Chapter 279 - Predator and Meat (2/2)

“Your… birthday?” Xia Lei was fairly surprised

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Age was a wo to reveal it either

Xia Lei spoke apologetically, “I’ht there”

“Distinguished Gathering,” said Shentu Tian-Yin

Xia Lei paused “Why there?”

“Coave no explanation

“Okay, I’ll go over right now” Xia Lei hung up, his heart aith confusion

Distinguished Gathering was the Gu clan’s place so as Shentu Tian-Yin’s birthday party being held there?

Xia Lei arrived at Distinguished Gathering an hour later The car park was full of luxury cars and several well-dressed st the people were celebrities and big-name stars in the entertainment circles, as well as sports stars This really was a cloud-high VIP event

Xia Lei alighted from his car and picked up a bouquet of roses He spotted Shentu Tian-Yin the the doorway greeting guests and walked over

He’d wanted to get her a ht a bouquet of roses froht and fresh but the packaging was a little sub-par He didn’t think h - a wo her a bouquet of flowers as a token of good wishes was enough

Shentu Tian-Yin spotted Xia Lei too and her gaze went naturally to the bouquet in his hands She stared blankly for a bit, then looked fit to burst with joy

“Happy birthday” Xia Lei walked up to Shentu Tian-Yin, then handed the bouquet of roses to her

Shentu Tian-Yin took a deep sniff of the fragrant roses and suddenly gave Xia Lei a light hug “This is the best present I’ve received”

Xia Lei said a little sheepishly, “I’d originally planned on buying you a dress or so, but… there wasn’t time”

“I like the roses” Shentu Tian-Yin leaned in to Xia Lei’s ear and said in a small voice, “Don’t tell me you don’t knohat roses represent?”

Xia Lei paused Roses represented love - even pri a woman roses meant that he wanted to woo this wo before him She was as beautiful as ever, like a fairy unble he’d had when he first saw her washed over him all of a sudden His mind was in a frazzled state in that instant and he could not figure out if he’d unwittingly bought roses which represented love, or subconsciously bought roses to confess his love

He didn’t knohat to say in the face of Shentu Tian-Yin’s playful yet provocative words

“Let’s go in” Shentu Tian-Yin knew Xia Lei well Hie step and she did not expect that she’d get everything she wanted at once

Xia Lei let out an internal sigh of relief He followed Shentu Tian-Yin into the club while saying, “Oh, right, why are you having your birthday party here?”

Shentu Tian-Yin’s lips turned up in a half-s and Gu Ke-Wu has been arrested You know about this, don’t you?”

This was all Xia Lei’s doing, so how could he not know about it? “I know But what does that have to do with you having your birthday party in this place?”

Shentu Tian-Yin lowered her voice, “The inforot was that you destroyed the Gu clan but you reacted too slowly”

“Eh?” Xia Lei was confused “Why was I slow?”

“The Gu clan’s assets are spread all over and worth tens of billions Many of these assets are illegally-owned state assets and these have been severely undervalued Many have been keeping a close watch on these assets and are prepared to grab them anytime You destroyed the Gu clan but made no moves on your end - what is that if not a slow reaction?” asked Shentu Tian-Yin

Xia Lei then realised what she’dtoo slowly’

Indeed, the Gu clan had acquired ally and these were severely undervalued Now that the Gu clan had collapsed, these assets were like cake with no owner Of course they’d attract a whole lot of predators, all ready to attack And he, the orchestrator of the Gu clan’s fall, had made no moves He really did react too slowly

“Don’t you plan on doing soht for a bit “How?”

“The Gu clan is finished A lot of their assets will be returned to the state Many assets, including their businesses, will be parcelled out for auction but these will be just the leftovers The real big ive you a sied to Gu Ke-Wu It’s actual market value is 200 million but I purchased it at the price of 50 million”

Xia Lei was thunderstruck The Gu assets had already changed ownershi+p in the scant few days of Gu Ding-Shan going !

Xia Lei suddenly felt like his head and finesse for business was not even worthwhen he ith Shentu Tian-Yin