Chapter 549: Comeback
Fu Zhi rose to her feet and wiped the blood off the silver needle. She then looked at Wu Zhiheng, who was jumping and hopping around like a rabbit, with twinkling eyes, and said, “It seems like Young Master Wu’s as fit as a fiddle. It took me only two silver needles and he’s already woken up.”
Wu Zhiheng froze. He turned his head around slowly and realized that everyone was looking at him dubiously.
“I… I wasn’t lying. I was not feeling well just now…” He stammered. His face was ashen pale and he seemed like he was going to faint again.
However, the current situation did not permit him to do so.
“Not feeling well? Don’t worry, Young Master Wu. I’m experienced in this kind of illness. Go ahead and faint a few more times.”
‘So that you can turn me into a porcupine?’
Wu Zhiheng’s lips were trembling as he held Fu Zhi’s gaze. He hemmed and hawed for a long while yet he did not say anything.
The rest of the people then chimed in, “Young Master Wu, a bet is a bet. You lost, so you have to keep up with your end of the bargain. Hurry up and pay the money to the Lucky Cloud Pavilion.”
“That’s right. Integrity is one important aspect of a human. Besides, all of us have seen with our eyes that you’re the one who challenged her to a bet. If you don’t pay the money right now, we won’t trust you again and we won’t do business with your corporation anymore.”
“The Wu Corporation is a big corporation. You can win, but you can’t lose? Is this what your father taught you?”
All sorts of criticism and harsh remarks stabbed into Wu Zhiheng’s heart like a sharp blade.
He did not know what he should do.
When the Wu Family was on the rise, everyone here would greet him reverently and tried to curry favor with him whenever he came to the Lucky Cloud Pavilion for stone gambling. However, it’s all in the past now and a sea change had taken place in his life after what Fu Zhi did.
The past ten years were like a long dream to him, and now he had woken up from the dream.
It was all because of Fu Zhi! It was her fault! How else could he be looked down upon by so many people had it not been for her?
Wu Zhiheng wanted to rush forward and get rid of Fu Zhi, but a voice in his head was telling him to calm down. If he did anything stupid right now, he would be the one who got the short end of the stick.
Just when Wu Zhiheng was about to say something in return, the door to the lounge on the second floor opened up.
Wu Qi had woken up, and he was now going down the stairs with the help of the secretary.
His complexion was pale and his expression was dark. Shooting daggers at his son while at the same time trying his best to suppress the urge to strangle Wu Zhiheng to death, he stepped forward and announced, “I’ve been informed of the situation. You guys don’t have to say anything anymore. The Wu Corporation will never run from its responsibility. I apologize on behalf of my son for his misbehavior, and I promise that I’ll punish him when we get home.”
After that, he glared at Wu Zhiheng.
Wu Zhiheng wanted to say something in return, but he forwent the attempt in the end seeing how pale his father’s face was. He had a premonition that everything that happened today was going to put the Wu Family in a difficult situation.
Fu Zhi took a step back and said, “Please sign the promissory note then, President Wu.”
“Okay,” Wu Qi said as he took a look at Fu Zhi, his eyes filled with disbelief, regret, and respect.
“Can I ask a question before I sign the doc.u.ment?” Wu Qi asked, “Have you joined any QQ group before, Ms. Fu?”
The crowd was stunned. They did not know what Wu Qi was up to again.
Fu Zhi lifted her eyebrows and replied, “What do you think, President Wu? Do you think I’ve joined any QQ group before?”
Wu Qi did not reply.
Although it seemed like Fu Zhi was throwing the question back to him, she had already answered his question.
It was because she did not appear to be shocked or confused or surprised when he asked her the question, and this could only mean one thing: Yes.
Honestly, Fu Zhi had given them a lot of chances. It was just that they failed to grasp those opportunities.
Wu Qi froze and he could hear his heart shattering as he looked at the three hundred and fifty million on the doc.u.ment. This was all that was left of the Wu Family’s family fortune.
It was never in his wildest dream that he was going to return everything he got from Fu Zhi today.
That said, there was nothing he could do. They lost the bet, and if they did not pay the money, not only would they lose face, but these people would stop doing business with them as well, and most importantly, they had lost the support from the bigshot as well.
Therefore, Wu Qi could only pull himself together and sign his name on the doc.u.ment. However, he was going to handle the three hundred and fifty million only. As for the money they spent during the second round, he was going to split the bill with Chu Yunsheng.
When he signed the doc.u.ment, a lot of people praised him for his integrity.
That said, Wu Qi would rather they not praise him at all.
“Dad…” Wu Zhiheng stepped forward.
“Don’t call me dad,’ Wu Qi said, “I should call you dad instead.”
Wu Zhiheng kept his head low in dejection.
Looking around, Wu Qi felt that he was going to pa.s.s out again when he saw Lu Jingqing was selling his jades and exchanging contact numbers with a few bosses.
He did not want to stay here anymore, so he brought all of his team away.
The Lu Family won the match beautifully. After he had finished entertaining the bosses, Lu Jingqing then left the Lucky Cloud Pavilion with Fu Zhi.
