Chapter 43#
Chapter 43: Attack
As long as He Hailou is willing, he can turn any place into a battlefield.
Since He Hailou arrived at Wang Rongze’s “knocking on the door” banquet, everyone at the table could taste the gunpowder in their mouths.
Wang Rongze, sitting at the head of the table, had a face that was almost unbearable to look at. Several times he wanted to slam the table and curse, but was quietly held back by the young man with glasses next to him, forcing him to swallow his anger.
This kind of thing can happen once or twice, but if you do it again and again—are the eyes of everyone at this table blind? After a few times, everyone’s expressions became indifferent.
Gu Chenzhou stopped raising his glass and only occasionally picked up a bite of food with his chopsticks. Regarding He Hailou and Wang Rongze sitting on his left and right, whether willing or not, active or passive, he was analyzing their behaviors and the meanings behind them.
He Hailou came here openly to provoke trouble this time, almost tearing the last layer of face… I’m afraid it was also the instruction of the person behind him. That person surnamed Yu is also very dissatisfied with Wang Boyuan.
As for Wang Rongze, Gu Chenzhou pondered quietly. He is not as glorious as he appears on the surface. I’m afraid the rumors of him being favored are just because Wang Boyuan needs this nephew to pave the way in the circle of the third generation. He came here today firstly to show his brand, and secondly to act as an advance party for Wang Boyuan to feel out everyone’s inclination—now it seems that the second point is obviously far more important than the first. Wang Rongze didn’t even dare to really vent his anger, for fear of ruining Wang Boyuan’s business…
But after this meal. Gu Chenzhou glanced at Wang Rongze. Wang Boyuan’s matter is resolved, but it won’t be so easy for Wang Rongze to gain a firm foothold here again—in this circle, the status of the father is certainly important, but you yourself must at least be capable. Otherwise, just rank everyone according to their father’s status, why fight for the top spot?
Ten minutes to eight.
Gu Chenzhou looked at the time, thought it was about time, and said to Wang Rongze, “Young Master Wang, is it about time now? —If Young Master Wang has no plans later, let me be the host for once and take Young Master Wang for a walk?”
Wang Rongze’s gaze was still firmly glued to He Hailou. He nodded somewhat absent-mindedly at first, then realized what Gu Chenzhou was saying.
With this realization, he felt refreshed from the heart, almost like drinking a mouthful of ice water in the dog days of summer: This timing is perfect. Finally free from this damn dinner party. And people didn’t say they had something to do and wanted to leave, but asked if he had anything to do. If not, they could walk together—this is of course a polite remark that cannot be taken seriously, but not everyone can say polite remarks so well, right?
Again, people are compared out. Now Wang Rongze found Gu Chenzhou pleasing to the eye by more than a little bit. He immediately followed the slope down and ended the banquet: “Young Master Gu is right, it is about time. I do have some things to do tonight. Next time, next time I will definitely ask Young Master Gu to introduce some fun things.”
Gu Chenzhou nodded and stood up first. Only then did the others stand up in twos and threes, exchanged a few words with Wang Rongze, and gradually dispersed.
From the innermost small building of National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance to the outside, it takes a full ten minutes to walk along the path.
Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou were walking at the very front. If possible, Gu Chenzhou would be very happy for He Hailou to roll wherever he wanted—but this wish seemed difficult to realize. So at this moment, He Hailou not only stood beside Gu Chenzhou but also leaned close to whisper to him:
“Young Master Gu, long time no see.”
Gu Chenzhou looked straight ahead expressionlessly: “Is that so? I think we meet too frequently.”
“Haven’t seen you for five days.” He Hailou cited the specific time.
“Young Master He can take a few more days to calm down.” Gu Chenzhou replied.
“Young Master Gu really has a cruel heart.” He Hailou said with a chuckle.
“…” Gu Chenzhou thought he’d better not argue with He Hailou, lest he get more entangled and confused. But why did He Hailou specifically lean close to him? Intermittent madness?
