Chapter 200 Extra 3 (5)
Extra 3 (5)
"Are you really willing to... take care of me for the rest of my life?" Gu Zhonghong asked in disbelief.
Gu Jiangkuo: "You've fallen on hard times, why would I lie to you?"
...That's true.
Old Master Gu lowered his head. In fact, he never dreamed that he would be able to return to his hometown one day. Although he only had one breath left, he felt a sense of sweetness after suffering.
Seeing his grandson bringing a chair over, Gu Zhonghong was moved. Just as he was about to express his gratitude for being a blood relative, he saw his grandson diligently moving the chair next to Jiang Nuo, "Nuonuo, are you tired? Sit for a while."
Gu Zhonghong: “…………”
Fortunately, Gu Jiangkuo didn't help himself with another one. He just stood there and said condescendingly, "Go ahead."
Like a police interrogating a criminal.
Old Man Gu had no choice but to recount his story. "Even though Xin ran off with his donation, I still have some savings. The properties alone are enough to support me in my old age. However, I didn't expect there to be so many scoundrels over there. The tenants won't pay, and I can't evict them."
"I don't speak English very well, and my health isn't great either. I don't get good care, so I can only barely get by. But Min... uh, your uncle, he can't just live on food and drink. He's been weak since he was a child, and he needs a lot of expensive medicine and supplements to stay healthy."
"Then he fell for a bunch of scammers. They told him he could apply for welfare and the state would cover his exorbitant medical bills. They took my remaining savings and left me, his old boss, to fend for himself," Gu Zhonghong said flatly, as if he were just sharing someone else's gossip. "He was ripped off by that gang, and with his health condition, he definitely wasn't going to survive."
"Didn't you go find him?" Jiang Nuo couldn't help but interrupt.
Gu Zhonghong lifted his heavy eyelids, looked at him, and slowly shook his head, "In this life, I have been extremely unlucky in terms of the fate of my children. I treated him like a treasure, holding him in the palm of my hand and loving him for so many years, and yet when disaster strikes, he treats me like this."
He spoke with such sorrow that anyone who heard him wanted to cry.
But Gu Jiangkuo was heartless: "You spend all day looking for fortune tellers, don't you know that karma is karma? You are in this situation now, in the final analysis, it is all your own fault."
Mr. Gu stopped talking.
"I was able to return to Southeast Asia thanks to the church's financial support. Actually, it wasn't really financial support. I mortgaged my house to them and stayed at the church to recuperate for a while. I returned as soon as I was strong enough. I thought all my properties were still there, but... they were all sold off by Gu Xin."
Gu Jiangkuo asked, "So that's why you came to me?"
Gu Zhonghong: "You just promised..."
"So many people have betrayed you. Your beloved son and grandson have all abandoned you... and yet you dare to believe what I say?"
Gu Zhonghong: “…………”
Gu Jiangkuo laughed. "You really believe that I'm a man of my word. You want to have enough food and drink for the rest of your life, right? Gu Zhonghong, I'll take you to such a place, but you have to promise me one thing first: go to my grandmother's tombstone and kowtow to her three times with sincerity."
"……good."
When Jiang Nuo heard this request, he had a premonition that Gu Dajiang was deceiving the old man.
But he naturally didn't expose it. After the two of them sent Mr. Gu to the cemetery and saw him solemnly kowtow to apologize to his deceased wife, Gu Jiangkuo ordered the servants to temporarily take care of Mr. Gu and give him some hot meals.
Immediately afterwards, the local mental hospital was contacted.
The hospital was very quick and drove an ambulance to the scene that afternoon. Several burly male nurses lifted Mr. Gu up without a word, stuffed him into the car, and drove away at lightning speed.
"I don't have any other options." Gu Jiangkuo explained to Jiang Nuo, "His sudden return is a huge variable. If he is exploited by someone with ulterior motives and reported in the media, it will be troublesome for the Gu Group and us. But I can't really kill him. We can't do anything that violates the criminal law. Keeping him at home and providing him with good food and drink would be unfair to my deceased grandmother, and it would also be bad for the physical and mental health of my still-living grandmother. Sending him to a mental rehabilitation center is the best option at the moment."