Since all of the jades were expensive and rare, Fu Zhi called w.a.n.g Rao to come and pick them up.
While they were on their way back, w.a.n.g Rao made a call to Shen Cizhou, “I have a business deal here.”
“Fire away. If it’s not about taking lives, I won’t do it. It’s too boring.”
“It’s robbery.”
“Nice idea, but no. It’s against my code of ethics. If you don’t have anything else, I’m hanging up.”
“Wait!” w.a.n.g Rao said, “The Lucky Cloud Pavilion has a Dragonstone Jade and an Imperial Jade today. Coupled up with other jades, there are several million in the car right now.”
Shen Cizhou’s eyes lip up and he hastily said, “Give me the address. It’s everybody’s responsibility to loot and plunder everywhere!”
“You just need to pinpoint my location. All of the jades belong to Ms. Fu, so quickly come and steal a few! Ms. Fu is so good at making money to support her family! I want to marry her!”
Shen Cizhou was stunned. He did not understand why w.a.n.g Rao did not tell him directly that those jades belonged to Fu Zhi.
‘Of all the people in the world, you want to rob Fu Zhi? Do you have a death wish?’ Shen Cizhou thought inwardly.
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In the meantime, inside a secret room in the Lucky Cloud Pavilion.
The air was filled with smoke.
There were some people in the exhibition hall after the Lu Family left. Manager Chen took a look around and went into the secret room.
The man sitting in the chair raised his head up from the phone. He had a flawless face and his body was well-proportionate. He exerted a strong aura, and he could make people shiver in fear just by sitting there without saying anything.
Manager Chen had seen a lot of people in his life, but he had to admit that none of them could be more attractive than the man in front of him. Even those celebrities paled in comparison with him.
“President Li,” Manager Chen greeted reverently as he took a step forward.
Li Nanli c.o.c.ked his head and looked at him expressionlessly, causing Manager Chen’s heart to leap into his throat.
That said, he took a deep breath and reported, “Ms. Fu has gotten all the ten jade stones that you brought today, and she didn’t notice anything strange.”
Li Nanli tapped his finger on the couch and the expression on his face showed that he was satisfied with the result.
It was just there was one thing that Manager Chen could not think through. “With all due respect, President Li, if you want to give those jade stones to Ms. Fu, why don’t you just give them to her in person? Why do you have to…”
What if Fu Zhi did not know how to pick jade stones, and those jade stones ended up taken by other people?”
Li Nanli extinguished the cigarette in his hand. He swept a glance at Manager Chen, causing the latter’s heart to skip a beat as he felt as if he was being targeted by a giant beast.
“Don’t worry, President Li. I won’t tell anybody about the things today! And… And you don’t have to care about my questions either!”
Li Nanli withdrew his gaze and rose to his feet. He took the blazer from the couch and put it on.
“I’m sure you should know what would happen to you if you can’t keep your mouth shut, right?”
A drop of sweat trickled down Manager Chen’s face as he nodded. “Yes! Yes!”
Li Nanli then headed out of the room, and Manager Chen caught glimpse of the smile on his lips.
‘Why did I want to do that? Of course it’s to make my girl happy.’
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When Jiang Zong came out of the elevator, the head of the Long Family was still talking nonstop, “I’ve been in this industry for so long, but I’ve never gotten such a good quality jade before. Besides, Ms. Fu is so awesome, she…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Jiang Zong suddenly come to a stop in his tracks.
“Are you alright, Mr. Jiang?” He asked.
However, he did not receive any reply from Jiang Zong. He lifted his head, and it was only then he noticed that Jiang Zong was staring in a direction.
He looked in the direction of Jiang Zong’s eyes, and a tall man wearing a suit entered his vision.
Judging from his attire, he knew that the man must be someone extraordinary.
“He is…”
“Hey, Long Yuan…”
Both of them spoke at the same time, but Long Yuan let Jiang Zong finished his sentence first. “How would you feel if I asked Fu Zhi to be my wife?”
“Huh?” Long Yuan was greatly stunned.
“Not a good match, right?” Jiang Zong continued, “I feel Fu Zhi doesn’t deserve me too. Besides, the elders in the Jiang Family will never agree to the marriage, and many problems might appear if she becomes my wife.”
Long Yuan said, “Yeah. President Jiang has the desire of betrothing you to the descendant of the Fu Family. Besides, you’re engaged to the descendant of the Fu Family since you’re a baby…”
“That’s been called off a long time ago. What I care about now is that Fu Zhi has a lot of money, and if I can make her my wife, it can save me a decade of effort.”
Long Yuan did not know what to say.
‘Excuse me? Even if she’s rich, her wealth is nothing compared to yours.’
Jiang Zong thought for a while and said, “Anyway, marriage is a no-go, but if I don’t marry her, it doesn’t seem legal. If she gets married to Li… to another man, I can be her second husband. Then, maybe she will leave all her inheritance to me when she pa.s.ses away? Or even better, maybe I can kick her first husband away and officially become her husband. I heard that the public likes this kind of comeback, right?”
Long Yuan became speechless.