Two Faces
Inside the hovercar, Li Changqing's assistant Yue'er, sat opposite her. "Boss, the facial recognition results are in. The boy's name is Qing Chen. He's currently in high school in the District 6. His family used to run a building materials business under the Qing family. Their original surname was Zhang, but 112 years ago, the previous head of the Qing family bestowed upon them the surname 'Qing'. As power changed within the Qing family, their business began to decline. His parents died in a robbery a few years ago, but the truth might be that someone wanted to seize the last remaining family business, so they hired someone to deliberately murder them."
As she spoke, Yue'er handed a transparent crystal plate to Li Changqing and continued, "Two years ago, this young man was desperate and sold all his family's property to buy two doses of FDE gene serum on the black market. The seller was Su Xingzhi, which we have verified. The information is accurate; they are the two FDE gene serum that we released earlier."
The woman leaned casually against the comfortable back seat of the hovercar, her long, form-fitting dress outlining her graceful curves. She frowned and said with heartache, "Poor Xiao Chen..."
Yue'er, sitting opposite her, remained silent, thinking to herself that her boss was quite different from his usual decisive and efficient image.
Li Changqing looked at the information on the crystal panel: "He's actually still fighting underground boxing matches in the Fourth District to earn money to pay for his tuition. That's too hard for him. He's only 17 years old."
Yue'er whispered, "Boss, he's not working hard at all. Qing Chen, also known as Qing Xiao Tu, is now the highest-earning boxer in the Fourth District. It seems that the owner of Begonia Boxing Gym is going to promote him to be the Tigerweight Boxing Champion of the entire City No. 18."
Li Changqing glanced at her. "Fighting in underground boxing matches is a life-or-death struggle, how can it not be hard? Don't measure the hardship by how much money he makes."
"The boss is right," Yue'er said meekly.
"By the way, what's this about the Tigerweight World Champion?" Li Changqing asked...
"The owner of Begonia Boxing Gym has offered 20 million as a prize, welcoming all Tigerweight champions to challenge him," Yue'er said. "From what I understand, other gyms seem to want this prize as well, and since Qing Chen's appearance, their businesses have been affected. Everyone seems to want to stop his winning streak and is preparing to curb his momentum. Just now, four people have already issued challenges, and the boxing match is scheduled for tomorrow night, one of whom is the Tigerweight champion of the Fourth District."
"Hmm, why does Begonia Boxing Gym sound so familiar?" Li Changqing frowned, trying to recall. "Isn't this the one Yinuo often goes to?"
"Yes, boss, you were there just tonight. Miss Yinuo is a regular there," Yue'er said. "Judging from the time, when you were waiting for Miss Yinuo outside tonight, she had just finished six high-intensity boxing matches inside."
"He finished six high-intensity boxing matches, and he still managed to get home and get ready so neatly to see me?" Li Changqing thought to herself. It seems she is very important to him. She thought for a moment and said, "Cancel all my schedules for tomorrow night. I want to go watch the boxing match."
"Boss," Yue'er confirmed the schedule, "You will be meeting with the chairman of the City No. 18 Public Security Management Committee tomorrow night."
"Schedule it for the afternoon," Li Changqing said.
"What about this afternoon..." Yue'er glanced at Li Changqing's expression and then said nothing more, "I'll arrange it for you."
"You know, he's making so much money now, how am I supposed to pay him?" Li Changqing said, troubled. "No wonder he rejected me at first tonight; he looked down on the meager salary of a bodyguard. But he agreed later, does that mean he doesn't value my money?"
The Yue'er gazes into its nose, its nose into its heart, and utters not a single word.
They didn't know that, in reality and online, the person chatting with Li Changqing wasn't actually the same person at all...
Li Changqing said, "How many FDE gene serum quotas do we have left? For the three sequences 003, 002, and 001."
Yue'er replied, "Boss, the remaining twenty-odd sets are being configured, but they're all going to be sent to the First Group Army. Of course, they wouldn't dare say anything if you set one aside, but the all-army competition will be next spring, and the gene serums from the Qing and Chen families are probably already in place, and the Shindai and Kashima families won't be far behind..."
"It's not a big deal to send one less set," Li Changqing said. "There are still some 004 and 005 sets left, right? This batch won't be released on the black market; we'll hand them over to the Group Army and let them distribute them themselves."
"Okay," Yue'er agreed, "I'll contact the research institute right away, and send you a set once this batch of gene serum is ready."
Gene-generating agents are so rare that even conglomerates can't mass-produce them.
Generally speaking, you can find series like 003, 004, and 005, which have relatively large production volumes, on the market, but 002 and 001 are absolutely unavailable.
In the back seat of the hovercar, Li Changqing closed her eyes and rested quietly. When she recalled Qing Chen's coy and accommodating manner and the sweet words on the internet, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Who would have thought that such a shy boy would have two faces?
At this moment, Yue'er suddenly said, "Boss, I just received news from Su Xingzhi that Miao Qifeng secretly bought one of the FDE-003 gene serums we released. In other words, strictly speaking, Miao Qifeng is no longer Tigerweight boxer, but Land Cruiser Class."
