When 'God' Decides To Start Over

Chapter 638 - 264: The President Invites

"Fourth brother, take care." After Li Xiu left the Martial Arts Arena, he was stopped by Eighth Master.

"What’s the matter?" Li Xiu stopped and looked at Eighth Master, asking.

"The President wants to see you," Eighth Master said with a smile.

"Is it fortune or misfortune?" Li Xiu frowned and asked.

Since entering Changshengtian, he hadn’t met the President even once.

After all, he was a Commander, yet he hadn’t even met the President, which would seem unbelievable to others if he mentioned it.

"Whether it’s fortune or misfortune depends on what you say and do," Eighth Master seemed reluctant to say more, merely winking at Li Xiu.

Li Xiu let Chang Zhongshan take the Magic Armor Masters back first, while he himself followed Eighth Master to the City Lord’s Mansion.

Eighth Master was unwilling to disclose much, so Li Xiu did not inquire further. The two of them, one after another, arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion. With the Jade Token in Eighth Master’s possession, the guards at the mansion let them through.

Arriving at the courtyard where the President lived, Eighth Master stopped and said to Li Xiu, "Fourth brother, the President wants to see you alone. It’s inconvenient for me to go in with you. Be careful with your words when you meet the President; sincerity is the medicine for worry, don’t deceive."

"Understood." Li Xiu nodded and walked into the courtyard on his own.

Inside the courtyard were pavilions and towers. Although it wasn’t as large as the garden where Li Qingyi lived, its level of refinement was even greater.

From a distance, he saw an elder feeding fish in a pavilion. Outside the pavilion was a fish pond, not large, stocked with small goldfish, not the common carp.

From this angle, he could only see the back of the elder, not his face, but since the courtyard only housed the elder, there was no doubt it was the President.

For some reason, Li Xiu felt the back of the President seemed somewhat familiar.

"I’m not asking you here to make you stand as punishment, why are you standing there? Come here quickly," the elder’s voice came from inside the pavilion.

"This voice..." Li Xiu was slightly taken aback; the voice was very familiar to him. He could now be certain he did indeed recognize this elder.

Li Xiu quickened his pace and walked into the pavilion. The elder scattered all the fish food into the pond, patted the residue off his hands, and turned to look at Li Xiu with a smile on his face.

"It’s you...you are the President of Changshengtian?" Li Xiu saw the elder’s face clearly, confirming it was indeed the person he thought it was. Yet even so, it was still somewhat hard to imagine that he was truly the President of Changshengtian.

"Why, can’t I be the President of Changshengtian?" the elder said with a smile.

"Of course you can, but I didn’t expect you to be the President. Who would have thought the City Lord of Red Sand City is actually the President of Changshengtian," Li Xiu said.

The President glanced at him and said flatly, "It’s not that you didn’t expect it, but rather you didn’t dare to say it. Alright, stop acting in front of me. I didn’t ask you here to watch you perform."

"Whatever the President needs, just instruct me," Li Xiu said respectfully.

The reason he could join Changshengtian was precisely because the President summoned him. Previously, Li Xiu wondered why he became a Commander upon arrival, but now he understood.

"What do you think of the Li Family?" The President sat down at the stone table in the pavilion.

Li Xiu walked over, picked up the teapot, poured tea for the President, and after putting down the teapot, he said, "Arrogant and condescending, apart from you, President, the Li Family probably doesn’t regard anyone else in Changshengtian."

"Is the Li Family’s arrogance any greater than yours? Seizing the General Affairs Department’s warehouse, defrauding various families of their money and property, and killing Li Changyin’s brother Li Changmian in front of him at the Martial Arts Arena. When it comes to arrogance, the Li Family doesn’t compare to how wonderfully you’ve managed it," the President said while sipping tea.

"President, I’ve been wronged! As someone who loves peace, if I wasn’t really unable to survive, how could I offend them, causing myself such trouble which brings me no benefit at all." Li Xiu began to plead his case, "President, you instructed me to manage the Technician Group, yet Vice President Bai didn’t provide the resources or hand over the Blood Seal Stone to me, so what use is my being a Commander? I wouldn’t mind not being a Commander, but being summoned by you to be manipulated by them is a disgrace to you, wouldn’t it?"

"Alright, stop playing the victim. Among the seven groups in Changshengtian, your resources are the most abundant, and you’ve gained the most benefits, what more do you have to complain about?" the President said calmly.

"It’s all due to your cultivation, President," Li Xiu refilled the President’s tea.

"After all, the Li Family is my blood kin, you shouldn’t mistreat them," the President said coldly, looking at Li Xiu.

"If there’s any mistake, it’s entirely my fault. If the President wants to punish, I’ll take full responsibility," Li Xiu said.

"There’s no need to speak so evasively; you mean to say all these things you did were under my planning, and that you were the scapegoat, right?" the President snorted coldly.

"I wouldn’t dare think that," Li Xiu said.

"Just wouldn’t dare?" the President questioned, staring at him.

"Alright, I did indeed think that way," Li Xiu opened his hands and said, "You summoned me into Changshengtian at such a time and let me take over the Technician Group, wasn’t it clear that you wanted me to snatch those resources from Bai Wanli and the Li Family? That’s exactly what I did."

"At least you’re honest," the President’s gaze softened considerably. Putting down the teacup, he said, "You’re so smart; then tell me why I would let you reclaim those resources?"

"Is it because the Li Family is even greedy with your share? That you don’t have enough money either? I get it, ever since I became a Trial Taker, I’ve never saved money; no matter how much I have, it’s never enough," Li Xiu said with an expression of deep empathy.