Ten days went by, and Murong Xue had not been heard of since then.

"Prince, have you forgotten the family meeting today?" Ye Feng asked with an anxious face. The family meeting was very important to Shangguan Mo as Shangguan Lin was seeking greater power and had many people backing him up. Ye Feng wanted him to hurry home as soon as possible.

With the same clothes from a few days ago and the newly-grown beard, Shangguan Mo was very gaunt, who got very dark shadows under his eyes because of staying awake for several days. Seeing this, Ye Feng could not but help complaining about Murong Xue.

"Haven't heard from her yet?" Shangguan Mo rubbed his forehead.

"Prince, you're still thinking about her right now? You should leave for the family meeting now." Ye Feng could not understand why Shangguan Mo, who could have everything he wanted, was worrying about a woman.

"Shut up. She will be your Princess. Watch your words." Shangguan Mo warned Ye Feng with stern eyes.

Ye Feng's heart quailed at his words and he didn’t dare to challenge Shangguan Mo's authority. So he changed his tone, "Prince, what about Mr. Shangguan Lin? If you don't show up in the meeting today, you will lose your leverage. What do you have to defend Miss Murong?"

Shangguan Lin? Shangguan Mo now remembered why he lost his temper in front of Murong Xue that night.

"Get me a suit. I'll wash up and leave now." Shangguan Mo agreed with what Ye Feng said. He had to keep everything he had now if he wanted to be with Murong Xue.

Ye Feng was very pleased, "Yes, I'm on it." As long as Shangguan Mo could pull himself together, Ye Feng would do everything.

It was in the meeting room of the Shangguan Family's main house.

At both sides of the ten-meter-long table were sitting big-name people of the Shangguan Family, in the top seat of which was Shangguan Zhi, Shangguan Mo's grandfather. The first seat on Shangguan Zhi's right side belonged to Shangguan Mo and the next one was Shangguan Lin's, after which sat Shangguan Zhi's three brothers.

The Shangguan Family had their family meeting today of every month and everyone needed to be present.

"Brother, your eldest grandson has been very misbehaving recently. We are here now and he hasn't arrived yet." Shangguan Zhi's eldest younger brother, Shangguan Hao complained. He was about 55 years old.

Shangguan Zhi's second younger brother, Shangguan Xiao, agreed, "Exactly. He has been conceited with his power recently."

"He sure has. He closed the piers in Xihuan, causing great losses." Shangguan Zhi's third younger brother, Shangguan Ming, mentioned the piers he was in charge of.

"We should share responsibilities. In this way, we can both relive his burden and oversee each other, if I may say so."

"Enough. Stop it." Shangguan Zhi's eyes grew formidable, bringing out the superior's authority.

Everyone stopped talking at once. Having been in charge for many years, Shangguan Zhi developed his means during his reign.

"Lin, call him and ask what's going on?" Shangguan Zhi said to Shangguan Lin in the lower seat.

"Yes, grandfather." Shangguan Lin knew that his brother was busy looking for that woman. He had his men looking for her as well, but she was nowhere to be found. Despite this incident, Shangguan Lin was clear about his priorities while Shangguan Mo wasted time on a woman and was late for the family meeting. He hoped that Shangguan Mo would not come today.

"Don't bother. I'm here now. Sorry for being late. Heavy traffic." Shangguan Mo walked to his seat quickly with a cold face, greeting his grandfather with a nodding.

Shangguan Zhi's frowned face unfolded after he saw Shangguan Mo.

That woman seemed to be less important as Shangguan Mo was back to normal so soon. Shangguan Lin thought to himself with his gritted teeth.

"All right. Since everyone is here now, let's start our meeting by reporting what you've achieved last month." Shangguan Zhi looked at the crowd blankly.

Only dead silence filled the room.

"Ming, you go first." Shangguan Zhi called a name as everyone was reluctant to speak.

"Brother, our profit slumped last month and Shangguan Mo should be responsible for that. He closed my piers without any notice. Do you know how much that costs me? I think Shangguan Mo is young and inexperienced. Even though Shangguan Fu was gone, you can rely on us instead of the two kids."

