Chapter 267 - Aren’t All That After All

Yang Haotian felt like he had gone nuts, standing not too far from where Fu Dongyi was. He didn’t expect that Yang An’s little friends would know Fu Dongyi, and it seemed like they weren’t some random commoners either. Fu Dongyi’s head was lowered, looking at his phone. A strange look crossed his face after that, and he looked at Yang An with something akin to pity in his face, not saying a word.

Yang Haotian couldn’t stand it anymore, his face paling. What was the meaning of that? Was he planning to go back on their collaboration plans?

Thinking of this, Yang Haotian couldn’t help but turn around to the other businessmen. There were the other people who were interested in the engine, he had not thought them to be significant since Fu Dongyi was around, but seeing that the man may no longer be interested, he obviously needed to shift his attention to them now.

Those business partners glanced at each other. Being businessmen in the Imperial Capital, they naturally knew of Nine Heavens, and of course the president of the company. Although they could only see Gu Xiqiao’s side profile from where they were standing, it was easy to know who it was, she had a very recognizable face after all.

Not to mention, the attitude that Fu Dongyi was displaying.

What other girl in the Imperial Capital would Fu Dongyi treat so respectfully? There was only the one from Nine Heavens, of course.

“Sorry, Manager Yang. Our company will retract from the collaboration this time.” A middle-aged man looked at Gu Xiqiao, fear and awe on his face. After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Seeing this, the others too started to leave in the same hurried manner.

They were all people with extensive experience in the business industry, how could they not see that something fishy was going on between the two brothers? Adding on that Gu Xiqiao was smack dab in the middle of it, even if you gave them millions of courage, they didn’t want the girl as their opponent! They had to leave, now, otherwise they could be wiped out with just a flick of a finger if they caught her eyes!

Suddenly, only Yang Haotian’s supervisor was left by his side.

The supervisor looked in Yang An’s direction with hesitance in his eyes.

“Supervisor, the Yang family and the engine is already in my hands, how can Yang An be more powerful than me?” Yang Haotian bit back his frustration as he looked towards the supervisor.

The man thought about Yang An’s cynical character, and then thought about Yang Haotian’s words, and he instantly calmed down.

That’s right, Yang An was just an ant on the ground, how could he begin to compare with Yang Haotian?

Yang Haotian was not an idiot either, seeing all the people’s behavior, he knew that Yang An’s little friend must be a terrifying existence, and was not someone simple. He gritted his teeth, looking at Yang An with a dark expression. “Sh*tty dog, you think you can drag me down just because you found a good backing?”

Yang Haotian turned and left with a foul expression on his face.

He still wasn’t aware what kind of existence he had provoked.

***

Gu Xiqiao, who was immersed in devouring her lotus root, raised her head suddenly. Her slender fingers picked up her teacup to take a sip. “I say, haven’t you stared enough?”

Yang An still had a disbelieving expression on his face. “No, I still can’t wrap my head around it. Are you really the great god?” And she was also acquainted with Fu Dongyi?

Shouldn’t people who play games be losers?

Forget that Xiao Yun was ‘Miss Perfect’, why was the man who knew For A Millenium personally also the same? Yang An was so shocked by the revelations that he was just at a loss for words. He just continued to sip his glass of water.

“Director Cheng recently got interested in one of my scripts for a TV series, are you interested?” Su Wu suddenly asked, recalling the matter, looking at Gu Xiqiao.

Cheng Zhou had Gu Xiqiao in mind for the role immediately, and to be honest, so had he. This was because Gu Xiqiao had always managed to perform all the characters in the scripts so vividly and real.

Hearing this, Gu Xiqiao merely shook her head. “Not at the moment, I have other things I need to do.”

Su Wu laughed when he heard her words.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“What are you laughing at?” Xiao Yun raised her head, looking at Su Wu.

“No, when I spoke to Director Cheng yesterday about asking Miss Gu, he said that she would definitely say she has other things to do.” And indeed, Gu Xiqiao had replied exactly as Cheng Zhou had predicted, so he couldn’t help but laugh at it.

Gu Xiqiao poured a stack of beef rolls into the pot, and reached to pick them out when they were cooked. Leaning her face on her hand on the table, she looked slightly thoughtful as she glanced at Yang An. “Your family came to the capital to expand your business?”

