The next morning, Shen Qiang was woken up by Xiu Ju tickling his ear with her hair.

Grabbing her, Shen Qiang pinned her down with a playful grin as she let out a little screech, just when the phone on the bedside rang.

Xiu Ju giggled and pressed her jade finger to Shen Qiang's lips, "Go answer the phone."

Shen Qiang glanced at it, chuckled, "It's Bianyi calling, no need to answer."

Xiu Ju shook her head with a stern face, "You must answer it. At this time, he wouldn't call you unless it's something important."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang sighed, "Alright, maybe you make sense."

He picked up the phone and answered.

"My dear boss, congratulations, someone from Long Yan Group is here, right outside your office, and they say they have important business with you regarding Shunhua Company."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed.

"Oh, okay, let them wait then."

Xiu Ju, who was listening by his side, brightened up, "About Shunhua Company? That means they know you've been meddling behind the scenes."

Smiling, Shen Qiang pinned Xiu Ju down again, "Doesn't matter. Since they dared to target Gao Hui, I certainly wasn't going to be polite. If they hadn't come to me, this could have remained unknown, mutual ignorance. But now that they did, it means they are well aware of what their people did."

"So no matter what they say, I'm not going to indulge them," Shen Qiang said with a snicker, "Now, before I go to work, it's time for some morning exercise."

Xiu Ju's face flushed instantly, "No, noo, I'm too tired, you're bullying me again."

Two hours later.

Xiu Ju followed behind Shen Qiang exhausted yet content as they walked downstairs.

By the time the two arrived at Shen's Holding, two and a half hours had passed since Bianyi's call.

As Shen Qiang arrived at the office, just as he reached the door to Bianyi's office, he heard Bianyi inside saying, "Tell them I'm busy now, yes, discussing business, let them keep waiting, when the boss arrives, then we'll see."

Shen Qiang peeked inside and saw Bianyi speaking while playing an online game at the same time.

"The might of Demacia!" Bianyi shouted while playing.

Shen Qiang knocked on the door.

The moment Bianyi saw him, Shen Qiang frowned, "Turn off your big business deal, where are the people from Long Yan?"

Bianyi frowned, "Boss, can you wait till I finish this game? If I go AFK they will report me, and with Scythe of Punishment, it's super annoying."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow, "Then keep playing, I'll have Hao Deben hack into your account and get you a permanent ban."

Bianyi quickly closed his laptop, chuckling, "Boss, that's not needed; I'm coming with you now."

Saying so, Bianyi stood up and walked out of the office with Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju toward Shen Qiang's office.

When they reached the office door.

Shen Qiang saw them immediately, sitting on the sofas in the lounge area outside his office, a middle-aged woman and three middle-aged men.

The woman was an ordinary person, but the three middle-aged men were all cultivators. From Xiu Ju's message, Shen Qiang knew the cultivators were quite skilled, one was from the Mixed Element Realm, and two from the Yin God Realm, which in terms of cultivation strength, were somewhat stronger than Xiu Ju, Shen Qiang, and Bianyi.

Seeing Shen Qiang, the middle-aged woman stood up with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Shen, I am the PR head of Long Yan Group, my name is Shen Qing."

Shen Qiang smiled and shook hands with her, "Hello, just I'm not sure if you are here for business or personal matters?"

"Business," the middle-aged woman Shen Qing replied.

Shen Qiang laughed, "Then let's talk in my office."

After speaking, Shen Qiang turned and entered his office.

Bianyi's secretary arrived, poured a glass of water for everyone, and then left.

Seated in his chair, Shen Qiang smiled at the middle-aged woman and said, "So, tell me, what brings you here this time."

Looking at the smiling Shen Qiang, the middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Here's the thing. Our group's subsidiary company was tricked out of fifteen million yesterday. The fraudster exploited the Datong River's food recipe."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Shunhua Catering Limited Company? The one that hired someone to smash our Shen's Baozi Shop and even coerced our business partner to buy the baozi recipe? Serves them right! It's indeed a delightful turn of events."

The three cultivators who came with the middle-aged woman all stood up abruptly, glaring at Shen Qiang with cold eyes.

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, we are here not to talk about the baozi shop, but to discuss Shunhua Company being defrauded of fifteen million."

Shen Qiang laughed, "I see, you're here to borrow a phone to call the police. Shen Bian, lend her your phone."

Bianyi laughed, "I never lend my phone to strangers unless they pay."

The three cultivators, their anger rising under the influence of the surging nature's spiritual energy, watched as Shen Qiang very amicably activated the Plague Source and then sneered, "Oh, you've angered them. Now they're not here to borrow a phone but to snatch one."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman who had been smiling faintly frowned and said calmly to Shen Qiang, "Mr. Shen, I know there might be some misunderstandings between us, but no one touches Long Yan Group's money. So I believe, after our conversation, someone will return the fifteen million to Long Yan Group."

Shen Qiang nonchalantly raised an eyebrow, "I heard that yesterday, someone paid a commission of 7.5 million and used the remaining 7.5 million to fancy-up a baozi shop. Weren't you aware?"

"Mr. Shen," the middle-aged woman said, "you are admitting that you orchestrated the whole thing."

Shen Qiang calmly said, "I admit that I am delighted the scumbag who smashed our baozi shop got punished, but no one dares to say the fifteen million I spent yesterday was not clean."

"Mr. Shen, if we don't receive that money within three days, someone's going to suffer badly," the middle-aged woman resolutely threatened.

Shen Qiang laughed, "Are you threatening me?"

"No, I'm merely describing what might happen," the middle-aged woman said calmly.

Almost simultaneously, inside the office, two Yin God Realm cultivators suddenly covered their stomachs with pained expressions and said, "Sorry, I need to use the restroom."

"Our company restroom is off-limits to visitors," Bianyi said nonchalantly, raising an eyebrow, "I must also remind you, if you make a mess in any part of the company, I'll make you eat it."

Almost at the same time, the cultivator from the Mixed Element Realm also began to frown, showing some discomfort.

Shen Qiang nonchalantly tossed a pack of tissues from his desk to them and reminded, "You can go downstairs to use the restroom."

The two cultivators took the tissues without a word and turned to leave.

Just then, Shen Qiang smiled at the middle-aged woman and said, "Now that you've described what might happen in the future, I think I should show you what might happen to everyone at Long Yan."

Almost simultaneously, the middle-aged woman began to feel pain in her lower abdomen and couldn't sit still anymore, "Ouch, I also need to use the restroom."

At the same time, the Mixed Element Realm cultivator angrily exclaimed, "Despicable, you scoundrel, how dare you poison us!"

Shen Qiang smiled, "You're mistaken, I'm a very merciful doctor."

Slapping the two packs of tissues on his desk towards them, Shen Qiang said, "Now, you can roll out of my office and go upstairs, or downstairs, to find a restroom."

The Mixed Element Realm cultivator angrily grabbed the tissues and, along with the middle-aged woman, stormed out.

Once they both left via the fire escape stairs,

Bianyi laughed, "You're a wicked one. I sprinkled industrial-grade chili essence on those tissues, which is a hundred times hotter than the spiciest chili."

Shen Qiang was shocked, "Damn, I didn't know who put those tissues on my desk."

Bianyi laughed, "It was me. And after they arrived, I specifically called maintenance to report that the restrooms on our floor were out of order and being repaired. I told them to shut down all the restrooms in the building for four hours, or else they'd have to pay for our nearly ten million in renovation costs."

Shen Qiang was startled.

Almost at that moment, Shen Qiang suddenly heard the howling from the middle-aged woman and the cultivators in the fire escape stairwell—utterly agonizing and despairing screams.

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