C292 Chapter 292

After a string of not-so-subtle hints, the message from upstairs was clear: they couldn’t let the other side off the hook.

If that were all, fine—but the other party happened to be the Gu family’s young madam, and she wasn’t exactly someone you could push around.

One side was a heavyweight. The other had deep local roots.

And he couldn’t afford to make an enemy of either.

Just then