Translator: Deyonna
On the day when the election results were to be announced, the front door of the parliament building was crowded with journalists from the news media. Zhou Mushi walked into the building through a private entrance and met with centrist dignitaries in front of the elevator.
Several tall male alphas were wearing expensive and decent suits, with high-spirited faces, ready to welcome the upcoming power and honor.
Mr. Cheng held the elevator for him and said with a smile, “I didn’t expect you to attend in person.”
Zhou Mushi said, “Just came to have a look.”
He pressed the button to close the door and the eyes of the person behind him moved away from his long fingers that were wrapped in white silk gloves to the bright metal door. It reflected the omega’s slender and thin body, tightly wrapped in a slim-fit coat. Under the bright light, the exposed skin was as thin as paper.
“You don’t look very well. Have you been too busy recently?” Mr. Cheng asked with concern.
Zhou Mushi responded perfunctorily, with a hint of languor between his dark eyebrows.
“It seems that you need to rest and relax occasionally after work.”
Zhou Mushi was a little irritable. He knew where his abnormal state came from, but he had no intention of explaining it, and only gave a dull “en”.
The alpha behind him continued his efforts. “When the election is over, I wonder if I will have the honor of inviting you to my first dinner after taking office?”
Mr. Cheng’s tone is full of confidence. As the main leader of the neutral party, the position of secretary-general is already in his pocket.
Alpha who has gained power is always greedy and never satisfied and wants to collect additional rewards in advance.
Zhou Mushi didn’t answer, and waited for the elevator to open slowly in front of him before he came back to his senses, and said without thinking the matter through, “Let’s see.”
**
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“Election Day,” the assistant replied, “but you have no field projects in your schedule today.”
He Yu turned around, leaned on the car door in a leisurely manner, and said, “If you have any objections, you can report directly to Mr. Zhou, or send me to the parliament building first, after all, he is there in person.”
The assistant didn’t move. “Mr. Zhou’s communicator is off.”
He Yu smiled and knocked on the car door. “Then let him discipline me in person.”
After getting in the car, the assistant glanced at the briefcase in He Yu’s hand from the rearview mirror.
To be precise, it’s a silver suitcase
In an era of almost all data-based offices, such an ancient standard lockbox is generally used to store important items and not to carry them with you.
He Yu stretched out his fingers and tapped the box twice. “Some confidential documents. Take them to Mr. Zhou for inspection. Do you need to check them?”
The assistant turned his head away and started the car silently.
**
Zhou Mushi greeted several officials present one after another when someone asked, “Vice Minister Yu didn’t come with you?”
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has business to deal with, so he cannot come.” Zhou Mushi replied.
“Indeed, ah. The change of terms has always been very busy.” The other party thought for a while and then smiled earnestly. “But everyone knows the results of today’s election, and it doesn’t matter whether they attend or not.”
Zhou Mushi accepted the compliment indifferently and walked into the main conference hall.
Before turning off the communicator, he glanced at the time. There was still half an hour left before the announcement ceremony, and He Yu should have not gotten out of work yet.
**
The speed of the suspension car was very fast. The scene outside the car window had become a dreamy scene, passing so rapidly. Not a moment later, the sky darkened, and heavy clouds engulfed the sunlight as if a heavy rain was about to come.
He Yu looked out the window and asked, “We haven’t arrived yet?”
The male beta in the front row was expressionless and didn’t answer.
The car turned another corner.
Five minutes later, it started to rain.
The specially customized front window of the car still has a clear view under the heavy rain and the wide road seemed like a mirror with ripples. He Yu said again, “This doesn’t seem to be the way to the parliament building.”
The assistant remained silent, concentrating on driving like a robot executing its programs without thinking.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the noisy and dense raindrops concealed all surrounding noise. The car deviated from the navigation route, getting farther and farther away from the central district, and drove in an unknown direction.
“Where is this?”
“You want to leave the city, that’s not right…”
The sound in the back seat gradually died down.
Only the pitter-patter of the raindrops could be heard inside the car. The beta in the driver’s seat glanced at the rearview mirror, which originally reflected the front lapel of the man behind him. But now, the eye-catching blue brooch had disappeared in the mirror.
Because its owner fell down.
The car steered off the road and stopped in an undeveloped wasteland. The assistant unbuckled his seat belt, took out a bundle of ropes from the box on the side, got out of the car, and walked into the heavy rain.
The dirt dampened by water stained the soles of his leather shoes. He opened the door of the back seat and leaned towards the unconscious alpha on the seat.
……
There was a muffled gunshot, concealed in the heavy rain.
**
The circular main conference hall was full of members of parliament in suits and ties. The scene was quiet and solemn as if a tide of power was flowing silently in secret, waiting for the moment when it would finally pour down and reshuffle the cards.
Zhou Mushi sat in the back row of seats near the door, looking up at the clock hanging on the top of the hall from time to time.
As the second hand of the clock moved exactly to the last grid, the final statistical results of the election appeared on the virtual big screen in mid-air.
After a moment of silence, came the loud applause inside the circular hall.
The expected result.
The former vice secretary-general on the stage read out his final speech. Under the attention of the audience, the leaders of the neutral faction walked on stage in great spirits to welcome the power that belonged to them.
The new secretary-general, Cheng Huanqing, took the medal and microphone, and with a spirited smile, he began a concise and decent inauguration speech.
The general election ended in applause and flashing lights. Some people left sadly, and some were proud and elated. Zhou Mushi watched all this in silence, but there were no ripples in his heart.
But for some reason, since he walked into the conference hall, there has been an unexplained uneasiness in his heart that did not disappear as the election dust settled.
Translator’s Corner: We’re nearing the plot twist of this novel. Some of you might probably have an idea what it was but when I first read this novel I was dumfounded, yeahhh I was that dumb to not figure it out early on or it was just mtl🤣 (this chapter has 4004字so I decided to split it)
BRO WHAT OMG DID HE JUST GET ASSASSINATED?!
P.S. THAN YOU FOR THE UNEXPECTED UPDATE TRANSLATOR 🥰🥰
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(> ਊ <)♡
Argh… What’s happening now?
(ꏿ﹏ꏿ;) Baby He?? What’s happening??