Chapter 195: It turns out we are on the same planet
Li Zixi shuddered and said awkwardly, "Please call me Boss Li." In name, this store belonged to him.
Phew... Yun Xiang laughed inwardly, but appeared calm on the surface.
Shi Qixuan's cultivation was not good enough and she laughed out loud on the spot.
If she was more thin-skinned, she would definitely be embarrassed, but Yao Mengzhu remained calm and continued to look at Li Zixi with tears in her eyes.
Li Zixi was overwhelmed. This wasn't the case before! What went wrong?
Captain Li Zixi looked at Yun Xiang for help.
Yun wanted to give him a helpless look. She had no right to speak. Come on!
"Azusa——"
"Sister, I really don't need so many people here."
Yao Mengzhu paused. "For the sake of us being on the same planet, can't you be flexible? I'm really short of money."
"What? We're from the same planet?" Li Zixi looked at her in surprise.
Shi Qixuan kicked him immediately. He didn’t recognize the same planet?
Please, sister, there are so many people on one planet, how can I recognize them all?
"I'm from the Yao family." Yao Mengzhu was probably determined to use her connections to get into Yun Xiang's store, which made Yun Xiang very suspicious of her motives.
"Yao family? Yao family in Dongcheng?" Li Zixi's eyes widened. Damn, what on earth did he miss!
"Well, the head of the Yao family is my...uncle." Yao Mengzhu pondered for a while and said embarrassedly.
Uncle? Li Zixi raised the corner of his mouth, his smile ambiguous. "If you're talking about the Yao family in the east of the city, I'm quite familiar with them, but your descendants have never heard of you."
The Yao family has not split up since the old man, and there is no distinction between direct and collateral branches. There are a lot of people, but as competitors, how can they not get to know each one of them and try to fool anyone?
Phew... Shi Qixuan wanted to laugh again, what a liar.
Yao Mengzhu suddenly looked embarrassed. She had tried to test him several times before and thought that he didn't know much about the Yao family.
This guy wasn't as stupid as the rumors said. He made a mistake. "It's... it's my great-uncle."
"Oh, a distant relative!" Li Zixi understood clearly and didn't beat around the bush. "Look, our families are competitors. There's no reason for me to hire you, right?"
"The family is in crisis now. If we don't save it, its power will be greatly reduced, and the millennium catastrophe is approaching. We on the same planet should help each other and become stronger. Only in this way can we save the planet."
It was very righteous, but Li Zixi didn't buy it and shamelessly said, "This is an adult matter, as a minor, I really can't interfere.
To be honest, my uncle just asked me to come to the store to look after him." She might as well let her uncle take the blame, as she probably wouldn't dare to ask him for help.
"You - you are the only direct descendant of the Li family and the future head of the family. How can you stay out of this!" Yao Mengzhu was so anxious that she blurted out Li Zixi's identity.
This shows that you have done your homework, Yun Xiang raised an eyebrow.
Li Zixi's sarcasm deepened, and he said in a very shameless way, "So what? I just don't want to care."
"You rely on your family at home and your mother's family when you go out. What future do you have!" Yao Mengzhu was furious and spoke without restraint.
Damn! What’s wrong with him relying on his family? Their family is awesome! “How can I? I’m envious. Looking at you like this, you don’t look like you have family support. I’m jealous!
When the Yao family falls, you won't even have the energy to be jealous!"
This hit Yao Mengzhu's sore spot, and she turned around and ran away in anger.
Humph! Li Zixi snorted fiercely. What the hell!
Li Zixi turned around and found Yun Xiang and Shi Qixuan looking at him with burning eyes. Wow, he was shocked.
“What…what are you doing?”
"The only legitimate son of the Li family?"
"Future heir?"
"Rely on family at home?"
"Do you rely on your mother's clan when you go out?"
"Tsk tsk," Yun Xiang said with a teasing look on his face, "Is my store a little small?"
"It's not small. He lives quite comfortably here. I can prove that." Shi Qixuan agreed.
"Sisters, I was wrong." Li Zixi quickly edited.
Ahem, Yun Xiang felt a little embarrassed. "We don't have any other intentions. We just want to know the real reason why Yao Mengzhu insisted on coming to the store."
"Haha, I know, Captain. This is no secret. My home planet, Yaoguang Star, is a second-level planet. Its resources are not too abundant.
However, the eight major families gathered together, so the competition was extremely fierce. Whenever a new map was developed, everyone would definitely fight to the death.
These eight families include our Li family and their Yao family. Since they are all established families, no matter how fiercely they fight, no one is willing to leave."
"It's understandable. Leaving your homeland and establishing roots on a new planet requires a desperate determination."
“But in recent years, the planet’s resources have been almost completely competed for, so everyone is looking outward for development.
Our Li family did not have an advantage before, but fortunately, the family is relatively united, which is also related to the small number of people in our family.
In short, if we fight hard, we won't be squeezed out easily, but it will be difficult. My mother is a direct descendant of the Cui family on a three-star planet, so she married my father down.
With the support of my mother's family, we have been doing well these years. Although we are not as powerful as the Yao family, the leader of the eight major families, we should not be underestimated.
When I was born, I was the center of attention because of my status. My family has always been a single-line family, so I was a little spoiled. Li Zixi scratched his head embarrassedly.
"When I was young, I was ignorant and relied on my status to be instigated by others, and I did a lot of bad things. Therefore, people often described me as a 'fool'.
Two years ago, I met Uncle Qian and was fortunate enough to receive his guidance. It suddenly dawned on me that I realized how stupid I was before.
I had originally planned to take Uncle Qian as my teacher, but unfortunately he disagreed. After that, I left Yaoguang Star and went to Cangqiong Star to study.
They probably think I'm still the same Li Zixi and are trying to trick me again." Li Zixi sneered.
Yun Xiang patted his shoulder and said, "I hired you as store manager because of your ability."
"Hehe, I know." Li Zixi smiled foolishly, not showing his usual shrewdness at all.
At this time, Shi Qixuan asked, "Is the Yao family very powerful?"
"Well, in order to compete for more resources, the Yao family expanded the family without splitting up. The more branches, the more descendants. Every time they go on a mission, there's always a huge crowd."
Yun Xiang raised an eyebrow. She probably understood Yao Mengzhu's current situation and said, "If there are sufficient resources and proper management, this method is not bad.
But if resources are scarce, there is not much to grab, and they have to be distributed to more members of the tribe, which can easily lead to uneven distribution and internal strife.
No matter how they fight, the first ones to be kicked out will definitely be the distant relatives. Yao Mengzhu has no resources to support her, and she can't rely on Bai Mingyang, so she will definitely cut back on expenses."
Yun Xiang paused and asked, "Can I ask your family about the current situation of the Yao family?"
"No problem." Li Zixi dialed the communicator directly. It didn't take long for him to understand the general situation.
"The Yao family is in trouble. The main branch is unhappy that the side branches are receiving the same treatment as them, and they are making a big fuss. The head of the Yao family is siding with the main branch, which has completely angered the side branches and is now arguing about splitting up the family.
As for distant relatives like Yao Mengzhu, they were kicked out at the beginning of the year and set up their own families.”
(End of this chapter)
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