Bai Juanqiu.

Ren Xingliu intended to sit down and have a good talk with Bai Juanqiu, not only about the Bai Family, but also about their relationship. 

But in the following days, Bai Juanqiu suddenly got really busy.

In the past, when Ren Xingliu sent a message, Bai Juanqiu would take the time to reply to him even if he had something to do. The two of them could always exchange messages back and forth for a long time.

In the past, when Ren Xingliu sent him a message, even if Bai Juanqiu was doing something, he would still take the time to reply to him. The two of them could always send messages back and forth for quite a while.

In the past two days, however, it seemed that Bai Juanqiu didn’t even have the time to check his phone. Oftentimes, it would be late at night before he could take the time to send a good night message. 

Ren Xingliu vaguely knew what was happening, but if Bai Juanqiu didn’t mention it, he wouldn’t pry further.

They were going to meet again soon anyway.

By the time they meet, everything will probably be clear.

–

As night falls, the most luxurious sky hotel in the center of Lingcheng City is now brightly lit, and the scene is full of local celebrities and dignitaries as far as the eye can see.

At nightfall, the most luxurious aerial hotel in the center of Ling City was thoroughly bright with the lamp fire. The scene was adorned with sweet-scented clothes and distinct hair, and intertwined with wine goblets and gambling chips as far as the eye could see. There were even local celebrities and influential figures.

This was the banquet hosted by Fenghan Capital, the largest venture capital fund in China.

Fenghan Capital has extremely huge resources. It is a rare visit to Lingcheng. I don’t know how many people want to get in touch with it. Many people also take this opportunity to talk and make camp. The entire dinner is like a huge vanity fair. 

Fenghan Capital held giant resources. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for them to be at Ling City, so countless people took the opportunity to network. The whole banquet was like a huge Vanity Fair.

Ren Xingliu didn’t feel ill at ease in the middle of it.

Never mind his many years of experience in the imperial court, even before his transmigration, he was able to prolifically wield a blade in this situation.

However, he wasn’t in the mood to socialize. Since entering the venue, his heart was elsewhere, occasionally looking towards the direction of the entrance. qtvaUw

Bai Juanqiu hasn’t appeared yet.

Ren Xingliu’s invitation letter was given by Bai Juanqiu, but the latter didn’t attend the banquet with him.

Because Bai Juanqiu still had to work on the day of the banquet, he would be arriving late, so he asked Ren Xingliu to come first.

Ren Xingliu could probably guess what was going on. 

Fenghan Capital’s grand banquet this time was not only for resource integration, but also for building publicity in Ling City.

One of the biggest moves made by Fenghan Capital was to invest in Shengjing Technology.

When the news first broke, the industry was in an uproar.

Shengjing Technology is a company that is too low-key. It has always been inconspicuous before. It was not until this year that it relied on its excellent technology to win the Future City project as a dark horse, and finally showed its true edge. 

Shengjing Technology was too low-key, always showing their flat land and dry stream. It wasn’t until this year, with the momentum of a black horse, they won the future city project with their excellent capability. They have finally shown their true edge.

As a result, everyone didn’t have the chance to research more about this company. Fenghan Capital immediately announced their investment plan, with Shengjing Technology on the top of the list.

Although the specific amount had yet to be disclosed, according to industry speculation, the investment scope in this was likely to reach over ten digits.

This also meant that Shengjing, previously a name not recorded in the classics, instantly became super rich as soon as it officially appeared in the capital market. 

As for its true value, it will also be officially determined tonight.

This upcoming announcement was probably the cause of Bai Juanqiu’s busy schedule, and tonight’s work.

Ren Xingliu picked up a random small plate of dessert and ate it while losing himself in his thoughts.

The banquet hall was adorned with gold and jade in glorious splendor with seats filled with noble guests, but he felt an unexplained and unspeakable annoyance. 

In the past many years, when he was in another time and space, he also got the same feeling.

Although the room was full of guests, his heart felt empty, as if he was an outsider.

Just as he was lost in thought, a familiar figure walked over from the side.

Bai Guanghai’s eyes were somewhat gloomy, and he said in neither an overcast nor a sunny manner, “Young Master Ren, at last we meet again.” 

He deliberately dragged the final word to hook his audience’s appetite, but Ren Xingliu wasn’t enticed, replying with a lazy oh.

If this was before, Ren Xingliu may still feign civility and socialize a few words with the man, but even interacting perfunctorily was asking too much from him.

The fact that they didn’t flip face on the spot was already showing great respect to the organizers.

Bai Guanghai: “…”

Even though he knew how fearless the other was, he was still pissed off! 

