Chapter 242: Chapter 243: Scared Witless

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Zhou Yun could only stop in his tracks, giving the hotel manager a look of helplessness.

When no one interfered, it could still be considered a misunderstanding between friends for the police.

But now that the main players had appeared, it was no longer appropriate for them to pretend it was merely a misunderstanding amongst friends.

Naturally, Gu Chi was speaking on behalf of Gu Junzhu.

It was clear that Gu Junzhu was not willing to let the police leave, and the hotel manager dared not utter a word.

All he could do was pray for the quick arrival of their ‘Second Young Master’, Chu Dingbang.

As soon as he realized he couldn’t control the situation, he had promptly notified their Second Young Master.

Jii Haomiao’s friends, upon hearing from Zhou Wenze that the woman they teased was Gu Junzhu’s wife, tried slipping away to escape. But they were stopped by the Gu Family guards, and failing to escape, their courage nearly shattered.

Xiang Bingzhi’s tragic fate was still fresh in their minds, and they did not want to follow in her footsteps!

They were all young; they couldn’t even bear the thought of being sentenced to prison for a year or two, which would ruin the rest of their lives!

Though they were all heirs from wealthy families, they were not the only ones in their clans.

Family power was just a big pie; they knew too many people were hoping for their downfall so they could take their place.

They regretted their actions deeply, considering what happened to Xiang Bingzhi, their other family members waiting to snatch their power.

If they knew that was Gu Junzhu’s wife, they wouldn’t dare offend her— not even to please Jii Haomiao— by joining in such a shameless act.

Now Jii Haomiao, the future heir of the Xiang family, was a wild card, while they were stuck in the mud, not knowing how to extricate themselves.

Upon hearing Jii Haomiao still cursing and yelling, they hurried over to cover his mouth and inform him of the identity of the woman he had just offended.

Jii Haomiao’s cursing abruptly stopped midway when Chu Wenze told him he had just offended Gu Junzhu’s wife. His voice stuck in his throat, his face pale, he didn’t dare to say a word.

No one knew better than him the fate of his cousin, Xiang Bingzhi!

Even with the combined power of Xie Family and Xiang Family, they couldn’t save his cousin.

Once, he believed that being born into such families, they possessed certain privileges by birth.

As long as the elders of their families survived, they would stand firm.

However, after Xiang Bingzhi was incarcerated, he realized that even their family elders were not omnipotent.

His grandfather loved his cousin the most. After she was imprisoned, his grandfather aged several years overnight in desperation, begging others for help, yet failed to save his cousin.

The reason for his cousin’s downfall was that she had offended the woman Gu Junzhu loved.

And now, he followed in his cousin’s footsteps, offending Gu Junzhu’s wife!

Thinking about Xiang Bingzhi’s fate, he shivered uncontrollably, the fear almost making him wet his pants.

He didn’t want to go to prison!

He was about to become the heir of the Xiang Family, he didn’t want to go to jail!

Suddenly, he remembered something, and a glimmer of hope flashed across his face.

That’s right.

His grandfather had said that his cousin was sent to jail because she had truly done something wrong.

His grandfather told him that if his cousin had done nothing wrong, his grandfather would risk his life to save her!

Indeed, his cousin had committed some unspeakable crimes of the highest order.

Even he was disgusted by what his cousin had done.

But he hadn’t done any of that!

He had only drank too much, and teased Gu Junzhu’s wife a few times, he hadn’t committed any other sinful deeds.

His grandfather would definitely save him!

Clinging to his last shred of hope, trembling fingers gripped his phone as he dialed his grandfather’s number, his face deathly pale.