Taking the bank card from Bei Meiyin’s hand, Liu Zixuan smiled and said, "Wait for me at the entrance for a moment. After I settle the bill, I might need a little favor from you."

"It’s about the Xiumei Group, isn’t it?" Bei Meiyin said with a mysterious smile.

"Do you know something?" Upon hearing those four words, Liu Zixuan immediately furrowed his brows.

"If Xiumei Group weren’t in some trouble, you wouldn’t be asking others for money." Bei Meiyin waved her hand dismissively. "Alright, you go in and pay the bill first, I’ll wait for you in the car."

Liu Zixuan nodded and walked straight inside. Coincidentally, a few beauties had also finished their shopping. Besides their own selections, they also picked some for the folks in Ghost Wood City and Lingxiu Village.

As if nothing had happened, Liu Zixuan walked up to the counter and generously paid the bill.

Watching the numbers quickly diminish, Liu Zixuan thought to himself, either find a reliable housekeeper in the future or earn a fortune so vast it can never be spent, and never recklessly squander money again.

Seeing the excited and happy faces of the beauties, Liu Zixuan walked over and handed them the car keys. "You can drive back yourselves; I have a few things to take care of."

"Didn’t you just complain about being tired? Now that we’re done shopping, you suddenly have something to do?" Bai Jingjing inquired.

Liu Zixuan pointed outside the door. "Meiying is waiting out there!"

"Look, sisters, accompanied us for just a little shopping and he claimed to be tired. Now with another beauty around, he’s full of energy. Shouldn’t we give him a good lesson?" Bai Jingjing teased with a mischievous grin.

Seeing the situation, Liu Zixuan quickly ran outside, jumped into the Maserati, and shouted, "Drive quickly!"

"What’s going on?"

"If we delay, it will be a disaster!"

Seeing his expression, Bei Meiyin beckoned to the other beauties and slammed on the accelerator, roaring away.

About twenty minutes later, the Maserati stopped in front of a coffee shop.

"This little place is uniquely decorated, isn’t it? I don’t remember there being one like it in Celestial Capital before." Liu Zixuan asked as he got out.

"It opened not long ago." Bei Meiyin openly walked up to Liu Zixuan, linked arms with him, and walked in together.

"Sister Ying."

"Sister Meiying."

As soon as they entered, the staff and front desk greeted them, speaking to Bei Meiyin with great respect.

Liu Zixuan scratched his head. "This is your place?"

"Why else would they speak to me like that?"

Bei Meiyin smiled and led Liu Zixuan to the innermost private room and sat down, "What would you like to drink?"

"Black coffee, no milk and no sugar."

"I remember you don’t really like black coffee." Bei Meiyin asked puzzled.

"Sometimes a person needs to taste bitterness." Liu Zixuan smiled meaningfully.

"Then I’ll join you in tasting the bitterness!" Bei Meiyin shrugged and gave the order. Shortly, the waitress brought two cups of black coffee and some desserts.

Once the private room door was closed, Bei Meiyin spoke up, "I just learned today that a batch of antiques was shipped over from Ghost Wood City. According to the accompanying staff, some events have occurred recently in Ghost Wood City’s business world."

"Business world?" Liu Zixuan squinted. "When Wu Mei left, Xiumei Group was almost unrivaled in Ghost Wood City’s business world. Now there are problems in the business world; could it be..."

"You’re right; recently, Xiumei Group’s stock market has been suppressed by two major domestic financial forces. The stock price, which was supposed to soar, ended up hitting limit-down for three days straight."

Bei Meiyin paused, then smiled, "Apparently, the current managers of Xiumei Group don’t quite understand how to operate in the stock market. After the first day’s limit-down, Xiumei Group, relying on its vast financial backing, invested over three billion more. Unexpectedly, this three billion was like a pebble in the water, directly getting trapped by the opponents."

"That can’t be." Liu Zixuan scratched his head. "When Yiyi left, she told me that the people she arranged to manage there were all seasoned business people. They shouldn’t make such a basic mistake."

Bei Meiyin’s expression slightly changed as she leaned forward, "If that’s the case, there’s only one possibility!"

"What possibility?" Liu Zixuan asked.

"The current managers of your company have been bought off." Bei Meiyin said with a serious look.

Liu Zixuan’s mouth twitched a few times, "That would be a major issue."

"Exactly, it’s akin to cutting off your source of revenue." Bei Meiyin spread her hands, "Nowadays, in society, whether it’s higher or lower levels, nothing gets done without money. Cutting off your financial source this aggressively seems to be a direct target at you."

A fleeting sharpness passed through Liu Zixuan’s eyes as he muttered coldly, "Can it be traced which two financial streams they are?"

"It’s difficult, but it can be done. Are you planning a counterattack?" Bei Meiyin probed.

"If I were to counterattack on the stock market, what would I need to do?"

"Money! Not too much, just unite with a listed group, raise more money than those two financial streams, counter-attack them directly, make them incapable of targeting Xiumei Group, and then sell off all the stock that Xiumei Group is holding. With so many capitalists watching, there’s bound to be someone to take over."

"What’s the success rate?" Liu Zixuan asked again. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Bei Meiyin frowned in thought for a moment, "Sixty percent, because we don’t know the opponent’s economic strength yet. If we knew, targeting it specifically, at least an eighty percent success rate."

Being able to become the top in the antique realm, besides the capital left by Young Master Liu, Bei Meiyin must also have her business acumen. Her saying eighty percent, Liu Zixuan felt, could essentially be considered as a hundred percent.

"Then I’ll engage them in a financial war before the year ends!" Liu Zixuan’s lips curled slightly. He lacked no listed group; Zhu Yi over in Ghost Wood City could unquestionably help with this.

Zhu Yi is a wealthy man in both Yuqing City and Ghost Wood City. Borrowing some funds from him to hit the stock market isn’t a problem at all. Besides, once back to Ghost Wood City, would Liu Zixuan worry about money?

In his joy, Liu Zixuan directly held Bei Meiyin’s face and gave her a kiss, "You’re truly my lucky star!"

"I’m just leveraging my experience to assist you." Bei Meiyin blushed and smiled.

This private room was quite unique, the kind where you sit cross-legged on the floor with a low table in front. Liu Zixuan noticed that the table was a bit of an obstacle, so he moved it aside.

But what he didn’t expect was that as soon as the table moved slightly to the left, there was a clicking sound near the left wall.

Then, on the floor next to the wall, a small-sized double bed slowly unfolded...