103: Chapter 103 Proactive Marriage, A Powerful Alliance

The decision of the Tianyi Chamber of Commerce was faster than anyone could have imagined.

Just the day after the Gu Family became the center of the storm in Baifeng City due to the birth of Gu Xianer, and was being secretly watched by countless pairs of eyes.

A luxurious convoy, personally led by President Jin Yuanbao of the Tianyi Chamber of Commerce and loaded with various rare congratulatory gifts, arrived with gongs and drums, moving in a grand procession, and stopped right in front of the gate of the Gu Garden!

"President of the Tianyi Chamber of Commerce, Jin Yuanbao, congratulates Patriarch Gu on the joyous birth of his daughter! I have prepared a modest gift to offer my congratulations!"

This announcement, shouted by a manager of the Chamber of Commerce with a voice imbued with deep True Qi, was like a thunderclap, instantly spreading for several miles around!

All the spies from various parties who were secretly monitoring the movements of the Gu Garden were shocked and their expressions changed instantly upon hearing this news!

The Tianyi Chamber of Commerce!

This commercial giant, which had always claimed to be "neutral" and never easily took sides, actually...

Actually chose to come in person to offer congratulations with such high profile at the height of this storm?!

What are they... trying to do?!

Inside the Gu Mansion.

Gu Yan, who was in the secret chamber stabilizing his Foundation Establishment second-layer cultivation, was also startled by this sudden turn of events.

After a moment of thought, he understood part of the reason for President Jin Yuanbao's visit.

Sending charcoal in the snow?

This Chamber of Commerce president was indeed a... bold and ambitious character.

Gu Yan did not delay.

He went out of the mansion himself and welcomed this important figure in Baifeng City into the most magnificent reception hall of the mansion.

"President Jin, your visit is a great honor. Please forgive me for not welcoming you sooner, please forgive me!" Gu Yan said, cupping his hands in a respectful but composed manner towards the kind-looking fat man who appeared like a Maitreya Buddha before him.

"Oh! Patriarch Gu, you are too polite!" President Jin Yuanbao quickly stepped forward, affectionately holding Gu Yan's arm, with an extremely sincere smile on his face, "Our two families are now partners. With Patriarch Gu celebrating the birth of his daughter, such a monumental joyous occasion, how could I, as your elder brother, not come in person to have a glass of wedding wine?"

His posture was extremely low, without any airs of a Golden Core Stage Immortal Master.

Instead, he was like a... neighborly elder who had taken a liking to a Junior, his words full of warmth and cordiality.

The two sat down as host and guest.

After some hypocritical pleasantries, President Jin Yuanbao waved his hand and dismissed all the servants.

Inside the reception hall, only the two of them remained.

The atmosphere suddenly became a bit heavy.

The smile on President Jin Yuanbao's face remained kind, but his eyes, which were always narrowed like slits, flashed with the sharp, shrewd light unique to a businessman.

He stopped beating around the bush and got straight to the point, throwing out a... bombshell that was enough to make even Gu Yan feel stunned!

"Patriarch Gu."

"I came here today, besides offering congratulations, to discuss something... more important with you."

He looked at Gu Yan and said slowly, word by word:

"I want to, for my daughter Feiyan..."

"Propose a marriage to you."

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Silence.

The entire reception hall instantly fell into absolute silence.

Gu Yan's hand holding the teacup froze in mid-air.

Looking at the fat man in front of him who still wore a kind smile, even with his Heart-Nature from living two lifetimes, he was, for a moment, unable to... react.

Propose marriage?

For Jin Feiyan... to propose marriage to me?!

This...

This... what kind of move is this?!

He had originally thought that the other party's visit today would at most be to send some precious gifts to express a stance of "deep binding."

He never expected that this President Jin would be so... unconventional!

Directly...

Packing up his own biological daughter, and future heir to the Family, and delivering her to his doorstep?!

[Beep! New 'Branching Out and Spreading Leaves' side quest detected!]

In his mind, the alarm sound of the System, which came online instantly upon detecting new KPIs, rang out frantically!

[Target character locked: Jin Feiyan!]

[Aptitude rating: Yellow Grade High Grade!]

[Luck rating: Mysterious Grade Low Grade (Commercial Dao bonus, possesses great Luck)!]

[Comprehensive evaluation: A Grade! Warning! This is a high-quality KPI resource, a freebie question! Host, what are you waiting for?! Performance delivered to your door, don't take it and it's a waste! Hurry! Hurry and agree to him!]

Gu Yan ignored the noisy System.

His brain was spinning rapidly.

In an instant, he understood President Jin Yuanbao's... true intention!

What a President Jin Yuanbao!

What a... cunning old fox!

He is not marrying off his daughter!

He is... investing!

Using his own biological daughter, using the future heir of the entire Tianyi Chamber of Commerce, as a wager, to conduct a... most thorough, inseparable... deep binding with himself, this "potential stock"!

If this high-stakes gamble is won.

The future returns for the Tianyi Chamber of Commerce will be... immeasurable!

"President Jin..." Gu Yan slowly put down the teacup, his eyes becoming deep, "Do you know that the current Gu Family is the target of public criticism? Choosing to marry into my Family at this time is tantamount to tying the entire Tianyi Chamber of Commerce to the chariot of my Gu Family. Once... my Gu Family collapses in this storm..."

"Then, we shall collapse together."

President Jin Yuanbao's answer was understated, yet full of unquestionable... determination!

He looked at Gu Yan, his narrowed eyes flashing with the boldness and brilliance of an ambitious hero!

"I, Jin Yuanbao, have been in business for a lifetime, and I dare say my eye for people is somewhat sharp."

"Patriarch Gu, you are definitely not a creature of the pond."

"The bit of wind and rain today is, for you, nothing but the final... test before the Dragon enters the sea."

"What my Tianyi Chamber of Commerce lacks has never been Spirit Stones, nor channels."

"What we lack is a... sufficiently strong, sufficiently reliable marriage ally who can face the more magnificent great era of the future together with us!"

"And you, Gu Yan, are the best, and only, candidate that I, Jin Yuanbao, have chosen!"

"Of course," he changed the subject, a shrewd businessman's smile appearing on his face again, "I, Jin Yuanbao, never make a losing deal."

"As long as you nod. From today on, 30% of the future profits of all industries under the name of my Tianyi Chamber of Commerce will be, as... Feiyan's dowry, entirely transferred to the account of your Gu Family!"

"Not only that, all the channels, connections, and intelligence networks of my Tianyi Chamber of Commerce, spread across the entire Dongtu Continent, will be... fully opened to your Gu Family!"

A beauty!

The world!

At this moment, even Gu Yan could not help but feel... his mind shaken by the shocking and extraordinary grand gesture of the fat man before him!

He knew that he, simply... had no reason to refuse.

Whether for the future of the Gu Family, or for... the System's KPI.

He had no reason to refuse.

He pondered for a moment, not answering immediately.

Instead, he cast his gaze outside the reception hall.

There, a graceful figure in a golden dress was standing quietly under the moon gate of the courtyard.

As if waiting for a... verdict concerning her future destiny.