Yang An snapped out from his shock, his fist clenching again when he heard Gu Xiqiao’s question. His eyes darkened, but his tone was relaxed as he replied, “Yeah.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen such an idiot.” Gu Xiqiao sighed, putting down her hand. “Even your own engine design has been taken by others.”

He had just recovered from the shock, and he was sent spiraling into it once again at Gu Xiqiao’s words.

He had created the engine after seeing Nine Heavens, and no one was aware of the process until it was finally taken by Yang Haotian. Obviously, everyone would believe Yang Haotian’s words.

Yang An, who had always been isolated and without help lost his confidence, and simply never mentioned the matter again to avoid being made fun of.

But how did she know about the engine?

More importantly, how did she know that he was the person who had created it? Apart from shock, he could feel the bitterness underneath it.

He had finally found the warmth and understanding of outsiders out of his family.

“Great god, how did you know?” Yang An sniffed, trying to calm the raging emotions surging inside him.

“I read your fortune.” Gu Xiqiao raised an eyebrow, tapping her fingers on the table. “Hmm... are you interested in cooperating with us?”

“Cooperate?” Yang An glared at her. “Great god, don’t play with me. I’m very fragile inside right now, and I can’t suffer through another storm. And I’m also quite dumb...”

“It’s fine, I’ve taught people more stupid than you before.” Gu Xiqiao glanced at him indifferently. “Just one word, yes or...”

Before she could finish, Yang An answered hurriedly. “Yes, yes, I’ll do it!”

Su Wu: “...”

This person was a little too simple, wasn’t he?

“Alright, then let’s go.” Gu Xiqiao stood up. “Su Wu, bring him to meet Luo Wenlang and Yu Ning.”

“Aren’t you going to the offline meeting?” Su Wu asked, also standing up.

Gu Xiqiao thought about it for a while. “Me and Xiao Yun won’t go today, something came up. They’ll be in the capital for a few days anyway, we’ll meet up another time.”

Su Wu didn’t press further at that, and he turned to look at Yang An. “Today must be your lucky day. Let’s go, I’ll bring you to meet Mr. Luo.”

Yang An wanted to ask something, but the mysterious expression on Su Wu’s face made him hold his tongue.

Gu Xiqiao and Xiao Yun left the place, and when she walked out, she gave Luo Wenlang a call. “Have you done what I asked you to do?”

Luo Wenlang was flipping through some documents on the other side. “Boss Gu, I’ve studied Chu Enterprise as you asked. Their annual profit is 247.5 billion US dollars, they have hotels all over the world...”

“I’m more aware of those numbers than you are.” Gu Xiqiao rubbed her temples. “I asked if there have been any special movements from Chu Enterprise lately.”

“There is one thing.” Luo Wenlang reached out to tap a few keys, a report appearing on his screen. “They recently moved their economic center to the capital. They used to be in the US, and I don’t understand what they were thinking. Their profit will drop by at least five percent annually with this move.”

Both of them were extremely sensitive to numbers, and Gu Xiqiao had already calculated the losses the moment Luo Wenlang had mentioned the percentage.

She thought for a while, before saying, “Let’s leave it at that for now. Su Wu will be bringing someone to meet you in a bit, this person’s similar to Fu Dongyi.”

Once she said that, Luo Wenlang was silent, and then... blank. “Oh.” Such a cold response.

“Also, let Yu Ning know that the engine in this person’s hand is very helpful to the development of the virtual world. They can get along well, ah, it’s complicated, forget it.” Gu Xiqiao squinted slightly. “I’ll swing by Nine Heavens tomorrow, so we’ll talk about the details then.”

***

After hanging up, Luo Wenlang opened up Penguin, shooting Yu Ning a message—[Your springtime youth is coming.]

This was the way the two of them talked, and Yu Ning knew what Luo Wenlang meant. He immediately put down everything he was doing, and rushed to Luo Wenlang’s office. “Luo Wenlang, the distance between us is just a d*mned door, can’t you just come and tell me in person!”

“Oh.” Luo Wenlang looked at the computer, a serious expression on his face as he continued to study the report that he had just received.

Yu Ning gritted his teeth. “What did you mean just now?”

