"Rumble!"
Wang Yu's fueled scooter roared, charging directly towards Zone F, as Wu Manman had said.
After a few encounters, he could feel Wu Manman's personality: flamboyant, arrogant, and self-conceited, but she wouldn't lie.
Moreover, it had been several days since he'd heard from Wu Lingling, and he didn't know where she had gone. Now, it seemed something might have genuinely happened!
...
Zone F of the exhibition hall belonged to the exhibition areas of East Malacca, East Que, and other southern East Continent countries. Among them, the most conspicuous was the Qinglu Group's location, occupying more than half of Zone F.
Compared to Qinglu Group's vast area, Wang Yu's small space seemed insignificant. Various large-scale mechanical equipment and industrial tools were neatly arranged, showcasing Qinglu Group's strength.
After all, they were a giant company in the southern part of the East Continent, monopolizing the industrial and manufacturing systems of all the small countries in the southern East Continent. They were so influential that a mere stomp could shake the region!
Naturally, their presence couldn't fall behind others!
Inside Qinglu Group's exhibition area, Wu Yongping, Wu Lingling's elder brother, whom Wang Yu had met once before, was now looking grimly at a group of people before him.
"So, you're not giving us any face at all?"
In response to Wu Yongping's question, the person opposite him was none other than Mu Yuntao, the vice president of the Dongqiao United Association.
If Qinglu Group controlled the heavy industry of the southern East Continent, then the Dongqiao United Association, with its numerous small and medium-sized enterprises, and the Mu family behind it, held significant sway in the light industry and consumer goods sector.
The two families were originally mutually beneficial partners. However, after Wu Lingling unilaterally reneged on her engagement with their heir, a rift had formed between them.
Then, the Mu family made a mountain out of a molehill, fabricating a so-called "fault rate issue" and intending to harm Qinglu Group by violating their commercial contract.
For this, Qinglu Group had offered a ten-million reward for a solution, even drawing Wang Yu into the situation. In the end, he had cleverly resolved it with a "crooked trick" involving a large industrial fan, which could be considered an anticlimactic ending to a grand beginning.
At this point, the two families had completely fallen out. Wu Yongping had stubbornly resisted the pressure, and their relationship with the Mu family had completely soured. He had thought they could go their separate ways, but he hadn't expected Mu Yuntao to cause trouble behind the scenes!
"Heh heh, nephew, didn't you break faith with our Mu family first?"
Mu Yuntao sneered at Wu Yongping, while Wu Lingling stood by his side, silent.
"You unilaterally broke off the engagement, casting aside our Mu family's reputation! I, as an elder, might not care, but our Mu family cannot afford to ignore it!"
"The annulment of the engagement was agreed upon by both parties. Your nephew didn't object. What are you making a fuss about now?"
Wu Yongping looked at Mu Yuntao with a headache. Wu Lingling was originally engaged to Mu Qingying, the only male heir in the Mu family's third generation. Later, due to Wu Lingling's strong opposition, the engagement was broken. The problem was that Mu Qingying himself had agreed to it at the time. Why was Mu Yuntao causing so much trouble afterward?
Most importantly, Mu Yuntao and Wu Yongping were around the same age. Mu Yuntao took advantage of the generational difference and the families' previous relationship to call him nephew, which was not wrong. However, this made Wu Yongping feel very uncomfortable.
"Heh heh, what does a child like him know? Our family's reputation is the most important!"
Mu Yuntao sneered, "My demands are very simple. As long as this little bitch agrees to marry Qingying, the matter will be settled. Otherwise, you can expect to bear a loss of tens of billions! I'm very curious, after years of squandering the assets your father left you, how much will be left? Will it be enough to cover this hole of tens of billions!"
Mu Yuntao looked at Wu Yongping with a sinister smile, a hint of smugness in his eyes.
"Hmph! Relying on wicked schemes and tricks!" Wu Lingling snorted from the side.
"You bribe the Sam Nation to trap us with contracts. What kind of ability is this low-class tactic? But I must say, I'm quite honored that I'm worth so much money! Perhaps pulling out a single strand of my hair would be worth over ten thousand."
Hearing Wu Lingling's self-deprecating words, Mu Yuntao's mouth twitched into a distorted smile. "You're just a bitch, and it's already good that you're worth something. Do you really think you have any value? You're flattering yourself! What's truly valuable is our Mu family's reputation! As for low-class tactics? Isn't your lover even more skilled at them? Using a small clever trick like an industrial electric fan, how embarrassing!"
"Hmph, Wang Yu's is intelligence? Do you think everyone is as thick-skulled as you are? If you dislike my abilities, then don't force me to marry that pretty boy!"
"Heh heh, that's not up to you! After marrying into our Mu family, we'll have plenty of ways to deal with you!"
Mu Yuntao's eyes narrowed dangerously, and he looked at Wu Yongping. "I'm not going to waste my breath arguing with you anymore. Just answer yes or no! As long as you nod, she'll be my niece-in-law, and we'll all be family, living in harmony. All past unpleasantness will disappear. If you shake your head, it's simple. I'll make sure your Qinglu Group doesn't survive the end of this month!"
"You..."
Hearing Mu Yuntao's chilling words, Wu Lingling's face contorted, filled with helplessness and sorrow. She then looked at Wu Yongping, whose face was so dark it looked like water could drip from it. She knew that Mu Yuntao was the only competent person among the older or younger generations of the Mu family, meticulous and sinister in his methods. He would do what he said. If he said their group wouldn't survive next month, it probably wouldn't. It was a pity that all her efforts and struggles during this time had ultimately been in vain. The only regret was that fool...
"I never thought I'd be so valuable one day," Wu Lingling took a deep breath. "I'll marry..."
"Wait a minute!"
Wu Yongping suddenly spoke up, interrupting Wu Lingling. "I can't stand by and watch my sister atone for my mistakes! I'll take all the responsibility myself!"
"Take it? What will you use to take it? Can you handle the foundation that our father and several generations of ancestors painstakingly built? Can you handle the hundreds of people in the family, and tens of thousands of employees in the group who rely on us for their livelihood?" Wu Lingling looked coldly at Wu Yongping.
"I..." Wu Yongping was speechless.
*Screeeech!*
A harsh tire screech suddenly rang out. It was Wang Yu, riding his fueled scooter and speeding over.
He planted his feet on the ground, and the scooter, due to inertia, formed a huge arc. The oversteered drift and sudden braking even sent him flying. However, Wang Yu didn't seem to mind. He let the scooter fly far away and then, in a less-than-graceful manner, walked up to Wu Lingling.
"May I ask what happened?"
His voice, slightly breathless but calm, echoed in everyone's ears.