Chapter 8 Ms. Hong, Let Me Participate in the Game!

"Please come in."

Li Ping'an stood outside the elegant, quiet but grandiose office. A very gentle and nice voice came from the inside.

Li Ping'an took a deep breath. Then he opened the door and went inside with soft movements. He looked at the beautiful woman who was concentrating in front of the big desk, and smiled reverently, "Ms. Hong, I’m sorry to bother you so early."

"Ah!"

"Li, is it you? Please have a seat. Tea or coffee? I'll make it for you."

Actually, there was a high-tech video system at the door of the office, but Ms. Hong had been thinking just now, so she didn't notice Li Ping'an's coming.

At this moment, when she saw that it was Li Ping'an, she hurriedly put aside the things she was doing and stood up to greet him smilingly.

No one would believe that she was the Minister of the Underground Alliance. She totally looked like a girl living next door.

"Aha! Tea, please. Coffee tastes too sharp for me. I cannot stand it a little."

Li Ping'an grinned at Ms. Hong and sat on the sofa aside directly. He smiled and looked at the gentle and beautiful woman in front of him.

She wore very simple business attire with no decorations. But her soft femininity made people feel comfortable from the heart.

Even she was not very close to him, the soft and good smell from her had already touched Li Ping'an's heart, making his mood better.

Out of the corner of her eye, Ms. Hong had a glance at Li Ping'an who sat on the sofa. He was very calm, and showed neither inferiority nor superiority. She also nodded secretly in her heart.

In this position for many years, she had met countless people. But people who had such a calm and decent bearing at the age of Li Ping'an were really rare!

Especially, he was from a poor family.

This was also the reason she had maintained a close friendship with Li Ping'an all the time.

Otherwise, in terms of the status of Ms. Hong, an errand boy like Li Ping'an would have been nobody for her.

But what Ms. Hong didn't expect was, she thought that this kind of good connection would take at least ten or even twenty years to get a reward. But the young man in front of her had already set the world on fire last night!

Although Ms. Hong did not see the battle scene last night for herself, she had seen the terror in the eyes of Sanggou and the others with her own eyes.

Two of them reached the Prospective Awakening Stage, and more than a dozen were in the late of the Refining Stage. What was more, all of them had taken weapons.

What did this mean?

They could totally sweep any master under the Awakening Stage!

But the young man in front of her almost disabled all of them, alone!

Even some big-name people said they would safeguard this young man.

Ms. Hong knew she should grasp this opportunity. Otherwise, how could she still occupy this position now?

Ms. Hong's tea-making skill was quite amazing. It was really smooth and graceful. Li Ping'an was a bit blown away by it.

With his background, it was obviously impossible for him to know the aristocratic culture of tea ceremony. But Li Ping'an was also very happy to be able to drink this kind of tea which was like artwork.

After drinking a few sips of tea and expressing his gratitude to Ms. Hong, Li Ping'an did not mince words. He showed his intention to Ms. Hong straightly.

"Giggle."

Ms. Hong giggled, "Ping'an, you brat, I’m not a stranger to you. For this, you could have just called me. Is it necessary for you to come here yourself? But, I am glad that you come here to see me today."

Then she explained to Li Ping'an that there were lots of Nutrition Drop which were said to be current pledges but actually were permanent pledges in the pawnshop of the Underground Alliance. There were even two bottles of three-star Nutrition Drop there. She told Li Ping'an that he could just take all of them to use directly.

When it was time to check the accounts, Li Ping'an only needed to give a little bit of money to show that he had not taken them for free. He could get away with it first.

It was OK if Li Ping’an paid the money back when he had plenty of money later.

"..."

Li Ping'an suddenly was at a loss for words.

He did not expect this thing could be handled in this way...

But he also knew that the pawnshop was one of the most profitable industries in the Underground Alliance. It was even more profitable than casinos. Because most of the money from the casinos was taken from the pawnshop by the gamblers by pawning their all property.

Ms. Hong happened to be the charger of the pawnshop.

"Ms. Hong, it is..."

Li Ping'an didn't know how to answer for a while.

Of course, he was tempted by Ms. Hong's method.

