The Gu family head coughed lightly, took out a bank card from the bottom drawer of his bedside table, and handed it to Gu Yaolin. "Your father has already arranged for you. I'm giving you a separate card. This card... is not under my name, nor is it under the Gu family's name. You... you can use it with peace of mind. Go... go and try your best, and don't come back for a while."
"Grandpa..." Gu Yaolin wanted to say something more, but in the end, he just pursed his lips and said, "Please take care of yourself."
Afterward, Gu Yaolin left the Gu family head's room, took his packed luggage, and headed directly to the airport.
Not long after Gu Yaolin left, Gu Yaoqing arrived at the Gu family and excitedly rushed into the Gu family head's room, saying, "Grandpa, you absolutely won't believe the good news I've brought back!"
The Gu family head looked at Gu Yaoqing, his eyes somewhat complex.
Because of Gu Yaoyang's matter, he found Gu Yaoqing more and more displeasing. Just last night, Gu Yaoqing's shameless remarks, claiming that everything Gu Yaoyang had now should belong to the Gu family, had angered him to the point of fainting.
Seeing Gu Yaoqing again today, the Gu family head still felt a tightness in his chest and a bit uncomfortable.
"Grandpa, I went to the Wen family this morning." Gu Yaoqing strode to the Gu family head's sickbed and exaggerated his merits, saying, "That Gu Yaoyang still delusionally wants to sever ties with the Gu family. I reprimanded him fiercely, pointing at his nose, and he didn't even dare to retort!"
"You... what did you say?" The Gu family head was struck by lightning. His already pale face, having fainted once, became even uglier. "You... you at the Wen family, you scolded, you scolded..."
"That's right!" Gu Yaoqing immediately said, "Not only that, but the Wen family head also praised me for being loyal and righteous, and told me to bring good news to you!"
The Gu family head felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his limbs going cold, and his ears buzzing.
Looking at Gu Yaoqing's smug face, the Gu family head trembled with anger. The question instantly resurfaced in his mind: he actually forced Gu Yaoyang away for such a person!
Regret and indignation surged together, stimulating a suffocating pain in his chest.
The Gu family head used all his strength to prop himself up and fiercely slapped Gu Yaoqing. "You... you idiot!"
Gu Yaoqing had never expected that the good news he brought back would result in a slap from the Gu family head. He was stunned for a moment.
"You... how dare you... you..." The Gu family head couldn't even finish a scolding sentence, trembling with pain.
At this moment, someone rushed into the room anxiously, their face a mask of panic and shock. "Family head! This is bad! All of the Gu family's partners are demanding to terminate their contracts!"
Hearing this, Gu Yaoqing was completely dumbfounded. "What? How could this happen!"
"If you drive away Gu Yaoyang, this will be the consequence..." The Gu family head collapsed on the bed as if all his strength had been drained, murmuring, "Retribution... retribution..."
"No, it won't! Gu Yaoyang, that good-for-nothing, that bastard! What kind of person is he! How could he possibly affect our Gu family's business!" Gu Yaoqing suddenly remembered something and said, "It's alright, Grandpa! We still have the Wen family! The Wen family! As long as the Wen family cooperates with us! Those partners will have to beg us!"
Hearing Gu Yaoqing's words, the Gu family head slowly raised his head and looked at Gu Yaoqing's foolish, hopeful face. He felt his entire body go numb and cold.
Did this Gu Yaoqing still not know that the actions of those partners were all orchestrated by the Wen family?
For so many years, the Wen family, out of consideration for the Gu family raising Gu Yaoyang, had given them preferential treatment, allowing the Gu family's business to grow continuously. He had tasted the sweetness and became reckless.
And now, reality had dealt him a resounding slap, making him realize how laughable his arrogance was, and showing him what a foolish and useless person his most cherished eldest grandson was!
Retribution!
It was all retribution!
While Gu Yaoqing was still obsessing over using the Lu family's assets and that treasure, and hoping the Wen family would help them through the difficulties, someone else rushed into the Gu family head's ward.
"This is bad, Family head! Many law enforcement officers have arrived! They say... they want..." The person looked at Gu Yaoqing, their expression tense.
"Stop stuttering! What kind of way is that to speak!" Gu Yaoqing said impatiently, "Hurry up and say it!"
"They said Yaoqing broke the law and want to take Yaoqing away for investigation!" The person finally blurted it out. "Many people have arrived!"
"Who dares to arrest me! I am someone appreciated by the Wen family head! Let me confront them!" Gu Yaoqing straightened his back and rushed out.
Seeing Gu Yaoqing like this, the Gu family head's anger flared up. He raised his hand to stop Gu Yaoqing from returning, but found that his limbs were no longer obeying him, and even his mouth and tongue felt strange.
As soon as Gu Yaoqing went downstairs, before he could even put on airs, he was immediately pinned to the ground.
"You! How dare you!" Gu Yaoqing also panicked. "I am a Gu family member! The Wen family... the Wen family..."
"That's right, it was the Wen family that provided the evidence." The law enforcement officers holding Gu Yaoqing down clearly stated his involvement in embezzlement, bribery, coercing accountants to falsify accounts, sexual assault of female employees, and even using torture to cause injury and disability. They even made it clear that he had conspired with the second and third young masters of Hua Heng to eliminate the general manager of Hua Heng, making Gu Yaoqing's expression turn grim.
These... weren't these the same things that Yu Linwan had brought out back then, which led to him being punished by family law? And even more comprehensive and detailed than that evidence!
Hadn't this evidence all been destroyed by the Gu family head?
How could this be!
Before Gu Yaoqing could figure it out, he was already being taken away. Along the way, he cried out for help, "Grandpa! Grandpa, save me! I am Gu Zong! I am the Gu family's eldest grandson! I am the next Gu family head! Grandpa, save me! Save me!"
Gu Yaoqing was shoved into a law enforcement vehicle. As soon as the car door closed, the pig-like screams diminished considerably.
The Gu family head upstairs had tears streaming from his eyes. He couldn't believe that after a lifetime of striving for dominance, at his age, he would lose all his dignity because of his own grandson!
And as Gu Yaoqing was being taken away, when someone came to report to the Gu family head's room, they opened the door and smelled a foul, pungent odor. Looking at the Gu family head, they found that his face was askew, his eyes were unfocused, and he was lying on his back on the bed, making incoherent grunts. Tears had soaked his entire face.
Also soaked were his quilt and bedding, emitting an indescribable stench.
The person reporting was instantly dumbfounded, with only one thing certain in their mind: the Gu family was finished.