No, if it was madness, the other party would have started fighting directly long ago. With someone like him, rubbing against each other on the same road is simply too easy and too possible, completely something He Hailou would do.
A thought suddenly flashed through Gu Chenzhou’s mind. He continued to walk forward, but his body turned slightly inadvertently. At the moment he turned his head back, he happened to see a black shadow flash past the window of the “Listening to the Wind and Lotus at Night” building.
He Hailou, standing next to Gu Chenzhou, naturally took all this into his eyes. He shrugged his shoulders with some regret.
So that’s how it is.
Gu Chenzhou withdrew his gaze. He was not afraid of others playing tricks on him to achieve some purpose. On the contrary, if every move of He Hailou had deep meaning, it was a confrontation he was familiar with. Given that the other party returned to normal behavior, he rewarded the other party with a smile: “Does Young Master He think this is useful?”
Seeing the smile on Gu Chenzhou’s face, He Hailou’s gaze was obviously different: “Whether it’s useful or not is not up to Young Master Gu and me.”
“That’s true.” Gu Chenzhou didn’t say anything more and left National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance with He Hailou.
In that small building, Wang Rongze, who stayed until the end, endured until everyone had left, then kicked over the table in anger, causing the dishes that had not been completely cleared on the table to crash onto the waiter who was clearing the table: “What the hell! Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou dared to set a trap and play good cop bad cop in front of me. I’ll kill these two sooner or later!”
“Maybe it was He Hailou acting alone as usual, with the purpose of making us misunderstand.” The one who spoke was a man with glasses. This man was the one who had been signaling Wang Rongze to restrain himself at the dinner table just now.
Wang Rongze grew up in the circle, didn’t he understand the result of this meal? He directly threw a cold face at the other party, and kicked a chair heavily to the side of the man with glasses, expressing his extreme dissatisfaction.
The man with glasses pushed his glasses with his hand, sat steadily in his original position, his brows not moving a bit.
Wang Rongze had already circled the hall several times, smashing everything that could be smashed in the room with a bang all the way, but still felt the fire in his heart burning more and more vigorously. He couldn’t help but say to the special forces soldier who had been standing in the corner from the beginning: “Take some people tonight to teach He Hailou and Gu Chenzhou a lesson! If I don’t do anything, they really think I’m a sick cat sleeping on the bed!”
Following Wang Rongze’s words, the sharp gaze of the man with glasses hidden under the lenses closely followed and shot at the special forces soldier.
The special forces soldier lowered his eyes and acted like a statue.
Seeing this scene, Wang Rongze also knew clearly in his heart. He sneered and took a few deep breaths, finally suppressing the hidden fire, and slowly sat down on the chair.
Gu Chenzhou, He Hailou, Gu Chenzhou, He Hailou… You’d better really be at odds, don’t let me catch a handle! Otherwise—
At this time, the group of young masters who walked out of National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance had dispersed. Gu Chenzhou, because everyone wanted to come up and say hello, was slower than others, turning from the first one out to the last one to leave.
Arriving at the parking lot, He Hailou’s car had not driven away, and there seemed to be people sitting in the car.
Gu Chenzhou’s car was not parked in the same area as He Hailou’s. He glanced at the other party from a distance and got into his own car, starting the engine while thinking about He Hailou’s affairs.
I’m afraid he also acted as a gun for He Hailou today.
Gu Chenzhou let his hands hang on the steering wheel, tilted his head back slightly, and pondered quietly.
Of course, he didn’t favor anyone at the reception just now, and even helped Wang Rongze out of trouble a few times. But judging from the pettiness Wang Rongze showed before, I’m afraid that if he didn’t stand clearly on his side, once this person recovered, it would be wrong; plus the intimate actions He Hailou made intentionally or unintentionally at the end, it’s hard to say what Wang Rongze will think.
However, no matter what Wang Rongze thinks, it is impossible to push the Gu family to the Yu faction at present.
