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Xie Bin was overjoyed.

"Ambassador Watanabe, we look forward to your joining us."

But Murong Lan smiled and put down the teacup in her hand.

"Ms. Watanabe, I also look forward to your joining us, but as you know, the Murong family has a rule that we will never cooperate with Japan on any level, including in the business field."

Xie Bin looked at Murong Lan with considerable dissatisfaction.

"Lanlan, if the Japanese government gets involved, we'll definitely have victory in the bag. As you've seen, the alliance between the Su and Liu families now has two financial experts from who-knows-where who are already making a fool of us."

"I invested in Jinglan Company to make money, not to lose money."

Murong Lan smiled dismissively: "President Xie, although I, Murong Lan, am a woman, I still keep in mind the ancestral teachings."

As she spoke, she gave a slight bow.

"Ms. Watanabe, I have a meeting at my company. I'll talk to you another day."

As she watched Murong Lan get up and leave the VIP room, Watanabe Chinatsu maintained a warm smile.

Xie Bin quickly smiled and said, "Don't be angry! Lanlan is very resourceful in every aspect. Only... sigh! This might be related to the influence of the Murong family. But I can try to persuade her."

Watanabe Chinatsu smiled and waved her hand, "Since Miss Murong is unwilling to cooperate, how about I directly cooperate with the number one family in the East China Sea?"

Xie Bin said happily, "I'd like to hear the details."

Chinatsu Watanabe rested her chin on her hand, smiling knowingly.

"I suspect that President Xie abandoned his business in the capital and returned to Donghai this time because of two women, Su Wanning and Murong Lan."

Xie Bin smiled. "You're only half right. Beautiful women are important, but I also need to take a bite out of the fat meat of Donghai. Otherwise, no matter how well I do in the capital, my position as the heir of the Xie family will still be unstable."

Chinatsu Watanabe gave a thumbs up. "You've got both wealth and beauty, Mr. Xie. You're a real man. To be frank, the Japanese Imperial Family can privately invest 30 billion in you. Combined with your current funds, that's enough to make you a force to be reckoned with in the East China Sea."

"Even if President Xie were to turn the tables and take over Jinglan Company in the future, it wouldn't be impossible. At that time, would you still be afraid that those two peerless beauties, Murong Lan and Su Wanning, wouldn't kneel before you and beg for your mercy?"

Xie Bin was not blinded by the huge profits; instead, he calmed down.

"How should I repay you then?"

Chinatsu Watanabe showed her approval, and the corners of her beautiful lips curved into a charming smile.

"It's very simple! In addition to the corresponding dividends and profits, I require the Xie family to lead the other three major families to join the Japanese Chamber of Commerce."

Xie Bin made the decision without hesitation.

"No problem! From now on, we'll be even closer partners."

Chinatsu Watanabe saw greed in Xie Bin's eyes—greed for her.

"Hahaha, Mr. Xie, your ambitions are truly remarkable. Do you know that the Crown Prince of Japan is already engaged to me? Do you dare?"

Xie Bin smiled confidently. "We have an old saying in Great Xia: 'To die beneath a peony is to die a romantic death.' If Ambassador Watanabe gives us a chance, all our cooperation will be deeper and smoother."

Chinatsu Watanabe smiled so hard her shoulders trembled slightly.

"Alright! Once you've taken over half of the East China Sea's commercial share, everything will be fine."

"Okay! It's a deal!"

Xie Bin stood up with a smile, wanting to take that delicate white hand, but Watanabe Chinatsu dodged it with a smile.

"President Xie, you should understand that there's no such thing as a free lunch. First, you need to bring the four major families into the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and then make the Su Group disappear as soon as possible."

Xie Bin patted his chest without hesitation and made a guarantee, then immediately added a sentence.

"I heard Chu Yang offended you today. How about I offer him my head as a pledge of loyalty?"

Chinatsu Watanabe rubbed her temples, her tone dismissive.

