Dragon King Palace: Urban Affluent Son-in-Law-Chapter 1232: Call from the Capital City!

Capital City, outside the Fourth Ring.

In a certain private villa.

Unlike any other city in the country, in the Capital City, although land becomes more expensive as it gets closer to the city center, and the people living there become more noble.

But as this has always been the ancient capital of the Imperial Dynasty, simplicity is fashionable, so the true top families within the Third and Second Rings still choose courtyard houses and old alleyways for their residences.

Firstly, for the sake of legitimate heritage, and secondly, as a matter of status.

The saying goes that the greatest secrets are hidden in plain sight, and that's exactly the case.

Therefore, those living outside the Fourth Ring, although many are wealthy, are certainly of a lower status compared to those lowkey, historical Gate Valve families within the Second and Third Rings.

But there's a saying: "Even in the Prime Minister's house, there are seventh-grade officials." Even though small families hold a low status in the Capital City, compared to other provinces and cities across the country, they are still a cut above and even rank above most top-tier families in other regional provinces.

At this moment, inside the villa, in a large bedroom.

The lights had already gone out, and the couple in bed had been soundly asleep.

Suddenly, the female owner, stirred by some nightmare, sat up abruptly, exclaiming, "Xiao Kai!!!"

Her face was pale as a sheet, drenched in cold sweat, her hands and feet trembling.

"What's wrong?"

Awoken by this ghostly scream in the middle of the night, the male owner naturally sat up, irritably: "What are you yelling for? Trying to scare someone to death?"

"Liansheng, I had a dream, dreamed that our son was... was killed in Jiangdong!!" The female owner spoke with difficulty.

She didn't know if it was a mother's intuition or some spiritual connection, it just felt so real in the dream, so vivid that she felt she was there.

"What nonsense are you talking about? In mere Jiangdong, who dares to touch our son? Do they think my name, Lin Liansheng, is for nothing?" the male owner said discontentedly.

His name was Lin Liansheng, the heir presumptive of this generation of the Lin Family.

The Lin Family traced its heritage back from the distant history of China, supposedly all the way to the Warring States period, with their ancestor being Lin Xiangru, a minister of the Zhao family!

However, so many years on, the descendants of the family had shown little ambition, muddling along neither high nor low, and now they had fallen beyond the third-tier of aristocracy in the Capital City.

But still, as the saying goes, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse; the Lin Family is still held in high regard when outside the province.

"I don't know either, never had such a dream before!" said the female owner, Ai Sichun, Lin Zekai's mother.

"Speaking of which, why hasn't our son come back from Jiangdong yet? There's been no word, what is that old man Baili Xi up to?" Ai Sichun frowned.

"Do you even need to ask? He's probably just having our son stay a few more days. After all, our son went there for the marriage proposal, and it was the old man himself who suggested this union. He's sure to take good care of our son, so spare yourself the worry," Lin Liansheng lay back down, saying coolly.

"No! I can't rest easy, I must find out the truth!"

Without waiting for a reply, Ai Sichun flung off the covers, barefooted, getting up to grab the phone.

"Hold on!"

Lin Liansheng, stern-faced, said, "Give the phone to me. If anyone should make the call, it should be me. You, a woman calling someone this late, what propriety is that?"

Ai Sichun had no choice but to bring over the cordless phone from the bedroom, one used to contact less important people.

People like them, with a sense of superiority, distinguished quite clearly between who they contacted with which phone: whether it's family, outsiders, someone they need to curry favor with, or look down upon.

Baili Xi was clearly someone they didn't see worthy of proper regard.

Truth be told, it was only through chance that Baili Xi proposed the union, and if their son hadn't really fallen for his granddaughter, Baili Xiyue, at first glance, the couple really wouldn't have agreed!

They believed the Baili Family was reaching beyond their status, an ill-suited match.

But unable to resist Lin Zekai's fondness, and his few tantrums at home, the couple, who doted on their son, had no choice but to let him be.

Since they were inwardly dissatisfied, they hadn't accompanied Lin Zekai to Jiangdong, suspecting he might have just taken a liking to Baili Xiyue's name, as if it were just a game — would he really marry her?

When the novelty wore off, breaking off the engagement wouldn't be an issue, and the Baili Family couldn't do anything about it.

However, sensing something amiss now, the couple had no choice but to call Baili Xi, who never mattered to them.

...

At this moment, Baili Xi himself had also slept.

Elders do love their sleep, and Baili Xi always maintained good sleep and health habits, so being disturbed in the middle of the night was a first.

But, knowing only a few people could get through on this private line, he picked it up nonetheless.

He saw it was a call from the Capital City!

Could it be that Lin Zekai finally returned to lodge a complaint, bringing a confrontation from that side?

"Hello, this is Baili Xi." Baili Xi was mentally prepared. If the Lin Family really pressed their case, he wouldn't mind using the entire Baili Family as leverage!

"It's me! Heh, Old Man, have you gone to bed? Sorry to disturb you — how's my son doing over there with you?"

Lin Liansheng, at least, upheld basic decorum, considering the families were already nominally "in-laws."

Baili Xi was momentarily taken aback. Of course, he recognized it was Lin Liansheng on the other end, but what did he mean by asking if his son was still there? Could it be that Lin Zekai hadn't returned, and the Lin Family wasn't aware of what had transpired here?

"Liansheng, your son Zekai isn't with us anymore, he left yesterday. Hasn't he returned to the Capital?" Baili Xi's tone was tepid.

"What?"

This was Ai Sichun's voice, raised in alarm from the background!

Lin Liansheng immediately subdued her and then, frowning somewhat, asked, "Old Baili, what do you mean by that? My son went over at your invitation to get engaged, how could he have left already yesterday? Didn't you fulfill your host duties?"

"Liansheng, that's where you're wrong. It's not that I didn't want him to stay; your son slammed the door on his own and left. He also left some harsh words for our Baili Family. I've done all I could." Baili Xi snorted coldly. Since this was the showdown, he had nothing more to hide, speaking the truth.

"What? My son slammed the door and left? What exactly happened? Could it be he was deeply dissatisfied with your granddaughter? Or did your Baili Family fail to meet some of his demands?" Lin Liansheng's tone also turned harsh, asking coldly.

"That wasn't the case. As for satisfaction, your son was naturally very satisfied with my granddaughter. Unfortunately, my granddaughter had no interest in him; I believe a forced marriage wouldn't bring happiness, so I didn't press the matter."

Here, Baili Xi intentionally concealed the fact that Baili Xiyue was pregnant and had brought her love back home, after all, it was a family issue, there was no need to let outsiders in on it.

"What did you say? Baili Xi, you old dog, what makes your Baili Family think you're so special?!"

On the other end, Ai Sichun could finally bear it no longer, grabbed the phone, and shouted angrily, "My son fancying your granddaughter is a fortune your Baili Family isn't worthy of!! And that little tramp dared to defy? She's shameless, denying a face given to her, isn't she?!"