There were two bottles of three-star Nutrition Drop, dozens of bottles of two-star Nutrition Drop, and more than one hundred bottles of one-star Nutrition Drop.

If he could have so many bottles of Nutrition Drop, even without the help of the mysterious stone, Li Ping'an still had enough confidence to enhance his power to a higher level again.

"Hey, you boy, do not regard me as a stranger. If you do not accept it, then you were looking down on me."

Ms. Hong certainly found Li Ping'an had been tempted, so she smiled and said accordingly.

These things were worth only four or five million yuan. Except for the two bottles of three-star Nutrition Drop, which were worth some money, the rest of them were one-star and two-star which were worth hundreds of thousands of yuan at most. For Ms. Hong, it was nothing.

Ms. Hong actually intended to give them to Li Ping'an for free and to make the bond of their friendship stronger. But she also knew something about Li Ping'an's personality, so she used this euphemistic method.

"Thank you, Ms. Hong. Thank you so much! As soon as I have money, I will make up the rest of the money for you!"

Li Ping'an no longer hesitated and accepted it directly.

For him, debts were not a burden.

He was ambitious, and one day he would rush to the sky like a dragon, so he was not afraid that he would be unable to return Ms. Hong's favor.

"That is right! My silly boy. By the way, it is uncommon for you not to go to school today, and I just have nothing important to do. Why not stay here and play with me for a while?"

Ms. Hong refilled Li Ping'an's cup with a smile. The faint scent around her body rushed into Li Ping'an’s heart straightly. She treated Li Ping'an like she was an elder sister next door. Her actions were relaxing and natural.

But Li Ping'an felt a little awkward...

After all, he was still a young boy without much experience in relationships. On the battlefield, he could go forward, burn his bridges and come to the front. But when he faced Ms. Hong who was at her best age and who almost arrived at the peak in her career, he really did not know what to resist her.

But Ms. Hong was a quite measured person. She only bantered a few words. Then she stopped and told Li Ping'an to stay here at ease to wait for the Nutrition Drop to be delivered. Then she continued working on her official duties.

Ms. Hong's power was manifested very quickly.

In less than ten minutes, the Nutrition Drop was delivered to him. It was a big password box.

When Li Ping'an opened it to have a look, his eyes almost shone.

Ms. Hong bantered Li Ping'an again and held him not to let him leave. She asked Li Ping'an to have lunch with her.

Li Ping'an had nothing to do with it but took a chair and sat in front of a huge French window. In this height, he overlooked the beautiful scenery of this bustling metropolis.

As they said, "When I reach the top of Taishan Mountain, the other mountains appear so small.".

Standing at an altitude of nearly 200 meters on the 58th floor, and overlooking the city, Li Ping'an's mind was involuntarily broadened. His original ambitions were even firmer and more unshakable.

This was the life he wanted!

On the top of the world, he held the hand of his beloved woman and enjoyed the world's scenery with her together.

However, soon Li Ping'an found Ms. Hong’s communicator frequently rang nearby, which seemed to be a lot of messages coming.

Then he noticed that her face obviously changed. She kept frowning all the time. It seemed that she was in trouble.

Li Ping'an also frowned slightly after seeing that.

People who respect me a little will be respected by me much more!

He was very grateful to Ms. Hong. Even though there were many rumors that Ms. Hong was the mysterious lover of a certain boss, Li Ping'an had never seen her through rose-tinted spectacles.

As the old saying went, "Superstructure condition is up to the economic level."

If you could not solve basic livelihoods, how could you solve other things?

People indeed needed moral integrity, but what you had to know was that moral integrity could not fill the belly!

In this world, when change came, you better adapted to it. That was always the case.

But Li Ping'an also was a little bit curious. He wondered what kind of man could take a woman like Ms. Hong...

The rumors about Ms. Hong were spread rampantly, but Li Ping'an had never heard of any accurate one.

Seeing that Ms. Hong frowned and her beautiful face became colder, Li Ping'an could not help asking her, "Ms. Hong, is something wrong?"

"What?"

