After Fang Cheng ended his call with Kanzaki Rin, he heard a ding from the elevator.
He looked up. The elevator doors opened, and another man in a suit stepped out.
The man in the suit paid no attention to his unconscious companions strewn across the floor. He bowed to Fang Cheng. "Sir, Lady Qingxue invites you downstairs to meet with her."
The shift from calling him "you" informally to addressing him respectfully perfectly demonstrated that power was what earned people respect.
Fang Cheng glanced back. Two little heads were peeking out from beside the door, watching him.
Ugou Mirai looked nervous, while Ye Yuqing gazed at him eagerly, clearly wanting to go downstairs and see what was happening.
"Let's go together."
In the end, Fang Cheng decided to take them both along, lest they raid his home while he was downstairs.
Ye Yuqing wanted to cheer, but she held it in, worried that Fang Cheng might get annoyed and leave her behind.
The three entered the elevator, rode downstairs, and walked to the apartment entrance.
Beneath the night sky, over a hundred men in suits and sunglasses stood in the cold wind like a black forest.
Yuguang Qingxue, dressed in a maid uniform, stood at the front with her hands folded before her abdomen and her posture straight.
With a hundred underlings behind her, she had an imposing air that brooked no disrespect.
Fang Cheng left Ye Yuqing and Ugou Mirai inside the apartment entrance, then stepped out and walked slowly up to Yuguang Qingxue.
But Yuguang Qingxue's gaze passed over him and settled on Ugou Mirai. "Miss, it's time to come home," she said softly.
Ugou Mirai had been able to escape from home only because Yuguang Qingxue had allowed it. She had probably wanted to let her