As for the Gu family, from a political point of view, as the one promoted by the current leader, they probably can’t ignore that person’s meaning, skip the Wang Boyuan faction, and get close to the old Crown Prince.
Never mind Wang Rongze, to make a rift between the Gu family and Wang Boyuan, this little trick is not enough… It’s just that night a few days ago, did He Hailou have any other ideas? For example, wanting him to miss something or lose something…
Thinking of this, Gu Chenzhou also struggled a bit, feeling that he was probably making excuses for the other party: If it wasn’t He Hailou’s own intention, what kind of big event is worth his sacrifice like this?
He didn’t think about He Hailou anymore, started the car and drove out steadily.
National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance is located in the suburbs near the city. It is not far from the city itself. Vehicles come and go around it, making it quite busy with endless traffic. But unlike National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance, Tianxiang Mountain, which is also in the suburbs, is different. This is a place that hasn’t been planned and developed much. Gu Chenzhou chose this place entirely because he likes the quietness here.
Driving all the way from National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance back to Tianxiang Mountain, the surrounding vehicles gradually decreased. When passing another corner, Gu Chenzhou’s mobile phone placed in the car suddenly rang. He glanced at it casually, and just as he reached out to take it, a black shadow suddenly sprang out from the woods on both sides and pounced fiercely towards the front wheel of Gu Chenzhou’s car!
Gu Chenzhou was shocked, reflexively slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard to the right at the same time!
After a burst of extremely harsh rubber friction sound on the ground, the silver-gray car body suddenly shook heavily. After a few consecutive shakes, the front of the car hit heavily on the trunk of a tree on the green belt on the side of the road.
Within a few breaths, he broke out in a cold sweat. The slight drowsiness caused by drinking a cup or two of wine just now all turned into tension because of this sudden event. He leaned against the back of the chair, grabbed the steering wheel hard, took a deep breath, unfastened his seat belt and was about to get out of the car, but saw several people suddenly pouring out of the woods nearby. The person in the lead walked quickly, holding an iron rod, said nothing, swung it up and smashed it hard against his driver’s seat glass!
“Crash!” With a sound, glass fragments splashed. Gu Chenzhou raised his hand to block his face. The initial surprise and tension had receded like the tide. At this time, he didn’t think about anything, took advantage of the situation to pounce to the right, pulled out a military knife about half the length of an adult’s arm from the glove box of the passenger seat, turned around with a grim expression to slash at the arms reaching into the car, and at the same time quickly stepped on the accelerator and shifted gears, preparing to crash out directly!
The motor started, and the car body trembled slightly. Gu Chenzhou stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, but heard an extremely harsh friction sound coming from the position of the wheels—damn, the shaking just now was the tire being punctured!
Gu Chenzhou cursed secretly, turned off the engine directly, tilted his head to dodge the iron rod smashing towards his head, waved the knife in his left hand upward, firmly resisting several weapons probing in from the car window. While pressing a few keys on the mobile phone on his body, he turned around quickly, pulled open the car door and kicked out, smashing heavily into several men squatting by the car door, then quickly ducked out, turned his arm back, blocking the knife swinging towards him against the car door.
But almost at the same moment, two iron rods and three short knives attacked him from all directions!
Who are these people? Which side sent them? What purpose do they want to achieve by attacking him?
A series of questions flooded Gu Chenzhou’s mind. In a flash, he pounced on the person on the side, stabbed the knife into the opponent’s arm, twisted it fiercely at the same time, and when pulling it out, dragged the person who lost the ability to resist in an instant, and threw him directly at those people!
“Xiao Dao!” Finally someone among the attackers who had been silent from the beginning spoke. Two very short syllables, but Gu Chenzhou suddenly realized what the familiarity at the beginning was—these people all came out of the army!
Damn it, it’s the change of term again!
This has just begun, and the bottom line has all dropped!
The other seven or eight people have undergone rigorous training and it is impossible to fight them. After throwing one person away, Gu Chenzhou immediately turned around to run, but just after taking a step, the bright car lights suddenly lit up and shot straight into his eyes!