“It’s nothing.” Luo Wenlang replied slowly.

F*ck! Yu Ning returned to his office, tapping on the keyboard a little harder than needed.

Luo Wenlang’s screen turned black. “...”

The secretary shook her head, ah, this love-hate relationship was kind of pointless, wasn’t it?

***

After speaking to Luo Wenlang, Gu Xiqiao put away her phone. She turned to Xiao Yun who was looking down at the ground. “Little Yunzi, did the people from the Tang family look for you again today?”

“I knew I couldn’t hide it from you.” Xiao Yun shoved her hands in her pocket, her head still lowered, her face hidden.

“What are you thinking now?” Gu Xiqiao stopped suddenly, pulling out her phone again. “I’ll give Tang Qingqiu a call, do you want to make it clear with him?” What was the Tang family making trouble with Xiao Yun for?

If it wasn’t for Xiao Yun’s opinion, she’d let loose the Peace Squad on them all and beat them down to the ground already!

“No need.” Xiao Yun raised her head, an indifferent look on her face. “Let’s go back to the training grounds.”

Gu Xiqiao studied Xiao Yun’s face carefully, and seeing that there was no reluctance on her face, she didn’t press any further. She flicked her fingers, and the pink car rolled over to them automatically.

The little pink car drove slowly towards the training grounds, and Xiao Yun was silent all the way, seemingly deep in thought.

In the slums of the north part of the city, Gu Xiqiao drove the car into a small alley. There was a group of people at the entrance of it, and the head of the group turned, stopping the car.

“Miss Xiao, I would like to talk to you.” The girl only turned around once the car stopped, revealing a gentle and pretty face.

Gu Xiqiao narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked to Xiao Yun. “Who is she?”

Xiao Yun’s face darkend, and she replied, “Tang Qingqiu’s fiancee, Murong Feixu.”

“What?!” Gu Xiqiao’s eyes widened. Fiancee, Tang Qingqiu’s fiancee?!

Xiao Yun got down from the car, and after a moment, Gu Xiqiao got down to follow her.

Murong Feixu’s gaze slid across Gu Xiqiao, before stopping on Xiao Yun. Her entire person seemed to scream arrogance, looking down on Xiao Yun. “Miss Xiao, you should know that Qingqiu’s identity isn’t someone simple. I’m telling you now, it’s not something a regular person like you can even begin to imagine. You, you’re not worthy of him.”

“Also,” Murong Feixu chuckled. “He doesn’t like you.”

Xiao Yun clenched her fist, her face hardening. Her mind was clear as she grabbed Gu Xiqiao’s hands, who had wanted to lash out.

“Then what are you?” Seeing her friend of two lives being bullied, how could you expect Gu Xiqiao to stand there and do nothing? Xiao Yun didn’t let her move her hands, so she moved her mouth instead. She would use her anger to piss off this person then!

She narrowed her eyes at Murong Feixu. Having stayed so long with Jiang Shuxuan, she had gotten at least ten percent of his coldness down to the point. “So Tang Qingqiu doesn’t like Xiao Yun, and he likes you? Which part of you can compare to Little Yunzi? Is your skin better than hers? Are you legs longer than hers, or is your face prettier than hers? Tang Qingqiu doesn’t have sh*t for brains, would he even spare a look at you?”

“You, you little...” Murong Feixu had never been talked to this way before, and she was so angry she couldn’t even form words at the moment. All her education in etiquette was also forgotten in her anger.

“If you had said all these things directly to Tang Qingqiu’s face, I’d still have some semblance of respect for you.” Gu Xiqiao chuckled. “But here you are, secretly coming to bully Little Yunzi in some back alley, just because she’s a regular person? People from the ancient martial arts world aren’t all that in the end after all!” Just wait, in a moment, you won’t even be able to cry even if you wanted to!

Gu Xiqiao’s insults made Murong Feixu red in the face. “You arrogant b*tch, shoving false arguments into people’s throats!”

Murong Feixu’s words couldn’t compare to Gu Xiqiao’s sharp ones, and she waved her hands to direct the people behind her. “Grab them both!”

Though she gave the order, the two guards from the Murong family didn’t move. They were looking in a particular direction, fear painted on their faces. “Y-Y-Young Master Jiang.”