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"I just thought Qiu Tu was a handsome guy, and Guan Xiao was a stunning beauty. Who knows what might be going on between them."

She paused, then said nonchalantly, "You know... these pretty female subordinates love to throw themselves at their young and handsome bosses."

"Qiu Tu is the kind of guy who doesn't turn down any beautiful women, so the two of them might have some kind of ambiguous relationship."

Hearing Ellie's words, Ji Qinglin shook his head and said, "That shouldn't be the case."

He said, "When I saw Minister Guan, it was 10:30, and he was already at work. They couldn't possibly be indulging in debauchery during the day, could they?"

After saying that, Ji Qinglin seemed to have thought of something and suddenly paused. Then he adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and asked with a bewildered look, "Wait a minute."

"You mean those pretty female subordinates like to throw themselves at their young, handsome bosses?"

"How come I've never encountered this before?"

Ellie glanced at Ji Qinglin's face, which looked even older than Huang Shangzong's, and who was of average appearance: .....

Ji Qinglin paused, blinked his cigarette, and then looked at Lü Cheng, who hadn't said a word the whole time, and asked, "Old Lü, have you ever encountered this before?"

Lu Cheng was a young man with a buzz cut, quite good-looking, and didn't look very old.

Hearing Ji Qinglin's words, he scratched his head somewhat sheepishly and said, "I haven't encountered that either..."

Hearing Lu Cheng say the same thing, Ellie quickly tried to smooth things over, "Then it seems I misunderstood."

"In that case, Qiu Tu and Guan Xiao may indeed have encountered some problems."

Upon hearing this, Ji Qinglin nodded in satisfaction. Then, he adjusted his glasses, revealing sharp, intelligent eyes behind the lenses...

"But... Guan Xiao was ultimately promoted by Qiu Tu. The position of minister was also secured with Qiu Tu's help."

"So even if she has a rift with Qiu Tu now, it will still be quite difficult to break through her directly."

"So I think... we can start with Guan Weihua."

"Then we'll take a roundabout approach and play Guan Xiao as our card."

"Guan Weihua is a key figure in our 'academic faction.' He's part of our group. He's not difficult to win over."

"After we brought him to our side, we would have four votes at the top. We would have the upper hand."

"Then, through him, we can get in touch with his niece, Guan Xiao, and slowly work on her."

"Once we've convinced Guan Xiao, we can keep her identity hidden and let her continue to infiltrate Qiu Tu's group as a spy."

"In this way, we can both lull Qiu Tu into a false sense of security and obtain all kinds of key intelligence about him in real time."

"Killing two birds with one stone."

As he finished speaking, a knowing smile appeared on Ji Qinglin's face.

"Therefore, my suggestion is that we first try to win over Guan Weihua, and then, through Guan Weihua, do everything we can to get Guan Xiao over here!"

After listening to Ji Qinglin's words, Ellie hesitated. She asked tentatively, "Isn't this plan too idealistic?"

"Every step must be flawless in order to achieve the desired effect."

"Moreover, isn't it a waste of so much effort and resources to win over someone who might not even side with our higher-ups?"

Ji Qinglin clearly knew Ellie very well. Hearing Ellie's words, he smiled and said, "Ellie, isn't life just a huge gamble?"

"As long as we can get Guan Xiao on our side, Qiu Tu will be completely transparent to us. It will be incredibly convenient for us to do whatever we want to him."

After saying that, he paused for a moment, then said with a serious expression, "Therefore, going all in is a kind of wisdom!"

Upon hearing Ji Qinglin's words, Ellie paused for a moment, then her eyes also became intense!

She seemed to have made up her mind! Then, clenching her fist tightly, she said with a fanatical expression, "That's right! Going all in is a kind of wisdom!"

"It's just a gamble!"

"If we win the bet, we'll become the director!"

"I lost the bet! At worst... I'll go massage Qiu Tu's butt!"

Hearing Ellie's words, Ji Qinglin looked at her and nodded vigorously!

After the two finalized their plan, Ji Qinglin looked at Lu Cheng, the head of the Special Operations Department, and asked, "Old Lu, what do you think?"

Lu Cheng chuckled sheepishly and said, "I'm just a rough guy. I'm good at fighting, but I don't understand these things."

"You guys make the decision. I'll follow your orders completely!"

Hearing Lü Cheng's words, Ellie and Ji Qinglin nodded in satisfaction.

After temporarily settling on the plan to sideline Qiu Tu, the three of them took a short break.

After seeing Ji Qinglin and Lü Cheng off, Ellie closed the door, then stood in the office that originally belonged to Tang Feifei and was filled with traces of Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei's battle. She opened her arms, closed her eyes, and took a deep, blissful breath!

Then she opened her eyes, walked confidently to the window, and gazed at the night view of the New Territories!

Although this job adjustment reduced her power, it also placed her on a larger platform with greater potential for advancement!

So, while this transfer wasn't exactly a good thing, it wasn't a complete loss either.

—Especially since she originally thought she was going to jail.

However, it was precisely because of this transfer that Ellie learned more inside information from Huang Shangzong.

They learned that Qiu Tu had met a mysterious person and that Qiu Tu had long ago made arrangements with the shelter's higher-ups to release La Riluo.

He also knew that Qiu Tu was deliberately using this matter to scheme against him, to intimidate him and Huang Shangzong, and to extort benefits from them.

This deepened her dislike for Qiu Tu.

Especially when she thought of Yan Yan, who was forced to stay at home every day feeling sad and depressed by Qiu Tuwei, she hated Qiu Tuwei even more.

In the past two days, in order to ease Yan Yan's emotions after being harassed by Qiu Tu, she has been going to stay with Yan Yan every night to sleep.

Although Yan Yan always refused, she knew that it was because Yan Yan didn't want to trouble her.

