Chapter 171 Waste! As soon as Secretary Jiang finished speaking, the three members of the Xia family lost all color on their faces.
Xia Cheng's pupils trembled, and there was only one thought left in his mind.
Wasn’t Xia Zhining’s engagement broken off by the Gu family a long time ago?
Why was Gu Huaiye here? And he even offered her a sky-high salary?!
In a flash, a reasonable explanation came to my mind.
Xia Zhining must have used some shady means to threaten Mr. Gu's life-saving wolfhound, and only then did she get entangled with Mr. Gu!
The intense jealousy made Xia Cheng lose his mind in an instant.
He didn't care about the occasion and said to Gu Huaiye urgently, "Mr. Gu! You haven't had much contact with her, so don't be fooled by this girl!"
"She's a greedy, ungrateful person. She's definitely after your money now. You'd better be careful!"
Xia, standing beside him, gently lowered her eyelids at the right moment, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. Her voice was soft and gentle, with just the right amount of worry: "Dad, don't say that about my sister."
"Maybe my sister is just having some troubles and is too eager for success..."
Her words seemed to be advice, but in fact they labeled Xia Zhining as "vulgar and materialistic".
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhining was simply amused by the family's train of thought.
She threw up her hands helplessly. "If I'm not after money, then what am I after? To be exploited every day?"
Su Yuerui seemed to have finally caught hold of something. She pointed at Xia Zhining and said to Gu Huaiye, "Mr. Gu, you heard it, didn't you? She admitted it herself!"
"She's only after your money. You can't keep a gold digger like her!"
Xia Cheng immediately chimed in, his tone indignant: "Look, Mr. Gu, she dares to ask for five figures today, and she'll ask for six figures tomorrow! This appetite is simply a bottomless pit!"
"Six figures?" Gu Huaiye chuckled and slowly stroked the back of Anxing's neck.
"If this is considered greed...it seems the Xia family's reputation as a wealthy family is indeed unfounded."
He lowered his eyes to look at Xia Zhining beside him: "If she doesn't want my money, what else does she want..."
"I'm worried instead."
Xia Cheng was completely dumbfounded when he heard this!
He thought that by accusing him of being a "money-worshiper" he would disgust Gu Huaiye, but he didn't expect the other party to have such an attitude!
"Mr. Gu, we watched Xia Zhining grow up, and we know her best!"
Su Yuerui quickly added, "This girl may appear weak on the surface, but who knows when she'll stab you in the back..."
Gu Huaiye was neither angry nor displeased when he heard this, but instead chuckled.
"If Xia Zhining could really stab me in the back—"
He curled his lips, "Then she really has something wrong."
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhining raised her head and met Gu Huaiye's deep gaze. Her face flushed and she opened her eyes wide in surprise.
Gu Huaiye's train of thought is unexpected! Is this the thinking of a strong person?
Learned!
Su Yuerui was stunned. She never expected that the legendary cold-faced devil of the business world would react like this!
Xia Cheng was the first to react, and hurriedly pushed Xia Qingqing forward. "Mr. Gu, our Qingqing is actually much more talented than Zhining! She grew up in a poor family and relied entirely on her own efforts to get into a top veterinary school. That's real talent!"
Xia Qingqing lowered her eyes at the right moment, her voice so gentle that water could drip out of it: "Dad, please don't say that. Zhining has lived up to the Xia family's careful training since childhood and is also very outstanding."
Su Yuerui also hurriedly said, "Mr. Gu, we are about to launch a new line of high-end dog food and are negotiating cooperation with a national agricultural base. If you are interested in investing..."
"No need." Gu Huaiye interrupted coldly, not even bothering to give a glance, "Gu's will not get involved in the pet market."
He lowered his eyes to look at Xia Zhining beside him, and a barely perceptible sense of helplessness melted into his icy voice:
"Just dealing with a beast language consultant and the zoo has exhausted all my patience."
Gu Huaiye clearly didn't want to waste any more time arguing with the Xia family. He took a thermos from Secretary Jiang and stuffed it into Xia Zhining's arms without hesitation. "It's today's nutritional supplement. I haven't drunk it yet."
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