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Chapter 796: Dilemma

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

The heavy atmosphere didn't disappear with the cuteness of Ke Ai. Wang Zheng and Snow Li had settled down a little. After listening to what Snow Li had said, Wang Zheng had not expected the task to be so steep. He was surprised at the number of pirates that entered Aisbotan.

"You were saying that all these were the doings of the Cronode Family?"

"This was the conjecture of Xiaolu but it shouldn't be far from it. Currently, the other three teams have been controlled by the pirates and Ice Spear City is also in their hands. Wang Zheng, what should we do?" Snow Li was carrying the Ke Ai and was looking at Wang Zheng helplessly. At this moment, she really couldn't come up with any solution. To her, the thousand over mecha and a complete column were a desperate situation for her.

"Wang Zheng, where have you been? Everyone was really worried about you." Snow Li also knew that this was beyond the abilities of Wang Zheng and herself.

Wang Zheng narrated the general situation once and only said that he was lost. He had not expected to encounter the pirates attacking a city.

"Bartley is dead?"

Snow Li was dumbfounded. That infamous pirate had died in Wang Zheng's hands!

Although he had defeated Heaven previously, that way of fighting wasn't direct. Moreover, Aisbotan didn't had the same conditions as Tita Star and Bartley even had guards. Snow Li felt that she could no longer see through Wang Zheng. How strong was he?

Nonetheless, she was just like a little kid in front of him.

Is there any ways for us to know about the situation in Ice Spear City?" Wang Zheng felt that he should start from here.

Snow Li was also feeling helpless. Both of their mecha were in half-handicapped conditions. This was just like being a skilled person without the proper tools.

With that puny defense of Ice Spear City, it wouldn't be able to withstand a mecha column's attacks without them. They didn't know if the pirates were massacring the city or had other intentions now. Nonetheless, they seemed to be helpless.

Just when they were trying to understand the situation, the noise of advancing mecha could be heard coming from afar. They ran towards a snow mountain to observe and soon saw a small mecha section heading towards them in a search and defence formation.

Wang Zheng and Snow Li were intending to hide when they find these events to be a little familiar. The people who were coming towards them were Cai Yingmeng and the rest. They had run for a while but felt they were too wimpy. In the end, they still decided to return and search.

"It's Snow Li's mech!"

After discovering the completely damaged Ice Wolf V of Snow Li, the 9 of them had hardened. It's over…

"Stop stoning, we have to save her!" Cai Yingmeng quickly opened the cabin's door and jumped out of the mech. He ran to the front of the badly damaged mech.

The pilot cabin was destroyed. However, there weren't any blood trails. Wait! These were trails of humans. Moreover, there were two of them. The slimmer footprint should be Snow Li's. The other belonged to….

Cai Yingmeng turned around abruptly and saw two figures from far.

"Wang Zheng!!! You are still alive!!!"

Instantly, the eyes of Cai Yingmeng turned teary. It was as though he had seen the final ray of hope from the Pandora's Box.

"What are you doing? Snow Li, are you… alright? Where are the ice beasts?"

Growl? The Ke Ai jumped out from Snow Li's back once it heard people calling the ice beast. A pair of huge black and blurry eyes was staring at Cai Yingmeng. What was this? Could this be eaten? He seemed to be similar to mummy. Can I eat him?

Let's have a taste of him?

The thinking of the Ke Ai was still pure. The way it judged things was only if it could or couldn't be eaten.

"The imaginary ice beasts!!!" Cai Yingmeng's reaction was very intense. In Aisbotan, this was the most terrifying life form. When compared with the humans, they were the real rulers of this planet.

"Don't be alarmed. This is Ke Ai. Ke Ai, these people are with us, remember them well."

Cai Yingmeng blinked her eyes and also felt that she had overreacted. She was extremely surprised. Could it be that Snow Li had tamed the ice beasts within a short period of time and even snatched their kid as pet?

However, after taking a few glances at Ke Ai, the gaze of this little one still send a chill down his spine. "Is it trying to bite me?"

"Call it Ke Ai." said Wang Zheng with a smile as he patted on the shoulders of Cai Yingmeng. Through the Icy Yuan Qi, he could feel a part of Ke Ai's thoughts. It really wanted to bite him. Obviously, it was just a pure thought of wanting to try biting and not that it had seen Cai Yingmeng as food.

