Chapter 398: The Old Man's Thoughts

Fifteen minutes ago.

Because it was a private luxury cruise ship, there were no so-called tourist rooms; every room was a luxuriously equipped suite.

As a guest of the cruise, Ayasaka Ai arranged rooms for everyone.

Kaguya Sigong's temper was quite fiery, so he was given a room alone, kept at a great distance from others—a room not easy to approach.

The rest of the Kaguya family were arranged in one area, divided into different rooms based on whether they were married.

Of course, the room for Mao Li, who had just become a member of the Kaguya family, was assigned to a different area.

After all, his engagement to the Kaguya family's second Young Lady had been unilaterally canceled, so naturally he had lost any qualification; furthermore, with Mao Li's identity exposed, any hope was gone.

The possibility of marrying Kaguya Xia Jiang had almost been extinguished.

Once they disembarked, they would belong to completely different worlds.

As for Kaguya Xia Jiang, who had arrogantly canceled her own engagement, she was not placed in the area where the Kaguya family stayed, but was assigned a room next to Kaguya Sigong.

However, even though a room had been assigned, Kaguya Xia Jiang still remained in her grandfather's room.

Regarding this, even Kaguya Sigong felt it was strange.

"Xia Jiang, why don't you go back to your room to rest?"

Having just faced the cancellation of the wedding, Xia Jiang should have been very exhausted.

In fact, Kaguya Sigong did not want Xia Jiang to know about such matters, but who could have known things would develop this way?

The final result was that his beloved granddaughter was left so unhappy.

"Grandpa..."

Although she was very unhappy due to the cancellation of her engagement, Kaguya Xia Jiang still carried some unease at that moment.

Especially when she thought of the words that boy left at the very end.

【Remember, it's better to stay with the old man.】

She vaguely felt this was both a reminder and a warning.

Kaguya Xia Jiang instinctively felt it was best not to leave her grandfather's side today, otherwise her grandfather would still face danger.

Clutching her knees with both hands, Kaguya Xia Jiang still did not speak those words.

"I just feel today won't be very quiet; it will be quieter here with Grandpa."

Kaguya Sigong could tell his granddaughter was hiding something from him; he also understood when this reaction of hers began to change: after being called down by the Kaguya family's maid.

"Xia Jiang, did the Kaguya family maid tell you about Mao Li?"

"Yes... or maybe not."

"Hmm, explain in detail."

With nothing else to do, Kaguya Sigong also became interested in this topic.

Kaguya Xia Jiang nodded slightly.

"The Young Lady maid who invited me over to speak is named Ayasaka, but the person she took me to speak with was not that Kaguya Young Lady, but a young man."

"Although that young man did not state his name, the maid's attitude toward him was respectful, and she cooperated with his words, even explaining things to me under his indication."

Kaguya Sigong nodded slightly; he could also see that the young man was special.

Among that group consisting mostly of Young Ladies, only that young man stood out as particularly abrupt.

He actually had impressions of some upper-level Young Masters and Young Ladies; after all, as a businessman, the greatest taboo was encountering key figures without realizing it.

So at the moment of meeting just now, Kaguya Sigong could almost name most of the Young Ladies in that group.

Adding the daughter of the detective Mao Li, almost only that young man was one Kaguya Sigong could not name.

Very abrupt, very conspicuous, yet possessing an indescribable strangeness.

However, considering he did not know everyone, Kaguya Sigong logically and naturally suppressed this strange feeling.

Now, viewing it from his granddaughter's perspective, it could be confirmed that the young man's status should not be low.

"That maid Young Lady told me about Xiao Wu... Mao Li."

"And then about some matters Grandpa has been planning recently."

Kaguya Sigong was not surprised; after all, the fact that he was raising funds was unknown to those few fools, but that did not mean others could not see it.

"The Kaguya family's intelligence channels are indeed very broad; even our Kaguya family's declining family enterprise has been investigated."

Kaguya Sigong truly admired such intelligence management; if he had such intelligence channels, perhaps the Kaguya family would have taken off long ago.

"Indeed, as the other party said, I recently obtained very good intelligence; if operated correctly, perhaps our Kaguya family's situation will be completely reversed."

Kaguya Sigong was very confident about this.

The current problem for the Kaguya conglomerate is a funding issue; actually, as a conglomerate, the Kaguya family still holds many heavy assets, but these heavy assets cannot be easily sold, and there are also many long-term businesses.

Unfortunately, the operation of the entire conglomerate requires sufficient liquid capital.

This is why the Kaguya conglomerate is now heading toward decline.

Therefore, upon learning a piece of news, Kaguya Sigong began operations, selling off many important assets, all for this one gamble, perhaps to win a better sky for his beloved granddaughter.

Thinking of this, Kaguya Sigong looked at his granddaughter like an ordinary elderly person in their twilight years, with kindness.

"Xia Jiang, I have made the decision; from now on, the Kaguya family will be yours alone."