Chapter 151

Bai Liming didn't know how he got out of the greenhouse. He just felt that all his knowledge was turned upside down overnight.

He always dared to think and guess. He assumed that the golden talisman on his neck and the pattern made of pebbles in the greenhouse were both products used for sealing. The golden talisman contained the heart scale of the mermaid, and the thing in the greenhouse... Bai Liming felt a chill. Could it be the corpse of the mermaid?

Bai Liming suddenly had the urge to disconnect all the surveillance devices and use a drill to drill the concrete floor.

But he soon calmed down. Since his grandfather had kept the secret secret for so many years, it was obvious that he didn't want him to know. With his current ability, even with his grandmother, he was not able to compete with his grandfather.

Being confirmed as the heir, Bai Liming was not a fool, and he quickly gathered his doubts. Since he had doubts, his grandmother also knew about his attempts and would definitely find a time to talk to him. Whether it was to comfort him or to protect him, his grandmother would definitely tell him part of the truth. No matter how much, at least there was a direction to investigate.

He now had to deal with a more pressing problem—the unknown distinguished guest who was coming in the evening.

Bai Liming secretly sighed in his heart. In addition to cleaning up for himself in the morning, he also found a DIY gold shop and got some gold to patch up the crack. Although the patch was rather ugly, he usually carried the gold talisman with him, so as long as he took it out to show it not too close and moved quickly, there shouldn't be any big problem - it wouldn't be more conspicuous than the bluish purple color showing through the crack.

After walking out of his grandmother's house and being blown by the cold wind, Bai Liming's mind became clearer. It was very common for a family like theirs to have surveillance at home. As long as nothing happened, no one would check the surveillance.

But if there is a huge secret buried in a room, once something abnormal happens in the surveillance, it will probably be discovered immediately. This is why grandma reminded him.

Because there were some unusual people coming to his home when he was very young, Bai Liming was influenced by them and learned a lot of things that ordinary people don't know.

If he used the result of his suspicion to infer, all the doubts in the greenhouse that he had been too lazy to take care of before would come one after another - those different varieties of plants were growing too well.

He didn't believe that his grandfather would be willing to let his grandmother spread those priceless potions in large quantities on these ordinary plants, even though there were many expensive orchids among them.

By the time he got to his house, Baili Minghun was already freezing cold and extremely tired. He had only eaten a few mouthfuls at the dinner party yesterday, and then drove for several hours in the night in the snow. After tossing around in fear and pain for a while, he drove back in the dark, looking for someone to remove the dashcam, looking for a DIY jewelry store, and taking care of his appearance to avoid any flaws... After all the trouble, he didn't even have time to eat.

After grabbing some snacks from his room to fill his stomach, Bai Liming set an alarm, fell asleep, and soon fell asleep.

The golden talisman he placed on the bedside table had a little blue-purple light seeping from the gap after it was filled. Water vapor attached to it and condensed into white frost, which then turned into water drops under the warm air of the air conditioner and fell on the carpet. A black breath invisible to the naked eye slowly spread in Bai Liming's room.

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"hiss---"

Bai Liming was awakened by the alarm and almost fell back on the bed in pain. He didn't know if it was because he didn't exercise enough before and was too tired this time, but he just felt terrible pain all over his body and his head was dizzy.

He found a thermometer in the medicine box and tested himself. His temperature was normal, nothing was wrong.

Dragging his tired body, Bai Liming got up, washed up, and changed into a formal conference room suit. Before getting ready to go out, he stared at the golden talisman beside the bedside table, and finally gritted his teeth and put it back around his neck.

He had never taken it off since his coming-of-age ceremony, and he was worried that his grandfather would become suspicious if he took it off rashly.

By the time he arrived at the main house where his grandfather lived, all the guests he had seen at noon had already left. The banquet hall was brightly lit, and even the crystal lamps on the ceiling had obviously been taken down and cleaned. The floor was spotless and the light was so bright that it was blinding.

Uncle Li was directing others to change the layout of the banquet hall. When he saw Bai Liming, he quickly came over and said, "Master, the master is upstairs."

Bai Liming nodded, and when he climbed up the stairs to the second floor, he turned around. In the banquet hall on the first floor, the servants were busy. Uncle Li was extremely strict in the inspection, and he would not even allow the flowers in the corner to wither. It seemed that he took it extremely seriously.

Normally, only other people come to them to ask for help, and it is rare for them to ask for help from others. This distinguished guest is so grand.

Bai Liming withdrew his gaze and knocked on the innermost door of the second floor.

"Come in."

He heard his grandfather's voice.

Bai Liming pushed the door open and saw his grandfather looking at a document behind a large mahogany table.

If his grandmother, who is in her sixties, looks like she is in her forties, then his grandfather looks even younger. When he was young, his grandfather looked like this. Now he is in his twenties, and except for a few fine lines on his forehead, his grandfather's appearance has not changed at all.

Thinking of the "time bomb" hanging around his neck, Bai Liming became even more worried.

He adjusted himself secretly and put on a smile that was almost the same as usual: "Grandpa, what kind of distinguished guest are you? You seem so mysterious."

His grandfather finally took his eyes off the documents in his hand and said, "This guest is special. He has an unpredictable temper. You should be more restrained in your carefree personality. Be careful not to offend him."