As this point, the rest had also come down from the mecha and were looking at Ke Ai curiously. They also looked at Snow Li and Wang Zheng curiously. They had many questions. However, now was clearly not the right time to ask about these questions.

Everyone couldn't understand what had happened to Wang Zheng. The key thing was that Snow Li and Wang Zheng were both fine. However, the current situation still gave the students a headache. The pressing issue wasn't about saving the Ice Spear City now. Without supplies, they would starve to death in the icy world.

At this point, everyone looked to Wang Zheng. Wang Zheng had become the core strength that everyone could rely on.

In any war, regardless of the scale, the amount of information one party hold could decide the direction of victory or defeat.

"Samo, is there still no news from Redington's and Shien's side?" Snow Li had also recovered by this point.

Samo was the communication and network genius. He was also from the Hail Cloud Alliance and had a good relationship with Snow Li in their alumni club. He was a genius in supporting others.

"I can confirm that they have been captured. We are now the only team left. We might not even be considered as a team." Samo said with a forced smile. "Wang Zheng, the most pressing thing now is to survive before talking about it."

Wang Zheng shook his head. "You are an expert in electronics. Do you have any way to contact the external world?"

"They are using the KS Miluo Shielding System. They definitely have someone planted within the Milky Way Alliance. I believe that the Milky Way Alliance must have noticed it by now. However, we wouldn't be able to contact the external world unless we have the password. The password must be in the hands of the upper management of the pirates." What Samo meant was that it would already not be easy to survive now. Would they still be interested to gain a profit by risking their lives further?

Wang Zheng smiled. He wasn't familiar with all these. However, he replied "What if I gave you the Skylink of the leader of the pirates? What could you do with it?"

*Gulp*!

Samo choked on his saliva. "If he had used his sSylink for the highest authorisation communication, I could find the password from it. In other words, we could bypass their lockdown and contact with anyone…"

"We shall do that then."

Cai Yingmeng and the rest saw Wang Zheng threw a Skylink into the hands of Samo. Everyone was blinking their eyes. Could this be…?

"Wang Zheng, could this Skylink belong to…"

"It's Bartley's Skylink."

"How did you get your hands on it?" Cai Yingmeng felt that he was dreaming. How could the leader of the pirates, the one who killed without blinking and the one who was the mastermind of the slaughtering cities be so careless?

Wang Zheng smiled and replied. "This guy is dead together with his close guards. However, only this Skylink still had some value. His body has broken into pieces. I had originally wanted to use him to exchange for hostages."

"It really is Bartley's Skylink…" Samo made the conclusion. He had already broken through the password at the surface level of the Skylink. Inside it, there was Barley's selfie album with a total of 581 photos. To be so in love with selfie when he was so ugly, he really must have a brave heart or he wouldn't be able to do so.

That would mean that Bartley and his close guards were… finished?!!

Everyone broke into cheers. Having an Earth Grade master around was like having a huge mountain weighing down on everyone. The other teammates started to be invigorated. They could finally see hope.

Samo was also feeling very emotional. "I have found the authorization password. However, this was a changing password and would change once every 20 seconds. I would still need time to break through the random password generating device. However, through the Skylink, I can already intercept the information of the pirates in Ice Spear City."

Samo's hands were moving very quickly and had sent the information intercepted from Bartley's Skylink to Snow Li's and Wang Zheng's Skylink.

Most of the pirates were still occupying the Ice Spear City and had withdrawn into a passive defensive state. The space fleet of the Hail Cloud Alliance had finally arrived on Aisbotan. It was too late for the pirate crew to run even if they wanted to.

If Bartley had left at the first instance, they would already be wandering around leisurely. However, not only was Bartley dead now, the whole pirate crew was just like a sitting duck now. It was just that they still had large number of hostages in their hand with heavyweight hostages like Ai Xiaolu and Shien as bargaining chips.

The space fleet of Hail Cloud Alliance and the pirates had engaged in battle and the situation was austere.

Not only was the Hail Cloud Alliance enraged, the incident had already become a big thing through the Milky Way Alliance. If this was not handled well, it would become a scandal of Hail Cloud Alliance and caused it to be shamed internationally. They had received news that the entire Tank City had been slaughtered. This was definitely a murder case. In fact, the Milky Way Alliance no longer had any other options. The pirates had requested them to open up a sailing route for them to leave but this request would definitely not be accepted by Hail Cloud Alliance.

