Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1378: House Wu’s Reaction

“Jiaoqi, I was the one who told him to do this, don’t blame him!” Gonggao said weakly on his bed, “Speak- what happened?”

“Dad, your heart...” Jiaoqi was worried of the unpleasant nature of this news.

“Don’t stop it, I’m not dying anytime soon! This Chentian is too reckless, I need to take responsibility for what he did!” Chentian waved his hand.

Jiaoqi sighed- while his father was a tyrannical type of man, he was still more or lessed displeased by the fact that he hadn’t passed the seat of the house to him after all these years. After his son showed talent in martial arts, however, Gonggao started spending more and more time on Chentian, even starting to spoil him- always bringing him up in family meetings! He’d mentioned that he’d even make Chentian the next head!

Only at this point did Jiaoqi found some peace regarding the whole thing. He wasn’t the only one in his generation, after all- there was his older sister and younger brother. It was fine in the case of his sister, since she was a girl and was already married away- there was no way she could fight him for the seat or anything, but the first concern that he used to have was his younger brother and nephew. These were the ones who posed a threat to him.

But now that Chentian had been picked as the heir, Jiaoqi didn’t have to worry about the threat the two people posed to him anymore. He had already started to look on the bright side- it was fine if he couldn’t be the head. With the situation of his father’s health, it was possible that he’d give it directly to Chentian anyway, there was no point to fight anymore!

By the time Chentian became the head, he would have the same power anyway.

However, Jiaoqi’s little brother Wu Jiaolong spoke up, he was very solemn, his eyes welling up, “Father, you have to hold on, you are the pillar of House Wu! If you were to fall, House Wu would fall! There is no reason to take responsibility for something a younger one did!”

“That’s right, grandpa, Chentian bro may have messed up, but House Wu still has me!” It was Chentian’s younger brother, Chendi- he was someone who always followed the rules but also had ulterior motives. He didn’t understand why his grandfather always gave the focus to his older brother and not him! He was the smarter one!

Chentian took everything, and Chendi could only look at that silently- what could he do? In terms of martial arts, he wasn’t bad either- he was one year younger than him, and while he had gotten to Golden class early phase later than him, they were now on the same level! Why was his grandfather still looking down on him?

Gonggao looked at Jiaolong faintly, “Then you’re saying that we should give up on Chentian and leave all the resources of House Wu to you, Wu Chendi?”

“Grandpa, that’s not what I meant...” Chendi felt so wronged- yes, he did have that intention, but why would he say that to him here? Even so, he wouldn’t admit it in front of everyone like this, of course?

“Since that’s not the case, what are we still talking about then?” Gonggao interrupted Chendi’s words and looked to the disciple that gave the news, “Tell me, what happened?”

“Head of the house- Jin Wudi is dead,” The disciple said carefully after seeing the argument between the Wu’s.

“Dead? What are you saying? Jin Wudi is dead? How did he die?” Gonggao’s eyes hardened as he sat upright in his bed His eyes still had the sharpness of his prime as he glared at the disciple.

“It’s Er Goudan... The boss that Master Chentian just followed- he killed him in one shot, it was an instant kill,” The disciple said.

“Chentian’s boss killed him? And in one shot?” Gonggao said as he jumped out of the bed, the blood wiring on his wrist ripped out, although at this point, it didn’t bother him the least, “You’re telling the truth? Jin Wudi was killed by that Er Goudan?”

“Yes, head of the house- I didn’t dare waste any time and came to you right after it happened!” The disciple said.

“Hahahaha!” Gonggao started laughing loudly, “Great! What a great thing, the heavens have been helping House Yu! Wahahaha, Chentian this kid, he has quite the eyes, getting such a powerful boss! House Wu has hope now!”

The happiest right now, other than Gonggao, was Jiaoqi- he had been extremely worried about what happened to his son, and it seemed like he didn’t have to worry about that anymore! There was no way his nephew and his brother could try and take the seat from his son now!

“This is because of your guidance, father! Chentian isn’t the brightest, and doesn’t have any ulterior motives- thank you for accepting him!” Jiaoqi said, mocking his brother and newphew. So what if they had their motives? In the end the boss Chentian followed was way more powerful than all of them!

Jiaolong and Chendi didn’t look good at all- they had already done their research and wanted to use this chance to find a way to get Gonggao to push away Chentian and let Chendi take the seat, but that was all over now.

“Uh... Grandpa, this is actually not a fortunate thing for certain- after all, there are Sky masters in hidden houses. Who knows if House Pi would come back for revenge, House Wu can’t get involved!

“Don’t think I don’t know what you’re planning!” Gonggao said and kicked Chendi, “Scram, I don’ t want to see you!”

Chendi was naturally swallowed up in sadness after getting kicked out- he was only one year younger than Chentien, and he wasn’t bad at practitioning either- why was it that he was given such poorer treatment?

Jiaolong’s eyes flashed with a sign of hatred- he didn’t know why, but his son and him had never been appreciated by Gonggao, it had been the case since they were small! He could accept it since he was low in potential, but that wasn’t the case for Chendi!

Bringing Chendi with him, Jiaolong exited the room quickly, not wanting to confront the old man right now.

After Jiaolong left, Gonggao’s face calmed down. He turned to Jiaoqi, “Call Chentian now- ask him about the situation!”

“Yes...” Jiaoqi didn’t know why his father didn’t treat his brother and nephew well, but he didn’t ask. After all, this was something good for him anyway.