12dz Chapter 726: People on a Ship
Chapter 726: People on a Ship
The next day.
In the box, Bai Ruoshu looked at her watch for the fifth time.
Gong Yao is already an hour late.
She stood up impatiently and looked at Yang Jingwei who was calmly drinking tea beside her.
"Mom, how can you still drink? Even Gong Yao dared to give us a cold look. He was obviously late on purpose!"
Yang Jingwei put down the teacup and sneered, "So what? He doesn't dare not come anyway."
If the Bai family is not having a good time, how can Gong Yao have a good time in the Gong family?
He was under pressure from above, and those below him could not stand his shady background.
On the surface, he is the fourth master of the Gong family, but in fact, he is not even as good as Ren Xiya who has the same status.
Ren Xiya is smarter than Gong Yao. She knows that Old Master Gong is unreliable, so she has long since turned to the Second and Third Masters.
With the support of two brothers inside and outside, she has to give some face when doing things in Beijing.
In the same position, Ren Xiya's performance is better than Gong Yao's.
As he was speaking, Gong Yao walked in holding a bouquet of flowers.
He still looked like a handsome young man, with an unfathomable smile on his face.
"I saw that the flowers in the flower shop were nice, so I picked a bouquet for Ruoshu. I didn't expect to be late. I'm really sorry."
"It doesn't matter. The Fourth Master is thoughtful."
Yang Jingwei pushed Bai Ruoshu beside her.
Bai Ruoshu then put on a fake smile and reluctantly stood up to take the flowers.
"Thank you."
"Ruoshu, you're welcome."
Gong Yao smiled, sat down and ordered food without asking what Yang Jingwei wanted to see him about.
Even without you telling him, he could still guess a little bit.
Someone revealed online that the arrested dean and Yang Jingwei had been friends for many years.
The dean's son is related to the Bai family's overseas businesses and is also a doctor.
It just so happened that the worker who got into trouble this time was related to Lin Zhiyi.
Lin Zhiyi participated in two more arrest operations against the Bai family.
It's hard not to associate something with it.
This is very disadvantageous for Yang Jingwei, who is determined to make a comeback.
Looking at the entire Jing City now, only the Gong family can help her.
Halfway through the meal, Yang Jingwei started to get to the point.
"Fourth Master, you and Ruoshu are already engaged, you two should spend more time together when you have time."
Gong Yao wiped his mouth and looked up at Bai Ruoshu.
"If Mrs. Bai hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about my engagement to Ruo Shu. I don't think anyone in Beijing would have remembered it either.
It's Miss Bai."
Bai Ruoshu's face froze and she clenched her chopsticks tightly.
Yang Jingwei immediately pressed down her hand, keeping her smile, but with a hint of warning in her eyes.
"Fourth Master, you are such a joker. Everyone knows about your affair with Ruoshu. It is not like the Gong family would do to abandon you after having sex with you."
Gong Yao lowered his head and wiped his hands, then said nonchalantly, "Ruo Shu and I were indeed close enough to get engaged, but the Bai family is a criminal family, and I am also a victim. I was deceived. If we break up now, who would dare to say that I am an infidel?"
After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes and stared at Yang Jingwei and Bai Ruoshu with a faint smile.
Bai Ruoshu couldn't bear it anymore and smashed the chopsticks in her hand.
"Gong Yao, you are just a bastard, what qualifications do you have to say that to me?"
"Illegitimate child?" Gong Yao narrowed his eyes, showing a hint of anger. "Illegitimate children are better than the children of criminals."
"Gong Yao!" Bai Ruoshu glared at him with gritted teeth.
Gong Yao put down the towel and drank his tea slowly.
"Don't be angry. I slept with you, and you also schemed against me. We've long been even. Now you don't have any leverage over me, but I still have leverage over you. If you know what's good for you, don't get entangled."
"Ruoshu, if you want to be angry, just be angry at your good mother. You have to target Lin Zhiyi for your own selfish desires. Otherwise, how could the dean's affairs involve you?"
