Chapter 1379 - 1378: Unsealing

Chapter 1379: Chapter 1378: Unsealing

Meanwhile, on the other side of Yanbang City, at the Qian Family.

In a room inside the Qian Family’s grand estate, a middle‑aged man was currently flying into a rage.

"Didn’t you say no one dared to provide Existence Technology with materials anymore! Then what’s going on with the materials they have now! Did they conjure them out of thin air themselves!?" Young Master Qian cursed angrily.

Young Master Qian was the second son of the Qian Family Patriarch, in charge of the family’s business affairs. Originally it was a cushy job, barely needed any effort, and absolutely no one would dare compete with the Qian Family. But recently, out of nowhere, some Existence Technology popped up, making his life a complete headache.

In his view, at first, some little company that didn’t know its own limits dared to snatch food from his mouth; just a casual wave of his hand should’ve crushed them. But he hadn’t expected that behind that little company actually stood the Li Family.

The Li Family and the Qian Family were both among the Five Great Families, their strength evenly matched, so in the open he didn’t dare act rashly. Otherwise, if the Li Family caught hold of any handle on them, things would get ugly. So he could only secretly trip up Existence Technology. At the beginning it went quite smoothly—Existence Technology was hit completely off guard, and it looked like they were about to go bankrupt because they couldn’t deliver on time and would have to pay massive breach‑of‑contract penalties. But who would’ve thought a "biting‑Chen" would jump out halfway, and suddenly someone started supplying Existence Technology with materials again. All his effort these past days went up in smoke, making Young Master Qian extremely depressed.

"According to our investigation, this batch of materials was provided under the name of the Regional Science and Technology Research Center." Beside Young Master Qian, an assistant‑like man reported to him.

"Regional Science and Technology Research Center? Existence Technology actually has that kind of connection!?" Young Master Qian’s heart lurched. The Regional Science and Technology Research Center was the high‑end R&D base for the entire Hua Family district, directly under federal jurisdiction. No power could plant its own forces inside, and at the regional level the various families were not allowed to trade regional interests for family interests. So this time Young Master Qian had absolutely no way to interfere. But on what basis could the Li Family gain the backing of the Regional Science and Technology Research Center?

"No, I have to go report this to Father." Young Master Qian said. This matter at least proved one thing: the Li Family had gotten itself linked up with the Regional Science and Technology Research Center. That was a big deal and had to be reported to the Patriarch.

Young Master Qian hurried to a certain room and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" From inside came a voice that sounded a bit aged but was still full of vigor.

"It’s me, Taishao."

"Come in." The old man inside said. Hearing this, Young Master Qian pushed the door open and walked in.

The room was very small, and the light was dim. The furnishings were extremely simple—a long bed, a table, a chair. It didn’t look at all like where the Patriarch of a huge family like the Qian Family would live.

At this moment, an elderly man was sitting in the chair with his eyes closed, resting. Young Master Qian walked up to him and said respectfully, "Father, I have something to report to you."

"What is it?" The old man didn’t even open his eyes.

"It’s about the Li Family. The Li Family seems to have gotten in with the Regional Science and Technology Research Center." Then Young Master Qian told the old man, in full detail, everything that had recently happened.

Only after listening to Young Master Qian’s account did the old man open his eyes.

"So, in other words, you’ve already managed to offend that company?" The old man looked at Young Master Qian and spoke faintly.

That sentence gave Young Master Qian quite a scare. "Father, I was forced into it. That Existence Technology has taken almost half of our business. If this keeps up, our situation will be worrying." Young Master Qian explained.

"How many times have I told you, in business you make money through harmony. Even though we’re in the military‑industrial sector—put it bluntly, we’re arms dealers—we still pursue profit. When you encounter an opponent, you should first see whether there’s a possibility of cooperation. You went and offended them right from the start; isn’t that just asking to bring enemies down on yourself?" The old man said, somewhat hating that iron wouldn’t turn into steel.

"Then, Father... what should I do now?"

"First, find out clearly what exactly the relationship is between the Li Family and the Regional Science and Technology Research Center, and whether that company is a direct‑line industry of the Li Family or not, then we’ll decide what to do."

"Yes, Father." Young Master Qian responded, then very consciously backed out of the room. Inside, the old man slowly closed his eyes again.

On Jiang Cheng’s side, the affairs in Yanbang City were mostly wrapped up; it was about time for him to get ready to return to the Wu Mansion. He wondered how things were going over there now.

Jiang Cheng made a call to Zhang Mengmeng.

"I’m heading back to the Wu Mansion. Are you coming back or not?" Jiang Cheng asked. The reason he asked was mainly because ever since Zhang Mengmeng got the Space Ring, she’d been holed up in the lab every day, researching the ring, trying to crack its manufacturing method. But the ring was made by the system; there’s no way the technology of this era could crack it—not even Zhang Mengmeng.

"Not going, not going, this granny’s busy. If you’ve got nothing else, I’m hanging up." Zhang Mengmeng finished speaking and hung up, not even giving Jiang Cheng the time for one more sentence.

"This little girl..." Jiang Cheng felt a bit of regret at having given the ring to Zhang Mengmeng. Still, the ring was indeed a great item; tomorrow he’d give one to Jiang Qing’Er.

As soon as he thought of Qing’Er, Jiang Cheng became impatient to hurry back to the Wu Mansion.

Just then, Jiang Cheng’s wristband rang again. Jiang Cheng glanced at it—hey, it was Qing’Er calling. Speak of the devil and the devil appears.

"Hello, Qing’Er, missing me already?" Jiang Cheng teased wickedly.

"Hmph, as if. I heard you’re back in Yanbang City, so I wanted to see whether you’ve dragged another woman along with you. I’m afraid in a few days, when you come back, you’ll be like last time and bring one back again!" Jiang Qing’Er said. Hearing that, Jiang Cheng could still hear the longing she had for him underneath it all.

"Hehe, last time was an accident, an accident. This time I definitely won’t. How are things on your end?" Jiang Cheng asked, curious how the Wu Mansion had been doing these few days he was away.

"Things are especially good! After you left, a few more people claiming to be from the security team came to help us and quickly wiped out the Iron Hand Sect and Fierce Tiger Sect. Also thanks to you for having basically taken care of Fierce Tiger before you left, that’s why things went so smoothly for us. Right now we’re in the process of taking over the territories left by those two sects. Give it maybe two more days and we’ll be about done. After that, the Wu Mansion will only have us Qingmen as the one big sect!" Jiang Qing’Er’s tone was full of joy.

Taking the train to the Wu Mansion, by the time Jiang Cheng returned to his own villa, half a month had already passed. Over this half month, Qingmen had already completed the takeover of Fierce Tiger Sect and Iron Fist Sect, successfully leaping up to become the number one sect in the Wu Mansion. Jiang Qing’Er had thus become the number‑one person in the Wu Mansion’s underground world. Of course, very few knew that behind this "number‑one woman of Wu Mansion" stood a man.

Jiang Cheng had also successfully completed his mission, so these few days Li Shengli hadn’t come to bother him anymore, which let him spend a few truly carefree days. In the daytime he wandered all over, eating and drinking; at night he went on dates with Qing’Er, living a thoroughly laid‑back little life. But such days didn’t last long. Another mission arrived.

This time Jiang Cheng was already used to it and didn’t complain to Li Shengli anymore. If a mission came, he’d just take it.