Once, I wanted to be a good person-Chapter 780 - 190. Miaomiao and Zhixi were stunned
Chapter 780: 190. Miaomiao and Zhixi were stunned
Thinking of this, Fang Ze couldn’t help but recall the culprit that led to all these changes: his arranged marriage with Bai Zhi.
Actually, to be honest, Fang Ze really liked Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi could be said to be the woman he had the most goodwill towards in both his lives. However… if Fang Ze were to decide right now that Bai Zhi would be his lifelong companion, to be honest, Fang Ze couldn’t make that decision.
After all, he and Bai Zhi had only known each other for half a year, their ambiguous time was not long, less than a month, and they had only expressed their feelings to each other a few days ago. After that, Bai Zhi was transferred back to Emerald City for work, so up to now, Fang Ze hadn’t even dated her or spent any alone time with her.
Under these circumstances, if they were to hastily get married because of interests, Fang Ze felt it would be irresponsible to both himself and Bai Zhi.
Besides the subjective emotional reasons, there were also many objective problems in their marriage.
One must know, Fang Ze’s current identity is the young master of the Si Family, but it’s a false identity!
Marriage between nobles is not child’s play; it’s a major event that needs to be registered with the federation. According to Bai Zhi’s recent scare tactics towards Fang Ze, just the various clauses would take dozens of pages to sign.
It’s fine if Fang Ze didn’t get married. When he had the ability to protect himself, the Si Family was built up, and Miaomiao’s strength increased, when all the timing was mature, he could find a way to return the position of family head to Miaomiao.
But once he got married… the problem would become completely complicated.
How would the marriage between the Si Family and Bai Family be calculated? How would the interests between the two families be accounted for? Should it continue or be annulled? How would this marriage be resolved legally, and how would other nobles view both parties in this marriage?
Besides interests, there is also the emotional aspect, which is a big problem.
During the period of love, although it is not good to conceal one’s identity, it can always be resolved: after restoring the true identity, sincerely apologizing, openly and confidently proposing marriage, the matter would pass, and might even create a good story.
But getting married using a false identity, how can this be resolved? How would outsiders view Bai Zhi, and view the Bai Family?
That’s why Fang Ze was so conflicted and hesitant yesterday.
On one hand, he does indeed need the support of the Bai Family now, but on the other hand, he indeed is not suitable for marriage now.
However, if yesterday Fang Ze hadn’t figured it out, now Fang Ze had figured it out. He felt that no matter what happens, emotions are just emotions, they aren’t chips, nor interests.
So even if he were to marry Bai Zhi now, he cannot agree to the Bai Family’s exchange of interests. The nature of the whole thing would change!
Thinking this through, Fang Ze knew that he couldn’t count on the Bai Family anymore. Given this, if he wanted to deceive the Jia Family to hop on his sinking ship, it seemed there was only one way left…
Thinking this, Fang Ze couldn’t help but look down at his own hands.
‘Didn’t expect to expose my strength so quickly. Originally wanted to keep it as a hidden card for a while longer.’
‘Now, to thoroughly gain control of the cooperation, I can only display my strength and deceive the Jia Family…’
Thinking about this, Fang Ze’s mind quickly spun, perfecting his plan,
‘I have cultivated to the Yang Transformation stage in just half a year, so is it far to advance to the Mortality-Shedding stage?’
‘So, I can deceive them, saying that once I reach Mortality-Shedding, I will directly achieve Demigod status by connecting with the World Origin.’
‘Once I achieve Demigod status, the Si Family can use these resources entirely for itself, without needing the cooperation of the Jia Family.’
‘Whether the Jia Family believes it or not is unimportant. To them, such a good opportunity to break the situation only occurs once in many years, and they wouldn’t dare to gamble.’
‘Moreover… The Si Family needs revitalization internally, and has various forces surrounding externally, so sacrificing potential at the Mortality-Shedding stage to achieve Demigod status and stabilize the situation is a very reasonable excuse. They couldn’t find any loopholes.’
Thinking about this, Fang Ze no longer hesitated in his heart: since he couldn’t borrow the momentum of a Demigod, then he would borrow the momentum of his own future!
Having figured this out, Fang Ze pressed the invitation onto the table, then said to Hei Yu, “Reply to the Jia Family, telling them I will definitely attend tonight.”
