Ever since Gu Mang returned to Jijing Island, nothing had gone according to the Head Elder’s plan.

  Seeing Gu Mang’s behaviour, he became wary.

  He stood up immediately, not giving her a chance to speak. He said in a low voice, “Director Gu, let’s leave other matters until after the engagement banquet of you and Mr. Huo. You have just taken up your new position.”


  He said the last sentence very clearly as a subtle warning.

  Hearing this, Gu Mang raised her eyebrows slightly and laughed. “I don’t want to.”


  She was not cooperative at all.

  The Head Elder’s expression turned ugly instantly.

  Gu Mang hugged her arms. “Let me introduce him to everyone. This is my fiancé, Lu Chengzhou.”


  When everyone heard that, the venue became completely silent.

  Three seconds later, the camera shutters began going crazy. A commotion erupted in the conference hall as everyone started discussing this.

  After all, other than Gu Mang’s handover, Huo Zhi announced that he would be engaged to Gu Mang officially during the speech earlier.

  Everyone saw how the two of them had been going everywhere together.

  In the end, though, Lu Chengzhou suddenly appeared and Gu Mang even humiliated Huo Zhi publicly.

  Lu Chengzhou straightened his back and looked at Huo Zhi with a frivolous smile. “Mr. Huo, I am not here to attend some engagement banquet. I am here to get my official title.”


  Huo Zhi’s gaze clearly darkened.

  Old Master Gu stared at Gu Mang coldly with his aged eyes. “Gu Mang! What kind of nonsense is this?!”


  “I have already accepted the Lu Military Group, all assets under the name of Matriarch Lu and the Lu family’s betrothal gifts,” Gu Mang said calmly. “Who here doesn’t know about this? Don’t you guys want a share too?”


  When the will was read publicly at Matriarch Lu’s funeral, it sparked a huge commotion. Everyone present was aware of it.

  They were the Lu family’s betrothal gifts to Gu Mang?

  Old Master Gu frowned. He knew that Matriarch Lu would not gift Gu Mang half of Lu family’s assets for no reason!

  Everyone had already known about the will.

  The Elders’ Association even had designs on the Lu Military Group.

  They could not deny it.

  “With regards to my marriage, sorry that your efforts went to waste.” Gu Mang smirked.

  Ye Junci stood up, glanced at the Gu family and then at the Bai family before saying with a smile, “Mr. Gu, Mr. Bai, we will become in-laws in the future.”


  Lu Chengzhou’s Red Flame, Lu family’s Red Scorpion, and the Ye family’s power.

  If they were still in their right mind, they would not dare to rebut Ye Junci. They could not afford to anyway.

  Old Master Gu, Huo Zhi and the Head Elder’s plan failed before it could even be carried out.

  No wonder Ye Junci and Lu Chengzhou only entered after Gu Mang’s handover.

  If they had arrived punctually, Huo Zhi would not have handed the military rights over to Gu Mang. Now, everything was under Gu Mang’s control.

  The handover ceremony ended in a mess. When everyone left, they were still in a daze. Jijing Island, which had enjoyed peace for nearly ten years, seemed to have become even more chaotic.

  Looking at how Gu Mang, Lu Chengzhou, the Ye family, and the Bai Family were gathered together, Leng Xuan’s gaze became cold.

  Now that Lu Chengzhou’s identity was exposed, his power was made known to everyone on Jijing Island.

  Gu Si watched helplessly as Lu Chengzhou replaced all the staff and items in the Council House.

  …


  At the Elders’ Association Council House. In the Head Elder’s office.

  Old Master Gu and Huo Zhi sat on the sofa silently. Just as they thought that Gu Mang had thought the marriage through, she dealt them a huge blow today,

  Everything was spiralling out of control.

  The Head Elder poured two cups of tea and looked up. After looking at them for a while, he said, “I thought that I would be able to hand over Base 102 to Ms. Gu without any worries if the handover ceremony ran successfully.”


  As long as it was successful, it meant that Gu Mang was still obedient.

  Unfortunately, he had underestimated her.

  They could not control Gu Mang.

  They could not even lay their hands on Gu Mang easily because of the amount of support she had. Now Lu Chengzhou was involved too…


  The Head Elder was almost regretful that he had not listened to Leng Xuan. They should have sent Gu Mang to the laboratory straight away when she had returned and started grooming Gu Si.

  The only things Old Master Gu could be glad about were that they had used Gu Mang to make Gu Xian appear and that Base 102 was not in Gu Mang’s hands yet.

  He had really underestimated his granddaughter.

  To him, it did not matter who Gu Mang was engaged to. He simply needed the other party’s power to boost the Gu family’s status.

  Lu Chengzhou actually hit this requirement more than Huo Zhi, but he was not as obedient as Huo Zhi.

  No matter how good something was, as long as it did not belong to him, he considered it a threat.