Chapter 101 The Banquet, Where Nightmare Began (Part One)

In A City's municipal government building

Briskly walking out of the meeting room, Edgar Gu's face was cold and stern. Holding a meeting log book, Bill Li picked up his pace and followed closely behind Edgar. All the leaders of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tourism Bureau, and the police inside the meeting room, exchanged glances with each other. They all got confused and nervous by Edgar's sudden exit. It took them a while to finally take a breath and a sigh of relief, coming back to their senses. Having been in the government for many years prior, they could not understand why they were all feeling pressured and frightened by the young politician.

"Mr. Mayor! Did you see the facial expressions of all those old sly foxes?" Bill Li said, laughing. "That was such a good show!" He couldn't keep his face straight, as he continued laughing and teasing.

Pushing his office door open, Edgar walked in and sat down in front of his desk. He took a sip in his cup of tea. Seeing the papers Bill placed on top of his desk, Edgar snorted and said,"There must be some strong, powerful people backing those sly foxes up, especially those leaders of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the police."

Bill furrowed his brows, shrugged, and sat down in front of Edgar. "I think the police have a strong relationship with the Sacred Domain led by Mr. Shen," he said with contempt as Edgar was pouring him tea. "And I think the Cultural Affairs Bureau has people inside who might have already surrendered to Mr. Long and have since become his men."

"Don't be so sure," Edgar said. His eyes deepened as he continued,"The Sacred Domain has taken root in A City for many years. They have extended their influence here, so I don't think they need to do anything to build strong relations with the government. The police, on the contrary, I am afraid that by wanting to keep the city safe and stable, they might turn to lick the boot of the Sacred Domain."

Edgar paused, and then continued,"Regarding the Cultural Affairs Bureau, they are initially, technically Brian Long's men."

"What?!" Bill's eye

It all starts on that fateful night.

When Ella, who is the dear sister of Samuel’s best buddy, sneaks into the hotel where the drunken Samuel resides and gets pregnant…

"I don’t want a divorce!"

"I don’t want a divorce!"

"I did no such thing!"

Ella jumped on the bed and cried out. “I don’t want a scheming woman as my wife. Just sign the paper...

and lawlessly, then such a person might either be too young and arrogant to know fear, or... he might have some sort of very powerful, strong and unknown ability. Which sort of person do you think Brian Long is?"

Edgar fixed his gaze on Bill, waiting for an answer.

"I think it's the latter one," Bill immediately answered without hesitation. He had already met Brian Long twice, and each time he saw him, he felt like Brian became a different man. Bill knew that Brian Long was a dangerous man who had hidden his thoughts so deep, despite his young age. It would be difficult for anyone to get any information from him and out of him.

Edgar grinned and that expressionless, grim smile stayed on his face for a long time until Molly's face suddenly popped up in his mind. He frowned, a sudden dash of worry flashing through his eyes and reaching his heart.

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts and he saw that Bill had already stood up to get the door.

"Please, do come in!" Edgar said.

The door was pushed open and in came Zack Wang, the minister of the Planning Department. He said,"Mr. Mayor, here is the information you asked for."

Edgar took the file from Zack Wang, opened it, and quickly browsed it. As he read some of the content in it, he muttered in confusion,"What? Both the Dragon Empire Group and the Shen Group are interested in buying that ruined land?"