The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 506 - 399: Not Only Very Curvy, But Also Rotates_2

Chapter 506: Chapter 399: Not Only Very Curvy, But Also Rotates_2

The deputy minister gave him a glance, and her expression was unexpectedly flirtatious.

"Hmm?"

Yaoji immediately became alert.

"That’s just how I am, yielding and compliant internally, but striking with heavy punches externally. I wonder if the deputy minister wants to be an outsider or an insider to me?"

Liu Zheng’s tone also became frivolous.

"I do have a husband, you know. Aren’t you afraid he’ll come after you for flirting with me?"

The deputy minister joked.

"A woman as beautiful and competent as you, willing to take a few more husbands, would be our good fortune."

He said with an unchanging face.

"You sure have a way with words. Come with me."

The deputy minister took hold of his sleeve and walked out of the room.

Yaoji was about to follow without a word, but she stopped him with a hand.

"Yaoji, don’t think for a moment that I won’t dare to touch you. I’m here to talk business, to borrow your man for a bit. You’d best not be ungrateful."

The deputy minister said.

"Hmph."

Yaoji glanced at her and then Liu Zheng, remaining in place.

"I’m not sure what the deputy minister would like to discuss with me?"

Upon reaching another room, Liu Zheng eagerly asked.

"Do you really know the Tomb Guardian of the cemetery?"

The deputy minister’s expression turned serious.

"I know him, but not as a friend, just business interactions. And, I have something he could hold against me."

He replied with equal solemnity.

"You’re quite honest."

The deputy minister said, somewhat surprised.

"When speaking to a smart person, one should be a bit more honest, right? That’s how to improve communication efficiency, isn’t it?"

Liu Zheng revealed a sincere smile.

"Yaoji is really lucky, I’m a bit jealous."

The deputy minister’s eyes slightly lifted, beckoning him.

"I’m easily seduced, any beautiful female stands a chance."

He returned with an ambiguous look.

"Ha, believe you, and there’ll be hell to pay. Men like you, if someone really falls for you, even sacrificing their life wouldn’t be enough."

"Alright, let’s talk seriously. I know someone who wants to buy a specific plot in the cemetery, can you manage it?"

The deputy minister gave him a glance and said.

"May I ask why?"

Liu Zheng inquired.

Honestly, he was reluctant to deal with the Tomb Guardian.

With other big shots, he could sort of sense what they wanted, but the Tomb Guardian felt as elusive as the Red Ghost to him.

However, unlike the Red Ghost, who bore no ill intentions towards him except for the first encounter, all subsequently initiated by Liu Zheng himself, one couldn’t say the same for the Tomb Guardian.

Thus, if it could be resolved by other means, that would certainly be better.

"I’ve taken a fancy to a house, but the owner says they’ll only sell it to me if I secure that plot for them, and with a sixty percent discount."

The deputy minister hesitated before saying.

"A sixty percent discount is quite significant."

Such a discount on a house sale, even in the real world let alone in the Metropolis, was enough to call the seller ’father-in-law.’

Such deals were either out of personal connections or something like a debt settlement.

If it were just a pie falling from the sky, there would definitely be a catch behind it, like a haunted house or something.

Oh, I forgot, this is the Metropolis, where a haunted house might actually be a selling point?

"Yes, if I miss this opportunity, I’ll have to save up for another decade or more."

The deputy minister nodded.

"Is the owner sure that the plot is unclaimed?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Of course not, it has an owner."

"He still wants it even though it has an owner?"

He widened his eyes in astonishment.

"It’s precisely because it has an owner that he wants me to figure out a way, otherwise he would’ve bought it himself, wouldn’t he?"

The deputy minister explained.

"That makes sense. How about this—I can try to inquire for you, but I can’t guarantee success. If it doesn’t work out, I can subsidize part of your home purchase cost, how about that?"

Liu Zheng pondered before suggesting.

"Then you should pay a deposit first."

Of course, the deputy minister wouldn’t be fooled by empty promises.

"Sure, how much do you want?"

He asked.

"I want..."

The deputy minister was just about to speak when she suddenly swallowed her words.

"You’re not from Bathhouse Street, are you?"

She sized up Liu Zheng and inquired.

"Correct."

He willingly admitted.

"Do you know many people in the city?"

The deputy minister asked further.

"Not that many."

After all, just under thirty, any local would know more people than he did.

"What kind of people do you know? Can you mention some?"

The deputy minister seemed quite interested.

"Not in a hurry now?"

"Guna His Excellency is enjoying the afterglow, we still have a bit of time."

The deputy minister said.

"Alright. Well, it’s nothing special, just some company managers, department heads, formal employees of the City Hall, individual business owners, landmark agents, things like that."

Liu Zheng casually stated.

"What’s a landmark agent?"

The deputy minister inquired.

"Have you heard of the black market?"

He gave an example.

"I have, it seems that even the City Hall can’t control it. There are many things there that can’t be bought elsewhere."

The deputy minister thought before speaking.

"Hmm, I know a big shot in there. There’s also the sewer, the Bloody Restaurant, the Red Witch board game café..."

He listed them one by one.

"You know the agents from all those places?"

The deputy minister’s eyes widened in astonishment.

"I know them, but the relationships vary from good to bad."

Liu Zheng spread his hands.

"With all that ability, why are you still working at our bathhouse?"

The deputy minister eyed him suspiciously.

"Do you want to know why?"

He said with a half-smile.

"I don’t."

The deputy minister shook her head vigorously.

"Good choice, you do your thing, I’ll do mine, and we all abide by the rules of the bathhouse. Once you leave the bathhouse and come to the city, I’ll take good care of you."

Liu Zheng’s voice carried a tone of an elder brother.

"How do you plan to take care of me?"

The deputy minister threw him a coquettish glance.

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