Chapter 55 It Begins Again
It was late at night.
Su Ruan, who had been tossed and turned for most of the night, slept soundly.
Gu Jinyuan went outside to the balcony, took out his phone, and called Shen Zihuai.
"I heard you've been quite free lately?"
Shen Zihuai: "......"
Boss, you're the one who wouldn't let me work, and now you're being sarcastic?
Is it because it's almost the end of the year and you're planning to find an excuse to deduct my year-end bonus?
“Boss, although you don’t want me to deal with the Song family, I have secretly planted a lot of mines. As long as you give the order, I guarantee that the Song family will be wiped out within a month.”
"Really? What about the Li family?" Gu Jinyuan took a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaled.
He only smokes to stay awake; he's not addicted.
“The Li family… is indeed a very troublesome case…” Shen Zihuai did not make any guarantees, but spoke the truth.
"If I let you wipe out the Li family in one fell swoop, how confident are you?" Gu Jinyuan asked casually, as if discussing tomorrow's weather.
“…If we take them down one by one, there’s a way. But if the two families join forces, it will be difficult…” Shen Zihuai said with difficulty.
"Ha! It's all because you're incompetent," Gu Jinyuan mocked.
Shen Zihuai: "......"
Boss, he's truly innocent!
After all, the Li family and the Song family are the two largest aristocratic families in Beijing, with deep-rooted connections and considerable influence overseas.
It's not something you can just do on a whim, let alone when the boss asks him to hide his tracks, which makes it even more difficult.
"Boss..." Shen Zihuai wanted to explain.
Gu Jinyuan simply said two words, "Go ahead and do it," and then hung up the phone.
Shen Zihuai held his phone, his face full of confusion. What did "Dongba" mean?
Should we target only the Song family, or include the Li family as well?
Should we engage in small-scale skirmishes or launch a full-scale attack?
Why is the boss speaking so ambiguously?
Unable to figure out his boss's tactics, Shen Zihuai called Yingyue again.
After listening to his complaints, Yingyue snorted coldly.
"You're hopelessly stupid! Why don't you try to gauge your master's intentions while you're doing your work!"
"Huh? You can be this perfunctory?" Shen Zihuai was shocked. With this kind of work attitude, the boss would skin him alive.
In the past, every time they acquired a conglomerate or destroyed a family abroad, it was accompanied by a bloody process.
Back then, everyone under the boss was like a tiger descending the mountain, afraid of going easy on him and being scolded for being useless.
Why doesn't this approach work in China?
We still need to proceed tentatively, taking it one step at a time.
He felt utterly humiliated, but he dared not question Yingyue's words.
Of all the hundreds of loyal underlings under the boss, none have the same bond as Lord Shadowmoon's with him.
She's practically the boss's personal nanny, always pretty accurate in guessing what the boss means.
Just like the most capable chief eunuch by the side of every emperor in the feudal dynasties of China.
He said he must have his reasons for doing this.
"Alright! Lord Yingyue, I'll get right on it." Shen Zihuai hung up the phone and went off to prepare excitedly.
Within a week, chaos erupted within the Song family again, this time even more severe than the last turmoil.
Song Feiwan has been sleeping at the company for three days now, and her eyes are all dark circles from lack of sleep. Song Zheng also looks haggard.
Su Ruan called Song Feiwan several times, but she always said she didn't have time.
Su Ruan had no choice but to visit her at the company in person, with Gu Jinyuan following closely behind.
When Su Ruan saw Song Feiwan's dark circles under her eyes and her frizzy hair, she felt sorry for her and hugged her tightly.
"Oh my god, Xiaowan'er, what happened to you? You look so disheveled!"
Upon seeing Su Ruan, Song Feiwan immediately hugged her and poured out her grievances, "Ruanbao, I've really had enough. This mastermind is playing tricks on us, like a cat playing with a mouse."
Once I find that person, I'll definitely subject them to eighteen kinds of torture. I'm so angry...
"Didn't you ask Uncle Song? Doesn't he have any clues?" Su Ruan reminded him.
