The center of the imperial capital, the most prosperous commercial area.
The entire business circle is a prosperous scene. There is no distinction between rest days and working days. The twenty-story commercial building is full of people and traffic.
All kinds of big-name international brands have their stores here, and even when business is at its lowest, the monthly turnover is not less than one million.
In addition to young people, most of the people who come and go are office workers, and you can even meet top stars in the entertainment industry shopping here carrying handbags.
As the political and economic center of the entire G country, the Imperial Capital is one of the earliest places to be developed. The GDP it has created over the years ranks among the best in the country. The influx of more and more people has injected new vitality into the city, which has also raised housing prices accordingly. land price.
Naturally, a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money breeds the wealthy first generation and the second generation who are worth a lot of money. Those who can go shopping in this place are obviously not ordinary people.
The sky had just darkened, and all the lights here were turned on, and the neon lights illuminated the city with the lust of the city people.
It was already seven o'clock in the evening when Wen Li was led to the city center by three people. The distance from the traditional medicine competition site to the city center shopping mall was not too far.
That place also provides meals, but Su Jingjing clamored to try the best restaurant in the Imperial Capital. Wen Li and Xia Chen have not had a good meal since arriving in the Imperial Capital.
Most of them are takeaways ordered at home, or cooked by several people themselves.
"This meal can be regarded as a blessing for you. Don't say that I am not bleeding to entertain you when the time comes." Su Jingjing led a few people into the restaurant.
"It's pretty good." Lu Zhizhou was quite satisfied.
The environment of this place is quite good. After all, it is for high-end people. The decoration of the entire store is also top-notch. The ingredients for cooking are all the freshest ones delivered directly from the place of origin in the early morning of the same day.
The taste is of course nothing to say, but the price is also extremely expensive.
"This way, please." The waiter led a few people to their seats.
The restaurant is located on the fifteenth floor of a business district building, with all glass instead of walls. The view is wide, and you can see the floating lights and busy streets in the distance.
"Hey, this place looks pretty good." Lu Zhizhou stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the scenery in the distance.
Here you can see the night view around the business circle, with beautiful and charming eyes. Many young couples like to dine here, and a large part of the reason must be because of this.
Being able to enjoy excellent service and see the beautiful night view is a place that many people yearn for.
Apart from the price being a bit more expensive, there is nothing wrong with the rest.
"That's right, you don't care who picked the place, you can just order whatever you want." Su Jingjing waved her hand very generously.
Wen Li flipped through the menu twice and put it on the table. "You order it. I can eat anything."
Of course, Lu Zhizhou would not let go of this opportunity to serve her, and ordered the meals for the two of them boldly.
And the meals ordered were all Wen Li's favorite flavors.
The waiter took the menu and left. The distance between the tables in the restaurant was quite far. At this moment, half of the tables in the restaurant were occupied by guests.
In order to ensure that everyone here has a quiet and comfortable dining environment, the entire restaurant strictly controls the number of people it receives every day.
It ensures that the environment will not become noisy due to the increase in the number of people, and it can also improve the service quality to a certain extent and avoid the situation of being busy due to large numbers of people.
The waiter first put a sundae on their table with blueberry jam and blueberry garnish.
Wen Li looked at the sundae placed in front of him, and then at Lu Zhizhou who had come closer.
"Try it. This is their main recommendation. You can also have something sweet while waiting for the food to be served. It will make you feel better."
Wen Li touched the spoon next to him with his finger, "Are you trying to enlighten me?"
The three of them smiled face to face without saying anything.
Only when they arrived at the scene today did they find out that Jin Xianhua, Wen Li's master in the pharmaceutical world, had become a joke.
Being poisoned by your own poison seems to be a heinous and despised person in the entire pharmaceutical world.
Su Jingjing and Wen Li lived in the same small town, and she understood what Jin Xianhua meant to Wen Li.
If Jin Xianhua hadn't given up on this little girl, I'm afraid there wouldn't be Wen Li today. In Wen Li's heart, Jin Xianhua's status was very high.
Wen Li definitely felt uncomfortable seeing someone he respected and cared about being so humiliated by those people.
"You don't have to pay too much attention to those short-sighted people. It's irresponsible for you to get angry with such people." Lu Zhizhou advised.
Wen Li took a spoon and took a bite of the ice cream. "The game hasn't started yet, so it's too early to say anything."
Su Jingjing and Xia Chen looked at each other, and Wen Li was afraid that Qiu Hou would settle the score.
She has never cared much about rumors. If it were other people's eyes on her, she would not pay attention to them.
But this time is different, it concerns the Jin family.
