Gu Yanzhou put down his cup. "What happened that made you so angry? It's nothing, tell me slowly, there's no rush."

Xu Wenbin immediately started talking: "It's Jiang Che! Senior Gu, you should know him, right? He's in the same training group as you."

"Jiang Che, I know him. What happened to him?"

"He—" Xu Wenbin stopped midway through his sentence, picked up his coffee and took a big gulp, slamming the cup heavily on the table, "I had a fight with him at noon today."

"But let me tell you, I'm not trying to start anything, it's just that Jiang Che really went too far!"

Xu Wenbin became more and more agitated as he spoke, tapping his fingers loudly on the table: "We were like brothers when school started, but he's only been back in the dorm for a few days now? He won't answer my calls or reply to my messages."

"I asked him where he was, and he said he lived off-campus. I asked him what he was doing, and he said he had something to do."

"What is it that he has to hide from his brothers all the time? What does he take us for?"

Gu Yanzhou listened quietly.

After Xu Wenbin caught his breath, he spoke up at the opportune moment: "Perhaps something really has happened at home?"

"Just because something's going on at home doesn't mean you can treat your brothers like dirt?" Xu Wenbin was even angrier. "Senior Gu, you didn't hear how infuriating what he said at noon today was!"

"He said I didn't need to report my affairs to him, making it seem like I had done something to him. Isn't it just because I consider him a brother and care about him?"

"Listen to this, is this even human language?"

When Xu Wenbin got excited, his voice even changed a little.

The guests at the next table looked over, and Gu Yanzhou quickly raised his hand to signal him to be quiet.

Xu Wenbin then lowered his voice: "I used to really treat him like a brother, but it turns out he didn't respect me at all."

"I know his family is rich, Jiang Sheng Group, everyone knows that."

"But does having money give you the right to look down on others? I told him right now that his family's wealth is his father's money, it has nothing to do with Jiang Che!"

Gu Yanzhou picked up his coffee and took a sip. "Is that so? What was Jiang Che's reaction back then?"

"Him?" Xu Wenbin snorted coldly. "He had a long face, acting like his mother wasn't telling the truth. Later, he simply left with his girlfriend, ignoring me completely."

"How's his girlfriend, Su Qinghe?"

"You cried, didn't you? Your eyes are all red."

Xu Wenbin's tone softened slightly as he said this, "To be honest, I wasn't targeting your wife. She's a really nice person. It's just that Jiang Che is such a scoundrel."

Gu Yanzhou nodded thoughtfully and continued, "By the way, you also said his dad scolded him? What happened?"

"I heard about it too." Xu Wenbin stirred his coffee with his head down, his emotions calming down a bit. "It seems that Jiang Che did something at home that his father was very unhappy about and kicked him out of some auditing team."

"I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I'm sure I got scolded by my family."

Gu Yanzhou picked up his cup, concealing the smile on his lips.

He subtly changed the subject: "I see. I guess he's just in a bad mood. Don't take it too seriously. It's normal for brothers to have disagreements. They'll probably make up in a few days."

"Make up?" Xu Wenbin scoffed. "This isn't over until Jiang Che takes the initiative to apologize to me."

"I'm putting this out there today: no matter how rich the Jiang family is, I, Xu Wenbin, don't care."

"If it weren't for the fact that we've known each other since the beginning of the semester, I would have definitely started a fight with him in the cafeteria at noon today."

Gu Yanzhou put down his cup and gently tried to mediate: "Calm down, calm down. Jiang Che must be under a lot of pressure right now. I heard that something did happen to his family recently, so it's understandable that he's in a bad mood."

"It's one thing that something happened, but another thing happened." Xu Wenbin continued, his tone even more aggrieved. "He should have discussed it with his brothers. It's not like I can't help him."

"Jiang Sheng Group is in trouble, how can an ordinary college student like you help?" Gu Yanzhou asked with a smile.

Xu Wenbin opened his mouth, but as if realizing he had said too much, he quickly picked up his coffee cup to cover his face.

Gu Yanzhou saw this and was already seventy percent certain of success.

He leisurely took out a pack of cigarettes from his suit pocket, pulled out two, and handed them over.

Xu Wenbin waved his hand, then took back another cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it, and exhaled a long puff of smoke.

"Let me tell you the truth, but don't take it too seriously." Gu Yanzhou flicked his cigarette ash. "The Jiang family is a large and powerful family. Sometimes, there are things that Jiang Che can't decide on his own. He has his reasons for keeping it from you."

"What difficulties could there be?"

Xu Wenbin sneered, "He's holding something so important in his hands, even his father can't do anything about it, what excuse does he have?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanzhou paused slightly in the motion of holding the cigarette between his fingers.

What's in your hand?

Even his father can't do anything about him?

Gu Yanzhou's mind raced, but his face remained impassive.

He pretended not to have heard clearly and casually asked, "What thing is so powerful?"

Xu Wenbin's expression froze for a moment.

He seemed to realize what he had just said, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.

"N-nothing," he waved his hands repeatedly, his voice weak.

Gu Yanzhou wasn't in a hurry. He just quietly smoked his cigarette, looking calmly at Xu Wenbin.

Xu Wenbin, on the other hand, felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. He tapped his fingers on the edge of the table for a long time before finally giving in.

"Senior Gu, please don't tell anyone what I'm about to say. I'm only telling you."

Xu Wenbin leaned forward and lowered his voice: "Jiang Che has a document in his hand."

"What document?"

"I don't know the specifics," Xu Wenbin shook his head, "but it seems to be a very important document. Jiang Che said it's some kind of 3 billion project?"

Gu Yanzhou's hand, holding the cigarette, tightened slightly involuntarily. "Really? Then how did you know this document existed?"

"I……"

Xu Wenbin swallowed back halfway through his sentence, his expression conflicted for a long time, before finally gritting his teeth and saying, "I saw it by chance when I went to his dorm to help him find something a couple of days ago."

"When I asked him what it was, he ignored me and just said that he needed to settle accounts with his father."

"Lu Ziang also knows about this. Old Lu said that Jiang Che hates his father to the core now and is hoping to use this document to turn the tables."

After hearing this, Gu Yanzhou's heart jumped into his throat.

He suppressed the surging excitement in his heart, patted Xu Wenbin on the shoulder, and his tone returned to that of a caring senior: "Alright, alright, don't be too angry. No matter what, Jiang Che is still your brother. He'll be fine once he calms down."

"Brother?" Xu Wenbin snorted heavily. "Judging from his attitude at noon today, I'll never call him brother again in my life."

"I want to see if he'll still be this arrogant after he throws that thing in his dad's face."

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