Ms. Hong was puzzled for a moment. Then she remembered Li Ping'an was still there. She turned her face, smiled and said, "Nothing. It's just a few bothersome people from Hanguo. You are so sweet. You’re worrying about me."

Ms. Hong gave Li Ping'an a coquettish look.

“People from Hanguo..."

Li Ping'an did not look at Ms. Hong's face. Instead, he repeated the words “people from Hanguo” and frowned slightly.

He had heard about it a few days ago. A few people from Hanguo had come to the Black Boxing arena of the Underground Alliance recently. One of them seemed to be the young master of a branch of Starry Group, the head of plutocrats in Hanguo.

When he was at the office door just now, he heard a few clerks talking in low voices. It seemed that the young master of Hanguo was interested in Ms. Hong. For tonight's boxing match, he was going to take Ms. Hong as a bet...

Li Ping'an immediately had an idea in his mind. He hurriedly looked at Ms. Hong and said, "Ms. Hong, the power of the people who come to challenge from Hanguo should be under Awakening Stage, right?"

"What?"

Ms. Hong was puzzled for a moment, but she also understood Li Ping'an’s meaning instantly and hurriedly said, "Ping’an, you boy, don’t do anything crazy! Although the bonus of the underground illegal boxing match is high, you may die! You are still young, do not gamble with your life for this little money!"

Li Ping'an grinned, "Ms. Hong, take it easy. I promise you I will not bite off more than I can chew. Do you have any data about them?"

Ms. Hong was about to admonish Li Ping'an, but he had already come to Ms. Hong’s desk and picked up the data files on the desk.

"You brat!"

Ms. Hong intended to take the data files back. But she did not expect Li Ping'an had already occupied a favorable position, so she couldn't take it at all.

Soon, Li Ping'an had read the data on the files. And Ms. Hong, at this moment, almost hugged Li Ping’an from behind.

Even parted by the clothes, Li Ping'an could still feel her wonderful touch behind him.

The two of them froze awkwardly at the scene...

Ms. Hong also realized it at this time. Her pretty face reddened, and she could not help but pinched on Li Ping'an's arm lightly, "You boy, you are actually taking advantage of me."

Li Ping'an grinned. But his brain was full of the data of people from Hanguo.

People from Hanguo were five in total. As for the weakest person, his speed was 30m/s, and his fist strength was 800kg. He had just reached the standard of the Awakening Stage.

But the strongest person had a speed of 34.05m/s and a fist strength of 1200kg.

His power was stronger than Li Ping'an's, but Li Ping'an was faster.

Based on the analysis of this data, Li Ping'an could easily judge that the strongest person of them should be a power player.

And the idea was that, even if it was hard to beat that guy, it was not hard for Li Ping'an to stay unbeaten with his speed and neural response speed.

It was true that this kind of illegal boxing match might make people die, but it was generally rare.

After all, they were all public matches. If people were killed, the Underground Alliance would also hold the blame. Besides, the referees were not billed for doing nothing.

The current legal system was quite sound and powerful. Even if people dared to skirt the law, they would never dare to toe over the line casually.

Even though they were plutocrats, it would be very troublesome if they toed over the line.

So it could guarantee the safety of Li Ping'an to a large extent!

The most important thing was that this kind of illegal boxing match was definitely not the same as the combat test in the school. It not only had a generous bonus but also had an extremely rare opportunity for actual combat!

Li Ping'an did not have a powerful background like a wealthy son who could artificially create a strong and safe opponent. However, he also had his own way!

Having these data for support, Li Ping'an was not afraid of these people from Hanguo at all.

Not to mention that the young master from Hanguo had wishful thinking of taking Ms. Hong as a bet!

"Ms. Hong, let me participate in the game! Since I could disable the group led by Sanggou and Huangmao, I also have the confidence to disable these people from Hanguo!"

"Furthermore, Ms. Hong, I will fight without showing my true face. I will fight them with a mask! Only this time, I promise you once only. Is that all right?"

Li Ping'an smiled and looked into Ms. Hong's beautiful eyes, but what in his smile was the firmness that admitted no denial.

Ms. Hong looked into Li Ping'an's eyes, and her pretty face also became serious, "Ping'an, are you serious?"