Benefit?

Hearing her father's words, Gu Yu fell silent for a while, because she thought of the businesses run by the family, many of which were because of the relationship between her grandparents and her parents, and she got a lot of benefits from them. For example, the coal mines, iron mines, etc., in some provinces that belong to the Gu family's sphere of influence, are all interests that make people drool. When Old Man Gu was there, no one dared to do anything to the Gu family, even if he had that thief's heart, he didn't have that thief's courage. But now it's different, the old man of the Gu family is gone, the big tree that supports the whole family is gone, and there is no one to shelter them anymore. Although my father is still a high-ranking military official, he obviously can't cover it like his grandfather, after all, there are many families in the capital that are more powerful than the Gu family, and when the time comes, the Gu family will not even have the ability to resist.

But if my father can get to the top in this promotion, then the situation will be different, the member of the Military Commission, who is the highest level of the military, is the chief. People in the military are not easy to mess with, let alone members of the Military Commission? And if he can be promoted, it means that he can work for a few more years, which has bought enough time for the rest of the Gu family to develop, and even if his father retires, with his father's influence in the military for so many years, and the rest of the Gu family has developed, no one dares to do anything to the Gu family.

This is also the reason why the Gu family wants to fight for her father for this position at any cost. Even if others are promoted to the next level, they can't cover the entire Gu family, only her father has this ability and has this opportunity.

But. Gu Yu has something that he doesn't understand, since the Gu family has gained a lot of benefits over the years, and the money they have obtained should not be spent in this life, why do they still hold on and not let go? What about giving it to someone else?

"Dad, our Gu family has made a lot of money over the years, right?" Gu Yu looked at her father and asked, she thought of a sentence called feng shui turns. The feng shui of the Gu family has been good for decades, and the death of grandpa is equivalent to the transfer of feng shui to other families. This is something that no one can change. Why fight? Could it be that if you continue to fight, Feng Shui will turn back? Isn't that insatiable?

"Yes, that's why the others jumped out impatiently soon after your grandfather left, ready to snatch the interests of our Gu family." Gu Minglin said.

"That being the case. Just give it to them. Gu Yu said lightly. Contentment. Why keep holding on to it?

"To them?" Gu Minglin frowned when he heard this, and said resolutely, "Impossible! That's the foundation of our Gu family. Without those, our Gu family would no longer be able to sustain itself. ”

"There is nothing wrong with retiring and being an ordinary person. My father is a senior military cadre, and after retirement, the state is responsible for all the living needs, so I don't have to worry about it, as for the second uncle and aunt, they are also high-ranking officials, so why can't they live the life that ordinary people can live? What's more, our living conditions are much better than those ordinary people, and my cousin and cousin have their own business, what are we afraid of? Gu Yu said seriously, "Dad, in the past few years I have been in Canada, although I have not had the aura of the Gu family, it has allowed me to see a lot of things clearly. In fact, even if we have nothing, we can live happily ......! ”

"Have you been happy in the past five years in Canada?" Gu Minglin suddenly asked about Gu Yu's affairs in Canada, but judging from the strange expression on his face, it was not just a simple inquiry, as if he had something else to say.

As for what Gu Yu said just now, he didn't agree with it. He thinks that the reason why his daughter thinks like this is because she is too young and has not experienced those things in the officialdom, so she has such a simple idea. If you were in his position and experienced those open and secret battles, you would not have such a simple idea.

"Yes." After hearing this, Gu Yu said, "Be free, unrestrained, don't worry about what you've done wrong, and don't care about other people's eyes." Without the shackles and strife of interests, it feels really good. When he said these words, Gu Yu's eyes looked out the window, and there was a yearning look in his eyes.

"Oh? Is it? Gu Minglin asked, "Do you like the feeling of being alone?" ”

Gu Yu was slightly stunned, and his whole person stiffened.

"Daughter, is it really good that you have been alone in Canada for the past five years?" Gu Minglin asked again, the whole sentence was very plain, it was a simple question, but the three words 'one person' in it sounded like it contained a lot of meaning.

Gu Yu came back to her senses, her eyes shifted from the window to her father's face, she looked at her father in surprise, and after a long time, she suddenly sighed and asked, "Dad, you know everything?" At the same time, I thought to myself, who told my father the news? Could it be Wu Tian? No way, didn't he already promise to keep it a secret for himself? Could it be that Tina inadvertently slipped out? There was no such possibility, because Tina was present when she met her father. Who could that be?

"Dad knew about it five years ago." Gu Minglin said.

“……！” Gu Yu was stunned when he heard it. What the? Five years ago? Did Dad know about Vic's car accident five years ago? However, how did you know that it was in Canada and Dad was in China?

"Do you think Dad really reassures you that you're going to Canada alone?" Gu Minglin said, "Your mother and I are worried that you will be bullied in Canada, so we deliberately sent someone to Canada to protect you, although you don't know her existence, but she is around you all the time." ”

Gu Yu's whole person was in shock, for five years, someone had been monitoring her? And she didn't know anything about it?

