Chapter 166: Don't Take It to Heart with Her

After Gu Mianmian walked into the office, her expression remained dark as iron, and she refused to speak.

Because at this moment, Gu Mianmian also didn't know what she should say.

The current situation had completely exceeded Gu Mianmian's expectations; she had never imagined she would lose so utterly.

And lose to such a miserable degree.

Gu Yechen asked directly: "What exactly happened? Tell me yourselves."

"It's nothing, President Gu, it's just… although my sister previously guaranteed she could win this collaboration, after the first round of presentation, we were personally rejected by the chairman of Bai Shi Group."

Gu Wenyan explained unhurriedly: "He felt we didn't meet Bai Shi Group's exacting requirements for a partner, so he chose three other companies. However, after our pitch ended… I used some of my personal connections."

"To strive for a brand-new opportunity with Bai Shi Group, and as it happened, he was also willing to help."

Gu Yechen's eyes were filled with shock; he found it hard to believe, never having considered this possibility: "Before this… why didn't you say anything?"

"There was no need. In any case, Gu Mianmian was already so confident before."

Gu Wenyan curved her lips faintly: "She said she could definitely secure this collaboration, so I suppose I didn't need to say anything separately, right? After all, if I had suddenly said at that time that I could secure the collaboration… Gu Mianmian would definitely have been unhappy. Why would I invite such trouble?"

"So… so you deliberately watched me make a fool of myself!" Gu Mianmian's temper could no longer be held back; she had always felt Gu Wenyan did it on purpose.

Gu Wenyan deliberately used this method to let everyone know that she had been so confident before, yet in the end had botched the whole thing…

While Gu Wenyan showed nothing of her hand, and in the end became the biggest winner!

The hero who stepped forward in the hour of crisis…

On what grounds?? Gu Wenyan could have done this long ago, but she deliberately waited until this moment—wasn't that just to watch her make a fool of herself?

Gu Mianmian's ugly jealousy could no longer be contained; she clenched her fists and glared fiercely at Gu Wenyan: "You're so disgusting! Weren't we both doing this for the Group's good? But in the end, you just wanted me to lose face! That's why you specifically waited until this moment!"

"Gu Wenyan, you think this can hurt me? Don't even dream of it!"

Gu Wenyan raised an eyebrow: "Watch how you speak. If it weren't for me today, this collaboration would have been impossible to secure. I just want you to know that too much confidence is not a good thing. Besides…"

Gu Wenyan said with a cold smile: "Do you know how big a favor I owe Chairman Bai after getting this done today, and how I'm supposed to repay it? Do you think favors are that easy to owe?"

"Even if it was for the company, how much benefit do you think I get out of it? Give me money? I really don't care about that money! I can sell a single orchid for several million—would I care about this pittance?"

Gu Wenyan's words were pearls on a string: "As for anything else, I don't care for it either. So I could have simply not stepped forward and let this collaboration fail and affect the Group… It's only because of you, being so overconfident before, so confident you went overboard… that the cooperation between the two sides couldn't proceed at all."

"Also, Gu Mianmian, who exactly is this so-called connected person of yours? Why didn't she help you? Weren't you quite pleased with yourself before?"

Gu Wenyan, rarely aggressive, pressed Gu Mianmian until she was left speechless, unable to utter a single word?

Gu Mianmian, no longer caring that Gu Yechen was present, stood stunned for a long while before firing back: "You just can't stand to see me do well. Wasn't everything I did for the company?"

"Before this, the young lady of Bai Shi Group… she promised me she would help me out. If the Group's chairman hadn't suddenly shown up today… Gu Wenyan, how do I know you didn't deliberately scheme with him to make me lose face?? You could do something like this! It's disgusting! If you want me to be mocked and ridiculed, you use a method like this…"

"Enough!" Hearing them quarrel more and more fiercely, Gu Yechen couldn't help but speak up to stop them.

Gu Yechen's expression also turned slightly ugly: "No matter how you look at it, today it was Wen Yan who helped out. This time, the Gu Group owes you a favor."

"Mianmian, from now on, don't go around bragging about things you're not sure of. Always have a Plan B for everything; don't pin all your hopes on one person. What you're doing now isn't mature enough. It'll get better in the future."

Seeing that Gu Yechen had no intention of speaking up for her, Gu Mianmian felt indignant and could not calm down: "You clearly know Gu Wenyan is deliberately messing with me, Big Brother… you simply don't care about me anymore!"

After saying this, Gu Mianmian turned around and left in anger.

Gu Wenyan watched her retreating back and shrugged. Very good—today's matter had successfully provoked all of Gu Mianmian's emotions.

After seeing Gu Mianmian leave, Gu Wenyan turned back and said: "Big Brother, don't ask. I did it on purpose. I knew long ago I could do this. However… you must have also heard some things about what Gu Mianmian has been doing in the company, right?"

"And you also didn't step forward to stop her. You think all of this is just a conflict between her and me. In that case, today's matter doesn't need your interference either."

Gu Wenyan rarely showed such a sharp edge, but Gu Yechen also knew that Gu Wenyan was venting her temper at him.

Gu Yechen sighed: "I won't blame you. Whether you stepped in to help or not, it's not your duty. I also understand… whether you do it or not, it's your freedom. I won't force you to do things you don't want to do."

This sentence, to be honest, touched Gu Wenyan somewhat, but it was far from enough.

Now, it was time to slowly pay it all back.

By today, Gu Wenyan could also confirm that Big Brother's feelings toward her had indeed changed.

And it was also the perfect time for her to take revenge, to let them know what price they would pay for everything they had done to her in the past…

Gu Wenyan merely smiled at Gu Yechen, said nothing more, turned around and left.

When she returned home that evening, their parents also learned of this matter, but none of them came to rebuke Gu Wenyan.

Whatever the reason, Gu Wenyan had done the Gu Group a huge favor this time. Besides, in their eyes… this had already become a conflict between the younger generation.

As parents, they shouldn't intervene at this moment.

So even if Gu Mianmian wanted to use their parents to suppress her, she could only be disappointed.

After Gu Yeting learned of this, he even came to comfort Gu Wenyan: "Don't take it to heart with her. No matter what, the company owes you a lot this time."

"Yes, of course it owes me a lot. If it weren't for me, losing such a big collaboration—could Gu Mianmian afford to compensate for it?"