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"And what you said about last night... Well, I can admit, I didn't expect a half-dead guy to escape from my park. I did need to get rid of him. After all... these are special times."

"But, Ms. Chen, you should understand. I'm just...thinking."

The floating string music began to change, and the originally long rhythm began to become dark and ethereal, like a whisper.

"Commander Wei hates it most when businessmen like us get our hands dirty. Politics is politics, and business is business. I don't have the guts to secretly contact the top brass of the Imperial Guards. I don't have the courage to gamble my life on that."

The man swayed his hand to the strings while shaking his wine glass with the other. "In the final analysis, it was the Imperial Guard who wanted to help me solve this problem, because they also knew... that this was right."

"Duanlong Group is at a disadvantage in its connection with the Cornados Group. Commander Wei hopes that we can learn their technology and give back to Longmen. I am deeply honored by Commander Wei's trust in us."

"And if such a scandal were to break out here, Cornados could put pressure on Chief Wei and Duan Long from countless angles, and the losses it would cause... would be in the hundreds of millions."

Mu Shu put down his wine glass and said sincerely, "First of all, I have to admit that this was my fault. I didn't handle my personal affairs properly, which caused inconvenience to Longmen. Therefore, I am willing to hand this handle over to the Guard Bureau and to Mr. Wei."

He spread his hands. "You can use this as evidence to punish me at any time. Of course... I think I can be of better use than being sent to jail."

"Duanlong and I can create countless wealth for Longmen. Then, Miss Chen, I ask you——"

"That guy who's not even a citizen of Longmen, okay?"

The capitalist shook his head. "This is a simple matter of calculating value... I know, I know you're angry, Ms. Chen, but you need to think it through carefully."

He grinned, his teeth were porcelain white and clean, yet stained with blood and flesh.

"He's already dead. What's the point of exposing my story and bringing me to trial, other than destroying Mr. Wei's efforts?"

"Are you done?"

Chen's voice was calm.

Mu Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly. "Of course, I believe Miss Chen will make a wise choice. You are destined to stand at the highest level of Longmen. Why bother to quibble with a small-time figure like me at this time and end up making an unforgivable mistake?"

"I thought there would be something more innovative, but this is all you have."

Chen suddenly took a step forward and walked towards the wooden bundle.

On the other side, Guan Yueli, with half-closed eyes and humming a song, walked to the record player with his hands behind his back, leisurely picking up one record after another. Then his eyes lit up, and he casually threw away the lyrical string music and put the record in his hand into it.

In an instant, the dull sound of drums came like thunder.

"I like this song." Guan Yueli looked at Mu Shu, whose expression changed slightly, with a smile, "I really like the name of the song."

The Wrathful King

"You're right, Mr. Mushu," Chen said softly. "People have value, but the value of each person is different."

Her voice was so calm, but the endless rage in her eyes seemed to want to burn everything in front of her to ashes.

"I'm glad you think so too, Chen Huijie...Officer!"

Mu Shu retreated step by step and uttered the last two words through gritted teeth.

"You know I'm a police officer..."

Chen stopped.

Just as Mu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, the girl's cold voice rang out again, accompanied by the extremely piercing sound of musical instruments and... Ming Wang's angry roar:

"Don't you know more? You know that I am Wei Yanwu's niece, you know that I have the blood of the Yan Kingdom royal family flowing in my body, and you know that sooner or later I will stand at the top of Longmen. So now, I ask you -"

Her voice was cold and fierce:

"Are you worthy enough to punish someone like me?"

"Just like you who are so confident now because of your value..."

She stepped forward, the room echoing with the passionate music of swords clashing and fire burning.

"Will I, who dealt with you, be judged?"

Under the strange and wild music and the oppression of the dragon's might, Mu Shu fell to the ground and tore off his disguise.

He roared, "Are you kidding me?! Just because of a dead dog's life, Longmen will lose hundreds of millions of Longmen coins and suffer countless losses?!"

"You're just a child who hasn't grown up yet, satisfying your own sense of justice... Stop playing house. If it were Mr. Wei... If it were Mr. Wei, even if he attacked me, he wouldn't use such a ridiculous and vulgar method, and he certainly wouldn't act just to satisfy his own sense of justice!"

"Just to satisfy... your own sense of justice?"

Chen chewed over this sentence carefully, and then replied indifferently: "Then just take it as fact."

She grabbed a pen from the desk.

"Chen Huijie!"

Mu Shu did not beg for mercy. His rage was pure and real because he really couldn't understand why Chen would do such a stupid thing.

"You'll kill this city... You'll destroy this city! Because of your utterly foolish ideas and sense of justice. You don't understand anything!"

Chen seemed a little bored and pointed the tip of the pen at Mu Shu's throat.

"Have you thought about it?"

At this moment, the music stopped abruptly.