Gu Minglin seemed to see his daughter's thoughts, and said apologetically, "Daughter, please forgive me for doing this with your mother, we are also for your good." After all, we don't know much about that Vic, and we really don't feel at ease about handing you over to him, a foreigner, and marrying so far away. Your mother has seen many tragic stories of Chinese women marrying abroad during that time, and we don't want to see you being bullied in a foreign country and swallowing your grievances for the rest of your life. Gu Minglin paused. Then continued, "After that Vic died in a car accident, we originally thought you would come back, but after waiting for a long time, we didn't see you return to China, your mother was going to call you, and even wanted to go to Canada to pick you up, but I stopped it, because it was your choice, just like you didn't choose Wu Tian at the beginning, but chose to go to Canada with Vic. Actually, I know very well. The reason why you are not coming back. Because there were many people who opposed your decision at that time, including your second uncle and aunt, and you didn't want them to feel that your choice was wrong. I don't want the Gu family to be ridiculed by outsiders because of this incident. And you don't want me and your mother to worry. So I chose to stay in Canada. Right? ”

Hearing his father's words, Gu Yu's eyes immediately turned red, the grievances he had endured for so many years. It seems to explode at this moment. What her father said was right, she didn't want her family to worry about her, and she didn't want outsiders to laugh at their Gu family because of this incident. Because of her decision at that time, in the eyes of many people in the capital, she was not favored, and even most people thought she was stupid, after all, compared to the Wu family, that Bick was not even a fart. And in the eyes of many people, it was she who betrayed Wu Tian, her childhood sweetheart, and she was ruthless and unrighteous.

As for why she chose Vic in the first place, she doesn't want to talk about it anymore, after all, things have happened, and it won't help to say it, there is no regret medicine in the world, and time can't start over. What's more, she never regrets what she chooses. And in the past five years she has been in Canada, she also hopes that she will not regret this incident.

"The reason why I asked you to go to Wu Tian is that in addition to hoping that the Wu family can help our Gu family, I also hope that you can get back together with Wu Tian, after all, you are still young, and the days ahead are still very long, so you can't live a lifetime alone, right? Even if you don't want to, your mother and I have to think for you, after all, you are our child, and no one wants their child to live in pain all the time. Maybe you won't feel anything now, because you're still young, because you're still with us. But when you're old, and your mother and I are gone, you're going to feel unusually lonely by yourself, and that's not what your mother and I want to see. ”

"Dad, it's impossible for me to be with Wu Tian." Gu Yu couldn't hold back his tears, and couldn't show tears of pain and sadness in front of his father, "I'm sorry, Dad." If I had chosen Wu Tian in the first place, maybe our Gu family would not be what it is now. ”

In fact, when she chose to marry in Canada, it caused an uproar in the Gu family, many people disagreed, and kept persuading her, hoping that she would change her mind and choose to be with Wu Tian, after all, the two were childhood sweethearts, and it was also very beneficial for the Gu family to be able to rely on the mountain of the Wu family. During that time, she didn't even want to stay at the Gu house for an extra minute. Later, it was Old Man Gu who spoke and respected her choice, and the rest of the Gu family stopped persuading her in turn. In fact, she knew very well that her grandfather didn't want her to marry abroad, but as the most beloved granddaughter, in the entanglement, she finally chose to respect her choice.

"Child, I don't mean to blame you, it's already good that you can go to Wu Tian for the sake of the family, I know that this matter makes you very embarrassed."

"Dad, why don't you go directly to Wu Tian's father?" Gu Yu asked, the second uncle was puzzled, and she was actually puzzled. After all, Wu Tian is Wu Guanzhi's son, no matter how accustomed the Wu family is to Wu Tian, in the face of such a big thing, it is impossible to listen to Wu Tian, a junior.

"Well, do you think I don't want to go looking for it? In fact, when your grandfather left, I had already hinted to Wu Guanzhi, but so far, I haven't received any response, so I will let you go to Wu Tian, hoping that Wu Tian will affect Wu Guanzhi. I think if you and Wu Tian reconcile, even if Wu Guanzhi is unwilling to help our Gu family, he will help our Gu family in the matter of you and Wu Tian. Gu Minglin sighed and said, "Daughter, please forgive Dad for using you." But the Gu family has indeed reached the moment of life and death, and there is nothing I can do. ”

"Dad, I think you should still go to Uncle Wu, but this time you should clearly express your position and attitude, rather than choosing to hint. Because sometimes, hints can make people feel that your decision is hesitant and unclear enough, and this kind of tentative hint can easily be taken as insincere. Gu Yu said.

"I know that, but I can't do that." Gu Minglin's face showed a complicated look.

"Why?" Gu Yu asked puzzled.

