Chapter 554: Seeing the Envoy Again

The young girl listened quietly to all this before slowly turning around and asking in return:

“Did you come to any conclusions in your meeting today?”

“They unanimously believe that we are currently no match for the Beidou Consortium... The best method now is to actively befriend the Beidou Consortium and, at the cost of sacrificing a portion of our interests, preserve our existing resources and status.”

Huang Suyu’s brow furrowed slightly. “And you? Uncle Quan, what do you think?”

“Miss, I’m already old.” Uncle Quan smiled helplessly. “My energy and physical strength are no longer what they used to be, and I can’t give any advice of reference value. But you are still young, and your wisdom and foresight in business are far beyond ordinary people... I believe in your judgment, Miss. As for the opinions of those directors, there’s no need to care about them at all.”

“Uncle Quan, what nonsense are you talking about... You are in your prime, how are you old?” Huang Suyu said with a smile. “Besides, people say that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure... If it weren't for you, how could our Huang Consortium be where it is today?”

Huang Suyu paused, the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually faded, and her tone became serious,

“However, I really don’t agree with their ideas... That old man Mu Chunsheng is no good person. Blind concessions will only make him more greedy. Although doing this can stabilize the situation in the short term, sooner or later he will suck us dry of all our heritage, which is no different from chronic death.”

Uncle Quan nodded slightly, and just as he was about to say something more, a figure walked hurriedly outside the door.

“Chairman, there is someone outside who wants to see you.”

“See me?” Huang Suyu asked in confusion. “Who?”

“He didn't say... but he gave a note, saying you would understand when you see it.”

Huang Suyu and Uncle Quan looked at each other, but she still let him hand over the note. Huang Suyu lowered her head and unfolded the note bit by bit. After seeing the characters on it clearly, her pupils shrank suddenly!

This is...

“Hurry and invite him in!” Huang Suyu raised her head without hesitation. “Remember, your attitude must be respectful... Also, tell security that during this time, except for him, don’t let anyone come up to this floor.”

Huang Suyu’s attitude left the person confused, but they immediately did as told.

Uncle Quan didn't see the content of the note and didn't understand what kind of person could make Huang Suyu so solemn. But when Huang Suyu took the initiative to hand over the note, Uncle Quan’s face was also shocked!

“It’s him?! He’s back in Red Dust?”

“There hasn't been a whisper in the main city during this time, he must have returned secretly...” The young girl looked down at her casual nightgown. This girl, who had become the chairman of the Huang Consortium and had been making waves in the business world at such a young age, was now rarely flustered. “Uncle Quan, will I be too informal seeing him like this? Should I hurry and change into a gown or something...”

Half a year ago, the Huang Consortium was still a declining second-rate consortium, but the appearance of one person not only saved her from the edge of death but also reversed the fate of the entire Huang Consortium... Now, that note that changed her fate had appeared in her hands again, which undoubtedly indicated...

He is back.

“It’s probably too late to change now, you can’t make him wait at the door for you to change clothes, right?”

“Then what should I do??”

“Just like this... When he saved us in the Gray Realm, you were much more bedraggled than you are now.”

“……”

In the end, Huang Suyu gave up struggling, simply combed her hair in the glass, and just as she turned around, she saw a figure in a brown trench coat walking in slowly from outside the door with his hands in his pockets.

He wasn't wearing a golden mask, but Huang Suyu recognized that face... She and Uncle Quan were perhaps the only two people in the entire Red Dust Main City who had seen his true face.

With his arrival, Huang Suyu covered her chest with one hand, lifted the hem of her nightgown with the other, and bowed respectfully:

“Little girl Huang Suyu, greets the Envoy.”

“Old man Quan Xiaoxian, greets the Envoy.”

The hem of the brown trench coat brushed lightly. As Chen Ling walked into the room, the door behind him closed automatically. He scanned the surroundings with his eyes and finally stopped his footsteps on the expensive carpet.

He looked at the two bowing respectfully, and a faint smile curled on the corner of his mouth:

“Long time no see, you two.”

Half a year later, the changes in both of them were not small, especially Huang Suyu. When Chen Ling first saved her in the Gray Realm, she looked completely like a naive young lady... But now the immaturity on her had completely faded, and she was more mature and more poised.

Huang Suyu kept her head bowed, not daring to look Chen Ling in the eye. It wasn't until Chen Ling calmly said, "Get up," that she slowly stood to her feet.

Chen Ling walked straight to the floor-to-ceiling window, his gaze overlooking the main city as it gradually sank into the colors of night.

"It’s been half a year. The Huang Consortium has been developing quite well."

"It’s all thanks to the Special Envoy’s guidance. Otherwise, we never would have been able to seize the opportunity and reach where we are today," Uncle Quan said, his tone filled with immense reverence.

Back then, no sooner had Chen Ling left the Huadu Consortium than Zong Wen died, causing the entire Huadu Consortium to collapse into chaos. The Huang Consortium had received word from Chen Ling at the very first moment, making it clear that the Special Envoy was displeased with certain actions of the Huadu Consortium and intended to support another one instead... Uncle Quan and Huang Suyu had long anticipated that Chen Ling might come looking for them eventually—after all, there is no such thing as a free lunch—but they hadn't expected this day to come so soon.

"While opportunity is important, the ability to seize it is even more rare."

"You are too kind, Special Envoy," Huang Suyu said with a faint smile. After a moment of hesitation, she tentatively asked, "Are you planning to trade gold again, now that you’ve returned?"

Chen Ling returned to the sofa and sat down, speaking calmly, "No. I’ve returned to the Red Dust realm this time for an important matter."

An important matter?

Anything that a Gold Society Special Envoy would call an "important matter" could not be simple. Huang Suyu and Uncle Quan’s hearts immediately tightened.

"What important matter?"

"The Wuji Realm is about to declare war on the Red Dust Realm."

"What??!!"

Chen Ling’s simple sentence was like a bombshell exploding in the minds of Huang Suyu and her companion. They stood there in disbelief, unable to recover for a long time.

"This... how could this be? The Wuji Realm and the Red Dust Realm have never had any conflict, and a realm war has never happened before..." Uncle Quan’s brows furrowed tightly.

"I will tell you the reasons behind it slowly," Chen Ling said unhurriedly.

"As far as I know, spies from the Wuji Realm have already infiltrated the Red Dust main city, and they may have already reached secret agreements with certain consortiums... My identity is sensitive, and I cannot directly participate in the affairs between the two realms.

Therefore, I need some assistance."