Chapter 1420 - 1420: 700 Million

The three siblings from the Bai Family came to the door, which made Xiao Feng a bit puzzled. Why were these three looking for him?

After pondering for a while, Xiao Feng asked, "Did they come empty-handed, or were they carrying something?"

"All three were carrying things, and quite a lot of them!" Old Ha replied. "There were cigarettes and alcohol; the items looked quite expensive."

Xiao Feng nodded slowly, boldly hypothesizing in his heart...

After some consideration, two major possibilities remained.

The first: As it appeared on the surface, these three came with gifts because they had a request.

The second: The pressure recently had become too great for these three, and they believed their father's imprisonment was due to him, leading them to seek mutual destruction.

Or perhaps the gifts were poisoned, intending to harm him.

This wasn't to say that Xiao Feng had a persecution complex.

It was mainly because he had a long-standing feud with the Bai Family, a hatred that couldn't be resolved in a few words, a few incidents, or even a few generations.

Based on this, he had to be cautious to prevent being caught off guard by minor mishaps despite handling major challenges.

Seeing Xiao Feng not speak for a while, Old Ha asked, "Boss, if you're busy, should I find an excuse to send them away?"

"No need," Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "Let's go, meet them!"

After speaking, he got up and headed out, back to his villa.

After exiting the main gate and turning a corner, even from a distance, Xiao Feng saw Bai Tieniu and the others waiting outside his door.

Just as Old Ha had said, the three were indeed holding many items, their expressions revealing no impatience.

Before long, Bai Tieniu and the others noticed Xiao Feng's presence.

The three hurriedly put on flattering smiles, warmly exchanging pleasantries.

"Mr. Xiao, long time no see."

"Mr. Xiao, although we haven't crossed paths much, I've long admired you from afar!"

The first sentence was from Bai Tieniu, and the second from Bai Yongge.

As for Bai Lisha, she didn't utter any pleasantries, but simply nodded with a smile, which looked somewhat unnatural.

The reason was understood by everyone present, needing no further elaboration.

Xiao Feng invited the three inside and, after sitting down, directly asked, "All three of you came today, is there something you need?"

If he had plenty of time or was in a good mood, he wouldn't have minded circling around with these three.

Unfortunately, at this moment, Xiao Feng really didn't have the mood for such maneuvers.

Sitting across from them, Bai Tieniu and the others exchanged glances, nodded at each other, and Bai Yongge spoke up: "We came today following our father's words, to obtain a promise from Mr. Xiao."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng slightly furrowed his brow. It was understandable for Bai Yongge to negotiate with him.

After all, Bai Tieniu and Bai Lisha had considerable grievances with him, making it inappropriate for them to speak.

But this talk of exchanging for a promise was something he couldn't quite grasp.

"Exchange for a promise?"

"Correct!" Bai Yongge nodded in response. "An individual named Xu Hongyang from Kyoto came to the Bai Family this morning, making conditions to make us his subordinates.

He also claimed that more forces from Kyoto would be involved soon, urging us to respond quickly to him.

The three of us were uncertain and went to visit our father. It seemed he anticipated our visit, giving us two solutions with little thought.

One was for us to become subordinates, whether to Xu Hongyang or other forces from Kyoto, maximizing our benefits.

The other was what I just mentioned, to find Mr. Xiao for a promise.

This promise is to ensure the Bai Family's survival until our father is released."

Xiao Feng nodded knowingly. He didn't doubt the truth in Bai Yongge's words because, given a bit of thought, the truth was easy to discern.

He pondered briefly and chuckled, "Can the three of you truly trust my promise?"

"Even if we can't, we still must!" Bai Tieniu spoke up. "In our back-and-forth encounters, Mr. Xiao has played some underhanded tricks, but I was the one who played dirty first.

Frankly speaking, the Bai Family doesn't want to be anyone's subordinates.

And indeed, as Xu Hongyang stated, the Bai Family has lost the space for us three to wield our abilities, leaving us only to seek Mr. Xiao for a lifeline."

A trace of surprise flickered in Xiao Feng's eyes. Hearing these words from Bai Tieniu was somewhat moving to him.

At this moment, Bai Lisha seemed to have made a significant decision and spoke, "Since it's about a promise, why not listen to our terms of exchange?"

"Alright." Xiao Feng agreed without much hesitation.

Regardless of success or failure, listening first had no downside.

Bai Lisha glanced around, nodded at Bai Tieniu and Bai Yongge.

In the next moment, the three spoke in unison, "Seven hundred million!"

"..." Xiao Feng.

Upon hearing the figure of seven hundred million, Xiao Feng nearly spat out the water in his mouth!

They say the dying camel is still bigger than a horse; this couldn't be more true.

The Bai Family had fallen to such dire straits, yet they could still come up with seven hundred million.

This was deep-rooted strength!

Moments later, Bai Yongge said, "Mr. Xiao, there's no need to bargain. In giving these seven hundred million, the Bai Family does still have some assets, but we must continue living.

Seven hundred million is the maximum amount we've considered and calculated that we can offer.

I wonder if seven hundred million can buy Mr. Xiao's promise?"

Xiao Feng controlled his expression, not letting himself appear overly pleased.

He was in a personal stage of "blowing two million just for fun," distressed over how quickly he was spending money, when Bai Tieniu and his folks showed up.

What was this?

Wasn't this akin to delivering coals in winter or fans in summer?

Was there anything more noble or joyous than this?

At least at this moment, Xiao Feng couldn't think of anything more delightful!

Calming himself, Xiao Feng stated coolly, "Seven hundred million is a sum many dare not even dream of, so to say I'm not tempted at all would be a lie.

But let's be clear, I only need to ensure the Bai Family's safety until your father is released, right?"

"Correct!" Bai Tieniu, Bai Yongge, and Bai Lisha exclaimed in unison.

Xiao Feng contemplated and said, "Let me make the ugly talk upfront. I'll only protect the Bai Family under normal circumstances, where normal refers to uninvited guests like Xu Hongyang under usual conditions.

If you three go out causing trouble every day, specifically with those you can't afford to provoke, I won't resolve those issues."

Hearing this, Bai Tieniu and the others were utterly speechless.

We haven't even raised any objections, and you're already setting the rules?