"The League Cup is about to start, and the star-studded major guilds of the major leagues have also begun gearing up to prepare for this time's main match! After twenty years, the weight and gold content of this League Cup have long been known - —Director Zhou, what do you think?"
"According to my previous understanding of those professional players, this time the League Cup must be all-out. Putting aside the entanglements and grudges between several old guilds, even for the highest glory, the clubs will They have made too many preparations, and their fighting spirit has already reached its peak."
"I heard that you have visited the interiors of some of these clubs before. I wonder what big news you can bring us this time?"
"The big one will come sooner or later, but now is not the time. However, in the few days before the game is about to start, I can reveal some other contents of this game to everyone——"
Snapped.
The news program being broadcast was abruptly cut off by the sound of an electronic shutdown. The middle-aged man sitting on a high-rise building in the center of Hualan took a deep breath, and a young man collapsed on the other side of the sofa. The man then waved away the alcohol he had breathed out and shook his head to get out of the suddenly silent atmosphere: "——Who? Who locked up? Xiao Qianqian, I'm not——Hiccup, told you—— —”
"...Are you out fooling around again?"
Ignoring the youthful and handsome young man's wanton vent of dissatisfaction, the middle-aged man sitting in the center of the sofa crossed his arms and put on a serious expression: "It's now, can't you be a little more serious? "
"Father, father?"
Recognizing the appearance of the person who was speaking, the struggling young man suddenly woke up and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you go to the alliance headquarters before?"
"That matter has been discussed." He interrupted the other party severely, and the middle-aged man's meticulously combed oily back was also reflecting a deep brilliance under the dim living room light: "This time I am here to talk to you. Talk about the results."
After forcing himself to sit upright, the honest and reserved young man began to wait for his father's trial. The middle-aged man who fell silent then raised his head and looked around at the majestic scene in the living room where he was living. After a while, he turned his gaze He slowly fell to the young man's side: "How long have I let you take charge?"
"Half, half a year."
"Do you have any achievements?"
"Yes, yes! Of course there is! I finally managed to divide Xianglin Maoye's assets with Long Feikong and the others, and the Lin family seems to have also relaxed some market transactions-"
"Is this considered an achievement?"
"Uh, this, this... I know these are things we should have gotten, but the attitude of these companies is really too tough, and they always make excuses to decline every time we negotiate, so -"
"This is their attitude and methods. They have spotted you when you are just starting out and deliberately use them to bully you. When you really stand in the position of general manager and have the corresponding skills, they will have more Sinister means are waiting for you."
"I, I, I know! Of course I know! But the business left to me by Tianxiang Company is really terrible! That Xu Liangyu caters to all my instructions on the surface, but secretly——"
"This is also a matter of your ability."
Ruthlessly smothering the other party's excuses in the cradle, the middle-aged man looked sharply at the young man who had just tried to struggle to get up, but was stared back at the sofa. The latter looked livid. He wanted to continue to argue, but his lips that trembled for a long time turned into the sound of vomiting as he rolled and crawled towards the toilet. The middle-aged man waved the smell of alcohol in front of him with some boredom. The middle-aged man, who frowned, relaxed the tense muscles on his face a little. He sighed and looked at the people in the distance of the dark living room who were still struggling with the dirty smell. After a long while, he said to himself again: "Mingqing, Mingqing, how can I make you comparable to your sister?"
"No, don't mention her."
I don’t know whether he heard this soliloquy or had some connection with his father. The young man’s voice, still buried behind the toilet door, sounded in the reflected shadow: “I... she... she must be... The one who did this deliberately was Fei Zixiang...like a mouse! Making trouble secretly! Making everyone in the company...uneasy..."
"When I handed over Tianxiang to you, I specifically reminded you of these unstable factors." Ignoring the other party's roar like a homeless man, the middle-aged man sitting in the center of the living room continued to whisper to himself. Said: "You swore and patted your chest and promised that you can solve all the troubles by yourself, and you don't need me or other members of the family to step in to help."
"I know you want to prove that you can do things without me. You want to... be independent from my control and establish your own relationships and power." Without waiting for the shadow in the toilet door to answer again, the middle-aged man He said the answer himself: "I am very happy to see you have such ambition, and I also hope that you can really develop this ability, but -"
"Now it seems that the results are not very optimistic."
Then there was the sound of dragging footsteps in the corner of the gorgeous living room. Chu Mingqing's footsteps finally dragged back to the sofa with a look of reluctance. He stared blankly at the mess on the guest table and coffee table. Various wine bottles and glasses were placed, as if trying to find his own haggard and defeated face from the refracted light: "It's my incompetence, Father."
"It seems you understand." Pointing to the opposite side of him, the middle-aged man's square face tilted towards the other party's position: "Then let's continue."
"The UEFA Cup will continue as usual, and I have also secured a seat for you." Before Chu Mingqing could react, he continued to talk to himself: "But given the current situation, whether you want to use this seat or not, you have to It’s up to you.”
"What, what's wrong?" As if giving up the ability to think, the young man raised his head in confusion: "Is there any reason not to participate?"
"Don't believe the current news and public opinions. They are all the result of the Duan family and several other big families jointly ruling the discourse and creating a peaceful and prosperous age, just like the column just now - let alone the host. Man, even the so-called guest was an outsider who was found from who knows where, and the inside information was deliberately leaked to him." Shaking his head, the current head of the Chu family answered word for word He said: "As members of the United Family, how could their secret actions be hidden from my eyes? But from my standpoint, this action is understandable."
"That strange woman from the Lou family is indeed digging the foundation of the entire building."