"..."
Bai Ruoshu was stunned and subconsciously looked at Yang Jingwei.
Yang Jingwei held her hand tightly without explaining.
Gong Yao snorted and stood up to leave.
As soon as I turned around, I heard Yang Jingwei's voice.
"Fourth Master, do you really think we are even? You must have forgotten that you were the one who personally sent the twins to the Bai family."
When Gong Yao heard the word "twins, a boy and a girl", he stopped in his tracks.
He turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Fourth Master, did you send flowers to Ruoshu just to look good? Or were you worried that we would tell others about your kidnapping of the Jiang family's grandson?"
Yang Jingwei picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Gong Yao's face suddenly changed, and he took a deep breath and said, "Mrs. Bai, I advise you not to talk nonsense."
Yang Jingwei stared at him and said with a smile, "Fourth Master, guess why you need to do something like kidnapping yourself? You don't think the Bai family is such a pushover, do you?"
These words instantly reminded Gong Yao of the conversation between Gong Chen and the old man on New Year's Eve.
Gong Chen saw through the old man's plan at a glance.
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a kid.
The old man wanted to take advantage of the situation to swallow up the Bai family's assets and get the leverage over the powerful people in Beijing.
In order to gain the trust of the Bai family, he sent Gong Yao to personally plan the kidnapping of the twins.
It seems that the old man trusts Gong Yao, but in fact he is putting Gong Yao's handle on the Bai family.
Gong Yao remained silent.
Yang Jingwei's smile deepened: "It seems that the Fourth Master has thought it through. Do you still think we don't have any evidence against you? If I hand it over to the Jiang family, I am just a woman, and the Jiang family should not kill me, but you..."
"You...Mrs. Bai, aren't you afraid that I will make public the fact that Ruoshu deliberately provoked Ye Feifei to assassinate Lin Zhiyi? Don't you care about your daughter's reputation?" Gong Yao threatened in return.
Yang Jingwei calmly poured another cup of tea for herself and Bai Ruoshu.
"As you said, no matter what you and I do, both of us will suffer, and it will only help others. So why should we do this?"
"..."
After a moment of silence.
Yang Jingwei picked up the teapot and poured tea for Gong Yao, motioning him to sit down.
In just a few seconds, Gong Yao remembered Gong Chen's ridicule of him.
Finally he chose to sit down.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Gong Yao had been keeping Bai Ruoshu steady before because he thought Yang Jingwei was very capable of getting away with it.
Unexpectedly, she was caught off guard and killed by Lin Zhiyi.
I wanted to completely cut off ties after this meeting.
Unexpectedly, everything turned out as Gong Chen had expected, and he was betrayed by his biological father.
Gong Yao didn't even have time to feel sad, he had to pretend to be calm and negotiate with the person on the other side.
The moment he sat down, Yang Jingwei knew that Gong Yao would never be able to get off the boat.
"Fourth Master, don't be anxious. Have some tea first and we'll talk slowly."
"Don't keep us in suspense." Gong Yao said coldly.
Yang Jingwei said slowly: "Is the Fourth Master really willing to be the Fourth Master?"
Gong Yao's hand holding the cup froze.
"Fourth Master, as long as the old man is alive, neither you nor Third Master can truly control the Gong family. If you want to truly surpass Third Master, it's actually very simple..."
As she spoke, Yang Jingwei dipped her fingertips in a little water and wrote a word on the table.
Gong Yao stared at the word and didn't speak for a long time.
After a moment, he put the cup down forcefully.
"Mrs. Bai, please be careful with your words. I will pretend that I didn't hear what you said today. I have something else to do. Let's talk next time."
He quickly stood up and left as if he was being chased by a ghost.
Yang Jingwei stared at his back and said slowly, "Fourth Master, I'll wait for your good news."
Gong Yao quickened his pace.
After the surroundings quieted down, Bai Ruoshu quickly erased the word.
She said nervously, "Mom, are you crazy? This is too dangerous."