Chapter 1590

At that time, the children were still young, and the eldest son, Mu Dongyu, was just in his twenties.

Although he had already started to take over the family business, his abilities were far from matching up.

That battle, Mu Zhentian could be said to have participated for the glory of the family.

If he could return victorious, the Mu family would naturally become more formidable.

But he never expected that he would die in that battle.

At that time, although the Eight Big Families appeared peaceful on the surface, in reality, there was open and covert strife.

The Mu family was also at the edge of danger, and if Mu Zhentian had an accident, the Mu family would have no one to fend off other families.

So, before Mu Zhentian died, he entrusted Baili Yang, asking him to find a way to take care of the children and help stabilize the Mu family.

Baili Yang hesitated repeatedly and finally agreed.

After Mu Zhentian’s death, Baili Yang found the doctor and had himself surgically altered to look like Mu Zhentian.

When he returned to the Mu family, because he and Mu Zhentian were old war buddies and he was familiar with the affairs of the Mu family, no one could see any difference.

Later, he continued using Mu Zhentian’s identity up to now.

Over twenty years have passed, who could have thought that the seemingly peaceful days would come to an end today.

…

After listening to the old man recount those past stories, Ning Anran was thoroughly stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

The old man sat opposite, not disturbing her.

He knew such a crazed thing, no matter who heard it, would find it unbelievable.

Moreover, this was closely related to Ning Anran.

She needed some time to digest all this.

After about ten minutes, Ning Anran seemed to slowly calm down.

She looked at the old man, her voice somewhat trembling: “Then… what about that… that doctor back then?”

The old man pondered for a moment, seeming to wonder why Ning Anran asked this.

He sighed, a little regretfully said: “I once tried to find him, but I heard from others that the doctor had an accident, his house caught fire a few years ago, and no one has seen him since.”

Ning Anran fell into deep thought.

The doctor disappeared just like that, in this matter, proving the old man’s identity as Baili Yang now seemed impossible.

Seeing her say nothing more, he continued: “Recently, a lot has happened in the Mu family, as you just saw.

I fear someone already knows my identity and wants to take the Mu Group back.”

“You mean…

Mr.

Xiaojiu?” Ning Anran asked.

The old man nodded, his gaze drifting to the distance, his voice dark.

“This child, Jiu…

too clever, I don’t know how he found out about these things.”

“I was merely managing the Mu Group on behalf of an old war buddy.

It is only right for the Mu family’s people to want it back.

But…”

He paused, glanced at Ning Anran, and continued:

“But I’m worried about you, I’m afraid in the future, your life may lack security.”

Ning Anran shook her head, lightly said: “No, those are the Mu family’s things, they never belonged to me, I don’t want them.”

The old man frowned slightly, feeling a slight pang of frustration and unease.

Could it truly play out as he feared, that Ning Anran might become uncontrollable?

After all these years, without a foundation of familial affection, trust would be lower.

However, time was running out, he could no longer afford to spend more time cultivating relationships.

“No, I have painstakingly managed the Mu Group for so many years, I can’t let them just take it back so easily.”