Chapter 1375 — Probing Fact and Fiction
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Pi Zhifeng was a calculating man, for otherwise he could never have become the first heir of the Pi family. In his view, what the Xiao family had done was indeed infuriating, yet this was no time for the Pi family to cast the Xiaos aside. If they truly washed their hands of them now that trouble had come, word would spread, and it would gravely damage the Pi family's reputation!
When men risk their lives for you and you abandon them the moment disaster strikes, who will ever risk his life for you again? With its name ruined, the Pi family could forget about ever scooping up money in the secular world again. Pi Zhifeng would never do anything to chill the Xiaos' hearts.
"Hehe, elder brother, you worry too much. How could Young Master Pi be that sort of man? If he meant to abandon us, Young Master Pi would not be sitting here at all!" Xiao Ben laughed, deftly paying Pi Zhifeng a compliment. Brothers for so many years, he and Xiao Ji worked together in perfect accord, singing in duet to bind the Pi family and the Xiao family together once more.
How could Pi Zhifeng fail to see through the Xiao brothers' intent? He simply chose not to expose it, and only smiled faintly. "Still, that Er Goudan is truly not to be provoked. Keep your distance from him from now on, do not take the initiative to provoke him, and stop thinking of moving against the Gu family. All in all, our Pi family has lost men too, so this grudge is settled. This trouble was stirred up by Jin Wudi and has little to do with us. If we do not go courting trouble, Wei Zhao should not come looking for us again!"
"True enough." Xiao Ji nodded. This time he dared harbor no further schemes. Even the Pi family had bowed its head, so how many heads did he, Xiao Ji, have to lose?
"In short, be careful in business from now on. With your Xiao family's influence in the secular world and our Pi family's name, you can make money without doing anything illegal. Put crooked ideas out of your minds. Just look at the Yu family, is their business not thriving?" Pi Zhifeng made his own position plain.
Though the noble houses stood outside the rules, Pi Zhifeng wanted no more trouble, especially with unstable factors like Wei Zhao and Er Goudan about. If they were provoked into fury, the loss would outweigh the gain.
"Yes! Young Master Pi teaches us well." Xiao Ben nodded repeatedly. "From now on we will look into some proper business to pursue."
"Good that you understand. Then I will be going back. In a few days the Pi family will send you another skilled man to hold the fort, but I will keep him in check. He may act only when business is threatened and only after reporting to the Pi family for approval. As for management, he is strictly forbidden to take part!" Pi Zhifeng said.
Though the Pi family had no shortage of skilled men, it could not stand such attrition. If this next one were beaten to death as well, the Pi family's losses would truly be great.
"Well... Young Master Pi, this time could you send us an Earth Rank fighter..." Seeing those Earth Rank fighters, Xiao Ji felt an itch in his heart. If the Xiao family had an Earth Rank fighter, it would surpass even the Yu family, and at the coming Noble Houses Assembly it might rise in one stroke to become the foremost house!
Many men are like this, never knowing contentment. A moment ago Xiao Ji had only been praying the Pi family would not abandon the Xiaos, and in the blink of an eye he was already asking for a mightier fighter to guard them.