Bai Guanghai was angry in his heart and his voice became colder: “Speaking of which, the cooperation between our two families has been delayed for a long time. The young master is busy with things. I wonder when I will be free and can we sit down and talk again?”

Bai Guanghai felt resentful inside, and his voice turned colder, “Speaking of which, the cooperation between our two families have been delayed long enough. I know you have been busy, so I was wondering when you have the free time for us to sit down and talk business?”

At the mention of that, he was gritting his teeth slightly.

The Bai Family was having a tough time lately. 

After he failed to kick the gate on the previous collaboration with the Ren Empire, he gave a call, warning Bai Juanqiu. He thought Bai Juanqiu would take care of things.

Instead, the subsequent cooperation was directly delegated to Ren Xingliu.

And Ren Xingliu had no intention of talking business. At first, he pretended to be busy, then afterward, he didn’t even bother to pick up the phone call.

Bai Guanghai was utterly furious and exasperated. Then he sought out Bai Juanqiu, only to learn that his nephew had blacklisted him. 

By then, what Bai Guanghai was feeling could only be described as dismayed. For so many years, Bai Juanqiu had been living discreetly under his watchful eye.

In his understanding, the way his useless nephew fears him should be an instinct now. But never would he expect for Bai Juanqiu to show this kind of attitude towards him.

Bai Guanghai originally wanted to confront Bai Juanqiu in person, but then, his family’s business was suddenly blocked one after another, as if some unknown force was deliberately targeting him.

Bai Guanghai originally wanted to personally confront Bai Juanqiu, but immediately after, the Bai Family’s business suddenly took a nosedive. Their business was hindered one after another, as if some unknown force was deliberately targeting him.

He was so badly scorched by the flame that he had no time to spare.

Now, the Bai Family was an arrow at the end of its flight. If he couldn’t raise new funds as soon as possible, they would fall apart with their negative cash flow.

Fortunately, at this critical juncture, he unexpectedly received an invitation letter for Fenghan Capital’s banquet.

Bai Guanghai was simply ecstatic. 

He wasn’t acquainted with anyone from Fenghan Capital, and this invitation came extremely suddenly; however, Fenghan Capital wouldn’t send out an invitation for no reason.

As far as he knew, besides the real elites, all the companies invited were collaborating with Fenghan Capital, or soon to be.

Bai Guanghai was feeling hopeful inside. His business was in jeopardy. If he could get on Fenghan Capital’s good grace, not only could he solve his urgent situation, but he could also skyrocket to the next level.

Unfortunately, he went to the banquet with great hope and mingled around for a while, but he couldn’t find the person who invited him. Instead, he ran into Ren Xingliu by chance. 

Ren Xingliu also ‘contributed greatly’ to the Bai Family’s current situation.

At first, he thought that the cooperation with Ren would be successful, so he couldn’t wait to borrow money to expand the scale. As a result, Ren Xingliu intervened and took out the firewood, causing his plans to fail and he fell into this situation.

At first, he thought that cooperation with the Ren Family would be in the bag, so before it was finalized, he borrowed money without restraint for a large-scale expansion. Then Ren Xingliu intervened and took the firewood out from the bottom of the cauldron, causing his preparation to go down the drain and putting him in this situation.

Seeing Ren Xingliu after everything, it could be said that Bai Guanghai’s teeth were itching with hatred. 

He deliberately brought up the matter of cooperation again, but he was also very clear that a yellow-mouthed brat like Ren Xingliu wouldn’t yield easily.

Sure enough, facing his question, Ren Xingliu remained unmoved at all. He only glanced at him lightly and said lazily, “I’m really not sure. Let’s do this. If Mr. Bai wants to talk, he can make an appointment with Juanqiu.” …”

As expected, when faced with his questioning, Ren Xingliu remained unmoved and only glanced at him lazily, uttering, “I can’t say for certain. How about this, if Mr. Bai wants to talk business, you can find Juanqiu to schedule something…”

He paused for a moment, then added with a very fake smile on his face, “I’m with Juanqiu every day. He knows my schedule best. If he can give you a time, it will be a time we can meet.” 

Bai Guanghai felt suffocated for a moment, with a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

Previously, Bai Yao mentioned several times about how Ren Xingliu was unusually protective of Bai Juanqiu, and Bai Guanghai had also made vague guesses, but always did not dare to believe it.

Bai Guanghai believed in profit first, and even his relatives could knock out the bones and suck out the marrow to save others. He simply didn’t believe that a family as big as the Ren family could really accept a worthless person like Bai Juanqiu.

