After the new Speaker took power and the old struggles and killings had ended, Lei Yaoxing wiped away everything that had been with his blood.

After receiving face-saving explanations and substantial compensation, the representatives of the parties involved had one after another risen and departed. Chen Yubo also ran to his brother's side, bombarding him with endless questions.

Ji Jue leaned on the chair for a long time, lifted his hand to remove three rubber bands from the back of his head, and looked at them in his palm for quite a while.

A silent sigh.

"Leaving?" Old Tang asked with a keen glance.

"Yes."

Ji Jue, without any regrets, shifted his gaze away and knocked off the last seed: "The melon seeds are finished, the business is done, why should I stay here? To suck up to the new Speaker? Forget it, I'm not into gang stuff... What about you?"

"I can't leave!" thundered Old Tang, "That bastard, Chen Xingzhou, has dug such a massive hole for me, don't I have to demand a bigger final payment?"

"Then I wish you good luck with that."

Ji Jue gave a slight smile, waved goodbye to Tang Qian, and as he made his way through the crowd, he seemed to stumble accidentally and bumped into the person in front of him, resulting in an awkward moment:

"Ah, I'm sorry."

"No worries."

The strange woman who turned around had been smiling at first, but when she saw his face, she paused, nodded her head, and hurried away.

Leaving only a faint trace of her perfume, Ji Jue lingered in place for a long time.

He looked down, lost in thought.

And then, he heard the sound of a wheelchair behind him; Chen Yubo was pushing Chen Xingzhou over.

That little fatty was now devoid of his recent depression and unease, his eyes shining brightly, his joyfulness as if he was about to sprout wings and fly to the heavens.

Indeed, a meteoric rise.

The younger brother of Cliff City's Speaker, main officer of Desert Market, wasn't that a world of difference from before?

Starting from today, all of Cliff City's illicit industries would be private assets of the Chen family, all subject to Chen Xingzhou's final word.

Yet Chen Xingzhou did not show excessive delight. He remained calm, with a smile both warm and passionate.

Extending his hand proactively.

"Mr. Ji, we haven't officially met yet, and I haven't properly thanked you." He glanced at the woman's retreating figure, a pleased smile on his face, "You interested? I could introduce you.

"No, it's nothing."

Ji Jue answered, "Just felt like I'd seen her somewhere before."

"Normal." said Chen Xingzhou, "We're all from Cliff City; shopping around, you'll always see familiar faces."

"I see."

Ji Jue realized and nodded, smelling the vanishing scent of the perfume on the tip of his nose, he just said, "No wonder."

"Youths are indeed formidable." Chen Xingzhou's smile was gentle, filled with admiration: "The future world, it's up to young people like you."

"Forget it, I feel craftsmanship suits me better."

Ji Jue shook his head without hesitation, "At least it's simple."

"Is it that simple?"

Chen Xingzhou was slightly taken aback, hearing such bold words for the first time, calling the path of a craftsman, which countless others spend their whole lives trying to master, 'simple', and yet it seemed so natural.

He couldn't tell whether this was naive arrogance or the confidence of a true genius, all he could do was sigh: "You're full of vigor, quite impressive."

Ji Jue nodded, only saying: "Maybe because there are just so many things that are even harder than being a craftsman?"

Thus, Chen Xingzhou fell silent.

No more words were spoken.

"What's wrong?"

Ji Jue started to laugh, "Isn't today a great day? Why the silence, it's time for celebration."

As for Chen Xingzhou's attitude, he didn't care in the slightest, whether he was the Speaker or not, what did it have to do with me?

Dare to come to Tide Sound Workshop and hit me?

As the savior of Chen Xingzhou's brother, even if he were to kick the guy's wheelchair over at this moment, Chen Xingzhou would probably have to crawl up himself and give a thumbs-up, praising him for a good, skillful kick.

What did he have to be afraid of?

What need was there for concern?

With a light sigh, Chen Xingzhou patted the hand of Chen Yubo on his shoulder, and so, after a brief moment of astonishment, Chen Yubo took the hint and proactively left, leaving the two men on the spot.

"It's just contemplation."

He spoke slowly: "All along, I've thought that besides cunning and skill, the most important thing to climb to my position was luck."

Saying this, he turned to look at Chen Yubo in the distance, grinning stupidly while taking pictures of stray cats, and sincerely lamented: "But now, it seems that my foolish brother has far more luck than me."

"A fool's fortune, so long as one isn't a complete moron.

If you ask me, he'd have even more luck if you interfere a bit less."

Ji Jue had his hands in his pockets, asking for the last time: "Anything else you need, Director Chen?"

"Indeed, there is one very important thing."

After a brief pause, Chen Xingzhou reached into his pocket and brought out something he had prepared in advance: "Ah Bo told me you didn't take a single penny.

While I was in hospital, you advised him to donate that money and do more good deeds.

You're a good friend, one of the rare good friends in this world."

He said: "This matter will be handled as you've suggested."

What was handed to Ji Jue was just a piece of paper, so thin, yet it looked so familiar, like something he had seen somewhere.

There were two documents.

One was a donation receipt, a cash donation of 46 billion and over four hundred and ten million federal coins, both large and small amounts.

The other was a proxy agreement for the holding and sale of shares, including stakes in more than a dozen companies, some hot on the stock market, as well as many valuable assets.

All were entrusted to Chongguang Church for holding and sales, with all proceeds going towards charitable work.

And what made Ji Jue's mouth gape was the signature on the donation receipt and the proxy document.

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