A woman's voice rang out in the silent room:

"Do you remember what you said to me, Xiao Chen?"

"Remember." Chen stared into Mu Shu's eyes. She didn't see even a trace of regret in those hysterical and angry eyes.

"Remember when I came to you to ask for someone and you stood in front of me?"

"remember."

"So, do you remember why you did that?"

"Remember them all."

Guan Yueli smiled and asked, "Since you remember everything, what are you doing now?"

“Righting a wrong.”

The girl replied calmly.

"Correct my mistakes."

"Have you made up your mind yet?"

Justice serves order, order is the prerequisite for everything, and stability is the first priority for everything.

Justice, morality, everything must give way to order and stability.

So Chen told herself that she should not let personal emotions cross the bottom line of order. She had no right to privately judge any sinner, whether he was a thief or a murderer. The guilty would receive the punishment they deserved.

But what if… they don’t?

Just because of so-called value, we temporarily exempt a villain from his numerous sins, turn a blind eye to the countless despair experienced by those who suffer, and even... directly deprive him of his existence?

It’s as if there has never been such a person in this world?

Just like that rainy night, the choice that man made between this city and the little girl who shared the same blood as him, a choice... just based on value?

Chen was right. She was tired of hearing Mu Shu's words.

She had been fed up with it for a long time, long after she lost her biological sister and then her mother.

Chen returned to Longmen to right a wrong, a city with so many wrongs that too many people took for granted.

She was unable to prevent the mistake from happening and could only watch the girl disappear into the darkness.

Now, she still hasn't had time to prevent similar mistakes from happening, but there is still one thing she can do -

Bringing the right judgment.

So, she answered Guan Yueli:

"I've made up my mind."

"very good."

The woman smiled gently and the music started playing again.

There was another thunder.

Demons, evil spirits, ghosts and goblins.

All of them were executed.

"Watching the moon."

The girl lowered her eyes and stared at the guilty man. His trial was over, but he still seemed unable to believe that it had already come.

Those wide-open eyes were filled with confusion and anger, but still... there was no regret.

"What's wrong?" Guan Yueli stopped the music and asked with a smile, "Because the shock was too great, do you want a hug now? It's okay, I'm available anytime."

"In the end, I judged him according to my own will. Of course, I don't regret it. It's just..."

She turned to look at Guan Yueli and said seriously, "No one is qualified to judge others, so from this day on, I should be prepared to be judged by others. Therefore... I hope you can promise me one thing."

"If one day, my fair, strict, and personal judgment comes."

"I hope the person who judges me is you."

The woman sighed. "Why do I have to do such a terrible thing?... Never mind. I promise you."

She walked up to Chen, placed her hands on her head, and replied calmly and solemnly:

"I promise you, Chen Huijie, that in this world... I am the only one qualified to judge you."

After she finished speaking, she blinked and said, "Are you satisfied?"

"It would be better if you hadn't said that." The girl muttered softly, staggering and leaning against Guan Yueli's arm.

"Why, you don't have the energy to walk a few steps or poke someone with a pen?"

"There are so many unpleasant memories that I'm a little tired."

She half-closed her eyes and leaned on Guan Yueli's shoulder: "Lean on me, what's wrong?"

"Good good..."

"After helping this time, it will really be the last time." Chen said suddenly.

"The last time?" Guan Yueli looked surprised. "Isn't this the first time you asked me for help?"

The girl didn't react for a moment. After two or three seconds, she lowered her head and asked softly:

"Can I still ask you for help?"

It's about helping, not... begging.

In the past, Chen could only helplessly beg for help from Guan Yueli in order to break the unsolvable situation.

Now Chen is no longer begging Guan Yueli.

"Of course." Guan Yueli smiled and rubbed Chen's head. "Any time is fine, but let me make it clear... it's not a good thing to rely too much on big sister."

"Stop being so narcissistic." Chen gently bumped his head against her shoulder.

"Come to think of it, you still didn't explain why in the end?"

"what why?"

"why me."

"...You are so stupid, Xiao Chen."

Guan Yueli sighed first.

"Haven't you already given your reasons?"

What could better prove how unique the girl named Chen Huijie is than this rebellious trial?

The woman pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes and eyebrows filled with joy and happiness.

Chapter 121 - Prelude to the upcoming...

"...Last night at 1:34 AM, Duanlong Group Chairman Mu Shu suffered a sudden heart attack at home. After five hours of emergency treatment, he was officially pronounced dead..."

"...Cornados Group expresses deep regret over this matter and declares that Chairman Mushu's unexpected death does not affect the cooperation between the two parties, and the agreement will continue..."

The morning paper from Longmen TV rang out in the living room. At the dining table, Xingxiong stared at Guan Yueli with burning eyes, while the latter buried his head in his food, pretending to be deaf and dumb.