Chapter 673: To Pledge Allegiance (1)
Strands of Xu Weilai’s hair fluttered along with the gentle breeze on the rooftop and tickled Zuo An’s face, causing something to stir in his usually calm eyes.
“What did you say?” he asked. He still sounded gentle, but upon listening closely, one could detect a hint of surprise in his voice.
Xu Weilai looked at him and repeated clearly, “I said that I want to join in if you intend to swallow the Gu Corporation.”
Xu Weilai sounded calm but confident and clear.
Zuo An remained silent for half a minute and seemed as if he was processing her words. Eventually, he controlled himself and a.s.sumed his usual gentle but unreadable expression as he questioned, “What’s your reason?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
Xu Weilai’s lips curled up into a cruel smile and her eyes were gradually glazed by resentment and indignance as she snapped back her head to look up at the sky. “Why do I always have to experience the dejection of being abandoned? Why am I the one who’s always sacrificed?”
“I never ask for a single cent from Gu Yu when we divorced. I even paid him a fixed sum of money every month so that I could repay the billion dollars that I owed him. But now, I suddenly realized how foolish I was.”
“I treated him like a prized treasure back then when I liked him. Now, all that I feel is hatred.”
Xu Weilai turned around to look at Zuo An when she said this. “Now, I loathe him with the same pa.s.sion with which I used to love him. I simply couldn’t bear the sight of how he’s always so high and mighty. He’s always so condescending and shows a blatant disregard for others. He ditched me twice and each time, I was left with nothing. I want him to experience what it’s like to lose everything as well!”
She then c.o.c.ked her head to one side and smirked devilishly as she asked, “Would this reason suffice?”
Zuo An stared at her and seemed to scrutinize her for a moment before he replied, “So you want to take revenge on Gu Yu?”
“I suppose you could put it that way. Or rather, I would have to make my trip back to China worth the while. I wouldn’t want to leave this place without dignity again for the third time. I’ve had enough of that.”
All of a sudden, a thought seemed to pop up in Xu Weilai’s mind and she remarked, “Zuo Si taught me a lesson just now. Care to listen?”
Zuo An nodded elegantly and encouraged, “Sure, I would be more than happy to.”
Xu Weilai took a few steps forward to rest her hands on the railing and, tapping her fingers lightly, she looked back at him and said, “She said that only individuals who share a common goal could be together. The most stable form of relations.h.i.+p in this social circle is one in which both parties share the same interests and the interests are maximized.”
“That certainly sounded like something that she would say,” Zuo An agreed.
“I also think that she’s right about this. That’s why… Big Boss, I don’t know how you’re related to Zuo Si, but I’m not interested. I know that you’re on opposing teams from her. I’m also against Gu Yu and Zuo Si, so we share the same goals.”
“If you allow me to join you, I’ll do my best to help you to swallow the Gu Corporation. I have no interest in the Gu Corporation, so take it if you like. I just want Gu Yu to be defeated and to lose everything that he has.”
Zuo An observed how Xu Weilai’s expression transformed from one of love to that of resentment for a while before he suddenly smiled and remarked, “Weilai, are you trying to pledge your loyalty to me?”
“Of course.”
“You should know that words are too cheap to prove your sincerity in pledging allegiance,” Zuo An noted and a cunning glint flashed across his eyes. “If you want me to believe in your loyalty, then shouldn’t you at least show me something to convince me?”
No matter how good Xu Weilai’s reasoning was, it was insufficient to persuade Zuo An to believe her.