Chapter 67 - 2#
On Secretary Fang’s side, he certainly didn’t have the guts to say no, otherwise Premier He could just move his hand and he wouldn’t be able to continue working. As for Director Chen, his immediate superior secretly hated: He also climbed the ladder of Gu Xinjun and Wei Chengbo! In his position, maybe he will have to vacate it for him to sit in soon!
“Xiao Chen,” thinking so, the immediate superior still coughed and said pleasantly: “You heard Secretary Fang’s call just now. You should know what to do about that person’s matter, right?”
Director Chen nodded and said: “Don’t worry, I understand.” He really understood. Regarding He Hailou, Gu Chenzhou actually didn’t explain what to do—this young master is rarely reasonable—they look at the Buddha’s face if not the monk’s face, of course it is impossible to really do anything. Besides, the one now, even if he sits here drinking tea, can attract the other one over…
This other one, of course, refers to Gu Chenzhou.
On the night of the 10th, Gu Chenzhou got He Hailou in here conveniently. On the one hand, it was because He Hailou’s matter was a trigger, and on the other hand, of course, it was because He Hailou had plotted against him so many times. If he didn’t return some color, how could he walk outside with face in the future?
But in fact, just as Gu Chenzhou said to He Hailou that night: It’s not that he doesn’t know what He Hailou thinks of him, but so what? Could He Hailou really have the ability to do anything to him?
Therefore, all along, even if Gu Chenzhou contacted He Hailou, his attention and purpose were placed on He Nanshan behind He Hailou. This time getting the person into the police station, he didn’t plan to explain anything at all, nor did he intend to care about how He Hailou was doing here or when he would come out—if He Nanshan didn’t fall, it would be difficult for him to bring real harm to He Hailou; and once He Nanshan fell, what would He Hailou be?
As for why Gu Chenzhou, who always held the above views, suddenly came over…
Gu Chenzhou sat opposite He Hailou.
After a few days of detention, apart from his clothes being a bit messy and his carefully groomed hair not being very obedient, He Hailou was still calm and composed, not much different from usual.
He Hailou said: “It’s really not easy for Young Master Gu to come here on his own initiative.”
“But Young Master He still got me here, didn’t he?” Gu Chenzhou said.
He Hailou shook his head and smiled: “Young Master Gu is really loyal enough to Young Master Wei. As soon as I said I wanted to chat with the police about Young Master Wei, Young Master Gu came immediately.”
Gu Chenzhou also smiled: “I don’t know why Young Master He insists on doing such a thankless task. Even if you say it, is there anyone who dares to record it?”
Because using this matter to lure you over is simple, fast and convenient! He Hailou thought so in his heart, but spoke a little more tactfully: “Even if no one dares to record—didn’t Young Master Gu come too?”
Gu Chenzhou was silent for a moment. Since he knew He Hailou’s thoughts, of course he could hear the ambiguity in these words clearly: “Young Master He is determined to entangle Young Master Wei’s affairs?”
Who made him insist on entangling my giant lobster! He Hailou felt very darkly that his lobster had been sucked away a mouthful of fragrant gravy. He continued to say tactfully: “To be honest, the one entangling Young Master Wei is actually not me, but Young Master Gu.” If it weren’t for Gu Chenzhou, why would he look at Wei Xiangjin?
Gu Chenzhou, who had always been deep in thought and well-mannered, finally flew into a rage here: Fuck, I haven’t settled the score with you about Wei Xiangjin before, and now you can’t stop talking about how to deal with Wei Xiangjin in front of me. Do you really think I can’t do anything to you!
“Young Master He…” Gu Chenzhou said two words, suddenly pushed the table away, leaned forward, grabbed He Hailou’s collar and dragged him onto the table forcefully!
He Hailou was crossing his legs leisurely and didn’t expect Gu Chenzhou to make a move suddenly. His chest and abdomen hit the table heavily, pushing the table forward a few steps, and he gasped in pain.
Gu Chenzhou let go of He Hailou’s collar, but at the same time forcefully pried up the other party’s chin.
This time it was He Hailou’s turn to be silent for a moment: This posture should obviously be done by him to Gu Chenzhou…
But at this time, of course Gu Chenzhou wouldn’t listen to his inner voice. Like that night, he leaned very intimately to He Hailou’s ear, with a light smile, and said clearly word by word: “He Hailou, do you really think that no one knows about the matter between your mother and Premier He?”
A pair of hands opened Pandora’s box.
The small interrogation room suddenly became quiet.
Gu Chenzhou stepped back slightly, and his gaze met He Hailou’s slightly slanted gaze.
Inch by inch of gloom.
Inch by inch of deep cold.
Then He Hailou chuckled and applauded one by one: “Young Master Gu, you have ability! Why don’t you go out and talk about it, so I can also see what exactly happened between them?”
It’s actually true… Gu Chenzhou was extremely surprised in his heart, but remained calm on the surface, just letting go of He Hailou’s jaw.
