The Bodyguard King's CEO Wife-Chapter 1220: Successor

The people looked at each other, not saying a word for a long time. Ghost had been their brother for many years, and if their brother could have a happy life, they should naturally be happy and wish him well. Everyone present was not the sentimental type, especially Demoness Soul Destroyer, who was bold and straightforward, not one to dwell on sad emotions. Yet at this moment, they all fell silent. Naturally, they were reluctant to see Ghost leave like this, but at this moment, they couldn’t help but feel sad.

"Boss is right, the choice should be Ghost’s. After all, he remembers us now, as long as he doesn’t misunderstand us anymore, it’s fine." Soul Destroyer said loudly, with Ji Qian nodding in agreement. Everyone should respect Ghost’s decision. In fact, Ye Shikai understood this deeply. Back then, he already had Su Qingyu by his side, and when he wanted to enjoy love, he got embroiled in Netherworld Palace’s affairs, unable to balance the two. Even because of the Netherworld Palace, he once placed Su Qingyu in danger. Now Ghost is simply walking down his old path.

Ye Shikai did not want his experience to repeat itself on Ghost.

Gu Xin was also a rare good girl. At least in Ye Shikai’s view, finding a young girl who wasn’t materialistic, valued emotions, stayed by your side in life and death, and was quite pretty was no easy feat.

Looking at the entire Underworld, there were generally only two states: either dying an unnatural death, or on the road to ’dying an unnatural death’...

Ye Shikai had been trying to lead himself and his brothers onto a third path, that of ’success and then retreat’.

"Alright, let’s talk about the next arrangements." Seeing the low mood, Ye Shikai clapped his hands, signaling everyone to focus.

"The Zheng Family’s matters have been handled, and we don’t need to worry about their internal affairs; Mr. Zheng will naturally take care of them."

"Boss, what about Boss Xing’s issues? From the current situation, it seems like the HST project hasn’t stopped at all, and now there are so many mutants. I’m worried... if we don’t take charge, it will be challenging to handle next time." Demoness voiced her concern. This batch of mutants troubled everyone, but next time it would be even more daunting.

"We won’t deal with the HST project." Ye Shikai’s words were shocking. Not only were Soul Destroyer and Demoness taken aback, but even Ji Qian looked at Ye Shikai with a shocked expression, all wondering if they had heard wrong. It seemed they couldn’t understand Ye Shikai’s decision.

"Netherworld Palace has paid too much for this matter. I don’t want any more brothers to lose their lives because of it."

"This..."

"Enough, this is my decision, just execute it." Ye Shikai insisted against the majority without leaving room for discussion. In fact, everyone knew that to completely handle the HST project, a lot of manpower and resources would be needed, and they might not succeed. However, precisely because so much had been sacrificed at the start, wanting to completely leave it now felt regretful and somewhat unwilling.

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn’t want to either. But Ye Shikai knew well that the deeper they got involved, the greater the losses would be, eventually becoming deeply entrenched with no chance to escape.

"Are you making this decision because of Ghost?" Ye Shikai stood on the balcony, looking at the scenery in the woods. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind. Turning around, it was Ji Qian who had come.

Everyone knew that Ghost came to the East Sea precisely to investigate the HST project and almost lost his life because of it.

"Partly." Ye Shikai nodded, taking a cigarette from his pocket and lighting it.

"And other reasons?"

"Qian, don’t you think we’re doing a futile task?" Ye Shikai suddenly turned around, extinguishing the freshly lit cigarette, speaking seriously.

"What do you mean by that?"

"We’ve been investigating the HST project from Boss Xing for half a year, but apart from sacrificing the Hidden Guard, what have we gained?" Ye Shikai became more agitated as he spoke.

"Nothing, we could say we’ve gained absolutely nothing." Ye Shikai shouted, "We eliminated the first mutant, but then one after another they resurfaced. We don’t even know where their base is now."

"Perhaps... Boss Xing has some unique methods, or maybe the mastermind behind him does." Ji Qian comforted.

"Forget it, I don’t want to deal with these anymore. Since I am the master of Netherworld Palace, my priority is to ensure the ship of Netherworld Palace doesn’t capsize." Ye Shikai waved it off, continuing, "To be honest, I’ve thought long about this. Besides leaving a base in Yanjing, we’ll retreat everyone back to Netherworld Palace headquarters."

"What, are you serious?" Ji Qian looked at him with a solemn expression, eyes fixed on him.

"Of course, I thought about this the whole night, so let’s decide on this."

"Okay, since you’ve made a decision, I’ll naturally support you." Ji Qian responded firmly.

"What do you mean?"

"Don’t forget, I am now the eldest daughter of the Ji Family, it’s much easier for me to investigate."

"Qian, since you’re home now, haven’t you considered handing over the Moon God Temple matters to Selena?" Ye Shikai suddenly asked.

"Of course I have, but while Selena can handle various affairs, she still can’t maintain relationships with all sides. I’ll teach her this. Also, although there are many members in the Moon God Temple, they lack a leader. I’m planning to recruit some trusted aides and gradually hand over matters to Selena."

"So you’ve long planned your retirement, huh." Ye Shikai chuckled as he teased.

"What about you, don’t you?" Ji Qian retorted.

"Me? I don’t have plans for that yet. These old brothers still lack a leader." Speaking of which, Ghost was once whom Ye Shikai considered the most suitable leader, being Netherworld Palace’s ’Brain’. But now, this candidate will likely change. Besides, Nightmare is the second choice, calm, decisive, opinionated, strong, and holds high esteem in Netherworld Palace. However, when it comes to intelligence and vision, he doesn’t match Ghost. Nightmare is more fit to be a general, not a strategist.

"Boss, as you instructed, the brothers’ luggage is all packed. When do we set off?" At this moment, Soul Destroyer came upstairs dragging a bag of luggage.

"Wait a moment, I still need to wait for someone." Ye Shikai glanced at his watch, "He should be here soon."