Chapter 69: Bai Yuexiang, the Bai Family’s Heiress
Su Keke was inwardly amazed.
Although she didn’t go out much, she had read plenty of books. Phrases like brows like kingfisher feathers, skin like white snow, waist like bound silk, teeth like pearls—this beautiful older sister was no less than what those words described. Her features were exquisitely refined, and very… high-end?
She was the most beautiful woman Su Keke had ever seen.
Su Keke quietly admired her from the corner for a long while.
That beautiful older sister was talking to the man beside her, and even her smile was poised and graceful—truly pleasing to look at.
The man chatting and laughing with her wore a dark red suit. His peach-blossom eyes tilted slightly upward, giving him a naturally flirtatious air. He was also very eye-catching.
Su Keke had seen him before—he was Young Master Qin.
Back then, it was because of him that she had entered the club, met Uncle, and then dealt with that alluring ghost.
“The Qin family and the Bai family!” someone among the guests exclaimed in surprise.
“The Bai family? People from the Bai family are here too? Which ones?”
“There—see that most beautiful woman? That’s Bai Shihua’s daughter, Bai Yuexiang.”
“She’s the Bai Group’s heiress? She really is stunning. But I heard she’s been studying abroad all this time—why did she suddenly come back?”
“Of course she finished her studies. She’ll probably be staying in the capital from now on.”
“So that means, aside from the Tan family, all four of the capital’s great families are gathered.”
“The Bai family doesn’t really count, does it? Only Bai Shihua’s daughter came.”
“Bai Shihua has only this one daughter—his precious jewel. Her attitude absolutely represents President Bai’s.”
“Heh, how could he have only one daughter? Don’t you know Bai Shihua also has an illegitimate son?”
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The arrivals caused quite a stir.
Qin Mochen looked over as well. His gaze swept across the group and paused for a second when it landed on the woman at the back, before he expressionlessly looked away.
He nodded to the guest he had been speaking with and walked toward the leading couple.
“Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law,” Qin Mochen greeted.
“Fourth Brother, you actually came? That’s really rare. I thought you wouldn’t attend this kind of banquet,” the middle-aged man said.
That man was the Qin family patriarch’s second son. He was in business and carried considerable weight in the commercial world. Ten years ago, there had been no place for Qin Mochen in that world—it had been entirely Second Master Qin’s and a few seasoned old foxes’ domain.
Qin Mochen replied, “It depends on the person and the occasion. When Second Brother turns fifty, I’ll definitely come.”
Qin Tianhao laughed in exasperation. “So you won’t come unless it’s my big birthday?”
“Hey, hey, Fourth Uncle, look here, look here! Take a look—what big beauty is this? Hahaha!” Qin Junchi suddenly cut in, frantically winking at his Fourth Uncle, hinting for him to look at the stunning beauty beside him.
Qin Mochen gave him a cool glance, nodded briefly to the woman beside him, then shifted his gaze back to his second brother, Qin Tianhao.
Qin Junchi let out an “Eh?” and was about to say something else when the woman beside him suddenly tugged on his arm.
“Sister Yuexiang?”
Bai Yuexiang gently shook her head at him.
Qin Junchi was puzzled.
He’d been thinking about her constantly when she wasn’t back yet. But now that she had returned, she wouldn’t even give him a pleasant look. Was his Fourth Uncle sick or something…?
Su Keke had been watching from afar. Seeing how familiar Uncle seemed with the leading group, she couldn’t help asking the person beside her, “Are those Uncle’s relatives?”
She turned to look at Wu Zongbai and noticed his expression was a bit strange—part surprise, part something else.
Following his line of sight, Su Keke saw Young Master Qin and the elegant, poised beautiful older sister beside him.
That beautiful sister actually gave her a similar feeling to Uncle—every gesture carried an air of nobility. The difference was that Uncle truly possessed that noble aura, while this beautiful sister did not have Uncle’s overwhelming, commanding presence.
Wu Zongbai snapped back to his senses. “What was it you asked me just now, Miss Su?”
“Assistant Wu, you were actually spacing out—that’s rare. I was asking whether that uncle Uncle is talking to is one of his family members,” Su Keke said.
Wu Zongbai nodded. “Yes.”
He smiled and asked, “Did Miss Su divine that?”
“Reading faces is for discerning temperament and predicting fortune or misfortune, then seeking good luck and avoiding danger. It can’t really be used to identify blood relationships. But feng shui practitioners observe facial features and the Twelve Palaces more carefully than ordinary people. If more than two features are similar, the two are probably blood relatives.”
This kind of similarity wasn’t vague or general. Feng shui masters had much higher standards for similarity and were far more sensitive in observing form.
Su Keke paused, then added, “However, there are exceptions—like when people are clearly related by blood but don’t look alike. In those cases, you judge by their aura. If people live together for a long time, the aura around them will gradually become similar.”
The father and daughter she and Uncle had seen in the villa district last time were exactly like that—their features weren’t similar, but their auras were.
“Conversely, aura can also influence facial features. If auras become similar, their appearances will gradually come to resemble each other. That’s where the saying ‘husband-and-wife look alike’ comes from.”
Husband and wife eat and live together; their auras naturally influence each other. Once the aura changes, facial features subtly change as well.
Wu Zongbai wore an expression of being enlightened.
Su Keke gazed from afar at her uncle, watching him stand with his family, quiet and reserved.
Uncle really didn’t like socializing—he barely said a few words even with his own family.
“By the way, Assistant Wu, why didn’t Uncle come together with his family?” Su Keke asked.
Wu Zongbai explained, “It’s different. Fourth Master is here only representing himself—he and Old Master Xu are friends. But the people who arrived just now represent the families behind them.”
“Do you know all of Uncle’s relatives, Assistant Wu?”
“The leading couple are Fourth Master’s second brother and second sister-in-law—also Young Master Qin’s parents. Second Master is in business and has some dealings with Old Master Xu.
“Right behind them are Fourth Master’s eldest niece and her husband—Eldest Master’s daughter and son-in-law. Eldest Master has only this one daughter. Eldest Master is in politics and rarely attends events like this, so only his daughter and son-in-law came.
“Third Master is in the military and is busy with army affairs. He doesn’t necessarily even return for family gatherings, let alone occasions like this. And Third Master’s son—Second Young Master Qin—has also gone to the army for training, so he didn’t come. As for the remaining one… uh, Second Miss Qin doesn’t like these kinds of events and usually avoids them if she can.”
“And the ones behind them?” Su Keke asked.
“The ones behind—”
Assistant Wu couldn’t help but pause.
Su Keke chuckled mischievously. “So you won’t introduce the ones behind, Assistant Wu? I’ve seen Young Master Qin before, so no need for you to introduce him. But what about that beautiful older sister? I saw you staring at her earlier. With so many young ladies from prominent families here today, she’s the most dazzling one I’ve seen. But unfortunately, Assistant Wu, you don’t have any fate with her—for now.”
Wu Zongbai said awkwardly, “Miss Su is joking. I wouldn’t dare harbor such thoughts about her. I was only looking at her earlier because—”
His words cut off abruptly.
