Volume 5, Chapter 13 – Visitors to the Bai Family

Northern Cangdu district, Bai family ancestral residence.

“Where is Father?”

After tidying his attire and hair, Bai Xu, the young master of the Bai family, entered the main hall.

“The family head is already in the reception room. He asked you to come in immediately once you’re ready.”

A young maid replied respectfully.

Hearing this,

Bai Xu nodded, took a deep breath, then pushed open the door to the reception room ahead.

After the door opened,

An elderly man wearing traditional Chinese clothing, with slightly graying hair and thick glasses, came into Bai Xu’s view. This person was the current Bai family head, also Bai Xu’s father, Bai Bin.

“You’re here.”

“Yes, Father.”

“Perfect timing, let me introduce you.”

Speaking thus, Bai Bin led Bai Xu to the sofa area and directed his respectful gaze toward the tall figure sitting across from them.

“This is Mr. Frankie, executive director of the Tianen Financial Group.”

“Mr. Frankie, this is my son, the next generation head of the Bai family.”

Following his father’s introduction, Bai Xu also showed his characteristic polite smile.

“Hello, Mr. Frankie, welcome to Cangdu.”

While extending his hand in welcome, Bai Xu also carefully observed this blonde, blue-eyed Caucasian man in a suit.

Frankie,

An executive director of the Tianen Financial Group?

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The Tianen Financial Group, though it had only developed on Earth in recent years, possessed extraordinary financial resources. In just a few years, it had expanded to a terrifying degree. It controlled countless industries, monopolizing quite a few of them. It had practically leaped to become one of the most powerful conglomerates on Earth.

Bai Xu was quite curious about how the Tianen Financial Group had developed so rapidly and terrifyingly.

However, what concerned Bai Xu most wasn’t the Tianen Financial Group’s vast assets, but the cultivation secret techniques they controlled.

These were secret methods more powerful than the Bai family’s ancestral techniques.

For Bai Xu, whose cultivation had hit a bottleneck, he urgently wanted to understand the cultivation methods the Tianen Financial Group possessed to achieve his own breakthrough. Actually, not just Bai Xu—most Bai family members felt this way.

Furthermore,

Some special medicines possessed by the Tianen Financial Group could even treat bodily damage caused by spiritual power running amok, which was extremely important for the Bai family’s patriarch.

One must know that in this era of rapidly advancing technology and endless high-tech weapons, the Bai family was no longer as supremely powerful as in the past, unable to act with complete impunity. Before these younger generations had sufficient strength, if the patriarch—their strongest member—were gone, the Bai family… could be eliminated by the government at any time.

Without an absolute powerhouse standing guard, there was simply no way to resist those high-tech weapons.

Therefore,

Even the always proud Bai family had to set aside their dignity as an ancient clan and respectfully receive people from the Tianen Financial Group—people they considered nouveau riche.

…

Facing Bai Xu’s friendly greeting, Frankie, sitting across from him, also politely stood and shook Bai Xu’s hand.

“Thank you for the welcome, Young Master Bai Xu.”

After a brief polite exchange, both parties returned to their seats on the sofas.

Watching Frankie drink his coffee, family head Bai Bin continued their previous topic:

“By the way, Mr. Frankie, you mentioned earlier wanting to learn about someone from our family. Which person were you referring to?”

“You should know this person as well.”

Meeting Bai Bin’s gaze, Frankie’s eyes narrowed slightly:

“Your brother-in-law… Bai Lianyue.”

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“?!!”

The moment he heard this name, Bai Bin’s pupils suddenly contracted, and a strange expression quietly appeared in his eyes. Not only Bai Bin, but Bai Xu beside him reacted similarly.

Bai Lianyue?

That…

Xing Wu’s father? That waste without martial arts talent… also the culprit who caused aunt to be expelled from the family?

Such an ordinary guy?

Why would the Tianen Financial Group want to know about him? They had no connection whatsoever, right?