Hei Yu had seen the change in Fang Ze’s expression just now. As the head steward of the Si Family, she understood what not getting the Bai Family’s support meant for the Si Family, which was beset with internal and external troubles. Thus, she couldn’t help but look at Fang Ze with some worry.
Fang Ze sensed her gaze and returned a confident smile.
Seeing that smile, at that moment, Hei Yu felt an incredible sense of security. She took a deep breath, nodded strongly to Fang Ze, and then went out to reply to the Jia Family.
…….
Meanwhile, as Fang Ze had made all the preparations,
he did not know… some enemies always come faster than imagined.
Outside the provincial capital of Xida State, a luxurious off-road convoy slowly stopped in front of the defense works of the provincial government.
A person who seemed to be the butler got off the car, then walked to the defense works, while showing a certificate, began to speak slowly, “We are from the noble Sima Family of Yunlan State and wish to enter the provincial government of Xida State, please grant passage.”
Hearing his words, a man’s voice came from within the defense works, “Please specify your entry route and border crossing number.”
Butler: “We came through the inter-state passage of the Spirit Realm, border crossing number: 973781723.”
With the butler’s words, the people inside the defense works began to verify the information he provided.
Moments later, a federal defense team officer came out from the works, saluted the butler solemnly and said, “Hello, sir. Because you didn’t come through the federal highway, the system couldn’t automatically retrieve your records for judgment, so we have to manually check, please understand.”
Hearing his words, the butler wasn’t surprised, clearly this was the normal procedure, so the butler just gestured.
The officer nodded, took the device and began to scan each car separately…
….
Meanwhile, in Emerald City, Governing Hall.
Jing Tai’s office.
Jing Tai was processing documents while asking his secretary, “So Jiang Cheng did nothing these two days, just cleaning up his mess?”
The secretary thought for a moment and said, “Yes, according to the information coming from various departments, Commissioner Jiang has indeed been busy with the relocation of Miaohua City these past two days.”
“Or rather, he has been dealing with the resettlement of over a million residents after the relocation of Miaohua City.”
“After all, he remains the chief commander of the Miaohua City incident, with authority over nearby major cities, which gives him great power.”
Hearing the secretary’s words, Jing Tai ‘hmm’ a sound, then confirmed again, “So he didn’t issue orders targeting the federal defense team or the security bureau these past two days?”
The secretary thought for a moment, then said, “I used your authority to review Commissioner Jiang’s issued orders in the past two days. At least on the surface, he has not issued any orders targeting these two departments.”
“As for privately…..”
Jing Tai thought back. With his control over the federal defense team and the security bureau, he would definitely know if Jiang Cheng privately issued orders. So, it seemed Jiang Cheng had indeed been very well-behaved these two days.
Thinking about it, Jing Tai couldn’t help but doubt, ‘Could it be… my worry was unnecessary? Has Jiang Cheng truly leaned towards the Commoner Faction?’
With this thought, Jing Tai issued the order, “Okay. I understand. Make a call to the Security Bureau and the Federal Defense Team in my name, asking them to prepare for arresting the Devil Cult tonight.”
Secretary, “Yes!”
…
Qingshan City, slums, Miaomiao’s house.
Miaomiao and Zhixi exchanged a glance as they looked at the black-clothed person who appeared silently before them.
Without showing any emotions, Zhixi moved half a step forward, shielding Miaomiao, then spoke to the black-clothed person, “Hello, respected sir, may I ask for your purpose in coming to our room?”
Hearing Zhixi’s words, the black-clothed person didn’t speak, just casually threw over a Green Wood Mask.
Zhixi saw this, and quickly threw out… a hand.
The hand caught the Green Wood Mask in mid-air accurately, then stopped in mid-air.
Then the hand split into five fingers in mid-air, flipping through the mask. Moments later, after confirming there was no issue, it brought the mask to Zhixi and Miaomiao.
After the mask reached them, Miaomiao received it first, she carefully examined it, then whispered to Zhixi, “It seems to be the Messenger’s mask.”
Zhixi rarely saw Fang Ze wearing a mask, and had no impression, so she could only nod at Miaomiao’s words, then she looked at the black-clothed person and tentatively asked, “Do you know the Messenger?”
