Chu Yaozong took a sip of Ginseng Tea, closed his eyes, and yawned. "I guess it's not just Chao Yong Yi's people calling the Chu Family; the Zhou Family, Cai Family, Xu Family families all have their underlings making calls, keeping everyone up at night. While it's not common for a triad Big Brother to die, I've seen it before in my life. If you just say 'as usual,' things will naturally calm down. After all, everyone needs to eat. But why is it chaotic now? Because a bunch of old guys are waiting for someone else to speak first. It's better than them speaking themselves. Besides, who the murderer is doesn't matter to anyone. If Song Tianyao were still working as a secretary for the Chu Family, and he killed Ah Sap or some other triad Big Brother, wouldn't someone have offered a ten million reward?"
"You mean...?" Chu Xiaozhong looked at his dozing father. "Someone's trying to get A-Yao?"
"A-Yao came back from Britain, and before he even had a chance to bring me any Britain specialties, he suddenly switched sides with the Britain?" Chu Yaozong shook his head. "Nobody believes him. Of course, someone is setting him up. They threw him into this game of chess; if he doesn't make a move, he dies, and if he leaves, he dies too. What can he do? Of course, he'll play chess; at least that way he can live a little longer."
"This bastard, even if he doesn't come to say a word in person, he should at least make a phone call or send someone to meet him, right?" Chu Xiaozhong complained unhappily.
Although in Chu Xiaozhong's eyes, Song Tianyao was a confidant and friend of his younger brother Chu Xiaoxin, he had ultimately done things for the Chu Family. Now that he had caused such a big incident, even if he didn't want the Chu Family to get involved, he should at least have informed them, so that Chu Xiaozhong wouldn't have to worry about him while listening to all sorts of messy and unverifiable information.
"So, A-Yao is still young and not very shrewd." Chu Yaozong glanced at the clock in the study; it was almost eleven o'clock. "I usually go to bed before ten, but tonight I've made an exception and waited for him this long..."
"Do you think A-Yao would come to the Chu Family?" Chu Xiaozhong blinked hard, glanced at the grandfather clock, then at his dozing father. "What would he do at the Chu Family?"
"Didn't you just say that even if he doesn't come to say it in person, he should at least send someone or send someone over to meet with him?"
"Now the whole of Hong Kong knows that he was forced or willing to work for the Shanghai people. Now that he's come to the Chu Family again, does he want to drag the Chu Family into this? If that's the case, I'll be the first to not let him off the hook." Chu Xiaozhong picked up a cigarette from the coffee table and lit it, joking with his father.
Chu Yaozong didn't explain, watching the clock slowly point to eleven o'clock, and leisurely sipped his Ginseng Tea.
Just two minutes before eleven o'clock, Uncle Yan's voice rang out from outside the study. "Master, young master, Jiang Yongen, who used to be a secretary at the Chu Family and now works for Mr. Song Tianyao, is outside. Miss Jiang said Mr. Song asked her to deliver some local specialties she brought back from Britain."
Chu Xiaozhong's expression changed instantly, his eyes turning fierce. "You damned Song Tianyao! You really want to drag the Chu Family into this mess he's stirred up!"
Chu Yaozong, his drowsiness vanishing, laughed heartily, "Alright, Uncle Yan, let Miss Jiang in."
Uncle Yan responded from outside, then left with footsteps.
Chu Yaozong looked at his son, whose face was slightly contorted with rage, and smiled, "What? You think A-Yao shouldn't have come to deliver local specialties to me?"
"Too late!" Chu Xiaozhong said through gritted teeth, "At a time like this, some people might be watching Jiang Yongen enter the Chu Family and assume she's the Chu Family's backer supporting Song Tianyao! Otherwise, Song Tianyao has no roots or connections, so where would he get the courage to side with the Shanghai people and offend so many people in Hong Kong! Father, I'll see her off outside the door. You... Ah Sin's father-in-law is trying to arrange for you to work in the municipal government... In short, it's best not to get involved... It's best to watch from the sidelines."
Chu Xiaozhong wanted to say that, no matter what, the Chu Family didn't need to get involved in this mess anymore. Whether Song Tianyao was genuinely allied or just pretending to submit, it was none of the Chu Family's business. The Chu Family was currently on the rise. Not to mention their own grain and oil and logistics businesses, or Chu Xiaoxin's pharmaceutical business, even just their father's reputation was about to take another step forward. Chu Xiaoxin's father-in-law, Lu Wenhui, was planning to pull Chu Yaozong along and give Chu Yaozong's businessman label a new luster.
"Not too late, the timing is just right. That's how things should be done—completely ruthless. Now even I believe he's sided with the Shanghai people." Chu Yaozong looked at Chu Xiaozhong: "He's trying to smear the Chu Family, so what should the Chu Family do?"
"Should we personally confront him?" Chu Xiaozhong hesitated upon hearing his father's question. "Wouldn't that be inappropriate, A-Yao..."
"He's trying to smear the Chu Family, falsely accusing them of helping him, and deliberately sowing discord between the Chu Family and other Hong Kong families. Of course, at this point, you should stand up and scold him. Whether you go outside to see Secretary Jiang off or not is unimportant. Just politely invite him in, have a cup of tea, chat, catch up, and then see him off politely. Then you can call the Cai Family, the Zhou Family, and Chao Yong Yi, and just say one thing: no matter who offers a hidden offer, you should add another two million to the price!" After Chu Yaozong finished speaking, he yawned and got up. "It wasn't for nothing that I waited so long. Okay, I'm going to sleep. You can see Secretary Jiang yourself."
"Me? I'll take responsibility?"
"Of course you'll take responsibility. Do you expect me, at my age, to take responsibility too? Of course I can't show my face. If anyone asks, I'll say I was angered by Song Tianyao. I painstakingly trained this thoroughbred horse, only to have it backfire on me. Anyone would be angry in that situation."
"You didn't train A-Yao, Father, did you?" Chu Xiaozhong pursed his lips.
Chu Yaozong thumped his lower back. "Of course not, that guy was born that way. But everyone else will definitely believe I trained him. They don't believe that Song Tianyao was born knowing those tricks without being trained by an old devil like me!"
Chapter 517 I already know
"You waited until now to tell me about your engagement, and I considered you a close friend." Outside, thunder and rain raged. Chu Xiaoxin's wife, Lu Peiying, barefoot, lazily wrapped in a blanket, curled up on the sofa in the basement screening room of a townhouse on Kennedy Road in Hong Kong Island. Her eyes were fixed on the movie playing on the screen. Although her words were tinged with resentment, there was no anger in her tone, as if she simply did not believe what the other person had said.