The Eve of the Young Patriarch Election (Part II)
The bronze-skinned man looked up. Gu Li squinted his eyes and smiled, then grabbed an apple from the table and chucked it towards him.
"Naturally, both sides have to do their best. I'm not the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing the river."
Gu Li smiled calmly. The bronze-skinned man laughed sinisterly once more.
"Alright, if that's the case, then I'll see you later."
"See you later."
As he watched the man leave, Gu Li's gaze gradually darkened.
Cooperating with them was just an expedient measure. They really thought that he was sincere in cooperating with them.
As long as he could control the Gu family's resources, then …
Cooperation? What the hell was that?
Little did he know that the bronze-skinned man had the same thoughts as him.
As long as he achieved his goal, he would get rid of this little guy. At that time, the Gu family would be theirs.
Both sides were testing each other with ulterior motives. No one knew who would have the last laugh.
"Young Master Little Tian, it's time."
In Gu Tian's room, Hua Li bowed as he stood in front of the door.
Gu Tian nodded and stood up from the sofa. At this moment, he was wearing a light blue suit, and Hua Li was the only one left beside him. As for the square-faced elder who followed him, he was nowhere to be found.
"Someone has been playing tricks in the dark these past few days. Elder Hua, you have to be careful during the election."
"Yes."
Hua Li's face stiffened. His eyes flickered as he did not dare to look him in the eye.
"Let's go!"
The location of the junior patriarch election was an open-air martial arts arena. The area of the martial arts arena was extremely large, and the location of the election was set up here so that all the Gu Family members and attendants could watch.
As early as three hours ago, this place was already filled with people. These onlookers who didn't know the truth all wanted to know who would become the true successor of the Gu family.
"Young Master Xiaotian has arrived."
Someone shouted loudly, and it wasn't long before Gu Tian and Hua Li appeared on the practice grounds.
In the training field, there were already a few clan brothers sitting on their chairs with dejected expressions. This group of people used to be ambitious people, but … at this moment, they were pitiful lonely worms.
"Gu Tian …"
When Gu Tian intended to sit down, a voice suddenly resounded from the side.
He turned his head and saw his elder brother, Gu Hong, sitting beside him. He was the most ambitious candidate in the Gu family for the junior family head election, and he was also the strongest candidate three days ago.
At this moment, there were no supporters behind him. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of fatigue.
"Big Brother."
"Actually, we've all been played." Gu Hong smiled bitterly and helplessly. "None of us here can become the young clan leader."
"Why do you say that?"
Glancing around the Martial Arts Practice Field, all the candidates had arrived. Why did Gu Hong say that no one could succeed?
Wasn't the successor supposed to be chosen from among them?
"You'll know when the time comes. Really, you'll definitely be shocked. Just now …"
Before Gu Hong could finish his sentence, another shout sounded out from the Martial Arts Practice Grounds.
"Young Master Gu Li has arrived!"
Little Li!
Gu Tian was stunned. Why would he come to such a place? Shouldn't he be recuperating in the hospital now?
He subconsciously turned around and saw seven or eight elders of the Gu family standing behind Gu Li. More importantly, his legs …
He walked out standing up!
At the sight of this, Gu Hong smiled bitterly from the side. When he saw Gu Li, he was also shocked that Gu Li was actually able to stand up. Among the brothers, no one had ever doubted that Gu Li's legs were fine.
However, the moment he saw Gu Li stand up, Gu Hong guessed something …
Although he was furious, he could only endure it.
"Little Li?" Gu Tian still did not understand what was going on. Gu Li revealed a faint smile, "Tian-ge!"
"Why did you come here? Also, your legs … "
Gu Tian said in shock. Gu Li smiled, "Of course I came here to run for the junior family head election.
"Of course I'm here to run for the young clan leader. My leg … I'm sorry, I've been lying to you all this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and walked towards his seat.
"Little Li …"
"Do you still want to call him Little Li?" Gu Hong smiled bitterly. "Gu Tian, Gu Li isn't as simple as we thought. He has been enduring all this time for this moment! Later, we can't call him Little Li anymore. We have to call him Young Family Head Gu Li. "
"How … How …"
Even now, Gu Tian was unwilling to believe that all of this was true. If all of this is true, then doesn't that mean that I truly missed out on Big Brother Ye that day?
When he turned around, he saw Gu Li waving towards him with a smile.
The smile contained faint anticipation and excitement. It was this innocent face that caused others to be unable to help but want to protect him. However, at that moment, Gu Tian felt that it was extremely disgusting.
He's actually been faking it the entire time!
All of a sudden, the words that Ye Zichen shouted towards him surfaced in Gu Tian's mind …
"He's faking it all! I'm helping you, brat. Do you know that he's been enduring it the entire time? Do you know how dangerous someone like that is? When he's truly prepared to bare his fangs, it's even possible for him to swallow you whole! Can you wake up a bit!? "
Creak.
Gu Tian clenched his teeth, then looked up powerlessly at the gradually darkening sky …
Big Brother Ye, I'm sorry!
As the sky gradually darkened, the number of spectators did not decrease at all. Instead, more and more people came.
The candidates for the position of junior family head sat on the chairs in the center of the martial arts field with different expressions. Some of them were trying to form alliances, while others chose to give up.
Gu Tian leaned back on the chair with a distracted expression. At that moment, he was no longer in the mood to get involved in all of this.
He was not good at scheming, and he disliked these conspiracy theories even more.
All he could do now was sit obediently on the chair, wait for the family head and the elders to conduct the ceremony, announce the results, then go home and sleep!
"The family head has arrived!"
A loud voice sounded out. All of a sudden, the noisy discussions in the martial arts field stopped.
The person who appeared in the martial arts field was an old man with white hair. He was hunched over, while his murky eyes contained a terrifying sharpness.
"May the family head be blessed!"
The young masters all stood up and bowed. The old man nodded, then swept his gaze across the candidates, before landing on Gu Li.
After looking at him for half a minute, the old man finally moved his gaze away and raised his hands.
"Begin the ceremony!"
A bonfire suddenly lit up in the center of the martial arts field, illuminating the pitch black night.
At the same time!
Wu …
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