I, Lord of Prayer

In the simply decorated, brightly lit office, Jiang Che, who was dealing with a lot of complicated work, glanced at Zhou Chen who had just entered.

"What's up?"

"I'm here to work," Zhou Chen replied matter-of-factly.

"..."

Jiang Che stopped typing, as if he had heard something unbelievable. He looked at Zhou Chen suspiciously, sizing him up for a few seconds: "What do you want?"

"Wow, I came to work as usual, and you actually thought I had ulterior motives?" Zhou Chen glared at him, his voice booming, "What about trust? What happened to the trust we agreed on?"

Jiang Che rested his left elbow on the armrest of his office chair, rubbed his temples with some trouble, and asked in return, "Someone like you who slacks off for seven and a half hours out of an eight-hour workday, would you voluntarily come to work? Besides, you're on a mission right now and don't need to work."

"Uh... I admit I slacked off a bit too much before, but I really came to work." Zhou Chen pointed to the faint dark circles under her eyes and said seriously, "You should take a break."

Jiang Che remained silent, his slightly weary eyes fixed on Zhou Chen, trying to find any trace of hypocrisy in his expression, but to no avail.

After a long while, she sighed wearily, "Then I'll leave it to you. I'm going to get some sleep."

There's a hidden cubicle in the office, which turns out to be a small bedroom with just a bed. These kinds of cubicles are quite common in the office; after all, for these office workers, staying up all night and not being able to get back to their dorms is practically a daily occurrence. 😾🐺 ❻9𝓈ⓗᑌ𝕏.𝔠ｏ𝕄 ൠ✌

Jiang Che took out a small medicine bottle from the drawer, poured out two strong sleeping pills, mixed them with warm water and drank them. Before leaving, he instructed, "Call me anytime if there is any emergency. Hmm, you should receive an invitation later. Just keep it. If anyone asks, just say I'm busy right now."

"I understand," Zhou Chen nodded.

Jiang Che entered the cubicle, and soon the wishing bottle collected the corresponding wish value, and the seventh star, which had not yet been condensed, gradually took shape.

Zhou Chen began his work with satisfaction.

An hour later.

He leaned back in his seat, his laziness kicking in, and he couldn't help but want to slack off.

I'll just touch it for a while... Anyway, the work isn't urgent, and I'll get a notification if anything happens...

While thinking this, he opened a live streaming platform to watch e-sports competitions. A dozen minutes later, Jiang Che suddenly received an email in his inbox.

"An invitation?"

Looking at the email title, Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment before clicking to open it—Jiang Che hadn't said he couldn't see it.

[Dear Ms. Jiang Che, I cordially invite you to dine with me tomorrow evening in the rooftop garden of the Renaissance Building. — Fu Qing]

The invitation was simple, but the name of the person who invited him surprised Zhou Chen for a moment. ♝☝ 69ѕ𝔥𝓤Ж.ςⓄⓜ 🐒🍟

—Fu Qing.

He is the agent for the Asia branch of Southern Shipping in the Jinzhu area, an honorary member of the World Ocean Conservation Association, the president of the Jinzhu Yongheng Chamber of Commerce, and also the richest man in the Jinzhu area. He donates tens of millions of dollars every year and is regarded as the ultimate philanthropist by the public.

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"Southern Shipping" is a behemoth that occupies more than 30% of the world's ocean logistics transportation channels. It is an out-and-out shipping giant. As the agent in the Jinzhu area, Fu Qing's power is considerable. He manages almost all of the import and export business in the Jinzhu area.

The title of "Honorary Member of the World Ocean Conservancy" is not particularly noteworthy; it simply adds a layer of prestige to one's social standing and helps build connections. Most importantly, it represents the position of President of the Kinmen-Hsinchu City Yongheng Chamber of Commerce.

"Eternal Chamber of Commerce" is a top global chamber of commerce that monopolizes more than 60 percent of the world's extraordinary market. It is involved in many fields and has extensive channels. Its daily turnover can reach billions. Taboo items can often be seen in its high-end auctions.

As the branch president of the Eternal Chamber of Commerce, Fu Qing not only possesses the highest level of personal protection as an Ascended Being, but also enjoys the highest level of personal protection. Ascended Being bodyguards are always by his side. At the same time, he controls the extraordinary market in the Golden Bamboo region and even the surrounding areas, wielding immense power. Even the Stars Society has to give him some face on ordinary days.

In general, Fu Qing can be considered a big shot in Jinzhu and even the entire coastal region of Asia. With a single order, he can summon tens of thousands of his underlings to fight from the south street to the north street, and then back again. As long as he doesn't call for a halt, his underlings won't stop—of course, in reality, he would be arrested on the spot by the Stars Society as soon as he called for reinforcements.

"I don't know if they're trying to curry favor, negotiate, or intimidate... Jiang Che killed a group of big shots not long after he arrived, and I think some of them were his people... Oh well, that's the world of the strong, it has little to do with me." Seeing that there was no follow-up news, Zhou Chen stopped paying attention.

·

The next day, early in the morning.

After a good rest, Jiang Che, feeling refreshed, walked out of the next bedroom and found Zhou Chen eating a steamed bun while communicating with others about business. He was typing with one hand at an extremely fast speed, leaving afterimages as he typed.

"Ah, you're awake. I bought you breakfast. I don't know if it suits your taste." Zhou Chen pointed to the hot steamed buns and soy milk on the table.

"Nothing serious happened last night, right?" Jiang Che asked.

"No, everything's fine. I've finished the rest of the work, and I've compiled the details into a spreadsheet. You can take a look if you're worried..." Zhou Chen said as he stood up to offer his seat, then suddenly remembered something and added, "By the way, Fu Qing invited you to dinner at the Sky Garden tonight."

"Heh, I found it after all." Jiang Che snapped the straw into the paper cup, took a couple of sips of soy milk, opened his email, and found the invitation.

"What does he want with you?" Zhou Chen'an asked, unable to contain his curiosity.

"Once Iron Python and Lady Gray fall, their backers will also be affected. That person is Fu Qing's mortal enemy. I guess he wants to win me over to eliminate dissidents and divide up the huge cake of the Golden Bamboo black market. That's an astonishing profit," Jiang Che said casually.

"The Iron Python and Lady Gray's backer is Fu Qing's mortal enemy..."

Zhou Chen quickly realized: "He's the backer behind Birdman and Snow White? And the one who brought them together?"

"Um."

Are you going?

"Of course not."

Jiang Che looked at him, her calm gaze sending a chill down one's spine, her tone cold and indifferent: "Because I'm going to eliminate him as well."

Zhou Chen was taken aback, and after stammering for a while, he said, "Isn't that a bad idea? If you refuse, he will definitely be wary of you. It's hard for such an important person to find any clues if he wants to be cautious. It's better to pretend to cooperate first, proceed step by step, and when the time is right, just betray him and take him away..."

"I've considered this approach, but there's another problem."

Jiang Che calmly said, "I have too few people I can use, while Fu Qing not only has third-tier ascendants protecting him, but also personally controls many unknown forbidden items. He doesn't dare to openly attack me, but he can use some underhanded methods... Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want to accept this invitation, which is very likely to be detrimental to me."

"That makes sense," Zhou Chen agreed.

As a high-ranking official, Jiang Che must have protective mechanisms in place, but who can explain the unpredictability and suddenness of supernatural powers? It's entirely possible that he could be manipulated without even realizing it, just like Fina Blanche before...