Chapter 162, Chapter 18: The Cat Master in a Rich Family Novel
As expected, Xu Qingzhou became the deputy director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
Chi Lian represents the vampire clan and becomes another deputy director.
The two individuals have equal power, supervise each other, and check and balance each other.
In the future, the Bureau of Foreign Affairs will also recruit new members who pass the assessment and political review, regardless of race.
As a result, the Foreign Affairs Bureau has expanded into several departments.
For example, the Supervision and Enforcement Department, the Life Form Transformation Assessment Center, the Socialization Education Center, the Public Relations Department, etc.
Such treaties and appointments largely appeased public sentiment.
But races are different, and these races are not just different in terms of skin color.
The principle that "those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts" is deeply ingrained in the hearts of people of all races.
Suspicion, discrimination, and conflict persist.
Humanity needs time to accept the fact that the race that once saw them as prey will now live on the same land as them.
Similarly, vampires also need to adapt to human rules and restrain their ancient instincts.
Most importantly, before the war with the vampires was even over, there were already people like the head of the Xu family who colluded with the vampires.
Now that the Bureau of Alien Affairs has a law allowing the legal transformation of individuals into vampires, there are many more individuals like the head of the Xu family.
Nobody wants to die.
Especially those who are rich, powerful, and influential.
In just one year, organizations that illegally convert [illegible characters] have begun to quietly emerge.
The Bureau of Foreign Affairs is extremely busy.
Dealing with illegal conversion sites, mediating neighborhood disputes between vampires and humans, and more...
Xu Qingzhou became even busier, working hard towards the new era he envisioned.
Even Yu Wanwan, the cat, was captured by Section Chief Lin and his men to serve as a laborer.
Even those who didn't participate in that final battle heard about it from others.
Everyone knows that the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs has a calico cat. Don't let its small size fool you; it's incredibly ruthless.
She doesn't need to do anything; just placing her there is enough to terrify those criminals.
It works every time.
The "Cat Brand Nuclear Bomb" is all-natural and pollution-free, and Section Chief Lin and his team are extremely satisfied with its use.
Meanwhile, after Xu Qingzhou became the deputy director, Su Wan launched a thorough campaign to eliminate the Xu family head.
Under the combined suppression of her and Xu Mingjing, the head of the Xu family actually absconded with the money and went abroad, attempting to make a comeback.
Fortunately, Xu Mingjing has been paying for Old Master Xu's hospitalization.
Otherwise, if the head of the Xu family had run away, it would have been like pushing the old man to his death.
The Xu family was completely swallowed up by the Su family.
Su Wan did not want these assets, but gave them all to Xu Mingjing intact.
Xu Mingjing was initially unwilling to accept it, but Su Wan insisted on giving it to him, and even Xu Qingzhou came to persuade him.
"It's his business if he's disgusting, why are you going against money? Are you stupid?"
Xu Qingzhou's persuasion was also very simple and blunt.
"Besides, a large portion of the Xu family's business was built by you and Aunt Su. If you don't want it, who will?"
Xu Mingjing thought it made sense and quickly gave in, becoming the CEO of the Xu Group once again.
However, this time the Xu Group belongs to Xu Mingjing.
In recent years, although Xu Qingzhou has been busy, he has helped the mother and son quite a bit, both openly and secretly.
Because of this, Su Wan has now completely let go of his status as an illegitimate child.
Together with Xu Mingjing, they actively cooperated with the Bureau of Alien Affairs to invest in and support projects such as artificial blood research and development and vampire socialization education.
They have become an important grassroots force driving the new order.
Not only that, Su Wan even tried to communicate with Xu Qingzhou's mother, Liu Xu, to see if they could further strengthen the connection between the two sides.
This was the first time in so many years that Su Wan had seriously examined this seemingly frail woman.
Willow catkins are not stupid at all; in fact, they can be described as quite perceptive and intelligent.
The reason I was fooled by the head of the Xu family back then was simply because I had just graduated from university and was inexperienced in the ways of the world.
By the time she realized what was happening, she was already deeply mired and unable to extricate herself.
After realizing her talent, Su Wan felt it was a pity. On a whim, he began to persuade and encourage her to go out and pursue her own career.
Xu Qingzhou had discussed this issue with her before.
Unfortunately, Liu Xu wasn't very willing.
No one knows how Su Wan persuaded him, but the person Xu Qingzhou couldn't persuade before now took the initiative to go out and go to the company with Su Wan.
Xu Qingzhou didn't care about this at all; in fact, he was quite pleased with it.
But he was too busy to spare the time, so he could only find the time to send her a sum of money so that she would have the confidence to start her own business.
In the midst of such busyness, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Ten years is enough time for vampires to fully integrate into modern society on the surface.
It has become an indispensable system in this world.
It was at this time that the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs learned about the connection between Chi Lian and Xuan Yi from the newly joined vampire members.
Chi Lian is a human who was transformed into a vampire through the Embrace.
Her name in the human world is Yu Jiao.
Three thousand years ago, she was selected to enter the palace due to her outstanding appearance and became the most favored concubine in the harem.
In the fifth year after she entered the palace, Emperor Yuan Chen brought back a woman named Liu'er from outside the palace.
