"Ah, welcome, welcome."
Before long, Xu Shi warmly gestured to Qi Maoyang, whom Zhao had brought into the office. "Old Qi, come, sit, sit, sit." He laughed. "Chairman Xu really is sitting steady as a fisherman."
Qi Maoyang laughed twice and nervously sat opposite him. Nervously—there was no better word for it. He was still shaken by Xu Shi's earlier arrangements. Now that he had been "invited" here, how could he not be? "Not at all. I can't say I'm steady yet." Xu Shi had someone serve him tea, rubbed his temples tiredly, and asked with a hint of regret, "Where's Uncle Qi? He didn't come with you?"
"Ah... my father still has some matters to handle, so only the team leader and I came." Qi Maoyang paused, thinking, You really wanted to hold a family gathering? Long Tian blinked. He really was avoiding people, wasn't he? What was this, a parent-child day? A family outing to watch a movie? Especially with that little white-haired girl in his arms actually holding a bucket of popcorn...
Even without counting the Investigation Bureau, Xu Shi had already dispatched a considerable portion of his troops and manpower just to deal with the Forgotten riots inside the city. "Yes, otherwise people would say I'm bullying them." Xu Shi spread his hands casually. "Not to mention that the left side always loses in a beam struggle. The one who attacks first is usually the one who dies." Xu Shi had no doubt that if combat power could be quantified, Cheng Rong alone could surpass everyone in Night City combined. At least in terms of destructive force, his two colossal creatures were unmatched.
"I'm not that cruel... Even if you really used Qiangzi to negotiate with me, I wouldn't mind. Besides, you didn't, did you?" Just