Bet (2-in-1)

Secretary Zhao looked ready to cry.

The Awakened Association's higher-ups were all fighters who would flip the table at the slightest disagreement. Worse, the association was a loose organization, with no strict chain of command.

In any other government department, the chief secretary to the top official might not have had it made, but he certainly wouldn't have been threatened with a committee member's fist...

Fortunately, President Yang Yongkang's voice came from inside the room. "Committee Member Li, don't give Xiao Zhao a hard time. Come in."

Li Beihai released Secretary Zhao, patted his shoulder, and smoothed out the wrinkles in his suit. Then he forced an affable smile. "Hey, I was just joking with you. Hahaha..."

Leaving the near-tearful secretary behind, the three of them stormed into the president's office.

As Secretary Zhao had said, four people were inside. Besides President Yang Yongkang and his visitor, Wu Chonglian, the two vice presidents, Fu Yiping and Xiang Tian, were also there.

Those two vice presidents were no ordinary figures. They headed the only two A-rank Guilds in Jinghai City. Titan Guild was a long-established powerhouse, while Radiance Guild was a rising star that had only joined the ranks of A-rank Guilds last year.

Wu Chonglian frowned. "Committee Member Li, you're going too far."

"What, you can come see the president but I can't?" Li Beihai shot back without yielding an inch. "I'm a committee member too. We're equals, so who's afraid of you?"

Wu Chonglian snorted. "Look what you've reduced Super God Guild to. And you think you deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Jingwu Team?"

"Bullshit!" Li Beihai's eyes widened.

Yang Yongkang rubbed his graying temples. "All right, all right. Stop arguing... Committee Member Li, what brings you here?"

Li Beihai gave him a grizzly bear's