Once, I wanted to be a good person

Chapter 251 43. The truth about the whole incident! (10,000 characters plea for subscription!) _2

Bai Zhi spread her hands and said with a very normal expression, "Right. She definitely aims at us."

"Because she is part of the Commoner Faction, while I belong to the Noble Faction."

"If not against me, then against whom?"

"As for you, since I brought you in, she naturally considers you as part of my faction," she continued.

At that moment, Fang Ze realized: My god, am I actually the villain here? No, that's not right. I, a person from a poor district, am part of the Noble Faction?

Bai Zhi paused, then said, "Don't forget what I've told you. Each of the three major nobles has its own base of support."

"They have their traditional spheres of influence."

"And our Bai Family's base is the Security Bureau."

"My grandfather was the first Chairperson of the State Council of Xida State, and also the first head of the Security Bureau. That's why most of his former students and officials are in the Security Bureau."

"Like the current State Security Bureau, its director was personally promoted by my grandfather and among the four deputy directors, two are from our Bai Family."

"And in other major cities' security bureaus, there are many of our family members, or those affiliated with our family, as directors or deputy directors."

"Therefore, as a thorn in He Weidao's side, Qingping naturally dislikes us and creates various troubles," she explained.

"Even when we face Jiang Cheng, she would take his side."

"Because for her, Jiang Cheng's matters are not within her duties. Others handle them."

"And her primary enemy is... us," Bai Zhi stated.

"She wants to undermine the Bai Family's prestige within the Security Bureau, eliminate our influence, support Commoner Faction directors, and gradually devour the Security Bureau."

She continued, "This is also why it's been so difficult to appoint a director for the Emerald City Security Bureau. Because... the struggle at the top isn't over yet."

"So... taking advantage of the Jiang Family's power to suppress us, or to create some rifts between the two major nobles, is worth it for her," she added.

"I can only say, from my understanding of my grandfather, the Jiang Family must have presented some very justifiable reasons that turned a major issue into a minor one."

"Thus my grandfather gave up on pursuing it."

Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Fang Ze paused momentarily, recalling the information he had obtained from Hua Jian and Qiu Yue.

'Could it be... the secret of the Flower Morning Festival?'

'Did the Jiang Family use the Flower Morning Festival's secret as a facade? Claiming their actions were to gain trust from those factions, to uncover the Flower Morning Festival's secret?'

The more Fang Ze thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

After all, if the secret of the Flower Morning Festival was significant enough, then that would indeed be a very legitimate reason.

'What a strategy... they even prepared an exit strategy in advance?'

Fang Ze cursed silently. Then he heard Bai Zhi say, "However, even though the three parties reached an agreement on this matter."

"It doesn't mean that the Commoner Faction, led by He Weidao, will give up on continuing to encroach upon the Jiang Family."

"So... if you want, you can totally 'borrow' their power," she suggested.

"I believe, they will be very interested, and willing to cooperate with you."

"And if you want to contact them, it's very simple, just directly find Gu Qing or Xun Yi if there's a problem," she advised.

Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Fang Ze's expression turned a bit strange.

He said, "Do you know why I was able to rush over so promptly today?"

As expected, hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi paused.

"Isn't it because you heard that big shots from the state were coming?"

At this, she paused again, then said, "No, that's not right. Although you could know about the big shots coming, you wouldn't know the content of the meeting, so you shouldn't have come to save the situation."

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