Bai Xu couldn’t understand.

Beside him, Bai family head Bai Bin, after a brief moment of shock, slowly nodded:

“I do know him. However, he’s not really my brother-in-law… our family never acknowledged him.”

“I see. Do you know this Mr. Bai Lianyue well?”

“Him… sorry, I’m not too clear.”

Bai Bin shook his head:

“He left the Bai family long ago. I haven’t had any contact with him for over ten years, so I don’t really understand him. I only know he died in a car accident a few years ago.”

“Oh, I see.”

Frankie slowly nodded.

His tone showed no surprise, clearly having expected this information.

The next moment,

Eyes narrowing, Frankie slowly leaned forward and spoke meaningfully:

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“But I heard Bai Lianyue grew up in your Bai family. Are there others in your household who understand him? Or rather… who had a good relationship with him?”

“Good relationship?”

Hearing this, Bai Bin frowned and thoughtfully exchanged glances with Bai Xu.

Someone who had a good relationship with Bai Lianyue, that waste expelled from the family? The Bai family probably had no such person, right?

Of course,

Bai Bin wouldn’t say this directly.

“Hehehe, naturally there are such people. But I need to inquire a bit to see who knew him better. But I’m curious, Mr. Frankie—why do you suddenly want to find people who had good relationships with Bai Lianyue?”

As far as Bai Bin knew, the Tianen Financial Group should have no connection with Bai Lianyue whatsoever.

Why would such a top-tier global conglomerate suddenly be interested in Bai Lianyue, an ordinary person who had been dead for over three years?

Simply incomprehensible.

Facing Bai Bin’s question, Frankie could only helplessly shake his head:

“Sorry, Family Head. These are orders from above. I don’t know the specifics either.”

“I see…”

“Regardless, if you later confirm who had a good relationship with Mr. Bai Lianyue, please have them visit our Tianen Financial Group. My superior, for some reason, very much wants to meet such a person.”

“Haha, since it’s Mr. Frankie’s request, we’ll naturally follow through. Please just wait a while.”

“Mm, then I’ll trouble the Bai family head.”

…

Dozens of minutes later,

After another round of pleasantries concluded, Frankie, who declined the Bai family’s dinner invitation, arrived at the underground parking garage of the private residence and boarded a prepared vehicle.

After Frankie settled into the back seat, the driver in the front seat respectfully looked into the rearview mirror at the expressionless Frankie reflected there, and slowly spoke in the language of Yao Xing:

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—”Lord Hume, how did it go?”—

That’s right,

This Tianen Financial Group executive director who had just finished talking with Bai Bin was none other than the man who served as the Third Ancestor of House Solrog.

Hume-Solrog.

Frankie was merely the alias he used on Earth.

Facing his subordinate’s inquiry, Hume didn’t answer directly, but watched the Bai family father and son gradually receding outside the car window while silently lighting a cigarette.

Seeing the Ancestor’s expression, the driver asked somewhat anxiously:

“Lord Hume, did you not get the results you wanted?”

To this,

After taking a deep drag and exhaling thick smoke, Hume said calmly:

“As expected. Among those people, there’s no one who had a good relationship with the Terran Malevolence.”

Hume was quite disdainful of Bai Bin’s lies.

Having spent a thousand years on Yao Xing, seeing through Bai Bin’s deception was effortless for him.

Hearing this answer, the driver’s expression darkened slightly.

“Damn, the Bai family waste… so there’s no way to use hostages to control the Terran Malevolence? Then… should the funding for the Bai family…”

“Continue the funding.”

“Continue?”

“Considering the Bai family’s actions, Bai Lianyue probably has no feelings for the Bai family. But even so… even if she has no Bai family bloodline, the Bai family members are ultimately Bai Xingwu’s relatives, blood-related family. With this connection, the Terran Malevolence can’t completely abandon the Bai family. When necessary, they can still be used as pawns.”

“Yes, Lord Hume.”