He stood up from the center of the living room and turned to the floor-to-ceiling windows that reflected the hazy night view of the entire city: "Those old guys really smelled that the building was about to collapse, so they were so unscrupulous. "
"Have we really reached such a dangerous situation?" Chu Mingqing had no intention of objecting at all. He just echoed the middle-aged man's words in a low voice: "Then, what should we do?"
"Are you going to bow to Chu Lingbing?"
"..."
With one sentence, the young man's dejected look was completely shattered. The head of the Chu family, who was standing in front of the window sill, sneered twice: "Do you understand your position?"
"I, I have been paying attention to her whereabouts." He gritted his teeth, and Chu Mingqing's handsome face, as young as a young boy, also showed a hint of fierceness: "Not only in the game, but also in reality. The same is true in the world. After she ran away, she has been living in seclusion in the house she rented in District D before, and she probably hasn’t changed places now—"
"Don't use such means lightly until the last step." Interrupting the other party, the middle-aged man turned around with his hands behind his back: "Even if you use it, you have to borrow other people's hands. Doesn't the alliance still have a group of so-called Prosecutors and the adjudication system?”
"I see."
"As for the free world... I heard that she has made a big fuss recently?"
"Yes, she seems to have gotten together with the ancient remnants of Jian Beidong and others. Now they are causing trouble and provoking everywhere, and the Duan family is suppressing them."
"Suppression?"
"...Well, the effect may not be very good."
Faced with his father's doubts about this term, Chu Mingqing finally shrank his head: "But listening to the information revealed by Xu Liangyu, it seems that they are also setting up a trap at the critical moment, trying to detonate it at the critical moment. They are in a desperate situation."
"I hope so." Still using two sneers as his comment, the middle-aged man with his hands behind his back continued in a low voice: "Don't always place your hopes on others for everything. The path you carve out by yourself is the most reliable. Duan family If they could deal with that man, they would have dealt with it long ago, why wait until today?"
"With the behavior of that old woman Lou Yushang, the new alliance must be built around that man." Chu Mingqing, who shook his head vigorously and remained conscious, said what he was thinking: "The question The core of the story is that man, but he has never shown up again. We have mobilized the power of the real world and have not been able to find his whereabouts. This is definitely not normal. "
"Very good, you have also learned to grasp the 'key'." The middle-aged man nodded calmly: "Our purpose, the Duan family's purpose, the opposition between the old and new alliances...many conflicts can be boiled down to one point. "
"So what are you going to do?"
"I will go to the free world and dig out everything about him."
Pursing his mouth, Chu Mingqing's expression began to become decisive: "If I can't catch his tail, then I will destroy him when he will inevitably appear. In this way-"
"The building that is about to collapse will become their side."
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"It seems like no one was found."
The sky that has entered the middle of the night is immersed in every corner of the Free City. Duan Qing, who is wearing a cloak and walking out of the pier tavern, also looks very small in this night. Listening to the sea breeze and the lapping of the waves, he stands beside Liu Qingniu The mentioned dock area stood at the edge for a long time, and finally he said to himself helplessly: "Is it really like what they said, that they are offline and resting now?"
"Did the human you are looking for use a special method of 'going offline' to rest?" Fulla's doubtful voice came from behind him: "Although I have also heard it during my past journey. Several times, but I never seem to understand this way of rest..."
"Well, you just need to know that this is a skill that only us adventurers can use." Duan Qing put the topic aside with a dry smile: "Not only him, Ling Bing, I, and Asahi Dongsheng can use it. .”
"A skill that can only be used by adventurers?" The curiosity in Fula's eyes did not change at all: "Am I not also a member of the adventure group now? Why haven't I realized this magical power?"
"Well...maybe it has something to do with race." After his eyes darted around for a long time, Duan Qing chose to continue explaining with random reasons: "There is a huge gap in physical fitness between humans and dragons, and they have the top advantage in the mainland in terms of physical strength. Maybe you guys are not as good as us in this aspect, haha, hahahaha."
"It seems that you also know a little bit about it." After staring at Duan Qing for a long time, Fula reluctantly moved her gaze away while shaking her head: "Forget it - what kind of former teammate are you looking for? Can I still find it now?"
"I don't have much else to do." Standing in front of the railings formed by rows of stone piles connected to each other, Duan Qing looked into the depths of the night dock and replied with some regret: "If the other party really... ahem , if you go to rest, the rest period may be longer than that of normal humans. We obviously don’t have the leisure time to wait here forever.”
"Do you need me to use the 'Eye of Truth' to find it?"
"No, no, no, it would be a waste to forcefully use level 10 magic."
Hastily waving his hand to interrupt Fula's movements, Duan Qing explained with a lingering fear: "It's not that we have to find her yet. We can just stay here for a while - if you don't mind."
"It seems that before we met, a lot of things happened to you and your adventure group companions." Nodding her head, the dragon lady turned her curiosity in another direction: "Can you tell me about it? These stories?”
"Of course, but these stories are very long." A trace of memory flashed in his eyes, and Duan Qing's voice seemed a little lower when he started talking again: "If I start from the beginning... Well, let me think about it, the story Maybe we have to start with the Emerald Forest, which is the next place we are going to—"
Snapped.
The crisp sound of glass breaking suddenly sounded in the corner of the pier where the two people were leaning on the railing. It seemed that a drunkard had smashed the bottle in his hand to the ground. The sound of pushing and the subsequent beating also followed three times. After two vague shouts, it gradually rose up, and it gradually became clear at the end of Duan Qing and Fula's field of vision, which were delivered at the same time.
"Hit me! Beat me to death!"
