After leaving the dessert shop, Souren Manranyama immediately called the head butler of the Manranyama family.

He was one of the few people close to Souren Manranyama in the Manranyama family.

It could be said that Souren Manranyama was raised by this head butler since childhood.

"Master Ryusho... it's me." (Souren Manranyama)

After the call was connected, Souren Manranyama hesitated before speaking.

After being expelled from the Manranyama family, she had not been in contact with anyone from the family.

The head butler was also surprised to receive a call from Souren Manranyama, as they had not seen each other for a long time, and exchanged pleasantries.

Subsequently, Souren Manranyama went straight to the point with Ryusho butler to confirm the information from the message.

Unfortunately, all the information was true.

By unknown means, Bai Yaxin made a transfer of half of the total value of the Manranyama consortium's companies, assets, business lines, etc., under the Manranyama name, to be managed by him.

Now Souren Manranyama understood why Bai Yaxin had been so quiet for such a long time.

It could only be said that this person was truly terrifying.

Clear-minded, decisive, with a very clear sense of the big picture.

He was not held back by her grudges, not wasting time and energy on trivial matters.

Instead, he focused on the big strategic planning, and eventually, unexpectedly took over, catching everyone off guard.

Now, Bai Yaxin had become more difficult to deal with.

In an instant, he went from Hua Xiong to Sima Yi.

Maybe even beyond Sima Yi.

This drastic change completely overturned the plans Souren Manranyama had previously considered, and now, dealing with Bai Yaxin in a theoretical feasibility sense, was already beyond the scope of Souren Manranyama’s abilities.

But the speed of how things were developing far exceeded Souren Manranyama's imagination.

While she was still pondering over Bai Yaxin's affairs, the Ryusho butler told her another news that was even more shocking to her.

"Miss, there's one more thing I need to tell you. Although the master prohibited it from being leaked, I believe you need to know." (Ryusho butler)

"Madam Tachikawa has returned." (Ryusho butler)

Upon hearing this name, Souren Manranyama had no reaction at all.

The thought in her mind was, "What is Lord Ryusho talking about, why can't I understand?".

It wasn't until several seconds later that she could understand what the Ryusho butler's words meant.

After understanding, she became perplexed again.

"It's impossible," he said.

Lady Tachikawa was the title given to Lady Tachikawa Wakaba by the steward of the Yagyu family.

And Lady Tachikawa Wakaba was the wife of Manranyama Uminari, and the mother of Manranyama Souren.

(Note: here, the mother of Manranyama Souren is corrected to be Lady Tachikawa Wakaba, as previously established.)

Sixteen years ago, she passed away due to complications after giving birth to Manranyama Souren.

"Wait, Yagyu-sama, Mom has returned, what does that mean?" (Manranyama Souren)

"Did Manranyama Uminari bring Mom's body back home again?" (Manranyama Souren)

"...I can't discuss details over the phone, miss, it's inconvenient. If you have time to come back home, everything will be clear." (Yagyu steward)

For some reason, the Yagyu steward was evasive and vague over the phone, leaving Manranyama Souren even more puzzled about what had happened.

But upon reflection, the sudden statement that Lady Tachikawa Wakaba, who had passed away sixteen years ago, had returned was already quite suspicious and could not be easily explained in a few words. Therefore, she had no choice but to return to the Manranyama family herself.

Manranyama Souren made up her mind in her heart.

For the sake of her mother, she must return to the Manranyama family.

On the other hand, now that half of the Manranyama Foundation was given to Bai Yaxin, she also needed to have a conversation with Manranyama Uminari.