Chapter 1252 346: A Banquet Like Hongmen’s (2)
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A day later, the carriage successfully arrived in Jiangzhou City. You had to admit Chen Guangsheng was a very capable man—at least within the Jiangzhou City region, his strength was nothing to sneeze at.
Yuchi had taken this road many times already, but never this fast. It was all whip to horse the whole way, which reminded him of those "quietly rush over and quickly silence the witness" scenes from his past life, like they were terrified some secret might leak.
Interesting.
So the people here in Jiangzhou City, these Four Major Institutions—what kind of story are they going to spin later?
Yin Shuang had been watching Yuchi's expression the entire way. She didn't know what was going to happen next, but she kept feeling her Yuchi big brother looked so bad, so bad.
Ah, I love it!
His personality's totally in tune with my Spiritual Painting Avatar's!
And once Yuchi arrived in Jiangzhou City, he didn't even get a chance to run back to Immortal Robe Pavilion to call in reinforcements. He was directly "invited" by people from the Four Major Institutions to the Celestial Capital Department as their guest.
Supposedly this was to prevent any assassins, so now the Celestial Capital Department was packed inside and out with all kinds of guards. The real purpose was to keep Yuchi from walking straight out of the Celestial Capital Department.
You had to understand: if this honest Yuchi ran off, god knows what kind of backup he'd drag over!
So when you do this kind of thing, there are two basic principles: one, do it at noon to avoid trouble in the morning or evening; two, be fast, precise, ruthless!
Now Chen Weiran felt he'd checked off both principles. Looking at Yuchi sitting in front of him, a broad smile was already spreading over his face.
"Chairman Yuchi, it's been a while since we last met. You seem to have lost quite a bit of weight. And you really do have a great mindset, bringing a little snot-nosed girl along and running into our Jiangzhou City like this. Aren't you afraid of tiring the child out?"
In the conference hall, Chen Weiran took the initiative to speak with a teasing tone.
The implication being: you're really stubborn, huh—still dragging a kid with you at a time like this? ...Yuchi smiled and glanced at the people around him.
The Celestial Capital Department was obviously wearing the same pair of pants as the Demon-slaying Bureau, and the Defense Department seemed to lean toward the Celestial Capital Department, though overall they had a bit of a wavering attitude. As for the Imperial Decree Department, the City Lord of the Imperial Decree Department had his head down, sipping tea one mouthful at a time. You could tell the City Lord was panicking.
City Lord: Of course I'm panicking. This is the first clash between Jiangzhou City and the Jiangnan United Commerce Association. We used to be all smiles, used to be friends, but gradually that friendship disappeared! Where did the old us go? Has the era changed? No, it's not the era that changed—it's us.
Chen Weiran, on the other hand, was getting dissatisfied with Yuchi's current attitude.
From the moment Yuchi entered the conference hall, he hadn't said a single word. Instead, he'd been scrutinizing everyone in the room one by one. What, the Celestial Capital Department is your home now?
Looking people over like that? You really aren't giving me, the Director of the Celestial Capital Department, any face, huh?
Chen Weiran went straight to the point and asked:
"Chairman Yuchi, what's wrong? You seem a bit off. Don't tell me you weren't careful with breakfast and your stomach's acting up?"
He said this and burst out laughing. Beside him, Yuan Tiangang hooked the corner of his mouth and let out a contemptuous little snort.
You really can't teach these people how to live... Yuchi could only say helplessly, "All right, how about this: you just say what's on your minds."
"If possible, we can call this meeting wrapped up right there."
"And let's pick up the pace. Since I'm already in Jiangzhou City, I'm really missing Jiangzhou City's beef ramen."
As soon as Yuchi finished, Yin Shuang's mouth started watering.
What the hell?
Is beef ramen more important, or is this whole matter more important?! The fat on Chen Weiran's and Yuan Tiangang's faces was trembling!
As for Chen Guangsheng standing behind Chen Weiran, he was at a complete loss.
He'd thought this honest Yuchi was a very clever, eloquent man, but now why did it feel like he couldn't talk anymore?
And besides this familiar stranger Chen Guangsheng, there was another familiar stranger from the Demon-slaying Bureau—Yuan Wansong.
Back when monsters were running rampant in Xufu Town, Yuchi had paid money to have them exterminated.
So now, there were two from the Celestial Capital Department, two from the Demon-slaying Bureau, one from the Defense Department, and one from the City Lord's side.
Yin Shuang could see the same thing in their words. She puffed up her little cheeks in helplessness:
"These guys are such idiots. Yuchi big brother is clearly showing how relaxed he is, all to scare off people who are acting on impulse. And instead they're getting happy about it?!"
Yuchi didn't know what Yin Shuang was thinking, or he might've been quite surprised—since when was Yin Shuang this sharp?
That really was what he was doing. If he kept pretending at this point, he'd inevitably hurt some hot-headed fools. So he was deliberately talking like this, being high-key, to force people to pick a side.
And now the situation was already very clear. Just from their facial expressions you could judge a lot.
Chen Weiran finally spoke his mind directly: "In that case, there's no need for any nonsense. I'll go straight to the conclusion: we need control over the Jiangnan United Commerce Association. Leaving the Jiangnan United Commerce Association in the hands of just you is way too dangerous!"