Chapter 863: Mistaking a Wolf for a Sheep

“Guo… Guo Qi?”

Staring at the figure flying backwards and crashing hard onto the ground.

Gao Tian didn’t react for a while, muttering in disbelief, his face full of shock.

“It’s Guo Qi! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and save him! Check if he’s still breathing. If he dies, we’re all in trouble!”

Song Yuzhi reacted quickly, giving Gao Tian a push and rushing towards the fallen Guo Qi.

She hadn’t expected that her casual words would have such a powerful effect.

She had only said it so casually, who would’ve thought Guo Qi would really get hit by a car? Was this that legendary unspeakable divine power where words become reality?

Once Gao Tian snapped out of it, he immediately followed.

“Quick! He’s still breathing! Call the ambulance!”

Song Yuzhi saw the constantly bleeding Guo Qi and, holding back her disgust, squatted down to check his breathing. She shouted anxiously to Gao Tian.

If Guo Qi died, they would all probably be in deep trouble.

Even though they weren’t the ones who directly killed him, he had died right in front of them.

Guo Zhenting only had one son. He would definitely go mad. And when he goes mad, reasoning means nothing.

An unreasonable man in a high position going mad—without a doubt, this was something terrifying.

At her words, Gao Tian quickly pulled out his phone with trembling hands and dialed 120.

But unfortunately, by the time the ambulance arrived, Guo Qi had already stopped breathing.

As for his body, it was directly taken to the hospital morgue to be frozen.

Song Yuzhi and Gao Tian immediately went back to report everything to Song Fei and Cai Yuanlin.

“What did you say?!”

“Guo Qi was run over by a car and died!”

Hearing this, both Song Fei and Cai Yuanlin were shocked, standing up abruptly from their chairs.

“Yes, we saw it with our own eyes. He was hit by a Passat, and the driver fled.”

Song Yuzhi’s face turned pale as she spoke. If the perpetrator couldn’t be found, the anger they’d face would be even greater.

They didn’t even dare to call the police because once the police got involved, they would notify Guo Zhenting, the victim’s father, immediately.

“It’s over! It’s really over this time.”

Song Fei let out a long sigh as if all the strength in his body had drained away. He collapsed into the chair with his brows furrowed tightly.

Everyone in the Hongmen knew how precious Guo Qi was to Guo Zhenting. Otherwise, Guo Qi wouldn’t have grown so reckless.

Now, his precious son was dead, and he died right on their turf, in front of Song Fei’s daughter and student. There was no way Guo Zhenting wouldn’t blame them.

“It’s not that serious. No matter how domineering Guo Zhenting is, he can’t blame this on us. At most, he’ll be angry and make things difficult for us.”

Cai Yuanlin said, trying to sound casual, but his face also looked grim. Even Guo Zhenting’s mere ‘difficulties’ would make life for their division hard.

“Serves him right for not watching the road, acting like the whole world had to accommodate him!”

Song Yuzhi couldn’t help muttering under her breath. What a troublemaker. He made life difficult for people when he was alive and now even in death, he was causing them problems.

“Yuanlin, what do we do next?”

Song Fei looked at Cai Yuanlin and asked.

Cai Yuanlin forced a bitter smile, “What else can we do? We have to tell Guo Zhenting immediately. If we try to hide it and he finds out later, he’ll be even angrier.”

“When he comes to New York, we’ll try our best to explain everything and make sure we clear our involvement.”

“Sigh… That’s all we can do now. We’ll just take it one step at a time.”

Song Fei sighed deeply. Things had now spiraled far beyond his control.

…………

Nick Family.

“He really said that?”

Tony’s father frowned at Tony, holding a smoking cigar between his fingers.

“Father, it’s true. I even checked the contract myself. The Karen Family really gave Xu Corporation one percent of their shares.”

Tony nodded, looking serious. Having seen it with his own eyes, he had no doubts about its authenticity.

Tony’s father took a puff of his cigar and said calmly, “Tony, did you ever wonder why he came to you? Why didn’t he come with Karen if it was a three-way deal?”

“Uh…” Tony was stumped and couldn’t answer.

Tony’s father shook his head in disappointment, continuing, “Because he’s hiding something. The shares he gave Karen’s family are definitely more than two percent. Two percent isn’t enough to sway the Karen Family.”

This time, Tony didn’t say anything. In fact, he wanted to mention that Xu Shaochen not only promised two percent of the shares but also agreed to help Mike pursue Jenny.

But he didn’t dare say it. After all, in his father’s eyes, any negotiation focused on women was foolish.

Tony had learned many a harsh lesson about this from a very young age.

“So, Father, what do you think we should do…?” Tony asked respectfully, ready to listen.

Tony’s father smiled smugly, “Of course we’ll agree. He made one good point: two versus two is a stalemate. So we’ll go with the option that benefits us the most. Who cares if the Johnson Family turns out to be the unlucky one?”

“However, we need five percent of the shares.”

Tony frowned slightly, “Isn’t that too much? Even if the Karen Family’s shares are more than two percent, they definitely won’t exceed five.”

He still underestimated Xu Shaochen. Xu Shaochen, in order to win over the Karen Family, gave them a full ten percent of the shares.

He had no choice but to bring the Karen Family in; only then could he negotiate with the Nick Family.

“Precisely because the Karen Family doesn’t have five percent, we must ask for more. Then, we’ll have more influence in Xu Corporation than them.”

Tony’s father spoke decisively. Whoever had the greatest influence could take the biggest slice of the feast that was Xu Corporation.

Everyone saw Xu Corporation as a cake waiting to be sliced, like a lamb about to be slaughtered.

But what they failed to see was that this wasn’t a lamb, but a bloodthirsty wolf disguised in sheep’s clothing.

“Understood, Father. I’ll make sure of it.”

Tony’s spirits lifted, and he made a firm decision—he would make sure to win Jenny over before Mike.

Even if he couldn’t win her, he wouldn’t let Mike succeed.

Otherwise, if Mike really got Jenny, the Karen Family’s influence within Xu Corporation would become unstoppable.

Father, haven’t you always said that pursuing women is a waste of time? This time, I’ll show you that when you choose the right woman, the results can be unexpected.