by this?"
"It's better to be prepared." Meng Sheng smiled lightly. "I'm sorry, Miss Gu, I don't trust your character. At least you should leave me a way out. Whether you want to live or die, it all depends on your decision. I hope Miss Gu will seriously consider it."
"You! Meng Sheng, you really are..."
Gu Ci felt that she had underestimated Meng Sheng, and all her thoughts just now were in vain.
She never expected that Meng Sheng would open the recording so blatantly. This was to check and balance her so that she would not act rashly in the future. Otherwise, they would die together.
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