Chapter 2232 - 2235: The Wrath of the Upper Echelon

Hearing the old man's words, Gong Ziyi not only did not calm down but instead exploded in rage, "Don't talk to me about any ulterior motives. I've loved Song Weiyin since she was in her teens. All these years, I've watched her grow up little by little, mature little by little. She's dignified, beautiful, pristine, with not a speck of dust — the most perfect woman in the world."

"Now, she's shown up in front of the cameras, arm in arm with that despicable bastard Shen Qiang. And now, you still tell me to calm down? If I continue to be calm, she'll end up sleeping with Shen Qiang! Do you understand?"

Gong Ziyi roared angrily.

But the old man remained unmoved and said, "They have the ability to avoid all the entertainment reporters but they didn't, there's a trick to this."

Gong Ziyi raged, "I don't care whether there's a trick or not, I don't want to face Shen Qiang's smug face tomorrow. Go kill him for me, right now, immediately!"

"I'm sorry, Young Master, you are not calm enough now, so I won't carry out your orders." The old man's expression was calm.

Gong Ziyi sprang up with a howl and yelled furiously, "Say one more sentence, do you believe I'll kill you now?"

"Even if you kill me, Young Master, I won't pass on this order because acting now signals that you've lost." The old man was calm.

Swish!

Gong Ziyi's spear appeared out of thin air, already pointed at the old man's throat.

"Say it again!" Gong Ziyi's eyes were like splitting steel, with a killing intent that reached the heavens.

The old man calmly said, "Being able to dodge those reporters but not doing so, clearly having no need to show up yet flaunting their affection together, is because Shen Qiang knows you're the person in this world who loves Song Weiyin the most. His actions will make you lose control, and then... he's won."

"Shut up! Do you believe I'll kill you now!" Gong Ziyi roared.

The old man calmly said, "Young Master is a superior being and should know that anger leads to mistakes. If true love is enough, there's no need to flaunt it. And Young Master knows in his heart that I'm right, otherwise, I should have been dead by now."

Upon hearing the old man's words.

Gong Ziyi, with eyes like splitting steel and unrelenting hatred, gritted his teeth and stared at the old man in strange silence.

The old man, with a calm expression, then said, "Young Master must understand that a woman whose heart has changed won't be moved by your efforts. Song Weiyin now likes Shen Qiang, which is something you cannot change. If at this time, Shen Qiang suddenly encounters a setback, Song Weiyin, who perhaps wasn't prepared to sleep with Shen Qiang, might impulsively end up on Shen Qiang's bed just to comfort him."

"Enough!" Gong Ziyi shouted.

The old man calmly said, "Young Master Ziyi has lost too many times and has already lost confidence. Song Weiyin does like Shen Qiang and indeed is with Shen Qiang, but from her demeanor, you can easily determine she is still a virgin. This means she might have made some promise to Shen Qiang, but as long as Young Master wins, she'll still be yours."

Gazing into Gong Ziyi's bloodshot eyes, the old man said, "Shen Qiang is not like those anime novel characters who only know how to charge in and fight foolishly. As someone from grassroots, he is very realistic and will never do things without benefit."

"Agreeing with this should make it clear that Shen Qiang's actions have deep meaning. If he were the kind who just wants to boast about who's by his side, believe me, he wouldn't have been capable of making Heshenghe grow so large in such a short time."

"Nor would he have the qualifications to be Young Master's opponent."

The old man's tone was calm.

Yet logically clear.

This made Gong Ziyi suddenly take a deep breath and abruptly retract the spear in his hand.

Turning back to his seat.

For a long time.

He said, "Sorry to have disappointed you."

The old man smiled, "Everyone loses control emotionally sometimes. Your enemy understands you best because they know where your hurts are."

Gong Ziyi took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair and, after a long sigh, said, "It hurts inside. Somehow, whenever I see the image of Song Weiyin arm-in-arm with Shen Qiang, I start envisioning them in bed together and then lose control with anger."

The old man smiled slightly and said nothing.

"See a short sleeve and immediately think of a white arm, then a naked body, then reproductive organs, then intercourse, then promiscuity, then illegitimate children. It's only in this layer that Chinese imagination can leap forward so.

Sighing, Gong Ziyi said, "These words were said by Lu Xun. I initially thought I did not belong among them, but regretfully, he really called me out."

The old man laughed slightly and said, "The ability to reflect is growth. Young Master, Shen Qiang is a smart man who won't do useless work. His actions are undoubtedly aimed at angering you."

"I know." Gong Ziyi said in a low, downbeat voice, "He just wants to humiliate me because, in the Cultivation World, everyone knows she, Song Weiyin, is my little apple. I've waited for so many years, it finally ripened, delicious and sweet, but Shen Qiang, this heartless fellow, plucked it."

The old man was silent and said, "Many things in the world are unsatisfactory; some things shouldn't be pursued too obsessively."

"Shen Qiang is bullying me." Gong Ziyi's eyes became very, very cold, "He took away the woman I love most."

The old man sighed and said, "Love between men and women requires mutual affection; a forced relationship won't be sweet. For Song Weiyin to appear in public in such a manner means she has already resolved to be with Shen Qiang, so there's something this old servant doesn't know how to say."

"Don't say it, I know what you want to say." Gong Ziyi said in a deep voice, "Again it's that damned cliché of if you love her, give her freedom, if you love her, you should make her happy."

"Young Master understands the reasoning." The old man cautiously said.

Gong Ziyi laughed coldly, saying, "I should understand the reasoning; I should know how to sacrifice. I should, when she chooses to sleep with Shen Qiang, sincerely offer them happiness, that way I would seem noble."

"Wronging me alone, happiness for everyone else." With raised eyebrows, Gong Ziyi looked at the prosperous metropolis outside and suddenly laughed, "Unfortunately, I'm not that kind of masochistic Saint Mary-type. If someone is destined to be wronged, that someone must be someone else, not me."

The old man frowned and said, "Young master, you..."

"Shen Qiang has detected our plan on that side." Gong Ziyi's lips suddenly curled into a cold smile, "Otherwise he wouldn't choose to use Song Weiyin to provoke me at this time when Qian Ning's name could be resonating around the world."

The old man was startled and exclaimed, "Then our plan!"

Gong Ziyi laughed coldly, "It's fine. If he truly understood the details, he'd just sit still, and wait for our people to go to their deaths. His urgency to provoke me is hoping I'll act, to show a flaw to him, so instruct the people below to draft Qian Ning's contract. Tomorrow, I'll bring it for Shen Qiang to see."