Li Changqing suddenly opened his eyes. "Cheating?"
"Yes, judging from the rules of underground boxing, it is indeed cheating," Yue'er said. "Should I stop this fight?"
Li Changqing thought seriously for a long time, "No need to stop. First, collect all the evidence that he secretly bought the gene serum. Then, have Old Liu guard the Octagon Cage. If Xiao Chen is in danger, Old Liu will save him. That way, I'll be considered someone who saved him once!"
Yue'er paused for a moment. "Boss, the rules of the Octagon Cage don't allow you to save someone midway through the match. It's not that you can't save him, but the Li family's rules naturally ignore the rules of the small Octagon Cage. It's just that this means Qing Xiao Tu won't be able to fight in boxing matches anymore."
"Isn't it a good thing he can't fight in boxing matches?" Li Changqing said with a smile. "He can just be my bodyguard and make all the money, right?"
The following night, a long queue had already formed outside the Begonia Boxing Gym.
The publicity for tonight's boxing match has already been released. In Haitang's words, tonight will be the day the new Tigerweight King is crowned. The old king will eventually be replaced, and the new king will ascend the throne at Begonia Boxing Gym, stepping over the old king's corpse...
Miao Qifeng, the Tigerweight Champion of the Fourth District, already had many fans, and the promotional words of Begonia Boxing Gym immediately caused an uproar.
A large group of people came to the Begonia Boxing Gym, wanting to see how Miao Qifeng would deal with Qing Xiao Tu.
However, many people were stunned when they arrived at the Begonia Boxing Gym, because Qing Xiao Tu had to fight not only Miao Qifeng today, but also three other people before that!
This was essentially four people bullying one person. By the time Qing Xiao Tu faced Miao Qifeng, he had already exhausted a lot of his strength.
Most importantly, Miao Qifeng himself did not reject this schedule arrangement.
Does this mean that Miao Qifeng also felt uncertain?
At 7 p. m., Li Yinuo's convoy arrived as scheduled. This boxing match was a huge event, with not only the spoiled sons of the Li family present, but also many spoiled sons of the Qing family.
City No. 18 is basically the home turf of the Li and Qing families, and other financial groups have been squeezed out, just like City No. 7 is only home to the Chen family.
However, many people were surprised when they entered the Begonia Boxing Gym because they saw an unfamiliar Li family convoy. Some knowledgeable people quickly recognized that the license plate of one of the floating cars belonged to Li Changqing!
Underground boxing matches are usually only frequented by the third-generation heirs of various conglomerates, but tonight's matches have unexpectedly attracted powerful figures from these conglomerates as well!
Not only were these passersby confused, but even Li Yinuo was confused when she saw her aunt's convoy appear again.
She slowly walked to the side of the convoy, only to find it empty, with just a few drivers guarding the vehicles.
Li Yinuo found Yue'er and asked, "Where is my aunt?"
The Yue'er answered honestly, "The boss has already gone inside. He said if he sees you, he should tell you that she is waiting inside."
"Wait, didn't she come here specifically to see me?" Li Yinuo asked curiously.
Yue'er said, "No, the boss came to watch the boxing match tonight."
"Oh," Li Yinuo led Nan Gengchen and Li Tongyun inside, but the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
She had once invited Li Changqing to watch a boxing match, but he only watched one and then found it uninteresting.
According to Li Changqing, "What's so interesting about a bunch of E-Class boxers? It's much more interesting to watch the combat records of the Federation Group Army and the small-scale war chronicles of Kamishiro and Kashima."
But this aunt, who had once looked down on underground boxing, actually came all the way to watch the fight?
Upon entering the private room, Li Changqing sat down on the sofa early on. Nan Gengchen and Li Tongyun were a little reserved because they were not very familiar with each other yet.
Li Changqing smiled and looked at Li Tongyun: "Nannan, come here quickly. I held you a few years ago. You've grown so much in the blink of an eye. Sit next to your aunt. Don't you dare to follow your sister Yinuo and practice that 'Tiger Sect'. If you end up like her, your aunt won't like you."
Li Yinuo, standing to the side with a dark face, said, "Auntie, you don't have to belittle me just because you like Tongyun. By the way, why are you here to watch the game today? You must have something important to discuss with me in secret, right? Don't worry, there's no eavesdropping or surveillance in this private room. That woman Jiang Xiaotang knows what's important."
"I didn't come to see you for anything, I just came to watch the match," Li Changqing said with a smile. "I heard that a boxer named Qing Xiao Tu beat the Tigerweight boxer, so I came here specifically to take a look and find a good prospect for my bodyguard team."
"Didn't you say that there's nothing to see at E-Class? And aren't your bodyguards at least D-Class?" The beautiful young woman and the strong man stared wide-eyed.
"It doesn't matter if he's weak. My aunt is in charge of gene serums. If she wants to improve his strength, it's just a matter of a word," Li Changqing said.
Li Yinuo thought to herself, "Qing Chen probably wouldn't be willing to take the gene serum."
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