The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

When he arrived at the Tianqing Gang's headquarters again, the guards welcomed him in very politely this time.

"How is Chief Ji? Was what I said yesterday true?"

Upon seeing Ji Shan in the reception room, Su Qi immediately smiled.

Judging from the old man's dark face, he had clearly discovered that he had been tricked.

Ji Shan's expression softened slightly, and he looked at Su Qi, whose face was covered by a veil, and respectfully bowed.

"I must thank the fairy, otherwise I might have been deceived and almost sought revenge on the wrong person."

"In consideration of this favor, could you please do Chief Ji a small favor?" Su Qi was too lazy to be polite and went straight to the point.

"Oh? May I ask what business you have with me, fairy?"

Ji Shan was also shrewd and didn't agree immediately.

After all, some things might be trivial matters for a Golden Core cultivator, but for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, it's hard to say.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask Chief Ji to help me check if the Bai family has encountered any trouble in their business recently."

Su Qi didn't care about Ji Shan's little trick. After all, if he couldn't even agree to something so simple, then he would be a useless gang leader.

This is a chance to get closer to a Golden Core cultivator. As long as Ji Shan isn't stupid, he won't mind doing a favor.

"Oh, does the fairy have some grudge against the Bai family?"

Ji Shan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone became more probing.

Clearly, he had set his sights on Su Qi for revenge.

It's probably intended to use Su Qi, who is at the Golden Core stage, to restrain Bai Luo, who is also at the Golden Core stage.

That great spirit war god Bai Luo also had the surname Bai, and he couldn't guess whether the Bai family and Bai Luo were related.

"Chief Ji..."

Su Qi exuded a faint aura of power: "My politeness doesn't mean I'm easy to talk to!"

His voice carried a mocking tone, but Ji Shan's back was already soaked with cold sweat. He realized that he had been blinded by hatred and had overthought things.

"Please forgive me, fairy, and wait a moment. I will have someone investigate right away."

He bowed and apologized, then quickly ordered his men to investigate.

About half an hour later, the message was sent back.

Ji Shan took a look at it and handed the intelligence to Su Qi.

"Please look, fairy. It says that the Bai family has acquired a batch of light gauze that is said to be as thin as a cicada's wing, but the Bai family's shops have not yet put it on sale. And Bai Ling has been frequently going to the warehouse in the west of the city recently. Some people say that the batch of light gauze is stored in this warehouse."

Ji Shan seemed a little embarrassed that he had only found this much information, and added.

"Time was a bit rushed, so this is all the information I could find. If you don't mind, please tell me your address, and I will personally deliver the detailed information about the Bai family to you tomorrow."

"No need!"

Su Qi recalled seeing Bai Ling yesterday; she looked worried and distressed.

So the problem she faces is most likely this batch of light gauze.

That's enough.

Knowing what he wanted, Su Qi turned to leave, but suddenly he remembered something and stopped in his tracks.

"I need to borrow something from the Bai family recently. I would appreciate it if Chief Ji would do me the favor and refrain from taking any action against the Bai family for the next couple of days. After I leave, you can take any revenge on the Bai family as you wish."

“As the fairy requests, I, Ji, will certainly comply.”

Ji Shan appeared respectful on the surface, but in his heart, he was already making his own plans.

Delaying his revenge by two days was nothing to him; with Bai Luo around, he couldn't touch the Bai family for the time being.

What truly made him start to consider this was what Su Qi wanted to borrow.

The Bai family actually possesses something that even Golden Core cultivators covet...

Seeing the calculating glint in Ji Shan's eyes, Su Qi knew he had successfully added fuel to the fire. Now that the Bai family had been targeted by the local bullies of the Tianqing Gang, their future was definitely not going to be easy.

After leaving the Tianqing Gang, Su Qi followed the directions to the warehouse in the west of the city.

Sneaking in secretly, I discovered that Bai Ling's woman was also there, looking at the light gauze in her hand with a troubled expression.

"Miss, these light gauze garments aren't entirely unusable..."

A middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper spoke up, his narrow eyes gleaming with cunning.

"No, our Bai family cloth shop values ​​reputation and quality the most. If we were to make and sell clothes from these fragile fabrics that tear so easily, it would definitely damage our reputation. Such behavior would be tantamount to ruining our future."

Bai Ling refused without even thinking.

"Since it's not feasible, let's just sell this batch of light yarn at a low price, at least we won't lose everything."

When one plan failed, the shopkeeper devised another.

In ancient times, light gauze was more expensive than ordinary fabrics because it was difficult to weave. The Bai family spent a lot of money to acquire this batch of light gauze.

“No, even if we sell it at a low price, if there are any problems, they will still come back to the Bai family in the end.”

"Damn old Chen, it's one thing to skim a little money in the meantime, but now he's caused such a huge mess, what a waste of Miss's trust in him. He's lucky he ran fast, otherwise I would have broken his legs."

Although the shopkeeper was cursing, his eyes were filled with naked jealousy, jealous of Old Chen who had run away and managed to make such a big profit.

Bai Ling was clearly annoyed by his words and waved her hand, saying, "You can go now. I want to be alone."

After listening to their conversation, Su Qi roughly understood what was going on.

Bai Ling's men sourced a large quantity of substandard yarn, using inferior materials to make a profit.

The sheer fabric rips apart with a single tear...

Wow... In some ways, this is a good thing!

Having made up his mind, Su Qi quietly withdrew.

About half an hour later, Bai Ling, having come up with no other solution, emerged from the warehouse.

Feeling troubled, she didn't take a carriage, but instead walked along the road with her personal maid, enjoying the scenery and thinking of a solution.

Suddenly, she was drawn to a person on a boulder by the roadside.

The man was wearing a mask, sitting cross-legged on a boulder, fishing with a rod in his hand.

She wouldn't be so curious if it were just ordinary fishing.

The key point is that there isn't even a ditch here, so the man just held his fishing rod and cast the line onto the road to fish.

"Miss, is that man a fool?"

Seeing such a bizarre scene, the maid couldn't help but complain.

She thought that Su Qi couldn't hear her because they were so far apart.

Unexpectedly, the moment she finished speaking, Su Qi looked over directly, and with a slight twitch of his fishing rod, the hook flew over as if it had an automatic target acquisition function and snagged the back of her collar.

With a lift, a scream rang out, and the maid was hanging in the air.

"Be careful not to be overheard talking badly about others behind their backs."

The maid was so frightened that she didn't hear a word he said.

Bai Ling was stunned by Su Qi's move and stood there dumbfounded for a long time before she reacted and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Please forgive her, Fairy. She meant no harm. I apologize to you on her behalf."

Su Qi found that she was now being called "Fairy," but she felt no emotion at all.

He didn't speak, but quietly looked at Bai Ling.

At first, Bai Ling was able to meet Su Qi's gaze calmly, but gradually she became a little timid, mistakenly thinking that Su Qi was provoked and wanted to take action.

“Fairy…Fairy, if I offended you just now, I am willing to offer a generous gift to apologize on her behalf.”