The Magnificent Son-in-law Chapter 991: Disgrace in Old Age

At the Bai Family's place, in Bai Huanyu's small courtyard.

"Tie Niu, this really is a good stuff." Bai Huanyu held a pill, scrutinizing it again and again under the light, a faint, ambiguous smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Bai Tieniu froze at that. From the way this was going, could his old man have actually taken one?

Still, he quickly decided to pretend he hadn't heard anything, nodded in agreent and said, "Yeah, anyone who's taken this thing, pretty much no one has anything bad to say.

Xiao Feng really hit the jackpot this ti with this pill!"

By the end, envy was written all over Bai Tieniu's face.

Bai Huanyu noticed it and asked with a smiling squint, "If I handed this whole thing over to you, what would you do?"

"Hand it to ?" Bai Tieniu was instantly flustered and said in a panic, "Dad, I don't get what you an."

"No need to be nervous." Bai Huanyu reassured him. "It's just a little ga. If you were in my position, how would you counter next?"

Bai Tieniu understood at once—this was his old man testing him.

So his answer next had to be careful, careful, and then more careful.

After a mont of silence, Bai Tieniu said, "If I were you, I'd find Xiao Feng's stockpiled warehouse, then figure out a way to empty it out, a strike at the root. That'd hit him where it hurts."

"Heh." Bai Huanyu's smile didn't reach his eyes. "Leaving aside that they insist on cash on delivery and don't accept 'goods first, money later', which ans their stockpiles won't be that big.

Even if they were huge, so what?

Once the goods are gone they can just make more. You're only seeing success—have you thought about what happens if you fail?"

Bai Tieniu felt a bit unconvinced. He wanted to say he could stay hidden behind the scenes, and even if the whole thing blew up, he could keep himself safe and sound.

But he was also well aware of his old man's debating skills—if he said all that out loud, he'd only be asking for a beating with zero upside.

So Bai Tieniu imdiately put on a humbly-seeking-guidance expression and said, "Please teach , Dad."

Bai Huanyu nodded in satisfaction and smiled. "Right now, in this situation, we can't bring out the sa thing to grab market share.

And because it hasn't spread widely across Jiangcheng, we can't cut off its sales channel.

So instead of blocking… we guide."

With that, he took an identical pill out of his pocket.

Bai Huanyu handed the two pills to Bai Tieniu and asked, "Take a look. Any difference between the two pills?"

Bai Tieniu took them, examined them carefully under the light, and after a long mont shook his head. "Can't see any obvious difference with the naked eye. Don't tell the one you just took out is…"

"That's right. It's an imitation—in plain terms, fake dicine." Bai Huanyu let out a cold chuckle. "This is called riding the wave. We can't stop Xiao Feng from making money, but he also can't stop us from using him to make money."

"Brilliant!" Bai Tieniu's eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs-up. "Dad, you're brilliant!

I just don't know, with this fake dicine, will sothing happen to people after they take it?"

"That's a very good question." Bai Huanyu smiled again. "In business, whether it's a conscience deal or a black-hearted one, the top priority is 'stability'.

Even if you earn less, or don't earn at all, that's still better than having an incident.

If nothing happens, fine—but if sothing does, it might wipe out all your previous effort, and cost you a lot of capital on top of that.

The fake dicine I've got here is actually just a sort of appetizer pill, more or less like hawthorn pills. You can eat a ton and nothing will happen."

As he spoke, as if to prove he wasn't bragging, Bai Huanyu directly snatched the pill in Bai Tieniu's right hand, tossed it into his mouth, and chewed it up in big bites.

After swallowing the pill, Bai Huanyu clasped his hands behind his back, looked up at the night sky, and slowly said, "Tie Niu, I'm planning to put you fully in charge of this fake drug production. What do you think?"

Bai Tieniu's eyes went wide at once, disbelief written all over his face. "I—I can't… I'm not capable enough. It's better if you handle it yourself, Dad."

"I'm getting old…" Bai Huanyu shook his head. "Sooner or later, this whole big family will have to be handed over to you.

You don't have to be afraid of doing badly. It's not a bad thing for young people to take so detours, but you have to find the reason behind your failures and never repeat them. Only then is failure aningful."

Bai Tieniu was about to say sothing when he heard Bai Huanyu continue, "People's lives are nothing more than timing, fate, and luck.

A horse may be able to run a thousand miles, but without a rider it can't get there on its own.

A man may have soaring ambition, but without luck he can't rise.

Don't be fooled by how Xiao Feng is blazing like the midday sun right now—he's just riding the tide of fortune.

So people get rich first then go broke, others are poor first then get rich. No one sails smoothly all the way.

Xiao Feng's path has been far too smooth. That only ans he's about to hit the end of the road."

These words filled Bai Tieniu with endless confidence. He imdiately declared, "I'll do my best and make you proud, Dad."

Without turning his head, Bai Huanyu waved a hand. "Go. The location is a waste processing plant in Five Rings. Go there first and get a feel for the situation."

"Yes!" Bai Tieniu answered solemnly, chest out, and turned to stride away in big steps.

However, no one knew.

The Five Rings Waste Processing Plant that Bai Huanyu ntioned overlapped shockingly with the address where Xiao Feng had sent Ji Liangcai to buy tobacco leaves…

The next second, Bai Huanyu suddenly felt a bit overheated, and a strange throbbing rose in his chest; then his heartbeat sped up, and his breathing turned rapid.

This change scared the hell out of him.

Bai Huanyu went blank—had the pill he just took been… the real stuff?

He hurried over to the water tank in the yard, flipped the lid open, scooped up so water with a Water Dipper, and dumped it over his own head.

...

Sitting in the taxi, Ji Liangcai couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Years of drifting around had honed his mindset till it was very clear and sharp.

Of course, he had no way of knowing that Xiao Feng had sent him out to Five Rings just to keep the course secret; he just vaguely felt there was sothing off about this whole thing.

"Don't tell he's asking to buy so kind of contraband?" Ji Liangcai's eyes widened. Sohow he was sure whatever Xiao Feng wanted him to buy, it definitely wasn't just tobacco leaves.

Just then, the taxi stopped.

Ji Liangcai turned to look out the window—they'd already reached the waste processing plant Xiao Feng had ntioned.

After paying and getting out, he didn't walk in right away. Instead he silently ran through the possible consequences of going in.

Before he could decide whether to go in or not, a young man walked out from the plant gate, froze when he saw Ji Liangcai, and said, "You're the new guy, right?"

"I…"

"Enough with the 'I, I, I'. Get inside, there's a ton of work waiting."

With that, without giving him a chance to protest, the guy grabbed Ji Liangcai and dragged him in.

"Crap!"

Ji Liangcai's heart gave a lurch. He silently cursed that he'd probably walked into a den of thieves.

He could still run right now, sure—but what if he didn't make it far before soone put a bullet in his back…

After weighing it over and over, Ji Liangcai decided it was better to play it by ear for now and not act rashly.