"Qin Tian, the New Year is next Monday, you... would you co to our place and spend the New Year with ... and Grandpa?"
On the other end of the phone, after hesitating for a while, Murong Fei suddenly lowered her voice and said to Qin Tian.
"Of course, we’ll go pay a New Year’s visit to the old man on New Year’s Eve."
Qin Tian said, "What’s wrong, is there a problem?"
"No, no problem, I’m hanging up."
After a few seconds of silence, Murong Fei hung up the phone.
Qin Tian was curious and had no idea what Murong Fei wanted to say.
However, over the next few days, when he had so free ti, he learned through the internet that Murong Group had indeed been having a rough ti recently.
Not just recently, but for almost the entire second half of the year, Murong Group had been enduring losses.
The real estate enterprises were faced with strong challenges from erging companies like Qin Real Estate, leading to a significant decrease in the construction subsidiary’s projects. Particularly, Murong Group’s steel subsidiary, affected by the global steel overcapacity and price collapse, suffered a loss of nearly four billion, creating a huge dent that swallowed up the profits of Murong Group’s other subsidiaries.
Qin Tian rembered how Murong Fei had co alone to Beijing to seek opportunities and prepare to expand into the Beijing market.
After the incident with the Ye Family, even though Qin Tian had driven them away, Murong Fei still hadn’t returned to Beijing.
"The old man is basically not managing Murong Group’s affairs now; it’s indeed hard on her as a woman."
Thinking it over, Qin Tian felt so distress for her. He knew that Murong Fei was strong-willed and probably wouldn’t ask for his help, no matter how difficult things got.
"The Murong family, what kind of enemies do they actually have in Beijing? If it was only the Ye Family, since I’ve already driven them away, Murong should have co to Beijing quickly to expand the market and reverse the downturn of Murong Group’s business. But she hasn’t, which makes wonder, could it be that the Ye Family is just one of the Murong family’s enemies, and there are other, more powerful ones?"
Enemies more powerful than the Ye Family in Beijing—
The Four Great Families!
In an instant, Qin Tian’s thoughts went to the Four Great Families of Beijing.
"Taking advantage of the New Year’s occasion, I should learn more about the Murong family’s issues with the Four Great Families from Murong and the old man."
Qin Tian sat in his bedroom, lighting a cigarette.
"Besides the matters of the Murong family, there is also the mysterious Four Great Clans. I’m certain the old man must know about them."
Qin Tian thought about his own lineage.
According to Du Qiuniang’s words, he was of mixed blood from the Dragon Fla Clan and another clan that was even more powerful than the Dragon Fla Clan.
And himself, he was raised by Cao Taiji, who definitely knew about his origins—
Although Cao Taiji had once told Qin Tian that he found him and picked him up, Qin Tian never believed it.
If Cao Taiji knew of his origins, then Murong Bei, being Cao Taiji’s good friend, should have no reason not to know, right?
Thinking about this, Qin Tian suddenly had another thought: "The old man arranged for to co to Zhonghai City, and one of the tasks was to take Murong Fei as a wife, could it be that..."
Qin Tian had a vague feeling that sothing was amiss, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
He suddenly rembered how, when he first arrived at Murong Group, Murong Bei ca in haste and spoke to Qin Tian very politely, and even seed delighted when he knew that Qin Tian was there to pursue Murong Fei!
That doesn’t make any sense.
Why would an elder be happy about a young man he’s never t coming to marry his beautiful granddaughter, especially when she’s the head of the family?
"No, the old man must know sothing!"
Qin Tian stubbed out his cigarette and for the first ti, felt that his origins might not be so simple.
Moreover, what Murong Bei and Cao Taiji knew could be even more complicated!
"Besides the four mysterious clans, I need to ask the patriarch about the crescent mark, the crescent mark on Fei’er... hiss, it’s so strange..."
Recalling that Liu Fei’er was an orphan, together with the mysterious crescent mark, Qin Tian felt that her background might not be straightforward either.
He rembered the first ti he t Liu Fei’er.
In the Chinese restaurant outside the Beijing Film Academy, while Qin Tian and Su Xuejiao were dining out, Liu Fei’er was working there as a part-ti waitress.
When Qin Tian saw Liu Fei’er for the first ti, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, a kind affinity... In any case, he took notice of her instantly.
Looking back now, could it have been... predestined by fate?
Qin Tian sat on his bed deep in thought, unable to figure it out, he decided not to dwell on it any longer and wait until the New Year to seek answers from Murong Bei.
He took out the "Sunflower Secret Manual" and began practicing the "Heavenly Gang Qi Gong" from the fourth Chapter.
He had been too busy before, and after reaching the entry stage of "Heavenly Gang Qi Gong", he stopped practicing.
Now with so free ti, Qin Tian continued his cultivation.
Having mastered only the fourth Chapter of the nine-Chapter "Sunflower Secret Manual", Qin Tian felt sowhat ashad.
However, on reflection, the "Sunflower Secret Manual" was indeed notoriously difficult to cultivate. The first Chapter "Wave Striding Technique" trained speed in footwork, the second Chapter "Flowing Cloud Skill" trained speed in movent techniques; the third Chapter, "Body Tempering Technique", trained resilience and pressure resistance; and the fourth Chapter brought "Flowing Cloud Skill" to the stage of Qi cultivation, a level that all martial artists aspired to...
Each Chapter, by itself, presented almost an inhuman challenge to an ordinary person.
For Qin Tian to have cultivated to the fourth Chapter within a year, his talent for cultivation was definitely of genius level.
In the following days, Qin Tian focused on practicing "Heavenly Gang Qi Gong" and also on what grand gift to bring to Murong Bei.
Finally, on New Year’s Eve, Lu Qing went back to her hotown and the mbers of War Dragon also joined their families and friends. Qin Tian went shopping early to buy so tonics for Murong Bei, then changed into festive clothes and drove to Green Bamboo Forest.
"Heh, in that outfit... you actually look a bit like a man."
In Green Bamboo Forest, Murong Fei’s first comnt upon seeing Qin Tian in his new clothes was about his attire.
"Co on, when have I not been a man? Do I need to prove it to you?"
Qin Tian chuckled, "What do you think, dressed sharply enough?"
Murong Fei rolled her eyes at Qin Tian, "Vain. In this deep winter, why are you dressed so lightly, aren’t you cold? A black suit... you think you’re a real estate salesman or sothing?"
"Heh, you guessed right, I used to work as a salesperson at your company."
"...Stop blabbering and co help carry so stuff, I’ve bought so New Year’s goods."
Qin Tian helped carry Murong Fei’s New Year’s shopping to his car trunk, and they prepared to take Qin Tian’s car to the Murong Mansion, since Murong Fei’s sports car couldn’t possibly hold all those purchases.
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