The next day, early in the morning, Ziyuan came to find Luochen.
She had received an invitation letter. It invited two people, one was Ziyuan herself, and the other was Luochen.
“Actually, I think this might not be an invitation for me at all.” Ziyuan placed the invitation on Luochen’s desk.
She was not stupid. This invitation was clearly for Luochen. They were just afraid Luochen would not go, so they invited her along as well.
“Wine reception?” Luochen glanced at the invitation.
“Do you want to go?” Luochen looked at Ziyuan.
“Go, why not?” Ziyuan said. She actually wanted to help Luochen.
Because the person who gave her the invitation was none other than Yuan Lianghua.
Yuan Lianghua told her that as long as Luochen was willing to work for Mayor Zhang, then Mayor Zhang might be able to help Luochen. Luochen had offended quite a few people now. The richest man, the boss of Nanling, as well as Captain Zhou and Yuan Lianghua. Almost all the powerful and influential people in Nanling had been offended by Luochen.
Clearly, this was a chance for reconciliation, or rather, a chance to help Luochen.
So even though Ziyuan was somewhat unhappy, she still agreed. She had to bring Luochen there.
“You want me to accompany you?” Luochen looked at Ziyuan, as if he could see right through her thoughts.
“Of course.” Ziyuan said firmly.
“Alright.” Luochen nodded in agreement.
When evening came, Ziyuan drove the Bentley that Luochen had given her, carrying Luochen towards the centre of Nanling.
The wine reception was being held in a hotel called Royal Number One.
It was said that those who could attend the reception were all powerful and influential big shots of Nanling.
When they arrived at the entrance, Ziyuan handed the invitation to the receptionist. The receptionist took one look and then led Ziyuan into Royal Number One.
They went up to the grand hall on the third floor. At this moment, the place was decorated with extraordinary splendour. The shining lights reflected dazzling brilliance off the marble floor.
But what attracted the most attention was that there were indeed quite a few big shots here, at least for ordinary people.
Master Tang Xuan, Yuan Lianghua, and other groups of people were all here.
Even Yuan Na and Chen Jie were here.
But Luochen obviously would not go and greet these people. After all, in Luochen’s eyes, what were these people?
The gap and level were simply too great.
Luochen took Ziyuan and casually found a corner to sit down. Ziyuan looked around curiously for a while, then started chatting with Luochen.
But they had not been chatting for long when a man in a suit walked in through the door. This was naturally Mayor Zhang of Nanling.
The others all stepped forward enthusiastically to greet him. After exchanging pleasantries for quite a while, Mayor Zhang finally walked towards Luochen.
Mayor Zhang had actually noticed just now. Among all the guests present, apart from Luochen, almost everyone had come over to greet him.
But only Luochen had not. This made Mayor Zhang feel slightly uncomfortable. His first impression of Luochen was already somewhat bad.
Because no matter what background you had, no matter how powerful you were, this was Nanling after all. As the saying goes, even a mighty dragon crossing a river still needs to pay respects to the local boss. Let alone him, the top leader of Nanling?
Walking over to Luochen’s table, Mayor Zhang first sized up Luochen, then sat down on his own. Ziyuan saw the atmosphere was somewhat awkward, so she nodded at Mayor Zhang as a greeting, then tugged at Luochen and said.
“Luochen, let me introduce you. This is the top leader of our Nanling.” Ziyuan’s meaning was obvious. That is, you should at least stand up and shake hands with him or greet him.
But how could she know Luochen’s identity? Or rather, she had simply refused to believe it.
If she were willing to believe Luochen’s identity, she probably would not have done this. After all, would Wuji Luo need to greet a top leader of Nanling City?
Luochen gave Ziyuan a helpless look, then for Ziyuan’s sake, nodded at Mayor Zhang as a greeting.
This immediately made Mayor Zhang feel somewhat uncomfortable. After all, his status and position were right there. This young man actually gave him so little face?
But thinking that today was for discussing matters, Mayor Zhang suppressed his displeasure, then smiled slightly at Luochen. After that, he put away his smile and said seriously.
“I heard from my subordinates that this Mr. Luo has done considerable research on feng shui, and actually helped crack the most difficult case in our Nanling?”
“Yes, it was him. Master Tang was also present at that time.” Ziyuan was afraid Luochen might say something wrong, so she quickly spoke up.
“Sigh, this matter has indeed given us quite a headache. Even Master Tang was somewhat at a loss.” Mayor Zhang pretended to sigh.
“But I also heard that this Mr. Luo seems to have some grievances with Han Donglai, and also with the richest man in our Nanling?” Mayor Zhang asked again. Of course he knew about this matter. He was just beating around the bush right now.
Just as Ziyuan was about to speak, Luochen directly opened his mouth.
“If you have something to say, say it straight.”
“Alright!”
“Then I’ll be direct.” Mayor Zhang also stopped beating around the bush.
“Young man, I want you to catch the murderer.”
“Not interested.” Luochen said very decisively, without the slightest hesitation.
These words stunned both Ziyuan and Mayor Zhang. Even the others who had been pretending to talk while actually eavesdropping all fell silent.
Ziyuan tugged at Luochen, then said somewhat unhappily.
“Luochen!”
Because this was an opportunity, a chance to help Luochen. If Mayor Zhang said a word, perhaps Han Donglai would not pass on what Luochen said yesterday to Wuji Luo.
But Luochen remained unmoved.
Mayor Zhang was stunned. He really dared to not give face?
“Don’t you know who I am?”
“In Nanling, what I say goes!” Mayor Zhang’s expression immediately turned somewhat gloomy.
“Here, what you say doesn’t count.” Luochen sneered.
Let alone the mayor of Nanling City, even the top leader of Nan Province would not be able to demand face from him in front of him.
And even someone with the status of Su Lingchu would have to politely ask if they wanted him, Luochen, to help.
A mere top leader of Nanling actually used a commanding tone to make him do things?
“Hehe, young man, Captain Zhou told me you were very arrogant. I somewhat didn’t believe it, thinking he was exaggerating.”
“But now it seems, you are indeed very arrogant, and not just ordinarily arrogant!”
“But let me remind you!” Mayor Zhang’s expression turned cold, then he spoke.
“You have already offended quite a few people in our Nanling. I even heard you dare to challenge Mr. Wuji Luo!”
“This is a catastrophe of immense proportions!”
“If you agree to do things for me and handle this matter well for me, I can still help you speak to Han Donglai and the others.”
“Otherwise, the consequences of offending Wuji Luo, you should have heard of them!” Mayor Zhang said with a cold laugh.
And the others present also looked at Luochen with cold smiles.
“Also, remember this. I don’t care what background you have, but in Nanling, what I say goes!”