Chapter 1435: Handover

Chapter 1435: Chapter 1438: Handover

What Lin Feng meant was that doing this would make Bai Yuanshan look down on him. After all, Bai Yuanshan had already requested to meet Lin Feng alone. If he suddenly brought a brother along, it would clearly mean he didn’t trust Bai Yuanshan… They were all Hong Sect brothers; acting like that would chill people’s hearts.

So in the end, Lin Feng still went to meet Bai Yuanshan by himself.

The Hong Sect Sect Leader’s office was on the south-facing side of the second floor of Zhongyi Martial Hall. Outside the window was a large courtyard with good landscaping, the environment quite elegant. The office was nearly a hundred square meters, decorated in a rather simple, old-fashioned style, not the luxurious, ostentatious kind.

When Lin Feng stepped into the office, Bai Yuanshan wasn’t sitting in the main chair. He was by the coffee table on the sofa, focused on arranging the tea set, brewing tea…

“Mr. Bai…” Seeing Bai Yuanshan actually showing such a leisurely demeanor, Lin Feng couldn’t help being a little surprised.

“Lin Feng, you’re here. Sit for a bit, the tea will be ready in a moment!” Bai Yuanshan casually greeted Lin Feng, poured out the tea he had just rinsed the cups with, and carefully scrubbed that set of cinnabar teacups…

It looked like Bai Yuanshan was in a pretty good mood… Lin Feng stared at Bai Yuanshan’s movements, a hint of doubt on his face.

“What’s wrong, Lin Feng? Do you feel my mood doesn’t quite fit the situation?” Bai Yuanshan lifted his head slightly, smiling as he said to Lin Feng, “You think I should be bristling with killing intent, coming to settle scores with you, right?”

Lin Feng’s expression froze. He looked at Bai Yuanshan oddly and asked, “Mr. Bai, you… don’t hold a grudge against me?”

“Lin Feng, you’re overthinking it…” Bai Yuanshan shook his head, smiling wryly as he said, “If you’re talking about the matter with Bai Youxian and Bai Liancheng, I absolutely don’t bear a grudge against you… If I really hated you, I wouldn’t have waited until now, never coming to cause you trouble.”

“Uh, why?” Hearing Bai Yuanshan’s words, Lin Feng was a bit surprised. “Those two, after all, were your…”

At this point, Lin Feng instinctively stopped. He didn’t want to deliberately provoke Bai Yuanshan.

“Relatives.” Bai Yuanshan nodded, speaking seriously. “I’ve fulfilled my duties as a relative toward them. I helped with both of their funeral arrangements… It’s just that, aside from matters after death, the rest is beyond my control. Killers are always killed in turn, that’s the way of the jianghu. I won’t take responsibility for their mistakes.”

Looking at Lin Feng, Bai Yuanshan said evenly, “Lin Feng, I understand your temperament. Though you’re still young and inevitably a bit impulsive, you’re definitely not the type to casually kill someone just to silence them… As for what those two did to you, I’ve investigated thoroughly. I know you were acting purely in self-defense…”

It seemed Bai Yuanshan was, after all, a man who understood reason. Lin Feng let out a small breath of relief.

“Before, I couldn’t quite figure out how you could beat Bai Liancheng and Bai Youxian when they joined forces. After seeing the moves you used in the ring today, I figured it out…” Bai Yuanshan fixed his gaze on Lin Feng’s face and said in a low voice, “So you’re also proficient in the Escape Technique. No wonder Bai Liancheng lost to you as well.”

Lin Feng noticed that Bai Yuanshan kept calling Bai Liancheng and Bai Youxian by their full names, never mentioning that one was his uncle, the other his nephew. It seemed Bai Yuanshan really didn’t regard them as family.

“Then what’s your purpose in calling me over this time, Mr. Bai?” Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Bai Yuanshan as he asked.

“No rush, have some tea first…” Bai Yuanshan handed over a cup of freshly brewed green tea and set it in front of Lin Feng.

Lin Feng glanced at the cup of tea and, without the slightest hesitation, reached out to take it and drank it down.

“Mm, the aroma is nice, leaves a sweet aftertaste…” Lin Feng offhandedly commented twice. He didn’t understand the tea ceremony and couldn’t taste what region the tea in his cup came from.

“Lin Feng, since you’ve already become the Hong Sect future master, there are some things I ought to give you now.” From behind him, Bai Yuanshan’s aide took out a bunch of labeled keys and handed them to Lin Feng. “These are the spare keys to Hong Sect headquarters. Every key is marked with what it’s for. You’ll be taking the position soon, so get familiar with them first…”

Unexpectedly, Bai Yuanshan went straight into handing over the Sect Leader’s authority. His decisiveness left Lin Feng a bit surprised.

But Lin Feng wasn’t the dithering type. Since Bai Yuanshan was giving him the keys, he simply accepted them.

Bai Yuanshan nodded, then walked over to the desk. He picked up a file bag stuffed with documents, placed it in Lin Feng’s hands, and said mildly, “Inside are some organized hardcopy files and a few USB drives. The labels on them lay out our Hong Sect asset situation. These are all copies. Take some time to get familiar with them. At the opening meeting after the New Year, I’ll hand over all the original materials to you.”

Lin Feng took the file bag and flipped through it casually. Sure enough, there were lots of paper documents and several USB drives inside. The USBs were all labeled with things like asset details, debt details, personnel files. As for the paper documents, many were photocopies of financial and tax materials, and there were also copies of equity certificates and so on… Basically, the core information of the entire Hong Sect was all here. Even though they were all duplicates, their importance was not to be underestimated!

“Keep it confidential, don’t lose any of it. After you’ve gone through them, the hardcopy documents can be destroyed, but those USB drives must be carefully stored!” Bai Yuanshan casually reminded Lin Feng. “Of course, you don’t need to worry too much. Headquarters has the originals for everything in here.”

“Got it… Mr. Bai, don’t worry, I won’t lose them.” Lin Feng said to Bai Yuanshan.

“Naturally, I trust you…” Bai Yuanshan nodded with a smile, looking at Lin Feng with a hint of satisfaction. “Lin Feng, is there anything else you want to ask?”

Lin Feng stared at Bai Yuanshan, hesitated inwardly, then finally couldn’t help asking, “Mr. Bai, I do have a question I really want to ask…”

What Lin Feng wanted to know was whether Bai Yuanshan actually hated him… Unfortunately, before he could get the words out, Bai Yuanshan cut him off casually.

“No need to ask… Young people shouldn’t be so long-winded. Head back for now. When Hong Sect holds the New Year opening meeting, you can come then to formally take the Sect Leader’s seat…” Bai Yuanshan waved Lin Feng off, speaking with a touch of impatience.

Lin Feng’s face twitched slightly. In the end, he swallowed his doubts and left the Hong Sect main office.

Only after Lin Feng’s figure had completely disappeared did a trace of extremely deep, gloomy darkness flash across Bai Yuanshan’s eyes. He lifted his head slightly, looking at the office door that was now tightly closed, and said faintly, “Lin Feng, Lin Feng… you were never meant to appear… Everything was originally so perfect, and it’s only because of you that things have become such a mess! Just wait—I’ll send you and that old man on your way together…”