"Mr. Xie, you know Chu Yang's martial arts are completely ruined, so you wanted to do him a favor, right? But you should take my teacher's death today as a warning. Although Chu Yang is crippled, he still has helpers by his side. That Hua Xiyue deserves to die too!"

She paused, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes.

"Moreover, according to reliable sources, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family is already on her way to the East Sea with the Yin Sha Spear and the people from the Xuan Yun Sect. You can try to see just how fast the eldest daughter of the Jiang family's blade really is."

Xie Bin laughed heartily a few times, "The ambassador and I are truly on the same wavelength. Before coming here, I had already sent people to the airport to welcome Miss Jiang. With experts from the Xuan Yun Sect here, tonight is definitely Chu Yang's death day."

At the same time, Chu Yang sneezed three times in a row.

He rubbed his nose and cursed, "Damn it! People who insult others behind their backs—men are eunuchs, women have beards!"

The taxi stopped after passing through the mass grave; there was no road ahead for cars to pass.

As soon as Chu Yang got out of the car, the driver started to turn back.

"Hey, hey, don't rush. I still have to go back."

The driver was almost in tears.

"Brother, it's almost evening. I really don't want to wait for work in a place like this."

Chu Yang picked up his phone again to scan the QR code and entered 5,000.

"Brother, don't take too long, I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat."

Chu Yang's lips twitched. "When you went down to take someone's fruit at the intersection of the mass grave just now, you didn't seem cowardly at all."

As the saying goes, money makes the world go round.

The driver blushed. "I...I was just hungry, wasn't I?"

Chu Yang took a look and saw that there really was a small wooden house halfway up the mountain in this godforsaken place.

Upon arriving at the wooden house, before Chu Yang could even knock, the slightly crooked wooden door was pushed open.

"Come in!"

Gu Shuofeng opened the door without lingering and immediately turned around and went back inside.

Chu Yang stood at the doorway, surveying his surroundings.

The wooden house is crookedly embedded in the mountainside, entwined by withered vines.

A crooked fence enclosed several rows of withered herbs, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of decaying soil and strange herbs.

A few crows cawed hoarsely as they swept across the leaden-gray sky, and the path, hidden by overgrown weeds, meandered into the depths of the mass grave.

The simple wooden door of the cabin was open, letting in a sliver of flickering light, mixed with the faint chirping of insects.

A faint chill emanated from the ground beneath my feet.

"Wow! This place is really full of yin energy, and they've even set up a yin-gathering array. Are they trying to summon spirits?"

Upon entering the room, it was found to be a suite.

There was a wooden barrel in the outer room, filled with black water that smelled pungent.

Chu Yang frowned involuntarily.

Lin Xiaoman closed her eyes, revealing only her fair and delicate face in the dark water, her expression serene.

"Stop looking! My maternal grandfather told me what you meant, and I've also spoken to Lin Xiaoman. This is her own choice now; no one is forcing her."

"I even kicked her out. She cut her own heart meridian. I had no choice but to put her in the medicine pool."

Chu Yang raised his hand and gently touched Lin Xiaoman's brow, then sighed and withdrew his hand.

From that one touch, he knew that Lin Xiaoman's soul was hidden in her internal organs and that she no longer had independent consciousness.

Restoring consciousness to someone whose internal organs are hidden is no less difficult than bringing the dead back to life.

Fortunately, Lin Xiaoman was still a virgin, and a trace of her innate energy had not been lost, which could be considered a sliver of hope.

He couldn't help but sigh that this beautiful and clever girl was ruined by her family of origin, leaving her neither alive nor dead.

If it weren't for Lin Xiaoman's mother and younger brother's gambling addiction, and Xiao Yuening, who treated her like a younger sister, her future would have been limitless.

He put aside his sadness and glanced sideways at Gu Shuofeng.

"Tell me the truth, after being turned into a poison puppet, will your body still function like a normal person in every way? I seriously suspect you're trying to create a sex doll for yourself."

It's no wonder Chu Yang overthinks things.

It's perfectly normal for Gu Shuofeng to have desires, as a normal man.

In this gloomy place, no woman would want to live with this hideous-looking guy who smells so strange.