Chapter 584: The Ugly Person
The Bist Family estate belonged to one of the most influential and wealthy families on Earth. A family like that should have had a constant stream of visitors, a magnificent residence, and countless servants ready to answer every call. Yet when Xiao Ran stepped into the estate, he found that it was nothing like that.
The area had already become sparsely populated more than ten kilometers from the Bist estate. Closer in, long barbed-wire fences had been erected, and along the way he had spotted no fewer than fifteen fortifications. Once they entered the core territory entirely belonging to the Bist Family, a building appeared before Xiao Ran that was less a luxurious mansion than a fully secured military base.
Compared to where Cardias lived on the moon, the security around this core Bist Family estate was unimaginably strict. Even the enormous central courtyard where the Bist Family lived was practically deserted. Other than a few people standing outside the main building—people who clearly seemed to be there solely to receive guests and did not fit the surroundings at all—there was hardly anyone doing anything other than patrolling.
The gardens and the exterior walls of the main building were clean and immaculate, and the vegetation in the gardens had been trimmed neatly. Yet the fully armed guards patrolling the perimeter gave the grounds an entirely different atmosphere.
Perhaps noticing Xiao Ran's surprise, Cardias calmly glanced out the car window and said, "My grandfather is getting old, so he does things others find difficult to understand. For example, he has essentially turned this place into a heavily protected fortress. Even I disliked this oppressive place, which was why I chose to go to the moon. I'm sorry. I hope this doesn't cause you any unnecessary discomfort."