Chapter 322: The Plan of the Wu Father and Son

While Ye Chen was busy cooking, Wu Donghai and his son, Wu Xin, also left the Song family and drove toward Tianxiang Mansion.

Tonight, Wu Donghai was hosting a banquet at Tianxiang Mansion, inviting some influential figures in Jin Ling. On one hand, it was to find clues about the sudden change that happened to his youngest son, Wu Qi; on the other hand, it was to let the Wu family establish a foundation in Jin Ling first.

Although the Wu family is the number one family in Jiangnan, it does not mean that they have sufficient control over the entire Jiangnan region.

The Wu family's base is in Su Hang, so they have extraordinary control in the Su Hang area, but Jin Ling is the Song family's base, so the Wu family's influence in Jin Ling is far inferior to the Song family's.

Originally, the major families in Jiangnan each had their own spheres of influence, and everyone maintained this tacit understanding and respected each other; no one would expand their strength into the other's sphere of influence.

Wu Donghai originally didn't want to cultivate deeply in Jin Ling, but the key is that now his eldest son, Wu Xin, wants to marry Song Wanting of the Song family. To achieve this goal, Wu Xin will have to stay in Jin Ling for a long time in the future, so he prepared to greet these families in Jin Ling first, which could also bring sufficient convenience for Wu Xin in Jin Ling in the future.

Wu Xin had been a bit irritable these past two days. First, because last time when Wu Donghai mentioned the marriage alliance to Old Master Song, Old Master Song directly refused, which made Wu Xin feel he had lost a lot of face.

Besides that, Wu Xin was even more troubled by Song Wanting's attitude.

Since he and his father had been staying at the Song family for these few days, Song Wanting had been leaving early and returning late every day!

Previously, he heard from Song Rongyu that Song Wanting used to finish breakfast at home before going out, and then return home early in the evening to accompany the old master for dinner.

But now, Song Wanting doesn't even eat breakfast every day; she leaves her room in the morning and drives away directly.

In the evening, she also eats outside by herself and returns very late, and upon returning, she goes straight back to her room, basically giving Wu Xin no chance to meet her.

This made Wu Xin extremely depressed.

He really didn't expect that Song Wanting would actually look down on him a bit and be unwilling to marry him. What right does she have?

In the car, Wu Donghai also saw that his son's state was not quite right, so he spoke up: "You, you need to have a little more patience in everything. A girl like Song Wanting, you might not find a second one in the entire Jiangnan. If you want to get her, you must spend some energy and thought."

Wu Xin couldn't accept it and said: "Dad, you can't find a second young man in the entire Jiangnan better than me, right? I can fancy her, what right does she have to be unappreciative?"

Wu Donghai said indifferently: "You don't understand, girls from big families are always more popular than boys from big families."

As he spoke, he added: "A woman like Song Wanting, even those first-class and top-tier families in Yan Jing would hope to marry her into their family, because she is not only beautiful and capable, but her family's strength is not weak, and she is excellent both inside and out. Marrying her back is not only about face, but she can also play a very important role in the family and even bring a generous dowry."

"However, if you want to marry a girl from a first-class or top-tier family in Yan Jing, that is as difficult as ascending to heaven. They find it hard to look favorably upon you; this is because when they look at you, they are not just looking at you as an individual, but at the strength of the entire Wu family."

"To put it simply, in high society, if a woman's comprehensive strength reaches 70 points, she can marry a man with a comprehensive strength of 80 points; but a man with a comprehensive strength of 70 points finds it hard to marry a woman with a comprehensive strength of 70 points."

Wu Xin was a bit unconvinced and blurted out: "So you mean, I'm aiming too high by looking for Song Wanting?"

Wu Donghai said indifferently: "Although you might not like to hear the truth, essentially it's about the same. Song Wanting can definitely find a man better than you, but for you, it's very hard to find a woman better than Song Wanting."

Wu Xin was stunned. At first, he was a bit unconvinced, but after thinking carefully, he felt that what his father said was very correct.

