Chapter 390: Loggerheads Would Always Meet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Li Wan’er’s cold and distant att.i.tude and formal tone immediately made everyone who came to welcome her confused, as they looked at w.a.n.g Baole and Li Wan’er.
That was especially so as many people had known that Li Wan’er didn’t come as someone who was Secondary Rank Three, but was promoted to Primary Rank Three before taking on the role of Deputy City Lord. That made her the same rank as w.a.n.g Baole. Therefore, in reality, even though they had different statuses, Li Wan’er was the only one who could argue and defy w.a.n.g Baole in the entire city.
A person like her had just arrived but was already distant and impersonal in tone. At the same time, she was in charge of a scary department like the Colony Disciplinary Order, which was a signal to everyone!
Instantly, silence filled the surroundings. Kong Dao frowned slightly. He hadn’t cared much previously about Li Wan’er’s arrival, but now that he saw how imposing she was, he seemed to have seen through something and was now narrowing his eyes. He wasn’t foolish, after all.
Kong Dao didn’t care about anyone else. However, since w.a.n.g Baole had helped him and gave him an advancement, he was on the side of w.a.n.g Baole. Instinctively, he was filled with dislike and resistance towards Li Wan’er, who had just arrived.
That was even more so for Lin Tianhao. Even though his father and Li Wan’er’s father were both from the Senate, he felt that it revolved around people of the previous generation, which had nothing to do with himself. Therefore, he also raised his eyebrows, but when he thought about the guess he had made regarding the relations.h.i.+p between w.a.n.g Baole and Li Wan’er, he blinked and felt that this matter was complex and impossible to understand fully.
Jin Duoming was also bewildered right now. In his mind, even though Li Wan’er was hot-tempered, she wasn’t a rash person. Logically, it was impossible for her to say such things the moment she arrived.
Is she putting up a show? Jin Duoming was suspicious. This intuition was very obvious, and w.a.n.g Baole felt that way even more. The complex emotions in his heart were now mostly gone, and with a chilly and stern look, he glanced at Li Wan’er and nodded slightly. Without saying a word, he turned and left.
It would have been clearer if w.a.n.g Baole had said something, but he left without saying anything. That, coupled with the fact that he had a great influence over Divine Armament New City, made that seem like an expression of his att.i.tude. Lin Tianhao and Kong Dao also turned to leave with him. Jin Duoming hesitated, only turning to leave after looking at Li Wan’er and nodding slightly.
The people of other ranks who noticed the silent fight going on between the elites didn’t dare to go near either. After greeting her, they all began to dissipate. Soon, there were just a handful of people remaining of those who had come to welcome Li Wan’er.
Li Wan’er stood there, furrowing her brows slightly. Before she came, she had done some research on Divine Armament New City and had known about w.a.n.g Baole’s status. However, after arriving, she was still frightened by the authority that w.a.n.g Baole held, and the words that her father said to her before she came kept surfacing in her mind.
“w.a.n.g Baole is an extraordinary person. After transforming the city zone into a city, his position in Divine Armament New City is one that cannot be easily shaken. The matter between the both of you must be made clear, and ties must be cut!”
With that thought, Li Wan’er sighed in her heart. In reality, she had been unwilling to come. On one hand, she was of superior rank to w.a.n.g Baole previously, but now that w.a.n.g Baole became her superior in name, she had a hard time getting used to it.
On the other hand, there was an incident between them that she couldn’t tell anyone. In addition, she was engaged. Even though she was vehemently against the engagement, she could only give in eventually. She could only bear with the unhappiness in her heart, and that made her feel even more complex emotions as she faced w.a.n.g Baole.
Before long, Li Wan’er buried the complex emotions deep in her heart and took a deep breath. She led the servants into Divine Armament New City. As there was only one zone now, her office was in the same building as w.a.n.g Baole, which wasn’t far away.
Having just been appointed, she managed to push aside all her thoughts as she began to oversee matters regarding the city. At the same time, she deployed manpower in the various departments. She didn’t act lightly and didn’t appear to be challenging w.a.n.g Baole’s authority, instead, taking the initiative to cooperate. Through this, the planning of the new city advanced further towards completion.
Even w.a.n.g Baole had to admit that Li Wan’er was extremely capable in handling various matters, and was even better at the job than himself. As she began work, she managed to increase the speed and order of the city’s construction.