Bai Guanghai himself believed in putting interest before everything else, he would even go as far as using his relatives, knocking bones and sucking marrows. Using his judgment, he didn’t believe that a large business like the Ren Family would welcome a useless partner like Bai Juanqiu. 

However, at this moment, Ren Xingliu had attached most importance to Bai Juanqiu.

Did this second-generation ancestor fall head over heels?!

When Bai Guanghai realized this, he found it very ridiculous.

It was no wonder that Bai Juanqiu dared to show attitude towards him! 

He didn’t expect that his nephew would be useless in everything, except in this area.

He didn’t think that the nephew he had kept by his side for so many years still found an opportunity to bite back, despite his strict supervision.
At this point, if Bai Guanghai still didn’t understand who Ren Xingliu’s posture was for, it was like he got older but not wiser.

“I didn’t expect that the young master attaches so much importance to Juan Qiu.” Bai Guanghai’s face was so gloomy that it almost dripped water. He asked tentatively, “I wonder if he said something that made the young master misunderstand our Bai family?” 

“I don’t know why the young master to attach so much importance to Juanqiu.” Bai Guanghai’s face was so overcast that water was nearly dripping out, and he asked tentatively, “I was wondering if he had said something that caused the young master to misunderstand my Bai Family?”

Ren Xingliu glanced at him and said with amusement, “Mr. Bai, you seem very lacking in confidence.”

Bai Guanghai: “…”

Why couldn’t this person speak like a normal person! 

Ren Xingliu didn’t answer directly, but it made Bai Guanghai even more unbearable. In his heart, he overturned seas and rivers in the bottom of his heart, speculating on what Bai Juanqiu had said.

If he was just dissatisfied with his years of suppression, which disrupted the cooperation between the two families, it would be okay. If there was something else… it should be impossible. At that time, Bai Juanqiu was only a half-year-old child and didn’t understand anything at all.

If Bai Juanqiu was unhappy with the years of suppression and had disturbed the cooperation between the two companies, that was fine and dandy, however, if there were others… That shouldn’t be possible. At that time, Bai Juanqiu was just a half-grown child and didn’t understand anything.

Moreover, he had planned ahead and restricted Bai Juanqiu at every turn. Now Bai Juanqiu has accomplished nothing. With such ability and vision, he probably won’t be able to discover anything. 

Moreover, he had been bound around with silk before it rained, restraining Bai Juanqiu in every way, and now that being useless and making no achievement. With limited ability and vision, he doubted his nephew would be able to discover anything.

With this in mind, Bai Guanghai’s mind was slightly calm.

When it came to this point, he stopped being hypocritical and snorted coldly: “It’s an honor for the young master to have such great love for Juan Qiu. It’s a pity that the child’s life experience is not worthy of your house…”

At this point, he no longer pretended to be sincere and sneered coldly, “It is his honor for the young master to show such great love to him, but unfortunately, Juanqiu, that child’s background and experience may not be worthy of your esteemed family…” 

“Mr. Bai.” Ren Xingliu interrupted, not having the patience for him to finish speaking, “Do you know the way you talked carried a certain hint of scent?”

Bai Guanghai was taken aback and said, “What?”

“It smells like feudal decay.” Ren Xingliu slapped his nose with the palm of his hand, with contempt in his eyes, “A person with your kind of thinking, a generation ago, met me and wanted to shine my shoes. Yes, you know, right?

“What a strong scent of feudal decay.” Ren Xingliu fanned in front of his nose, and his eyes filled with contempt. “Do you know people with the same mindset as you, will have to polish my shoes if they saw me in the previous dynasty?”

His tone was so sarcastic that it finally snapped the tense string in Bai Guanghai’s mind.

“You!!” In a rage, Bai Guanghai still had no grace to speak of, and said without hesitation, “Young people just don’t know the limits of the world. I want to see how long you can protect Bai Juanqiu!”

“You!!” How could Bai Guanghai have the attitude to speak elegantly now that rage overtook him. He spoke without hesitation, “Young people like you don’t know the heights of heaven and thickness of the earth. I would like to see how long you can protect Bai Juanqiu!”

The Ren Empire was a mess internally, and Ren Xingliu was just an embroidered pillow. Without the help of marriage, it was not so easy for him to stand on his own. 

No matter how tender and affectionate Bai Juanqiu was now, once Ren Xingliu was faced with the interests of the choice, he would know how completely useless Bai Juanqiu was.

When that time came, Bai Guanghai refused to believe that this second-generation ancestor could remain indifferent.

He thought that his words were of round pearls, but Ren Xingliu found them vexing.

