"Of course. She is such a cute girl. I don't think she knows anything." The old man nodded and said to Zhang Xuan with a smile: "My cute little princess, I need to talk to your brother for a while. Why don't you go in and have some ice cream? Your brother won't be mad."
Zhang Xingxing's scalp tingled, but he still nodded and forced a smile. "Yes, I won't be mad. Xuan Xuan, listen to me."
"Oh." The little girl nodded unhappily. Then, she was led by a lady in a red lady's suit into the inner room of the coffee shop.
"Don't worry. If you follow the rules, so will I." The old man lowered his head and blew on the tea leaves. "But if you don't follow the rules … Then don't blame me for being unscrupulous."
The words "unscrupulous" were very clear, but it was like thunder in Zhang Xingxing's ears.
"I … I didn't do anything. I just talked to him."
"That's why you can still stand here and talk to me." The old man took a sip of tea and smiled: "My name is Ji Hanwu. How about working for me?"
"You …" Zhang Xingxing was stunned. He was shocked because of the name Ji Hanwu. Being in this line of work, he was naturally well-informed. How could he not have heard of the name Ji Hanwu?
The other reason was that he didn't expect Ji Hanwu to use him. "You won't kill me?"
"As long as you are a human, you have value." Ji Hanwu said lightly. "Killing you is the simplest way, but also the most wasteful way."
Zhang Xingxing didn't ask any stupid questions like "Aren't you afraid that I will betray you?". He knew that if he joined Ji Hanwu, there must be some kind of drug or Gu bug.
Everyone was smart enough to know what was going on.
...
"So that's how it ended … Boss." After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xingxing didn't know how to address Ji Hanwu. In the end, he said "boss" awkwardly.
"From now on, you and the others can call me Chairman Ji," Ji Hanwu said casually.
"Yes, Chairman Ji."
"Han Yuanming, mayor of Jinling Base City." Ji Hanwu repeated a few times. Finally, an inexplicable smile appeared on his face. When he received the news that someone was investigating Gao Peng, he thought it was something serious. He didn't expect it to be because of this.
Before the Cataclysm, no matter how big his group was, it wouldn't have been able to do anything to the mayor of a base city.
This was a fundamental difference. But after the Cataclysm, everything had changed.
The rules of the game in this world had undergone earth-shaking changes, and these changes were becoming more and more intense.
In a sense, the top monster trainers were gradually becoming the rule makers of the new world.
"Chairman Ji, are you going to deal with Han Yuanming?"
"No." Ji Hanwu shook his head. "Leave Han Yuanming to Little Roc. This matter started because of him, so it must end because of him. Only then will he feel a greater sense of accomplishment."
"Yes." Zhang Xingxing nodded.
"However, there is one point that I do agree with. Little Peng's participation in this competition is indeed a waste of time," Ji Hanwu said calmly.
"Huh?" Zhang Xingxing was a little confused.
"I'll find a chance to talk to him …" Ji Hanwu looked out the window.
They hadn't seen each other for almost four years.
The coffee shop fell into a short silence.
.....
Back at the hotel, Gao Peng let Dumb rest in the backyard of the hotel, then took the elevator upstairs.
When he passed by the lobby, Gao Peng's footsteps were slightly hesitant. In front of the hotel's check-in counter, there were about seventy to eighty people.
It must be some company or a group gathering for a group meal. Gao Peng didn't care about this small matter.
Back in the room, Gao Peng buried his head under the pillow and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Gao Peng was still sleeping.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
The knocking was regular and rhythmic.
Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock.
Gao Peng was in a deep sleep and wasn't woken up by the knocking.
However, the knocks on the door were persistent, and Gao Peng finally woke up from his sleep.
He rolled on the bed and wanted to get up, but he was stuck to the soft bedsheets. Gao Peng yelled weakly, "I don't need to clean."
"It's not a good thing for young people to always sleep in." A voice full of energy came from outside the door.
"…" There was a short silence.
Gao Peng's eyes widened instantly and his heart raced.
He jumped up from the bed and turned his head to look in the direction of the door, as if he couldn't believe it. He was worried that it was just a hallucination.
Knock, knock, knock.
Gao Peng didn't even bother to put on his slippers and ran to the door, looking out through the peephole.
A very strong old man in a loose white Han Chinese costume was standing outside the door, his short white hair was combed back. He seemed to have noticed something and looked at Gao Peng through the peephole and smiled.
The moment he saw the old man's face, Gao Peng couldn't help but smile and opened the door immediately. "Grandpa!"
Gao Peng rushed out of the room and hugged Ji Hanwu.
Ji Hanwu laughed heartily and patted Gao Peng's back gently. When he saw that Gao Peng didn't even put on his slippers, he couldn't help but grumble, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you're still so careless. Next time, put on your slippers properly before coming out."
Gao Peng didn't answer. He just grunted and closed his eyes. Gao Peng felt a lump in his throat.
No one knew how a child who had lost his parents survived the apocalypse. Even Uncle Liu had only moved here a year after the apocalypse.
Whether it was the sarcasm of others, the melancholy of seeing things, or the loneliness of being alone in the middle of the night. He had experienced too much.
"Okay, okay, Grandpa is back now." Ji Hanwu comforted Gao Peng softly. "As long as Grandpa is here, no one can bully you!"
No matter how mature a person was, he was just a child in front of his elders and relatives.
At the end of the corridor stood a few people. They silently turned their heads away, not daring to look directly at the scene. This was the first time they had seen such a gentle chairman.
They didn't know if there would be any serious consequences if they looked at him too much, so it was best not to look.
He walked into the room and closed the door.
Ji Hanwu walked to the rattan chair by the window and sat down. He said to Gao Peng with a pleasant expression, "Grandpa just watched your competition. Your performance was great. You were brave and resourceful."
Gao Peng was a little embarrassed to be praised by his grandfather like this. Usually, he would just shamelessly admit to it, but now that his grandfather was praising him like this, he felt quite embarrassed.
"Being able to protect yourself is the greatest success." Ji Hanwu smiled. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Just like when I first established the Southern Sky Group, I also temporarily made concessions on certain matters."
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