This made Kong Dao and company more impressed with Li Wan’er. They no longer felt a strong resistance towards her. In addition, as work began, the contact between Li Wan’er and w.a.n.g Baole inevitably increased. After all, the planning for the city depended on the Great Baole Array Formation as a foundation, and this made w.a.n.g Baole’s suggestions extremely crucial in the planning process.
Right now, the two of them were in w.a.n.g Baole’s office, discussing the plans for the construction of the sixth zone in the city.
“City Lord, according to your array formation, there needs to be alterations made to the plan for the sixth zone. With that change, not only could we increase the power of the array formation, we could also reduce the costs of construction.” Li Wan’er looked serious as she pa.s.sed a jade slip to w.a.n.g Baole.
w.a.n.g Baole received the jade slip in a similar, formal manner. After reading it, he was impressed. The plan laid out in the jade slip, after being edited by Li Wan’er, was indeed much better than before. At the same time, w.a.n.g Baole was encouraged by how orderly the city had become after Li Wan’er arrived, even if it was just for a few days.
“We shall use this plan then.” w.a.n.g Baole didn’t reveal his thoughts. He simply nodded after putting the jade slip down.
Li Wan’er didn’t say anything and turned to leave. Seeing her push open the door, about to step out, w.a.n.g Baole sat there, raising his head to look at Li Wan’er’s beautiful back, before speaking suddenly.
“Li Wan’er, no matter how hard you try to display the distance and chill between us, I am your superior!
“At the same time, since you’re here as Deputy City Lord, you must remember that if the city performs well, it would benefit you, and it would benefit me… I respect you, and I also hope that you would respect me. Regarding matters of the city, we can always discuss and solve problems, as whatever I say isn’t the be-all and end-all!”
“I’m not sure if you have any motives being in Divine Armament New City. However, this place has all the attention of the Federation on it. If something were to happen, I’m not a magnanimous person, and would report the matter honestly!” w.a.n.g Baole spoke with a low voice. This was the first time he said something like that to Li Wan’er.
As he spoke, Li Wan’er stopped in her tracks. With her back facing w.a.n.g Baole, she seemed to be deep in thought. At that moment, silence filled the office.
“Got it!” After a brief period, Li Wan’er spoke. Her tone was still unyielding, but the chill in her voice was somewhat reduced. She didn’t turn around as she left.
Li Wan’er, who had now stepped out of w.a.n.g Baole’s office, was on her way back to her residence. A complex look of regret filled her eyes. She knew that what w.a.n.g Baole said was correct. The stability of the city trumped everything else.
She also admitted that she felt differently towards w.a.n.g Baole. However, she knew very clearly that her role in the city wasn’t to destroy anything, but to go according to the marriage alliance between the Senate and the Five Generation Sky Clan to pave the way to success for her fiancée!
Others didn’t know who the three future mayors would be, but she knew that the eldest son of the Chen Family, Chen Mu, would be one of them. She even knew that this way of paving the road to success for her future husband would lead to disagreements with w.a.n.g Baole that she didn’t desire, but she had no choice.
Therefore, all she could think of was to cut away all ties with w.a.n.g Baole, treating him merely as a co-worker!
w.a.n.g Baole didn’t know the details of Li Wan’er’s thoughts, but could more or less guess it. In reality, when Li Wan’er arrived, he had already a.n.a.lyzed the situation and felt that the possibility of her fiancee Chen Mu eventually coming to the city was high.
This was indeed the case, just as w.a.n.g Baole had guessed. After several days, the candidacy of the three remaining mayors of Divine Armament New City was finally set, after the month-long delay the compet.i.tion between the various factions.
When the notice was pa.s.sed from the Martian Colony Governor to w.a.n.g Baole, he looked at the profiles of the three new mayors under his lead!
The first one was indeed… Chen Mu, the eldest son of the Chen Family!
The second person was someone from Galactic Dusk Sect that had failed in his attempt to rob w.a.n.g Baole on the moon and was instead stripped by w.a.n.g Baole. The elite bound by black bandages!
The third person was a woman that w.a.n.g Baole wasn’t familiar with. However, from her portfolio, it seemed that she had come from the Plume Manifestation Connate Sect!
The various factions within the Federation were all a.s.sembled in Divine Armament New City. It could be said that, to a certain extent, the city was a mini-version of the entire Federation!