It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

Dongfang Xiao would have done the same thing even if he didn't need to tell him. After all, he wasn't going to spare Cheng Gujian's life. At least in the eyes of the people of the Hualan Empire, he had to die, otherwise the little empress's own status would be affected.

Of course Xu Shi had no objection. This arrangement could be said to take everyone into consideration. His control over the Hualan Empire remained solid. With his grandfather watching over him, Cheng Gujian would not be able to cause any trouble.

As for Cheng Gujian himself...oh, he lost consciousness due to excessive consumption, so we assume that he agrees.

Anyway, when he wakes up, he will become a girl with a beard... No, when he wakes up, the ship may have arrived at the station, what else can he do?

"That's it?"

Wen Shengkui nodded and said, "You guys take care of the rest. I'm sleepy and need to rest."

He didn't want to get involved in Xu Shi's affairs, and if there was anything else, they could talk about it later.

"Grandpa, walk slowly."

Xu Shi arranged for Lin Yue and Ye Shanshan to take him back to his residence, and he did not forget to drag the shattered Cheng Gujian with him.

At this point, everything is finally settled.

The fact is that once Cheng Gujian died, the rebels would not be able to hold on any longer. Not to mention his own cyborg troops, many of them had already been dealt with when Mr. Wen came to the rescue just now.

The sounds of fighting outside the palace had long ceased.

Watching the night gradually fade away, Xu Shi let out a long sigh of relief, turned around to look at Dongfang Xiao and smiled.

"Your Majesty is welcome to take back power."

There is also a subtext to these words, that is, he will not go back on his word on what he promised you, and he does not want to spend all his energy on building and managing this land. From now on, these things are all things that Dongfang Xiao needs to do personally.

All he had to do was to provide help as agreed. Of course, the fact that the little queen was his would not change.

"...Thank you, Mr. Xu."

Even though everyone here knew the inside story to some extent, Dongfang Xiao still said something polite to save face.

After all, she is now an empress with real power. She can’t be as heartless or submissive as before!

Xu Shi didn't say anything else. After giving a brief explanation, he led his men away.

……

"At such a good time, why don't you take the opportunity to do something to the little queen?"

After working all night, everyone was exhausted. The only one who could still maintain sufficient energy was probably Xia Ke'an, who was in charge of the whole process and had stronger mental strength than Xu Shi.

"What do you want me to do to her?"

Xu Shi shook his head. To be honest, he had no such idea at all at the moment.

"I want you to do something to me."

The old lady stood on tiptoe without any hesitation and kissed him in her Lolita form, "After all, you have done something earth-shattering. Even if you are unhappy, I will make you happy."

"I'd enjoy spanking you."

Xu Shi joked and let her lean on his arms as usual.

"This is the only thing on Brother Xu Shi's mind."

The white-haired loli rolled her eyes at him and changed the subject without leaving a trace, "Come to think of it, even if Director Wen doesn't protect you, you won't kill Cheng Gujian, right?"

"Why do you think so?"

Xu Shi raised his eyebrows, "I wish he would die soon."

"lie."

Xia Ke'an raised his head with interest, "You can fool Wuyou with this, but you can't fool me."

"Is it really okay to praise one and criticize the other? She's your own niece."

Xu Shi poked her head, but did not deny what she said.

Not to mention Dongfang Xiao, his attitude towards Cheng Gujian is actually very complicated.

How should I put it? From a personal point of view, he really wanted to grind him to ashes. Using him was a small matter. The key point was that this guy actually planned to drag him down with him. This was intolerable.

He is a very vengeful person.

But if he looked at it from a macro perspective, he had to admit that the other party played the game very well. Although he failed at the last minute, if he hadn't planted the seeds for Dongfang Xiao in advance, the situation would have been unpredictable.

The most important thing is that everything Cheng Gujian did was not for himself, but for others.

In order to pave the way for others, he is willing to endure humiliation and even sacrifice his own life... There are probably not many people in this world who can do such a thing, especially a powerful official like him who can call the wind and rain and give up his enormous wealth and rank at will. Let alone others, Xu Shi doesn't think he can do it.

Even his arrival did not affect his plan - should he say this was blind loyalty? After all, if he died here, the Hualan Empire might miss its only opportunity for rapid reform, but Cheng Gujian still chose to keep his original intention without hesitation.

It is difficult to judge whether this choice is right or wrong, but it is indeed worthy of admiration.

It may be because of this conflict in concepts that he did not have much joy of victory, not to mention that from the perspective of results, this victory can only be said to be a narrow one.

"Don't be so naive. No matter what, you are still the uncrowned king of the Hualan Empire."

The old lady knew what he was thinking, and she blinked and comforted him, "Besides, keeping him is not necessarily a bad thing. Facing an enemy like Heavenly Law, it is definitely not wrong to keep one more SS."

"Maybe this is why Director Wen kept him, isn't it?"

Xu Shi remained silent. The old man's decision was certainly not made on a spur of the moment. He might even have seen through Cheng Gujian's plan earlier than himself.

"Come to think of it, that Saint can also be considered an SS. I'll have to think about it later and see if I can make use of her."

Xia Ke'an's words served as a reminder to him, allowing him to mention it in passing.

"It depends on what you plan to do. I'm not good at this."

The white-haired Lolita pouted. She didn't like people who were "justices". "By the way, what's her current situation?"

