Capítulo 1161: Chapter 438: You Have No Face Here
“Hello…”
Aside from Zhou Wang, no one knew who the call was from. They could only see Secretary Ge pick up the phone and fall silent after uttering just one syllable.
On the other end, it was unclear what had been said, leaving Secretary Ge in a daze.
Who knows how much time passed—in what seemed like a long time after the call had already ended—before Secretary Ge finally let his hand fall, allowing the phone to drop to the floor. His expression had shifted from initial panic to despair.
Thud!
Secretary Ge collapsed on the floor, as if soulless, his eyes devoid of life. No matter how frantically Director Gao called out to him, there was no response at all.
It felt as if he were still breathing, but actually dead.
“Secretary Ge, Secretary Ge…”
Gao Jianhong was at a loss. Wasn’t everything just supposed to be a coincidence?
At this moment, seeing Zhou Wang’s indifferent gaze, Director Gao’s regret reached its peak. Although continuing to beg for mercy earlier might not have yielded any results, now he had lost his last chance…
Watching helplessly as Secretary Ge seemed to have lost his spine after a strange phone call, He Jiang’s expression turned even more uncertain.
He wasn’t a fool. If Gao Jianhong’s encounter was a coincidence, then what about Secretary Ge?
And Xu Qing…
This woman, though usually somewhat affected, undeniably managed to rise step by step from a rural background to become the public voice of Ginkgo Capital. No one could deny her cunning.
She must have sensed something early on, which led her to withdraw at a critical moment, even at the cost of offending him.
This meant that Zhou Wang was certainly not as simple as he appeared on the surface.
Finally beginning to take his opponent seriously, He Jiang felt a momentary regret.
If only he had agreed to another friend’s invitation today, and gone out to sea to have fun, he wouldn’t be facing this mess…
But could he concede?
As He Jiang was caught in an inner struggle, the ringing of a phone suddenly came from his pocket.
In this atmosphere of heightened tension, everyone instinctively turned their gaze toward He Jiang.
Gao Jianhong had taken a call and began to plead desperately, Secretary Ge had received a call and collapsed… and now what would He Jiang’s call bring?
Even He Jiang’s expression changed slightly. After a brief hesitation, he took out his phone.
However, upon seeing the caller ID, He Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly answered the call.
“Hello, it’s me… Okay, I’m on the fifth floor of the club. Just come up directly, brother-in-law. Thanks a lot for this time.”
While He Jiang was responding to the call, Xiao Wang swiftly ran to the window to evaluate the situation outside. He returned with a grave expression and quietly whispered something to Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang raised an eyebrow in surprise. He never expected He Jiang to have such resources…
He suddenly understood why Jian Zhuoran and others were so fearful of He Jiang.
He was certainly deserving of his reputation as a top-tier second-generation in Magic City, with unparalleled resources.
Now, after ending the call, He Jiang seemed more confident, perhaps because of his brother-in-law’s arrival.
Yet out of an unknown fear, He Jiang spoke:
“Zhou Wang, I admit that your tactics did exceed my expectations… I, He Jiang, rarely extend courtesy to others, but today, I can make an exception, considering it a gesture of friendship.”
Soft murmurs arose around, and He Jiang’s suddenly softened tone was unexpected for everyone. But on reflection, considering the previous incidents, it made sense.
“What do you mean?”
Seeing the conciliatory gesture from He Jiang, devoid of the previous arrogance, Zhou Wang asked with interest.
“You and your people leave now, and I can pretend nothing has happened… As for the other people and matters, you’d better not interfere, how’s that?”
When mentioning “other people and matters,” He Jiang’s cold gaze swept over Yu Duo’s family and lingered on Xu Qing, causing the sophisticated woman’s face to turn pale.
Clearly, faced with the formidable and mysterious influence Zhou Wang had displayed, even someone as arrogant as He Jiang was showing prudence, choosing not to confront Zhou Wang directly.
But… the Yu Duo family, who had been the catalyst for today’s events, wouldn’t escape easily from him.
As for Xu Qing, who had “betrayed” him at the critical moment, she would likely bear the brunt of He Jiang’s remaining fury.
Xu Qing’s heart raced, as logically, there was an 80% chance Zhou Wang would agree… After all, he hadn’t suffered any real loss, and while He Jiang maintained his dignity, he had implicitly retreated. There was no need for Zhou Wang to provoke such a formidable foe.
While Zhou Wang might be formidable, the people backing He Jiang were far from ordinary.
“No deal.”
However, at this moment, to Xu Qing’s surprise and He Jiang’s shock, Zhou Wang shook his head.
“Mr. He, you’ve got two things wrong.”
“What?”
“First, Yu Duo… is my woman.”
At Zhou Wang’s soft declaration, He Jiang’s face was filled with astonishment, and behind Zhou Wang, Xu Wenqian also raised her head in shock, looking towards Yu Duo’s direction.