Chapter 612: 108: Silence Like a Chilled Cicada

Chapter 612: Chapter 108: Silence Like a Chilled Cicada

Beneath the Qingyuan City Management Company building.

Li Fei and Lv Wenxing stood at the grand entrance of the company.

Soon after, Xu Rui, You Xiaofeng, and others quickly rushed out of the company’s gates.

“We were unaware of Marquis Jing’an’s esteemed visit, our apologies for not receiving you from afar, I hope the Marquis can forgive us!”

Xu Rui dashed to the forefront, his face beaming with smiles as he bowed deeply toward Li Fei.

“Greetings to Marquis Jing’an!”

The crowd behind followed suit with their salutations.

Li Fei nodded slightly and simply said, “I was entrusted by someone to come and take a look.”

“It is a great honor!”

Xu Rui straightened his back and made a welcoming gesture to Li Fei.

Li Fei glanced at Liu San, who stood amidst the crowd with a somewhat dejected expression, and, without saying much, stepped into the company building.

A group of people clustered around him.

“Marquis, our Qingyuan City Management Company has earned some reputation in Xing City. Is there anything we can do for the Marquis?”

Xu Rui eagerly approached Li Fei, seizing the chance to converse with him.

Li Fei looked at him, “Who are you?”

Xu Rui’s smile grew wider, “I am Xu Rui, the deputy general manager of Qingyuan City Management Company, responsible for city management business.”

“I thought you were the general manager.”

“….”

“Liu San.”

Li Fei called out.

Being intentionally blocked by others, Liu San, as if awakened from a dream, quickly responded loudly,

“I am here!”

He pushed through the crowd and hurried to Li Fei’s side:

“Marquis, I am Liu San, the general manager of Qingyuan City Management Company.”

“Hmm, introduce me to your company, as it is indeed yours.”

Li Fei said, watching Liu San.

His words caused Xu Rui and many others to turn pale as if struck by lightning.

The situation seemed dire; did the Marquis favor this insignificant person, Liu San?

Liu San immediately straightened his back and began to introduce the company to Li Fei.

The group visited every floor, starting from the first.

Liu San gave Li Fei a comprehensive rundown of each floor’s function and the various positions, like a well-rehearsed list.

Though he wasn’t highly talented, it didn’t mean he wasn’t diligent; otherwise, the company wouldn’t have been maintained this well without significant deviations.

Li Fei listened patiently to Liu San.

When he had said it was “your company,” it was indeed his as well.

He was like a lion, returning home to inspect its territory.

By the time they reached the top floor, Li Fei suddenly asked,

“Has the company encountered any problems or difficulties?”

This question had Xu Rui and others’ hearts leaping.

Liu San turned to glance at Xu Rui, about to speak, when Xu Rui couldn’t restrain himself and blurted out first,

“Marquis, in fact, General Manager Liu doesn’t handle the specifics. The majority of the company affairs are managed by us. General Manager Liu might not truly understand the specific problems the company is facing. Maybe I should…”

Li Fei frowned slightly, so before Xu Rui could finish speaking, Lv Wenxing, who had been quietly standing behind Li Fei, extended his hand to rest on Xu Rui, unleashing a force that caused Xu Rui’s body to go numb and stopped him from speaking further:

“Did the Marquis ask you a question?”

Xu Rui froze on the spot, his face reddening.

Li Fei didn’t even glance at him, still watching Liu San, indicating for him to continue.

Liu San felt a rush of satisfaction, pointing to the conference room they had just been meeting in, “Please, Marquis, come inside; we were just meeting here.”

And so, Li Fei walked in.

He took the central seat, and Lv Wenxing sat beside him.

“Liu San, Xiang Du, you may also sit.”

Li Fei beckoned the two to take a seat.

Xiang Du was surprised; he hadn’t expected Li Fei to remember him.

Back when Li Fei visited Qingyuan Fist Village to train with Shangguan Xiao, Xiang Du had seen him many times.

Who could have thought that the once green youth had now become an even more formidable figure than the Big Leader!

“Thank you, Marquis.”

Xiang Du bowed and sat down next to Liu San.

As for the others, since Li Fei hadn’t invited them to sit, they didn’t dare to and remained standing.

Li Fei noticed the documents on the table, picked them up, and read through them.

After finishing, he looked at Liu San, “Are these the current issues facing the company?”

Liu San nodded, “Yes, there have been quite a few cases of violations.”

“Are all of them listed here?”

“Basically, they are all here.”

“Are you sure they are accurate?”

“Marquis, I swear on my life that every sentence written here is true!”

“Hmm.”

Li Fei nodded, “Since they’ve all been discovered, what’s the problem? Why not just deal with them according to the rules?”

Liu San looked at him cautiously, “But there are some within the company who disagree.”

“Who disagrees?”

“….”

Liu San didn’t speak.

Li Fei lifted his head to look at Xu Rui and others standing there, lifting the documents in his hand,

“I’ll ask again, who disagrees?”

“…”

Following a moment of silence, You Xiaofeng gained the courage to step forward and bowed to Li Fei,

“Marquis, my name is You Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Security Department. General Manager Liu… General Manager Liu doesn’t have a thorough understanding of the company operations. Many of the people on this list are key members; Qingyuan Company has grown to its current scale largely due to their hard work and significant contributions. They are very important to the company, and we shouldn’t dismiss these people based solely on General Manager Liu’s words.”

Li Fei watched You Xiaofeng, his gaze calm yet imposing, making the Refining Strength Martial Master feel a mountainous pressure!

His back was immediately drenched in sweat, trembling with fear.

