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Chapter 757: Chapter 319 That’s Not Important_2
Actually, it might not have been appropriate to put it this way—it was, after all, a family banquet with many guests who were distant relatives of the Gu Family—but their attitude gave Su Huai the impression that they had an excessive focus on pleasing him.
Su Huai merely observed for a moment, and the significance of Gu Tongshu and Wang Yuqing in the real world weighed heavily on his mind.
One must reach a certain level to feel the pressure from a higher level.
From too great a distance, everything looks distorted.
"I’m still far too distant from Gu," I thought.
Gu suddenly cast a look seeking help, but Su Huai shook his head, smiling encouragingly at her without offering further assistance.
This time, she had to face it on her own.
Su Huai didn’t want to dull her innate intelligence, for he knew the future her would fear neither interacting with others nor thinking independently.
Keep her forever protected under his wings like a weakling?
If Gu Tongshu didn’t do so, how could I lose to him!
Thus, Su Huai clenched his fist to cheer her on, and then he continued to chat with Chen Xing, Wang Siming, and others.
A young man gave him a thumbs-up: "Bro, you rock! We even had to sneak to the edge of Langfang to do our small sideline, and you’re the first to tough it out without a permit..."
Su Huai arched an eyebrow, displaying a hint of aggressiveness, "Once it’s done, it’s done. With or without a permit, does it matter?"
The impression he left on the young men was precisely of this moment: bold, unconstrained by rules, seemingly not a good guy, but with plenty of confidence.
Especially Chen Xing, who was very keen on domestic rules, was the most excited, but Wang Siming, who usually didn’t follow rules, just sneered. Humans are indeed so darn interesting.
After exchanging contact information with all the young elites, Su Huai went back to wander around his home’s vegetable garden.
Surprisingly, other than Quanquan and Silly Girl, the rest of the staff seemed to be like fish in water.
As for the Big Data class students... most of them had returned to the side hall, amusing themselves there.
A few had made new acquaintances, each finding their own stage.
After making the rounds, no one bothered Su Huai again; those who were displeased with him simply ignored him, and with no communication, it ended there.
Thus, the harmonious atmosphere continued until the gathering ended without any incident.
Gu followed her family home, and before leaving, she found Su Huai. They hurriedly arranged to continue training the next morning before she and Quanquan got into their family’s car.
The classmates headed back to school, just in time for the dormitory curfew.
The hosts either went back to their companies or homes, mostly because they had to make up their broadcasts.
When they reached the hotel entrance, Cheese found Su Huai: "Mr. Su, did you drive?"
Su Huai waved his hand: "I’m not going back to the company. You all take them back safely, and contact me if anything comes up."
Then, sure enough, something came up.
Fu Yu asked, "Today I met two big brothers, one is a player from YY, and another from Liu Jianfang. We hit it off and they’d like to visit Xingyu, what do you think?"
Su Huai paused briefly: "Here?"
It was truly astonishing that such trendy and playful individuals would turn up at a birthday party organized by Gu Tongshu for his daughter.
He became somewhat interested and casually asked, "What do they do? Are they rich?"
Fu Yu replied, "One is a vice technical director in a state-owned enterprise, and the other is an art dealer specialized in collecting. Both are pretty rich, the kind that casually throws millions around."
Oh, a vice director with plenty of money, minimal responsibilities, not much authority, a well-off idle person potentially dabbling as a middleman—these are indeed the target audience for live streaming.
"Go ahead."
Su Huai didn’t overthink it and nodded directly: "You know the scale, just be careful; we aren’t afraid of others observing us."
"Understood!"
Fu Yu assured solemnly: "We follow the principle of voluntariness, and we will fulfill our duties to remind and protect, but not to coerce."
Liu Zhongliang suddenly chuckled: "You shouldn’t think of these wealthy folks as so traditional. During the chat, many were genuinely interested in our industry, talking very expertly about it. If it weren’t for you leading us, I think someone would have really brought up acquiring us."
"Acquiring and becoming personal backers aren’t the same thing."
