Special District 9

A series of door knocks sounded. The young man raised his head and said, “Come in.”

The person who entered the office was a beautiful female secretary. She walked gracefully and reminded smilingly, “Mr Xing, the CEO and the GM (General Manager) have returned. They have headed to the meeting room on the top floor.”

“They have returned?” the young man remarked in surprise. He quickly rose to his feet and said, “Quick, help me print the report. I’ll head in to change my clothes.”

“Understood.” The secretary nodded.

The young man quickly pushed aside his chair and dashed into the resting room by the side to change his clothes.

He was the Third Young Master of Prosperous Dragon Pharmaceuticals, and his name was Xing Zihao. He was 24 years old, and he had just graduated from a university for aristocrats in Special District 7. He was currently serving as an assistant to the CEO in the company.

And the Prosperous Dragon Pharmaceuticals was Yuan Hua’s most powerful connection in Fengbei.

…

Around twenty minutes later, Xing Zihao took off his expensive white tuxedo and changed it into a set of ordinary office wear commonly seen in the company. After that, he fastened an old-fashioned tie around his neck before asking the female secretary, “How do I look?”

“Not bad,” the secretary replied with a chuckle. “It just looks a little too humble. Doesn’t feel like your style.”

“The old man likes this sort of stuff,” Xing Zihao replied with a grin. He grabbed the freshly printed report on the desk and said, “Reserve a good Western restaurant. I might bring the old man over later on.”

“Got it,” the secretary replied with a nod.

After Xing Zihao finished issuing his instruction, he began walking out of the office with widened strides with the necessary documents in hand.

In a small meeting room on the top floor of the company building.

A slightly rounded middle-aged man was seated on a sofa. He took a sip of tea before addressing the executives that were in the room, “Call Peter in. The rest of you are dismissed. We’ll have another meeting tomorrow.”

“Understood, Mr Xing.”

The executives bowed to the middle-aged man before they grabbed their reports and documents and left the room.

Around five minutes later, a Westerner wearing a leather shirt walked into the room and took a seat. Shortly after, Xing Zihao pushed the door open and walked in. With a spirited look on his face, Xing Zihao greeted those in the room, “Dad, Second Brother, Mr Peter.”

Mr Xing raised his head to look at his third son, and with a slight nod of his head, he asked, “You’re still in the company at this timing?”

Xing Zihao bowed slightly as he replied humbly, “I have quite a bit of work to deal with recently, so I had to stay back for the past few days.”

Mr Xing slotted his hands into his pockets as he teased, “I hope that you aren’t working overtime because you heard that I would be returning today.”

“Geez, you keep making fun of me,“ Xing Zihao scratched his head shyly.

“You have something up?” the second son of the Xing Family in the room asked softly.

“Ah yes,” Xing Zihao nodded. He walked forward and handed the report over to his father before taking a seat on the sofa to explain the matter, “I’ve been heading to the factory recently to understand our production line better, and I realized that we’re still using quite a few old equipment that require a great deal of manpower to operate. So…”

Mr Xing picked up the report and glanced at the title before interjecting, “I’ve thought about changing the equipment before. Alright, I’ll take a look at it later on.”

“Dad, I spent quite a while doing this report. I have done some market research, and I have liaised with the equipment vendor too…” Xing Zihao continued explaining what he had done thus far.

However, Mr Xing had already put the report down, and he turned over to the Westerner and asked, “Peter, did Zi Rong talk to you about changing the equipment in Factory 2?”

“He did. The report he submitted was perfect,” the Westerner complimented unreservedly. “It was really a work of art.”

Xing Zihao froze upon hearing those words.

“Haha,” Mr Xing burst into laughter. He turned to his third son and said, “You have the same thoughts as your eldest brother. Alright, leave your report with me. I’ll take a look at it later on.”

“… Un. Okay.” Xing Zihao was stifled for a long while before he nodded his head slowly.

“You can head out first. We have to discuss a few other stuff,” Mr Xing said.

Xing Zihao slowly rose to his feet, and he asked with a smile, “Dad, shall we have dinner together tonight?”

Mr Xing pondered for a moment before he took a look at his watch and replied, “Today isn’t convenient. The three of us will be heading to the bathhouse later on. We’ll just get some food along the way.”

“Alright,” Xing Zihao replied with a smile still plastered to his face. “I’ll leave you all to discuss your business.”

“Un.” Mr Xing nodded. He turned to his second son and said, “So, following your earlier train of thoughts, the new medicine formulation…”

Xing Zihao glanced at the trio in the room before leaving. By this moment, the smile on his face had already been replaced with a livid look.

