National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

After Zheng Bolan laid bare the tricky situation his family was currently facing,

he perhaps grew secretly worried that Yumizakura would look down on him and his family because of it.

So he rushed to add an explanation, speaking quickly, as if eager to prove something: ”To our family, these problems are actually just minor, insignificant hurdles. Nothing to worry about at all.

My father once said with full confidence...

...that as long as this project is completed successfully,

our family’s land development company is certain to make a qualitative leap.

Its industry standing in Chiyoda City will also soar, firmly establishing it among the top-tier firms.

At that point, my father will set his sights on broader horizons...

...and he won’t be limited to developing projects here in the White-Red Empire anymore.”

The real reason his father wouldn’t be limited to projects in the White-Red Empire was that

the White-Red Empire had limited territory. In terms of land development,

the obvious and profitable projects were already few and far between.

As for the projects that were currently difficult to start or faced numerous obstacles,

it was unlikely there would be any substantial progress in the next few years.

Being able to land the development project for an entire county town

was, in all honesty, a stroke of pure luck and coincidence, like stumbling into a lottery jackpot.

”To ensure the project proceeds smoothly and without a single hitch,

my father has spared no expense in manpower, resources, or money.

He searched far and wide internationally

and has already hired a group of renowned and exceptionally skilled experts to provide protection.”

Zheng Bolan said, brimming with pride.

”Internationally?” Chu He’s brow furrowed slightly.

”Well...

To be precise, they’re experts hired locally within the White-Red Empire.

Originally, my family was dead set on recruiting a batch of top-tier experts internationally.

After all, in my father’s eyes, the skills and credibility

of the local experts in the White-Red Empire weren’t entirely trustworthy.

No matter how you look at it, we are ultimately people of the Great Xia Empire.

In the eyes of the White-Red Empire’s natives,

we’ll always be outsiders, foreigners.

But the high-level officials in the White-Red Empire responsible for the county’s development were adamant.

They absolutely refused to let us hire experts from outside.

To ensure nothing could possibly go wrong with the project,

that entire area has been strictly sealed off.

It’s like an isolated island, cut off from the rest of the world.

No unauthorized personnel are allowed in or out.”

Thinking he’d been found out, Zheng Bolan quickly changed his tune.

He shook his head helplessly, his face filled with confusion.

As he spoke of the matter, his eyes revealed a deep sense of bewilderment and doubt.

In truth, Zheng Bolan himself had racked his brain but couldn’t figure it out.

Why would the White-Red Empire go to such great lengths,

and treat this matter with such gravity?

”It seems Xia Chengli and I are quite the lucky stars.

We’ve just set foot in the White-Red Empire,

and not even half an hour has passed, yet we’ve already stumbled upon something so perplexing and fascinating.”

Yumizakura was exceptionally sharp and intelligent.

She had already more or less figured out why Chu He was so keenly interested in the Zheng family’s development project.

Her vermilion lips parted slightly, the corners of her mouth curving into a faint, meaningful smile.

Xia Chengli, on the other hand, stood to the side with a blank look on her face, completely lost and confused.

The girl was an unparalleled genius on the path of cultivation, a rare prodigy

whose talent was enough to make countless people green with envy.

But as soon as she was involved in mundane matters outside of cultivation,

she would lose her bearings, her thinking would slow, and her actions would grow a little clumsy.

She couldn’t make heads or tails of the complex and subtle situation before her.

Zheng Bolan’s gaze also remained glued to Yumizakura.

But now, his eyes

no longer held just simple admiration and adoration for her nation-toppling beauty.

Instead, he was secretly trying to puzzle out the deeper meaning and intent behind the words Yumizakura had just spoken.

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