Yan Yan has been kind-hearted since she was a child and always considers others.

So, she still forced herself to sleep with Yan Yan for three days.

Even so, Yan Yan became increasingly heartbroken each day. This made Ellie even more distressed and resentful of Qiu Tu!

Now, having discussed a strategy to deal with Qiu Tu with her two helpers, Ellie was filled with fighting spirit!

Although she also felt that the plan was a bit risky and the chances of success were slim.

But that's okay! Life is the biggest gamble ever!

As long as I have one pair of underwear left, I'll bet it on the table!

Moreover... she has two helpers, and a "gambler" route to protect her!

.....

Meanwhile, Ellie was thinking this.

Back in his office, Lü Cheng's simple-minded expression was completely gone.

He wiped the sweat from his brow, twirled a ring in his hand, and muttered under his breath, "Two gambling addicts."

"Why did the Speaker choose me to partner with them?"

"With a brain like that, how can he beat Qiu Tu?"

As he said this, he walked to Yun's desk and opened the drawer.

At this moment, there were several thick stacks of documents in the drawer.

He took out the documents, which contained all of Qiu Tu's intelligence from the past two years.

There is even a written record from Yan Chen.

This was valuable firsthand information he obtained from Yan Chen after he learned that he had been sent to compete against Qiu Tu.

These materials have been covered with numerous scribbles and markings, clearly indicating that a lot of work has been done.

After reviewing the intelligence about Qiu Tu once again, the landline on Lü Cheng's desk rang.

He picked up the receiver, and his secretary's voice came through the receiver, "Minister, I've taken care of everything you asked me to do, like inviting Deputy Director Yu to dinner."

"He's free tomorrow at noon, what do you think...?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Cheng replied with a simple and honest tone, "No problem. Book the best hotel and the best private room, and I'll treat him to a private meal tomorrow."

“I’m new to the New Territories and I have a lot of things I want to ask him, a senior figure in the industry.”

"Yes!" the secretary replied, hung up the phone, and went to make the arrangements.

Clearly... Lü Cheng wasn't satisfied with just interviewing Yan Chen, and now he's started interviewing Yu Zhengyi...

.......

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu was unaware that several of his enemies were preparing to deal with him.

Of course, if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

At this moment, he had just finished communicating with Larilu about capturing the "Yellow Demon".

According to Lariluo, the Yellow Demons are very cunning creatures. Although they are not very aggressive, they are extremely alert and will run away as soon as they sense something is wrong.

Therefore, to capture them, you must make them feel no danger, or... offer them something they cannot refuse.

For example—the "Boundless Divine Crystal" of a fifth-order evil god.

As a catastrophic creature that feeds on the spiritual and life force of the area's master, "Yellow Demon's" favorite "food" is "Boundless Divine Crystal".

However, since they were absorbing the spiritual power and spiritual energy of a fourth-tier region lord, they were not interested in ordinary fourth-tier "Boundless Divine Crystals".

Only the fifth-tier "Boundless Divine Crystal" can bring them great help, which is why it can drive them crazy.

The method for capturing them is quite simple.

Similar to capturing wandering spirits, both methods utilize "soul shackles".

However, since the ordinary "Soul Shackles" can only trap Cataclysms below the first rank, the "Soul Shackles" altar needs to be modified.

Add two "energy slots" to it, and put two "Boundless Divine Crystals" in them to replenish its energy consumption at any time.

The reason for using two "energy tanks" is to ensure that the altar can continuously maintain its protective power.

Lariro is indeed a walking encyclopedia. She not only knows how to capture "Yellow Spirits" and the necessary items, but she also knows how to craft Cataclysm items.

She casually tore off a leaf, used her mental energy to carefully trace the modification method of the entire device on it, and then handed it to Qiu Tu.

According to her, if things go quickly and the prop maker is skilled, they should be able to get the prop by tomorrow night at the latest.

In the past two days, Qiu Tu has been harassed by "Huang Mei" almost every other day.

In order to see Huang Mei clearly, he once used [Order Space], which allowed him to see through invisibility and nothingness.

With this enhancement, he did indeed see that ghostly figure flash past his eyes.

It was simply because the other party was moving too fast that he couldn't see clearly.

However... he was fairly certain that... those currently surrounding him seemed to be three yellow spirits, two large and one small.

And... I don't know if it's just my imagination, but those three yellow spirits seem to have a somewhat strained relationship.

Because Qiu Tu activated the [Order Space] that time, it seemed like they were fighting.

Before he could even get a good look, the three yellow spirits pierced through the world and disappeared from reality, apparently off to fight somewhere...

Having figured out the steps and conditions for capturing Huang Mei, Qiu Tu had a plan in mind.

He stretched out his hand in front of Lariro, gesturing, "Give it to me."

Lari Luo, who was still tapping Qiu Tu's legs, looked up in confusion and asked, "What?"

Qiu Tu glanced at her sideways and said irritably, "A fifth-order Boundless Divine Crystal."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, La Riluo feigned ignorance, "How could I possibly possess a fifth-tier 'Boundless Divine Crystal'?"

Qiu Tu smiled, reached out and pinched La Riluo's chin, making her look up at him, and then analyzed,

"Your Highness...aren't you underestimating me?"

"If I couldn't even guess whether you possess the 'Boundless Divine Crystal,' I wouldn't have schemed against you so thoroughly."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, La Riluo was a little skeptical. She said, "Come on, analyze this for me. What makes you think I would have a fifth-tier 'Boundless Divine Crystal'?"

Qiu Tu released his hand from her chin and said, "The reason is simple."

"1. After I released you, your strength was only at the second level. To recover to the fourth level in such a short time and even reshape your physical body means that you must have spent a huge amount of resources."