Chapter 339: Storm Clouds Gathering

A flash of annoyance also crossed Xu Qingmu's face, and he couldn't help but slam his hand down on the table and bellowed.

'Shut up!'

Xu Qingmu was so angry that he scared everyone into silence.

'I asked you to come here so that you could work together to find a solution, not so that you could come here and whine like a disgruntled wife,'

Xu Qingmu continued coldly.

'This is now a matter of life and death for our Xu family. Do you think that replacing me as head of the family will make someone do a better job?'

'Anyone who is confident enough to do so, just step forward!'

Xu Qingmu yelled, and the expressions of everyone present changed.

'So...what do we do now? Qingmu, you are still the head of the family.'

An elderly man sat next to Xu Qingmu, his face a little ashamed.

Don't look at what they say lightly, but if they are really allowed to take the position of family head,

none of these people in the Xu family can handle it.

And most importantly, Xu Qingmu's dealings with the Ji family are not just personal grudges.

From the beginning, there was a legitimate reason, and that is that the Ji family started to get involved in the medicinal herb business in Chuancheng.

Even if they were to really let them take over, no one would be able to command the respect of the people like Xu Qingmu.

After all, the reason why the Xu family has been able to live so comfortably up to now is that they have been monopolising the supply of Chinese medicine in Chuancheng.

Any family that wants to get involved, no matter who comes to power, will spare no effort to suppress the other party.

Xu Qingmu looked at the bunch of good-for-nothings and couldn't help but frown slightly, before snorting and saying:

'Continue to send people to investigate where those people are getting such a large quantity of high-quality medicinal herbs.

We must firmly control this source of supply in the future, and also urge the pharmaceutical factory to continue to expand production.

The foundation of our Xu family is not just based on medicinal herbs. Even if we really lose this time, I, Xu Qingmu, can afford it.'

Xu Qingmu looked at the crowd and said in an icy tone.

'Yes... Chairman!'

The crowd looked at each other, stood up and responded together, and finally left the meeting room in silence.

He was the only one left behind.

Xu Qingmu couldn't help but feel a little relieved at this moment. Fortunately, this was a family business, and all the shareholders were under his control.

With his authority as the current family head, even if he temporarily lost money, he could suppress it.

Otherwise, if this happened elsewhere, he, as the chairman, would likely be impeached by all the shareholders.

But even so, the pressure on him at the moment was still very great. He originally thought that everything was under his control.

He originally thought that the so-called Ji family was just a toy that he could manipulate as he pleased.

But unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be a thorny hedgehog.

'Could it be that that old thing Ji Guangsheng is faking his hospitalization?'

Xu Qingmu couldn't help but ponder in his heart, but soon he dismissed the idea.

With the power of their Xu family, if they wanted to secretly investigate from the hospital whether Ji Guangsheng was really sick or not,

it would be too easy, and there would be no way for false information to appear.

Moreover, his second younger brother, Ji Changming, had long been sent by him to Haicheng to look for Ji Pianran.

The third younger brother of the Ji family was also a good-for-nothing, and Xu Qingmu was a little at a loss at the moment.

Clearly, he had accounted for everything, so why had the situation suddenly become so tricky?

"Could it be that... this is all the work of that peasant behind the scenes?'

Xu Qingmu thought about the first batch of high-quality wolfberries that had appeared in Chuancheng before.

and the happy smile on her face when she first saw the man that Ji Pianran married in the photo.

An indescribable anger welled up in Xu Qingmu's heart, and he slammed his fist on the table in front of him.

'Gu Chen, since you want to play, let's play together to the end!'

...

However, what Xu Qingmu didn't know at the moment was that Gu Chen, whom he hated so much,

In fact, the night before the Xu family crisis broke out, he had already taken an early flight to Sichuan City.

After nearly a month of hard work by him and Ji Pianran, he now had more than 700,000 yuan in his account.

Together with the previous batch of Lingquan water, it was secretly sold to the Ji family's rivals by the housekeeper Bai Guang.

At the same time, he received more than 500,000 yuan in profits, which, when added together, could basically make up for all the losses suffered by the Ji family during the factory shutdown.

More importantly, Gu Chen now had nearly ten acres of perennial lingzhi in the system space.

As the saying goes, take advantage of your enemy's weakness to strike.

Xu Qingmu's repeated provocations had long since made him furious.

Now, it was not enough to just strike at the Xu family's herbal medicine business; Gu Chen wanted to trample it underfoot to vent his anger.

Since the Xu family was so confident in the proprietary Chinese medicine business, Gu Chen was next going to plan to start there.

He would help the Ji family compete directly with Xu Qingmu, completely replacing the Xu family and becoming the number one family in Sichuan City.

As he thought this, his gaze could not help but fall on the bed in front of him.

Seeing Ji Guangsheng's originally pale face gradually begin to recover, he could not help but ask with concern.

'How is it? Dad, do you feel better now?'

Ji Guangsheng narrowed his eyes slightly, let out a long sigh of relief, and then suddenly sat up straight from the bed.

He looked at his palms in disbelief. At the moment, his face was rosy and his pulse strong.

He didn't look sick at all.

'Chen'er, the Wan Nian Lingzhi you sent me is truly miraculous. I... It seems that my illness is completely cured.

Now I feel full of energy, like I'm twenty years younger. I could even kill a cow with one punch.'

Seeing this, Wu Shuhui, his mother-in-law, couldn't hold back her tears of joy.

Gu Chen wore a smile of relief on his face, but still carefully reminded him:

'Dad, don't get too excited. Although the Wan Nian Lingzhi can help regulate your body,

it is not a complete cure, especially since you have had this illness for many years and have roots from earlier in your life.

If you don't pay attention to rest and take care of your body in the future, it is still possible that it will continue to recur.'

Ji Guangsheng heard this, but just smiled and shook his head.

'Don't worry, Chen'er, I know what you're saying.

All my life, I've never been one to admit defeat.

I've always wanted to be better than everyone else, to be the best.

Now that I'm this old, I finally understand that there are limits to human strength.

Unfortunately, Changming and Xiaochu are both useless. Even if I wanted to quit, I can't do it anymore.'

He paused here, his gaze turning to Gu Chen by his side, already full of admiration and affection.

'Chen'er, after this is over, you stay in Chuansheng, and then ask Pianran to come back too...'