"He doesn't tell me any clues he has, he just keeps urging me and Li Yuyang to get married quickly, I'm so annoyed." Song Feiwan grabbed her hair and went crazy.
Seeing Song Feiwan being tortured so badly, Gu Jinyuan was secretly overjoyed. His sharp tongue was back at work.
"Ha, you can't even handle such a small setback? You call yourself a CEO? Even a pig would be better at doing the work than you."
"What the hell are you talking about? What do you know, you pretty boy? I think you're good for nothing, but you're a master at showing off." Song Feiwan's mouth was relentless.
Gu Jinyuan sat casually on the sofa, raising his hand to twirl Su Ruan's hair around his fingers and play with it.
Whether I'm good enough or not is my wife's judgment, what's it to you? Don't flatter yourself, you're just a sour grapes...
Song Feiwan was so angry at Gu Jinyuan's cheeky and provocative look that she felt like her soul was about to ascend to heaven. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to pounce on him.
"Come on, you bastard, if you've got the guts, don't try to hide. If I don't scratch you to pieces, I'll change my surname to yours."
Seeing that the two were about to fight again, Su Ruan quickly stepped in between them, offering words of advice with a helpless expression.
"Little Bowl, what's wrong with you two? Are you two just incompatible? Why do you always argue as soon as you meet?"
Gu Jinyuan hid behind Su Ruan, smiling smugly as he continued to provoke Song Feiwan.
"You want to take my surname? You wish! You're practically begging me to be your father, but I don't want a daughter as stupid as you!"
"Ah—, Ruanbao, if you're my best friend, don't stop me. I'm going to kill him today." Song Feiwan completely broke down.
"Come on, if you don't kill me, I'll kill you," Gu Jinyuan said coldly.
The two started fighting, separated by Su Ruan.
Su Ruan was squeezed between the two men and felt uncomfortable. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and pushed them away, causing them to roar loudly.
"Why don't you two just kill me first!"
Gu Jinyuan and Song Feiwan both stopped moving at the same time. They glared at each other, panting heavily, as if they wanted to kill each other with their eyes.
"Gu Jinyuan, apologize first," Su Ruan said sternly.
"Why should I?" Gu Jinyuan retorted.
"Since you provoked me first, you must apologize," Su Ruan said seriously.
"What if I don't apologize?" Gu Jinyuan frowned.
"Then don't follow me, get out." Su Ruan showed no mercy.
Gu Jinyuan glared angrily at Su Ruan. "Su Ruan, is this woman that important to you? You actually abandoned me for her?"
Su Ruan was in a terrible predicament. When did she say she didn't want him anymore?
What she meant was that she would never bring him along when she came to see Song Feiwan again, so that the two of them wouldn't fight to the death every time they met.
"I..."
Before she could even begin to explain, Song Feiwan immediately said smugly, "That's right, my darling is always on my side. You pretty boy only won my darling's favor because of your looks."
"You've only been favored for a few days, yet you dare to compete with me, an Imperial Noble Consort who has been favored for over ten years, for the Emperor's heart? You're overestimating yourself!"
"Su Ruan, do you really think so?" Gu Jinyuan's eyes were filled with anger and sadness.
Su Ruan was about to explain that this wasn't the case when Gu Jinyuan turned and left without even looking back.
"Alright, stop talking, I don't want to hear it."
The door slammed shut, shaking the entire office three times.
Su Ruan's heart skipped a beat, and she sighed deeply, rubbing her forehead.
It's truly a case of being at home when disaster strikes out of nowhere.
What did she say? She didn't say anything.
Su Ruan turned to look at Song Feiwan, forced a smile, and hugged her arm, swaying it back and forth in a coquettish manner.
"Little bowl~~"
Song Feiwan raised her hand to stop her from speaking, "Don't speak, I won't forgive you. And I won't accept your apology on behalf of that pretty boy."
Su Ruan: "..."
Te!
They were all incredibly cold-hearted; they were all Su Ruan's uncles!
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