Xia Chen silently made a cross on his chest, hoping that the boss would not be too cruel this time.
"The competition organized by the Bai family is quite well-arranged. It caused quite a stir right after it started. Every competition has some reports." Su Jingjing flipped through the latest news on her mobile phone.
As one of the most watched events of the year in the Imperial Capital, the media was generous enough to introduce each family participating in the competition in detail, as well as the background of the disciples.
In fact, the outstanding disciples of most aristocratic families are their respective heirs. Only a few families select outstanding disciples to compete in competitions because their heirs have found other careers or have mediocre talents.
The most typical representative among them is Li Ruobing, who was born in the Li family, one of the four major families in the imperial capital.
He joined the Gu family at the age of fifteen. He has been studying for nine years and is now the chief disciple of the Gu family.
Next is the provocative Jiang Wei.
These are all children with top backgrounds, and they can cause quite a stir.
"I looked at the number of participants in this competition. There are twenty-eight in total, with an average age of thirty, and the youngest among them is twenty." Su Jingjing read the words that appeared on the news in a decent manner, "This The twenty-year-old is talking about you."
Wen Li glanced at the mobile phone she handed over and highlighted that the people written in had been interviewed.
As soon as the meeting was over, they rushed out of the room without stopping. Naturally, they had no material to write about.
"Hey, here's another thing. After Jin Xianhua participated in the competition twenty years ago, after twenty years, the disciples of the Jin family reappeared in the imperial capital."
Lu Zhizhou's brows furrowed together, "What a messy title this is."
It sounds so awkward.
Su Jingjing put away her phone and reminded Wen Li of something.
"The Li family seems to be investigating you these past two days."
Wen Li held the half-eaten sundae cup and then turned his attention to Su Jingjing, "Li family?"
"Is it Li Li's family?" Xia Chen asked.
Su Jingjing nodded, "We also specially arranged for someone to go to Ningzhou. I estimate that I will receive a reply in three to five days."
When Wen Li organized the Evans system in the early years, he made a set of programs that linked all the intelligence networks. As long as each agency entered her name, the information would automatically be fed back to Su Jingjing.
During this period, she received a lot of feedback, the most prominent of which was from the Li family.
"Why are you being investigated by the Li family? Have you offended the Li family when you first came to the imperial capital?" Lu Zhizhou also became curious.
Wen Li didn't find it strange and said nonchalantly, "It's normal. If you were from the Li family and had a family member like Li Li, you would probably want to find out everything about anyone who appears around her."
With Li Li's willful look and carefree attitude, the Li family must have paid special attention to her.
"That's right. That girl looks stupid and not sensible. If she were my daughter, I would be very careful." Su Jingjing nodded.
"So the Li family is investigating the boss to find out if the boss has ulterior motives and deliberately gets close to Li Li." Xia Chen said.
"The head of the Li family, your name is Li Langhua." Wen Li suddenly asked.
Su Jingjing thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, this Li Langhua is the only daughter of the Li family. She inherited the position of head of the family from her father. As a female, she has always been the head of the Li family. As time has passed, the heads of the other four families have They all turned into young faces, but she alone beat all those her own age to death."
Mo Ran, the chairman of the Xi family, is twenty-seven years old this year. His parents are still alive, and he has only one sister, Xi Moqian. The former head of the Yun family was assassinated, leaving behind a pair of sons. The eldest son, Yun Sheng, is thirty years old and is now the head of the Yun family. The second son Yunxiao is twenty-three years old.
The head of the Ning family, Ning Yeqing, is the elder of the other two heads and the father of Ning Muzhang. The Ning family has only one son like Ning Muzhang, and he will definitely inherit the position of head of the family in the future.
Among the four heads of the family, Li Langhua is the oldest. He is almost seventy years old and still firmly sits in the position of the head of the Li family.
But the strange thing is that she also has a son, and the second son is also in his forties, but the old lady dominates the position and refuses to give it to the young man.
"It can be seen that she is a very cautious person and cares about Li Li very much. Otherwise, she would not bring me, a person who has only met Li Li twice, to the stage." Wen Li seemed to have thought of something. Something with a deep expression on his face.
"Li Li's parents are both dead. She is the only remaining daughter of Li Langhua's eldest son. Of course, she should be especially loved."
There's nothing surprising about this.
"No wonder that girl developed that temperament. Children without parents are always favored. Compared to Li Ruobing whose parents are still alive, Li Li is naturally more favored by the old lady." Su Jingjing continued Said something.
Xia Chen is not used to eating with a knife and fork. He was used to wandering in S Continent in the past. He needs to grab things with his hands more often.
After joining Evans, they also learned some table manners and cultural knowledge in order to perform the mission, but they are not performing the mission now.