It was the first time that Jiang Nuo heard someone describe "sending to a mental hospital" in such a refreshing and refined way.
When he was fighting for the Gu family's fortune, he'd done things he couldn't bring to the surface. Jiang Nuo knew that Gu Jiangkuo wasn't what you'd call a "good man" in the traditional sense, and countless people were terrified of him. But he also knew that no one else in the world would be as devoted and devoted to him as Gu Jiangkuo.
He tried his best to prove his kindness in front of himself, so he bought it.
"You have a point." Jiang Nuo said firmly, "You are really thoughtful."
Gu Jiangkuo breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you don't think I'm heartless and ungrateful."
"How could that be?" Jiang Nuo looked him in the eyes and said, "Repaying evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness? If all the evil people in this world can have a good ending, then what's the point of being kind? You did the right thing, Gu Dajiang. I support you in everything you do."
"Um."
Gu Jiangkuo quietly took Jiang Nuo's hand, placed it in his palm and squeezed it.
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As soon as Mr. Gu got on the car of the mental hospital, he shouted: "I'm not sick! You are unfilial! I am Gu Jiangkuo's biological grandfather! This is all my property! Let me down and I will give you money!"
As a result, the accompanying doctor gave him an injection of sedative, and the old man fainted instantly.
"This man is seriously ill. Chairman Gu is kind enough to pay to send him to our hospital. Most people would just kick a lunatic like that out if they encountered him."
"Could he really be Chairman Gu?"
"Hahaha, what are you talking about? Didn't that old man go abroad to enjoy his life with his mistress's grandson? How could he be so destitute? He must be suffering from paranoia. I heard he's been harassing the Gu family for several days."
"No matter who he is, you all need to keep your mouths shut. If this 'patient' is quiet, it's fine. But if he keeps talking nonsense like this, keep giving him sedatives," said the leading doctor who looked like a leader.
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Old Man Gu appeared and disappeared quickly, so grandma's superb fly swatting skills were useless and she felt a little depressed.
Immediately afterwards, Chairman Gu, the largest shareholder, presided over the shareholders' meeting. Strictly speaking, Jiang Nuo could not be said to be "accompanying" him, because after Mr. Gu Jiangkuo legally obtained the Gu family's equity, he immediately transferred a part of it to Jiang Nuo. If he was not afraid of losing control of the company, he would even want to give more, but fortunately he was persuaded by Jiang Nuo.
After the shareholders' meeting, the topic of dividends came up. Not only were the small shareholders happy, but Chairman Gu, as the major shareholder, also started thinking about how to spend the money. He still hasn't figured out what to buy for the seventh gift. He wants it to be expensive enough and thoughtful enough, but he hasn't come up with anything new yet.
What is lacking is creativity.
Director Gu was a little depressed because he couldn't prepare a gift, but fortunately, after finishing his business, the two of them could still stay in Nanyang for another three days.
There is no work during these three days, which is like a pure vacation.
According to Mr. Gu Dajiang's opinion, they would naturally spend the holiday in a comfortable air-conditioned room without any shame, but Mr. Jiang would certainly not agree.
"I'm old and can't stand the hard work." Since when, this has become Mr. Jiang's catchphrase.
Mr. Gu Dajiang looked at his wife, whose fair skin was slightly flushed after the love affair. She looked as fresh and delicate as a freshly plucked bud from a peach tree. He asked sincerely, "What's your relationship with the word 'old'?"
Jiang Nuo stretched out his limbs and said, "I'm old, I look strong on the outside but weak on the inside, I don't have the strength to move."
Gu Jiangkuo: "You don't have to move."
"roll."
Gu Jiangkuo shut up obediently, swallowing back the words "You are not an 'outer wall' either".
At this time, Jiang Nuo's cell phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.
Businessmen always receive calls from various partners. In order not to miss business opportunities, Jiang Nuo never sets the anti-harassment mode and manually blocks any harassing calls.
"Hello." Mr. Jiang picked up the phone. "Who is this?"
Gu Cugang has always been sensitive to unfamiliar calls from his wife. He approached the caller with interest and listened to the general idea. Then he lost interest.
