It seems that the villain is targeting me.

Of course, Lao Liu wasn't a demon after all, and he was very humane in leaving Lu Yao some room to survive: all indicators were set to her limits so as not to tire her to death.

When she was about to collapse from studying, Lao Liu was very considerate and let her go for a run to relax her mind.

Over time, Lu Yao's eyes became much clearer, no longer filled with the intrigues of the past. Instead, tears welled up in her eyes from time to time, and she looked desperate, as if she was about to be drowned in the ocean of knowledge.

Because of this, she has had no energy to act up in recent times. She has even stopped chatting and playing with her classmates and has even stopped wearing makeup.

The teachers and classmates around her were shocked by her: What kind of stimulation must she have received to suddenly become so selfless?

Simply changing one's ways is not enough to describe this level of hard work - this must be a case of being possessed by another, right?

Lu Yao felt miserable: Who could understand the sorrow of returning to high school more than a decade after graduation?

Her grades were mediocre to begin with, and under the intensity carefully adjusted by Lao Liu, she was exhausted like a dead dog almost every moment. She could only get a little more sleep when she went home on weekends.

Facts have proven that romance dramas are all lies. How can students in key classes of key high schools have the time to fall in love prematurely - they don't even have time for the damn bullying!

From Gu Tianjiao's perspective, he

I still care a lot about Lu Yao, the heroine assigned by destiny.

From this point alone, the inertia of the plot can be reflected: although no one can clearly explain why Master Gu likes Lu Yao, he just likes her inexplicably.

In short, it’s love, hard love.

Ever since dropping out of school, Gu Tianjiao has been waiting for Lu Yao to come up and ask him the reason why he dropped out.

Of course, he wouldn't reveal everything he was thinking...but the other party would definitely ask, wouldn't they? Would they be curious?

He waited with full confidence, and even had a plan of how to cover up the lie.

Lu Yao is back... Lu Yao went back to her room to sleep.

I didn’t have dinner yet and the nanny said I was still sleeping.

Still sleeping.

coma.

With the second young lady falling into a deep sleep, the huge Lu residence suddenly became much quieter, and even the housekeepers and nannies walked more briskly.

Gu Tianjiao looked at Lu Yao's bedroom on the second floor with a confused look on his face.

No, are you really sleeping?

Chapter 115: Filial Piety Leads to Strength

[Dropping out of school?... That's a bit unexpected.]

The system muttered quietly.

About a third of the original storyline is about school romance... Doesn't that essentially cut the story in half?

It turned on its own reconnaissance module and located Gu Tianjiao's position every five seconds - because the opponent's luck was getting thinner, this daily positioning task had become more and more difficult.

"...It makes logical sense for him to drop out of school. He didn't really care about his academic performance in the first place."

Xiao Niao paused for a moment as he spoke. "Combined with the intelligence passed on by Number Four, the relationship between the Son of Fortune and his mother is not harmonious... The other party will obviously not hand over the family business to him so easily."

[——Otherwise, that woman wouldn't have died so early in the original storyline.] The system added.

Everyone stopped talking in unison, and after a few seconds of silence, they all let out a long sigh at the same time.

"What a trouble..." Teacher Xiaoniao lay on the table in a very ungraceful manner.

【Filial piety is so great.】System supplement.

The two of them were now staying in a fast food restaurant on the roadside. Xiao Niao casually ordered a cold drink and sat down at a table near the window, half resting and half keeping an eye on them.

The seat she chose had a great view. She could see what was happening across the street by turning her head, while people outside couldn't see clearly inside. It was the perfect place for surveillance.

To make a long story short, this was a serious surveillance operation.

Xiao Niao, a recent university graduate, had about twenty years of grassroots work experience. He once founded a secret police organization in a certain country and served as its leader... He has extremely rich work experience.

She stayed here to keep an eye on the son of destiny of this small world - the biological son of the world's will, Gu Tianjiao.

The other party was temporarily out of her sight, but because of the existence of the system, Xiao Niao did not need to get too close to the other party and could monitor him remotely.

Because of this, she followed the other party all the way without attracting his attention at all - Xiao Niao was already quite experienced, and with the assistance of the system, the possibility of being discovered was infinitely close to zero.

