Xie Wei arrived at the place he had arranged to meet, sporting short hair that accentuated his handsome features and wearing a black suit.

This coffee shop in Shanghai is similar to Ta Yun in Beijing, famous far and wide. Rooted in the entertainment city, it is a good place for the powerful or celebrities to handle their private matters.

The waitresses inside all wear uniform maid outfits, which are very covering up. They don't do any shady business here.

Xie Wei told the waiter the room number he had reserved, and then the waiter led him to the room he had indicated.

Xie Wei pushed open the door and saw that the only person sitting in the private room was an elder who was no more than forty years old. He was making coffee. When the door opened, he only raised his eyes slightly, paused for a moment, and then continued with his work.

Her hair was styled in a 9:1 part, she wore gold-rimmed glasses, a light-colored suit, and a dark red tie.

Xie Weineng could see the stable shadow of his cheap father, who held a high position, in him.

However, compared to his grandfather, who was a ruler who believed that "what I say is law, and what I do is rule," he still seems to be lacking in refinement.

Xie Wei thought this must be Bai Gan, the current head of the Bai family, and also Bai Shiying's biological father.

When Xie Wei heard that Ling Wei had someone who wanted to see him instead of Ouyang Hao, he guessed that it was the Bai family who had sent someone to negotiate with him, but he did not expect that it would be Bai Gan who came.

Xie Wei, clasped his hands in greeting and bowed slightly, behaving like a junior. Although he was unhappy with him, he didn't say that he was a member of the Xie family. Even though he was still pursuing someone's daughter, he still had to show proper etiquette.

Upon seeing Xie Wei enter, Bai Gan paused briefly before resuming brewing the coffee. As the hot water rinsed the hand-ground coffee powder, Bai Gan slowly began to speak.

"Nephew of the Xie family, you've kept it well hidden, very impressive."

"You flatter me. I didn't expect it to be Patriarch Bai who came today." Although he was very polite, Xie Wei didn't have much affection for this person.

Bai Gan ignored the inappropriateness in Xie Wei's tone. He knew this would happen simply because he had investigated and found that the person in front of him had a past interaction with his daughter.

"Did you also instruct the Su family to make those moves?" Bai Gan poured a cup of coffee in front of Xie Wei and then sat down.

Xie Wei didn't take the coffee; he just stood there, listening to Bai Gan's inexplicable words, and replied without any emotion.

"The Su family? What does that have to do with the Su family?"

Bai Gan took a sip of coffee and, seeing Xie Wei's unawareness, figured that even if the Su and Xie families had a good relationship, Xie Wei had no other way to use the Su family's power.

Moreover, Qianxun, which Xie Wei represents, already possesses sufficient power, so why would he need to incur a favor from the Su family?

"I misunderstood," Bai Gan shook his head slightly, without saying anything more.

Xie Wei felt that Bai Gan shouldn't have brought up this topic casually; there must have been a reason behind it, and he secretly made a note of it.

"I came to see you today because of Yingying's matter. Since we both want her to be happy, why don't we each take a step back and avoid causing discord between our two families?" After exchanging pleasantries, it was time to get straight to the point.

"Uncle Bai, after you learned about my relationship with Shiying and hid her for four years, there is no possibility of us cooperating." Xie Wei picked up the coffee in front of him, stirred it with a spoon but did not drink it, and slowly said what he wanted to say.

Upon seeing Xie Wei blurt out the name "Shi Ying," she frowned slightly, likely unaware of the current relationship between Xie Wei and Bai Shi Ying.

"Uncle Bai, if you really want Shiying to have a good life, you should support what she wants to do, instead of denying it or even trying to stop her."

After hearing Xie Wei's words, Bai Gan's expression changed several times, and he said angrily, "What do you know? What do you understand? Is it for her own good to remind her of those painful memories? Is it for her own good to make her show her face in public every day? Is it good to watch her like a canary locked up on a screen for others to watch?"

Xie Wei listened quietly to what Bai Gan was saying, fiddling with the spoon in his hand, showing little emotion, only letting out a soft scoff.

"So, we can't reach a consensus. Do you really understand Shiying? Do you really understand what this job means to Shiying? And how do you know if that memory is unbearable for her?"

"To put it bluntly, this kind of self-righteousness is just arrogance," Xie Wei pushed his coffee aside and stood up. "Uncle Bai, let's stop here. There's nothing more to talk about."

After saying that, he walked towards the door. Bai Gan was still in shock from Xie Wei's words.

Looking at the still-steaming coffee in front of him, which seemed even hotter than when he had just brewed it, Bai Gan's pupils trembled slightly.

This shows that Xie Wei was playing with the spoon so fast that Bai Gan could only see it slowly rotating, while the spoon itself remained perfectly still in the cup, demonstrating that Xie Wei's control over force was already superb.

Xie Wei is only a few years old now, and probably hasn't even earned half of what he deserves.

In an instant, Bai Gan regained his composure, sat down, looked towards the door, and got up to leave.

No sooner had Xie Wei left than Bai Gan came out. Xie Wei waited at the door for a while for Assistant Qin to drive over. Just as Xie Wei opened the car door, Bai Gan arrived at the door.

Seeing that Bai Gan had also come out, Xie Wei returned a polite smile.

A flash of light from a distance captured this scene.

On the bus, Xie Wei was actually a little confused by what Bai Gan had said. He himself didn't know whether those memories were unbearable for Bai Shiying now.

Even though Bai Qianqian was well taken care of in the orphanage, her status as an orphan meant that some unpleasant things would inevitably happen to her as she grew up. They were probably some unbearable things, but Xie Wei had never heard Bai Qianqian mention them.

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