He was talking about Shangguan Fu, Shangguan Mo and Shangguan Lin's father and Shangguan Zhi's only son. When Shangguan Lin was 12 years old, Shangguan Fu and his wife both died in an airplane accident, leaving behind the two little brothers. The sudden tragedy aged Shangguan Zhi by twenty years overnight, but he managed to stay strong for his grandsons and the enterprise he built up from nothing.

But for his tough leadership, Shangguan Zhi would have been replaced long ago. To his relief, the two grandsons were very intelligent and handled everything orderly since young.

"Grandpa Ming, you don't know why I closed your piers? You know what you did, so save it." Shangguan Mo did not care about what he said. To be honest, Shangguan Ming worked for his grandfather, and Shangguan Zhi made him in charge of the piers in Xihuan to help his family. However, Shangguan Ming and his family took it as their own now. Shangguan Mo found it ridiculous that Shangguan Ming dared to question him.

With a terrible stab of panic, Shangguan Ming began to suspect that his secret was exposed, but he was confident about his cover-up. Shangguan Mo was as sly as his grandfather, and Shangguan Ming thought maybe it was his trap. "Shangguan Mo, that's not the kind of thing you bandy about your elders. I'm doing my job well, but you shut down the piers for no reason. It's a big deal, and you have to explain why."

"Oh, you want a reason? Why not? Everyone will find the answer after reading these. You know the Shangguan Family is the target, and you are bold enough to smuggle drugs from Country C. Do you want the whole family to go down with you?" Shangguan Mo took out a pile of documents, which clearly read the drug smuggling Shangguan Ming cooperated with the dealers in Country C.

Shangguan Ming's face paled, "No way. Why do you have..." He remembered that he had his men destroy the evidence.

Shangguan Zhi was furious. The Shangguan Family started its business from the underworld and entered the plutocrat group after cleaning its money. Therefore, the family's network of contacts was very intricate and demanded a very delicate balance. Now the drug control was very tight and the international competition was increasingly fierce, so he asked to stop smuggling drugs from overseas before. What Shangguan Ming did was a hit in his face. "Ming, how dare you! Have you forgotten what I said? Hiding it from me, huh? Shangguan Mo will be in charge of the piers in Xihuan from now on."

"Brother, I did regret it. What are we going to eat if you take the piers back from us?" Shangguan Ming would suffer great losses as the largest chunk of income in the Xihuan area was from the piers.

Shangguan Zhi's face remained cold despite the begging, "This is the price you pay for your wrongdoing, and whoever in the family does the same thing again will have the same punishment. You still have many sources of income except the piers, so don't poor-mouth to me. Or, you'll literally live upon nothing." What he said now was obviously a threat.

After this, Shangguan Hao and Shangguan Xiao, who had wanted to ask for some benefits, reported their last-month performance complyingly to avoid exposing their dirty secrets.

Two hours later, the family meeting was finally over.

"Mo, come with me. I have something to ask you. Lin, you, too." Shangguan Zhi stopped the two when almost everyone else left.

They entered the study together, with trustworthy men guarding outside.

"Mo, what's going on with you lately?" Shangguan Zhi was very unhappy about Shangguan Mo's slack-off.

"Nothing. I can handle it." Shangguan Mo replied plainly.

However, Shangguan Lin would not let him get away with it so easily, so he told the truth, "Grandfather, he has fallen hard for a woman recently and almost forgets his responsibilities, even including the meeting today."

Shangguan Mo's rage increased when Shangguan Lin mentioned Murong Xue. He always thought if it hadn’t been for Shangguan Lin, their parents wouldn’t have been dead. "Shangguan Lin!"

Shangguan Lin ignored Shangguan Mo’s rage. Shangguan Lin was also hit hard by his parents' death, but he could not understand why his brother was taking it out on him. He was filled with guilt, but no one could understand him. What was worse, his only brother Shangguan Mo had been resenting him. So in that case, Shangguan Lin did not care about how angry his brother got and went on to escalate the situation, "What? Did I say something wrong? Are you saying you did not mobilize our family's resources to look for that woman?"

