Capital Underground City.
News of Wei Cheng's return spread throughout the underground city. Many young masters and ladies who had previously called themselves his good friends began to deliberately distance themselves from the Wei family after news broke that the head of the Wei family had been imprisoned and interrogated.
The Wei family is now in dire straits. The patriarch is imprisoned, the eldest son died unexpectedly, and other important members have also met with accidents one after another. Although the Wei family still has the second and third young masters, these two are no match for them.
What role can a playboy who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, or a little kid who is still in elementary school, play?
But some of Wei Cheng's real friends also came to see him, though only two of them came.
One is Young Master Ma, and the other is Young Master Wu.
They had seen another side of Wei Cheng, so they knew clearly that Wei Cheng was not some playboy who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun. His ruthlessness and methods were such that many young masters and ladies in the capital were no match for him.
Ma Shao sat down on the sofa and looked at Wei Cheng, who had a calm expression, and said, "Now I can't be bothered with those opportunistic guys."
Wei Cheng tossed them two pieces of chewing gum and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter."
Wu Shao looked at the chewing gum in his hand and stared at him in astonishment: "Am I seeing things? You've quit smoking?"
Wei Cheng put the chewing gum in his mouth, a gentle look in his eyes: "Well, a little kid doesn't like the smell of smoke on me, so I've decided to quit smoking."
"Yo yo yo, little kid?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, that smug grin, something's up."
Wei Cheng chuckled, neither denying nor clarifying, but instead looked at Wu Shao: "I heard you were tortured yesterday and almost cried, is that true?"
"Pfft... Hahahaha..."
Ma Shao suddenly burst into laughter, while Wu Shao looked exasperated: "Who spread this rumor? Do you think I'm the kind of person who cries?"
Wei Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh~"
"What do you mean 'oh'? You don't believe me?"
Wu Shao got angry: "Which bastard spread rumors about me? I only got teary-eyed yesterday because He Shao accidentally blew it when he was contacting the wind system."
Wei Cheng laughed and said, "No need to explain so clearly. If you didn't cry, you didn't cry. I won't laugh at you."
Wu Shao snorted: "If you could take off that wicked grin on your face, I might be able to barely believe you."
Ma Shao asked Wei Cheng, "How are things in other provinces? Is it really as reported?"
Wei Cheng: "Do you think what's reported is the same as the truth? You'll know what the outside world is like when you go out on missions."
Wu Shao's expression was solemn. For him to say such a thing, the situation outside must be much more serious than what was being reported in the news.
Ma Shao also fell silent. He wasn't against going out on missions, but he was still very resistant if the outside world was like a battlefield.
He said, "Uncle Wei can't get out now, what are you going to do about your brother's funeral?"
"funeral?"
Wei Cheng's eyes flashed with amusement: "Do you want to hear what you're saying? The daily death toll across the country is over six figures, or even more. Have you ever seen anyone hold a funeral?"
Ma Shao was taken aback by the number Wei Cheng mentioned: "Really that many? But your brother isn't at the grassroots level, so he doesn't handle it either?"
Wei Cheng looked at him: "If my brother had died for his country, we could have held a small celebration for him, and no one would have said anything. But you don't know how he died?"
Besides, given my family's current situation, we absolutely cannot hold a funeral. You all live too comfortably.
How could they even think of holding a funeral? They're all so well protected in the underground city, they think this is peacetime.
After chatting for a while, he yawned, and the two men tactfully told him to rest, then got up and left.
A subordinate entered and said, "Young Master, Young Master Shen Xingchen is outside right now. He wants to see you."
"Let him in."
A moment later, Shen Xing walked in. He was different from the one Ye Ling had seen before. He used to be a spirited and domineering young CEO, but now Shen Xing had a reserved demeanor and a cold expression, as if he were a completely different person.
Shen Xing came in, but Wei Cheng didn't even glance at him. Instead, he lowered his head and stirred the coffee in his hand.
Shen Xing put down the fine tea in his hand. Seeing that Wei Cheng ignored him, he took the initiative to speak: "I heard that Young Master Wei is back, so I came to see you."
Wei Cheng then looked up at him and casually pointed to the sofa next to him: "Sit down and talk."
Upon hearing this, Shen Xing sat down beside him and asked, "I heard that Young Master Wei came back from L City. How is the situation there now?"
Wei Cheng laughed and said, "What, you want to go there?"
Shen Xing twitched the corner of his mouth: "I heard Xia Xia is over there, and I want to go see her."
Wei Cheng looked at him with amusement: "You're quite well-informed, you even know this. So, did you know that your ex-fiancée is already with her first love?"
A look of surprise flashed in Shen Xing's eyes: "She's with her first love?"
Her first love...
Suddenly, the face of the man whose temperament and appearance far surpassed his own flashed into Shen Xing's mind, and a feeling of displeasure crossed his mind.
So she broke off the engagement with him, saying that he had an ambiguous relationship with Lin Lan was just an excuse. She broke off the engagement for her first love!
Wei Cheng chuckled: "You seem unhappy, but what right do you have to be unhappy? The two of you got engaged because of your shared interests."
You've never respected her, never cared about her, so isn't it a bit much for you to act so shocked and unable to accept it?
Shen Xing's expression turned somewhat unpleasant when he saw through her thoughts: "I just suspect that the reason she was so determined to break off the engagement was because of her first love."
"So what if it is, so what if it isn't? Does it matter?"
Wei Cheng picked up his coffee cup and took a small sip, as if he had just remembered something: "Someone, pour some tea for Young Master Shen."
As Shen Xing's expression grew increasingly grim, he said, "You're quite good at choosing locations. L City is well-protected, so developing your influence there is a good option."
Shen Xing looked at him, unsure of Wei Cheng's attitude.
Wei Cheng always treated him with the attitude of a superior, and spoke without restraint. Moreover, his words were often exaggerated, and Wei Cheng couldn't tell how much of what he said was true and how much was false.
"I just wanted to go see Xiaxia."
"No need to explain, I understand. Is there anything else?"
Shen Xing: "...Young Master Wei, are you interested in cooperating with me?"
Wei Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Cooperation? You?"
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