Southern Territory, Jinguan City.
Jiang Chengxuan, his face gleaming with oil, walked into his office. His sexy secretary, dressed in black stockings, placed a cup of coffee on the desk. The smiling tiger ran his hands over the secretary's legs to his heart's content before picking up the coffee and looking toward the enormous screen ahead.
Window after window appeared on the screen. Each showed the ministers of the various branches of the "Yellow Springs" organization, along with Huang Yuanlong, one of the organization's only two "Levels of Great Burning Heat" core members.
Huang Yuanlong looked the same as ever. He wore a black eyepatch over his right eye, had a beard, and wore a gloomy expression.
Jiang Chengxuan's face beamed with smiles as he looked warmly at Huang Yuanlong. "Mister Huang, good afternoon. It's been a long time since I've been able to seek your guidance in person. I've missed you terribly."
Huang Yuanlong gave a noncommittal "Mm" and showed little reaction.
A cold laugh came from one of the windows on the enormous screen. "The moment you show up, you start sucking up to Mister Huang. Aren't you disgusted with yourself?"
Jiang Chengxuan looked over with a smile, his gaze landing on the muscular man in the window.
The man stood nearly two meters tall. Even sitting down, he gave off an exceptionally powerful sense of oppression.
His skin was bronze-colored all over, as if he were a bronze statue. His muscles had smooth, flowing contours, and judging from his appearance alone, he looked capable of punching Jiang Chengxuan to death.
"Minister Liu Rui, why are you so hot-tempered lately? You start yelling at me the moment you arrive."
Jiang Chengxuan said with a grin, "Anyone who didn't know better might think I stole your wife."
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