"The Gu family and the Bai family are against each other, you know about this. Now the Gu family has neither expressed support. I don't object, and the Bai family is also very ambiguous about my matter, if I go directly to Wu Guanzhi to express my position and let the Bai family know, the Bai family will definitely oppose it, and there will be an extra obstacle on the way to promotion at that time. ”

When Gu Yu heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Dad, at this time, why do you still want to step on two boats?" Gu Yu said very politely, and did not show mercy because the other party was her father. Because she was so dissatisfied with her father's expression at the critical moment. Not just now, actually. In the past, she was very unoptimistic about her father's hesitant and forward-looking style. She thought that this time it was a matter of importance, and her father would change his previous style. But I didn't expect it. In the end, it didn't change.

"Kids. You don't understand. In matters of promotion, I must try to make friends who are beneficial to us, and not to offend anyone. Otherwise they will be on the opposite side of us. Gu Minglin said.

"I know, but have you ever thought about it, Dad, that many of the support you need is the right one? The reason why they haven't clearly expressed their support for you so far is that they are waiting for you to have a clear attitude and which side to throw towards. Only if you are truly committed to that camp, that camp will fully support you, and if you can't be sure, no one will be willing to fully support someone with an ambiguous attitude to take the position. Gu Yu said.

"Kid, you haven't been through it, so you don't understand ......!"

"I understand!" Gu Yu interrupted his father's words and said, "Why the relationship between the Wu family and our Gu family is becoming more and more estranged, it is because Dad, your position is not firm. In fact, for our Gu family, having the support of the Wu family is enough. ”

"Child, you have been in Canada for five years, you may not know the current situation in the capital, in terms of strength, the Bai family is now higher than the Wu family, a few days ago in a key personnel appointment, the Wu family did not fight for the Bai family, and finally the Bai family was held by someone from the Bai family. Therefore, even if you have to choose one of the two, you must choose to defect to the Bai family. ”

"But the Wu family has many allies." Gu Yu said that from her point of view, she still hopes that her father will stand on the side of the Wu family, after all, the two families are also world friends, and the two sides know each other. And the Gu family and the Bai family have no friendship, and it is not easy to make the other party sincerely accept the Gu family.

"Who doesn't have a few allies? The Bai family also has many allies. The most important thing is that the old man of the Bai family is still there, and his body is also very tough. But the old man of the Wu family has been gone for eight years. ”

Gu Yu was slightly stunned when she heard this, this matter was indeed ignored by her. Because she has always compared the second generation of the Wu family with the second generation of the Bai family, who are in their prime, ignoring the first generation. Yes, although those old guys are retired, their influence is still there, and their protégés are old everywhere, these are forces that cannot be ignored, not to mention that when the old guy speaks, who doesn't give a little face? The Bai family has such an old man, but the Wu family no longer has it.

"Child, I know that it is because of Wu Tian that you are inclined to the Wu family, but in terms of strength, it is the Bai family that is superior. If we have to choose, we naturally have to choose powerful people as backing, so that I can get more support votes and be promoted successfully. Gu Minglin said.

Gu Yu didn't know what to say, because if her father really chose to defect to the Bai family, then the Gu family would really become enemies with the Wu family, which was not what she wanted to see.

"Daughter, in fact, a few days ago, I hinted to the Bai family, compared with the quiet Wu family, although the Bai family did not express clear support, they responded to me." Gu Minglin said.

"What did the Bai family say?"

"What the Bai family means is that as long as our Gu family clearly expresses its position, the Bai family is willing to accept us." Gu Minglin said, "Since the Wu family still hasn't responded, then we have no choice but to choose the Bai family." ”

“……！”

"Tomorrow I will go to the Bai family to visit Old Man Bai, I hope you can also go with me." Gu Minglin looked at Gu Yu and said.

"I'm going too? Why? Gu Yu asked puzzled. She didn't know Old Man Bai at all, and she didn't have any friendship with the Bai family, what did she do at the Bai family?

"Do you remember? When you were in school, Bai Zhenghui's son Bai Yuze once pursued you, and now he is the mayor of a place at a young age, and he is the leader of the younger generation. ”

"Bai Yuze ......!" Gu Yu frowned when she heard this, Bai Yuze was the only Bai family member she knew, but it didn't leave a good impression on her. On the contrary, she has a very bad impression of this Bai Yuze, when she was in school, the other party has been pursuing her, giving her roses, and often driving a sports car to park outside the door of the girls' dormitory and wait for her, even after her very clear refusal, the other party still does not change. For this matter, Wu Tian and Bai Yuze fought a lot. Such a person has now become the head of a place? If she remembers correctly, the other party is three years older than her, that is, in his early thirties. Gu Yu thought of what her father said, and thought of her father's intention to ask her to find Wu Tian before, her face suddenly sank, and she said, "Dad, what do you mean, do you want me to ...... with Bai Yuze!" ”

"Yes!"

“……！” (To be continued......)