In the core business district where they had agreed to meet, the most immediate impression was this: GG had become much sparser.
After all, many of the offices here belonged to business titans renowned throughout Star Ring City, the Sky Abyss Star Territory, and even the Central Star Region. They would never allow anything of a lower grade to tarnish their prestigious image. Coming here was essentially like activating a "curated mode"...
Of course, it was not free.
To come here and enter the corresponding Authority Zones, one had to be prepared for the expense.
Shang Gelush was somewhat uneasy about this. He specifically asked their team leader, Fu Ya, and only relaxed after confirming that some expenses could be reimbursed according to the itinerary.
It was under these circumstances that the three "pre-service personnel" met Xin Rui's mother. Her file listed her as Lady Ming Fan, a department manager at a major company. She was in the prime of her life, with exquisite makeup and neat, capable attire. Her facial contours somewhat resembled her daughter's, though hers were more angular. Her eyebrows were especially thick and bold, giving her the air of a formidable career woman.
Yet even as she leaned back in her chair and spoke calmly with the three of them, they could still sense her fatigue.
The questions she raised and the fields she focused on were highly professional, but she did not delve especially deeply. She merely sampled the surface, as though she were letting Tai Yu and the others perform freely without pressing them further. That was normal enough, but it still fell somewhat short of the more rigorous assessment Shang Gelush and Hai Ling had expected.
It was only near the end of the conversation that Lady Ming Fan's words cleared up their