Chapter 458: Old Water Blue Planet 11

When Mai Dongzi saw this information, he initially thought that his wife had died early, and that he was no longer close to his stepfather, and that he only cared about his concubines.

After Mai Dongzi came into contact with Li Ruiyou, he found that although Professor Li and his family could not touch the main business of the family, their shares in the surrounding industries were almost all given to the people of the legitimate house.

Strictly speaking, those businesses no longer belong to the Li family, but to the members of the legitimate branch of the family.

Mai Dongzi came up with some ideas, so he asked the organization to check the relevant information and found that the situation of the entire legitimate house was similar. He didn't know whether it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement. The industries managed by the legitimate house did not involve smuggling.

From the perspective of income, if the income from smuggling is excluded, the normal income of the legitimate wife is much higher than that of the concubine's wife. However, with the bonus from smuggling, the legitimate wife became the most destitute branch of the Li family.

This is also the main reason why Mai Dongzi and the organization are increasingly certain that Li Ruiyou and his family may not know about the smuggling. On the surface, Mr. Li seems to be expelling the eldest wife from the center of power, but in fact he may want to protect them.

As the person who has experienced a century of turmoil and developed his family into a wealthy family, Mr. Li must know that doing these illegal businesses is like walking on a suspended wire rope, with the risk of falling and not being able to get up at any time.

Many people don’t know that the reason why Mr. Li was able to develop the Li family into such a big family was because of smuggling.

In the past, they only smuggled ordinary goods, but according to investigations, they have gradually started to smuggle contraband since three years ago, and especially in the past five years, they have started to smuggle drugs.

The organization estimated that after the illegitimate children of the Li family entered the Li family's corporate businesses one after another, not only would they have more numbers and more power, they would also unite.

Three years ago, Master Li's influence on the overall situation gradually weakened, so he made a prompt decision to expel the legitimate wife. On the surface, he was disgusted with her, but in fact he did it for preservation.

Except for New Year and the grandfather's birthday, the first wife rarely returns to the main house.

No matter how much the master hates the legitimate wife, they still live in the courtyard closest to the main courtyard in the main house.

In the main house, only concubines who are valued by the master can live near the main courtyard. Therefore, in the minds of the Li family, the closer to the main courtyard, the more valued they are by the master.

The only exception was the people of the first wife's family. Although they were disliked by the old master, they were still the first wife's family after all, and their status was still there. Therefore, the second main courtyard that everyone in the concubine's family dreamed of living in had always been occupied by the first wife's family.

On the night when Mai Dongzi and his companions arrived in Beigang City, the Li family held a family banquet, and all the children of the Li family returned to the main house.

Mai Dongzi met the legendary centenarian, the 100-year-old Mr. Li.

Although the old man is over 100 years old, he does not look old. His back is slightly bent, his face is rosy, and he is full of energy. He looks like he is in his 80s.

He was helped out by two concubines who were about five or six years old. However, his legs seemed to be fine and he walked steadily.

The old man and his five concubines sat at the main table. The older ones were all in their seventies or eights, while the younger ones were only three or four years old.

The main room is next to the main table.

There were only two tables for the principal room, while there were more than three tables for the concubines. The principal room was quiet and cold, while the concubines' room was lively and noisy, forming a sharp contrast.

That dinner made Mai Dongzi realize what infighting among wealthy families is like, and what sweet words are used to betray one's heart.

Because Mai Dongzi's status was too low, although the women in the concubine's house did not dare to embarrass her openly, they used open praise and implicit sarcasm to the extreme, which amazed her.

Mai Dongzi certainly understood the hidden meaning in their words, and she knew that their intention in saying these things was to embarrass her, to belittle Li Ruiyou through her, and to alienate the legitimate wife.

Apart from a polite response of one or two sentences, Mai Dongzi looked at those who were playing the word game with an expression that said, "I'll just watch you perform quietly, please perform to your heart's content."

In such a family, the vast majority of people have exquisite minds.

Mai Dongzi looked at the eyes of those who talked to her. At first, no one could figure out what they meant, but after a while, people saw through it.

They found that what they said not only failed to achieve their desired purpose, but was treated as a clown in the performance. The gossipy women in the concubine's room were very angry.

So what if they are angry? The old man himself hates the legitimate wife, but he does not allow the concubines to be disrespectful to the legitimate wife. Once they offend the legitimate wife, they will not be driven away from the center of power.

So they dare not say sour words, but never dare to confront the people from the first wife's house directly.

Mai Dongzi's performance won her a lot of popularity in the main house. Although the older generation still ignored her, the younger generation and peers were much more friendly to her.

Li Ruiyou is the eldest son of the legitimate family. Li Ruiyou's grandfather wants to train Li Ruiyou to be the heir of their family. With Lin Shiqi's family background, she is indeed not worthy of Li Ruiyou.

However, if it was the Mai family, I guarantee that the Li family would not dare to express their dislike so obviously. Although Mai has no money, he has power.

What the Li family didn't know was that during this dinner, Mai Dongzi had contacted everyone lurking in the Li family, and Mai Dongzi, like everyone else, was waiting for his fate to be taken.

The next day, the birthday banquet did not start until noon, but the people who came to visit the old man in the morning kept coming.

When the birthday banquet was halfway through, Mai Dongzi received the order to act.

According to the original plan, they would act at night. Although he didn't understand why they had to act at noon, Mai Dongzi still obeyed the order.

Mai Dongzi stood up lightly. She restrained her breath and tried to reduce her presence as much as possible. Not many people noticed her at the banquet.

But you can't avoid Li Ruiyou.

Although she knew that they would be strangers after her departure, in order not to reveal any of her feelings, she did not even dare to look at him for another second.

What Mai Dongzi didn't know was that Li Ruiyou looked at her back several times.

No undercover agent had ever been able to get close to the backyard of the Li family's main house before. The only people who could enter the backyard of the main house, apart from the Li family members, were servants who had served the Li family for more than five years.

Mai Dongzi was the only undercover agent who broke through this restriction and entered the Li family's backyard. Because Li Ruiyou's family lived in the most central location of the main house, Mai Dongzi was able to pass on a lot of information.

The glasses she wears can record and depict the interior of a building. This is a new type of detective instrument that is still unknown to the public. The disadvantage is that it must be taken at a close distance to capture the layout of the internal structure of the building.

Because she was close enough, most of the main courtyard where the old man lived was also photographed.

And everything Mai Dongzi saw yesterday and today was transmitted to the organization.