<strong>Capítulo 1236: Chapter 1248</strong>
“Mr. Chu, you finally arrived.” Yuwen Kangli was the first to spot Chu Ge, and he spoke with a gentle smile.
The room suddenly fell silent, and everyone instinctively directed their gaze at Chu Ge.
Chu Ge nodded slightly, as a form of greeting.
“Mr. Chu, where have you been? The housekeeper has looked for you several times but couldn’t find you.”
Yuwen Kangli asked worriedly.
Chu Ge chuckled softly and said, “I didn’t go anywhere, just went to meet someone.”
Everyone looked at Chu Ge curiously, wondering who he went to meet, but Chu Ge was unwilling to mention it. He merely smiled faintly and asked, “What are you discussing? By the way, why did youe to this banquet?”
Upon mentioning their purpose for attending the banquet, Old Master Huangpu’s expression slightly darkened, “We were invited, but after waiting for half a day, we haven’t seen anyone.”
“I bet he’s going to stand us up again today.”
Chu Ge looked at them puzzled, “Who are you talking about?”
“It’s Zhang Tao.”
Old Master Huangpu sighed lightly, his words were tinged with a bit of helplessness.
“Zhang Tao?”
Chu Ge looked at him puzzled. When he met Zhang Tao earlier, he didn’t hear anything about Zhang Tao inviting them…
Wait!
It seems today’s events were all orchestrated by Zhang Tao. He deliberately invited these old masters and then used their lives to threaten me.
Chu Ge suddenly realized this, and a surge of anger rose in his heart. It seems he had spared him too lightly earlier.
Old Master Huangpu noticed Chu Ge’s slightly displeased expression and asked puzzledly, “Mr. Chu, what’s wrong?”
Chu Ge shook his head gently, “Zhang Tao won’te.”
Everyone looked at him in confusion, “How does Mr. Chu know?”
“Because I just met him. The reason he invited you was actually to threaten me into helping him cure his illness!”
Chu Ge exined the situation to everyone.
Suddenly, Old Master Huangpu mmed the table fiercely, eximing angrily, “This Zhang Tao, how audacious!”
“When did Zhang Tao be so arrogant?”
Old Master Yu Wen asked quietly.
“Over the years, we’ve used him to connect with the underground economy, which has inted his arrogance. But now, part of our families’ economies can’t entirely sever ties with the underground economy. He’s seized this point of ours, otherwise, he wouldn’t have invited us here and used our lives to threaten us.”
Gongsun Linhua suddenly sneered coldly. He looked at Chu Ge disdainfully and said, “Who can guarantee you’re telling the truth? Chu Ge, if Zhang Tao really threatened you with the old masters’ lives, how are you sitting here unscathed?”
“Lin Hua! Do not be rude to Mr. Chu!”
Mr. Gongsun scolded harshly.
Chu Ge smiled, “It’s fine. I’m sitting here safely because Zhang Tao is no match for me, it’s as simple as that. If Mr. Gongsun doesn’t believe it, you can go to his room and check, or… let him tell you himself.”
“You!”
Gongsun Linhua red at Chu Ge angrily, but couldn’t act rashly in front of his grandfather!
Old Master Huangpu coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject, “Mr. Chu, I heard you are with our Man Sha?”
Chu Ge was taken aback, then raised his eyes to look at Nangong Man Sha, who nodded gently.
Chu Ge coughed awkwardly, saying, “Well… kind of.”
“Haha, men should marry, women should wed, it’s all normal. Mr. Chu, no need to be shy.”
Old Master Huangpu was pleased to hear Chu Ge admit it. Man Sha was his precious granddaughter, and he was naturally happy if she was with Chu Ge.
Old Master Nangong was somewhat displeased earlier, but now his face was filled with a gentle smile.
He was happy because he knew Chu Ge and Nangong Man Sha weren’t really together, so he was pleased.
Whenever someone is happy, someone else will be distressed.
Gongsun Lihan pouted unhappily, standing there, her hands clenched lightly, head lowered, not saying a word.
But in this room, the seniority was so high that no one noticed her emotional state.
Gongsun Linhua nced sideways at his sister, sighed lightly, approached, and whispered, “Lihan, should I take you out for a walk?”
Gongsun Lihan red unwillingly at Chu Ge, then nodded.
They left on the pretext, and the four old masters also said they were leaving, nning to find another ce to continue their tea gathering.
For a moment, only Chu Ge, Nangong Man Sha, and Yuwen Kangli remained in the room.
Yuwen Kangli didn’t feel like a third wheel at all. He asked Chu Ge curiously, “Mr. Chu, how did you conflict with Zhang Tao?”
Chu Ge recalled the room was still under Zhang Tao’s surveince, and said to them, “Let’s leave here first.”
The banquet was almost over, and there was no point in staying, so Chu Ge drove Nangong Man Sha and Yuwen Kangli away.
“Mr. Chu, what happened with you and Zhang Tao?” In the car, Yuwen Kangli asked curiously.
He had been holding it in all along.
“He wants me to help treat his illness, it’s that simple.”
“I know his health is deteriorating, but the specific reason is unclear.”
Nangong Man Sha said, looking at Chu Ge curiously, “Mr. Chu, did you agree to treat him?”
Chu Ge nodded, “But I need him to agree to three conditions.”
“What are the three conditions?”
“Only three conditions? Mr. Chu, that’s too easy on him.”
Chu Ge smiled, looking ahead, “Don’t be fooled by just three conditions; fulfilling them won’t be easy. I’ve only thought of one condition so far; the other two will be consideredter.”
As if recalling something, he asked, “By the way, what’s Zhang Tao’s background?”
“Zhang Tao is the underground leader of the Capital City. Any well-known dark ces there are associated with him.”
“The most famous nightclub in the Capital City, the Royal Night Club, belongs to Zhang Tao.”
“Although the Capital City is divided among the Six Major Families, Zhang Tao isn’t far behind.”
Yuwen Kangli and Nangong Man Sha spoke back and forth.
Chu Ge listened without responding, specting that Zhang Tao hadn’t lied to him.
He is indeed the underground leader, but judging by his appearance, even before his illness, he wasn’t particrly strong physically. How did he be the underground leader?
Could it be he climbed up by relying on martial arts?