The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1294: Chapter 498: Hidden and Great — Middle Act

Just as Zhou Wang finished instructing Guo Bing and Young Master Zhang, he suddenly heard the prompt from the system again.

...

Ding!

[Host detected intersection with ”past” events for the first time, triggering an adventure and opening Hidden Round — Secret and Great: Middle Chapter]

[Adventure event automatically bound: The true reason behind the downfall of Jiangnan Guo Family]

[After understanding all causes and effects, will you still choose to put on that mask?]

[A divine person achieves nothing, a sage remains nameless, a perfect person has no self]

...

Zhou Wang stood there dumbfounded, somewhat surprised, processing the sudden information transmitted by the system.

You can only say that this [Hidden Round] came unexpectedly, but seemed to make perfect sense.

What Zhou Wang couldn’t help but complain about was that the trigger conditions for this [Hidden Round] were too damn strict!

Before time didn’t rewind, Zhou Wang had received no prompts at all, until now, when he had a rough outline of the whole incident, did the system’s prompt pop up.

Based on the system’s prompts, Zhou Wang could basically confirm one thing.

The downfall of Guo Nansheng’s family is indeed greatly related to ”me.”

If I were just an observer, it would definitely be impossible to trigger the opening of the hidden round, especially this special Chapter of [Secret and Great].

According to the previous experience, this is all part of Zhou Wang exploring some process of ”another self.”

Unlike [Angel and Demon], which was all about exploring others.

Since there’s a middle Chapter, maybe there’s also a ”final Chapter”?

Shaking his head, Zhou Wang dismissed the wild thoughts in his mind, summoning Lin Ran who had been waiting in the corner.

”Sister Ran, please vacate the meeting room on the other side of the corridor and make some simple arrangements... Also, tell Qingkui that she will host the opening ball, I have some matters to attend to.”

”Huh?”

Upon hearing Zhou Wang intending to miss the ball, Lin Ran hesitated.

After all, as the host, according to the etiquette of such a major banquet, Zhou Wang should lead the first dance.

And for Lin Ran, she still held a slight unrealistic fantasy... what if Zhou Wang ended up choosing her as his dance partner simply due to indecision?

But now hearing Zhou Wang’s intention to miss the ball, there was naturally no point in thinking about it.

Lin Ran subconsciously wanted to persuade him, but after catching a glimpse of Zhou’s deep gaze out the window, she swallowed her words, nodded, and left in haste.

...

”Are you sure it’s here?”

Guo Wangshan looked suspiciously at his son, then glanced at the door, half ajar with light inside but clearly far from the banquet hall.

”Yes, Uncle Zhou insisted that you should come here alone first; he has something important to discuss with you.”

Under the scrutinizing gaze of his father, Guo Bing unconsciously displayed an awkward smile.

Clearly, he wasn’t lying, but maybe due to being reprimanded by his father too often before, he lacked confidence.

Luckily, upon hearing it being Zhou Wang’s invitation, Guo Wangshan eventually said nothing, waved his son off, tidied his attire, and entered the room alone.

Just as Guo Wangshan stepped into what seemed like a meeting room, he suddenly heard the sound of the door closing behind him with a ”bang.” He turned to look but saw no one, raising his brows in surprise.

The meeting room looked ordinary, having such automatic sensing for the door?

Quickly, Guo Wangshan was drawn by the voices coming from inside the meeting room. He heard some familiar voices, quickening his steps through the corridor, turning a corner to see in the room’s center, amid a lavishly draped long table, gathered five well-dressed middle-aged men and women, either seated or standing.

”Mr. Guo, what brings you here?”

Seeing Guo Wangshan, He Jinglun, sitting alone at the very end of the long table and puffing on a cigar, quickly stood up, retracting his nonchalant posture, and commented with surprise.

The second to react was a mature woman with a refined temperament, standing by the window, hugging her shoulders. She had been staring outside looking lost when she saw Guo Wangshan and scanned the others, her expression shifting slightly as if recalling something.

The woman is none other than Young Master Zhang’s mother, a renowned businesswoman in Magic City, known as ”Bund Rose,” Zhang Group’s eldest daughter, Zhang Shiling.

Apart from He Jinglun and Zhang Shiling, the remaining three in the room were Chen Qiaosheng of Tianqiao Group, Shen Li of Yuanri Ship Group, and Liu Heng of Speed Express Group.

Aside from her, the other four men seemed to simultaneously recall something, exchanging glances with odd expressions.

Guo Wangshan squinted his eyes but quickly resumed tranquility, simply chuckling: ”Everyone, long time no see... Were you all invited by Mr. Zhou?”

”Indeed, seems you were too. Just not sure why Mr. Zhou invited us here. Why isn’t he here himself, Mr. Guo? Did Mr. Zhou explain to you?”

Chen Qiaosheng looked around with some confusion.

”No, my son relayed the message, he brought me straight here...”