"Prosperous?"
Zhou Min looked up at her and smiled.
"This is only the tip of Heavenly Origin City's iceberg. Once you've stayed here long enough, you'll realize this city is far more complicated than what you see now."
As she spoke, she closed the file, leaned back in her chair, removed her glasses, and rubbed her brow.
"My transfer to the Upper Parliament may seem like a promotion, but in Heavenly Origin City, so-called Upper Parliament members are merely pieces on one of countless power chessboards."
There was a hint of self-mockery in her voice.
"Especially at a time like this. The Lan Tuo Family has just produced a Quasi-Emperor,
and the major capitalist conglomerates of the Eternal Kingdom are all reshuffling and repositioning themselves. The balance of power across the entire Eternal Star Domain is changing. Whether coming to Heavenly Origin City at this time will be a blessing or a curse, I truly don't know."
Qi Xiyuan fell silent for a moment before softly saying,
"Auntie, I'm sorry for the trouble."
"Trouble?"
Zhou Min glanced at her, sighed, then shook her head.
"You're my sister's daughter. Finding you and keeping you by my side is only right. Why would you call it trouble?"
She paused, her tone becoming more serious.
"However, there's something I need to make clear to you in advance."
Hearing this, Qi Xiyuan raised her head and looked at her.
"I know that one reason you came to Heavenly Origin City was because of that boy named Tan Lin."
Zhou Min spoke slowly.
"I know that you two relied on each other for survival back in Feng City. I don't object to you looking for him,
but you need to understand that he is now at the Dawn Ancient Welfare Institute. Given that welfare institute's