"Swindlers." Gu Jiangkuo said with little interest, "If they commit such a scam, they will all starve to death."
Jiang Nuo was amused and said to the phone, "Thank you, but that's okay." Then he hung up.
Gu Jiangkuo started to complain: "Master? Learn Mandarin first. What kind of master calls to promote himself? Let me tell you..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Jiangkuo's phone rang, also an unfamiliar number.
Gu Jiangkuo directly pressed the hands-free button, and a familiar voice came from the phone, "Mr. Gu, I am Luang Pu Gong. Your grandfather, Mr. Gu Zhonghong, once sought guidance from me..."
“Pah.”
Gu Jiangkuo pressed the hang-up button, blocking and blacklisting the entire call.
"Nuonuo, isn't our Baimi Technology doing all sorts of research and development? Why don't we create an anti-fraud system? Anyone selling personal information will be severely punished! This is too rampant. Scammers can just call out someone's name and ID number, and it's fine, but they can even find out who the master my grandfather is looking for is. Is there any privacy left?"
"Is that master really called Luang Pu Gong?" Jiang Nuo had also heard about this matter. "Do you think this could be... true? Listening to his accent, it sounds a bit like a foreigner speaking Chinese."
"How is that possible?" Gu Jiangkuo said, "That master is quite powerful. This old man begged him back then, spending countless real money and saying so many nice things before he reluctantly agreed to meet. That's what a master does. How could a master call us on his own initiative?"
“…That’s true.”
"Maybe it's a Burmese scam group. Tsk, they didn't scam us. Right now, a handsome guy is getting beaten up."
Jiang Nuo was amused. "Oh, there's one more thing. Fang Xiaoxiao said she hasn't seen us for a long time and wants to get together with us."
Gu Jiangkuo didn't have a good impression of Fang's family. Fang Xiaoxiao had even played the role of conspiring to marry him, and later rubbed his family's face in front of him. Hearing this name, Mr. Gu Dajiang was unhappy, "How can I have time to eat with her? I'm so busy, I finally got two days off."
However, Jiang Nuo had a different view on the holiday. He was willing to seize any opportunity to take Gu Dajiang out to save his old waist, so he advised: "She actually has something to ask of her. She said that her family asked her to go on a blind date, and they wanted us to cover for her and get through this meal."
Hearing about the blind date, Gu Jiangkuo perked up and gloated, "She's thirty this year, right? Old Madam Fang is forcing her to go on a blind date? Haha, she's finally going to have a day like this. Let's go and see!"
Jiang Nuo: “…………”
As expected, human nature is gossip.
No matter whether you are an ordinary worker or the actual controlling shareholder of a listed group with hundreds of billions of assets, you cannot escape the law of truth of the God of Gossip.
However, vacation is a time to relax, get away from the hustle and bustle of work, help friends, and listen to gossip.
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The restaurant where we agreed to meet was very romantic, with Mediterranean-style azure decoration, wind chimes hanging at the door, and flowers on the small tables. It was really suitable for a date.
Fang Xiaoxiao and her blind date sat by the window, while Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo chose the middle position where they could easily observe the boy.
There were a few rose-red and cherry-pink macarons on the snow-white plate. Jiang Nuo drank mint orange juice while secretly observing the couple with Gu Jiangkuo.
Because we were so close, I could hear everything they said clearly.
"I went to university here. I heard you did your postgraduate study in Europe. It's hard for girls with high education to find a boyfriend, right?"
"Haha, I didn't think so."
"The introducer said you're 31 this year? You look okay, but once a woman gets older, her body functions deteriorate, making it difficult for her to get pregnant."
Gu Jiangkuo, who had been planning to laugh at the joke, couldn't help himself. He pushed his chair and tried to get up, but Jiang Nuo quickly stopped him and mouthed, "Don't be impulsive!"
Gu Jiangkuo also whispered back, "I do think Fang Xiaoxiao is annoying, but she's not guilty enough to endure the mental pollution of this ordinary man."
Jiang Nuo: "I know, I know, but now is not the time. If we rush over with such a straight face, how will she behave in front of the introducer in the future?"
Gu Jiangkuo: “…”
Jiang Nuo: "Just bear with it for a while, dear."
