Seeing that Ning Wangshu had let Chu Wenjie off, Gu Yanzhao couldn't help secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
Then he glanced at Chu Yuntian beside him. After hesitating for a moment, he still couldn't resist stepping forward. "Um... Mister Ning, do you think... since they've already knelt down and apologized as you asked, could you perhaps show them some mercy and let the rest go?"
"Could you ask President Bai and Manager Song to spare the Chu family? You know my son is about to get engaged to the Chu family's legitimate daughter..."
Seeing Gu Yanzhao plead on his family's behalf, Chu Yuntian immediately looked at Ning Wangshu with pleading eyes.
He still didn't know who Ning Wangshu was, but Gu Yanzhao's attitude toward him was enough to show that the Chu family couldn't afford to provoke him.
What's more, Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei were standing right beside Ning Wangshu!
Hearing Gu Yanzhao's words, Ning Wangshu glanced at him, then at Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei. He shook his head and said calmly, "What Patriarch Bai and Manager Song said just now represents my position."
"I don't want to see another member of the Chu or Zhu family in Jiangnan Province!"
Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei had already made their position clear in public. Ning Wangshu naturally couldn't undermine them or their authority in the eyes of the others in Jiangnan Province.
It was true that he had some ties to the Gu family—or, more precisely, to Gu Cheng and Gu Ziyu—but compared with Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei... those ties were insignificant.
Besides, he owed the Gu family no favors.
He wasn't about to damage Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei's standing just because Gu Yanzhao had pleaded on someone's behalf.
Even though Ning Wangshu knew that if