Liu'er was exquisitely beautiful, innocent and carefree, kind-hearted, and as pure as a lotus flower.
She was the complete opposite of the charming and beautiful Consort Yu.
Her identity was unknown, and even though Yuan Chen made an exception for her, she only received the rank of a concubine.
After Consort Liu entered the palace, Emperor Yuan Chen practically lived with her, rendering the harem virtually nonexistent.
Even Consort Yu, who had enjoyed undiminished favor for five years, had to avoid her sharp edge.
Such a special individual naturally became a thorn in the side of the empresses and concubines, who wished they could get rid of him as soon as possible.
Consort Yu was proud and unwilling to get involved in these disputes, so she was never harmed.
Occasionally, when I'm in a good mood, I'll lend her a hand.
It was just a casual act, but unexpectedly, it came about when Consort Yu was seriously ill and nearing the end of her life.
To repay a debt of gratitude, Consort Liu went so far as to expose her secret of being of a different race, transforming Consort Yu into a vampire.
Having gained the ability to live forever, Consort Yu was naturally unwilling to continue fighting and scheming with them in the palace.
Before leaving, she had advised Consort Liu that the harem was not suitable for her, but unfortunately, Consort Liu and Yuan Chen were deeply in love and she was unwilling to leave.
Moreover, since Consort Liu entered the palace, Yuan Chen has indeed become a different person, devoted to her wholeheartedly, so Consort Yu stopped trying to persuade him.
Chi Lian never expected that the next news she heard about Consort Liu would be that she had gone missing on the battlefield while accompanying Yuan Chen on his expedition.
Rumor has it that she was kidnapped by an enemy country.
But Chi Lian didn't believe it.
Consort Liu is a second-generation pure-blooded vampire. How could she possibly be kidnapped by an enemy country?
Perhaps it was because she was embraced by Consort Liu and was her direct descendant, that she felt something for her.
Chi Lian followed the faint sensation and found only Yuan Chen, who had also become a vampire, but Liu Fei was nowhere to be seen.
Clearly, Yuan Chen was also embraced by Consort Liu.
No one knows what they talked about; all that is known is that the two had a fight and parted on bad terms.
After that...
This is the chaotic war that lasted for nearly a hundred years three thousand years ago, as recorded in modern social history books.
Chi Lian also pieced together the truth of what happened back then from fragmented information.
After Yuan Chen became a vampire, he gained special abilities, and humans who were still using cold weapons were naturally no match for him.
Ignoring the wishes of mortals, he transformed all his soldiers into vampires.
Unfortunately, he did not receive formal training in vampire cultivation and did not know how to effectively transform into a vampire; his transformation was very crude.
The transformed soldiers became mindless, low-level vampires.
Yuan Chen, however, thought this was a good thing. Their lack of rationality and their natural fear of higher-ranking vampires meant that they would never have any disloyal intentions towards him, and they would attack wherever he pointed.
He even went so far as to want to transform all of humanity into immortal beings who would be completely subservient to him.
Then……
To unify the entire world, including vampires.
Consort Liu noticed his crazy idea and tried to dissuade him, but he frantically and morbidly pierced her heart with a peach wood stab, forcing her into a deep sleep.
For so many years, Chi Lian has been searching for Consort Liu's whereabouts, but unfortunately, she still hasn't found her.
Yuan Chen, also known as Xuan Yi, is dead, so no one knows where Consort Liu went.
A clichéd and somewhat melodramatic story.
This is how Yu Wanwan commented on it.
Chi Lian was so angry that she almost couldn't help but fight with her.
Of course, it didn't work out in the end.
Because she couldn't beat Yu Wanwan.
In today's society, artificial blood has long since replaced human blood and become the food of vampires.
Society is far more developed now than it was before, in every aspect.
Humans eat a variety of foods, and their blood contains too much meat and other impurities, so it doesn't actually taste very good.
Artificial blood produced through legitimate channels perfectly avoids this problem.
It was clean enough, and there was no messy filth inside, which greatly ensured the health of the vampires.
In today's society, most people who are near death and beyond saving, or whose lifespan is about to end, choose to apply to become vampires.
This transformation also involved improvements in technological means.
Unlike the initial embrace of vampires, vampires transformed by new technology can only have their lifespan extended and their appearance preserved forever.
However, they cannot possess special abilities like true vampires, nor are they nearly immortal.
Of course, there will no longer be situations where people are transformed into mindless, low-level vampires.
Such a vampire might be considered a mid-level vampire?
But that's enough for humanity.
Xu Qingzhou was very clear-headed.
It would not be a good thing to give all humans the abilities and lifespan of true vampires.
Therefore, he has been stubbornly suppressing this proposal to allow humans to accept the Embrace and become true vampires, preventing it from passing.
Everyone was aware of his abilities, as well as the cat beside him.
Neither vampires nor humans dared to cross his line.
Fortunately, Xu Qingzhou is capable enough to live a very long time as a human.
With the added feature of transformation, he can live for at least another three or four hundred years.
That's enough for him to keep an eye on things, eliminate those uncertainties, and guide the world onto the right track.
Author's Note: I originally thought this chapter would be enough to finish writing about this world, but I overestimated myself.
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