If this group of pirates were to leave, Hail Cloud Alliance would become the "turtle" in the eyes of others in the future. Therefore they had to capture all the pirates. The question was the pirates not only had large amount of citizens in their hands. They even had Ai Xiaolu and Shien Cronode, the two successors to their family in the future.

It was especially so for Ai Xiaolu. The Ai Financial Group had expended all their resources to groom this successor over the years.

Hail Cloud alliance was forced into a dilemma.

Chapter 797: Single-handedly

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Samo was truly capable. Truthfully speaking, once they had calmed down and if they were under relatively better conditions, the students of Elite Academy wouldn't be classified as not being able to live up to their name. However, a student was still a student after all. When facing a major event, they would inevitably panic a little. Once Wang Zheng had returned, not only Snow Li but also the rest suddenly could feel the return of their confidence.

Snow Li was taking care of Cutie attentively. This was a young ice beast and had to be breastfed. However, it was truly a spiritual being. It could actually absorb the icy atmosphere of Aisbotan to grow. In addition, it would also consume ice when it was hungry. Even Snow Li who was from Hail Cloud Alliance was amazed by this.

Samo was finally able to contact the space fleet.

The commander of the fourth space fleet, Bente, had a headache. A group of pirates was nothing. Pirates on land were no different as chicken and they could slaughter them as they wanted. However, the problem was that there were also thousands of citizens and a few special characters that caused the whole incident to be worse. A group of people, who were anxious to see the world in disorder, had even cause this incident to become a huge drama. The entire Milky Way Alliance was watching. If it wasn't handled well, it would become a global incident.

Pirates were already living on the edge of the knife in nature. If they pushed them into a corner, the efforts they had expended would have been in vain. However, it wasn't alright to drag this longer. Opening up the space route and letting the pirates leave were out of question. The Special Forces were already waiting for instructions. It was just that this Blood Thirst Pirate Crew's strength wasn't weak. He had to achieve the biggest victory with the smallest price.

If it wasn't handled well, his career as the commander of this fleet would also be at the end.

Most of the time, soldiers weren't afraid of a tough battle. They were afraid of being in this type of dilemma.

"Reporting to Commander, someone has broken through the lockdown and is contacting us. He is a student from the Elite Academy. In addition, there is another piece of good news. The leader of the Blood Thirst column, Bartley, is dead!"

A colonel roared hurriedly.

Bente wasn't feeling good previously. When he heard of the news, he was stunned for a moment. "What did you say? Bartley is dead?"

As part of the air force's space fleet, Bente had obviously heard of Bartley's name. This guy was truly infamous and was known to be sly and afraid of nothing. The war had not started and he was dead?

Bente could obviously calm himself down. "Transfer the call over immediately!"

Snow Li's image appeared on the screen. Bente obviously knew aout this girl. Frankly speaking, he could be considered to be her senior and had graduated from the same school. However, Bente had graduated 30 years earlier. Bente had admired this girl that was born in the year of the Dancing Ice Dragon. This was because Bente's family was one of the early immigrants. These immigrants had always advocated tradition and rules and wouldn't just see Snow Li as a mascot.

"General, Snow Li from Elite Academy reporting." Snow Li performed a standard military salute. This was the standard posture of the Hail Cloud Alliance.

"Snow Li, I know about you. When you graduated, I remembered that you were the representative of the graduating batch and had even given a speech. If I had remembered it correctly, the topic was on defending the pride of Hail Cloud Alliance with one's life."

"Yes General. You were right!" Snow Li was also a little surprised that General Bente would remember her.

Bente nodded his head. This was the composure of a general and he wouldn't be panicking. "Tell me about your situation."

Snow Li reported about the situation in the simplest and most direct way while Wang Zheng and the rest were standing at one side waiting. Originally, everyone wanted Wang Zheng to do the reporting. However, Wang Zheng had passed the responsibility to Snow Li. At this moment, it was clearly not a question about who would get the glory but about choosing a suitable person to communicate about the situation clearly. Without a doubt, Snow Li was the most suitable person.

The situation was worse than imagined. Bente's expression became more and more stern. The entire Tank City had been slaughtered. That would also mean that the pirates didn't leave them any other options. They were almost duped and thought that it was just a typical raid. If the entire city was slaughtered, that would make everyone boiled with anger. If he was to let any pirate escape, he would be sent to the military court. It had been over 10 years since such a big incident had occurred.

A commercial ship missing was already a common scene but pirates attacking a planet were rare.

It wasn't the time to look for the mastermind now.

