"I wasn't finished yet. But a wife who doesn't fight to be the first wife is a good wife." Shen Yushu added.

"!@#￥%..." Gu Mengyao rolled her eyes, somewhat speechless.

As the two were talking, Wei Zhao pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu in the living room, but not Gu Pengzhan, so he asked, "Has Uncle Chu already left?"

"No, Daddy is in Uncle Qing's room." Gu Mengyao shook her head. "Wei Zhao, you didn't go to school?"

"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, not understanding what the young lady was referring to.

Actually, Gu Mengyao had wanted to ask Wei Zhao whether he had gone to see Tang Yun, but Wei Zhao hadn't caught on, and she couldn't bring herself to say it outright, so she merely said, "It's nothing."

Gu Pengzhan heard the voices from the living room and came out of the room. Seeing Wei Zhao, he quickly said, "Xiaoyi, do you have anything else to attend to right now?"

"No." Wei Zhao shook his head. "By the way, Uncle Chu, I had Zhen Dazhou transfer two hundred fifty million back into your account. But one hundred million of that was borrowed from Liu Tianyi, and needs to be returned to him."

"What? You got the money back that quickly?" Gu Pengzhan couldn't help but stare, his eyes wide.

"Mm, I told him that if he didn't hand over the money, I'd go kidnap his son and then tear down his businesses in Donghai, so he gave it up." Wei Zhao spoke with perfect ease, as though he were describing the most ordinary of matters.

Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Gu Pengzhan was momentarily at a loss for what to say. Money could be extracted that way too? This Zhen Dazhou really was a spineless coward. Where had all that domineering bravado gone, the bravado he'd shown when he kidnapped Yaoyao and demanded money from him? But now Gu Pengzhan had seen through it all. So-called bravado was something a man could only display before those with no strength to resist. Take himself, for instance. When facing those kidnappers, hadn't he too been utterly at a loss, not knowing what to do?

And Zhen Dazhou had probably been threatened by Wei Zhao until he had no temper left. Who could blame him, when the Yu family, the Xiao family, and Zhao Qibing had all served as cautionary tales? However foolish Zhen Dazhou might be, he would not go head-to-head with Wei Zhao at a time like this.

"Arrow Brand Bro, you're amazing! You can get money back just like that? From now on, whenever you don't like the look of someone, you can just scare them a bit and get some money out of them!" Shen Yushu said excitedly.

"Xiaoshu, don't talk nonsense. Extorting people at random is a crime." Gu Mengyao cut her off before she could go on.

"What I mean is, Arrow Brand Bro only goes to extort bad people..." Shen Yushu added.

"When dealing with bad people, it'd be better to just slap them to death like that Yu Bide." Gu Mengyao said.

"Yaoyao, you're even more vicious than I am!" Shen Yushu said in surprise.

"Xiaoyi, since you have nothing else to do, could you take a look at Uncle Qing's injuries?" Gu Pengzhan waved his hand, signaling the two girls to stop pestering Wei Zhao for now, and spoke to Wei Zhao thus.

"Uncle Chu, the reason I hurried back was precisely to examine Uncle Qing's injuries." Wei Zhao said. "Let's go. We'll head over now."

"Mm, all right... shall I have the accountant transfer the money to Liu Tianyi now?" Gu Pengzhan's phone had received a bank notification of the incoming funds, so he asked Wei Zhao.

"Yes, go ahead and transfer it. I'll give Liu Tianyi a call." Wei Zhao nodded.

"All right." Gu Pengzhan answered, then made a call to handle the transfer.

Wei Zhao, meanwhile, dialed Liu Tianyi's number.

The Liu family was in the middle of a family meeting. They had just settled on a strategy when Wei Zhao's call came through. Liu Tianyi hurriedly picked up. "Hello? Divine Doctor Lin, good to hear from you!"

"Mr. Liu, I've finished using the money and am about to transfer it back to your account. Once it arrives, please check and confirm receipt. I've really put you to trouble this time!" Wei Zhao said, not without gratitude. That the Liu family could open their purse so generously at a time like this had rather impressed Wei Zhao, and his opinion of Liu Tianyi had improved considerably.

"Divine Doctor Lin, you're too polite. What do you mean, pay it back? Just take it and use it. Returning it—aren't you looking down on our Liu family?" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Liu Tianyi felt a pang of disappointment, and so he said, "Does Divine Doctor Lin not consider me, Liu Tianyi, a friend?"

"How could that be? If you weren't a friend, I wouldn't have come to you in the first place, Mr. Liu!" Wei Zhao said, still neither servile nor overbearing. "But there's a saying that goes well: borrow with good grace and repay with good grace, and borrowing again is no trouble. If you refuse to take it back, Mr. Liu, then I truly won't dare to come to you again in the future!"

"Is that so..." Liu Tianyi hesitated for a moment, but in the end nodded with a bitter smile. "Very well. Since Divine Doctor Lin insists, then I, Liu, shall respectfully comply!"

"Heh, but to thank you for your generosity, Mr. Liu, I can offer you or a friend of yours one free treatment." Wei Zhao was naturally not the sort to take what others gave and offer no thanks in return, so he made sure to promise Liu Tianyi some benefit.

"This... how could I possibly accept?" Liu Tianyi was flattered and overwhelmed, yet also somewhat disappointed. After all, Wei Zhao was returning the money this time and had also promised the Liu family one treatment opportunity—which meant he was settling accounts with the Liu family, clean and square. For Liu Tianyi, who had always wanted to build a closer relationship with Wei Zhao, this meant his goal had not been achieved.

"Heh, it's nothing." Wei Zhao smiled. "Let's leave it there for now. I have a few things to attend to on my end."

"All right, Divine Doctor Lin. Go ahead and attend to your business..." Liu Tianyi hung up the phone and sighed somewhat helplessly.

"What's wrong, brother? You don't look too happy. Wei Zhao returned the money, so what's the problem?" Liu Tianli had more or less understood Wei Zhao's phone call. It seemed that not only had Wei Zhao returned the money, but he had also promised the Liu family a favor. So why did his elder brother still look displeased?

"Wei Zhao transferred one hundred million back into my account." Liu Tianyi said with a bitter smile. "And he also agreed to give our Liu family one free treatment opportunity..."

"That's a good thing!" Hearing Liu Tianyi's words, Liu Tianli was immediately puzzled. "Wei Zhao not only returned our Liu family's money, but also promised us a favor. This is a great thing, isn't it? Why would you be unhappy, brother?"

"Tianli, you've been in business for so long. You turn a steady profit every year, but you've never made a breakthrough. Do you know why?" Liu Zhenhu spoke up instead. "And Jingjing only went for a year, yet the profits doubled. Why is that?"

"This... it's because I'm not capable enough, isn't it?" Liu Tianli didn't know why his father had suddenly brought these things up.

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