"What the hell?"
Hearing this, Xu Mu was a bit dumbfounded. With six sisters.
That meant Xu Ningbing would be the seventh.
These hidden families were really something else.
"Absolutely impossible! If Mr. Cui specially called me here just for this matter, then I'd better leave."
Xu Ningbing pressed her hands on the table, stood up, and said.
"Miss Xu, I really don't want to threaten you. It will affect our future relationship."
Cui Yunshen said with a calm face, "If you dare to walk out of this door today without my permission, there is no way the Xu family will ever expand its territory in Jiangnan."
"Miss Xu, just agree. You're not married anyway, and Young Master Cui is handsome. You two are a match made in heaven!"
Qian Shan's eyes lit up as he spoke, and he turned to Xu Mu. "You should know how powerful the hidden families are. If your sister marries Young Master Cui, no one in Jiangnan will dare to mess with you in the future."
"Don't waste words with them. Let's go!"
Xu Ningbing grabbed Xu Mu's arm and turned to leave.
"Sigh, why do you have to make me unhappy?"
Cui Yunshen sighed slightly. "You cannot afford the price of displeasing me."
Just then, two people blocked Xu Mu and Xu Ningbing's path.
One of them was none other than Wu Tian.
The woman beside him was the one Xu Mu had seen earlier through his perception, the one eating with Wu Tian.
This woman wore a dress and had a golden waist-to-hip ratio.
She was different from a heavyweight like Feng Yue; after all, she was much younger.
She looked to be under twenty, with a waist as slender as a willow branch, but further down, she had a mature, three-dimensional heart shape, followed by long, straight, and slender legs.
She had long black hair, and on the left side of her forehead was a heart-shaped hairpin, giving her a mischievous and cute aura.
"Miss Xu, right? Since your talks with them have broken down, why not have a chat with our Yan family?"
The woman invited them with a smile on her face.
"Yan Baizhi, what are you trying to do?"
Seeing this woman, the seated Cui Yunshen stood up with an icy expression.
"Brother Cui, didn't I just say it? Since your talks broke down, we want to talk to them."
After speaking, Yan Baizhi proactively grabbed Xu Ningbing's hand. "Sister, let's go over there and talk."
Xu Ningbing hesitated for a moment, then decided to go over and see.
Judging from Cui Yunshen's expression toward this woman, her background must be extraordinary.
Xu Mu frowned. The Yan family... he remembered that they were never mentioned in the previous plot.
Could it be that his appearance had altered the power structure in Jiangnan?
He used his Eye of God to inspect this woman.
Name: Yan Baizhi
Identity: Daughter of the Yunding Sect Master, Controller of the Yan Family Group, Female Lead of Evil God Released from Prison
Affection Level: -20
Destiny Level: 9 (Max Level 10)
Seeing this character profile, Xu Mu rubbed his chin in thought. No wonder she wasn't in the plot.
Because she was part of Wu Tian's harem, and Wu Tian's development base was in Jiangnan.
That is to say, it was Wu Tian's appearance that caused the power dynamics in Jiangnan to change.
Originally, there were also two hidden families in Jiangnan: the Qin family and the Cui family.
But this woman was clearly not from either of those two families; she belonged to an entirely new family.
At this time, Wu Tian smiled at Xu Mu. "I didn't expect us to meet here."
"Brother Wu Tian, do you two know each other?"
Yan Baizhi asked with a confused look.
Xu Mu, with his hands in his pockets, grinned. This woman was putting on quite an act.
He had never provoked her. Even if she had heard through the grapevine that Xu Mu had a bad reputation, her affection level couldn't possibly be that negative.
Xu Mu could easily guess that Wu Tian had already told Yan Baizhi about their relationship.
Her taking the initiative to approach them this time was highly likely not for cooperation, but to set them up.
"We've met once before," Wu Tian said with a smile.
"It seems your memory isn't very good. We haven't met once, but twice."
Xu Mu looked at Wu Tian with a smile.
"Oh, really?"
Wu Tian feigned surprise, then laughed. "I've had a lot going on lately, so I forgot."
The group sat in a corner on the other side, while Cui Yunshen narrowed his eyes in the distance, looking their way.
"I haven't introduced myself yet. Sister, my name is Yan Baizhi, from the Yan Group."
Yan Baizhi smiled at Xu Ningbing.
"Someone from the Yan family? The star enterprise of Jiangnan in recent years. In just a few short years, it leaped from an obscure small company to the second largest in Jiangnan."
Xu Ningbing's face was full of surprise. No wonder Cui Yunshen's expression was off just now.
"You flatter us. Our Yan family just followed the policies and happened to catch the right wind."
Yan Baizhi said with a smile, "Our Yan family is willing to let the Xu family enter Jiangnan, but as for the specific details, I need to discuss them with my family."
"Of course, we are not in a rush for a few days."
Xu Ningbing said with a smile.
"Then let me offer my congratulations in advance for a win-win cooperation between our two families."
Yan Baizhi raised her wine glass.
Xu Ningbing also raised the glass on the table.
After a simple toast, Yan Baizhi exchanged contact information with Xu Ningbing.
Throughout the entire process, neither Xu Mu nor Wu Tian said a single word.
Afterward, the four of them took the elevator and went downstairs together.
After bidding each other farewell, the two parties went their separate ways.
"Little Mu, the Yan family is a newly emerging enterprise. A hidden family like the Cui family will definitely target them at every turn. I think they want to use our Xu family to completely leave the Cui family behind."
Xu Ningbing smiled at Xu Mu. "This trip wasn't in vain."
"Sister, you are too naive."
Xu Mu sat down by a garden. "Don't speak for a moment, let me think."
He certainly wasn't thinking; instead, he opened his perception to check the back seat of that Bentley in the distance.
Wu Tian and Yan Baizhi were inside.
Xu Mu wanted to hear exactly what they were plotting. One thing he could be sure of was that this Yan Baizhi definitely harbored ill intentions.
...
"Brother Wu Tian, just relax. We won't even need to lift a finger, and the Cui family will take the initiative to deal with the Xu family."
Yan Baizhi smiled and looked out the window. Under the streetlight outside the hotel, Xu Mu was sitting on a bench, while Xu Ningbing stood beside him.
"Are you that certain?"
Wu Tian asked with a smile.
"Our Yan family hasn't been developing for long. Although we far surpass Qian's Holdings, the Cui family owns more than just the Qian family's company. Added together, we are still inferior to them."
Yan Baizhi said with a smile, "At a time like this, if we cooperate with a company with huge prospects like the Xu family, wouldn't surpassing them be just around the corner?"
"You mean the Cui family will absolutely not let you surpass them?"
Wu Tian asked, gazing out the window.
"Exactly. The Cui family doesn't dare to make a move against us, but they will definitely dare to make a move against the Xu family. Just wait and watch the good show."
Yan Baizhi said to the driver in front, "Go home."
"Yes, Miss."
The driver started the car.
"But cooperating with the Xu family can indeed allow you to take a step further. Is this really a good idea?"
Wu Tian asked with a beaming smile.
"Brother Wu Tian's enemies are my enemies!"
Yan Baizhi said without a second thought.
...
Xu Mu grinned. This woman had actually aroused his competitive spirit.
It made Xu Mu want to bring Yan Baizhi over to his side. When that happened, Wu Tian's power of destiny would definitely drop significantly.
"What are you grinning about like an idiot?"
Xu Ningbing asked as she stood in front of Xu Mu.
It was worth noting that Xu Mu was sitting down, while Xu Ningbing was standing up.
As Xu Mu looked up, his eyes landed on a certain area that was now right in his face. He muttered, "This is way too close to graduation."

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