Chapter 587: Chapter 588: Concealed from him for Three Whole Years
Gu Zhaohan was left sitting on the ground after being hit.
One leg slightly bent, the corner of his mouth bleeding.
Xi Zijun was initially standing outside the door.
Hearing the noise inside, she hurried in.
She saw two people, one standing with his fist clenched, the bandaged wound on his hand turned bright red, the blood drop by drop staining the floor, markedly eye-catching. The other one sat on the ground, despite being punched, his innate cold aura didn’t make him seem the least bit embarrassed.
On the contrary, Gu Zhaohan’s face always held an expression of indifference, nearly to the point of fearlessness.
Xi Zijun first walked towards Gu Zhaohan and helped him up, “You knew he was angry, yet you came here to irritate him. Are you alright?”
Gu Zhaohan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up, “I’ve said what needed to be said. This punch is a repayment for your previous guidance and training. From now on, I won’t see you as my uncle or elder. We each have to look after ourselves.”
After speaking, Gu Zhaohan turned and left.
The room suddenly fell silent.
Gu Qichen seemed to finally rein in his raging temper.
What remained was a bone-chilling coldness.
Xi Zijun sighed, dragged Gu Qichen to sit down.
She fetched the first aid kit again: “You’re not the Gu Qichen I knew. The Gu Qichen I knew wouldn’t succumb to his emotions to this extent, become a slave to his feelings. Your nephew has clearly declared war. This first battle, you lost. He’s someone you mentored, you can’t not know that his real aim was to provoke you.”
Gu Qichen’s eyes landed on his bloody hand.
His brows were tightly furrowed, his gaze somewhat vacant, he said nothing, as if lost in thought.
Xi Zijun bandaged Gu Qichen’s wound again: “In this world, the most foolish people harm themselves to get something, even if it’s love. Moreover, you gained nothing. If you want to beat your nephew, you have to plan for the long term now.”
Gu Qichen, however, suddenly smirked, almost scoffing: “I have already lost, lost miserably. Three years, he hid the truth from me for three whole years, huh.”
The last laugh contained too many emotions.
Xi Zijun had never seen this man in such a state of despair.
Xi Zijun was silent for a while: “Now that Xia Yangyang has appeared, have you reconsidered the engagement?”
They had previously discussed the engagement, this was true.
Apart from serving as the general manager of the Jiang Group, in recent years, Xi Zijun had been running a vineyard in France. The vineyard’s major investor was the French Earl Alexander and his wife. Whenever she attended any banquet, needing a male companion, Xi Zijun would ask Gu Qichen for help. After a while, the Earl of Alexander misunderstood that Gu Qichen was her boyfriend.
Actually, that was not a problem at all.
The issue was, due to bad weather over the last two years, grape harvests weren’t good, the produced wine was also mediocre. Faced with competition, the Earl and his wife were considering withdrawing their investment. Xi Zijun had been negotiating with them for a long time.
Eventually, they proposed a bizarre condition, if Mr. Gu would marry her, they would continue investing and also give her the agencies of several other famous wines they controlled.
At that time it seemed like a joke, but it had profound implications.
Firstly, the Earl and his wife believed that harmonious family relationships could promote long-term business development. Secondly, they were more interested in the backing of Gu Qichen’s Shengyuan Group.
Shengyuan was now branching out into the wine business as well.
If they were to marry, the development of the vineyard would be immeasurable.