Premium Alpha Collection Guide (ABO) - Chapter 23

“This guy, really… ugh…”

Xu Yunjing forwarded the file to Meijiu, letting out a soft sigh.

Though she grumbled about Baozhun, deep down, she was pleased.

Meijiu opened the compressed file and browsed through it.

“Wow, there’s so much here… the Jin family, the Song family, the Xu family, the Mei family… Are these all the noble families’ records? Let’s start with the Mei family and save the others for later.”

Baozhun had sent over all the data he had, and the volume was immense.

The Mei family, an ancient and storied noble house, had a vast lineage with countless descendants.

The current main branch was led by Mei Renxin, whose lawful wife was Song Yun, a daughter of the once-thriving Song family.

Unfortunately, the Song family had fallen into decline after backing the wrong side.

Mei Renxin had nineteen concubines, some sent as marriage alliances from other families, others charming beauties he brought home himself.

His fleeting romantic entanglements outside the family were too numerous to count.

The collateral branches numbered six.

The second, fifth, and sixth branches followed Mei Renxin’s lead, serving as his loyal and capable dogs.

The fourth branch was the most ambitious, especially after producing an S-rank descendant last month.

They grew even bolder, scheming to topple Mei Renxin’s line and seize control as the main branch.

The third and seventh branches kept to themselves, staying out of the fray, concerned only with securing their own interests and avoiding power struggles.

Excluding his illegitimate children outside the family, Mei Renxin had thirty-seven children from his concubines alone, not to mention the countless offspring from the collateral branches—too many to list.

As it happened, the Mei family’s ancestral estate was holding a banquet that evening, and Song Yun, as the patriarch’s lawful wife, was required to attend.

Mei Wen, a child of Mei Renxin’s eleventh concubine, had differentiated into an A++-rank Alpha, which thrilled Mei Renxin.

As an S-rank Alpha himself, he had fathered a slew of children both within and outside the family, yet few had reached even A+-rank.

Mei Wen’s differentiation into an A++-rank Alpha prompted Mei Renxin to joyfully decide to host a three-day banquet, inviting the major noble families and high-ranking Imperial officials to share in his pride and to begin paving the way for Mei Wen’s future.

Mei Renxin had once placed great hopes on Meijiu.

After all, her mother, Song Yun, was an S-rank Omega, and hospital differentiation tests had predicted a high likelihood that Meijiu would become an S-rank Alpha.

Though she was a girl and couldn’t inherit the patriarch’s position, she could have been useful if she had joined the military.

But Meijiu turned out to be a “useless” Beta—neither Alpha nor Omega, unfit even for marriage alliances.

Giving her a large sum of money and a planet before expelling her from the main family was only because she was Mei Renxin’s legitimate child. Other Betas who differentiated received no such generosity.

Unexpectedly, Mei Wen, initially assessed as A-rank, had differentiated into A++-rank.

The double-plus indicated potential for further growth.

With high-grade genetic growth serums, he could develop even faster.

If they could secure an S-rank genetic growth serum at the Imperial Capital’s auction next month, Mei Wen could become an S-rank Alpha in no time.

Moreover, as a boy, he was a prime candidate to inherit the patriarch’s position.

The fourth branch, emboldened by their S-rank Mei Yi, had dared to challenge Mei Renxin openly.

They clearly didn’t know their place.

Hmph, it was time to put these overreaching grasshoppers in their place.

Meijiu closed the Mei family’s file and switched her optical brain to privacy mode, visible only to herself.

“Alright, I’ve got the picture. Let’s eat something and then handle our respective tasks. I’ll infiltrate the Mei family to find Song Yun, and you go to the hospital for a thorough checkup.”

“Why don’t I go with you, Ajing? I have an invitation to the Mei family’s banquet. I can take you in directly, and if anything happens, I’ll be there to help.”

As the eldest daughter of the Xu family, Xu Yunjing received invitations to nearly every major banquet in the Empire.

She used to attend with friends but had stopped going, though the invitations kept coming.

“Chu… chu… It’s just a banquet, nothing will happen. Your health is more important. Go to the hospital for your checkup. Can this invitation only be used by you? Could I use it to get in?”

Meijiu kissed Xu Yunjing’s lips to reassure her, feeling it would be easier to move alone.

If she could use Xu Yunjing’s invitation to enter openly, that would be even better.

“The invitation can be authorized for you to use, but…”

Xu Yunjing still wanted to accompany Meijiu to the banquet.

“No buts. I’ll go alone, make it quick, and get it done. You saw my new home’s address earlier. After your checkup, come straight over. Don’t you want to… test whether my new bed is big enough… soft enough…?”

Meijiu’s delicate hand traced ambiguous circles over Xu Yunjing’s chest, her words dripping with temptation and invitation.

Xu Yunjing—could she refuse? Of course not.

She could only pretend to stay composed while stammering, urging Meijiu to stay safe.