Chapter 1182 — Steal a Chicken Only to Lose the Rice Bait

"Yes... Grandfather, I understand!" Kang Zhaolong's expression tightened, and he answered hastily and with care.

"Grandfather, I still hold to my view!" The moment Kang Zhaoming heard his grandfather's words, he did not know where the courage had come from, but he steeled himself and answered stubbornly. He knew now that he could not back down; right or wrong, he had to see it through. Yet he reckoned himself rather fortunate — lately everything he did had gone smoothly, and several times he had been right by sheer blind luck, like a blind cat stumbling over a dead mouse.

"Grandfather has already made his decision, Zhaoming, so say no more. Your eldest brother knows what is in your heart, but right now the interests of the family must come first!" Kang Zhaolong's tone was gentle enough, but the sarcasm in his words was thick, and anyone could hear it: he was saying that Kang Zhaoming's views were damaging the family's interests.

"Hmph! Suit yourselves. When the losses come, then you will remember what I said!" Kang Zhaoming could no longer bear the loss of face; he flung out this bitter sentence and turned to walk out the door.

"Ah!" Divine Doctor Kang watched the back of his second grandson, his heart somewhat conflicted. Could this second grandson truly be a man of rare talent? Every view he put forward was startlingly bold, and every time he was proved right. Was it truly coincidence, or had he seen something?

Still, this hoarding scheme would do the family's interests little harm. Even if Dr. Guan's Pharmaceutical kept selling at that price, the family would at worst neither profit nor lose, and would lose nothing by it — no more than a bit of extra effort.

At this thought, Divine Doctor Kang put his mind at ease.

The lion had run off to the Gu family to play lackey, and Gou Huili was not resigned to it! This was a tamed lion she had paid a high price to obtain, and now it was being handed to the Gu family for nothing — how could Gou Huili swallow that?

The more she thought, the angrier she became, and she did not sleep a wink all night. Early the next morning, Gou Huili went to the Gu family home, meaning to demand the lion back.

But just how to go about it, Gou Huili still had no idea. After all, if she simply turned up at their door to ask for the lion, not only would they refuse, they would scold her roundly — and with that vicious little wench Shen Yushu's tongue, she would surely get a scolding.

Reaching the gate of the Gu family villa, Gou Huili crept up and peered inside, and there she saw the lion lying motionless in the courtyard. Instantly she felt heaven had granted her a perfect opportunity! The Mighty General was not here, Shen Yushu was not here — only the lion, alone. What a convenient moment to make her move.

"Lion, little lion, my darling sweetheart, come home with me, quickly now?" Gou Huili walked over smiling and called to the lion.

The lion lifted a lazy eyelid, glanced once at Gou Huili, then let the eyelid fall again, as though it did not consider Gou Huili worth its notice, and could not be bothered even to growl.

"Aooo..." Seeing that the lion paid her no heed, Gou Huili lowered her voice and mimicked a lion's cry. She reasoned that this lion was a male — so if she imitated a lioness, might that not catch the male's attention?

But the lion showed not the slightest reaction; this time it did not even glance at Gou Huili.

Gou Huili grew anxious at once, thinking the lion had not heard, so she raised her voice a little and howled again: "Aooo!! Aooo!!"

Still the lion took no notice of her.

Gou Huili grew even more frantic: "Aooo!! Aooo!!! Aooo!!!! Aooo-ao-ao-ao!!!!!"

This time she did not summon the lion, but she did draw Shen Yushu out of the villa! Shen Yushu had thought the lion was idle and in heat at the gate, and had brought the Mighty General out to teach it a lesson — but stepping outside, she saw that the one howling was not the lion at all, but Gou Huili!

"Oh?" Shen Yushu looked at Gou Huili, puzzled. "Old woman, your lion's gone, so you've come to play lion yourself and prove you exist?"

Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Gou Huili was at once ashamed and enraged. Playing at being a lion? All she wanted was to take the lion back, but the beast would not give her the time of day — what was she supposed to do?

"Playing lion? I came to take the lion home!" Gou Huili snorted.

"Oh. Then do as you like," Shen Yushu said indifferently, and with that turned and went back into the villa.

Leaving Gou Huili there alone, unable to leave and unable to stay.

After a while, Gou Huili stamped her foot and left in a fury! There was nothing else she could do. Shen Yushu might have spoken lightly, but the lion simply would not budge, and Gou Huili could hardly carry the lion off in her arms.

Gou Huili thought it over, and suddenly a clever plan came to her: the lion loved meat above all, especially the beef fresh-bought from the market! At this thought, Gou Huili hurried home, drove straight to the market, bought a large chunk of fresh beef, and returned to Gu Mengyao's villa.

"Lion, lion, I've bought your favorite beef — come home with me, won't you?" Gou Huili tempted the lion with the beef.

Tempted by the beef, the lion did raise its eyes to glance at Gou Huili, gave an "aooo," and got to its feet!

Gou Huili was overjoyed. Beasts will be beasts, she thought — whoever feeds them is their mother! She gives it food, so how could it not go home with her obediently?

"Little lion, come home with me, and every day from now on there'll be fish and meat in plenty — I promise you'll eat well!" Gou Huili said, not without smugness, holding up the bag of beef.

The lion rose and came to stand before Gou Huili, then suddenly raised its head and bit, snatching the plastic bag of beef straight out of Gou Huili's hand! Fearing the lion would bite her hand, Gou Huili instinctively let go, and the whole bag of beef ended up in the lion's mouth.

"Little lion, the beef is yours — now come home with me, quick!" Gou Huili seized the chance to say.

But the lion, beef in its jaws, turned and presented Gou Huili with its backside! It trotted quickly to the villa door and scratched at it with a forepaw.

After a moment the villa door opened, and the one who came out was Shen Yushu.

The lion held up the bag of beef in its mouth to Shen Yushu. She took it and saw that it was a whole bag of fresh beef, and was delighted: "Little lion, where did you get this beef? I was just worrying about what to make for dinner — now it's settled, we can have curry beef with potatoes!"

The lion turned its head and gestured with it in Gou Huili's direction, meaning to tell Shen Yushu that this beef had been delivered by Gou Huili.

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