When their eyes met, both men recalled what had happened at Beirong all those years ago.
Whenever Beirong came up, people inevitably thought of its gravedigger, Yu Jianyun.
Yu Jianyun mattered, but where he had come from mattered even more.
Before making his name in a single battle at Beirong, Yu Jianyun had been the director of the Military Armaments Office in Area No. 4, and an insignificant figure even within the Yu Family. No one had known he possessed the strength of a Tiger Cards Joker.
But Gu Weiyang had known.
Yu Jianyun had gone to Beirong to kill Lei Xiaoting and the other powerful figures because Beirong had intended to oppose the United Government, and Yu Jianyun was, at heart, the United Government's man.
To preserve the United Government's stability and power, Gu Weiyang would certainly kill.
The only question was which members of the Four Major Mining Companies would suffer this time.
Zhao Longfei slowly asked again, "Then what are your plans?"
"I don't know. If unrest breaks out in the Safe Zone, it'll probably start in Zone 5. There's no way I can remain Western Glory's principal. Maybe I'll go to the Merchants' Association, maybe the Military, or maybe somewhere else. In any case, I won't join the United Government."
"Are you worried you won't be able to keep your mining shares if you join the United Government?"
Yan Mohui smiled. "Principal Zhao, I've already activated Conversation Shielding, and you're still playing dumb with me?"
Zhao Longfei met his gaze, then nodded slightly. "What happened at Beirong is over."
"Once bitten, twice shy. Those people in Zone 1 see Lei Xiaoting in everyone. Never mind someone like Yan Budong, who commands troops-even the Four Major Mining Companies, which only care about raking in money, have to