Chapter 428 – Bloodstained Peace Amulet
Baili Group’s main building.
166th floor.
The doors of the elevator slowly opened, and two men in formal attire walked out of the elevator, their gazes sweeping over the venue in front of them.
”Baili Group, what a great deal.” The ninth seat looked at the spacious and luxurious venue and spoke in a cold voice.
Shen Qingzhu didn’t answer, he silently turned his head and looked around, his gaze paused for a moment on the several figures standing by the distant window, quietly and silently turning his back to them.
He had already taken off his mask when he entered the main building, wearing a mask in this venue would rather draw more attention to him. Although his appearance now differed greatly from two years ago, and he looked more composed and mature, those who were familiar with him would still be able to easily recognize him.
He originally thought that the only person who needed to hide in this venue should be Chubby Baili, but he never expected that Lin Qiye and the others were also here.
”I’ll look around and familiarize myself with the venue.” After Shen Qingzhu finished speaking, he stepped straight toward a direction away from Lin Qiye and the others.
He was aware of Lin Qiye’s mental perception ability, if he thought about it and swept through the surroundings with his mental power, he would inevitably discover his presence …… so he had to make sure that he kept enough distance between himself Lin Qiye and wouldn’t expose his identity.
The Ninth Seat nodded, then also casually walked around the venue, his eyes occasionally sizing up the guests who had arrived here, not knowing what he was thinking.
By the window.
Lin Qiye boredly played with the wine glass in his hand, looked up at the time on the wall, and a puzzled look emerged in his eyes.
”The time has arrived, why haven’t Baili Chubby and the others shown up yet?”
”He’s a person who just loses things, being late is not an uncommon thing.” Cao Yuan sighed.
Just as a few people were chatting, a middle-aged man with gray temples and solemnity wearing a suit slowly walked out from behind the venue, and as soon as he appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him.
Those representatives of other groups or families all smiled and gathered towards his side, greeting him one by one with a very familiar expression.
”That’s the chairman of the Baili Group, Baili Xin?” Cao Yuan carefully sized him up for a moment, his expression a little odd, “It doesn’t look like he looks like Baili Chubby ……”
An Qingyu mused for a moment, “Could it be a genetic mutation?”
”……”
Lin Qiye was also sizing up the man, at the same time, Baili Xin in the crowd seemed to have noticed them and nodded with a smile.
Lin Qiye responded with a polite smile.
After greeting the many guests, Baili Xin slowly walked to the center of the venue, where there was a high white stage used for classical music, and with a glass of wine in his hand, he unhurriedly stepped up the steps, each step as steady as a mountain.
”Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend this birthday banquet.” Baili Xin’s voice was very low and magnetic, the corners of his mouth always hanging a smile, his deep eyes sweeping over the faces of the many guests on the stage.
”I, Baili Xin, started from nothing, and after thirty-five years, I finally developed the Baili Group to this point today ……”
Baili Xin began his speech that he had prepared long ago, recounting the story of how he went step by step from being a poor boy to becoming the richest man in Daxia against all odds, a journey filled with hardships and ups and downs that made the eyes of a portion of the more youthful guests moisten, looking at Baili Xin with admiration in their eyes.
A specially invited media outlet was focused on sitting on the stage, quickly writing something in their notebooks, because the Baili Group stipulated that they could not use modern video and audio recording equipment, this reporter could only write furiously, fearing that he would miss a single word.
Of course, Lin Qiye’s few people were not interested in listening to this kind of business legend, their eyes kept searching around Baili Xin, trying to find Baili Chubby’s figure.
”…… Now, the time has come for me to retire to the background and enjoy my old age in peace. Next, the Baili Group will be led by a young man who is even more outstanding than me, who possesses meticulous logical thinking, a pioneering business vision, and a bumpy and rich experience ……
He is my son, the formulated heir of the Baili Group, Baili Tu Ming.”
Upon hearing these words, Lin Qiye and the others’ expressions immediately became odd.
Meticulous logical thinking?
A pioneering business gaze?
Bumpy and rich experience?
Other than the last experience which was indeed rather bumpy and rich, the first two didn’t seem to be relevant to him, right?
”Worthy of being Baili Chubby’s dad, talking is so …… artistic.” Lin Qiye couldn’t help but spit.
The other guests also talked, their eyes filled with curiosity.
”I’ve heard of Baili Tu Ming’s name a long time ago, only I’ve never had the chance to see …… him.”
”Isn’t that so? Earlier years ago, I also wanted to meet this Baili family’s young master, but I was rebuffed, he seems to be very busy.”
”But how did I hear that this Baili young master is a rich second generation who is just waiting to die? Is it really as powerful as Senior Baili Xin said?”
”I only know that the Baili Group has an adopted son, Baili Jing, who really has outstanding talent, and has been promoted from the bottom of the Baili Group all the way up to the top, and the Baili Group’s internal reputation for him is all very good, and it’s said that there are still a large number of followers …… Unfortunately, ah.”
”I have had business cooperation with Baili Jing, it is indeed a wizard, I do think that this Baili Jing is more suitable to be the heir than that unseen Baili Tu Ming.”
”An adopted son is an adopted son after all, there is still a difference between it and a real son.”
”……”
In the corner, Wei Xiuming’s hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and with a long sigh, he turned his figure back and turned to look at the scenery outside the window.
Looking at the chattering crowd below, Baili Xin’s face maintained a smile as he continued, “Now, let’s invite our canine son to come over and say hello to everyone ……”
He reached out to the back of the venue and gently beckoned, and a young man in a black suit walked out from the crowd, his hands straightening his collar, the corners of his mouth rising as he smiled and walked towards the high platform.
The moment they saw him, many of the guests present frowned, their eyes filled with puzzlement.
”That’s not right, I’ve seen him before, isn’t he that Baili family’s adopted son, Baili Jing?”
”Yes, I’ve worked with him, how did he become Baili Tu Ming again?” m.
”Wait, shouldn’t ……”
”……”
Baili Jing stepped onto the steps of the high platform and slowly walked over to Baili Xin’s side, the lenses of his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting a miserable white light as he bowed slightly and spoke politely:
”Hello everyone, please allow me to make a self-introduction.
Perhaps many of you are no strangers to me, that’s right, I am Baili Jing.
Or, you can also call me by my other identity ……
I am the only son of the chairman of the Baili Group, Baili Xin, and the sole heir of the Baili Group …… Baili Tu Ming.”
As the words fell, the entire venue fell into a dead silence.
Lin Qiye’s gaze gradually turned cold.