Chapter 191 Attacking the Heart
An Qinghe nimbly dodged Gu Youfu's pounce.
Gu Youfu wanted to attack again, but was held down by several of his relatives.
"Since you are upright and honest, why are you afraid of listening to what he says?"
"Who is Boss Zhao, and what does he have to do with this? Why haven't we heard you mention it?"
Gu Youfu was at a loss for words. "I... I don't know any Boss Zhao. I just don't want these outsiders to say something irrelevant and sow discord between us."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he found that except for Master Gu's family, the other relatives looked at him expressionlessly, and it was obvious that they no longer had the trust they had at the beginning.
Gu Xixi breathed a sigh of relief and signaled to the people around her to put down their weapons.
I only heard An Qinghe say, "Boss Zhao, who is in the seed business in Qingtian County, you can ask around."
"Uncle Gu's family grows vegetables. They are already familiar with Boss Zhao. Not long ago, they agreed that as long as they get Gu Xixi's secret recipe for growing crops, they will give it to Boss Zhao for consignment."
"What is consignment? Let me explain to you all. If any of you want to grow more and better crops in the future, you have to go to Boss Zhao and buy the house at a high price."
"They also plan to split the secret recipe into several pieces, each piece costs ten taels of silver. How many of you can afford it?"
"Or do you really believe that after Master Gu gets the secret recipe, he will share it with all of you for free?"
The crowd became restless again. The relatives of the Gu family talked and whispered to each other, and looked at Uncle Gu and his son with even more anger.
Gu Youfu was still stubborn. He struggled and said, "Don't listen to him!"
"This Hu man is in cahoots with Gu Xixi!"
An Qinghe rolled his eyes at him disdainfully, then slowly took out a roll of paper from his arms and shook it open.
"This is the contract signed between Mr. Gu and Mr. Zhao. Is there anyone who can read? Please select a few representatives to come and take a look."
Uncle Gu was close by and saw the red handprint he had pressed underneath the pledge. His face immediately turned pale.
Gu Youfu stared in disbelief.
There were two copies of the adopted child. The one that belonged to his family was kept in his own room, hidden in a secret place, and there was no way that An Qinghe could find it in such a short time.
So where did this pledge come from?
After a while, several people came up to An Qinghe.
An Qinghe carefully forbade them to touch the ordained child, and only allowed them to watch and read.
After reading it, these people returned to the crowd with grim expressions.
An Qinghe said loudly, "Did you see it? It is clearly written on the deed that Boss Zhao will give 40% of the profits to Uncle Gu for every sale."
"See, I was right," He Jinglan said, "You are being used!"
"If we let them succeed today and they make a fortune in the future, will they still remember you relatives?"
Gu Xixi smiled and gave He Jinglan an appreciative look.
What a Miss He! Every word she says adds fuel to the fire and touches upon what the other party cares about most.
Moreover, the main blame was pushed onto Mr. Gu and his son, giving most people a way out, which can be said to be a combination of kindness and severity.
As expected of a girl from an aristocratic family, when it comes to winning people's hearts, she is probably not inferior to her brother He Jinghui.
He Jinglan blinked at Gu Xixi and sighed regretfully to the Gu family.
"If I were you, the person I should least offend would be Gu Xixi. After all, you have no grudge against Gu Xixi. If you want to grow good crops, you still hope that she will be willing to help you out in the future."
"I haven't even had time to curry favor with you yet, you all..."
The relatives whispered for a while, then looked up at Gu Xixi with embarrassed expressions.
Someone gave up first, "I think what this girl said makes sense. We were all so excited just now. Now let's calm down and think about it. We have all been deceived!"
Someone regretted, "Yeah, look at my hands, they're all scratched. I'm so old, but I'm still being used as a tool by others. It's really embarrassing."
Someone said angrily, "I heard that Master Gu was bullied by the younger generation, and I was so angry that I came to help. Now it seems that this is not the case at all!"
He Jinglan had already paved the way, so everyone naturally took advantage of the situation to get out of trouble. They never mentioned that the purpose of their trip was also the "secret recipe", and just said that they were cheated.
In an instant, the situation was completely reversed.
The relatives of the Gu family blamed Uncle Gu and his son and Uncle Gu's entire family.
Some even spit at them out of anger.
Master Gu has been stunned since Anqinghe announced the truth just now.
He suddenly stood up, rushed over, grabbed Master Gu's collar with both hands and shook him, "That's not what you told me at the beginning!"
"You told me to go and make trouble with Gu Xixi first. It would be best if I can get my losses back, but if not, it's okay. As long as I say I was beaten, you will have a reason to force Gu Xixi to hand over the secret recipe. Then the secret recipe will belong to both of our two families!"
"Why did you lie to me!"
An Qinghe had already let go of the rope and walked to Gu Xixi to watch the fun.
Uncle Gu looked ashen, his body swaying as if about to collapse, but he was still trying to argue, "I didn't lie to you, it didn't work out."
After waking up, Master Gu was no longer so easy to fool. "What about Boss Zhao? Did you say a word to me? You signed the pledge, and only your name was written on it! Do you think I'm a fool?"
Master Gu was getting more and more angry as he spoke, "You think you are using others as a tool, but I am the biggest fool!"
Uncle Gu's sons and daughters-in-law also defected and explained to their relatives that they were also victims and that Uncle Gu had deceived everyone.
The crowd was noisy and chaotic.
Uncle Gu couldn't handle it anymore, his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the spot.
I don't know if I'm really dizzy or not.
Gu Xixi whispered to An Qinghe, "Thanks to you for finding the adopted child and bringing him here in time, otherwise I would have had to give up these wheat fields."
After all, if the wheat fields are destroyed, we can still plant other crops next season.
If a person is injured or dies, there is no coming back.
An Qinghe watched the fun and grinned, saying, "It wasn't me who found the adopted son. I searched his living room and Mr. Gu's bedroom, but couldn't find him."
Gu Xixi was startled, "Is this contract fake?"
An Qinghe shook his head, "It can't be fake, it was that Master Liu, he ran to Uncle Gu's house and gave it to me."
"He told me to take it and use it, saying you would know what it was."
Gu Xixi was silent for a while.
"What you got should be Boss Zhao's contract."
The person who was able to steal (or take out) the adopted child in advance might have anticipated what happened today earlier than Gu Xixi herself.
Gu Youfu untied the ropes on Uncle Gu, but Uncle Gu's family refused to let them go.
The two families are biting each other and have become enemies.
Gu Xixi was about to leave but was stopped by a group of Gu family's relatives.
The people in the lead are all quite old.
They faced Gu Xixi and suddenly bowed to the ground with their hands clasped.
Gu Xixi was a little surprised and took a half step back. "What do you mean? I can't bear it."
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