Throwing away the knife and fork out of habit, Xia Chen glanced sideways and saw the people sitting on the open-air balcony five meters away from them.
"Boss, look." Xia Chen pursed his lips toward the balcony.
The location of this balcony is excellent, and it is also the best location in the entire restaurant. Not only can you enjoy the whole night view surrounding you, but the service is also different.
Wen Li followed his gaze and saw Ning Muzhang sitting facing them.
"I'll go, that plague god." Su Jingjing shook the goosebumps on her body.
If Fu Yuxiu hadn't arrived that night, they would have been detained by this plague god. It has to be said that Ning Muzhang's temperament is hard to describe.
He is obviously the eldest son of a rich and powerful family, but he is a bit arrogant, yet he is extremely ruthless, and his methods cannot be considered aboveboard.
It's really not very likable.
This guy was dressed like a dog today. He was wearing a light blue suit without a tie. The collar was open to expose his collarbone. He had an extremely expensive mechanical watch on his wrist.
It looked like his hair had been specially done, and he looked elegant, handsome, and graceful.
Sitting across from Ning Muzhang, with her back to Wen Li and the others, was a woman with long, wavy permed hair. The full volume of her hair blocked the woman's entire back.
But from the way she raised the wine glass with one hand, Su Jingjing saw the diamond bracelet on the woman's wrist, which was worth a lot of money.
They couldn't see what the woman looked like, nor what her expression was at the moment, but they could see the tenderness on Ning Muzhang's face.
He listened patiently to the woman. When he said something, the woman covered her mouth and laughed.
"After that night, I thought this guy would always look so domineering. I didn't expect that he could have such a gentle and gentle expression." Su Jingjing looked like she was watching the fun. "That's not necessarily the case." Wen Li said.
She could see the impatience and perfunctory look in Ning Muzhang's gentle expression.
Sure enough, from her angle, she quickly saw the woman's thin legs stretched out under the tablecloth, and a black high-heeled shoe fell on the ground.
"boom… "
The wine glass in Ning Muzhang's hand hit the woman's face at lightning speed. The woman who was hit screamed, covered her face, retreated and squatted on the ground.
One foot is without a shoe.
Ning Muzhang stood up, walked over with a napkin in his hand, pinched the woman's neck through the white napkin with his palm, and said something to her ear.
This time everyone could clearly see the undisguised disgust on his brows.
"What's going on? It's changed so quickly." Su Jingjing was also stunned.
This man must have learned how to change his face before.
Lu Zhizhou smiled and shook his head. This was considered short. He was also a man, so he could naturally tell whether Ning Muzhang's smile just now was true or false.
If the person sitting opposite him was a woman he liked, even someone he had a slight liking for, Ning Muzhang's eyes would not be so cold.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how heartless."
Soon a man came over, carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood in front of Ning Muzhang.
He stood up and slapped the man on the face with such force that the man turned his face away, covering his face and not daring to make any move.
Wen Li took the last bite of the mutton chop on the plate, stood up and walked back.
"Where are you going?" Su Jingjing shouted.
This is a wonderful time, why did people leave
"Bathroom." Wen Li's voice floated in the distance, neither soft nor serious.
All in all, they were quite satisfied with the meal. After all, they also got to watch a sideshow for free.
Wen Li came out of the bathroom partition and just walked to the gilded sink when a woman ran in from outside.
Seeing that she was wearing the same woman as before, she looked horrified. She stood in front of the sink and frantically took out her cell phone to make a call.
"Dad..." She called out, almost crying with grievance.
"That man is not human..."
It sounded like he was extremely frightened and still shaking, his whole body was shaking.
After Wen Li washed his hands and dried them, he walked out of the bathroom door. A woman's faint sobs and constant accusations could be heard from behind.
From her words, Wen Li could almost tell that this person was arranged by his family to go on a blind date with Ning Muzhang.
Just as Wen Li stepped out of the bathroom door, a man came over from the men's bathroom opposite, wearing a light blue suit.
She didn't take a closer look, but as soon as she took two steps, she was stopped by the man behind her.
"stop!"
His tone was gloomy, revealing a lingering anger.
Wen Li turned around and saw Ning Muzhang standing in front of the bathroom and squinting at her.
After a brief look at each other, Wen Li had no intention of paying attention to him and turned back to continue walking. Two or three men in black soon appeared in front of her and blocked her way.
Ning Muzhang walked over and looked at the girl in front of him carefully. Even if she changed her clothes, he could tell at a glance that this was the divine calculation that Fu Yuxiu took away that night.
"Are you a woman?!" He suddenly asked through gritted teeth.