"Snow Li, the Special Forces of the military have started to descend from the sky. You all were familiar with the situation. Do you all have a way to reduce the casualties?" asked Bente. In fact, he was just asking casually. There were only a few students and equipment. Even if they had gone ahead, it would be equivalent to throwing them to the tigers.

"General, we are Ability X users. Therefore, we would like to enter the Ice Spear City and rescue the hostages." said Snow Li.

Bente thought about it and replied," You all may act as you all see fit but remember that safety comes first. The information you all have provided is sufficient. On the side note, is the leader of the pirates, Bartley, really dead?"

"Yes General. We have used the password in his Skylink to break through the lockdown."

Bente's face showed surprise. "Ask the technical personnel to get ready. If we can get hold of their secret key, we could allow the Special Forces to approach quietly."

Samo immediately uploaded the documents to the space fleet quietly. Samo had not thought that he could participate in such a big incident. Moreover, he had shown his face in front of General Bente. As long as he did not die this time, he would definitely do well in the future.

Frankly speaking, he had not thought much of Wang Zheng previously. Being able to fight better didn't mean anything as there were a lot of people who could fight and still end up with nothing in the end. Humans were no longer in the ancient civilization where the bigger fist would be equivalent to more power. One had to depend on his brain to survive. Now, he felt that Wang Zheng was really interesting. In fact, before they had met Wang Zheng, they were just like a group of outcasts and didn't know what to do. All of a sudden, they had made a huge meritorious contribution. The incident with Bartley had nothing to do with them at all. However, Wang Zheng did not mention about it and it was clear that he wanted to share the rewards of this incident with everyone.

At this moment, Wang Zheng wasn't thinking about such small matters at all. Killing an Earth Grade pirate might be a great opportunity to become famous for some people but Wang Zheng didn't care about these. Ai Xiaolu and the rest were still captured inside the city, Wang Zheng was thinking of how to first rescue them.

The matter of the Cronode Family colluding with the pirates couldn't be mentioned. It would be pointless if it was mentioned too as they did not have any evidence after all. Moreover in actuality, Ai Xiaolu's existence was also an obstacle for the military when they conduct their assault. The pirates would definitely use her as hostage. If they could rescue Ai Xiaolu, the pressure on the military would be reduced by a lot. The pirates would probably also have to ponder their next move carefully.

Therefore this trip to the Ice Spear City had to be made so as to gain something by risking their lives further.

"Wang Zheng, you have to think of a way to rescue Ai Xiaolu." Snow Li's expression at this moment was very decisive. As long as she was following Wang Zheng, even if it meant death, she wouldn't be afraid at all.

Wang Zheng nodded his head. Ai Xiaolu was definitely one of the few friends Wang Zheng had in Elite Academy. She must definitely be rescued. However, Wang Zheng wasn't worried about himself dying. What he was pondering was maximising the impact of this battle.

When everyone saw the serious expression on Wang Zheng, they also knew that this mission would likely be fatal. However, Wang Zheng and Snow Li weren't afraid of death and they weren't afraid too.

Wang Zheng let out a sigh and everyone's mood sunk. Was there really no solution at all?

Wang Zheng saw everyone's expression and smiled. "It's nothing actually. I was just feeling a little regretful that Bartley had broken into several pieces when he died. If he was still in one piece, I could at least take him to negotiate with the pirates. It is really a pity."

Snow Li and the rest were finally able to relax slightly. Wang Zheng was likely to be the only person to be thinking about keeping an Earth Grade leader of the pirates in one piece when facing him.

"Wang Zheng, our numbers are too little after all. It would really be too difficult to breakthrough." said Cai Yingmeng. His eyes were flickering. Frankly speaking, he didn't want to die.

"That's why we can't use mecha. Let's wait for night and we will sneak in." said Wang Zheng.

Not using the mecha? Everyone was stunned. Were they going up against mecha with the human body?

However, after giving some thoughts about it, it would seem that this would be the only way to enter the city.

"Wang Zheng, would this be too risky?"

Everyone wasn't confident at all. It was especially so as some of them only had supportive Ability X. Frankly speaking, everyone felt that Wang Zheng wasn't from the same world as them. The guts of this guy were truly off the charts.

Wang Zheng nodded. "Let me go in and scout first. You all would stay here and keep in contact with the space fleet and inform me immediately if there was any situation."

"I will go with you!" said Snow Li.

Wang Zheng smiled. "I will be fine alone. You will be needed here for leadership. Don't worry about it."

