Chapter 845: Who will be his benefactor?
"I only have one thing I'm worried about right now."
Xiao He said, putting down his chopsticks as his expression finally grew somewhat grave.
"After boarding the ship, I secretly searched every corner. I didn't find any pregnant women, nor were there any large groups of women in abnormal states."
The group, who had been discussing, fell silent.
Once they understood the implication of Xiao He's words, Liu Rulan was shocked: "You mean they haven't boarded the ship yet?"
"Yes, that's highly likely, and it's the thing I'm most worried about."
Xiao He nodded.
"After I won the game at the casino, Bao Wenqi tried to curry favor with me and secretly revealed a lot of information. It's said that this batch of 'Fortune Beads' was supposed to be available to the first group of guests early this morning, but because the Japanese people lost something on the ship tonight, a large-scale search was conducted. Their master recalculated the time and delayed it by more than two hours."
Hearing Xiao He's words, everyone looked grave.
"The problem I'm very worried about now is, if they were sent by other ships, will they be picked up by ships again?"
Although this topic was very heavy, Xiao He continued, "Once they are picked up by a ship, things will be terrible. This is the High Seas. They could very likely come from other regions and return to other places. By then, even if we notify the Police, it's very likely we won't be able to recover the people."
This was a very serious matter.
If there were truly victims, they absolutely could not sit idly by, but in the vast High Seas, they had no way to rescue the people.
Unless...
Xiao He took a deep breath.
"Perhaps we should—"
Before he could finish, a knock sounded on their private room door.
Everyone immediately fell silent.
When the person outside knocked on the door again, a young voice said uncertainly: "Sorry to disturb you."
Then someone pushed open the door to their private room.
—It was someone from the Bao Family.
Bao Wenyu.
The same person who acted as a free tour guide for Xiao He when he first boarded the ship.
Although Xiao He felt the other person had some small cleverness and not very high emotional intelligence, he was generally considered a good person in the Bao Family, so Xiao He gave Bao Wenyu a warmer reception.
He just didn't expect this person to act so quickly; as soon as he heard the news, he ran over to find him.
Xiao He pondered, maintaining a calm expression on the surface as he greeted him and invited Bao Wenyu to sit.
But Bao Wenyu stood at the door, hesitating for a long time, before asking Xiao He: "I heard Brother Xiao managed to get a spot for a Fortune Bead from my fourth brother just now?"
"Yes."
Xiao He immediately understood that he was also here for this matter. His attitude became increasingly inscrutable as he sized up the person in front of him, then asked coldly: "Why? Are you also {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} interested in the Fortune Beads of your Bao Family? You should be able to get a spot from your family yourself, right?"
"Ah, that's naturally not it, not it, I couldn't possibly—"
Bao Wenyu waved his hands repeatedly, then whispered to remind Xiao He: "These Fortune Beads this time are not managed by our Bao Family, but were planned and handled by my eldest brother, Bao Wenyin, so I don't know too clearly, and I'm not qualified to pay attention to these matters."
Bao Xingsheng was fond of Feng Shui and metaphysics, and was superstitious. The overall atmosphere of the Bao Family naturally followed the trend, and even the younger generation was more superstitious and more prone to believing these things than their peers.
However, there was naturally a hierarchy of contempt within this, such as between the legitimate sons and the illegitimate sons; the educational relationship and daily contact between them were completely different.
Just like Bao Wenqi and Bao Wenyin, they were both legitimate sons who followed the main family all year round, so they received more influence.
Therefore, in order to please their father and obtain more power and support, they naturally went all out to please Bao Xingsheng, scouring for all kinds of superstitious things and Feng Shui masters to help maintain longevity or continue the family's prosperity.
On the contrary, illegitimate sons like Bao Wenyu, because they were not qualified to sit at the table, mostly just watched from the sidelines.
So now that Bao Xingsheng was older, he didn't handle these matters himself, and more of the dirty work was done by Bao Wenyin instead.
And as for this person Bao Wenyin, to be honest, Xiao He thought he was just as stupid and equally bad as Bao Wenqi and the other heirs of the Bao Family.
He even sometimes suspected that Bao Xingsheng saw that these descendants had absolutely no ability and could not support the Bao Family's reputation, which was why he was so anxious to find masters to tell fortunes or help change fate charts to boost the Bao Family's luck...
As the first child and the first heir to the Bao Family, Bao Wenyin's status should have been stable. He only needed to endure, not do anything stupid or wrong these years, and then when the old man closed his eyes and kicked the bucket, wouldn't his good days arrive?
But instead, in order to please his father, he got involved in these metaphysical, shady affairs, most of which were evil and crooked.
And Bao Xingsheng, for his part, mostly turned a blind eye. After all, he had many children; wouldn't letting one Bao Wenyin bear this bad karma be another kind of good thing?
So what Bao Wenyin didn't know was that the more deeply he got involved in Feng Shui and metaphysics to please his father, the more easily he placed himself in a dispensable position that could be replaced at any time. In Bao Xingsheng's heart, he could never be the first heir.
The others in the Bao Family knew this principle, but no one pointed it out; they just let Bao Wenyin walk toward his own destruction.
Originally, Bao Wenyu didn't want to care either.
He just didn't expect Xiao He to be so capable, winning a spot for a Fortune Bead from Bao Wenqi in the casino.
For some reason, the moment he heard the news, Bao Wenyu didn't hesitate much and rushed over.
"Brother Xiao, I heard that in a while..."
Bao Wenyu hesitated to speak.
After the brief contact before, his intuition told him that the young man in front of him was definitely not simple.
Later, in the casino, Xiao He only made a slight move and bankrupted the working capital of several senior gamblers in the high-level casino, sweeping the gambling table and winning hundreds of millions in chips in just over an hour.
Bao Wenyu understood that his guess was correct.
And to him, this matter might be an opportunity.
Bao Wenyu looked at the person in front of him, his thoughts racing.
Perhaps because his mediocrity made him more suitable for approaching Xiao He to inquire about news, before boarding the ship this time, he finally saw his father, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and heard some of the master's fortune-telling evaluation of Xiao He from him.
Coincidentally, before boarding the ship this time, his mother also found a master to cast a fortune for him, saying that he would meet a nobleman this time.
Could there be a connection between the two?
Could his nobleman be the person in front of him?