According to the system itself: [People with good fortune are very conspicuous, just like walking on a lantern at night.]

When walking at night, you may have to get very close to ordinary pedestrians to notice their presence, but you can see someone with a lantern from a long distance away.

And just as Xiao Niao thought, Gu Tianjiao had no idea that he was being followed.

He stuffed his hands tightly into his pockets and walked around twice alertly. Then he quickly turned into an alley and went into the back door of a shop.

"...Amateur, really amateur."

Xiao Niao couldn't help but comment from the side: "You're completely oblivious to your surroundings, and you don't know how to avoid the cameras... Just circling around is useless, it'll only make you look more suspicious!"

System: [After all, this is the world of romantic domineering boss novels, so please don't be too picky about the details...]

Two hours ago, Gu Tianjiao left Lu's house alone through the back door, carrying an envelope full of money, in a very low-key manner.

He felt that he was very secretive and even put on a simple disguise... But in fact, the surveillance eyes were already there before Gu Tianjiao even left the house.

This is the advantage of having your own undercover agents in the enemy base: you can basically know about any movement of the enemy at the first time.

When Xiao Niao got the news, he hadn't walked very far - he still had enough time to have some noodles for breakfast and then rush back, and he definitely wouldn't lose him.

In short, thanks to Number Four's diligent and stealthy spying, she had a pretty good idea of what was happening at the Lu residence:

Whether it was the abnormal fund transfers on Lu Weiren's account or Gu Tianjiao's actions in secret, No. 4 knew everything.

The way this cat obtains information is also very simple: it just lies on the vase shelf and listens.

The people in Lu's house had no idea that the undercover agent would eavesdrop on intelligence so openly right under their noses.

These people still think that home is the safest place - especially Lu Weiren, who is old-fashioned and seems

He was not at all confident in handling things like black accounts at the company, and insisted that the accountant come to his home to handle it.

Now, even if Number Four wanted to ignore it, he couldn't.

It worked overtime with a numb look on its face, organizing and packaging all kinds of intelligence information, and then handed it over to the birds outside through the Internet.

It's really amazing that its chubby cat paws can control the mouse so smoothly.

Xiao Niao knew what Gu Tianjiao had been doing during this period: he dropped out of school and gave up the opportunity to go to college, just to take away the Gu family property that "originally belonged to him" from his mother.

In Gu Tianjiao's eyes, he is the owner of those huge fortunes and the only heir to the Gu gangster family.

——Of course, those things all belong to him. Gu Tianjiao is just taking some measures to get them back.

To this end, he coerced Lu Weiren, used the criminal facts that Lu's father had committed as a threat, and tied him to his boat.

After being threatened by himself, Mr. Lu hesitated for a moment, and then he agreed to his request.

He received a verbal guarantee from Lu Weiren - the other party agreed to support him behind the scenes, help Gu Tianjiao bring down his mother, and support him to become the new master of the Gu family.

If Xiao Niao was present, he would have noticed Lu Laodeng's sinister intentions in this matter.

Verbal promises are more useless than wipes. If you believe in such blank checks, be prepared for the other party to quibble and cheat endlessly.

There's no need for Xiaoniao to even be present - anyone with a little social experience knows that verbal promises are meaningless, and only the most naive newcomers in the workplace would believe that the other party will honestly fulfill the contract under non-binding conditions.

Gu Tianjiao, on the other hand, has a rather dark personality and tends to think the worst of everything.

He was skeptical about Lu Weiren's assurance.

Of course, Gu Tianjiao also thought hard about how to add insurance for himself, and after two days of hard thinking, he came up with a bad idea: marry one of Lu Weiren's daughters.

He probably thought that this way he could tie the Lu family firmly to his own boat and make Lu's father work hard for him willingly.

Lu Weiren also agreed to this condition.

Gu Tianjiao was thinking in his heart: Lu Weiren should be sincere in forming an alliance with him. After all, they are married. If he turns against me, won’t his daughter’s life be ruined for the rest of her life?

From this we can know that the other party must be sincere in forming an alliance with him.

Gu Tianjiao was completely relieved.

He began to use the money sponsored by Lu's father to find ways to contact those people in the family gang who were at odds with his mother, trying to win them over and make them his supporters.

This man is actually advancing his plan of killing his mother and seizing power bit by bit.

