The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 311 Keep Your Eyes Open (3)_1

Chapter 311: Chapter 311 Keep Your Eyes Open (3)_1

Because she couldn’t enter the front door of the Xiao Family Ancestral House, she took that illegitimate child and started shouting outside, demanding a share of Xiao Yongxin’s property. This attracted the attention of several neighboring families.

Xiao Muli originally didn’t want to bother with this mistress and her bastard child. He was extremely busy these days, busy taking over the internal affairs of the Xiao Family, and also busy making time to accompany Situ Xin.

When he learned that Situ Xin would stay with them in the Xiao Family house and return with them, he was secretly delighted. He thought about using this time to deepen his relationship with Situ Xin. Unfortunately, he had just taken over the Xiao Family and there were too many responsibilities on his plate.

Yet even so, he still found time every day to spend with Situ Xin. He would say he’d rather not waste time on women who weren’t respectable.

But this mistress kept making a ruckus outside, which was bad for the Xiao Family’s image. Therefore, with no other choice, Xiao Muli had Xiao Li and Jin Meixia called over to settle this matter.

As soon as the mistress entered, she said to Xiao Muli, "My son is also Xiao Yongxin’s son, why should he get nothing?" "You shameless woman, not only did you destroy someone’s family, but now you even dare to vie with my son for the property," said Jin Meixia, who already despised these mistresses to the bone. She hadn’t expected the mistress to come to her on her own initiative, still foolishly dreaming of competing with her son for the property.

"Stop arguing for now, I don’t have the time to waste on quarreling with you. I’ve called you here to clear things up. The property given to Xiao Li isn’t Xiao Yongxin’s property, but recognition that Xiao Li is a member of the Xiao Family, giving him the property he is entitled to. As for this child, although he is Xiao Yongxin’s son, he’s never been recorded in the Xiao Family’s genealogy. Sorry, I don’t recognize him as a member of the Xiao Family." Having said that, Xiao Muli didn’t bother with anything else and turned to leave.

Xiao Muli’s words made Xiao Li and his mother Jin Meixia immensely grateful. Now that Xiao Muli, the Patriarch of the Xiao Family, had stepped forward and declared that the illegitimate child was not a member of the Xiao Family, no one else with ulterior motives could cause any trouble.

Xiao Muli’s assistance to Xiao Li and his mother was more than enough in demonstrating his benevolence and righteousness. Whatever went on between the two parties after that was outside of Xiao Muli’s jurisdiction. Besides, as the newly appointed Family Head of the Xiao Family, he had plenty of matters to attend to.

The executives from various branches of the Phoenix Nest across the country, upon receiving the notice from the current Family Head to return and report on their work, rushed back without delay. However, not all of these executives from across the country approved of Xiao Muli as the new Family Head.

It was known that Elder Master Xiao and Xiao Yongxin didn’t run the Family Head position for so many years in vain. In many places, the branch executives were using their own trusted underlings who they had personally fostered.

Moreover, they were all well aware that their own master’s downfall was closely tied to the current Family Head, Xiao Muli. Thus, they became even more unwilling to acknowledge Xiao Muli as the Family Head.

Apart from Xiao Yongxin’s few confidants, there were many people planted inside the various divisions of the Xiao Family. With the change of leadership in the Family Head position, unease grew in their hearts. They began to contact their own masters, contemplating their next moves.

Xiao Yongxin’s trusted aides were already plotting. On their way back to the Xiao Family, they initiated a conference call, using their influence to ensure that Xiao Muli would be unable to continue as the Family Head.

Some supervisors, on the other hand, were in a wait-and-see mode. They acted entirely based on which way the wind was blowing.

Xiao Muli had long anticipated that Xiao Yongxin’s loyalists and other factions within the Xiao Family were not going to take it lying down. And from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Xiao Yongxin’s people would make their move. If they had remained inactive, Xiao Muli would not have been at ease.

The hidden crisis lurking in the shadows was, after all, the most terrifying. Because you never knew when it might suddenly erupt. However, Xiao Muli had been well prepared. He was waiting for those few individuals to act. As soon as they did, Xiao Muli planned to strike them down with the force of thunder, exposing their past mistakes and forcing them from power.

Then, by replacing them with his own people, he could firmly grasp the Xiao Family’s assets and comfortably seat himself as the head of the Xiao Family without any future worries.

As for the watchers, Xiao Muli had no intention of dealing with them, at least not yet. They did not belong to any side. For the time being, they remained useful.

Compared to the busy days Xiao Muli had, Situ Xin and Old Master Xiao had a lot of free time. However, it didn’t take long for Situ Xin and Baibai to find things that piqued their interest in the Xiao Family Ancestral House.

Situ Xin was not someone who would let herself be aggrieved. Knowing that she could not get used to the food made with ingredients from outside, she inquired about the location of the Xiao Family’s kitchen from Xiao Yongxin and Old Master Xiao before lunchtime on her first day. Then, with Baibai, she slipped into the kitchen.

As the new Family Head, Xiao Muli had informed all the servants in the Xiao Family Ancestral House that Situ Xin was an esteemed guest. Even if the servants of the Xiao Family had not witnessed Situ Xin’s brave act of saving Old Master Xiao, they had heard about it from others.

To them, Situ Xin’s skills were both admirable and frightening. They feared that a careless slip could displease the young lady, who might then resort to the Bone Splitting Technique. They had heard descriptions of how the former Family Head screamed in agony when Situ Xin grabbed his arm.

No one wanted to experience the pain of the Bone Splitting Technique, so they were particularly polite to Situ Xin. Once in the kitchen with Baibai, the cooks and handymen greeted her and then kept their distance as much as possible.

This, however, suited Situ Xin just fine. After surveying the kitchen’s ingredient stock, she switched some of the items in the space with those outside while no one was paying attention. This ability stemmed from her advancement to the fifth level of "Dance of the Phoenix Nine Styles."

The fifth level of "Dance of the Phoenix Nine Styles" had enhanced her control over the "Phoenix Nest," allowing her to manipulate everything in her space from the outside. Vegetables and fruits growing in the ground, fish and shrimp raised in rivers—Situ Xin could effortlessly take them out with her mind from outside the space. This discovery was a result of the enormous sea that had appeared in her space; the few fish and shrimp she had previously placed there had bred over time, and though visible, they had become hard to capture.