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Chapter 143 - 143 143 There is a Grudge
Chapter 143 - 143 143 There is a Grudge
?Chapter 143: Chapter 143: There is a Grudge Chapter 143: Chapter 143: There is a Grudge Lu Xun looked at Huo Ye in such a state and couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.
“Luo Ning is an absolute master in this area, so in the future, even if well-intended advice sounds harsh, don’t take it lightly.”
Although Huo Ye was only a few months younger than him, his character was much more childish.
In fact, in terms of seniority, these three childhood friends all should call him ‘Uncle’.
Huo Ye had always been somewhat afraid of Lu Xun, his childhood friend, so he nodded with a smile, “I got it.”
“This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered this kind of thing, so I didn’t take it seriously. Next time I’ll definitely listen to you guys.”
Then he sat down again opposite Luo Ning, his eyes filled with a fiery gaze as he asked, “Master Luo, how did you figure out that I would face a bloody disaster?”
What was most incredible was that she even knew someone would smash a wine bottle over his head.
This couldn’t have been prearranged, considering he randomly decided to go to the restroom during dinner and just happened to run into Feng Yuhao carrying fine wine to the same dinner appointment.
Having experienced it firsthand, and coupled with Fu Ci telling him how Luo Ning had helped Fu Wei, he was completely convinced of these mystical matters.
Unable to resist his curiosity, he came over again.
Luo Ning told the truth, “I saw you were plagued by the ‘Peach Blossom’ misfortune; then I calculated a bit, and that’s why I predicted you would face a bloody disaster tonight.”
Huo Ye was stunned, “Peach Blossom misfortune?”
Luo Ning nodded, “That’s right, was the person who smashed the bottle on you one of your admirers?”
Huo Ye widened his eyes in astonishment, “Awesome, you’re just awesome, you even figured that out.”
He had an admirer abroad who followed him back to China this time.
He only recently found out that Feng Yuhao liked that girl, which explained why they had always been at odds.
He hadn’t told this to Lu Xun and the other friends, so it couldn’t have been them who informed Luo Ning, meaning she had figured it out on her own.
Lu Xun furrowed his brows and said to Huo Ye, “Mind your language.”
Huo Ye was speechless. He often spoke like that before but had never been warned by this guy.
Indeed, in the presence of beauty, even his best friend had the potential to become a foolish ruler.
“Right, right, I’ll be careful,” he said, clasping his hands together.
Luo Ning caught the name he had mentioned earlier, “The person you said was named Feng Yuhao, was he the one who smashed the bottle on you?”
Huo Ye nodded, “Yes, that guy’s always been arrogant and difficult because his family has money.”
They had taken a low-key approach; he had started his own company abroad and moved it to China upon returning.
Thus, Feng Yuhao, who hadn’t been in the country long either, had no idea of his real background and thought his family simply had some wealth.
Otherwise that bastard would never have dared to smash a wine bottle over his head.
But they had never been the kind of rich kids who bullied others using their family’s influence, so he planned to settle this grudge himself.
Luo Ning asked again, “The Feng Yuhao you mentioned, isn’t he the maternal grandson of the Gou Group’s chairman?”
Huo Ye thought even this was something Luo Ning had deduced, and he once again thought highly of her abilities.
He replied, “He is the maternal grandson of the chairman of the Gou Group.”
Then his tone shifted, “But I had someone look into his background before, and it turns out he is not really the chairman’s direct grandson, but the son of a stepdaughter born to the chairman’s second wife.”
Speaking of this, he said with a hint of contempt, “That Chairman Gou isn’t a good guy either; after his first wife died, he married a widow.”
“That widow brought a daughter with her into the family and took on the Gou surname. Then the daughter always presented herself as Miss Gou publicly.”
“If people didn’t know, they would think she was Chairman Gou’s own child.”
“I accidentally found out that more than twenty years ago, the daughter of that step-wife stole the fiancé of Chairman Gou’s own daughter.”
“Not long after, Chairman Gou’s own daughter disappeared, and the Gou Family claimed that Miss Gou fell for a man who wasn’t fit to be presented publicly, and willfully eloped with him.”
