The Host is Clearly A Scumbag (Quick Travel)

Later, with Xiao Yu's help, Zhao Wanli successfully snatched several more projects from the Gu Family.

As the Zhao Family repeatedly outmaneuvered them, the Gu Family's missteps piled up, and Gu Mingxuan and Father Gu expressions grew increasingly grim.

In the latest bidding war, Father Gu personally attended, aggressively raising the bid from the start.

This time, Xiao Yu advised Zhao Wanli not to win the bid, but to compete with the Gu Family and force the price up as high as possible.

"I've received news that there's an ancient tomb complex buried beneath that land. The Gu Family is desperate now and they'll pay any price to secure it. We can just sit back and watch them suffer!"

Xiao Yu smiled sinisterly.

During this period, he had helped Zhao Wanli tremendously, earning handsome rewards in return.

Now, Xiao Yu was Zhao Wanli's secretary, and his trusted confidant.

Although Zhao Wanli didn't know where Xiao Yu got his information from, his repeated successes had clouded his judgment, making him blindly trust Xiao Yu.

Therefore, from the moment Father Gu made the bid, Zhao Wanli raised the price and finally drove the price up to 1.4 billion.

Just when Zhao Wanli thought that Father Gu would keep raising the bid, he stopped.

'What's going on?' Zhao Wanli was stunned.

'Weren't we supposed to be tricking the Gu family? How did I end up the one stuck with this land?'

'1.4 billion! Only an idiot would spend that much on land hiding an ancient tomb.'

"Boss Zhao, you truly have vision! Congratulations!"

Afterwards, Father Gu personally congratulated Zhao Wanli. When he spotted Xiao Yu, his expression turned warm and affectionate, like a kindly elder addressing a beloved junior:

"Xiao Yu, come over for dinner tonight. Your aunt specially made your favorite drunken crabs."

Drunken crab was indeed Xiao Yu's favorite dish. Zhao Wanli often dined together with him, so he knows this very well.

Seeing Father Gu's attitude towards Xiao Yu, what else does Zhao Wanli not understand?

This Xiao Yu is the traitor sent by Father Gu to lurk beside him!

"Boss Zhao, he's just saying this to get back at me! He's trying to drive a wedge between us."

On the way back to the company, Xiao Yu desperately tried to explain.

But when Zhao Wanli reviewed the total funds he had invested during this period under Xiao Yu's advice, with billions now trapped in dead-end projects, his fury erupted.

"Break his legs for me!!!"

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Zhao Wanli ultimately didn't get the chance to break Xiao Yu's legs, because the latter had called the police in advance.

When the System told Mingting about this, it sounded a little disappointed.

Originally, it had been looking forward to seeing the Male Lead get his legs broken, but Xiao Yu had secretly called the cops and avoided it.

Mingting, however, had a different take.

"Offending Zhao Wanli means there's no way Xiao Yu is walking away unscathed. While Zhao Wanli really can't do anything to him, but in this world, there are plenty of underhanded ways to ruin a person."

Xiao Yu had tried to use Zhao Wanli to sabotage Mingyue Group, which is something Mingting had anticipated long ago.

If Mingting hadn't intervened, Xiao Yu's plan would have been solid.

As someone who knew the Gu family inside out, Xiao Yu could easily be considered one of Mingyue Group's biggest threats.

Unfortunately for him, Mingting was here.

Nowadays, the government had repeatedly emphasized the policy of 'homes are for living, not speculation'.

Mingting had long advised his father and older brother to gradually divest from real estate and shift their investments into other industries.

Fields like biopharmaceuticals, new energy, agriculture, healthcare, smart electronics... These industries tied to national welfare and technological advancement.

The prosperity of a country depends on education, technology, and healthcare, not bricks and cement.

Xiao Yu might have thought he had Mingyue Group all figured out, but the Gu Family's business strategy had already undergone a massive transformation.

What he knew was outdated intel, completely incapable of harming the Gu Family now.

Mingting's prediction proved correct.

Half a month later, the news that Xiao Yu had a car accident reached his ears.

The most interesting thing is that Xiao Yu had been dragged over ten meters by the car.

Aside from a fractured right leg, a certain critical part of his body had allegedly slammed into a stone step, suffering severe damage.

The driver was driving while fatigued.

After realizing he'd hit someone, the driver immediately called the police, dialed for an ambulance, and stayed at the scene.

When Xiao Yu woke up in the hospital and learned about his condition, he furiously called the police and insisted that this was Zhao Wanli's revenge and he was orchestrating the attack. He didn't believe there would be such a coincidence in the world.

But the police investigated thoroughly and found that the driver and his family's bank accounts showed no suspicious large deposits.

The driver did have fatigue driving. Because he had just given birth to his second child and the economic pressure increased, he had been working overtime nonstop for 20 days straight without rest, leading to fatigue-induced driving.

The other party also hadn't fled, cooperated fully, had proper insurance, and was willing to compensate Xiao Yu.

But Xiao Yu still believed that this guy was sent by Zhao Wanli. He refused to accept the explanation and demanded the driver be jailed.

This matter caused a big fuss.

Xiao Yu had hoped to use the media to plead his case, but after so many scandals involving him and Shi Yunyun, netizens' sympathy had dried up.

Just like the boy who cried wolf, no one believed him anymore.

But Mingting thought Xiao Yu's broken leg was a good thing.

As the saying goes, 'It takes a hundred days to recover from a bone injury'. So with his leg broken, Xiao Yu wouldn't be able to stir up trouble for a while!

Right now, Mingting had already completed his part of the film work and was preparing his design drafts for the jewelry competition.

Chen Geng had introduced him to several directors, and he'd been hired as the costume designer for a historical film, 'The Last Days of the Dynasty'. Because of that, he was swamped!

Soon, Mingting pushed the Male and Female Leads' affairs to the back of his mind.

When he saw Shi Yunyun again, it was already early September.

Mingting and Shen Tinglan's wedding was scheduled for the 20th.

Originally, regarding the topic of having children, Mingting believed in letting things happen naturally, leaving the decision mostly to Shen Tinglan.

If she wanted to focus on her career first and delay having children, Mingting had no objections.

However, Shen Tinglan's perspective was that it was better to have children while young, when her body was more resilient, as earlier birth would let her recover quicker.

Moreover, Father Shen is only in his fifties. He is still relatively young and in good health, so he's fully capable of managing the group.

She could have children early without missing out on the first few years of parenting.

So before the wedding, Mingting and Shen Tinglan went for a premarital checkup and consulted a doctor about pregnancy planning.