The scene of the two brothers confronting each other gave Shangguan Zhi a headache. They used to be very close, but their parents' death had turned them against each other. Although Shangguan Zhi tried to reconcile them many times, things only became worse. Fortunately, they stayed united while dealing with family issues. Otherwise, the Shangguan Family's power would fall into the hands of others. Shangguan Zhi was no fool, and he knew that his brothers had been coveting his place.

"Enough, both of you. Mo, tell me what happened. The girl is from which family in the capital? If you really like her, bring her home to meet us. You're old enough to get married." Shangguan Zhi was not some old-fashioned grandfather who would not allow his grandson to have a girlfriend.

"Grandfather, let me worry about that. I'll bring her home when the time is right." Shangguan Mo worried about Murong Xue's family background. His grandfather would think she was not good enough for him since she was from A province rather than the capital.

"What? Why can't I see her now? What kind of woman is she?" Shangguan Zhi's face darkened. His grandsons had little experience with women, and he was afraid that they were foxed.

Shangguan Lin chuckled to himself and was curious about Shangguan Mo's answer. He had investigated Murong Xue's family background, which was far from good to the Shangguan Family. Shangguan Lin knew his grandfather would never allow Shangguan Mo to marry a girl from such a family, who would only hold back the Murong Family.

"Grandfather, she is not some cheap girl. She is from the Murong Family in A province." Shangguan told the truth. He knew even if he said nothing, Shangguan Zhi would look into it himself, which would be much worse. At least, he could know about his grandfather's attitude now and made alternative plans.

"A province? No way. Her family is no match to our family, and you will get her in trouble. Maybe you think getting married is a thing only between you two. Should I remind you how many enemies the Shangguan Family has? Your wife has to be a Miss from illustrious families that are close to our family in social ranks. Otherwise, horrible things will happen to her family." It was not that Shangguan Zhi wanted to stand in the way, but he had to be cautious and consider things from the perspective of the family.

"Grandfather, I did not choose her for no reason. She is not an innocent Miss from a wealthy family. Instead, she excels the Misses in the capital. She even cured Grandpa Mo. I believe she will outgrow me in time. Please trust me." Shangguan Mo was confident that Shangguan Zhi would like her as long as he met her. He had been hiding her from his grandfather just because she was too young now.

Did she even know about medicine? Shangguan Lin did not find this in the survey and he wondered if Shangguan Mo was lying. He knew his brother didn’t dare to lie to their grandfather, but he was astonished. Different from Shangguan Zhi, Shangguan Lin had met Murong Xue in person and he knew she was just 19 years old.

Shangguan Lin also heard about what happened to Grandpa Mo. He only knew that a woman used Chinese acupuncture to save Grandpa Mo in the persistent vegetative state, so he had thought it was a middle-aged woman about 50 years old. He never expected it to be Murong Xue. As the treatment was kept secret and he did not respond fast enough, he did not find out who the woman was at that time.

"Grandpa Mo? You mean the one of the warlords?" Shangguan Zhi's face lit up a little bit.

"Yes. Murong Xue did Grandpa Mo a big favor, and he sure will look after her." Shangguan Mo analyzed.

"So her name is Murong Xue? A nice name. How old is she? How come she knows much of healing?" Shangguan Zhi guessed that she was in her 20s, about the same age as Shangguan Mo. She was truly a talent.

"She..." Shangguan Mo was embarrassed about what he was going to say. Murong Xue was 19 while he was 25.

Shangguan Zhi gave his grandson a glare, "Why are you so hesitating? Is she older than you?" It was also normal that such a talent was older than his grandson, but he would not allow them to be together if so. It would be very disgraceful to the Shangguan Family.

Shangguan Mo finally made up his mind, "No, she is just 19."

"What? A little girl. How could you? She is still in college?"

"That's why I want to tell you later. She is too young now. Don't worry, grandfather. I'll take care of it." Shangguan Mo was so embarrassed for the first time in his life.