Wen Li was dressed very simply today, but without the deliberate dress up that night, it was immediately obvious from her entire attire that she was a girl.
"Am I familiar with you?" Wen Li asked the person in front of him.
Whether she is a boy or a girl doesn't seem to have much to do with this person.
Ning Muzhang's eyes flashed with wolf-like viciousness, and his face was a little distorted. Xingbo, who followed closely behind, was startled.
The young master hasn't been so angry for a long time, and today he got angry.
"Catch her for me."
The furious Ning Muzhang shouted this, and Xingbo hurried over behind him.
"Master, think twice!"
It was because of targeting her last time that the casino under the name of the Ning family is still not open. Now the god appears in this place. Who knows that he is not here with the young master.
If he offends the young master a second time, it may not be as simple as sealing off the property.
It will be difficult for the family owner to explain it then.
"Catch him immediately!" Ning Muzhang already ignored him.
His eyes were bloodshot and red. Seeing this, Yukihiro didn't try to persuade him anymore. The girl in front of him was stunningly beautiful. But he could tell that this was the bright young man with an outstanding face that night.
It seems that the young master likes her very much, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry.
The three people here were still waiting for Wen Li to come back, and soon saw the waiter over there hurriedly running to report to the manager.
"Manager, Master Ning got into a fight at the bathroom door."
Several people looked at each other, quickly got up and ran towards the bathroom.
After running a few meters, the man in black came into view. Wen Li and Ning Muzhang were already fighting.
The man struck swiftly, and the fists he swung out were filled with strong winds. His eyes were sharp, and he tried his best to kill, but failed to hit the person in front of him.
She dodged Ning Muzhang's outstretched fist and kicked the man in the abdomen with full force.
Ning Muzhang took two steps back, his eyes full of shock. He was just a little girl, why could she be so powerful.
Her movements were ruthless, not unfamiliar at all, fast and accurate.
The Ning family also has many secret properties under their name, so the bodyguards they bring with them are absolutely well-trained and their skills are absolutely impeccable.
At this moment, he was defeated by a girl who looked young.
"Boss!" Xia Chen ran over and stood in front of Wen Li.
After confirming that Wen Li was okay, Xia Chen stared at the man in front of him and almost kicked him.
"Xia Chen." Wen Li called out and stopped his movements.
"He attacked you?" Su Jingjing looked at Ning Muzhang.
Why does this person look so normal, but actually he's a little crazy? He always picks on people he can't afford to offend.
First it was Fu Yuxiu, and now it is Wen Li.
"Ning Muzhang, you and I are on the same page. If I hadn't met you today, I would have forgotten that you existed. I advise you not to provoke me again, otherwise I will cut off your hands and feet." Wen Li said coldly.
Ning Muzhang became even more angry after hearing her words, and tightened her hands on her chest.
"How dare you talk to me like that."
He, the dignified eldest son of the Ning family, was actually being teased like this.
The other party is still a young stinky girl.
"A pretentious person must really have a noble status in the eyes of others, otherwise it will be a joke."
When Wen Li said this, his expression was clearly as calm as water, but to the ears of others, it sounded like naked sarcasm.
"Boss, why don't you just kill him?" Xia Chen clenched his fists.
Dare to attack their boss, this man really doesn't want his life.
No matter how distinguished you are from the Imperial Capital, if you go to S Continent, you will be nothing in front of Evans.
"Let's go." Su Jingjing patted Xia Chen on the shoulder.
The three of them followed Wen Li outside the restaurant. Along the way, Lu Zhizhou leaned over to check on her worriedly.
"You're not hurt? Let me take a look."
Wen Li slapped away his extended hand, "You think I am you."
Su Jingjing turned around and saw Ning Muzhang who slapped Xing Bo on the face.
This noble young master seems to be quite dark and violent behind the scenes, so he likes to do things.
It seems that the Ning family, one of the four major families, may have to take off the glasses with filters and take a closer look.
"Master." Xingbo covered his face and took a step back, standing in front of the man with his head lowered.
"Trash." Ning Muzhang spat out these two words, and the fire in his chest became stronger and stronger, almost burning his whole body.
That night, he just thought Wen Li was a pet around Fu Yuxiu, a favored servant. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be a woman.
Thinking of that face that was still attractive even after wearing male makeup, the evil fire in him could not be eliminated no matter what.
Yukihiro lowered his head. He didn't expect that the boy would be a girl. When he investigated two days ago, he couldn't find the whereabouts of the person.
As a result, the young master encountered him like this today.
"Check it for me!"
The man's voice echoed throughout the corridor.
I'm so early today!
(End of chapter)