The Bai family.
"Sister, were the injuries on your body really inflicted by Jiang Nian'an?"
Bai Zeyi sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Bai Zhenzhen, who was extremely weak and pale, with a dark and unfathomable look in his eyes.
Does it matter?
Bai Zhenzhen looked at her right leg, which was tightly bound, and a deep-seated hatred flashed in her eyes.
"Of course it's important. If it was Jiang Nian'an who did it, then we will naturally investigate it thoroughly."
Bai Zeyi narrowed his eyes slightly, already plotting in his mind how to take this opportunity to attack the Shen family.
"Grandpa said he has his own plans for this. If you act recklessly and get punished, don't go to Mom and Dad crying and trying to shift the blame to me."
Bai Zhenzhen slightly lifted her eyelids, her eyes filled with nothing but coldness as she looked at Bai Zeyi.
Bai Zeyi snorted, looking dissatisfied, "All you do is use Grandpa to pressure me."
"Likewise."
Bai Zhenzhen withdrew her gaze, leaned back, closed her eyes, and gave the order to leave, "I'm tired, you can leave now."
Bai Zeyi wanted to say something, but seeing the dark circles under Bai Zhenzhen's eyes, he finally pursed his lips, got up, and left.
After he left, Bai Zhenzhen opened her eyes, and a chilling killing intent slowly spread from them.
"The Bi family!" She slammed her fist on the bed, her eyes filled with malice as she stared at her immobile right leg. "I will never let you get away with this!"
Bai Zeyi had barely left Bai Zhenzhen's place when he was stopped by Old Master Bai's men and invited to the old mansion.
How is your sister's mood?
Old Master Bai sat in the main seat, his shrewd and sharp gaze falling on Bai Zeyi's face.
"Not good."
Bai Zeyi thought of Bai Zhenzhen's attitude just now and scratched his head. "I think she has a lot of resentment in her heart, but it's not towards the Shen family."
"Oh?" A smile appeared on Old Master Bai's face, and his originally sharp gaze softened. "Then who do you think she's resentful towards?"
"So, the person who hurt her really wasn't Jiang Nian'an?"
Instead of answering, Bai Zeyi asked with a smile, "Who is that? The Bi family?"
"You little rascal, you've even learned how to trick your grandpa into talking!"
Grandpa Bai was still very loving towards his grandson, and he jokingly scolded him, but did not deny it.
"Are they insane? How could they attack us like that!"
After confirming the answer, Bai Zeyi's expression immediately changed. "If you lay a hand on my sister today, will it be my turn tomorrow?"
Grandpa, I'm not like my older sister, who can fight back. I'm a fragile little thing; they'll fall over at the slightest touch!
He got up and threw himself onto Grandpa Bai's lap, looking up at Grandpa Bai pitifully, "Grandpa, if I fall down, you won't have such a cute grandson anymore!"
Who will talk to you to cheer you up in the future? Who will stay by your side to make you happy?
Bai Zeyi grabbed Old Master Bai's hand and shook it, "Grandpa, you have to take care of this! You can't just let the Bi family offer some benefits and call it a day!"
"Okay, okay!"
Grandpa Bai was amused and laughed heartily, stroking his beard and nodding repeatedly, but his tone was very serious, "Of course Grandpa will take care of you, you are Grandpa's bottom line!"
"However, this was not an order from the Bi family, but rather a stupid act by a spy planted in the capital who tried to frame the Shen family by harming Zhenzhen, thereby causing the Shen family to lose popular support."
What a bunch of brainless people! The Shen family has been donating supplies and contributing to the protection of Beijing. How can they be so easily defeated by such a small matter?
Now look what's happened! Not only did it fail to harm the Shen family, but it also made the survivors suspect that our Bai family was truly harboring the monster from the Bi family. They're constantly loitering around our neighborhood, practically watching us 24/7!
Mentioning this matter, Old Master Bai was also full of resentment, "Idiots, a bunch of idiots!"
"We already had the military search our home before, and it was confirmed that we did not keep the Bi family monsters."
Or are they no longer even trusting the military?
"Of course we believe them, but that doesn't stop them from keeping an eye on us."
Old Master Bai let out a soft breath, his eyes looking in the direction of the Shen family, "Moreover, the identities of these people still need to be investigated."
"No need to investigate, they must be one of their people."
Bai Zeyi stood up and followed Old Master Bai's gaze to look at the Shen family.
“Ordinary survivors can’t even get enough to eat. People who are starving to death are only thinking about how to fill their stomachs. They would never come to watch our house.”
Even if they were ordinary survivors, they must have received aid from the Shen family and been under their command.
"Even if we knew, what could we do?"
A flash of ruthlessness crossed Old Master Bai's eyes as he coldly snorted, "We cannot forcibly expel them until they do something they shouldn't to us."
Otherwise, the troops stationed nearby will rush over immediately.
"This life is so frustrating!" Bai Zeyi said bitterly.
Do you think they don't feel aggrieved?
Old Master Bai laughed again, quite spirited, "The Shen family and the other three families know that we and the Lin family have our own ulterior motives and have dealings with the Bi family, but they dare not easily take action against us because they have been unable to find the Bi family's headquarters."
They're feeling pretty frustrated too, hahaha!
"Grandpa, why do they insist on finding the Bi family's stronghold? Why don't they attack one place after another?"
"Because of the lessons learned from the past."
Grandpa Bai gestured to the chair, indicating that Bai Zeyi should sit down.
Bai Zeyi dragged a chair to sit down in front of Grandpa Bai. "Grandpa, please speak."
"When the six families discovered the Bi family's evil intentions, they did it in the way you just described."
As a result, just after destroying this stronghold, before even reaching the next one, they discovered that the stronghold they had just destroyed had become rampant again.
This cycle repeats endlessly, just like grass that cannot be burned out by wildfire and will grow again with the spring breeze.
It wasn't until they accidentally discovered the Bi family's headquarters during repeated investigations that the combined efforts of six families annihilated them in one fell swoop, thus stopping their resurgence like weeds.
But look at them, after all these years, they haven't completely disappeared into the torrent of history; instead, they seize every opportunity to make a comeback.
"But Grandpa, how did the Bi family manage to completely eliminate their forces in various places as long as their main base wasn't destroyed?"
"I don't know either. The Bi family would never tell me such a crucial answer as their survival."
They didn't even tell me or that old man from the Lin family the location of their headquarters.
They call it a partnership, but they're actually very wary of us.
"Then why did we cooperate with them in the first place?"
Bai Zeyi couldn't understand why they would get on the Bi family's pirate ship if they didn't even trust them.
"Because this pirate ship didn't start with me, but with your great-grandfather or even earlier."
Now that we're on the ship, we have no choice but to go all the way, since the Shen family will absolutely never take us back.
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