On the dating table:
"You're 31 this year, right? The introducer said you're a few months older than me."
"That's different," the blind date guy said confidently. "Men are more resistant to aging. Women are like tofu dregs at 30, but men are in their prime at 31. Men can still have children at 70, but once women are over 35, they basically lose their fertility. No matter how well educated or beautiful they are, what's the point? Have you heard that saying? Men always like girls between 18 and 24, no matter what age."
The other side:
Gu Jiangkuo: "I can't stand it anymore."
Jiang Nuo wanted to say that he couldn't stand it anymore. He was about to close the door and let out a loud noise, but Ms. Fang Xiaoxiao got angry first. She slammed the cup on the table and said, "Are you okay, brother? There's no mirror at home, but there's water, right? Aren't you anti-aging? You haven't lost your physiological functions yet, so you can pee, right? Look at yourself, what do you look like? You're bald before you're old, and you still have the nerve to pick on others?"
"Hey, you! How can you talk like that?"
"You don't understand human language, so I can only communicate with you in your own language. And what's with all that talk about men always liking girls between 18 and 24? Don't you even ask if those girls would like you? They're just young, not stupid. I haven't even bothered that you have a lower education than me, but you're already trying to pua me. You're such a jerk, going to a bar, being ugly and wanting more!"
"That's enough! No wonder you can't get married at your age. Why are you so mean? Don't make me angry. Don't force me to hit a woman!"
Jiang Nuo couldn't help it any longer: "Gu Dajiang!"
The next second, Gu Jiangkuo, who had been preparing for this for a long time, slammed the table and stood up, pulling the blind date man up from his chair. "How dare you! You want to hit a woman in broad daylight?"
The man in front of him was well-dressed, yet incredibly strong. He lifted him like a chick, and the man's momentum softened immediately. "Brother, it's all a misunderstanding. I didn't mean to hit anyone, I just wanted to scare her!"
"You're so honored for threatening girls with violence?"
Another clear voice was heard. The blind date guy looked over and found that it was a very handsome young man. He was stunned and then felt like he was slapped.
"What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll dig your eyeballs out!" Gu Jiangkuo said angrily.
The blind date man felt half of his face swelling up. He looked away, not daring to look at Jiang Nuo again. He said hesitantly, "Excuse me, is that gentleman Jiang Nuo?"
——He seemed to suddenly speak nicely to Gu Jiangkuo, a burly man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall. Not only was he calm, he also used respectful words. The arrogance he had in front of Fang Xiaoxiao suddenly disappeared.
"Do you know me?" Jiang Nuo frowned.
"A few days ago, I suddenly received a MMS message with your photo on it," the blind date man said. "At that time, I was surprised. How could anyone still send MMS in this day and age..."
Gu Jiangkuo kicked the blind date guy again: "Get to the point."
"I say!" the blind date guy said. "It was an unfamiliar number, so mysterious. I didn't believe it at the time, so I deleted it. But I still remember there was a message attached to the photo saying that I would meet the person in the photo soon, and when we met, I should tell him that if I had any questions recently, I could go to Thailand to find him. ...That's all."
Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo looked at each other, and Jiang Nuo slowly asked Fang Xiaoxiao beside him: "Who introduced this person to you? Is he reliable?" Don't let him be from a fraud group.
Fang Xiaoxiao said angrily, "My mom forced my uncle to introduce him to me. He's said to be a colleague of my aunt's cousin's from her mother's side. Xiao Nuonuo, do you think he's reliable?! My family just thinks I'm too old and it would be a waste of money if I can't get married, so they just push all kinds of ugly girls around me!"
"Okay, okay, Sister Xiaoxiao, calm down." Jiang Nuo stroked Fang Xiaoxiao's hair.
After sending the blind date guy off, the three of them sat together, ready to have a good lunch. During the meal, Fang Xiaoxiao angrily complained to them about the difficult life of an older, unmarried woman. Gu Jiangkuo listened with great interest, interrupting from time to time: "Fang Xiaoxiao, your parents are doing this for your own good. Look, Nuonuo and I got married early, and we're so happy now. But you still won't understand. A single man like you can't possibly understand the happiness of married people."
Fang Xiaoxiao: "..."
