118: After seventy years, the master of Shanghai has returned!

"What?!"

Patriarch Li suddenly stood up from the armchair, his eyes filled with shock. The teacup in his hand clattered to the ground and shattered into pieces.

He roared into the phone, "What did you say? Vault No. 001 has been opened? Is this news true?"

"It's true! Absolutely true!"

The secretary quickly nodded, "Manager Wang from the Vault reported it personally. He said a young man went inside!"

"Prepare the car! Prepare the car immediately! Go to the Modu Vault at the fastest speed possible! If we're even one step late, our Li Family is finished!!!" Patriarch Li shouted.

Li Feiyu frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Dad, it's just a vault. Is there any need to rush like this?"

Gao Yuyan chimed in, "Exactly. What does this have to do with our Li Family?"

The couple found it strange; they had never seen the usually composed Patriarch Li lose his composure like this.

"What do you know!"

Patriarch Li turned around, his gaze sharp as a knife.

"Only the Patriarchs of the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates know the secret behind Vault No. 001!"

"That was where the Lu Family stored their core secrets back then!"

"The Lu Family once dominated Modu. The so-called Ten Great Financial Conglomerates were merely vassals of the Lu Family!"

He took a deep breath, his voice trembling.

"Seventy years ago, the Lu Family suddenly vanished, and Vault No. 001 was sealed away."

"Now that the Vault has been opened, it means that after seventy years, the Lu Family's heir has returned!"

"The master of our Li Family..."

"No, the master of the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates!"

"The true master of Modu has returned!!!"

...Meanwhile.

Similar events were occurring in every corner of Modu.

Patriarch Chen smashed his video communication device and roared, "Prepare the private jet, head to the Modu Vault!"

Patriarch Xu ripped out his IV drip and angrily scolded the doctor, "Don't stop me! The matter at the Modu Vault is bigger than life itself!"

Patriarch Sun overturned the negotiating table and slammed the door shut, "Cooperation is terminated! I need to go meet Modu's new master!"

RUMBLE!

Private jets took off one after another!

Luxury cars sped along!

Siren sounds pierced the night sky!

"Look quickly! Isn't that the Chen Family's private jet? Why is it taking off at this hour?"

The street vendor put down his wok, pointed at the plane in the sky, and was full of shock.

"It's not just that! Look over there—it's the Xu Family's motorcade! They even have escorts clearing the way!"

The office worker, recording with his phone, his voice trembling, asked, "Usually, it's hard for these big shots to even show their faces. Why are they all moving today? Where are they going?"

"I just saw Patriarch Sun in the CBD! He immediately flipped the negotiation table, ignored a major contract worth tens of billions, got in his car, and drove east!"

An old man walking his dog stroked his beard, his expression solemn.

"Isn't the east the direction of the Modu Vault? Did something major happen at the Vault? If it's enough to make the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates rush like this, it must be a world-shattering event!"

Discussions rose and fell. Passersby stopped one after another, looking in the direction where the conglomerates' motorcades disappeared, filled with confusion and shock.

Tonight!

The masters of the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates abandoned their power, cast aside their profits, and disregarded their safety... simply because Vault No. 001 had been opened.

Simply because this city had welcomed its new master!

...On the other side.

Inside the secret room of Vault No. 001 at the Modu Vault.

Yue Xiaofei still didn't know that his arrival had stirred up a storm in the outside world.

"Miss Bai, this deed is seventy years old. Is it still valid? Does No. 1 Xiafei Road really still belong to the Lu Family?"

Yue Xiaofei held the yellowed deed and couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, no one dares touch anything belonging to the Lu Family!"

As the eldest daughter of the Bai Family, Bai Bing knew far more about these secrets than Lin Xiaolu did.

She explained, "Although the Lu Family vanished, the villa at No. 1 Xiafei Road has always been managed by a professional team."

"Because that is the famous Lu Mansion. It's not only where your grandmother lived as a child, but it was also the center of power in Modu."

"The Lu Mansion back then was much grander than the current estates of the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates. The people who visited were either military and political dignitaries or academic giants; they were all scholars and no common folk."

"As for the Lu Family's power..."

"Do you know how many resources the Ten Great Financial Conglomerates control in Modu combined today? Real estate, finance, entertainment, shipping..."

"But back then, these industries were all subsidiaries of the Lu Family!"

"Even the Qing Alliance, which throws its weight around now, was only responsible for guarding territory under the Lu Family back then!"

..."That powerful?"

Yue Xiaofei was greatly astonished.

He never imagined that his grandmother... the old woman who always wore a simple qipao and knitted sweaters in their small Jiangcheng house... was actually a major figure who once dominated Modu!

"Wait a minute! If Grandma was the daughter of a financial conglomerate, why did she marry my grandfather?"

"And later, why did she live in seclusion in Jiangcheng, willing to live a simple, poor life?"

"What secret is hidden behind all this?"

Yue Xiaofei's heart was full of mysteries.

Bai Bing patted his shoulder, "Now is not the time to dwell on this. The jinling pagoda still has four levels. Perhaps the contents of the other levels can give you the answers."

"Mm."

Yue Xiaofei nodded and immediately opened the second drawer.

However, the next moment!

When he clearly saw the contents inside, he frowned tightly, revealing a perplexed expression.

"Oh my god!"

Bai Bing widened her beautiful eyes, reacting opposite to him, as if she had seen some rare treasure, and couldn't help but gasp:

"I didn't see wrong, did I? This... this is actually—"