Chapter 257: The Last Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back Is...
Chapter 257: Chapter 257: The Last Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back Is...
"So I brought Miss Chen Yuxi over, and I’m giving you the land ownership certificate for this cellar. Are you still not willing to come out?"
"Miss Gu, are you deliberately making things difficult?"
"Everyone outside was pressuring me to get you. Now I’ve given you both of the things I thought you valued. I give you what you like. What else are you not satisfied with?"
His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked as if he were on the verge of a breakdown.
Gu Shengsheng said, "Yes, so you can take them away."
"..." Wang Biao was stunned.
’Take them away? How could I possibly take them away?! What fucking use are they to me?’
’A rich young lady like Chen Yuxi... Shit, how could a loser like me dare to "take her away"?’
Chen Yuxi, also standing before Gu Shengsheng, chimed in, "That’s right. Are you going to invite me back again?"
"After all, I’ve gathered quite a bit of evidence on your foundation."
Then she looked at Gu Shengsheng and said, "Sister Gu, don’t listen to his sweet talk. He’s just a piece of scum."
"When I came to donate, I happened to see a negative review that was quickly deleted. It told me about their shady, under-the-table dealings."
"I wasn’t prepared at the time. I was so furious I just rushed straight over. After that, they just kept dragging things out and refused to resolve the issue for me."
"And that brings us to the day I met you."
Gu Shengsheng looked at Chen Yuxi, who now seemed like a small child tattling on someone for doing something bad.
She said, "I know, Yu Xi. I was originally looking for news about you. Your father and your brother were very worried when they came, and Aunt Liu Li is still in the nursing home."
"So when you get out of this, remember to let them know."
She nodded. "Mhm, mhm! Sister Gu, I can take care of myself from now on. I won’t make anyone worry."
Then she added, "I also really, truly want to live."
"That’s good."
With that, Gu Shengsheng and Chen Yuxi walked out together, with Ding Hong and Zhang Xiao following closely behind.
As for Wang Biao, he didn’t dare make a peep.
He even seemed a bit excited.
Gu Shengsheng was finally willing to come out. As long as she cooperated, he could claim that she had stayed here voluntarily and that it had nothing to do with him.
Thinking this, Wang Biao followed Gu Shengsheng out.
Wang Biao stood before Gu Shengsheng. "Miss Gu."
"Since you’ve come out and accepted everything I’ve offered, I have one condition. Don’t tell anyone I brought you here. And you have to say that for the past few days, I never had anyone watching or monitoring you."
"Most importantly, we’re just acquaintances who met by chance, with no prior connection whatsoever."
Gu Shengsheng nodded. "Alright." Then she asked, "But what about you blocking my signal and threatening me? Should I not mention that?"
She had a sincere expression, as if she had truly agreed.
"Of course not," Wang Biao said, giving her a look one might give an idiot. He had previously felt that this Gu Shengsheng was a master strategist, brilliant at everything.
’How is she acting like a complete simpleton now? Can someone like this really put on a convincing act?’
Gu Shengsheng said, "I could agree to that. It’s just... I think you’re a little too late."
"Mr. Wang, why don’t you look behind you?"
Wang Biao turned his head and saw the head of the Ruishi Cultural Relics Administration Bureau, the Rui City police, the Rui City media, and even the Rui City Federation of Foundations...
Wang Biao: "..."
His lips were dry. If he could, he really just wanted to fall to the ground right then and there, ignore everything, and just lie there quietly.
’I suddenly want to die.’
Surrounded by everyone, Wang Biao stood there looking awkward. "Excuse me, I was just joking with Miss Gu, just joking..."
Everyone stared at him with cold faces.
"Wang Biao! I have no idea what you’re talking about! How could someone like you bring such shame to Rui City?"
"Your own foundation is a complete mess, and that’s not enough for you? What else are you trying to do?"
"You’re disgusting. We know all about the things you did at the foundation. The media is exposing it now. What’s left for you to argue? You’re disgusting!"
"..."
All sorts of insults were hurled at him, and many police officers were already waiting to arrest him.
Lu Shijing was now standing beside Gu Shengsheng. He looked ready to check her over from head to toe to see if anything was wrong, if she had been hurt.
Gu Shengsheng said, "I made a huge breakthrough here. What about you?"
"I sealed my business deal. Of course I couldn’t let myself hold you back."
As a married couple, they each had their own responsibilities. All they had to do was handle their own business, and that was enough.
Seeing Gu Shengsheng and Lu Shijing like this, Wang Biao felt like his eyes were going to pop out of his head.
This time, he felt truly wronged. How had this couple screwed him over so badly that there was nothing left? Why did it have to come to this?
He felt like he had played every step perfectly, that there had been no problems with his plan. So how did he end up facing jail time?
Worst of all, he had just confessed with so many people listening.
Wang Biao roared in anger, "Even if you’re going to arrest me, it shouldn’t be me! You should be looking for Zhai Mi! Zhai Mi was in charge of this whole thing. I’m just an employee!"
"Zhai Mi is the one pulling the strings!"
One of the Rui City officials said to him, "Actually, you are the legal representative. You are the one fully in charge. We can’t find Zhai Mi right now, but regardless, he’d be considered an accomplice."
"You can’t find Zhai Mi? Where did he go?" Although Wang Biao had always been trying to find a way out for himself and had considered the possibility that Zhai Mi would be unreliable in a crisis...
...he had never imagined that Zhai Mi would run away so quickly!
’Heh. He talked a big game, but when trouble hit, he really did run faster than anyone else.’
Thinking about it now made his whole body ache with frustration.
"I get it. I admit my mistakes." Wang Biao was tired. "But don’t you let Zhai Mi get away. I’ll give you all his information and all the materials. The criminal evidence. I have a USB drive full of it. Including my own, of course."
’If one person has to go down, isn’t it better if everyone goes down together?’
Then Wang Biao said, "Officer, I have another question. I know my case has a big impact, but why is there an archaeology team here?"
"Gu Shengsheng is formidable and has a lot of powerful backers, but why did this archaeology professor bring his students here?"
He pointed at Zhang Zhengyi, his face a mask of bewilderment.
He had absolutely no connection to any archaeology team. ’Someone like that had better not try to kick me while I’m down.’
Zhang Zhengyi said, "You think I’ve got nothing better to do than meddle in your business? I’m here for an archaeological dig."
Gu Shengsheng said with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for buying this cellar for me. We’ve discovered traces of the Sanxingdui Civilization here."
"How much is it worth?" Wang Biao asked, not giving up. ’Sanxingdui, Shmixingdui, who cares,’ he told himself. ’Stuff you dig out of the ground can’t be worth much. These fucking morons.’
Gu Shengsheng said, "It would be impossible to estimate, perhaps six or seven hundred million? But its value isn’t in money. It’s the research value. What’s wrong? Mr. Wang, have you fainted?"
Gu Shengsheng looked at him with an expression of mock pity.
Wang Biao had indeed fainted. He’d fainted from pure rage.
Because that was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.