"It should be that his consciousness was wiped."

Recalling everything that happened in the "liminal space", Xu Shi replied softly.

When the mental villain is eliminated, it is almost the same as brain death, in other words, it becomes a vegetative state.

This is a mixed bag - the upside is that an empty shell is definitely easier to use, but the downside is that we can't get more information about "heavenly principles" from her, and we can't replicate the scene where a female cadre abandoned by an evil organization suddenly realizes and starts providing intelligence.

"As for the few survivors from the Holy See... we'll have to wait until they wake up to find out the details."

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little irritated. Winning was certainly a good thing, but it was also a fact that there was still a mess to clean up.

Restoring order in the Hualan Empire, using Lu Baiyan's ability to remove the "rust fog", and so on and so forth... It's so annoying, all trouble.

"When will I be able to lay low?"

Boss Xu, who had no ambitions, sighed.

"How old are you and you want to lie down?"

Xia Ke'an nudged him with his head, looking angry at him for not fighting back, "I'm so much older than you, and I've never had such a thought."

"But you've been lying there for ten years."

"That's a physical problem. Do I have a choice?!"

The old lady was so angry that she hit him on the head. What a joke!

Seeing her like this, Xu Shi felt a little relieved and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"…Forget it. I won't bother with a little boy like you."

The white-haired loli wasn't really angry at Xu Shi for not fighting back. On the contrary, she knew that Xu Shi had been working very hard.

"It's better to have a good sleep first. I'm exhausted after this night."

"together?"

Xu Shi returned to his normal state and made an invitation to sleep together with a grin.

"Okay."

Xia Ke'an did not refuse, "I haven't slept with Brother Xu Shi for a long time."

"I'm not sleeping with Brother Xu Shi."

Xu Shi corrected, "I sleep with Xu Shi's father."

The old lady was slightly startled.

This can be considered as a code word between the two. Ever since the identities of father and daughter were exposed, Xia Ke'an in loli form called Xu Shi brother again.

But the title of "Dad" has not been abandoned, so who calls him that?

Who is it? Who is it?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 303 Don’t come over!

2023-10-29

"Good morning, would you like something to eat, 'Dad'?"

"Why do you have dark circles under your eyes? Did you not get enough rest last night, 'Dad'?"

Early in the morning, Xu Shi, who had just walked out of the room, heard such greetings coming from one after another.

When I looked up, I saw Jiang Chengcheng and Gu Yi standing there like door gods, with playful grins on their faces.

"… eavesdropping, huh?"

Boss Xu, who was originally a little confused, suddenly came to his senses, instantly understood the cause and effect, and said unhappily.

These two rooms are not far from mine...but is the soundproofing of this house so bad?

"Hey, what do you mean by eavesdropping? You can't say that, 'Dad'?"

Xie Qingyan came over at some point and joined in on this feast of weirdness. "It's just the wind blowing into my ears. Eavesdropping is too unpleasant."

I have to say, it would be a waste of talent if these three didn't form a group and debut as a group crosstalk artist.

At least it was a little confusing for a moment. If you didn't know, you would have thought it was some large-scale family reunion scene.

Looking back, I saw that the culprit who caused all this had not woken up yet. He was lying limply on the bed, looking very cute while sleeping.

However, Xu Shi still noticed that the angle at which the corners of the old lady's mouth were raised was not right, and he couldn't help but twitch.

...You are pretending to be asleep, right? You must be pretending to be asleep, right? !

Boss Xu, who saw through all of this, was stunned for a moment, but he was no longer embarrassed.

Why should I be embarrassed? It's not like I was the one calling you daddy all night!

It’s not my problem if others eavesdrop on me. Why is Li Hou shouting so loudly?

"Hmm? What are you doing?"

Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, a voice interrupted them, "What are you all doing here? Don't you have your own things to do?"

The only one who can bear the pressure from so many girls and serve as Xu Shi's mouthpiece is our Governor-General Tang Shuang.

"You all got up really early."

Xu Shi quickly changed the subject, "Is it because you didn't get enough rest due to the unfamiliar climate?"

"Is it more that you have something on your mind?"

Tang Shuang didn't comment, and pushed aside the others to come in. "Although the war is over, there are still follow-up matters to deal with, right?"

"Didn't you say that you were going to the palace to discuss something with the little queen? Are you ready?"

"...There's no need to be so anxious."

Looking at her serious face, Xu Shi spread his hands and said, "Do you want to have breakfast first?"

The so-called discussion is to further finalize the cooperation between the two lands with the royal family of the Hualan Empire in a formal and official manner.

At least it will be more formal than before. It will have to be published in newspapers and even announced to the world. The matters to be discussed will also be more detailed and specific. In addition to the previous material assistance and infrastructure construction, there will also be a series of other things such as talent exchange, resource exchange, etc.

And all of this required Tang Shuang to be present, especially since she had to show up - she was the nominal supreme ruler of Night Sin City, and she also needed to take this opportunity to appear in the eyes of the subjects of the Hualan Empire.

"It's all up to you."

Tang Shuang shrugged, looking nonchalant, "Of course, if Director Xu doesn't mind, why don't you accompany me to stroll around the streets before leaving and experience the local customs and practices?"

"……OK."

Xu Shi would not refuse, but her words sounded a bit weird...