The Xilair Catering Group

The moon hung high overhead.

Beneath the moonlight, the forest was still pitch-black.

Normally speaking.

At this hour, all kinds of nocturnal creatures should have been running around everywhere.

But because of the commotion Xi Shenlian had caused earlier.

For now.

The forest was utterly silent.

Even the starving beasts were silently pretending to be dead, showing no signs of activity at all.

This made the entire forest seem as silent as if it were undergoing an inspection by the forest king.

And beneath the moonlight.

Xi Shenlian was walking along at a leisurely pace.

At roughly five hundred kilometers per hour.

There was no helping it.

Walking too fast would easily cause a sonic boom.

To him, anything below twenty times the speed of sound counted as walking slowly. Above that, there was fast walking, slow jogging, and fast running.

Now.

He planned to walk all the way back to the city center, then find a hotel to stay in.

After that.

Tomorrow, he would get himself a house.

Hmm...

He would probably buy it in Sakura District.

As one of Tokyo City's most developed areas.

For an ordinary person, buying a decent house there would undoubtedly require decades of struggle from the entire family.

But for Xi Shenlian, it would be hardly more difficult than buying a bottle of water.

While he was at it, he also planned to find a school there and waste some time or something.

Originally, he had wanted to attend Qian Shan Xuehui's school, but it was a girls' school.

So he planned to find a school closer to her, making it convenient to visit her when he had free time...

With an invincible life, all that remained was to pass the time through pleasure.

Suddenly.

His phone rang.

After glancing at the caller information.

He answered the phone.

Then.

The person on the other end took the initiative to greet him:

"Lord Xi, we've nearly finished handling the procedures for the Xilair Catering Group. You can come sign the documents tomorrow."

The speaker was a lawyer—the same lawyer he had hired earlier when he dismantled the apartment.

The so-called Xilair Catering Group was the company Xi Shenlian had casually bought after reserving that restaurant for the day.

Oh.

No, that wasn't right...

It was the company Auxiliary AI had casually bought in Xi Shenlian's name...

As for that company.

Xi Shenlian had never paid the slightest attention to it.

He had simply ordered Auxiliary AI to resolve the matter.

He had not even bothered to ask what the company was specifically called.

Where exactly was it located?

What was its approximate total market value?

Auxiliary AI had handled everything itself.

Inquiring about the price, making the purchase, completing it all in one go.

The only things Xi Shenlian had done were issue the order, learn the general process, and designate a lawyer eager to prove himself to handle the various procedures.

That was also why Qian Shan Xuehui, despite being with Xi Shenlian at the time, had had no idea he had taken the opportunity to purchase a major company.

Put simply.

Xi Shenlian had not managed any of those matters at all.

Auxiliary AI had handled everything through fully automated operations.

Until now.

Only after hearing the lawyer on the phone mention the company's name did Xi Shenlian finally learn what it was called.

But he did not care about that. Instead, he asked lazily:

"Where are we signing?"

The lawyer answered happily:

"Chiyoda District..."

Hearing that the address was some distance from Sakura District.

Xi Shenlian instantly lost interest.

"Chiyoda District?"

"Forget it. Bring the documents to Sakura District tomorrow and come find me."

Upon hearing this, the lawyer on the other end immediately sounded hesitant:

"Huh?"

"But there are still a lot of procedures to complete, and many people from the other side need to be present at the same time..."

"No problem. Then bring all of them over..."

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Half a minute later.

Tokyo City—Chiyoda District.

Inside a building over two hundred meters tall.

All the employees were working feverishly on various tasks.

The entire company had been suddenly bought by someone else.

As a result, all the staff had been forced to work overtime processing the relevant matters.

At the top of the building.

Inside an office, a large group of middle-aged and elderly people were likewise busy signing documents and organizing various procedures.

They were the company's shareholders and senior executives, along with a large number of lawyers and professionals.

Because it was a major company with far too many matters to deal with, they had been working from daytime until now and still had not finished.

Checking, verifying, signing...

It was extremely troublesome!

At this moment.

The company's former owner, a man around fifty years old, felt both happy and dejected.

He was happy that his company had sold for a price exceeding its market value by one hundred percent.

He was dejected that the company he and his elders had painstakingly operated for three generations had been sold off in his hands.

In short.

His feelings were incredibly complicated!

They were difficult to put into words.

Then, he saw the lawyer walk in from outside with a somewhat strange expression.

Although he felt some disdain for the lawyer's lack of reputation, when he remembered that the man was the liaison appointed by the buyer, he still spoke first:

"Lawyer Dongcheng, when will Lord Xi come to sign the documents?"

The other shareholders also looked rather concerned.

Because this determined when everyone would receive their money.

So everyone was very anxious!

But the lawyer said with an embarrassed expression:

"...Lord Xi said he doesn't have time for now. He wants you to bring all the relevant documents to Sakura District tomorrow to find him."

As soon as those words left his mouth.

The middle-aged man, the former owner, immediately flew into a rage and slammed his hand heavily onto the table in front of him.

The beautiful secretary beside him was likewise furious. She immediately began to criticize:

"This is far too rude!!"

"He doesn't have time, so he expects dozens of shareholders from our side to go find him??"

"Could it be that the shareholders' time isn't valuable too??"

Those words made the middle-aged man feel extremely satisfied.

She had said everything he wanted to say.

Thus.

He immediately wanted to voice his agreement.

The major shareholders, all desperate to collect their money, were also furious.

They appeared quite united in opposing the outsider.

But the lawyer's next words overturned everything.

"Lord Xi said he'll add twenty percent to the price as your travel expenses."

"Smack!!"

That was the sound of a slap.

The middle-aged man slapped the secretary across the face, knocking her off balance.

"Did I give you permission to speak??"

"What kind of status does Lord Xi have!!"

"I've long admired him from the bottom of my heart!!"

"Being able to go see him in person is an honor for me!!"

Even the major shareholders who had been so anxious moments ago were no longer anxious.

They collectively began criticizing the secretary verbally.

"Exactly!!"

"What kind of status does Lord Xi have? Isn't it a good thing for us to take the initiative to meet him??"

"Bitch, with so many people here, what makes you think it's your turn to give your opinion??"

Unlike his individual strength, which was powerful but still could not be called invincible.

When it came to wealth, Xi Shenlian had long been peerless in the world, crushing everyone with one hand.

Before his invincible art of adding money.

Everyone appeared thoroughly convinced!!