The system only arrives when you're old? Then let's create a super-rich family!

Inside the five-star presidential suite.

Bai Lingxi personally escorted Wang Zhaoyue, who had been feeling down but then smiled again, back to her bedroom to rest.

Seeing the other person lying on the bed, completely relaxed, she gently closed the door and turned to leave the room.

The gentle smile that had just comforted Wang Zhaoyue vanished completely, leaving only a cold and indifferent expression on her face. Her aura instantly darkened, shedding the softness between best friends and reverting to the aloofness and majesty of a top conglomerate.

She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, stopped, and dialed Xie Mingqiu's private number.

The call connected very quickly. Bai Lingxi skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point:

"Xie Mingqiu, cease all actions targeting the Qin family."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Xie Mingqiu's tone turned completely cold, filled with scrutiny and vigilance.

"The Bai family has chosen to support the Qin family?"

Xie Mingqiu's heart tightened instantly.

As the first ancient family after Wang, Bai, and Li, the Xie family has a vast foundation and is not afraid of the newly rising Qin family. However, if the Bai family, with an even more terrifying foundation, forcibly intervenes to protect someone, then he really cannot target the Qin family.

Bai Lingxi sensed the hostility and apprehension in his words, and calmly explained, her tone carrying a clear warning.

"You don't need to overthink the implications. I'll just remind you of one thing: for the next month, the Xie family is not allowed to do anything to the Qin family. Otherwise, I will take action personally."

His words and actions conveyed a firm stance, leaving no room for negotiation.

Xie Mingqiu was incredibly intelligent; he instantly understood the implied meaning in her words.

It wasn't that the Bai family wanted to protect the Qin family, nor that the Bai family saw the potential in the Qin family. The only reason could be because of Wang Zhaoyue.

Only Wang Zhaoyue could make Bai Lingxi go so far as to warn him and disregard the relationship between the Wang, Bai, and Xie families, so forcefully stop him.

Once Xie Mingqiu understood this, an overwhelming sense of frustration and humiliation welled up in his chest.

He is about to get engaged to Wang Zhaoyue, and the engagement will be officially announced at her birthday banquet next month. He will be Wang Zhaoyue's nominal fiancé.

But now, his fiancée has actually sent Bai Lingxi to warn him for the sake of a rising star from the Qin family in Jiangnan, a family he considers beneath him.

This is practically a public slap in the face for him!

As the most outstanding heir of the Xie family in this generation, Xie Mingqiu comes from an ancient and noble family. Wherever he goes, he is the focus of attention and is admired and sought after by his peers.

Now, however, because of a mere Qin Ziyang, Bai Lingxi stepped in to stop the Qin family's methods.

If word gets out, where will he put his face?

He has lost all face by ending up in such an embarrassing situation!

Silence fell again on the other end of the phone, the oppressive atmosphere was obvious.

Bai Lingxi knew Xie Mingqiu's pride and frustration, and she was also clear about his thoughts at this moment.

But for Wang Zhaoyue's sake, she did not back down at all.

She spoke again, her tone slightly softer, but still firm:

"I don't care what you're thinking or what your plans are, it's just one month. For these thirty days, behave yourself and stop targeting the Qin family."

Xie Mingqiu could naturally understand the implied meaning in those words.

It is said that Wang Zhaoyue left the Wang family and did not return until a month later to hold her engagement ceremony.

In other words, for this month, Bai Lingxi forbade anyone from disturbing Wang Zhaoyue's life.

After a long silence, a cold voice, suppressing a torrent of anger, finally came from the other end of the phone.

"I see."

He could easily wait a mere month.

If she can just get through these thirty days, and wait until Old Master Wang publicly announces the marriage at his birthday banquet, Wang Zhaoyue will be completely bound to the Xie family, and the deed will be done. At that point, no one will be able to interfere with his decision.

He will then have the Xie family take action again, so that the Qin family will be completely wiped out without a trace.

Bai Lingxi could hear the resentment in his tone, but she was too lazy to delve into it. Having achieved her goal, she hung up the phone directly.

Standing by the window, gazing at the dazzling and bustling night view of Jiangnan below, a complex emotion flickered in her eyes.

All she wanted to do was ensure that Wang Zhaoyue was happy this month; she didn't want to concern herself with anything else.

Meanwhile, at the Qin residence.

The evening breeze was cool, the green bamboo in the courtyard swayed, and twilight enveloped the old house, creating a tranquil and serene atmosphere.

Li Haitao, Chen Wenbin, Ma Hongming, and other high-ranking government officials received the news a little later; it was already evening when they learned that someone was targeting the Qin family.

The group immediately went to the Qin family's residence to investigate the situation.

They were filled with worry, fearing that something bad might happen to the Qin family and that an irreparable situation might arise.

The atmosphere inside the tea break room was solemn.

Li Haitao carried an exquisite rosewood tea box in his hand and gently placed it on the table the moment he sat down.

The box contained a full two ounces of Imperial Longjing tea.

This level of imperial tribute tea was something that ordinary high-ranking officials didn't even have the right to hear about. Even Governor Chen Wenbin couldn't get a single drop.