"Don't interrupt us when we're talking," his grandfather said. "Just pretend you're a wooden stake with ears."

Bai Liming: “……?”

In all the years he had accompanied his grandfather to meet guests, this was the first time he had heard such a strange instruction.

He grumbled, showing a bit of the dissatisfaction of a young man: "Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?"

His grandfather looked at him and suddenly smiled:

"Children who don't listen to advice will suffer."

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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened. The servants who had been busy in the banquet hall on the first floor disappeared. Only the bright lights and the steaming food on the long dining table showed the results of this afternoon.

Bai Liming followed behind his grandfather and stood at the gate. He moved his numb legs, and although he was impatient, his curiosity grew stronger.

As they were looking forward to it, a figure suddenly appeared on the empty road. No one could see clearly how he appeared under the street light, as if he just walked over naturally in the blink of an eye.

As he got closer, Bai Liming could see more clearly—he was a young and handsome man.

He had a handsome face, and a very comfortable look, but his pupils were red, as were the corners of his eyes, making him appear inexplicably seductive.

Bai Liming was not stupid enough to think that the red pupils were the effect of cosmetic contact lenses. Having experienced the shock of the possibility that mermaids really existed, he even suspected that the person walking in front of him might not be human.

"Mr. Di."

Bailiming heard his grandfather's voice with a rare kind of respect.

The young man hummed lazily, not looking very concerned.

"The dinner is ready." His grandfather made a gesture of invitation, "Shall we eat and chat?"

The man called Mr. Di walked almost silently, maintaining a lazy tone: "Whatever you want."

When passing by Bai Liming, he suddenly turned around and looked at Bai Liming.

Bai Liming found it difficult to describe the feeling at that moment. Fear seemed to arise spontaneously, as if the look in his eye was when the shopkeeper placed the remains of the golden talisman in his palm in the night, similar yet different.

They seemed to know everything, but Bai Liming was filled with only doubt and fear in front of them.

The pair of red eyes stared at him for dozens of seconds, making him break out in a cold sweat, before they slowly withdrew their gaze.

"Bai Li Cheng." Mr. Di with red eyes didn't know whether he was happy or sighing, "You are so lucky."

That might be a good thing to say.

"This is my disappointing grandson." Bai Liming saw his grandfather waving at him cheerfully, "Mingming, come here and talk to Mr. Di for a few words."

He completely forgot that at the beginning on the second floor, he had seriously instructed Bai Liming to be a wooden stake with ears.

Intuitively, Bai Liming didn't want to deal with him, but due to his grandfather's instructions, he had no choice but to go ahead.

He gave a standard business smile: "Hello, Mr. Di."

Mr. Di also smiled back at him, but Bai Liming always felt that the smile was a little strange.

There was no one else in the banquet hall on the first floor except the three of them, because Grandpa Shuo Di did not like crowded occasions.

After the three of them sat down, Bai Liming found that his grandfather had been looking in the direction of Mr. Di, but Mr. Di just held the chopsticks, as if he was really immersed in the various delicacies on the table.

He saw his grandfather's chopsticks clink together slightly several times - a sign of his impatience.

But to Bai Liming's surprise, his grandfather was still smiling and saying nothing until Mr. Di finished eating slowly. If Bai Liming had not lived with him for more than 20 years, he would not even have noticed.

"Mr. Di, can we get down to business now?"

"Sure." Di Changqing casually placed the tissue he used to wipe his mouth on the table. "What do you want to talk about?"

"You know..." His grandfather hesitated, "I don't have much raw material..."

"Oh?" Di Zhangqing's red eyes flashed with a very real doubt, "You are running out of raw materials, what does it have to do with me?"

He saw the look of surprise on the face of the person opposite him: "Aren't you here to help me solve the problem?"

Di Changqing found it interesting and funny: "Did I promise?"

The person opposite him was getting anxious. Di Zhangqing saw the greed in his eyes: "Anxin Pharmaceutical is such a big company. If it doesn't have raw materials--"

"Even if the raw materials are used up, the remaining wealth will last you a lifetime." Di Changqing yawned in boredom. He raised his hand and pointed at Bai Liming, "Add a few of him, and it will be more than enough."

"If you are not here to help me solve the problem of raw materials, then what are you doing here?"

"Take our reward for escorting you all these years." Di Changqing said confidently, "I want the bones of that mermaid."

The thing that Bailicheng tried so hard to conceal was casually revealed by Di Changqing. He didn't even consider whether a third person other than the two of them knew this secret.

He thought about it, but he was too lazy to cover up for others because he always did things according to his own will.

Di Changqing didn't care whether the content of his words was thunderous or not: "Teardrops are made into jewelry, flesh and blood are used to make medicine, fat is used to make candles, and hair is twisted into candle wicks...you have arranged everything inside and out. What’s left is a useless skeleton, and you still can’t bear to part with it?”

This was Bailicheng's first time dealing with Di Changqing. If he had known that Di Changqing was such a person, he would never have brought Bailiming here!

Bailicheng didn't know what other shocking things Di Zhangqing would say, so he could only stop the damage immediately: "Bailiming, get out!"

"Why are you in such a hurry to chase people away?" Di Changqing said with a smile, "Why don't you let your grandson hear about your heroic deeds?"