This time the black-clothed person spoke, he said in a deep voice, “I am also an Angel Envoy under Lord Green Wood.”
“You should be Miss Zhixi? This is a letter personally written by the Lord.”
He said this and then threw a letter towards Zhixi again.
Zhixi received the letter and was about to open it when the black-clothed person added, “The Messenger instructed you to read it alone.”
Zhixi glanced at Miaomiao upon hearing this, seeing Miaomiao was indifferent, she nodded, then walked to the side to check the letter.
The letter’s content wasn’t much, it validated the identity of the black-clothed person and informed Zhixi about the retreat to Yunlan State.
Zhixi recognized Fang Ze’s handwriting at first glance, combined with the information Miaomiao relayed last time after seeing Fang Ze and the Green Wood Mask just now, after several confirmations, she believed the black-clothed person’s words.
So she put away the letter, slightly bowed to the black-clothed person, then said, “The Messenger instructed us to temporarily follow your orders, then we leave everything in your hands.”
Hearing Zhixi’s words, the black-clothed person nodded, then said, “I received information from other Angel Envoys that the enemy might attack you tonight.”
“So, I now require you to gather the Believers immediately, preparing for evacuation.”
“This fast?” Hearing the black-clothed person’s words, both Zhixi and Miaomiao were surprised.
The black-clothed person nodded, “Moreover, my suggestion is to evacuate only the Awakeners this time, while the ordinary Believers temporarily stay in the Emerald City jurisdiction.”
“Of course, if you are concerned about their safety, you could leave three to five Awakeners behind to continue lurking and providing necessary protection for ordinary Believers.”
Hearing the black-clothed person’s words, Miaomiao and Zhixi exchanged a glance, slightly furrowed their brows, clearly the black-clothed person’s plan was different from what they had discussed.
So, they hesitated, ultimately Zhixi stepped forward and said, “Sir, can you give us some time to consider? This somewhat differs from our plan.”
Hearing Zhixi’s words, the black-clothed person glanced at the clock and coldly said, “You can. But your time is limited. You must know you are responsible for the lives of thousands of Believers.”
After speaking, he silently disappeared into the air.
Watching where the black-clothed person disappeared, Miaomiao blinked her cute big eyes, then said, “Seems this lord is quite strong. Should be at least a Spirit Ascension stage master, right?”
Hearing Miaomiao’s words, Zhixi stared at her expressionlessly, then said, “He is at the Mortality-Shedding stage.”
“Mortality-Shedding?” Miaomiao’s mouth slightly opened, then she looked shocked… “What stage is that?”
Zhixi: …..
So, next, Zhixi gave Miaomiao a detailed explanation of the Mortality-Shedding stage.
After hearing that ordinary Council Members, even Executive Councilors, were mostly at the Yang Transformation stage, only the federal defense team’s Deputy Inspector, Special Service Department’s Minister, Security Bureau’s Director, such violent department heads, or high ranks in noble families might be at Mortality-Shedding stage, Miaomiao was stunned.
She couldn’t help asking, “But… how do you know his strength?”
Zhixi said, “The Messenger informed me in the letter.”
At this point, she paused and added, “I was also very surprised when I saw it.”
Hearing this, Miaomiao curiously asked, “Does this mean our organization truly exists? Not just the three of us and the Messenger?”
Zhixi slowly nodded, looking serious, “Of course, and our organization might be far more powerful than we imagined.”
At this point, she asked, “Do you remember the Angel Envoy saying he received information from another Angel Envoy just now?”
Seeing Miaomiao nod, Zhixi said, “This means the Messenger has not just one Angel Envoy under him, but many.”
“Messenger, Angels, us ordinary Believers, and the even more ordinary Believers who believe in Lord Devil through us… maybe Lord Devil has already infiltrated our world. It’s just that others don’t know it.”
At this, Zhixi paused and added, “Moreover, although unclear about the Messenger’s strength, I think he hasn’t reached the Mortality-Shedding stage.”
“Even so, he has subordinates at the Mortality-Shedding stage. This indicates that perhaps his identity is far more special than we imagined.”
Hearing Zhixi’s words, Miaomiao’s mouth slightly opened, eyes blinking.
