Chapter 831: 323 signature Wang Youfeng_2 Chapter 831: 323 signature Wang Youfeng_2 Mu Zhendong was startled.

After Ren Wanxuan’s incident, he tried to contact Ji Shaojun and Ji Heng, but neither of them paid any attention to him.

Then it suddenly occurred to him that there was such a person–Ji Mulan.

Bai Lian’s biological mother.

Unlike Ren Wanxuan, Ji Mulan would come back for holidays, but not often. Mu Zhendong had greeted her mainly to get in touch with Xu En.

Ji Mulan was easy to read, liked to be in control, and was proud and competitive…

With that in mind, he took out his cellphone and found a number.

He dialed it.

On the other end of the phone.

Ji Mulan handed the rattle to Xu Siqi and listened to him slur the word “sister,” taught by the old Madame Xu and Xu En; “sister” was Xu Siqi’s first word.

During the New Year’s, Bai Lian even held him for a while.

“Mr. Mu,” she walked outside to answer the phone.

“Mrs. Xu,” Mu Zhendong’s voice was smiling as he greeted Ji Mulan, then quickly shifted the topic, “It’s a common misunderstanding… You are her mother, you’ve raised her so well, your role is indispensable, she will certainly listen to your advice.”

Ji Mulan was startled.

She wondered if Xu En could have foreseen this?

Holding the phone, she walked downstairs, “I’m sorry, Mr. Mu, but I can’t help you with this.”

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

Sitting on the sofa, she picked up the glass of water that the auntie had poured for her. Xu En had already instructed her last week not to get involved.

Even if Xu En hadn’t reminded her, she wouldn’t have been able to get involved anyway.

Bai Lian had long ago blocked her out; without Xu En and Ji Heng, Bai Lian probably wouldn’t even spare her a glance.

Ji Mulan sat on the sofa in a daze.

On this end of the phone, Mu Zhendong hadn’t expected Ji Mulan to refuse as well.

“Well,” Mu Zhendong put his cellphone back in his pocket, looked up at his secretary, and said indifferently, “This time, don’t leak any information to the Xu Family or Mu Yining, having the Gao Family and the Feng Family involved is enough.”

He was ready to go it alone.

**
Mu Yining arrived at the tea room for guests where Bai Lian was lazily leaning against the window frame, with her back to the door, looking at the peony plants outside.

In this season, the flowers had not bloomed yet, but the leaves had turned green.

She was dressed lightly, her eyebrows and eyes serene and composed, without a hint of youthful impetuousness.

Outside the tea room, the second granduncle peered at Bai Lian through the window frame.

He and Dong Xiaobai had a disagreement with Mu Yining on the way here, so naturally, he didn’t have any reason to enter right now.

The second granduncle’s turbid gaze fell upon Bai Lian with slight surprise; last time he hadn’t managed to see Bai Lian before she left.

Now that he saw her, he finally understood why Mu Xiangguang, who had been reclusive for many years, made an exception to meet Bai Lian that day.

This girl had the presence of a great leader.

With Mu Yining standing by Bai Lian, it seemed Mu Zhendong’s wariness of Bai Lian was not so hard to understand after all.

“Xiaobai…” The second granduncle looked at Dong Xiaobai.

This time Dong Xiaobai just gave a wry smile, “Forget it, don’t ask me to be the mediator anymore. The Mu Family needs peace, and someone has to give in, but that person can’t be Yining every time, right?”

The second granduncle didn’t say anything more this time, his hands behind his back.

Inside the tea room, seeing Bai Lian.

Mu Yining’s previously irritable mood finally calmed down.

“Alian, why are you here today?” Mu Yining sat down in a chair and gestured for Wang Assistant to brew the tea again.

Wang Assistant brought over the tea set and started heating the water anew.

He wasn’t too familiar with these elegant customs and just haphazardly poured the water.

But he was somewhat distracted, affected by Dong Xiaobai and the second granduncle’s conversation.

