"Knock, knock, knock-"
Qin Siyang was reviewing the Execution Squad's recent prisoner lists in his office at the United Government Building in Sigma District when someone knocked on the door.
Qin Siyang was a little puzzled.
Since he held no specific position in Sigma District and had no clearly defined duties, Gu Yunpeng was practically the only person who ever knocked on his office door.
Gu Yunpeng never stood on ceremony with him, either. He always walked straight in after knocking and told Qin Siyang what he wanted to work on together or what he needed help with.
Clearly, this visitor wasn't Gu Yunpeng.
Qin Siyang put away the documents on his desk and said, "Come in."
The office door opened, revealing Gu Yunpeng's secretary, Alimon Jean.
"Hello, Minister Qin."
Alimon was a Southern Glory student in the same year as Qin Siyang. She ranked among the top ten in their year and had attended Li Tianming's elective course alongside Qin Siyang and the others.
Alimon's father, Northman Jean, was one of the Safe Zone's top three Grain Trade tycoons and the seventh vice president of the United Merchants' Association. He also had a rather roundabout connection to Gu Yunpeng and Gu Weirong.
Through that connection, Northman had found a way to get his daughter Alimon into the Gu Family's business, hoping to arrange a marriage alliance with them as well.
The intended match was, of course, Qin Siyang's brother-in-law, Gu Yunpeng.
Gu Yunpeng's father, Gu Weirong, and mother, Liu Yingxia, both greatly admired the poised, intelligent, and gentle Alimon. Her father, Northman, had also consistently supported the Gu Family, so both parents wholeheartedly approved of pairing their son with her.
In particular, despite Gu Yunpeng's impossibly handsome face, he hadn't had so much as a rumored girlfriend. Instead, he