Su Huai gestured dismissively, reminding: "Watch it. Don’t let them use our company as a tool for bribery."
Damn it, if I haven’t touched it yet, if you guys dare to have such crooked thoughts, I’ll twist your heads off!
Su Huai’s timely reminder brought the overwhelmingly joyous few back to sobriety.
Then, as the cars roared off, Su Huai counted again, feeling that there were not only two big brothers but also a few second-generations amongst them.
"Never mind; can’t manage normal communication, let’s see what they are really thinking first."
Su Huai held on till the end, finally standing shoulder to shoulder with Gu Tongshu again.
The two stood together, hands behind their backs, at the hotel entrance, gazing into the distant night sky as well as the neon and headlights below. Neither of them spoke.
Those who remained were very conscious, circumventing them from a few meters away, not disturbing them.
After a long while, Gu Tongshu spoke sharply, "Do you have any suspects in mind?"
Sure enough!
I knew it wasn’t going to end that easily...
It should have been expected. Su Huai smirked subtly and firmly sold out Wan Guohao and Sheng Xue.
"One is called Wan Guohao, the other Sheng Xue. I feel Wan is more suspicious, superficially fierce but weak inside, impulsive and arrogant. He’s the most likely one."
Gu Tongshu did not question Su Huai’s judgment. For some reason, when Puppy spoke, he found him credible.
So he asked another question.
"The young man from the Wan Family? How did the conflict between you two start?"
Su Huai shrugged, responding casually, "He was in a hurry, very desperate to impress GuGu. I must have really hurt his pride."
"Oh."
Gu Tongshu nodded in understanding, "The marriage candidates his father has lined up for him include one that’s ugly, one that’s bad, and another who barely looks his way. There aren’t many who can rescue him from his predicament. He ought to be desperate."
Su Huai furrowed his brows in suspicion, "You know so much about this kid’s business?"
Gu Tongshu sneered, "Everyone has weaknesses. Without understanding the other person’s family, how can you claim to fully understand the person?"
Su Huai was speechless.
Are you trying to scare me?
He wasn’t intimidated, and his retort was sharp, "So this is the mindset of you investors? Not thinking about how to do things, but spending all day figuring people out?"
Gu Tongshu was slightly startled, his lips curving.
This young man’s thoughts are always so unexpected, constantly maintaining an obvious superiority and specifically targeting the heart.
"Is there anything wrong with fully understanding people before using them?"
"Huh!"
Su Huai returned with a cold laugh, "Those who can be fully figured out can only do ordinary things. Those born to overturn the old, sometimes are simpler than you would believe, sometimes more complex than you can figure out."
Gu Tongshu was somewhat angered.
"How ridiculous! Full of nothing but big talk! Do you think you know a lot?"
Su Huai retorted lightly, "So, you invested in Wanda with its background in commercial real estate, in Richemont and L’Oréal, waking up following the rules, but did you invest in Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Wang Xing?"
This time, Gu Tongshu was silent for a long while.
He hadn’t invested.
Originally, he hadn’t paid attention; by the time he did, the risk of joining was already high, and because he couldn’t see the future developments clearly, he had to act cautiously.
By the time he started investing heavily in internet companies, there were not many blue oceans left.
Actually, he was not without achievements in internet investments, but to present those accomplishments boastfully as a response to Su Huai’s question was utterly meaningless.
After a long time, Gu Tongshu spoke calmly, his voice devoid of any emotion.
"So, you think you’ll be the next disruptor?"
Su Huai didn’t answer directly but simply chuckled.
"Aren’t you good at figuring things out? Just watch and see."
Mad, utterly boundless.
Yet, Gu Tongshu didn’t get angry but gave another response, "That’s not important."
He slowly inhaled then exhaled, as if dispersing something into the wind.
At that moment, he suddenly turned, his lips pursed, his gaze on Su Huai fierce yet feeble.
"That’s not important, Su Huai. I hope one day you really understand that what you’re doing now, and what I’m doing now, really aren’t that important..."