"Snow, let's listen to Wang Zheng. His skills and strength is the best among us. Ice Spear City is full of dangers at this moment. With more people, we might become his burden." said Samo.

In the Ice Spear City… the pirates weren't on full alert or battle-ready. They were even enjoying themselves by eating and playing with no regards to anything.

Karen had a headache. Bartley had disappeared. This guy had most likely encountered a mishap. Without the management of Bartley, this group of pirates were not easy to handle. Although they were surrounded by the Hail Cloud Alliance, no one seemed to care. All the pirates believed that with them holding so many hostages and with some of these hostages being important characters, the Hail Cloud Alliance wouldn't dare to attack them. In the worst case, they could just perish together.

However, Karen wasn't thinking the same way.

Chapter 798: Chastity or Life

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Karen did not want to die and did not have any intentions to. If the incident had not gotten too big, the Hail Cloud Alliance would not want to perish together. However, the incident of Tank City could not be covered up. She could easily imagine the consequences.

However, she didn't dare to say it. Once she told the pirates, there would be real chaos. She couldn't afford things to get more chaotic now.

Karen squeezed her brain dry but still couldn't think of a solution. She didn't care whether these pirates would die or live. All she cared about was herself.

It wasn't that there was no solution. Not only did she have solutions, she had even thought of a few. Obviously if she could escape from this place, Karen wouldn't want to use these solutions.

Although they were all prisoners, the rest had been lock up while the citizens of the Ice Spear City were restricted to indoors. The main people-in-charge had to be locked up in the City Hall so some of them could be dragged out and killed if needed.

Redington and Shien Cronode were still fine. At least they had more freedom and could still eat and drink well. It was just that they couldn't walk around as they wished and always had pirates following them. Karen clearly didn't believe Cronode and didn't trust him at all. It was an exchange of benefits after all.

However, she didn't want to offend Cronode too. He might even be her final chance of survival.

The night of Ice Spear City was deathly silent. The security of the pirates was still rather stringent. Ai Xiaolu wasn't feeling sleepy at all. However, she had no solutions at all. She was even feeling a little despair. Ai Xiaolu was a clever girl and knew clearer than anyone about the current situation. One could forget about her status of being the successor of the Ai Financial Group. Even if the president was here, no one would care. This was no longer an issue of influence as it involved the pride of the entire human population. How would they succumb to the pirates?

The patience of the pirates was likely to be limited too. Death might be terrifying but for Ai Xiaolu, the more terrifying thing was clearly not death.

Bartley had not arrived yet. This was the only hope she had. Ai Xiaolu faintly felt that Wang Zheng had done something. This was because only Wang Zheng was able to do such a thing. There wasn't any basis or reasoning behind this feeling. However, this was the only ray of hope of Ai Xiaolu.

However, if something were to really happened to Bartley, her unique value would be gone too. Those pirates… might not kill her but worse things might happen to her.

Ai Xiaolu bit her lips. She had completely lost all ideas. The more she thought about it, the bleaker the outcome. Although she had entered the Elite Academy, she had never intended to enter the military. She just felt that Elite Academy would be more challenging and exciting. However, now…

Would Wang Zheng come and rescue her? She could only count on Wang Zheng now. At this moment, Ai Xiaolu didn't thought of Snow Li. If there was someone coming to rescue her, he would likely be Wang Zheng.

Ai Xiaolu was surprised. Could it be that she had fallen in love with Wang Zheng?

This brat wasn't handsome and didn't have much money. He was at most an above average fighter. This clearly didn't fulfil Ai Xiaolu's idea of beauty. With Wang Zheng's origin, he was even less likely to fit in the etiquette of the upper class society. Moreover, he was the person whom her best friend was fond of. She would definitely fall for her.

After an unknown amount of time, Ai Xiaolu was already feeling groggy from hunger. The door had opened.

Shien Cronode's face revealed a bright smile. There wasn't a day he felt so great.

In just a few hours, things had changed dramatically. Before this, Cronode was only thinking about keeping himself alive and perhaps not to be too shameful. However, the situation had changed.

Bartley had gone missing. If Bartley was around, there was practically nothing Cronode could do. With Bartley disappearing, it would basically mean that he was dead. As to how he died, it wasn't important. Perhaps his destiny clashed with the environment of Aisbotan. The pirates were all desperate. However, that Chief of Staff, Karen, wasn't of the same type. This guy had high education certifications and had once shone. It was just that some things happened and she got involved with the pirates by coincidence. A literate person like her had never thought of being bombed by the fleets.

