"Yes! I'll go check right now."
Su Ziqing's heart was in her throat. Although she knew where Gong Chengjue was, the danger was not over. The kill order he carried had not been lifted yet.
But then I saw this woman again in City A?
Who exactly is this woman?
She looked at Gong Chengjue with a worried expression, feeling that all the relaxation she had felt that evening had been ruined by the appearance of this woman.
During the fight in N City last time, this woman was quite skilled, and not only skilled, but also ruthless.
In an attempt to escape, the woman attacked her from behind, completely disregarding the life or death of others.
Su Ziqing had a gut feeling that this woman's appearance in City A meant she probably had some kind of mission.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Sheng Yuanshuo asked softly, "Should we have someone investigate... this woman's whereabouts?"
Gong Chengjue shook his head. It would be too much trouble, and they might not even be able to find out.
He glanced at his watch. "It's getting late. Let's head back."
Sheng Yuanshuo wanted to say something, but after receiving a warning look from Gong Chengjue, he immediately understood and nodded, "Yes, it's getting late, let's call it a day."
After leaving, Su Ziqing's expression was somewhat heavy, and she no longer had the same attitude she had when she came to tease Gong Chengjue.
Although the two did not officially 'reconcile', it did not mean that she could relax upon hearing that a dangerous person had appeared in City A.
"How's the kill order thing going?" She held his hand and looked at him earnestly and seriously before getting into the car.
Gong Chengjue originally wanted to say something comforting and insignificant, but seeing the look in her eyes, he told the truth, "There is no way to remove it at the moment."
“When will we get rid of it?” She looked into his eyes. “As long as it’s not eliminated, we’ll carry this burden every day. We’re in the light, they’re in the dark, and danger is always lurking around us.”
Her voice choked as she said this, "Isn't there a better way?"
He reached out and ruffled her hair, answering earnestly, "Trust me, okay? Everything is under my control right now."
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, I’m just worried about you.” She held his hand. “Alright, let’s not go out to sea tomorrow.”
The sea area is vast and more prone to accidents, so she decided not to go.
Gong Chengjue shook his head. "Do you really think it's safe to stay at home?"
Su Ziqing thought about the assassins who had visited her home a few days ago and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Alright, let's get back to what we were doing. There's nothing to worry about." Gong Chengjue took her hand. "Let's get in the car first."
"Chengjue." Sheng Yuanshuo came out and saw that Gong Chengjue and the others had not left yet, so he called out to Gong Chengjue.
"Wait for me in the car." Gong Chengjue told Su Ziqing to get in the car, and then he walked towards Sheng Yuanshuo.
Sheng Yuanshuo glanced at Gong Chengjue's car, then at the array of bodyguards following it, and lowered his voice, "Be careful."
Gong Chengjue hummed in agreement.
"I heard some news in the capital yesterday," Sheng Yuanshuo said, lowering his voice again.
Gong Chengjue glanced at him. "Can't you speak properly?"
Sheng Yuanshuo coughed lightly, "I said your Gong family is going to clean house."
Gong Chengjue: "..." Is this a friend? Is this what you call a message?
He gave Sheng Yuanshuo a deep look and said coldly, "I thought you should have known this a long time ago."
"Eh? No, what I mean is, the news of your purge has already become known throughout the entire capital." In other words, it wasn't done discreetly, and it wasn't just known among close friends and family.
"People are talking about it in private, saying that you do things too... without any consideration for feelings." Those people have no idea about the deeper aspects of the Gong family; they only see the surface, and that's how they came to define Gong Chengjue.
"Oh," Gong Chengjue said dismissively.
"What did your uncle say?" Wasn't Gong Chengjue the designated successor to the family head? As the family head, his current image is very detrimental to Gong Chengjue's future succession of the Gong family, isn't it?
Sheng Yuanshuo even harbored a somewhat wicked thought: was this the work of the current head of the family?
Gong Chengjue glanced at him. "This is a matter for our Gong family. You don't need to concern yourself with it."
"I'm just worried about you. People, once they're in a high position, easily lose themselves. Maybe your uncle..."
"Yuan Shuo," Gong Chengjue coldly interrupted Sheng Yuan Shuo's unfounded speculation, "It's not what you think."
When Sheng Yuanshuo saw that he was really angry, he stopped saying anything.
Gong Chengjue turned and left.
Seeing that Gong Chengjue remained silent and offered no comfort after getting into the car, Su Ziqing unconsciously frowned slightly. "What did you say to Sheng Yuanshuo just now?"
Gong Chengjue rubbed his tired brows. Sheng Yuanshuo didn't know that what he said was very unfair to Gong Changfan, but Gong Chengjue did.
Gong Changfan is likely to become the most unlucky head of the family in the last hundred years.
He will bear all the blame.
These were plans that had already been approved when they set up the scheme.
For the sake of the family's long-term interests, someone must bear the blame, and that person is either Gong Chengjue or Gong Changfan.
After analyzing the pros and cons, Gong Changfan directly rejected the possibility of Gong Chengjue.
Thinking of this, it was impossible for Gong Chengjue's expression to lighten. The only thing he could do was to gather more evidence of Gong Changming's crimes so that when Gong Changming was expelled from the Gong family in the future, Gong Changfan's curses would be less.
It might be a little hard to understand, but it's like a family: if a child makes a mistake and the parents want to sever the familial bond, even if the mistake is unforgivable and others can understand the parents' decision, they might still say privately, "How can someone who doesn't even want their own child be good to others?"
Gong Changfan is Gong Changming's younger brother and the current head of the family...
"It's nothing, just some things about the Gong family." He looked at her. "Yuan Shuo said he heard some things in the capital."
"Hmm? Your Gong family has always been very strict about public opinion, right? What rumors are circulating in the capital?" Logically speaking, the Gong family shouldn't be in such a mess that they don't have time for public relations, right?
"Clean house." Gong Chengjue uttered four words.
Su Ziqing didn't understand, "What?"
Gong Chengjue then added, "It's already rumored in the capital that our Gong family is going to clean house."
Su Ziqing stared at him for a while before saying, "Did you spread this message, or did Gong Changming's side spread it?"
They were so cumbersome before, unable to fully engage in counter-sniping, wasn't it all for the sake of keeping a low profile?
Isn't it just about keeping family scandals out of the public eye?
Gong Chengjue looked at her and said, "I think so."
"So what are your plans..." Su Ziqing looked at Gong Chengjue, "...what will you do with Gong Changming?"
“Not only Gong Changming,” Gong Chengjue said calmly, “but also Gong Changsheng… who has been expelled from the Gong family.”
Su Ziqing blinked slightly, "Two people?"
Is this a case of two people leaving the palace at once?
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