Only someone of Li Haitao's caliber receives twenty or thirty grams each year.

These two ounces of tea were his private stash, saved up over eight years through frugality. He wouldn't touch a single drop on ordinary days, only occasionally taking out a small amount to entertain top-tier guests.

He brought all of this today only to strengthen his ties with the Qin family.

When they left the banquet the day before yesterday, Lu Cheng'an had vaguely hinted to him that Qin Zheng had drunk quite a bit of the Imperial Longjing tea they had served.

What truly made him decide to cultivate a deeper relationship with the Qin family were those small-scale livelihood projects that the Qin family had previously rejected.

Those projects had meager profits and were extremely troublesome, so many wealthy families avoided them like the plague. They were the very pawns they deliberately threw out to make the Qin family refuse to sign.

But Qin Zheng privately approached Ma Hongming and offered to take over all the projects, leaving behind only one frank statement:

"Consider it an act of kindness for the people."

Given the Qin family's powerful background, from that moment on, Li Haitao's goodwill towards the Qin family was at its peak, and he had already decided in his heart that the Qin family was a wealthy family worth getting to know better.

After taking his seat, Li Haitao's gaze first fell on Qin Zheng, then turned to Qin Zihao beside him, his expression solemn.

"Sir, Mr. Qin, who is behind this targeting of the Qin family?"

Qin Zihao sat upright in his chair, his expression calm, and replied in a deep voice:

"The Xie family of Shangjing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tea break room fell silent.

Chen Wenbin's brows furrowed suddenly, his face full of confusion, and he blurted out:

"The Xie family of Beijing? That wealthy family in Beijing with a net worth of trillions?"

After receiving Qin Zihao's affirmative nod, Chen Wenbin became even more puzzled.

The Qin family could easily crush and completely suppress the Yuan family, whose assets were close to ten trillion and which had dominated Jiangnan for decades. The Xie family in Beijing, which was only worth one trillion, was just a local powerhouse. How dare they take the initiative to provoke them? Wasn't that just courting death?

In the minds of the three, the Xie family, though powerful, was not even in the same league as the Qin family, which had destroyed the Yuan family, and was utterly insignificant.

Lu Cheng'an, who had been standing silently to the side, stepped forward to answer the question at the right time.

"You've misunderstood. The Xie family of Shangjing is merely a branch of the ancient Xie clan; the real target is the main branch of the Xie family."

"Ancient aristocratic families?"

Li Haitao and his two companions were shocked, their pupils contracted sharply, and their faces were instantly filled with disbelief and shock.

Another ancient family has emerged.

I just wonder how they compare to the Yuan family?

Lu Cheng'an had already obtained information about the Xie family from the Duanmu and Gongshu families, and he continued:

"The progenitor of the Xie family was Xie Zuan during the Cao Wei period. Since then, the Xie family has risen to prominence for a thousand years and has continued uninterrupted. Xie Heng, a great Confucian scholar and tutor to the crown prince in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Xie An, a famous prime minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, were both ancestors of the Xie family."

"Xie Daoyun, the greatest female poet of all time, Xie Lingyun, the patriarch of landscape poetry, Xie Tiao, a famous poet, and countless other literary figures and high-ranking officials who have left their mark on history all came from the Xie family."

"The Xie family is a thousand-year-old distinguished family, with a rich heritage passed down through generations. It is estimated that their net worth alone exceeds 30 trillion, and may even be more."

"In addition, the well-known high-ranking members of the Xie family are all members of the Xie clan."

"Among the ancient aristocratic families, the Xie family consistently ranked fourth, below the Wang, Bai, and Li families."

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Li Haitao was stunned and sat there blankly, his composure completely crumbling.

Having held a high position for decades, witnessed countless grand occasions, and come into contact with numerous wealthy and powerful families, he was still shaken and unable to recover for a long time upon hearing about the Xie family's terrifying thousand-year heritage.

Chen Wenbin and Ma Hongming both turned pale, their hearts filled with turmoil.

Could there really be such a terrifying aristocratic family in the world?

They originally thought that ancient aristocratic families, like the Yuan family, could only accumulate a maximum of ten trillion in wealth.

But the Xie family's assets actually reached a staggering 30 trillion!

No, this is just speculation, meaning there's more than that...

With the Xie family launching such a powerful attack against the newly rising Qin family, can the Qin family really withstand it?

Almost everyone has the same answer in their heart:

impossible.

Qin Zihao sat to the side, his expression also becoming completely serious.

Previously, he only knew that the Xie family had a profound foundation and formidable strength, but he had never known that they were an ancient family with a history spanning thousands of years, with connections throughout the imperial court and a terrifyingly deep foundation.

For the first time, a huge question arose in his heart.

Grandpa had previously stated calmly that the Xie family was merely a pawn he was using to practice his skills.

Was Grandpa too confident and blindly arrogant?

Or is it that the Qin family is hiding an even more terrifying and earth-shattering foundation than the Xie family, which has existed for a thousand years?

But is there any more terrifying foundation than this?

There are very few famous people with the surname Qin in history.