Those who had studied were cleverer. When the search section that she sent out returned and confirmed the death of Bartley, Karen had to start thinking for herself.

Clearly, Hail Cloud Alliance would be thinking of solving this with the smallest loss. This would be an opportunity. If she betrayed all the other pirates, she wouldn't need to be afraid of dying. However, what Karen wanted wasn't just not to die but a better outcome. She hoped she could even relive under the light gloriously like before. If she had a choice, she didn't wish to be hiding everywhere all day round.

Undoubtedly, Karen and Shien came to an agreement easily. If this matter proceeded as planned, Shien would definitely surprise everyone with this single feat and become the most glamorous person in the Hail Cloud Alliance.

At the thought that he could independently instigate a rebellion with the Chief of Staff among the pirate crew and destroy the entire pirate crew, Shien was exhilarated. This would not only consolidate his position in the Cronode Family but would also allow him to shine in the Elite Academy.

Karen was panicking. She had to calm the pirates. Since she had decided to do such a thing, she would naturally want to minimise the harm. The smaller the losses, the bigger her contributions! With the personal guarantee of the successor to the Cronode Family, her heroic status was almost a certain thing.

However, Shien wanted to do another thing and he had to do it!

He had been lusting over Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu for a long time. If it was just looks, Snow Li was undoubtedly better. However, the qualities of Ai Xiaolu were clearly better. It was especially so as she was the nemesis of the Cronode Family. Shien's entire body was burning with evil thoughts. He wanted to f*ck Ai Xiaolu and blame it on the pirates.

In the past, no matter how much he boasted, he knew in his heart that he was only boasting and didn't have the chance to. He had not expected that there were only things that one couldn't imagine but there's nothing that couldn't be done.

Today he would be enjoying Ai Xiaolu!

At the thought of this, Shien could feel his body heating up. He grabbed a bottle of whisky and headed for the place where Ai Xiaolu was detained. He was drinking as he walked. Life was truly exciting!

The door had opened. Ai Xiaolu opened her eyes and her eyes were a little red. When she saw Shien Cronode, her expression immediately turned cold.

On the other hand, Shien Cronode was smiling. "Oh Xiaolu. I'm really happy today. You have finally landed in my hands."

"Shien Cronode, do you not know what is shame?" Ai Xiaolu could clearly feel the desire of the other party and was feeling a little tense in her heart.

Shien Cronode clearly wouldn't mislook such details. "Tsk. The great missy of the Ai Financial Group finally knows what fear is. I might as well let you know. You belong to me now. Serve me well and I might consider letting you live on."

As he spoke, he extended his hands towards Ai Xiaolu's face and touched her face. He wasn't even disguising his unadorned desires.

Ai Xiaolu spat saliva out. Shien Cronode was stunned for a while and wiped it off nonchalantly and drank another mouthful of alcohol.

Shaking his head gently, he said, "Ai Xiaolu, what should I say to you. All along, the Hail Cloud Alliance had been talking about how brilliant you were. However, that's all you could do now. In just a while, you would be pleasing me at my crotch. Haha, I'm happy today. I might as well tell you this. I would become the big hero. As for you Ai Xiaolu, you would be r*ped to death by the pirates. Your naked body would become the headline news together with me."

Chapter 799: Forced Kiss

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

This time, Ai Xiaolu was really panicking.

Bang…

The alcohol bottle was smashed into pieces. Shien had completely removed his pretentious exterior and was touching Ai Xiaolu's face. However, Ai Xiaolu immediately bit him.

Pa…

"Stupid b*tch! Still trying to act demure in front of me?!"

A slap slammed onto Ai Xiaolu's face ruthlessly. "I would strip you tonight!"

Tskk.

Ai Xiaolu's clothes were torn open from one side and revealed a white patch. Shien gulped down his saliva. "Little slut, I couldn't tell you were so well-endowed. Come, let me take a look!"

Ai Xiaolu gritted her teeth. She couldn't cry. The more she cried, the more satisfied he would be.

Unknowingly, the door was opened. A figure leapt from the door. Shien Cronode, who had completely entered a state of rage, couldn't even react before being sent flying out of the door. The door was closed gently after that.

Ai Xiaolu already had the resolve to die. When she heard something unusual had happened, she opened her eyes. Her tears started streaming down.

