◎Male Secretary◎
Feixue had recently noticed that Guild Master Lieyan was not in a good mood. This old man of the Long family, who always wore a sly smile, had on several occasions lost his temper in front of everyone, scolding Long Yan for not worthy of his years of hard work and cultivation. After all, Long Yan was his nephew and the only heir to the Long family. Although Long Yan had messed up a few times in the past, causing Old Master Long's displeasure, he had never lost his temper in public and lashed out at Long Yan directly.
After a few attempts, Feixue began to feel that Long Yan's support might no longer be reliable. She had finally managed to hook up with the former vice president of the First Guild through the platform of Miracles, and she had finally established a firm foothold within the Blazing Fury. She had to be courteous to everyone who saw her. At this critical juncture, she couldn't tolerate any missteps on Long Yan's part. Getting scolded by Old Man Long was a minor issue, but completely losing influence within the Blazing Fury and the Long family was the bigger deal! For her future, she had to find a way out.
Feixue's eyes rolled around, and as she was thinking, she saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure enter her sight.
"Brother Xi'an!" Feixue smiled immediately upon seeing him. She approached him with a half-concerned, half-intimate air, and took the initiative to speak to him. "Brother Xi'an, what mission were you on just now? Can you take me with you?"
The reason why she said that Bohu Xi'an was both a familiar and unfamiliar existence to her was because they were in the same guild and both belonged to senior staff. They saw each other almost every day, so it was impossible for them not to know each other. But Feixue herself knew how familiar they were. Bohu Xi'an was much more cautious than Long Yan. Except for communicating with Old Man Long and a few of his subordinates, he didn't like anyone else.
Even she was the same. No matter how enthusiastically she approached him to say hello, she always got a cold face. After a few times, Feixue felt bored and simply ignored him. She no longer greeted him when they met.
But... the recent situation does not allow her to be arrogant anymore. When Feixue thought that something might happen to Long Yan, she no longer cared about her face and once again took the initiative to greet him with a smile on her face.
She thought, after all, he was a man, and any man would have some emotions, but the man on the west bank of Bohu Lake never showed his emotions, so people often thought he was aloof and unapproachable. Thinking of this, Feixue blinked her watery eyes a few more times, revealing a weak and delicate look.
Bo Hu Xi'an looked at her without batting an eyelid, his voice calm, "Hasn't Long Yan always been leading your mission? I suggest you find him, who would be a better choice."
Feixue didn't show any disappointment when she heard that. Instead, she moved a little closer to Bohu Xi'an and continued to speak in a delicate voice, "Hey, Brother Xi'an, you know that Brother Long has been under a lot of pressure lately. No one dares to provoke him now. Besides, everyone in the guild knows that you are a kind and powerful person. I'm so envious of others who can follow you."
Men always like to flatter themselves. Wasn't that how Long Yan was tricked into coming here? She thought Bohu West Bank must be no exception.
Who knows.
"You are still in Long Yan's team. Is it really okay for you to say such things behind his back?" If the look in his eyes when he looked at her before was just calm without too many waves, then at this moment, after hearing her words of praising one and criticizing the other, a sense of contempt suddenly rose in Bo Hu Xi'an's eyes, and he did not hide it at all.
If it had been before, Feixue would have turned around and left if she had been treated coldly, but now it is different. For the sake of her own retreat, she has to swallow her anger.
Just like what Bo Hu Xi'an said, she is still in Long Yan's team, and as long as she does not leave the team for one day, she will be under Long Yan's command.
When talking about team allocation, we have to mention the team system of Flame Fury.
The reason why Fiery Fury has been able to stand out among many large guilds and has always been in the first position is that, in addition to the Long family's investment of a lot of money, the most important thing is that the guild has always implemented a unique "squad system".
Each team consists of 10-20 members, led by a capable and well-respected leader. As of a week ago, there were 39 teams within Raging Flame, with an average of 12 members per team, for a total of 468 members. This number wasn't the highest among large guilds, but it far exceeded the average. To ensure that new members didn't take advantage of the system and reduce overall strength, the Raging Flame leader, known as "Old Man Long" by Feixue, implemented a team elimination system.
Every Monday, the guild updates its internal team rankings. The ranking system is complex, factoring in factors such as the team's total monster kills, average level gains, and task completion time. If a team places in the bottom five three times in a row, they will be forced to resign. This practice is harsh on weak captains and team members, but for the entire Flame's Fury team, it ensures the overall strength of the guild.
Feixue's team is led by Long Yan. The team includes the archer Baibayouqiaoyang, the mage Dragon King's Beard, the thief Chongshan, the paladin Berserker, the swordsman, etc. All of them are masters who have been on the professional rankings, but... ever since they met Xia Li, their team has repeatedly run into obstacles and ended in failure. Over time, Long Yan's violent temper inevitably came to his head, and he often took his anger out on her and others.
Especially Baibu Chuanyang. He had been with Long Yan from the beginning to the end. He was a top-notch shooter with a high hit rate and good anticipation. But because of that one miss at the Doha Restaurant, he was scolded by Long Yan after returning home. From that day on, Feixue and the others noticed that Baibu Chuanyang was no longer as desperate as before.