Gu Jiangkuo took every opportunity to show his affection for Fang Xiaoxiao, causing her favorability towards him, which had just risen because of his "heroic rescue of the beauty", to fall back into negative territory again.
She was so angry that she couldn't even eat and didn't eat a single grain of rice the whole day.
After they parted, Gu Jiangkuo felt a little reluctant to leave, and complained to Jiang Nuo: "It's been so long since we last met. Fang Xiaoxiao doesn't seem so annoying anymore. Chatting with her was surprisingly pleasant."
Jiang Nuo: "...Are you sure she's happy?"
"Is she unhappy? I didn't notice that." Gu Jiangkuo said contentedly, "I'm quite happy anyway."
Jiang Nuo thought to herself: You've been showing off your affection for two hours straight, so of course it's fun. But Fang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes the rest of the time, so she didn't flip the table, so she's a thank you.
Gu Dajiang should be the kind of guy as described online, who, once he has a partner, always shows off his love for them. He was voted by netizens as one of the "most annoying friends".
However, Jiang Nuo did not expose his little happiness, but asked: "Do you think what the blind date guy said is reliable?"
Speaking of this, Gu Jiangkuo fell into a brief moment of thought. "We just asked Fang Xiaoxiao. She decided to have dinner with that weird blind date guy on a whim. It doesn't seem like someone was plotting it behind the scenes. But you never know. What if those scammers are particularly well-informed? There are only two possibilities."
Jiang Nuo: "Which two?"
Gu Jiangkuo: "First, they are a group of extremely skilled scammers. Second, they are a true master with extraordinary abilities."
Jiang Nuo: "Listening to your words is better than listening to your words."
Gu Jiangkuo laughed: "Who cares? There's no need to bother with it anyway. I still believe in science."
Jiang Nuo agreed: "Me too." He always felt that there might be a third possibility, that someone was deliberately being mysterious and no one knew what the purpose was.
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After the short but fulfilling vacation, the two said goodbye to their grandmother and returned to Yanlin on a private plane.
Fortunately, he was away for a short time, so Mr. Jiang did not have too much backlog of work. Moreover, he heard two pieces of extremely exciting news as soon as he returned: Seven or eight years ago, Jiang Nuo had invested in a dual worktable project on a whim, and it had made great progress, and the patent application had been approved. This thing is an important part of the lithography machine, and it seems to be just a small achievement now, but in two or three years, its significance will be extraordinary.
Perhaps this patent can help Chinese people no longer be controlled by others. This is what Jiang Nuo has always insisted on. The meaning of doing business is not just to seek personal gain, but also to do something for his hometown.
Another piece of good news is that a software called "Smart Prison Management" developed by Baimi Technology was purchased and used by Yanlin Prison, and the effect was very good. It also won Yanlin City Prison an award in the "Technology Strengthens Police" activity. It is said that a medal will be awarded to Baimi Technology, which provided technical support, in the near future. As the boss behind Baimi, Gu Jiangkuo can of course also enjoy this honor.
Good things come in pairs!
As soon as he came back, he encountered two happy events. Mr. Jiang was in a very happy mood. He treated his subordinates with a lot of friendliness and smiles. Several girls' faces turned red in the morning, which made Mr. Gu Dajiang so jealous that he almost became jealous.
However, Mr. Jiang's good mood did not last long. At noon, he met Rong Yi and his younger brother who were eating head to head in the cafeteria.
“…”
In fact, Jiang Nuo seldom went to the cafeteria to eat, but he was in a good mood today and wanted to have fun with everyone. As a result, when he entered the cafeteria, he saw Rong Yi and Jiang Xiaomi sitting close to each other, and Rong was even peeling shrimp for Jiang Xiaomi.
Jiang Nuo: “Heh.”
Gu Jiangkuo immediately asked: "What's wrong, Nuonuo?"
The Jiang Group's cafeteria had been changed to a fully self-service model. One swipes their employee card to enter and picks up their own plate. It was customary for everyone to grab the fruit or yogurt at the door and reserve a seat. Jiang Nuo pointed to Jiang Xiaomi's seat and instructed Gu Jiangkuo, "Put the yogurt across from them."
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