Ye Yuan thought about it.
If the Xu Family wanted to fight for the salvage rights this time, it should not have been so difficult.
Yet judging from today's outcome, things were extremely unfavorable for Xu Hang.
Ye Yuan did not believe Old Xu was so ineffective that he could not even secure a single round of salvage rights.
The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed.
Given Old Xu's influence at sea, he should not have had to compromise over such a trivial matter, right?
Had Old Xu compromised?
Or was the other family truly that powerful?
So powerful that even Old Xu had to be wary of them?
Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Xu Hang was briefly stunned before bursting into laughter.
"What nonsense is going through that head of yours?"
Xu Hang's laughter genuinely left Ye Yuan a little bewildered.
"Alright, it's not exactly a secret. I'll tell you about it."
Over the next ten-odd minutes, Xu Hang explained the relationship between Young Man Huang and his own family.
Once Xu Hang laid out the connections between them—
Ye Yuan was completely dumbfounded.
"You're not making up a story for me, are you?
Why does this sound like a modern version of Empresses in the Palace?"
It was no wonder Ye Yuan asked.
That was because he had learned from Xu Hang—
Young Man Huang's biological uncle, Huang Guitian, had once been Old Xu's secretary.
Fu Zhong had only taken over the position of Old Xu's secretary after Huang Guitian.
"You mean that guy's uncle actually used to hold Uncle Fu's position?"
Ye Yuan asked in disbelief.
"Yeah. Now you understand the relationship between us, right?"
Xu Hang said with a smile.
"Then you should be pretty close, shouldn't you?
Why does your relationship with Captain