“So, you are the one who disagrees.”

“….”

“What was his background before?”

Li Fei inquired of Liu San.

Liu San looked towards You Xiaofeng, “He was formerly from the Tiger Saber Gang, and many on this list were his subordinates.”

“Including those who committed rape and sold opium?”

“Yes.”

“Marquis!”

You Xiaofeng, upon hearing this, became somewhat frantic and started to defend himself.

“Kill him.”

Li Fei said lightly.

Boom!!

The air in the room suddenly shook violently as Lv Wenxing, who had been sitting quietly in his seat, suddenly moved.

He stood up and reached out to grab You Xiaofeng.

You Xiaofeng was also a seasoned martial artist, but he couldn’t dodge or resist this simple movement at all.

His neck was seized by a single hand from Lv Wenxing, and the Protective Force that had just started to surge out of his body was immediately shattered.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Everyone present heard three consecutive muffled sounds.

Lv Wenxing shook You Xiaofeng’s neck three times then loosened his grip and calmly returned to his seat.

You Xiaofeng’s eyes bulged in anger as he leaned back, falling to the ground, his chest clearly caved in. He was already breathless!

Lv Wenxing, a Fifth Tier Combat Power in the Tao Foundation Stage, didn’t need a second move to kill a Refining Strength Martial Master.

“….”

Those in the room, including Liu San, were all shocked, staring dazedly at the lifeless body of You Xiaofeng on the floor.

Especially Xu Rui, ashen-faced, with incredulity written all over his face.

You Xiaofeng was one of the top experts of the Qingyuan City Management Company, an exceedingly important combat power.

Was he really dead just like that?!

He couldn’t understand why Li Fei placed so much importance on Liu San, nor could he comprehend why Li Fei chose to handle things in this manner.

Was a Refining Strength Martial Master not more valuable than a useless type like Liu San?

“Xiang Du.”

Li Fei suddenly turned to look at Xiang Du.

Xiang Du was startled and hastily asked, “What are your orders, Marquis?”

Li Fei pointed to the file in his hand, “Take this man’s head, deal with everyone on this list accordingly. Those who should roll, let them roll; those who should be killed, kill them. Can you manage that?”

Xiang Du paused, but quickly understood, stood up, and bowed to Li Fei:

“Rest assured, Marquis, I can manage it!”

“Do I need to send you reinforcements?”

“No need.”

“Alright, go.”

“Yes!”

Xiang Du revealed a ferocious smile, strode to the corpse of You Xiaofeng, swung his hand, and chopped off the man’s head.

Then he walked out of the boardroom with the head in one hand and the list in the other, radiating a murderous aura.

Within the boardroom, there was dead silence!

Blood spread across the floor, filling the air with a bone-chilling stench.

“Liu San stays, everyone else leave.”

Li Fei said.

The others, relieved, hurriedly left the place.

In the end, only Li Fei and Liu San remained in the boardroom.

“Liu San, do you know why I helped you today?”

Li Fei looked at Liu San and asked.

Liu San carefully replied, “Because of Ghost King?”

“That’s one reason, but not the most important one.”

“Because I obey well enough?”

“Because you have always strictly adhered to the rules set by Green-faced Ghost. Neither Green-faced Ghost nor I need you to be highly capable. Qingyuan City Management Company needs a general manager who can always maintain the bottom line.”

Li Fei spoke earnestly.

In truth, if he had chosen to keep You Xiaofeng, the Refining Strength Martial Master, and tolerated the minor scheming of people like Xu Rui, merely warning them not to make major mistakes, that would have allowed the company to run more smoothly.

After all, whether it was Xu Rui or You Xiaofeng, they were genuinely talented individuals, more valuable to any force than Liu San.

But Li Fei did not choose this path.

As Ye Zhao had said, establishing the Ghost Slayer Gang and tolerating the members’ exploitation of the people was just to enable the gang to develop quickly, with the intention to rectify things later.

It was a temporary expedient.

The process was unimportant; the results were all that mattered.

But Li Fei would never opt for such an expedient!

Even if it meant harm to himself, even if it was more difficult, a bottom line was a bottom line.

Those who cross it die!

That was the rule Li Fei set for the Qingyuan City Management Company.

So, even though there were not many Refining Strength Martial Masters available for Qingyuan City Management Company and Green-faced Manor, Li Fei still did not hesitate to kill You Xiaofeng.

Just as it is now in Xing City, when Qingyuan City Management Company takes control of the entire World of Datong Prefecture, the rules will be the same!

He knew it was impossible to make everyone in the company strictly follow the rules, which is why the company’s general manager had to be someone who could hold the line.

Over the past year, Liu San had withstood the test.

Therefore, Liu San would continue to be the general manager in the future.

Li Fei looked at Liu San, “Next, the entire World of Datong Prefecture will be ours. I want you to expand Qingyuan City Management Company to every city in Datong Prefecture. Whatever Xing City is like, the other places must be the same.”

Liu San was stunned.

He had once been a lower-class nobody, struggling with living hand to mouth.

Being the general manager of Qingyuan City Management Company was already the limit of his imagination.

He had thought that sooner or later, Green-faced Ghost King would replace him, but he hadn’t expected Li Fei to come to him today and say:

You will manage the entire World of Datong Prefecture in the future!

Truly, it was like a dream.

“Liu San is willing to lay down his life in service to Ghost King, to serve the Marquis without regret!”

Liu San, his eyes reddening, spoke with the emotion of someone willing to die for a cause they believe in.

“I don’t need you to give your life, just work hard.”

Li Fei patted his shoulder and said so.

….