“And they also claimed that because Miss Gou disappeared, her fiancé married the stepsister instead, and then they had Feng Yuhao.”
He sneered disdainfully, “Families like this really lack class.”
Luo Ning snorted coldly, “Absolutely revolting.”
“I think it’s revolting too,” Huo Ye nodded in agreement.
“I also found out that Old Man Gou isn’t in great health and so he’s been looking for his biological daughter on the down low.”
Luo Ning’s eyes turned colder, her tone dripping with sarcasm, “With a beloved wife and stepdaughter, why bother finding his biological daughter?”
Huo Ye replied, “That stepdaughter isn’t his blood, after all, and Gou Group can barely be considered a first-rate company. Maybe he wants, after he’s old, to hand the company over to his biological daughter.”
Luo Ning found it laughable, “He’s really got some nerve, looking for his biological daughter now.”
Huo Ye shrugged, “People who can drive away their own daughter for a stepdaughter usually have thick skins and are utterly self-centered.”
“That’s how they end up with dolts like Feng Yuhao.”
He also didn’t want to use his family’s power, or else what were the Gou Family and the Feng Family compared to him?
“However, Feng Yuxiao, Feng Yuhao’s sister, is much more capable than him. She’s been placed in the Gou Group to work, and it’s most likely due to the pillow talk of that stepmother.”
Huo Ye paused before saying, “As long as Old Man Gou’s biological daughter isn’t found, if Feng Yuhao inherits the Feng Family, then Feng Yuxiao can legitimately take over the Gou Group.”
“After all, that biological daughter has been missing for over twenty years—who knows where she is, or if she’s even still alive.”
He most detested such dark family secrets, where biological children aren’t cherished, but stepdaughters are. Old Man Gou has something wrong with his brain.
Of course, he’d also heard that many times a woman’s influence can be quite formidable, that stepmother from the Gou Family certainly wasn’t a simple character.
“And even if he does find his daughter, that stepmother and stepdaughter of his, how could they possibly let her come back and easily take over the inheritance? The more I think about it, the more I feel like he’s putting his own daughter in harm’s way.”
Luo Ning exuded an aura of frost, “Old Man Gou really is a curse.”
Huo Ye felt Luo Ning’s chills, “Do you know someone from the Gou and Feng families?”
Luo Ning replied, “I do.”
Huo Ye tentatively asked, “Got a grudge?”
Luo Ning’s gaze and voice were both frigid as she mentioned these families, and being a clever man, he couldn’t help but speculate, which is why he asked.
Luo Ning nodded, “Yes, there’s a grudge.”
Huo Ye immediately reached out his hand, “The enemy of my enemy is a friend; we’re truly destined.”
But before Luo Ning could reach out, she was met with a glare from Lu Xun.
Huo Ye then shrank his neck and quickly retracted his hand, offering a sheepish smile and an explanation, “I meant we’re fated in friendship.”
Old Lu was really too petty. What’s wrong with a handshake and talking about fate?
He didn’t plan to steal his little wife, after all.
Seeing his behavior, the coldness in Luo Ning’s eyes faded and she offered a slight smile, “We do seem to have quite the fate.”
Huo Ye said with a smile, “Then let me help you take revenge.”
Old Lu cared so much about this little wife of his; helping with revenge was like helping a brother out. No mistake there.
Upon hearing this, both Fu Ci and Yu Zihang were speechless.
As if they needed your help for revenge. Taking jobs from Old Lu was sure to earn you a glare.
Luo Ning chuckled, “Thanks for the offer, but it’s not necessary.”
Lu Xun also spoke up, “Don’t meddle in other people’s business.”
With Luo Ning’s temperament, she would undoubtedly prefer to take her revenge personally.
Besides, she still had him, after all. Huo Ye really had been abroad too long and seemed completely incapable of reading the room.
In a couple of days, it seemed he needed to visit Master Huo and put this guy in his place.
Huo Ye inexplicably felt a chill around his neck, “Alright, then I’ll stay out of it.”