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nThe man who stood beside Xu Zetian was Mayor Gu.

nMayor Gu was Longmen City’s mayor. His position was one of the highest ranks among Longmen City’s officials and his political stature in the city was remarkable as well.

nIt was not at all strange for Xu Zetian to have contact with government officers as a mafia boss.

nYun Jian narrowed her eyes while she watched the entourage of middle-aged men walk in.

nXu Zetian did not notice Snake.Lizard and Yun Jian here. He was nodding at his son, Xu Haozhe, with a smile before he stepped into the hall with Mayor Gu and sat themselves down on an empty steamboat table.

nThe others followed suit.

nThese people were either high-ranking officials, gang members, or tycoons. Their social statuses were not lowly. As expected, they blended in swiftly and found acquaintances who could bring them some sort of advantage. Familiarizing each other, they sought win-win cooperations.

nThis was the purpose of their presence at the gathering. It was not for the birthday of Xu Zetian’s son.

nXu Haozhe was somewhat disheartened. His father did not even wish him a happy birthday. Even his birthday party was a guise for the man to expand his influence.

nAlthough it was the same every year, it still felt like his favorite toy being cruelly crushed right in front of himself, yet he could only watch helplessly when every piece of anticipation of his ended up in disappointment each time.

nXu Haozhe could only push his emotions deeper into himself lest others noticed his low spirits.

n“Zhe, happy birthday!” It was as if Yun Yi had discovered Xu Haozhe’s forlorn gaze as he placed his hand on the latter’s broad shoulders, a sense of comfort at this juncture of time.

n“Happy birthday!”

nWith Yun Yi leading, the rest of their classmates wished Xu Haozhe respectively.

nThe boy pressed his lips together. He was genuinely touched as the emotion in his eyes could not be feigned. His voice got a little raspy. “Thank you guys…”

n“It’s alright, we’re all old friends. What are you thanking us for? It’s what we should do!” Someone grumbled.

nYet it only served to move Xu Haozhe even deeper.

nFollowing the rest, Yun Jian wished the boy a happy birthday as well, but her attention was actually on Xu Zetian.

nSnake.Lizard had told her about the latter’s identity, including why she had met with him.

nWhat Yun Jian did not expect was that Xu Zetian was actually a member of the Gu Sha Mercenaries.

nIt was just that his influence within Gu Sha Mercenaries was immensely limited.

nTo explain with an example, members of Gu Sha Mercenaries were scattered across the globe. There were at least a few hundred thousand of them. Among these people, they were divided into groups like intel, assassination, investigation, and so on.

nXu Zetian was only a tiny force that Gu Sha Mercenaries had distributed in Longmen City.

nAs the boss of Gu Sha Mercenaries in her past life and having left everything to Tiger.Leopard and Snake.Lizard to manage, it was not unusual for Yun Jian to have no idea of Xu Zetian’s presence.

nWhile Xu Zetian was a member of the organization, it would be like an ordinary person wanting to meet the president if he intended to see Yun Jian.

nSuch was life, however, who would know that Yun Jian was actually here in Longmen City and in her current rebirthed state?

nThere was a sudden crash when Xu Zetian, who was seated not too far from them, dropped the wine glass in his hand, causing it to shatter.

nHe had been conversing with Mayor Gu but his composure dissolved in an instant.

nIt was because he saw Snake.Lizard when he looked up. In a panic, he abandoned Mayor Gu while disregarding what everyone else would make of that and walked toward her.

nThe men were flummoxed indeed. Xu Zetian had left the influential mayor to go over to a woman? What was he going to do?

nThey then heard Xu Zetian carefully asking Snake.Lizard, “You’re here too? Why didn’t you say so? Do you want to sit over there?”

nWho was the woman? Why was she prioritized over the mayor?

nMayor Gu himself was as surprised as the rest.

nSnake.Lizard turned to look at Yun Jian, waiting for her opinion.

nAs she did so, everyone shifted their gaze to Yun Jian.

nThe woman whom Xu Zetian was reverent of was taking orders from Yun Jian?

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