Chapter Thirty-One Bearded Guy

Yu Ziqing nodded noncommittally. In this society, money is a necessity, but he wasn’t so much bound by it. However, he was still grateful for the landlady’s good intentions.

The proprietress continued to bend over and write, and Yu Ziqing saw her breasts again.

It’s delicate and smooth, plump and snow-white, very tempting!

Do I have a voyeuristic tendency? Yu Ziqing couldn’t help but wonder when he found it hard to take his eyes off the landlady’s snow-white chest.

A strand of hair slipped down her face, and the proprietress raised her hand to brush it behind her ear. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Yu Ziqing staring at her chest, and couldn’t help but mutter a curse inwardly, “That little pervert!”

However, she did not reach out to press her collar; instead, she felt a burning sensation in her body as she continued writing.

“Here you go!” The proprietress straightened up and handed the IOU to Yu Ziqing.

Yu Ziqing put it away without even looking at it.

“You! You must remember to look carefully next time!” The proprietress couldn’t help but tap Yu Ziqing’s forehead with her finger again, scolding him playfully.

Yu Ziqing glanced at the proprietress, smiled, and said, “If it were anyone else, I would definitely look more closely.”

“Use that to flatter little girls next time!” the proprietress said, rolling her eyes at Yu Ziqing.

“Why do you have to bring up little girls? It’s like you’re some old woman!” Yu Ziqing said.

“Women over thirty are like tofu dregs, and I’m already tofu dregs, what else can I be but an old woman?” The proprietress touched her face and sighed.

“I feel like the woman standing in front of me is a tofu beauty!” Yu Ziqing deliberately stared at the proprietress with a lecherous look.

“You’re just trying to please people!” The proprietress rolled her eyes at Yu Ziqing, but a hint of smugness flashed in her eyes. “Wait a moment, I’ll put this away, and then we’ll go to the bank together.”

“No need to rush, I’ll leave you my bank card number. You can deposit it whenever it’s convenient for you.” Yu Ziqing said, casually writing down a card number and handing it to the shop owner.

The proprietress rolled her eyes at Yu Ziqing again, then put away the note and said, “Alright then, I’ll deposit it for you later.”

Yu Ziqing nodded and turned to leave the jewelry store.

After Yu Ziqing left, the proprietress walked to the mirror, touched her still delicate and fair face, and then lovingly touched her full breasts. A smile involuntarily appeared on her face, and she spat, “Tofu beauty! I wonder how many girls this little lecher has fooled!”

The thought of the little pervert involuntarily brought to mind the eyes that had been staring at her chest earlier, and a restlessness stirred within her. Since her divorce, she hadn’t thought about men for a long time, but unexpectedly, she was aroused by a young boy today.

After leaving the gold shop, I went to work as usual in the afternoon.

Near the end of the workday, Cheng Qiuman, the head of the chemistry lab, called Yu Ziqing into her office.

When Yu Ziqing pushed open the door, he saw that Cheng Qiuman’s delicate and dignified face showed a hint of unconcealed fatigue.

“Is there anything I can help you with, Director Cheng?” Yu Ziqing asked.

A hint of difficulty and hesitation flashed across Cheng Qiuman’s face as she said, “A batch of urgent samples from the Geological Survey Institute just arrived. I originally wanted to find an experienced employee to work on them, but Engineer Wang, Engineer Gao, and Engineer Liu all said they’re busy with other work and can’t get away tonight.”

Yu Ziqing understood immediately. That’s how this kind of workplace is; when it comes to work, everyone complains about having too much work, but when it comes to distributing bonuses, everyone complains about not having enough money. Cheng Qiuman was the newly appointed head of the chemistry lab, and being a woman, managing such a group of people wasn’t an easy task. Often, they were only outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant towards her.

“I’m relatively free lately, and since I’m all alone, it’s convenient for me to work overtime, so please assign it to me,” Yu Ziqing offered.

Cheng Qiuman looked at Yu Ziqing with a hint of gratitude in her eyes and said, “I’ve seen the task statistics sheet. You’ve already completed significantly more work than others this year. Sigh, if other employees had your work efficiency and initiative… never mind, Yu, thank you for your hard work!”

Yu Ziqing smiled faintly and said, “Director Cheng, there’s no need to be so polite. You are the leader, and it is only right for your subordinates to do their best to complete the tasks you assign.”

A bitter smile flashed across Cheng Qiuman’s face as she thought to herself, “My job as a leader is just to give orders to contract employees.”

Just as Yu Ziqing was talking to Cheng Qiuman in his office, an Audi A6 pulled up in front of an office building in the east of the city. A man with a bandage on his shoulder got out of the car; this man was none other than Tiger from the East Bus Station.

Tiger looked up at the office building. The building was tall and the people who entered were all very imposing. He couldn’t help but sigh to himself, who would have thought that the owner of this office building was the most powerful boss of the underground forces in the east of the city?

Ding! The elevator stopped at the top floor. Tiger took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and then stepped out of the elevator.

Outside the elevator was a marble reception desk, seven or eight meters wide, behind which stood a pretty and charming young woman.

“Sir, who are you looking for?”

“Yes, I’m looking for Brother Beard.”

Have you made an appointment?

“Yes, he asked me to meet him at 4:30 pm.”

“Oh, you must be Mr. Zhang Hu. The boss said he would take you directly to see him once you arrived. Please follow me.”

Zhang Hu followed the little girl through the long corridor toward the office area ahead, and then stopped in front of a door decorated with mahogany and upholstered in genuine leather.

The young girl tapped on the door with her delicate pink fingers. A deep voice inside responded with an “Mmm.” Zhang Hu felt his heart startle uncontrollably, and an invisible pressure seemed to press down on his heart through that voice.

Pushing open the door, you enter a spacious and empty office. Standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows is a man with a well-proportioned and slender figure, yet he exudes a powerful aura.

The man looked down at the entire city of Hanglin through the glass window, exuding an aura of superiority.

“Brother Beard!” Zhang Hu, who had been acting arrogantly in the bar, stood behind Brother Beard and called out in a low voice.

The bearded man slowly turned around. He was a middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old. His fairly handsome face was adorned with a pair of nice, long eyes, and he had a sparse mustache that made him look like a refined gentleman.

But Zhang Hu knew that this man in front of him had single-handedly taken down Liu Daoba’s gang, which had once dominated the east of the city, when he was young. After that battle, this man immediately became a terrifying figure feared by everyone in the east of the city. Later, he gathered a group of daring and ruthless people and gradually became the absolute boss of the underground forces in the east of the city.

Although he has gradually faded out of the underground forces in the east of the city in recent years and started to do some business, including real estate, he is still the undisputed leader in the east of the city.