Best Young Master
Chapter 248 - 223 [His Ambrosia, My Poison] (Added for Zach.xin)

Chapter 248: Chapter 223 [His Ambrosia, My Poison] (Added for Zach.xin)

The night was deep, and Dong She Mountain was tranquil.

Wang Zhong stood at the entrance of Duanmu’s wooden villa courtyard, using his consciousness to sense everything around him, more precisely, to detect Duanmu’s aura.

He had been standing there waiting for several hours, and still, there was no sign of Duanmu.

Could Duanmu’s stealth attack have failed?

Listening to the faint sound of flowing water in the villa courtyard, Wang Zhong looked at the road leading up the mountain and couldn’t help but question himself in silence.

"Buzz... Buzz..."

The answer to Wang Zhong was the vibration of his cell phone, the caller being Bai Luo.

"Duanmu hasn’t returned yet?"

As soon as the call connected, Bai Luo asked first, his tone somewhat uneasy; this was already his third call.

"Yes, Lord Bai," Duanmu answered truthfully.

"He didn’t run into trouble, did he?" Bai Luo finally voiced the worry in his heart.

"According to what you said, Lord Bai, Duanmu has already broken through to the Innate Realm, and he has the Mid-level Magical Artifact Ghostly Gourd in his hand. With his strength, a stealth attack on Ye Family’s bastard should not go awry," Wang Zhong replied, voicing his guess, "If it did fail, there are only two possibilities. The first is that the bastard has not returned to Tan Palace Villa. The second is that Duanmu encountered Chu Ji!"

"Didn’t you say Chu Ji didn’t leave with that bastard?" Bai Luo asked, somewhat flustered at the news.

"At the time that was the case," Wang Zhong replied weakly, fearful that Bai Luo would blame him.

"Forget it, let’s not talk about these useless things."

As the Young Master Bai of the Bai Family, Bai Luo not only held a position of responsibility but had also established the Hong Ding Club; knowing how to handle people, he didn’t blame Wang Zhong any further but instead said somewhat helplessly, "You continue to wait there, and report to me immediately once there is any news."

"Yes, Lord Bai!"

Wang Zhong replied respectfully, and upon seeing Bai Luo hang up the phone, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"Buzz... Buzz..."

On the other end of the phone, just after Bai Luo put his cell phone on the desk, the vibration broke the silence of the study.

Bai Luo thought Wang Zhong might have news, and his heart leaped in excitement as he hurriedly picked up the phone, only to find that it wasn’t a call from Wang Zhong—the caller ID displayed his father Bai Guotao’s private number!

Could Dad have found out about the East Sea situation?

Bai Luo’s heart tightened, but he didn’t dare delay and quickly answered the phone, greeting proactively, "Dad."

"Did you order Duanmu to assassinate Ye Wenhao’s illegitimate son?" Bai Guotao asked in a cold voice.

"I..." Bai Luo stumbled in his words but eventually admitted, "Yes."

"Has your brain been squeezed by a door?" Bai Guotao scolded in anger.

"The bastard made me kneel using his Martial Arts and Magic. I couldn’t swallow that humiliation!"

Perhaps the humiliation Ye Fan had inflicted on Bai Luo was too deeply etched in his memory, as Bai Luo, for the first time since birth, talked back to Bai Guotao!

"So you instructed Duanmu to assassinate him?" Bai Guotao trembled with anger.

"I never intended to take his life, I just wanted to cripple his Martial Arts and Magic Cultivation!" Bai Luo declared righteously, "Duanmu said he could do all this without God or ghost knowing, which is why I let him go."

"He said? I also say I could slap Ye Wenhao to death. Do you believe me?" Bai Guotao said furiously.

"—"

Bai Luo had no response.

"I’ve told you more than once, ’Hearing is false, seeing is believing,’ and even what you see with your own eyes isn’t necessarily true. Why don’t you ever learn?" Bai Guotao said coldly.

Hearing Bai Guotao’s words again, Bai Luo’s heart stirred, and he blurted out, "Dad, has something happened to Duanmu?"

"His attempt to ambush Ye Wenhao’s bastard failed, and he was killed instead," Bai Guotao said with an ashen face, "Just now, the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch head called your Uncle Guan to report this incident, and then your Uncle Guan called me, asking if you were the one who secretly instructed Duanmu to do it."

"Ah..."

Even though Bai Luo had considered the possibility of Duanmu’s failure, hearing the news still shocked him.

"You should realize, when the people from the Yanhuang Organization informed your Uncle Guan about this incident, they were sounding a warning bell," Bai Guotao continued, rebuking Bai Luo as he saw him remain silent, "You should be grateful that Ye Wenhao’s bastard didn’t catch you red-handed, otherwise, you’d be in deep trouble!"

"I’m sorry, Dad, I was too impulsive and implicated Uncle Guan," Bai Luo once again spoke up, deflated like a beaten eggplant.

"Small impatience spoils great plans. I just told you this a few days ago, but you turned around and violated the rules to go after Ye Wenhao’s bastard. Do you now think your wings are so strong that you can ignore my words?" Even though Bai Luo admitted his fault, Bai Guotao’s anger had not subsided, and he continued to lecture.

"Xiao Luo dares not," Bai Luo said.

"First, being presumptuous and clashing head-on, then breaking the rules to play assassin, you’re not just playing with fire, but you’re pushing the entire Bai Family into the pit of fire!"

Bai Guotao seemed to be really angry, scolding adamantly, "Where have your shrewdness and your schemes gone? Just for a bastard of the Ye Family, was it worth such a grand effort? You’ve truly disappointed me!"

"Dad, I was wrong," Bai Luo said.

"Where were you wrong?"

"He’s an earthen jar, I’m a fine porcelain, I shouldn’t have clashed head-on with him."

"Glad you know that!" Bai Guotao said, his anger finally subsiding somewhat, but he warned again, "I hope there won’t be a next time!"

As his words ended, Bai Guotao hung up the phone.

"Beep... Beep..."

Listeing to the busy tone coming from the receiver, Bai Luo’s face was full of frustration, so angry he almost smashed his phone.