Jiang Lingxi’s assurance came to Gu Weizhen’s ear.
"It won’t cause any serious injuries, nor will it be life-threatening. Just a few simple tasks that shouldn’t take much time. Once it’s done, we’ll ensure the person returns fully intact to the Gu Family."
He naturally understood that these words were barely believable. If it were truly simple tasks, why specifically choose Qiantong?
Unless there was a specific reason targeting his niece in this matter.
Physical injuries could be avoided, but what if it resulted in psychological damage? This Jiang girl said nothing about that.
But did he have any room to refuse?
With Shen Yunqing’s car accident, Jiang Lingxi’s hand injury, and the involvement of the Aibosi family, Gu Qiantong had caused such a big mess, why should he, the elder, humble himself for the sake of the victims?
He felt like letting it all go!
After all, when he returned, if his father and elder brothers asked, he could say he tried. Making such a big mess and hoping to be protected back home directly? Impossible. She should stay and calm their anger.
Understanding this, Gu Weizhen met Jiang Lingxi’s eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Then, as Miss Jiang suggested, Qiantong will stay to follow your arrangements. I hope you can all be appeased soon."
Just as Gu Qiantong finally freed herself from the bodyguard covering her mouth, she heard her uncle, whom she regarded as her savior, say this to Jiang Lingxi, and she began to scream loudly, "No, I don’t want to, Jiang Lingxi won’t let mmm mmm mmm..."
The bodyguard broke into a cold sweat under the looks directed at them and quickly covered the young lady’s mouth again.
This time, even if bitten on the fingers, he endured the pain without releasing her.
Jiang Lingxi, bothered by the noise, frowned and directly issued an order to leave, "Just leave Gu Qiantong to Changning; Mr. Gu can return now."
Gu Weizhen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but felt there was nothing meaningful to say. This Jiang girl’s words often carried a finality, and it was the first time he felt his words were so weightless.
In the end, he could only squeeze out, "Wishing you both a speedy recovery."
Changning, who would be less polite than the Gu family’s bodyguards, took over Gu Qiantong. Seeing she still wanted to shout, he immediately placed his fingers on her chin, exerted some force, and dislocated it.
Gu Qiantong: "Ah ah ah..."
The uncle, who had just approached his niece: "..."
He simply pretended not to see the anger and resentment in Gu Qiantong’s eyes at this moment, calmly advising, "Since you’re now under someone else’s control, just do as you are told and don’t throw any more tantrums. Remember this lesson, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you have the Gu Family backing. If the trouble is big enough, even your family can’t save you."
Upon seeing the disappointment in her uncle’s eyes, Gu Qiantong suddenly stopped struggling, watching helplessly as he led people away, leaving her at Jiang Lingxi’s feet.
Uncle was disappointed in her, so what about grandfather?
It was at this moment she felt a tidal wave of regret, drowning her completely.
Changning didn’t care what was going on in the mind of the person in his hands, "Sister Xi, I’ll take her to do the work now."
Jiang Lingxi nodded, and Changning dragged Gu Qiantong away.
Although the person at hand wasn’t of much use, waste not, want not; as long as they could be used, there was no need to pick and choose.
After leading the Gu Family into the courtyard, Vini quietly stood behind her grandaunt, watching Gu Qiantong stumble away. She softly asked, "Is Miss Jiang planning to have Gu Qiantong watch over that woman’s body?"
"Someone is indeed needed."
Currently, Wu Jue and Changning were taking turns watching, mainly to prevent any abnormalities from occurring during the purification process, enabling timely intervention.
But now they had more important and urgent matters to attend to. In comparison, guarding Wu Hua’s body became insignificant.
Jiang Lingxi believed that after a round of urgent training by Wu Jue and Changning, Gu Qiantong could handle the task. Of course, this was also her revenge, blatant without any concealment.
Vini said nothing more.
Silently in her mind, she added a few more words to Jiang Lingxi’s characteristics: decisive and vengeful at the moment!
Aibosi Koli had also witnessed Jiang Lingxi’s way of avenging herself against those who had wronged her. All she could say was, even in old age, one could still learn new things.
Seeing the Gu Family leave, she rose to take her leave as well.
"I won’t disturb you any further. Miss Jiang and Mr. Shen, please take good care and feel free to ask if you need anything."
"Thank you for your advice."
"It’s just a small effort."
The grandparents left, leaving Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing alone in the courtyard.
Yin Chong had also been transferred out by Wu Jue, now with Hemier and Guan Yuan, who had yet to wake up.
Being similarly controlled by Wu Hua during her lifetime, the three were now in a group for treatment.
After sipping some water from the cup Shen Yunqing handed over, Jiang Lingxi gestured towards the files on the table, "Open them and have a look."
She hadn’t even had the chance to see what the Gu Family had sent as compensation this time.
Shen Yunqing opened the files and held them up to Jiang Lingxi.
They contained not only substantial compensation, like medical and mental distress fees, but a list of several items as well.
Mostly antique paintings and calligraphy, indicating they had roughly investigated her preferences.
Additionally, they provided both her and Shen Yunqing 0.1% shares of the Gu Corporation.
Don’t underestimate this 0.1%. The Gu Corporation had multiple listed companies under them, with an estimated capital in billions.
Even with only 0.1%, the annual dividends amounted to at least tens of millions, and this would be received yearly, unless the Gu Corporation went bankrupt.
"This old master from the Gu Family is quite generous."
"The old master of the Gu Family is indeed a smart man."
No matter how cherished, a granddaughter could never be more important than one’s career.
With company shares, it’s impossible to retaliate against the Gu Corporation while earning money from it.
"The compensation given to the Aibosi family should be similar."
After all, despite the Gu Family being large and wealthy, their internal strife was extensive. If the Shen Family and Aibosi family exerted pressure together, even the Gu Family would face serious challenges.
Giving money to eliminate disaster was preferable, and a few percentage shares wouldn’t cause serious harm, merely a minor flesh wound.
However, whether it was compensation money or items, even shares, needed negotiation and signing back in the Imperial City to take effect.
For now, "Let’s put it away."
Currently, recovering from their injuries took precedence.
Though the healing process was a bit inconvenient, it wasn’t boring.
Most of the time was spent basking in the sun, and when Changning or Wu Jue returned during meals, they listened to the progress on their side.
Purely for listening, mainly because now, being treated as a rare creature, she couldn’t do much at all.
While having breakfast the next morning, she received a call from Tong Yue reporting a safe landing.
"I calculated it should be morning over there, how’s your hand doing today?"
Jiang Lingxi looked at the back of her hand upon hearing that. She had been checking it throughout the day yesterday, and after a night, not sure if it was a misconception, she felt the purplish-red mark seemed to have faded a bit.
So she replied, "It’s better."
"That’s good. Did you see the brand invitations I sent you?"
"I’ll take the car one, forget the watch one as I’ve heard they have negative news, choose SK for jewelry."
Tong Yue asked casually, not expecting her artist to make up her mind so quickly, and after a moment of silence, she asked, "Can I ask why you chose SK, and the watch brand with the negative news, where did you hear about that?"
"I chatted with Aibosi Koli yesterday."
Tong Yue: "No problem then, I’ll facilitate the communication right away."