The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition
Chapter 171

A Beauty's Favor Is the Hardest to Bear

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What was the biggest difference between a god-tier teammate and a hopeless liability?

For Director Zhou and Ms. Li, the difference lay in whether the other person could read the meaning in their eyes and react in exactly the right way.

In short, it was a test of how well they understood each other!

And so, once their eyes met in mutual understanding, something unexpected happened!

A-Bao abruptly shifted his gun and pressed the muzzle against Xie Bingkun's temple. At the same time, he gave Li Ruoyun a gentle shove with his left hand. She used the momentum to lunge forward and tumble across the ground.

At that very instant, Zhou Yi raised his arm and aimed straight at A-Sheng.

At that same instant, the professionally trained bodyguard A-Sheng reacted with astonishing speed, immediately aiming his own gun at Zhou Yi.

Bang!

It sounded like a single gunshot!

In reality, two pistols had fired in that instant.

A-Sheng took a bullet to the chest and toppled backward.

Another bullet had also pierced his right wrist.

In other words, regardless of whether Director Zhou's shot hit its mark or deprived his target of the ability to return fire, A-Sheng could not have harmed him.

Chen Zhong, his driver and bodyguard, calmly put away his pistol.

He thought the director's marksmanship had clearly improved. Apparently, he had kept up his practice over the past few months. Even more noteworthy, though, was how superbly the director had reacted just now!

Yu Xiao looked at Chen Zhong in admiration. In marksmanship alone, the gap between them was at least ten directors wide.

They were both the director's personal bodyguards, but Yu Xiao lagged behind by far more than a little!

"A-Bao, you..." Xie Bingkun stared at his personal bodyguard, his face twisting into a

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