In less than a minute, there was already an obvious red mark on He Hailou’s chin. He sat back in the chair as if nothing had happened, and even straightened the table that had been knocked askew in a good mood, saying to Gu Chenzhou: “I never thought that Young Master Gu would be so interested in these old past events.” He Hailou said with a smile, “But Young Master Gu probably forgot that during the mudslide in Qingquan Village, I said that if Young Master Gu is interested in these, you can ask me directly. Why bother to investigate so troublesomely? —I will definitely tell you everything I know.”
Gu Chenzhou stared at He Hailou for a while, but said nothing in the end, turned and left.
As soon as he walked out of the interrogation room specially used for their private conversation, Gu Chenzhou thought to himself that what he just did was really not very classy—and not very intelligent!
He Hailou…
Gu Chenzhou was silent for a moment again, then drove back to Tianxiang Villa.
At Tianxiang Villa, Old Master Gu was teasing the monkey in the backyard. Since the monkey handed him a fruit last time, Old Master Gu would run over to see the monkey every now and then, and walk on the mountain at other times, enjoying himself.
Gu Chenzhou knew his grandfather was here when he saw the guards outside. He parked the car outside, found his grandfather in the backyard familiarly, and mentioned again: “Grandpa, why don’t you take this monkey back to accompany you?”
The old master was indeed a little moved. Last time he brought his wife over, she was also amused by this monkey… But soon Old Gu shook his head with a smile and said: “Forget it, this monkey is probably used to staying here. You haven’t kept it tied up, right? It shows that this monkey knows you and runs over to play from time to time. If we take it back to Zhengde Garden, it won’t be beautiful anymore.”
Gu Chenzhou let go of this topic. Seeing that tea had not been made on the table, he made a pot of Pu’er tea for his grandfather himself.
Old Master Gu picked it up and took a sip, then got back to business: “You have been paying attention to the things in the past two days, right?”
The things in the past two days of course referred to He Nanshan’s affairs.
Gu Chenzhou nodded: “It’s not far from the plan. He Nanshan has been pushed into everyone’s sight.”
“What’s next?” Old Gu asked, tapping the stone table lightly at the same time, “This plan was first proposed by you when you were investigating He Hailou in Dechang County. Your father and Chengbo cooperated with you to this extent—what are your thoughts on the next step?”
Gu Chenzhou clasped his hands together, lowered his eyes slightly and thought for a moment, finally shook his head: “He Nanshan won’t fall so easily. We have done enough for now.”
Old Gu hummed and said: “Be specific?”
Gu Chenzhou said: “What fault have we caught He Nanshan now? Just abusing power and disagreeing with the higher-ups’ ideas. These two things can be big if we want them to be, or small enough to be smoothed over with a sentence from some people. Now being able to put He Nanshan in everyone’s sight is also the result of multi-party involvement. If we do anything more at this critical juncture, it will force the one from the Yu faction to fight back.”
Old Gu nodded slightly.
“But we can’t do nothing either.” Gu Chenzhou spoke slowly again, “First of all, we are standing on the Wang faction’s side. The one from the Wang faction will not tolerate a force appearing on his side that flirts with the Yu faction or doesn’t work hard. If such a thing really happens, the one from the Wang faction should deal with us first; secondly, He Nanshan has grown into a towering tree to reach this point today. To uproot a towering tree, besides the most critical axe, we must also persistently hollow it out slowly…”
“So?” Old Gu asked.
Gu Chenzhou pulled out a not obvious, but certain and confident smile:
“So we have to retreat, retreat when the eyes focused on He Nanshan reach the peak! And we have to retreat unwillingly and helplessly!”
Old Master Gu was very satisfied with his grandson’s clear mind.
No one who can enter the political situation is a fool, but there are many who cannot control their desires at critical moments.
For example, people who are dazzled by victory.
For example, people who are blinded by power.
Or people who are too confident, too cautious, or have an unstable stance or cannot admit defeat—
Everyone has their own shortcomings.
If one cannot figure out one’s own shortcomings and overcome them, such a person, no matter how high their skills or how powerful they are, may not be able to laugh for long in the political situation.
“It’s good that you understand this.” Old Master Gu nodded slowly, “The plan went very smoothly this time, proving that your calculations were not wrong at all. This is very good, you indeed won against He Nanshan once; but walking all the way to this position, who sitting on top hasn’t had victories and defeats? This time is an opportunity, but it is still a bit early to hurt He Nanshan’s bones.”
Gu Chenzhou nodded in agreement, paused slightly and suddenly asked: “Grandpa, why has He Nanshan never married?”
Old Master Gu glanced at Gu Chenzhou: “What rumors did you hear?”
Gu Chenzhou hesitated slightly: “Is it true? He Hailou…” This pause seemed rich in meaning.
Old Master Gu said calmly: “He Nanshan’s sister was adopted from outside. He Nanshan had a relationship with his sister, but it was strongly opposed by the parents. Later his sister disappeared. As for what exactly happened, it’s just a small matter, don’t worry about it blindly.”
Gu Chenzhou thought to himself that this was really not wrong. What does He Hailou’s background have to do with him? He was really confused by He Hailou’s anger. With this time, he might as well go find Wei Xiangjin…
The matter here is over, it’s time to go and apologize to him properly.