While this was the goal Gu Sanqing wanted to achieve, it shouldn't have been so easy.
After all, his elder brother was killed by Zhang Liunian, and his father also wanted Zhang Liunian's life.
The blood feud stood between them. How could Zhang Liunian ignore these matters and instead become friends with the son of his enemy?
Could it be that he was interested in him?
Was it his face?
Gu Sanqing had been handsome since childhood, and because of his face, he had encountered various perverts. Most people like Zhang Liunian, who approached him with favor, were attracted by his looks.
Thinking of this, Gu Sanqing felt disgusted, but he didn't show it. He left after saying, "We'll talk when there's a chance," and left with his men.
As they left, Uncle Yi stepped forward and reminded him in a low voice, "Liunian, why do you still want to befriend him? Do you know how dangerous he is?"
Zhang Liunian didn't take it to heart. After all, in his previous life, they were first partners, then friends as they got to know each other, until their deaths.
Therefore, he was more willing to believe that Gu Sanqing, whom he saw in his previous life, was a good person, and believed that Gu Sanqing was not as bad as Uncle Yi thought.
"Uncle Yi, let's hurry and talk about the recycling station." Zhang Liunian didn't want to discuss this matter. After speaking, he walked inside.
However, when they approached the clerk and said they wanted to buy the recycling station, they were told that it had just been sold.
"What? When I asked yesterday, didn't you say it was fine as long as we paid? How come you're saying it's sold after one night?" Uncle Yi was even more agitated than Zhang Liunian, his saliva spraying directly in front of the clerk.
But the clerk retreated, dodging his saliva, with an indifferent expression. They had said so yesterday, but who knew that someone would come with money to buy it early in the morning? Naturally, they couldn't turn them away.
After all, they could only blame themselves for coming too late. They hadn't said it could only be sold to them.
"Who told you to come late? We just sold the recycling station. The price is the same. You can only blame yourselves for coming late, arriving at nine o'clock." The clerks wouldn't give Zhang Liunian any face and directly shifted the blame onto them, saying they were too late and missed their chance.
Zhang Liunian's expression stiffened. Nine o'clock was what he had said. Because in his mind, nine o'clock was the standard start time for government units, so he had set nine o'clock to come.
Who would have thought that they would start work at eight o'clock at this time?
"That's an excuse. You're not keeping your word." Uncle Yi retorted again.
"We didn't say we would only sell it to you. You haven't paid a deposit, and we haven't signed a contract. Who we sell it to is our business?" The clerk still acted as if they were in the right.
"You..." Uncle Yi was furious but couldn't argue with them.
Zhang Liunian looked at them and suddenly remembered what they had said: the recycling station was sold just now. But they hadn't seen anyone after they came in, only Gu Sanqing at the entrance. Could it be that Gu Sanqing bought the recycling station?
He remembered that this recycling station was bought on a whim by Boss Li, and Gu Sanqing had nothing to do with it.
Then why did he buy it ahead of them this time, and at the same price?
"Was the person who bought the recycling station visiting for the first time?" Zhang Liunian couldn't help but ask the clerk as he thought about it more and more.
The clerk was clearly impatient and pouted, "Of course, it was their first time. If you have nothing else, don't disturb us at work here."
"..."
To be so well-prepared on their first visit was clearly unreasonable. Suppressing his doubts, Zhang Liunian asked again, "We just met a very handsome young man at the entrance. Was the recycling station bought by him?"
"It was him. If you want it, you can only buy it from him."
"..."
Walking out of the street office, Zhang Liunian's mood was a little heavy.
Because he suddenly realized that the current Gu Sanqing didn't match the person in his memory.
The current Gu Sanqing was full of problems. Not to mention why he knew Zhang Liunian wanted to buy the recycling station and got it ahead of him.
Even Gu Sanqing's rescue of him last time seemed somewhat inappropriate.
After all, Gu Sanqing's elder brother had died from injuries sustained in a fight with him, and the entire Gu family believed he had caused Gu Changqing's death.
If that were the case, why would Gu Sanqing still save him, the murderer of his own brother? This was unreasonable and shouldn't have happened.
As for why he hadn't thought of this problem before, it was because he had always regarded the current Gu Sanqing as his old friend.
Now that the lens was broken, looking at Gu Sanqing's behavior again, the more he looked, the more problematic it seemed, as if everything was deliberate and heavily contrived.
"I told you Gu Sanqing wasn't simple. Look, in just one night, he could snatch our deal. If he wasn't constantly watching us, I wouldn't believe it," Uncle Yi couldn't help but mock Gu Sanqing when he saw Zhang Liunian's silence.
Zhang Liunian stopped and looked at him. That glance contained too much, including a warning and displeasure. With just that one glance, Uncle Yi was silenced and dared not say another word.
Seeing him quiet down, Zhang Liunian withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go and see the Bahu families."
Now that Gu Sanqing had bought the recycling station, he could only go and see the Bahu families first. If there was no result with the Bahu families, he would then try to get the recycling station from Gu Sanqing and, in passing, test his background.
Uncle Yi didn't know his intentions and could only follow behind him silently. However, in his heart, he thought that he was indeed too impatient. Zhang Liunian was not someone he could boss around. Gu Sanqing's true face could only be seen clearly by himself, not determined by his words.
Thinking this, Uncle Yi put away his dissatisfaction with Gu Sanqing and silently followed him to the front of the Bahu households.
However, when these household heads saw the people who had come yesterday, they felt that the fifty thousand they had quoted was still too little. So, when Zhang Liunian asked them about the price again, they actually said they wouldn't sell for less than sixty thousand.
Uncle Yi was angered by them and directly cursed them, "A lion's mouth, and they don't even look at how big their houses are, yet they dare to quote sixty thousand. With this sixty thousand, we could buy eight houses in the industrial zone."
The eight household heads were not to be trifled with either. Hearing this, they immediately retorted.
"Then go and buy them in the industrial zone, why are you still coming here?"
"Are you so bored that you've come here to be scolded? Buy it or don't, stop causing trouble here."
"It's our freedom to decide how much we want to sell our houses for. If you can't afford it, don't come here to embarrass yourselves."
"People with no foresight."
"..."
Uncle Yi was no match for eight of them. After saying one sentence, they silenced him.
Zhang Liunian stepped forward to help him speak, "Well said. Your houses are yours to decide. Even if they are sold at an exorbitant price, it's your business.
Therefore, whether we accept it or not is also voluntary. Since we don't accept it now, we'll act as if we never mentioned it."