“…No, no matter how hard I think about it, it’s so hard to hold it in.”

Xiao Niao lowered his head, biting the straw and sipping the cold drink in the cup intermittently. He asked vaguely, "Is he seriously trying to drag Gu Yilan into this?"

The system is not sure: [It feels like it’s serious…]

Xiao Niao rolled his eyes silently where no one could see.

Are you kidding me?

A kid who hasn't even graduated from high school and a person in power who has been running the family for many years and has the support of the people... even a fool would know which one to choose, right?

What kind of crazy brain does this person have to have to support a high school student who just dropped out of school not long ago - does he feel that his life of making money to sing karaoke and drink every day is too comfortable, and he wants to experience the freedom of begging on the street after going bankrupt?

Xiao Niao simply couldn't imagine how outrageous the original novel had to be in order for Gu Tianjiao to succeed in seizing power.

To achieve this result, Lu Weiren would have to be reduced to a selfless saint, and all of Gu Yilan's confidants would have to be reduced to traitors who ate too much - and on top of that, everyone's IQ would have to be cut in half again and again - in order to make such an outrageous thing come true.

This can't even be described as "confusing behavior", it's completely a science fiction story.

"...But to be honest, I'm a little curious."

Xiao Niao stirred the crushed ice in the cup with a straw while muttering to himself, "How is Gu Tianjiao planning to pull his own mother down?"

"Whether it's connections, financial resources or personal charm, he's not better than his mother in any way."

This is the truth.

Gu Tianjiao is an insignificant minor in the eyes of everyone. Even Gu Yilan's mortal enemy would not choose to place his hopes on such a young boy.

What? You said he's Gu Yilan's biological son? The only bloodline of the Gu family?

My own children—so what if they are my own children?

Even if you're in the underworld, can't you try some advanced tricks? Family-run businesses are no longer popular, even for larger companies.

And it is obvious that this woman, Gu Yilan, has her own ambitions and aspirations.

Although she grew up surrounded by gangs, she saw more clearly than anyone else that a gang empire that relied on violence and crime could not last long.

When Gu Yilan was young, he extremely hated his father and grandfather's cruel and ruthless behavior that regarded human life as worthless, so he chose to leave the family without hesitation after he became an adult.

But later on, Gu Yilan turned a disaster into a blessing and escaped the assassination attempt by a rival gang... but that's another story.

In short, this woman is committed to completely

The family capital was laundered, and a qualitative leap in class and social status was achieved: no longer relying on crime and smuggling to make money, but owning a legal business of their own.

Someone as ambitious as her who is still involved in the underworld cannot have much kindness and compassion in her character.

If Gu Tianjiao thinks he can rely on his biological bloodline to get the upper hand, then he is dreaming too much...

To be honest, the fact that this person still has living expenses instead of having to beg on the streets is the result of maternal love.

He has no chance of gaining any decent allies this way.

Xiao Niao, who has been in the political arena for many years, knows very well that without the blessing of luck, Gu Tianjiao's immature skills can at most attract some fence-sitters who like to be fence-sitters.

So, what method did he intend to use to bring down his mother?

Borrowing the power of the Lu family is the most likely outcome - but Lu Weiren himself finds it difficult to directly compete with Gu Yilan. Putting aside the business tactics, as a businessman, he certainly does not want to directly break up with the local gangs.

So it was assassination? House arrest?

But even if he wanted to do so, Gu Tianjiao didn't have the ability to carry it out - that wasn't some junior student who could be bullied at will, but the gang boss Ben Hei.

Xiao Niao suddenly had a bad feeling.

Her instinct told her that it would be an answer that was completely...unexpected.

"Bird, come back to your senses," the system reminded her. "They seem to have almost finished their discussion. Gu Tianjiao has already come out."

Xiao Niao raised his head upon hearing this, and looked across the street through the gap past the promotional posters pasted on the glass.

Gu Tianjiao reappeared at the corner of the street. Xiaoniao took a quick look and found that his pockets, which were originally bulging, had deflated - he must have given the money in the envelope away.

He came alone and did not bring Lu Weiren with him to support him - in other words, he was trying to win people's hearts.

And those who were invited to buy were undoubtedly those who were suppressed by his mother and marginalized within the family.