Once, I wanted to be a good person

Thinking this way, Bai Zhi couldn't help but sneak a peek at Bai Ling and then softly asked, "Bai Ling, what do you think of Fang Ze?"

Bai Ling obviously hadn't thought as much as Bai Zhi had; upon hearing Bai Zhi's question, she tilted her head and pondered.

After a moment, she squeezed out a word from her mouth, "Sucker!"

Bai Zhi: ??

With a cheeky smile, Bai Ling said, "I mean, who else would know to repay a loan? Isn't that what a sucker is? All these years, there's been only him."

Bai Zhi: ...

For a moment, Bai Zhi really didn't know how to help Bai Ling rebuild her worldview. She couldn't help but recall the milk tea money she herself owed Bai Ling three months earlier, then reflexively felt for her Space Folding Bag.

Huh?!

Where's my Space Folding Bag?

Where's that big bag?

Bai Zhi frantically lowered her head to search in a flurry.

Bai Ling looked at Bai Zhi curiously, "What's wrong, Sister Bai?"

With an embarrassed face, Bai Zhi stood up and tried to sound nonchalant, "It's nothing, nothing. Just forgot to bring something. I'll probably find it when I get back."

After speaking, Bai Zhi herself felt somewhat strange. Was the way Bai Ling lent money really that mystical?

She did occasionally remember to repay Bai Ling, but every time this happened, strange things would occur, only to go back to normal when she didn't repay the money.

Thinking about it, could the incident in Miaohua City have been caused by Fang Ze's wish to repay his debt?

With this thought, Bai Zhi suddenly felt that Fang Ze, bearing such "pressure" and still repaying his debt, was indeed quite the "sucker"....

While she was thinking this, Bai Ling happily bounced along with her hands behind her back, then, with a cute smile on her face, she added, "But... I like this sucker~"

"Only by doing business with him do I find the thrill of doing business."

"So, I want to do business with him for a lifetime~"

For some reason, hearing Bai Ling's words, Bai Zhi automatically filtered out the word "business."

Her face blushing slightly, she quickly shook her head to disperse her impure thoughts, then began to ponder Bai Ling and Fang Ze's situation.

Truth be told, growing up in a noble family, Bai Zhi had no great pursuit of monogamy. What made her uneasy earlier was because... Fang Ze is a noble, and Bai Ling is a commoner.

The nobility's practice of polygamy applies only to the nobility. Marrying a commoner wouldn't even grant the basic honor.

Moreover, although she didn't know why, the family had always taught that nobles shouldn't marry commoners, there was no future in it. This seemed to stem not just from status concerns, but from other matters...

So, she was quite worried about Bai Ling's future.

Thinking of Bai Ling's family situation, Bai Zhi was also concerned that Bai Ling's father might treat Bai Ling as a tool...

...

Meanwhile, while Bai Zhi and Bai Ling were going to withdraw money, Fang Ze was in his office meeting with a few of his staunch followers from the Security Bureau.

The most curious and concerned about Fang Ze's change in status were they.

After all, Fang Ze was tied to their futures.

Faced with these confidants, Fang Ze wasn't secretive and simply revealed his "identity."

When they learned that Fang Ze was a descendant of the Si Family, now even accepted by the Federation as the Family Head and backup Council Member for Xida State, they were truly shocked!

Although they didn't understand how much a noble family could possess due to the vast gap in their levels, they knew it was beyond their wildest imaginations!

And thinking that they were the first group to follow Fang Ze, his core team, and that Fang Ze intended to rebuild the Si Family and would surely cultivate and rely on them, they were even more excited.

So, they all left with smiles and dreams for the future.

Of course, not everyone was so exuberant. Like... Nan Yi and her group of friends.

Although they were also shocked by Fang Ze's identity, their expressions were filled with worry throughout the conversation.

Clearly, the predicaments facing their hometown, Miaohua City, were dampening their joy.

During the conversation, several of them wanted to ask Fang Ze about Miaohua City, but in the end, they didn't.

Fang Ze watched them silently throughout and didn't say much. But after they left, he gazed deeply out the window, in the direction of Miaohua City...

....

A day passed quickly.

Fang Ze was very busy. In addition to handling official duties, he had also met with the heads of various divisions of the Security Bureau that day.

Whether they were from the Noble Faction, the Commoner Faction, or the Neutral Faction, they all found various reasons to visit Fang Ze's office.

With such a great difference in status, factional affiliation didn't matter as much anymore.

Everyone knew that once favored by Fang Ze, they might also soar to the heights, rocketing to success.

This gave Fang Ze some personal insight into politics...

In the evening, after work, Fang Ze called the butler assigned to him by the Federation, and soon, a luxury car arrived at the entrance of the Security Bureau.

The butler wanted to send over the entire motorcade, but Fang Ze declined. Having come from a commoner background in both his lives, he truly wasn't accustomed to such fanfare.