Chapter 876: The Bai Family Is In Trouble
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Now Jiang Hongying was really arrogant!
She had lost her last vestige of respect for Old Master Mo. The Old Master could not stop Mo Yunhao and Bai Youran’s wedding although he clearly disapproved at the start. But he stopped protesting later on. Clearly, there was nothing he could do about them.
That was a good sign!
It seemed that the Old Master had realized that the Mo family only had their family left, and he could no longer control them.
Jiang Hongying was elated.
When Mo Yunhao married Bai Youran, they would gain the support of the Bai family and then their power would grow further.
In that way, Mo Yunhao and Bai Youran’s wedding was settled.
Bai Youran hoped that the wedding would take place as soon as possible, so she tried to get through the wedding rituals as quickly as possible. In fact, she thought that getting married directly would be the best.
Everyone in the Bai family knew that Bai Youran had liked Mo Beihan. They were shocked to suddenly hear that Bai Youran would marry Mo Yunhao.
The Bai family knew that Bai Youran had recently been growing closer to Mo Yunhao. But in the past, Bai Youran had been dead set on Mo Beihan, and everyone knew it. They thought that Bai Youran was hesitating because she was still considering which match would be the most advantageous to herself!
But to their surprise, she suddenly made a decision.
At first, Old Master Bai had been rather ambivalent about the match. After all, Bai Youran was their Bai family’s only granddaughter. He did not want to make a marriage alliance so casually. He wanted some time to consider the matter. After all, he had not thought highly of this Mo Yunhao in the past.
He had earned some money recently, but it had been a sudden development and was not sufficient to prove Mo Yunhao’s capabilities.
But at this point, something went wrong with Bai Fei’s business.
In the Bai family study, Bai Fei stood in front of Old Master Bai. He hung his head and looked ashamed.
“I’m sorry, Grandfather. I made a mistake!”
Something had gone wrong with his goods. Not only had he lost his investment, he faced a huge fine for breaching his contract. News of this had not yet spread, so people in the capital were still unaware of it.
Now they had to quickly find the money to settle the matter, or the Bai family would become the laughingstock of the capital.
That would affect them badly.
It was not just embarrassing. It would also affect the Bai family’s power and status.
They would lose prestige. It was such a huge mistake that the other families would temporarily keep their distance from the Bai family.
If they simply kept their distance, that would be all right. The worst-case scenario would be for them to… attack while the Bai family was weak.
The Bai family’s foundation was just too weak. They were too poor. Their family did not have any capital for their next generation to squander, but they needed money to maintain their powerful status.
Bai Fei was the oldest grandson. He wanted the Bai family’s power to grow as quickly as possible. For that, they needed money.
Old Master Bai agreed. He had supported Bai Fei’s business from start to end.
But now, he had failed utterly.
The Bai family used to be very powerful. With their status, they were able to suppress certain things.
But if their enemies found out their dirty secrets now, they would be finished.
Old Master Bai sat behind his desk. He was trembling. “How could this have happened? How could this have happened?”
“Many people are doing business in the capital lately. Hasn’t everyone made money? Why are we the only ones to run into problems?”
Now there were gaps in the market, and demand was huge. Almost all of those who had started businesses had made a profit. At least, Old Master Bai had not heard about any of the families in the capital making a loss.
It was only a matter of how large their profits were.