Zhong Family. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Zhong Li had just returned from shopping when she passed by her father Zhong Tao’s study and unexpectedly found her father was at home.

She wanted to go in and greet him, but heard her parents seemed to be in conversation.

From the room came Zhong Tao’s mournful sigh, "Feng’s position has been firmly decided."

Mother: "So there won’t be any changes now?"

"Yes," Zhong Tao nodded, "He will take up the position of Hall Master at this month’s conferment ceremony, his department is still forming, and once the ceremony is over, it will basically start operating officially!"

Standing at the door of the study, Zhong Li’s pupils dilated, and she almost lost her balance, only managing to steady herself with a hand on the wall, biting her red lips.

Zhong Tao sighed, "Let’s not tell Xiao Li about this for now, I’m afraid she, being such a proud person, won’t be able to accept this fact."

Mother sighed, "If it wasn’t for your decision to cancel their engagement back then, she would not only have married into the Gu Family by now, we might even have had grandchildren."

"I truly regret the decision I made at that time," Zhong Tao’s eyes were full of remorse, "But it’s too late to talk about these things now."

Zhong Li outside the door covered her mouth, unable to stop her tears from flowing.

She pushed the door open forcefully and, looking at her father with tearful eyes, asked, "How did he become Hall Master? Did Mr. Gu step down and give it to him?"

Zhong Tao was caught off guard by his daughter’s abrupt entrance and forgot to speak in that moment of surprise.

It was the mother who shook her head and answered Zhong Li, "Gu Dadong didn’t step down. It’s a dual Hall Master situation within the Gu Family!"

"Impossible!" Zhong Li said in disbelief, "On what grounds? Each Hall Master oversees their own domain, with a large group of people under them. Which domain can his department correspond to?"

Zhong Tao sighed, "This isn’t something you should know, but I’ll tell you, Feng’s department is as important as the top three departments, and now, even among the other Hall Masters, he is one of the core figures!"

Drained of the last bit of her strength, Zhong Li collapsed onto the sofa, recalling the words Gu Feng once said to her.

Even without relying on his family and the Zhong Family, he could prove his worth!

And he actually did it!

He took the position of Hall Master on his own!

Zhong Li laughed at herself mockingly.

She had been waiting haughtily for him to come begging!

She always thought that one day Gu Feng, under pressure from his family, would divorce Lin Yue and then come looking for her!

Because once Yu Gongfeng left and if Gu Dadong’s position was no longer rock-solid, the Gu Family would surely seek a marriage alliance with a family of equal status.

Zhong Li looked forward to the day when Gu Feng would let go of his haughty pride and come to her.

So, in this relationship, Zhong Li always thought no woman could pose a threat to snatch Gu Feng away.

No matter how Gu Feng played around outside, he would always end up marrying her, becoming her partner!

Because Gu Feng couldn’t control his own destiny!

But she never imagined, her so-called wait, what she waited for was a slap in the face to everyone from Gu Feng!

Zhong Li slumped on the sofa, hugging her knees and beginning to sob.

Three years ago, because of Gu Feng’s illness, her father went to discuss with the Gu Family about canceling their engagement.

That time, Gu Feng came to see her, saying that as long as Lin Yue didn’t care about the pressure from his family, he was willing to elope with her, and he could provide for her, everything.

But faced with a Gu Feng who had a mental illness, and who had lost his position as Dragon Thorn, Zhong Li hesitated.

That hesitation led to their paths diverging ever since.

Until just now, Zhong Li believed that even if she had let Gu Feng down that day, he still had no choice, and he still belonged to Zhong Li!

Because of their families’ destinies, Zhong Li felt neither she nor Gu Feng could defy it.

Unexpectedly, he did it!

She lost!

———

On the other side.

Gu Feng, in the department he founded, met with his three future trusted subordinates.

Cheng Gong, Li Yan, Long Chao!

Both Cheng Gong and Long Chao still hadn’t fully recovered from the shock that Gu Feng was the head of the new department.

The new department had reached Hall Master level, which felt like a dream to them.

It also meant that their positions would be far higher than in the past!

If the past could only be considered provincial military level, then working with Gu Feng now, the three could be said to have skipped two major ranks, on par with Gu Yuan, Gu Feng’s uncle!

Now clear on Gu Feng’s current position, the three were no longer joking around, listening seriously to Gu Feng’s work plans during meetings.

"Long Chao, from now on, you will command and arrange all strategic operations of international service," Gu Feng instructed.

The thought of managing so many experts within the vast Longteng Group filled Long Chao with excitement.

It meant that from then on, he would plan and command the Dragon Nation’s external military affairs.

Of course, now that the department had money and could afford people, he could recruit and organize more think-tank teams for united front work.

Because of the lower rank of those in the United Front sector of the military districts, Gu Feng’s department had the authority to transfer the needed talent reserve!

"Don’t worry, boss, I’ll familiarize myself with all business structures quickly and won’t let you down!" Long Chao assured.

When a brother is willing to promote you up two major thresholds, or even one, Long Chao admitted to himself that he would never have managed to reach this level in his lifetime.

For such great kindness, why wouldn’t he give his all?

Gu Feng’s promotion of the three of them was akin to officially pulling them from the third-tier camp into the first-tier!

"Cheng Gong, you focus on establishing the department’s personnel file security database promptly, according to regulations and standards, and improve all staff’s compensation and benefits system. We aren’t short on money, so don’t let the frontline soldiers’ hearts grow cold! And with the conferment ceremony approaching, make sure the department starts operating immediately. We need to arrange for soldiers to enter the Hairy Bear battlefield for support, to fight the first battle!"

Cheng Gong stood up and saluted, "Rest assured, boss, mission will be accomplished!"