Reaction (Part 1)

Amid the strains of leisurely classical music.

Resius sat at the dining table with his wife and daughter as the maid, as usual, served the day's pre-dinner soup nearby.

Soft lighting illuminated the various pieces of tableware, each like a work of art. The surrounding walls, floor tiles, and furniture were all dotted with the special crest representing the Resius Lineage.

These were the assets he had painstakingly accumulated bit by bit over the years through his own efforts, without relying on his family.

Looking at his charming blonde, blue-eyed wife across from him, and his daughter, who had already grown into a young lady.

Resius only wanted everything before his eyes to continue forever.

Warmth, comfort, satisfaction—every kind of positive emotion surged endlessly through his mind.

"By the way, dear, prepare three gifts like before. Also, prepare two more houses in the Silver Belt District. I need to arrange for several people to move in."

Resius suddenly said.

"Mm, understood." His current wife was both his family and his secretary, so arranging such things was quite easy for her.

"Are you giving money away and sponsoring people again?" His daughter Bella pouted in dissatisfaction.

"You wouldn't even buy me the aircraft I wanted last time, Dad, yet every year you send money to people you don't even know. Am I not your biological daughter?" she complained.

Indeed, although Resius was the highest-ranking official of Hidden City and controlled considerable authority and many channels.

Every year, he still had to cultivate his own network of connections, and each time, he had to sponsor the talented officers discovered by Hidden City to pursue further studies in the Silver Belt District.

"But Bella has a point. After all these years, haven't those people you sponsored still been of little use?" His wife