Free Web NovelChapter 954: Chapter 951: The Price of Love 6
He got in the car. Zhou Ting was beaming with excitement. "Xiaojue, you’ve worked hard. My dad is extremely pleased with the result this time. You know how important this quota is for us! My dad also said, if it hadn’t been you going, anyone else wouldn’t have achieved such a good outcome. Xiaojue, this time you’ve really rendered outstanding service..."
The blood oath of allegiance had finally gone through!
Liu Daqing had no idea how many times she’d gone to the door to look. At last, the car pulled up.
She strode out to meet it.
The security guard opened the car door, and Wan Donglin stepped out. Seeing his mother, he smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, been waiting on me all this time?"
Liu Daqing looked him up and down from head to toe several times before stopping. She didn’t say a word, and personally supported him as they walked inside.
Wan Donglin chuckled. "Empress Dowager, I’m hurt in the head, not the limbs. No need to hold me up."
"So you know it’s your head? I think you need to top up with some Brain Platinum."
Wan Donglin burst out laughing.
Cradling a cup of hot tea, Wan Donglin let out a long sigh. "No matter how good it is out there, nothing beats your own home."
Liu Daqing shot him a glare. "Don’t change the subject with me. Your injury isn’t even healed and you’re running around everywhere. What in this world could be more important than your own life?"
Wan Donglin said meaningfully, "Empress Dowager, say what you will, but this trip really wasn’t a waste."
"Huang Xiaojue got elected to a high post, and you still think it wasn’t a waste? How are you going to explain that to Old Zhang? He must be terribly disappointed."
"No, he won’t be disappointed."
"And how do you know that?"
Wan Donglin was straightforward. "Because the benefits Huang Xiaojue can bring are far greater than if I were up there."
"To Old Zhou, that’s indeed the case."
"No! Huang Xiaojue isn’t a puppet. I think once he’s in position, he may not faithfully carry out the Zhou Family’s interests. On the contrary, I hope he’ll act entirely according to his own ideas..."
Liu Daqing thought for a moment, then immediately asked, "At the outset, the Zhou side will definitely support him no matter what. Since their goals line up with ours, we’ll support him too. He’s bound to advance very smoothly... But, Donglin, are you miscalculating? Do you think Huang Xiaojue will walk this path forever? You think he’ll let a fake show become real? Besides, if he really keeps going down that road, will there be any path left for us?"
Wan Donglin said in a deep voice, "I’m willing to place a bet."
Liu Daqing was incredulous. "This is such a big matter, and you dare make a gamble like that? What if you lose?"
"Man proposes, heaven disposes."
"On what basis do you trust him?"
"On the basis of my past bouts with him, and the fact that this time he saved Xixi."
"It really was him?"
"I can’t imagine who else it could have been."
Liu Daqing paced a few steps, as if talking to herself. "If it really was him, then this Huang Xiaojue is no ordinary man. To arrange it so flawlessly, not a drop leaking out— even if I personally took the field, I might not pull it off..."
"Empress Dowager, there’s no doubt about it. I’ve already had people thoroughly investigate. That hoodlum who caused the accident was originally flying to South Country to cut sugarcane, but during his layover he changed flights and vanished. Even with the Zhou Family’s vast reach, they may never find him again. Truly a case of the dead leaving no witness."
Only then was Liu Daqing truly shocked.
Wan Donglin said in a low voice, "Look across this entire business circle— it’s full of people blinded by profit. Each one arrogant and self-important. A long-pent-up flash flood is about to break, and they turn a blind eye, singing and dancing every day. If we can pull Huang Xiaojue completely over to our side, he counts as quite a talent."