He almost scalded his hand with the boiling water.

Bai Lian’s peripheral vision caught sight of her casually lifting her cup lid while speaking with Mu Yining. With a slight raise of her hand, she gently propped up the Zisha teapot, “Be careful.”

Her long lashes lifted slightly.

“Sorry,” Assistant Wang quickly retracted his hand and put the teapot away, “Thank you, Miss Bai.”

He then refilled Bai Lian’s tea.

After thanking Assistant Wang, Bai Lian’s slender fingers lowered the cup lid and picked up the teacup. Her other hand rested on an overturned A4 paper beside her, and she casually asked, “What do you need iridium for?”

Mu Yining didn’t expect Bai Lian to bring this up.

It was somewhat unexpected.

Having limited insider knowledge, she roughly outlined the plan for the seaside, “There’s a research institute being built by the sea which won’t be open to the public for now. The Mu Family wants to take on this project. The equipment requires a large amount of iridium. Originally, Ren Wanxuan and the others were discussing an iridium partnership, but it’s currently on hold. Mu Zhendong is now seeking help from the Gao Family.”

Fearing Bai Lian might not know about iridium, she explained further, “Many instruments require iridium. The project is massive, so the Mu Family needs to secure iridium first to have the capital to negotiate with them.”

Mu Yining didn’t want to mention Mu Zhendong, but she was worried that keeping Bai Lian in the dark might cause her apprehension.

So she mentioned only what she could.

“Can you talk with them if you have it?”

“But currently, Mu Zhendong is the one handling this matter,” Mu Yining said with a smile.

Bai Lian sipped her tea, her gaze lowered, and spoke unhurriedly with Mu Yining, “How much iridium do you roughly need?”

How much?

Mu Yining didn’t know either.

She had never dealt with core data, so she gave an approximate figure, “About… 500 kilograms.”

That was an enormous number.

Even using a purity of 99.9%, it amounted to a sum over one billion yuan.

Just yesterday, Bai Lian had discussed the iridium issue with Wang Youfeng. For such a large quantity of rare metal, even if Wang Youfeng wanted domestic trade, he had to go through the approval of the Dawson Family.

Detailed attention was required for foreign demand for domestic metals.

But with Xuan Kang present, the Dawson side hasn’t been too stringent.

Bai Lian didn’t offer much raw liquid, and the amount of iridium that Wang Youfeng provided was also not much, not reaching 500 kilograms…

After Bai Lian finished asking, Mu Yining remained silent, “Alian, why do you ask?”

“It’s nothing,” Bai Lian came back to her senses, her fingertips intermittently tapping on the overturned A4 paper, “I’m calculating data.”

Calculating data?

Mu Yining did not understand, and did not overthink it.

She assumed Bai Lian was calculating data for the school. Currently, she was more concerned about Xiaoqi and Mu Zhendong’s situation.

Less than a minute later, Bai Lian’s tapping ceased. She looked up and pushed the A4 paper underneath her fingertips towards Mu Yining, “Take a look at this, see if you can accept it.”

“Is this for me?” Mu Yining was surprised to see Bai Lian pushing the A4 paper towards her.

She didn’t know what it was.

She flipped it over with some surprise and saw a document in two languages at the top, with only four characters–
“Dawson Group”
Even Mu Yining, usually unconcerned with such matters, knew about the globally influential Dawson Family.

Not to mention, Mu Zhendong had discussed more than once with Ren Wanxuan before, and they had been in contact with members of the Dawson Family’s management through Miss Yu.

Dawson Group…

This… this is…

Mu Yining’s heart suddenly started pounding rapidly. She quickly flipped to the back, and sure enough, the next second, she saw iridium.

Her hand holding the document started to feel unsteady, fingertips turning white.

Tremblingly, she turned to the last page.

On the last page, on the side of Party A, there were three bold and vigorous characters signed in black ink–
Wang Youfeng.

Behind it was a red seal of the Dawson Family.