Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Qiao An walked in slowly, her steps faltering. Seeing the dozens of bosses who had already stood up, she suppressed her joy and quickened her pace.

"Greetings, Chairman Qiao."

"Please take a seat. We're all family now, no need for formalities," Qiao An cupped her hands in greeting to everyone and sat down comfortably.

Just as they sat down, a thin, bony man in the left row stood up, bowed to Qiao An, and asked, "President Qiao, may I ask what brings you here today?"

Qiao An narrowed her eyes, glanced at him, and then scanned the crowd around her. She hadn't expected them to be so impatient; she wondered which family's spy they were.

She gently put down her teacup, smiled, and said, "Of course, we need to talk about the contract."

Before Qiao An could continue, the skinny man's eyes lit up with joy, and he interrupted, "Is Huo Lian going to settle the balance for us, or has something changed? We had an agreement beforehand, and we won't stand for it if Huo Lian breaks the contract." He then gave Qiao An a provocative look.

A cold glint flashed in Qiao An's eyes. She had already given this man a death warrant in her mind. It's true what they say: people die for money, and birds die for food.

"This must be Boss Wang."

"It's me."

"Well then, Mr. Wang, please control your emotions. We will pay what is rightfully mine. Of course, if you regret it, it's not too late to back out now."

Qiao An stared intently at the skinny Boss Wang. Seeing that he had stopped talking, she slowly began to speak again, "We are all business people. We must follow the rules in everything we do. We are not shrewish women buying vegetables at the market. If anyone has any objections later, they can raise them. I am happy to accept them. But if someone is still standing here, eating food from someone else's bowl, I, Qiao, do not mind drawing some blood today."

At this moment, the first person in the right row stood up and said, "President Qiao is absolutely right. We are all sincerely cooperating. If anyone says such things again and undermines our cooperation, none of us will let him get away with it."

The others agreed with him, and Qiao An nodded in goodwill. This man not only had a high reputation in the business world, but what surprised him most was that he was also a member of the God of Wealth. If it weren't for Li Shundao saying this, he wouldn't have believed it. "Thank you for speaking frankly, Elder Wan. Please have a seat."

Old Wan slowly sat down. Qiao An glanced at Boss Wang, and seeing that he had behaved himself, he waved to the people behind him.

The person behind her nodded, circled around the group, handed out a storage bag to each person, and then returned to Qiao An's side.

"This is the buyout fee and franchise fee that we promised you according to the previous agreement... Now everyone can check carefully to see if there are any discrepancies in the amounts. If not, please sign the contract in front of you."

When Mr. Wang heard Qiao An's words, he was stunned for a moment. He almost said "impossible," but seeing Qiao An's indifferent expression, he swallowed it back.

He quickly picked up the storage bag and checked it. Inside, besides a contract, all he found were immortal stones. After a quick glance, his heart sank.

He glanced around and saw that apart from five or six people with the same expression as him, most of them were all beaming and happily taking out contracts to sign.

His body went limp, his face turned ashen, and he knew he was finished. He now felt that this was a scam orchestrated by "Fire Love" and other chambers of commerce, claiming that "Fire Love" had no money. How could they come up with so much money at once if they had no money?

My own restaurant, my ancestral home... all gone. They were all liars.

Boss Wang stood up abruptly and rushed towards Qiao An, shouting, "Liars! You're all liars! I'm not buying anymore! This wasn't my idea at all! Hua Jian made me do it! It wasn't me, it really wasn't me! President Qiao, I just want my restaurant back! Give it back to me! Please, President Qiao..."

Qiao An gave Boss Wang a light kick, and the latter flew out. It was simply wishful thinking for a Dao Integration cultivator to try to get close to a Celestial Immortal.

Qiao An waved his hand, and two people flew out from behind him, dragging Boss Wang out. He sneered and stopped paying attention. The business world is like a battlefield, and from the moment he decided to be the first to stick his neck out, he was already a dead man in Qiao An's eyes.

The stupidest thing was that he actually revealed who was behind it all. Now, even if he didn't kill him, Hua Jian would still do it. But what he didn't expect was that Hua Jian would be the first one.

Qiao An laughed at everyone, "Sorry for the commotion, let's continue, let's continue." Looking at the various expressions on everyone's faces—fear, dread... Qiao An smiled inwardly. He was even a little grateful to that Boss Wang. He had worked as a prostitute before he died. What a good person!

Looking at the collected contracts, Qiao An breathed a sigh of relief and said to the people behind her, "Bring the wine. Today I want to drink with all the bosses."

Inside the Fire Love Hall, there was a scene of singing and dancing, as if Boss Wang had never been there.

Inside the secret chamber of the Huajian Chamber of Commerce, a man with slightly graying temples and a square face exuded a sense of composure and reliability. He was Yu Tingting, the president of the Huajian Chamber of Commerce. No one who heard this name would associate it with the man himself. He was a business tycoon who was on par with Peng Li of the Wanli Chamber of Commerce, and was known as the Smiling Tiger.

"No news from Huolian yet?"

"No, sir."

"Yes, report to me immediately if you have any news," Yu Tingting waved her hand, dismissing the others, and slowly placed a black piece in her hand.

The party ended and the party was over. It was already the second day. As the bosses left in high spirits, the bigwigs outside suddenly had an ominous feeling.

Upon returning home, the business owners who attended the banquet began changing their shop signs, and soon the name "Fire Love" resounded throughout the streets and alleys.

From the Flower Merchant Guild came the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance. "Guild Master, Fire Love intelligence."

"Come in."

With a creak, the person pushed open the door and entered, bowed to Yu Tingting, and quickly reported, "The banquet just ended, the bosses have all come out, there's nothing unusual, but... but..."

Yu Tingting frowned and said in a deep voice, "Just what? Tell me."

The newcomer pursed his lips, glanced at Yu Tingting furtively, and said nervously, "I just heard that Boss Wang has gone mad, and I haven't seen him anywhere." After saying that, he lowered his head tightly, held his breath, and dared not move.

Yu Tingting paused for a moment, then slammed the white piece down on the board, muttering under her breath, "Useless."

With a gentle wave of his hand, the newcomer bowed carefully and slowly retreated. However, the figure that had just reached the doorway slowly went limp, blood gushing from its mouth. Its mouth opened and closed, its eyes lost all color, and it collapsed to the ground.

Yu Tingting slowly withdrew her hand and said expressionlessly to the empty secret room, "Take care of it."

"Yes," a dark figure appeared in front of the corpse, gently grabbed it, and then disappeared into thin air.

At the Wanli Chamber of Commerce, Peng Li took the intelligence report, glanced at it, and threw it back, instructing, "Tell your men to behave themselves lately, especially stay away from Huo Lian, and don't cause me any trouble."

"Yes."

"Alas, these are turbulent times!"

……

Xiaoru ran quickly into Liulian's residence and told him about "Fire Love". Liulian smiled, a smile that could make all flowers wither, and said, "Okay, I understand."

"Uncle-Master, that thing you mentioned..."

Liu Lian turned to look at Xiao Ru and gently tapped her. "You're always thinking nonsense. I haven't even asked you yet. What did you and that fat guy Qiao An do yesterday? You've been so distracted all day."

"Ah, it's nothing, Martial Aunt, I'm going to cultivate now," Xiaoru said as soon as she heard Qiao An's name, she ran out quickly.

Liu Lian chuckled softly and cursed, "Like boss, like employee."

Li Shundao...