Chapter 290: Chapter 290: How come this disguise only tricks my own people?
After finishing dinner with his wife and son, Gu Jue prepared to leave the house again.
Su Wan fastened the buttons on his military uniform and said in a low voice, "I don’t know if the Bai Family had any involvement, but when things were dangerous, Bai Nanxi was trying to push me and Xiaochen into the insect pile."
Insect pile was a bit of an exaggeration.
But who doesn’t embellish the story a bit when complaining?
That woman Bai Nanxi is never up to any good!
If given the chance, she would even push Su Wan into a nest of Lucifer’s octopus tentacles!
Not to mention, perhaps the Bai Family isn’t innocent at all.
Upon hearing this, Gu Jue’s handsome face darkened as he said, "It’s time for Bai Yu to be sentenced."
Su Wan was satisfied, her lips curling up in a smile. Having completed her little tattletale act, she leaned in and kissed the corner of her beloved Commander’s mouth.
"Ajue, are you very busy today? If you won’t be coming home tonight, remember to let me know."
"Mhm."
In fact, of course, Gu Jue would make sure to come back.
Being busy all day and only having one meal with his wife was far from satisfying for him.
After Gu Jue left, Su Wan took the baby back to the nursery, then proceeded to deal with the restaurant business.
The restaurant hadn’t required much attention from her lately, thanks to a series of rules and regulations she had put in place quite a while ago.
Initially, the managers of the restaurant did not take Su Wan seriously.
She was too young.
And some were on better terms with Su Zhen.
After all, they had been working with him for twenty or thirty years.
However, when Su Wan demonstrated her deft management skills, bringing the First Star District restaurant to life, everyone slowly began to see her in a new light.
As the subsidiaries’ performances soared following Su Wan’s business strategies, they no longer had anything to say.
Nobody would turn their backs on money after all.
Thus, for the past two years, the managers of every subsidiary branch were completely convinced by Su Wan.
The District Manager of the Tenth District was Du Yue, twenty-nine years old.
Despite her youth, her father had previously been the manager of the Third District for the Su Family restaurant.
When he stepped down, he recommended his daughter to take over the role in the Third District, and Du Yue passed the test.
But when Su Wan was looking for someone to manage the Tenth District, Du Yue volunteered proactively.
After going through the selection process, Su Wan ultimately chose Du Yue to be the manager of the Tenth District branch.
Because of this, Du Yue’s father was so upset with her.
Everyone knew the Tenth District was a mess!
Fortunately, Su Wan had previously made arrangements with the local security bureau, and Mr. G—oh, that is, Gu Jue—had given the orders, so the security bureau sent people to patrol the area regularly.
At first, there were those who tried to stir up trouble, but they were quickly subdued.
Eventually, everyone recognized the backing of the Su Family restaurant and dared not cause any disturbances.
It was Du Yue’s turn to report to Su Wan, and she brought up an issue.
"Boss, I just heard something—the Tenth District is going to open a fighting arena."
"A fighting arena? Like those underground arenas on N69 Star?"
Du Yue: "It’s said to be operated by the same owner as the one on N69, but it probably won’t be like that one, as there are certain shady aspects."
Su Wan understood.
To be honest, if an underground fighting arena of that nature really opened, it would likely affect the entire Tenth District.
Su Wan: "Du, pay close attention to this matter. If something affects the Su Family restaurant and you can’t handle it, let me know immediately."
Du Yue: "Sure, no problem."
Su Wan, "By the way, Sister Du, how are things going with you and my uncle?"
Since Du Yue became the manager of the Tenth District and Su Teng spent a lot of time there,
many people have been trying to set them up.
Du Yue said helplessly, "Us, let’s not even go there, your uncle has someone he likes already."
Su Wan was curious, "Who does uncle like?"
Du Yue, "The Food God."
Su Wan, "Cough cough cough cough!"
How come her disguise always ended up deceiving her own family!
Su Wan remembered when she disguised herself as a man before and her friend Sheng An developed a crush on her.
Later, when she revealed her true identity as a woman, the result...
Su Wan said, "I suspect that what my uncle likes is not the person the Food God herself, but her cooking skills!"
Du Yue, "Who knows, there’s actually no difference. Even though he knows that the Food God is already married, he still says he only likes women like the Food God."
After ending the call with Du Yue, Su Wan considered whether or not to tell the truth to her uncle.
Or, perhaps just drop the disguise altogether.
After all, Ajue knew about it now.
**
In the conference room, the head of the Security Bureau looked up at Emperor Gu Zilan, who was silent, and then at the equally silent Commander Gu Jue.
The head of the Security Bureau said, "Our people have done an investigation and only found some insect eggs, which proves that someone put insect eggs inside the delivered movie canister."
"The person in charge at Nick Company has been detained, but they claim their company’s films have no issues. We have also inspected their other films and indeed, there are no problems."
"Now we are tracing who handled this particular film."
"As for the cinema... They claim they didn’t know about the insect eggs, but they admit to the movie accident and are willing to pay the fine."
Gu Jue, "What about the Bai Family?"
The head of the Security Bureau was startled, "Miss Bai from the Bai Family was also a victim in this incident. The Bai Family is currently seeking an explanation from either Deep Blue Cinema or Nick Company."
After the head of the Security Bureau finished speaking, he noticed that neither of the two leaders said a word.
He said with difficulty, "We can handle the Nick Company part with another investigation, but Deep Blue Cinema... The Old Prince is applying pressure from his side."
Gu Zilan sneered, "We’re just talking about shutting down the cinema for investigation and rectification. We haven’t even confirmed if they are colluding with the Insect Clan. What’s the rush!"
"But..."
Just then, Gu Jue stood up.
He donned his white gloves with an indifferent tone, "The First Starship Fleet will take over the investigation. Whoever has objections, let them come to me!"
The head of the Security Bureau was momentarily stunned but quickly nodded, "Yes."
When the conference room was left with only the uncle and nephew,
Gu Zilan said worriedly, "Uncle, Aunt and Xiaochen are alright, aren’t they?"
"They are fine." Gu Jue turned his head, looking at his nephew, "Did you know the old man would make a move?"
Gu Zilan shook his head, "I just knew he never gave up all these years, so I kept people watching him. This time, it’s his first move. Or rather, he’s testing us."
"Since he’s testing us, then, we must let him know that we are aware."
Gu Jue looked up and said flatly, "Have someone arrest Gu Vida immediately on the charge of colluding with the Star Thief."
Gu Vida is the old man’s most favored great-grandson.
He would certainly be satisfied with this ’response’.
Gu Zilan fully agreed with this approach!
Seeing Gu Jue walking out, he quickly said, "Uncle, where are you going? Do you need me to do anything?"
"You go and approve a plot of land for Chu Xunyang to open a combat arena in the Tenth District. As for me... I’m going to get some octopus legs for Xiaochen."
Gu Zilan, "???" Octopus legs?
