Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 1260: Chapter 1213: No One Else But You Can Handle This!

”Elder Xia, you!” Bai Xiaosheng exclaimed in surprise, scrutinizing Xiahou Qi’s complexion.

The old man’s face was withered yellow and waxen white, genuinely looking like someone gravely ill.

But the brightness and vitality in his eyes were very much alive and kicking.

”These days, I’ve been getting good rest, my eyes are much brighter,” said Xiahou Qi, laughing heartily as Bai Xiaosheng paid attention, and even pointing at his own face, ”Look at this complexion, but don’t let it fool you, this is a ’painted wall’ done by Lin Ke.”

”What ’painted wall’, this is called makeup,” Lin Ke corrected with a pout, dissatisfied.

”Alright, alright, it’s called makeup, makeup!” Xiahou Qi placated with repeated assurances, still laughing.

Lin Ke inspected Elder Xia’s complexion with pride, ”Don’t underestimate me for loving my bare face, I’m actually a master at this!”

Bai Xiaosheng listened in silence.

But now, he really understood!

Behind him, Lin Weiwei, Lei Ying also got it!

Elder Xia, was indeed feigning illness!

”Are you really alright?!” Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help but ask, ”I’ve examined you. Given your condition, if you overexerted yourself so many days in a row, my medicine wouldn’t be that effective! You should’ve... collapsed...”

Xiahou Qi smiled and explained, ”My current attending doctor here is an old friend who has just returned from abroad. He brought back some special medication from overseas targeting my condition, which greatly alleviates my pain. But his diagnosis is the same as yours, the only way for me to be completely free of this illness is to step down.”

Xiahou Qi said with a smile, ”When you get old and feeble, even if you don’t want to step down, your body won’t agree.”

With this, Bai Xiaosheng’s doubt was resolved.

In the midst of their talk, Xiahou Qi looked at Wang Mubei, ”How did you get hurt like this, it was Sheng who hit you, right? You didn’t explain at the time.”

”He didn’t give me a chance to explain. Besides, even if I did, would he have believed it? It’s important for you to take the lead,” Wang Mubei responded.

Hearing the two of them talk like this, Bai Xiaosheng immediately looked at Wang Mubei, his eyes narrowing.

Elder Xia could feign illness.

So could Wang Mubei be pretending to betray them?!

The answer, now it seems, is affirmative!

Seeing Bai Xiaosheng looking over, Wang Mubei instantly grinned and smiled.

Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying also looked over, their expressions shocked.

If it was not clear before, they should understand it now from what Elder Xia meant.

Wang Mubei did not betray them, he is still one of their own!

Everything was just a show put on for Shen Peishen and his people!

Bai Xiaosheng looked at Wang Mubei’s swollen face and felt a surge of guilt.

Those punches had truly been fierce; he had not held back at all!

”Brother Wang...” Bai Xiaosheng said, embarrassed to speak.

Wang Mubei made a ”stop” gesture with his hand.

”Say nothing, we’re all family here! Plus, those punches of yours, I admire them!”

Wang Mubei grinned and gave a thumbs-up.

”You, Bai Xiaosheng, just need to know that while I, Wang Mubei, may not be a man of iron, I do have a spine!”

Bai Xiaosheng felt even more embarrassed.

”Actually, with this injury, it’s even better. At least, it fits the narrative ’I betrayed Elder Xia, and you vented your anger when you came back’, so Shen Peishen won’t suspect that I was faking,” Wang Mubei reassured him.

This reasoning, indeed, made sense.

With this understanding, Bai Xiaosheng felt slightly more at ease.

”If it weren’t for Mubei playing along with me, it wouldn’t have been so convincing, convincing enough to deceive Old Shen,” Xiahou Qi said with a laugh.

”Actually, from the beginning, when Old Shen made a move, I knew what he was up to!”

”After all, we are all old foxes, having been around each other for so long, who doesn’t know the tricks of the others?”

”At that time, I really wanted to resist. But coincidentally, my friend returned from abroad, visited me, treated me, and recommended the special medicine. At the same time, Mubei was being threatened privately by Old Shen’s men.”

”That’s when I changed my mind. Even if I resisted, I wouldn’t be able to hold on for long. Instead of resisting openly, it’s better to deceive the deceiver, retreating in order to advance, moving in secret! Find another way to restrain Old Shen!”

”He wants my position, then I’ll give it to him! President of the Greater China Region, hehe, something he’s aspired to for decades, now attained in one fell swoop. He’ll be so pleased he’ll lose his grounding. Besides, I know how tough that position is!”

”Starting the new position, with pressures from all sides, will drain Shen Peishen’s last bit of energy. His status as the president, in many respects, is actually less free than being a Senior Affairs Officer, subjected to even more constraints!”

”If Old Shen doesn’t tackle you himself, I don’t believe there’s anyone else who could suppress you, Bai Xiaosheng!”

Xiahou Qi’s words represented tremendous trust and faith in Bai Xiaosheng.

This expectation even surpassed that for Li Haofeng, Zheng Honghu and others.

Wang Mubei and Lin Ke looked at Bai Xiaosheng with intense gazes.

They knew, they believed!

Bai Xiaosheng was worthy of this expectation!

To prevent Li Haofeng and others from returning, to unite the Affairs Officers into one force, not falling behind in the slightest in the contest with Shen Peishen’s side!

Even frequently gaining the upper hand!

”Just, I never expected that Lin Yu would turn out like that, setting up a poisonous scheme for Shen Peishen, using the dismissal of a large number of Affairs Officers as a means to create a rift amongst our people,” Xiahou Qi lamented.

Lin Yu, once a role model among the Affairs Officers and a student of Shen Peishen, had also been looked upon favorably by Xiahou Qi, who had intended to support him strongly.

But who would have thought, in just two or three years, Lin Yu would undergo such a drastic change.