At the entrance of the meeting room, the secretary who had been waiting for some time saw Xing Zihao and immediately asked with a smile, “Have you submitted the report? Mr Xing must be impressed by it.”

Xing Zihao looked at the secretary with reddened eyes and snapped, “Is this something you should be concerning yourself with?”

The secretary immediately shut her mouth.

…

Two hours later.

In a posh apartment in Fengbei, Xing Zihao took out a syringe containing a neurotic drug produced by his own company, and he injected it into his bloodstream.

“Ah…!”

Xing Zihao closed his eyes as he felt his veins pulsating a little.

A few seconds later, he fell onto the sofa, his body twitching all over.

After an unknown period of time, the door of the apartment opened, and a young lady walked in with a bag of things. “Hubby, I’m really sorry. I had to send my mum back to the hospital earlier…”

Xing Zihao stared at the young lady with a blank look in his eyes before a grin broke out on his face. He said, “It’s fine, come over.”

The young lady put the bags in her hands down and put on a pair of slippers before jogging over. She wrapped her hands around Xing Zihao’s neck as she asked, “Darling, have you eaten yet?”

Xing Zihao also wrapped his arms around the young lady’s neck, and he suddenly dropped a question, “While I was bathing earlier, I saw a one-time men’s razor in the rubbish bin. Whose is it?”

The young lady was stunned. She quickly replied, “It’s my dad’s. He stayed here with my mum yesterday.”

“Why didn’t you pick up when I called you yesterday night?” Xing Zihao asked as he tightened his grip around the young lady’s neck. “Were you lying to me?”

“I didn’t…”

“Who the fuck do you think you are to make me wait for an hour and a half? And you brought someone back home with you?!”

“My mum needs to see the doctor, so I brought my parents over. They were really the ones living here yesterday night!”

Pah!

While holding onto the young lady’s neck with his left arm, Xing Zihao raised his right arm and punched her face. “You wasted my time. How dare a bitch like you waste my time?!”

The young lady was struck to the point where she was bleeding by her nose. With a shriek, she pushed away Xing Zihao and shouted, “Are you insane? It was really my parents who were here yesterday night! My phone had no battery, that’s why I didn’t answer your call. You can call my dad if you don’t believe me!”

“You dare push me and rebut my words? Have you forgotten your own position, huh?”

It was as if Xing Zihao had lost his mind. He vented all of his fury upon this young lady, hurling fist after fist on her like an inhumane beast.

The young lady was still fighting back at the start, but after suffering several strikes to her head, she started to lose her strength. She could only muster enough energy to protect her vitals with her arms from the rain of blows.

Xing Zihao struck her relentlessly for a good eight minutes before he finally started to lose energy. With empty eyes, he gasped desperately for breath as he slumped onto the floor with blood all over his body.

By this point, the young lady’s face was already swollen like a pig. She sobbed pitifully for a moment as she recovered from the earlier impact of the beating before bawling, “It was really my parents who were here… You can call them if you don’t believe me!”

“Like hell I would call your parents!” Xing Zihao sneered as he slowly rose to his feet. With an utterly cold voice, he said, “There’s money in the drawer. Take it and get out of this house.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ve had enough. The mistress of this house will be someone else tomorrow,” Xing Zihao said as he picked up his pink coat and left the house.

…

At the ground floor of the apartment.

Xing Zihao had just gotten into his car when the phone in his pocket rang.

“Hello?”

“Pleased to meet you, Young Master Xing. I am Songjiang’s Yong Dong.”

“Get to the point,” Xing Zihao said impassively as he took out a packet of cigarettes.

“An important target from Songjiang might have headed over to Fengbei,” Yong Dong spoke politely. “Mr Yuan has sent me over to get him, and we would like to request your help on this matter.”

“Call me when you arrive,” Xing Zihao replied before hanging up the phone.

…

Songjiang.

Seated in a car, Yong Dong looked at the subordinate sitting on the passenger seat and asked, “Are you certain he went to Fengbei?”

“I can’t confirm the matter,” the subordinate replied carefully. “We asked some of the acquaintances Little Qu associates himself with, and it appears that he has a close friend living in Fengbei. Given that there’s no longer a place for him in Songjiang, we suspect that there’s a good chance that he has gone over to Fengbei.”

Yong Dong contemplated for a moment before replying, “I want you to continue keeping a lookout for this matter. I’ll head over to Fengbei to take a look first.”

“Yes, boss!” the subordinate replied with a nod.

…