Song Wanting is indeed the woman with the highest comprehensive score he has ever met.

As for the daughters of those big families in Yan Jing, even if their families are richer than the Song family, it's hard for them to have Song Wanting's appearance and temperament.

Moreover, even if they could look favorably upon him, their families might not necessarily look favorably upon him.

Wu Donghai sighed at this time and said: "The family told me that your brother's situation is not very optimistic."

"What's wrong?" Wu Xin hurriedly asked: "Has the situation worsened again?"

"That's not the case." Wu Donghai said: "It's still the same as before; he must eat once every hour. But your brother's own emotions are a bit broken. Before, when it flared up, if he wasn't allowed to eat, he would want to commit suicide. Now, he is allowed to eat, but after he finishes eating and regains consciousness, he wants to commit suicide himself, feeling that living like this is too painful."

After finishing, he sighed, not knowing what kind of person his son Wu Qi had provoked to end up like this.

Wu Xin gritted his teeth and said: "If I catch the person who harmed my brother, I will make him die without a burial place!"

Actually.

Although Wu Xin said so, what he desires most in his heart right now is not to avenge his brother, nor to cure his brother, but to quickly secure Song Wanting.

As for the situation of his brother Wu Qi, he doesn't really care.

On the contrary, he feels that his brother's current state is actually the best result for himself.

Because in this way, he will have one less absolute competitor in the future.

With Wu Qi's current state, if he cannot be cured, it is impossible for him to inherit any of the family's assets in his life. The only outcome is to be locked up at home by the family to keep him alive.

In this way, he will have the opportunity to inherit the Wu family alone.

Wu Donghai sighed again at this time and said: "You don't need to worry about your brother's affairs; I will investigate this line. You just go all out to pursue Song Wanting. You must win Song Wanting over, understand?"

Wu Xin hurriedly nodded: "I understand, Dad!"

Wu Donghai gave a hum and added: "Today, I am setting up a banquet at Tianxiang Mansion. Among the people invited, there are the heads of the Wang family, Qin family, Liu family, Zhao family, and Kong family. These are all families that have been deeply cultivated in Jin Ling for many years, and each has its own strengths in terms of power, connections, and resources."

"And Hong Wu, the boss of Tianxiang Mansion, is also among those invited today. He is the boss of the Jin Ling underground world. Although he can't be brought to the table, people like him have the most eyes and ears. Most things in Jin Ling cannot escape his eyes, so you should also build a good relationship with them today, which will be of great use to your pursuit of Song Wanting in the future."

Wu Xin only knew about the Wang family and the Qin family, knew that their heads were Wang Zhenggang and Qin Gang respectively, and understood their power, but he didn't know much about the other families, so he asked: "Dad, besides the Wang family and the Qin family, what are the backgrounds of the remaining Liu family, Zhao family, and Kong family?"

Wu Donghai smiled playfully: "The Zhao family and Kong family are just ordinary families doing real estate, nothing too impressive. However, this Liu family is a bit interesting. Their family runs a financial company, and they all engage in irregular routine loans, which belongs to the category of usury. They have just risen in the past year or two, and they also keep a large number of thugs and debt collectors under their command."

Wu Xin said in surprise: "Then isn't his nature similar to Hong Wu's?"

"The nature is similar." Wu Donghai nodded and said: "But the strength is much worse than Hong Wu's. Hong Wu has many younger brothers in Jin Ling, dozens of times more than Liu Guang's debt collection team, so even if Liu Guang hates Hong Wu to the bone, he doesn't dare to do anything to him."

"Liu Guang hates Hong Wu?" Wu Xin asked in surprise: "Is there a conflict between them?"

Wu Donghai smiled: "The conflict is huge. Liu Guang has only one son, named Liu Ming. A while ago, I don't know how he offended Hong Wu, and Hong Wu used a knife to carve two words on his forehead."

"What words?"

"Poor Diao!" ===== CHAPTER 323 =====