He was too lazy to deal with this person any longer. As he was about to leave, a few people appeared through the entrance. 

Ren Xingliu’s spirit perked up, and he hurriedly waved his hand, saying, “Xiao Wei, over here.”

As soon as Wei Duzhou and his staff arrived at the venue, they were faced with Ren Xingliu and instantly went: “…”

Xiao Wei?!

Are they on that kind of friendly term? 

As he was madly hooting inside, he listened and walked over. “Young Master Ren, good to see you again.”

Ren Xingliu looked behind him and questioned, “Where is Juanqiu?”

As the main stars of the banquet, it was normal for Shengjing Technology’s important personnel to arrive late.

However, Wei Duzhou was here, but Bai Juanqiu was nowhere to be seen. This was weird. 

“Oh, he’s at…” As Wei Duzhou was about to explain, he caught a glimpse of someone from the corner of his eyes, and his face took on a change.

He ended the conversation early and turned to the side with a smile. “Mr. Bai, you’re really here.”

When Bai Guanghai saw Wei Duzhou, he suddenly looked speechless.

He naturally recognized this person. This guy was Bai Juanqiu’s classmate, a decent relationship if he recalled. 

Bai Juanqiu couldn’t find a job after graduation, and it was this person who recruited him to his own company as an assistant.

Back then, Bai Guanghai kept a vigilant eye on Bai Juanqiu. After Bai Juanqiu joined Shengjing Technology, he also privately investigated Wei Duzhou.

At that time, Shengjing was a small-scale company, and Wei Duzhou’s ability was quite average. However, he managed to succeed in several projects with good luck.

Bai Guanghai was quite pleased with these minimal accomplishments and gradually averted his gaze. 

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Shengjing quietly took on the future city project, and then received funds from Fenghan Capital.

By the time Bai Guanghai reacted, this small company had grown into an unstoppable behemoth.

So right now, facing Wei Duzhou, Bai Guanghai was quite stunned.

Normally, he shouldn’t have made this oversight. This Wei Duzhou didn’t seem like someone who was able to build a business empire. 

In any case, Shengjing was already decided as the main star of the evening, and Wei Duzhou’s status couldn’t be compared like before.

Bai Guanghai was thinking quickly and didn’t notice the other party’s words for a moment. He smiled and said, “Mr. Wei is really young and promising. After tonight, everyone in the industry knows about Shengjing.”

Bai Guanghai’s mind was racing, for a moment, he didn’t notice the language the other party had used. He smiled and said, “Mr. Wei sure is young and promising. After tonight, everyone in the industry will know about Shengjing.”

Harboring resentment inside, he deliberately said, “Speaking of which, when Juanqiu went to work under you, he even disdained the size of the company. Now he was basking in the light as well…”

“Mr. Bai is being funny.” Wei Duzhou interrupted him. “To speak the truth, it’s I who is basking in Juanqiu’s light…”

Speaking of this, he deliberately took a pause before continuing with a hint of ironic, “Not only me, but it was also thanks to Juanqiu’s reputation that Mr. Bai got his invitation.”

Bai Guanghai was taken aback and said, “What do you mean by that?”

Wei Duzhou looked at him coldly, with a bit of pleasure in his eyes: “Juanqiu doesn’t want to waste energy on you, and I don’t think I need to tell you about this. But I don’t think so. Mr. Bai has been so kind to Juanqiu for so many years. “He’s very caring. Now that he has achieved this, it’s a bit unreasonable not to invite you to witness it.” 

Wei Duzhou looked at him coldly, with a hint of amusement in his eyes, “Juanqiu didn’t want to waste his energy on you. He didn’t think informing you in person was needed, but I disagreed. Since Mr. Bai has been so ‘caring’ of Juanqiu for so many years, and now he has achieved such results, it’s a bit unreasonable not to invite you to witness in person.”

He pronounced every word, and Bai Guanghai knew each of them, but when stringing them into sentences, it was really hard to take in.

Bai Guanghai’s head was heavy with dizziness. For a moment, he couldn’t find his voice.

While Ren Xingliu was working on his brain. “Xiao Wei, Juanqiu, he…” 

Before he could finish, there was a commotion coming from the entrance.

Ren Xingliu instinctively turned his head.

At the same time, all the guests in the venture followed the sound and saw a few security guards jogging through the entrance first, clearing the way.

Immediately after, a group of suited individuals gathered around the two newcomers. 

They were the stars of tonight.

One of them was the head of Fenghan Capital, while the other, without a doubt, was the president of the newly rising Shengjing Technology.

Bai Juanqiu.