Situations like this had occurred countless times. It's said that the most important thing in a team is its people. Without unity, no matter how strong the team is, it's useless. Ever since the Doha Restaurant incident, Long Yan's team's ranking had been declining at a noticeable rate, from first place to tenth. Last week, they were kicked out of the top ten, becoming a stark example of a negative impact within the guild.
Thinking of the precarious future, Feixue simply stopped pretending, putting away her previous ingratiating smile and instead chuckling lightly: "I'll be frank, Long Yan's situation is already over. If I continue to stay in his team, sooner or later I will be kicked out of the guild. It doesn't matter if he is kicked out of the guild. After all, he is still the president's nephew. As long as there is this blood relationship, no matter how bad his situation is, he will still be better off than others. But it's different for me. If I am eliminated, all my previous efforts will be in vain. If it were you, would you just sit there and wait for death?"
The atmosphere suddenly became silent. Feixue looked at Bo Hu, and Bo Hu looked at her. Neither of them spoke.
After waiting for a while, Bohu Xi'an suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly, a rare smile. "I admire your frankness. As luck would have it, the team is short of a pastor. Go report to the administrator."
After saying that, he walked right past her and left the scene.
Members of the team can change groups, provided that there is a captain with a higher ranking who is willing to accept them. Obviously, what Bo Hu Xi'an meant just now was that he agreed to let her join the team. Feixue couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and even her eyebrows raised in a happy smile.
"What did you say? She changed teams? And to the team on the west bank of Lake Bo?!"
The thief Chongshan is one of the few people who still cares about Long Yan. After seeing that Mantian Feixue's ID was assigned to Po Hu's team, he immediately reported to Long Yan.
Long Yan looked at the recently updated team list on the guild panel, his face turning pale. Then, with intense anger and humiliation, it instantly turned red. "This stinking bitch, who forgot her loyalty for the sake of profit, just left after seeing our ranking drop. It's a pity that I treated her well before. Fuck, what a shameless bitch!"
Thinking back to when he was still the vice president, she would serve him tea and water with a smile every day, and even when he was in a bad mood and scolded her, she would still smile and nod to him. I never expected that now that she was on the list of the old man's favorite, Bohu West Bank, she would turn her back on him! What an ungrateful person!
Long Yan was furious. His chest heaved violently with anger, and his breathing became increasingly rapid. Chong Shan saw this and quickly stepped forward to comfort him, "Brother Long, don't be too angry. Think about it, someone as cautious as Bohu West Bank, how could he not see through her little tricks? If she can betray us today, she might betray him tomorrow."
"What do you mean?" Long Yan turned and looked at him.
Chongshan: "What I mean is, when the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked, and when the bird is dead, the bow is put away. Bohu West Bank is using her just to squeeze out the last bit of profit from her."
Long Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something. The anger in his heart immediately dissipated a lot, and his angry brows relaxed: "Chongshan, you are really smart. You are worthy of being cultivated by me, hahaha!"
Hearing the praise, Chongshan couldn't help but feel complacent in his heart, grinning and laughing with Long Yan.
At the same time, at the elevator entrance of Long Building.
Long Lie's eyes were filled with hatred that almost bleeds. He glared at the male secretary fiercely, emphasizing every word: "You betrayed me."
The male secretary hadn't expected the old man to discover it so quickly. However, knowing that his identity would be exposed sooner or later, the surprise on his face only flashed by, and then he revealed an unfathomable smile: "Mr. Long, I have never been on the same side as you, so how can I talk about betrayal?"
"You...!" Long Lie's lips trembled with anger. He stared at the man before him, his cold, venomous gaze threatening to rip him apart. "I took you from the orphanage and raised you single-handedly. How dare you...! How dare you do such a treasonous thing!"
What went wrong? Long Lie searched frantically in his mind. Eleven years ago, he had fallen in love with a little boy in an orphanage. His eyes were lonely and indifferent, and he didn't respond to anyone who spoke to him. The old woman in the orphanage said that the boy's mother died young due to illness, and his father had been eaten by a star beast many years ago. Because he was young and had no one to take care of him, he was brought to the orphanage by passers-by.
Such a child, stubborn and arrogant, is also very easy to control, because he has seen the most miserable suffering in the world. Once someone shines a ray of light into his time, he will seize it without hesitation. And his job is to become the light in this child's heart.
But...but this shouldn't be the case. He is right under his nose every day, and even in the game they are in the same guild. He comes to report on time every day. If he were to ask where something went wrong, he really couldn't find it at all!
Not being able to find it was the most chilling thing. Long Lie's meticulous mind was known to everyone. If he didn't trust someone 100%, he would never keep that person around. When did it start that the person he watched grow up actually had the idea of killing him?!
Suddenly, in a flash, a trivial detail popped into his mind. Long Lie was a little bit unbelievable, but he had to slowly open his mouth and ask the question he had ignored from the beginning: "Your parents, no, I should ask your father...how did he die?"
If there is nothing wrong with watching a person grow up, then there is only one explanation left - there was something wrong with this child from the beginning!
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