Even if they did, their foundation couldn't compare to that of the Xie family.

Everyone looked downcast and heavy-hearted, and a depressing atmosphere enveloped the entire tea room.

Qin Zheng took in their dejected expressions.

He wore a faint smile on his face, said nothing more, and simply took a sip of the sweet and refreshing Imperial Dragon Well tea.

At the same time, Lu Cheng'an received the latest news from the security guards.

He glanced down at his phone screen, then looked up, bowed, and reported in a low voice.

"Master, Miss Bai Lingxi from the Bai family has arrived at the Qin residence."

The Bai family?!

Li Haitao and the other two looked up instantly, their eyes filled with extreme shock, their breaths even catching in their throats.

The Xie family is already terrifying to the extreme, but the Bai family is a top-tier group that is definitely superior to the Xie family!

Just how terrifying are the backgrounds of the three great families, Wang, Bai, and Li?

Chen Wenbin could no longer contain his shock and quickly asked:

"Mr. Lu, the Xie family's resources are already so terrifying, just what kind of resources do the Wang, Bai, and Li families possess?"

At Qin Zheng's slight nod, Lu Cheng'an slowly began to speak:

"The Wang family's ancestors were Wang Jian and his son Wang Ben, famous generals of the Qin Dynasty. The Langya Wang clan and the Taiyuan Wang clan are both descendants of this lineage."

"The family has maintained its tradition for over two thousand years without interruption, and today the Wang family's wealth exceeds fifty trillion."

"How much?" Ma Hongming exclaimed in surprise.

Fifty trillion? What does that even mean?

Such a powerful family actually exists in the Dragon Kingdom? Is this for real?

Lu Cheng'an nodded and replied, "It is indeed fifty trillion, and this figure is an estimate by the Tian family."

Upon hearing this, the others said no more.

Lu Cheng continued:

"Like the Xie family, many high-ranking officials with the surname Wang are members of the Wang family, including the person next to the head of state."

Upon hearing this, Li Haitao and the other two felt a chill run down their spines, gasped, and trembled uncontrollably.

The Wang family's background is terrifyingly powerful; they even have people close to the head of state!

Lu Cheng'an continued in a deep voice:

"The Bai family's ancestor was Bai Qi, the god of war during the Warring States period. They have been on good terms with the Wang family for generations, and the two families have been friends for generations."

"The Bai family, the Li family, and the Bai family are all roughly the same size, at the level of fifty trillion."

"Due to the family tradition, the Bai family has always focused on the development of military generals. Therefore, they have little background in high-level government agencies. However, in the military, many mid- to high-ranking officials, even if they are not surnamed Bai, have the shadow of the Bai family behind them."

Before the group, still reeling from the shock, could recover, Lu Cheng'an continued:

"The most famous ancestor of the Li family of Longxi was Emperor Taizong of Tang, but tracing back further, their ancestor was Li Chong, the governor of Longxi during the Qin Dynasty."

"The Li family is also a family with a history of more than two thousand years, and its influence is spread all over the world."

"The Xie family has only been around for a little over a thousand years, so naturally it can't compare to the heritage of the Wang, Bai, and Li families."

Lu Cheng'an sighed inwardly: The Xie family ultimately suffered because of the timing of their ancestor's birth.

After the explanation, Li Haitao and the other two were speechless for a long time, their faces full of shock and their hearts filled with endless sighs.

Having held high positions for decades, they considered themselves knowledgeable and insightful, only to realize today that they were merely frogs in a well, never having even touched the true top echelons of the Dragon Kingdom.

Just as everyone's emotions were churning, the deputy butler strode in, bowed, and announced the arrival.

"Sir, Miss Bai has arrived."

As soon as she finished speaking, a slender and graceful figure slowly walked into the tea break room.

Bai Lingxi was dressed in a simple formal suit, exuding a cool and aloof temperament.

Without glancing to the side, she completely ignored the three people beside her, Li Haitao, who looked on with awe and dared not breathe, and walked straight up to Qin Zheng.

She lowered her eyes slightly, her posture neither respectful nor impolite, and her tone was flat and indifferent.

"Old Master Qin."

"I spoke with the Xie family, and they agreed to let the Qin family go and not take any further action."

At this point, she changed the subject and warned:

"If you don't want to be targeted by the Xie family in the future, keep an eye on your grandson and don't let him get too close to Wang Zhaoyue."

That's all I have to say. I hope the Qin family understands.

In just a few words, she seemed to be mediating, but in reality, she was condescending and condescending, as if the Qin family had escaped this calamity entirely because of her charity and pity.

Qin Zihao frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure rising in his heart.

Li Haitao and the other two also showed slight changes in their expressions, feeling that Bai Lingxi's attitude was too domineering and arrogant.

But considering the Bai family's terrifying background, her attitude seemed perfectly normal.

Seeing Bai Lingxi's attitude, even though he knew she was the person his eldest grandson liked, Qin Zheng still snorted coldly:

"Little girl, you're so young, yet you have quite the big mouth."

"What is the Xie family? Do they even dare to talk about letting my Qin family go?"