Chapter 100: Was It You Who Hid That Female?
Leon Grey had long known they would come looking for him. He had brewed a pot of tea that afternoon and was waiting. Now, seeing Kleiss arrive, he leisurely poured him a cup, handed it over, and said calmly, "What are you talking about? What have I done? Don’t be so hasty. Have a cup of tea to calm your nerves."
Kleiss took it and drank a large gulp. BAM! He slammed the cup on the table and huffed coldly. "You knew I was looking for that female, yet you fed me false information while you secretly hid her away yourself!"
Leon Grey put on an exaggerated expression and proclaimed his innocence. "Now you’re really wronging me. The information I gave you was one hundred percent true, the genuine article. Did you not find her residence? Or was her usual route incorrect?"
Kleiss: "..."
He ground his back teeth. Yes, the information he’d provided was all correct, but he had hidden the person away! What good was more real information if the person wasn’t there?!
’I can’t believe Leon Grey has only been on Blue Star for a few short years, yet he’s become even more difficult to deal with than on the Main Star.’
Kleiss said in a low voice, "Cut the crap. Hand over that female now!"
Leon Grey looked utterly astonished. "What female? There are no females here. You’ve come to the wrong place if you’re looking for a female."
Kleiss shot back, "Leon Grey, stop pretending! I’ve already investigated! Lila Grey is good friends with that female. She went to the female’s house today, and then the female disappeared. What’s more, Shen Fei was on your private Starship today. If you didn’t hide her, why would you be using your private Starship?"
Leon Grey sighed. "You truly have me wrong. You know I run an auction house. Today, I received a report from a subordinate about the discovery of a new Crystal Stone. Since it was a matter of great importance, I made a special trip myself. If you don’t believe me, I can show you the Crystal Stone I brought back today and its analysis report. If you still don’t believe me, you can ask the people at the analysis agency. You should be able to find evidence of my visit."
Kleiss sneered, "What a coincidence that you went today of all days. So many people came from the Main Star today. I don’t believe for a second that your Grey Family isn’t interested in her."
Leon Grey spread his hands and uttered a classic line used by scumbags, "If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do."
Kleiss threatened, "Leon Grey, if you’re going to be like this, then don’t blame me for reporting this to the family head. I don’t think your Grey Family wants to completely fall out with the Lin Family, do you?"
Leon Grey said righteously, "The main thing is, I really didn’t hide her. You can investigate all you want. If you find her, you can report it or take her away, I won’t stop you. You can’t just assume I hid someone because Xiao Yu is on good terms with that female. That’s not conducive to friendly relations between the families."
Seeing Leon Grey’s attitude, Kleiss suddenly grew a little suspicious. ’Could it be that this really is a misunderstanding?’
But they had used every method at their disposal, checking recent Hovercars, Starships, and all other forms of transportation, and found no trace of the female. It was as if she had vanished into thin air.
He had even made some special inquiries about it. It wasn’t just them; none of the other families had found her either.
He even heard that Rodmond and Master Wu had joined forces to find her, but they still couldn’t locate her.
’If he couldn’t find her, it might be because another family got to her first. But for so many families from the Main Star to come up empty-handed... that’s a bit strange.’
’It would be unbelievable if she wasn’t deliberately hidden.’
But Leon Grey just had that look of ’go ahead and check, my conscience is clear.’
Kleiss looked at him suspiciously. "You really didn’t hide her?"
Just then, Rodmond and Master Wu also arrived.
Master Wu called out, "Kleiss, so you’re here."
Kleiss said, "Master Wu, Chief Luo, you’re here too."
Rodmond smiled helplessly. "We had no choice. The last lead suggested that Mr. Grey might have hidden the female, so we had to come and ask."
Leon Grey said, "I just finished explaining to Kleiss. I just happened to be picking up a Crystal Stone. I have witnesses."
Rodmond said with a smile, "Then would you please explain, Mr. Grey, why someone saw Bai Cixing come looking for you before she disappeared?"
Leon Grey explained with perfect composure, "She did indeed come to see me. She said she just wanted to be an ordinary person and live a quiet life. There were too many of you, and she was a little scared. She hoped I could help her, but I refused. You can check my surveillance records here. She left very quickly."
Leon Grey handled all of their questions with ease.
They had no concrete evidence that Leon Grey had hidden Bai Zhi. On the contrary, for everything they brought up, he had evidence proving the person wasn’t with him, which made it difficult for them to make a move.
In the end, they all started contacting their respective family heads on the Main Star.
Although Leon Grey was not the head of the Grey Family, the Grey Family Master was his biological older brother. If they wanted to move against him without concrete evidence, it would cause unnecessary trouble.
But right now, the most likely place Bai Zhi could be hidden was with the Grey Family.
And only Leon Grey had the ability to hide someone in such a short amount of time, leaving them completely unable to find her, without even a shred of evidence.
And yet, there was nothing they could do about him.
After all, Blue Star wasn’t their home turf, but it was Leon Grey’s.
They could only hope their family heads could get the Grey Family Master to step in and make Leon Grey hand her over.
Meanwhile, someone else was taking the opposite approach.
Olay burst into the place where Zelda was. "Was it you? Did you hide that female?"
Zelda was in the middle of giving orders to his subordinates. Hearing Olay’s accusation, he frowned and said, "What’s wrong with you?"
Olay narrowed his eyes and walked toward him step by step. "I knew it. Why else would you suddenly appear there and get out of your vehicle so readily? In the past, you would have just run me over. Why would you get out specifically to greet me? I was even misled by you, thinking you really got out to gather information."
"But then I thought about it carefully. The Eldest Prince has been trying to win you over for a long time now, it’s impossible you don’t know that. The only reason you would have gotten out of your vehicle is because there was someone inside. You had a guilty conscience and were worried I’d keep chasing you, so you deliberately got out to put on a show."
Olay sized him up and asked unhurriedly, "You’re in such a hurry to give orders to your men. Where are you planning to go? To find that female?"
Zelda scoffed, "You have a very active imagination, but unfortunately, you’ve guessed wrong. I’m returning to the Main Star. Since I haven’t found her, I have no time to waste here."
Then he continued instructing his subordinates, "If you still haven’t found her in three days, return to the Main Star."
With that said, he moved to walk past Olay and leave.
However, as he was passing Olay, Olay suddenly grabbed Zelda.