Chapter 1040 — Wu Chengtian Returns

"The girl's name is Yu Yuanyuan. She works at a burger joint near an elementary school. Her father sells sundries at the market nearby — Yu Ren. The family's dirt poor, she's never seen anything of the world. A few words and she'll take the bait!" Instructor Li had already investigated Yu Yuanyuan's background thoroughly.

Though Instructor Li frequented dens of vice and debauchery every day, the women he dealt with were all bar girls and the like; he still had a taste for innocent young maidens. Yesterday, with nothing better to do, he had gone to the burger joint for a burger and found himself captivated by Yu Yuanyuan. After a quick investigation of her background, he had returned to the arena pondering how to broach the matter with An Jianwen — to have him help scheme Yu Yuanyuan into his bed. As it happened, An Jianwen wanted him to fight tomorrow, so he had seized the moment to make his request.

Sure enough, An Jianwen agreed readily — because to An Jianwen, this was no request at all!

Old Master Wu Gonggao of the Wu family was finally discharged from the hospital. Yet this hospitalization had proven a blessing in disguise: he had broken straight through to the mid Mystic Rank, which delighted Wu Gonggao immensely! Could this be the legendary truth that only through destruction comes construction?

If that were truly so, then perhaps he ought to let Wu Chengtian anger him a couple more times, land himself in the hospital a few more times — and break through to Earth Rank, would he?

Of course, Wu Gonggao was only daydreaming. Though this breakthrough was connected to his hospitalization, the greater part of the reason was simply that he had been on the verge of breaking through all along — he had merely never encountered the barrier to the mid Mystic Rank!

At home, Wu Gonggao had trained diligently every single day without a moment's rest. But in the hospital, he could not continue his cultivation and could only lie in his sickbed and rest quietly. Once he had calmed his mind and recuperated for a time, when his body recovered and he resumed his training, he broke through to the mid Mystic Rank in one stroke!

Afterward, Wu Gonggao considered it carefully. This breakthrough was likely owed to that period of quiet recuperation — it had let him adjust his condition, so that when he took up his training again, he broke through in a single effort! But however it had come about, now that Wu Gonggao had become a mid Mystic Rank expert, the Wu family's standing was all the more firmly secured!

Seeing that his grandfather had recovered — and broken through, no less — Wu Chengtian no longer lingered at the Wu family home. His heart was already flying home; he wanted to race to Songshan City to find Sun Jingyan, and to lose no time in exposing her relationship with Wei Zhao!

Back in Yanjing, he had shared a meal with Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao, and knew that Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao were a couple. So Wei Zhao could not possibly be Sun Jingyan's boyfriend! Unless Wei Zhao was two-timing them both!

But that hardly mattered. Wu Chengtian planned to invite Wei Zhao, Feng Xiaoxiao, and Sun Jingyan out to dinner together. If Wei Zhao truly was two-timing, then Sun Jingyan could see Wei Zhao's ugly true face in time! Whether it wrecked the relationship between Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao, of course, was none of Wu Chengtian's concern — he could not have cared less.

Wu Chengtian rushed back to Songshan City late that night. Once he arrived, he did not hurry to call Sun Jingyan; instead, he first called Xiao Wangba.

"Hello? Wangba, this is Wu Chengtian!" Wu Chengtian said.

"Brother Chengtian, hello!" Xiao Wangba was overjoyed to receive Wu Chengtian's call. The Xiao family's situation was far from ideal at present; if the Wu family could lend a hand now, they might yet avoid being struck from the rolls immediately! Especially since the Wu family's Old Master Wu Gonggao had broken through to the mid Mystic Rank, with Earth Rank in sight — at a time like this, the Wu family's word carried real weight!

"Mm. The matter I entrusted to you — how is it coming along?" Wu Chengtian naturally knew nothing of the Xiao family's troubles. In truth, the whole Wu family had been busy with Old Master Wu Gonggao's affairs lately, and had no mind to inquire after anyone else's business!

And with Wu Gonggao having just broken through, the Wu family was busy spreading the news — who had the leisure to listen to word of others?

"It's all taken care of. The company is registered, we've leased office space, and the staff have all been hired. It's just that we're newcomers to Songshan City with no client resources to speak of. The company's been open for days now, and not a single client has come knocking!" Xiao Wangba said.

Trading companies in Songshan City were as numerous as hairs on an ox. To open for business and then sit back waiting for clients to come to you, without going out to drum up trade, was sheer fantasy!

But Wu Chengtian did not care about that. Whether there were clients, whether it turned a profit — none of it mattered! With Wu Gonggao's breakthrough this time, Wu Chengtian had, quite naturally, applied for and received a hefty sum of woman-chasing funds! The old master's sole wish now was for Wu Chengtian to bring Sun Jingyan through the Wu family's gates as his wife! That would advance the Wu family's standing another step!

So the company Wu Chengtian had opened was purely for showing off. All he wanted from it was the title of general manager! As for whether the company made money or lost it, he did not much care!

He had been practicing his showing-off lately, and he felt he had gotten rather good at it! That meal with Feng Xiaoxiao earlier had opened Wu Chengtian's eyes. So this was what girls liked these days — boys who knew how to show off! So it was only by showing off that one could be admired!

Wu Chengtian had found his shortcoming, and so he set about correcting it with haste. This company was the first step in his showing-off plan! He needed a status on equal footing with Sun Jingyan. Sun Jingyan had a company of her own and could count as a boss — so if he wanted to pursue her, he had to be a boss too!

And the second step was to invite Wei Zhao, Feng Xiaoxiao, and Sun Jingyan to dinner together. Not only could it make Sun Jingyan see Wei Zhao for what he was, he could also show off his skills at the dinner table. That Feng Xiaoxiao was quite good at playing along with his showing off — two birds with one stone!

"Whether the company makes money doesn't matter. I've brought back ten million in woman-chasing funds this time. Just keep the company running as it is — if the money runs short, tell me anytime!" Wu Chengtian said indifferently.

"Yes, yes!" Xiao Wangba was delighted. Earlier he had been racking his brains over how the company was supposed to make money — after all, Wu Chengtian had asked him and Xiao Wangdao to set it up, and if it failed to turn a profit, he feared Wu Chengtian would be displeased! But now it seemed Wu Chengtian had no intention of making money at all! That made things easy — just keep the company open. With no business, Wu Chengtian would still pay the staff's wages, and he himself had it much easier!

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