"Wang Zheng, you asshole!"

Wang Zheng rubbed his nose. How… was he being an asshole?

This kick had fully awoken Shien Cronode. His face was full of disbelief. "Wang Zheng, how could you not be dead?"

Wang Zheng had already felt disgusted to the maximum. Was he still a human. "If trash like you are still alive, how could I die?"

Shien smiled hideously. "That's great! Let me send this adulterous couple to death."

Wang Zheng wasn't even looking at Shien and helped Ai Xiaolu removed the ropes binding her. This kid dared to disregard him?!

He gathered his Ability X and kicked fiercely towards the chest of Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng wasn't even looking at him. He turned his body around and swung his hand knife down.

Ka cha…

She En could felt a piercing sharp pain. Just when he opened his mouth and wanted to scream, his voice was stopped by a large hand covering his mouth. Boom…

Shien was pinned against the wall. Wang Zheng revealed a smirk. "It seems that you are rather ambitious and thought that you were someone. However, what you don't know is that I can easily crush a few people like you to death easily!"

Boom…

Wang Zheng smashed Shien abruptly onto the wall and Shien Cronode collapsed softly. People like Shien had been provoking Wang Zheng in normal times and Wang Zheng was just too lazy to respond to them.

After all, he couldn't be beating up every single person who was taunting him could he? That would really be endless. The reason why he didn't strike was because the other party wasn't qualified.

Ai Xiaolu had already thrown apart the ropes and rushed towards Wang Zheng. Wang Zheng was surprised. Was she trying to hit him? It would seem that he had come at the very last moment.

The next moment, Ai Xiaolu pounced into the embrace of Wang Zheng and started crying. Wang Zheng forced a smile and hold Ai Xiaolu gently. "Everything's okay, everything's okay now. Student Xiaolu is a female hero, a heroine, a super talented girl…"

Ai Xiaolu was feeling full of grievances initially. Moreover, she had just survived a great ordeal. The soft side of a girl had erupted out suddenly and she had wanted to cry. However, Wang Zheng made her didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"You are really bad. Hmm. I will settle this with you when we are back!" laughed Ai Xiaolu. She naturally knew that they shouldn't be messing around in this place. However, when she saw Shien, her face turned cold. If it wasn't for Wang Zheng's timely arrival, she wasn't only going to be just dead. She would also suffer the greatest humiliation.

"Wang Zheng, can you turn around?" said Ai Xiaolu calmly.

Wang Zheng was stunned. He took a glance at Shien Cronode and nodded his head.

Wang Zheng knew what Ai Xiaolu wanted to do. This Shien Cronode had to die. Ai Xiaolu had no intentions of handing him over to the courts or whatsoever. With the powers of the Cronode family, they would have a way out of it. Even if he was sentenced, he would be out in just a few years with such a small incident.

Just like what Shien had said, these were the doings of the pirates. Didn't he want to be a hero? This time he would be satisfied.

Wang Zheng didn't even look at Shien. "Xiaolu, what should we do next?"

Ai Xiaolu had regained her composure. She repeated what Shien had said previously.

Wang Zheng also went silent for a moment. "Karen might be the only solution. However, how should we work with her?"

Wang Zheng had a plan to capture him. However, this wasn't a way to collaborate and would even alarm the pirates.

"What the Cronode Family can do, the Ai Financial Group would be able to do so too!" said Ai Xiaolu.

At this point, footsteps could be heard from outside the door. Both of them signaled to each other with a gaze and moved to the back of the door.

Karen had come over himself. This matter would be equivalent to betraying all the pirates. How would she dare to rely on others? Moreover she would be the good guy in the future. Therefore, it would be better for all the pirates to die.

However, once she entered through the door, a dagger was placed on her neck.

Ai Xiaolu was scrutinizing Karen as she smiled. "Column captain Karen, we meet again. How about we talk business?"

It was more convenient to deal with smart people. When she saw that Cronode was dead, Karen knew exactly what she needed to do. Ai Xiaolu would be able to give him whatever the Cronode Family could give her.

Things after that were much simpler. All the students of Elite Academy other than Redington had been detained "together". As for Redington, he was given to a group of pirates who were fond of guys. As for whether Redington felt great, no one would know. Rumours had it that those pirates were all feeling great.

When the Special Forces arrived, the students of Elite Academy launched a concerted attacked from within and were able to catch these pirates by surprise.

During the commotion, it still brought some casualties to the Ice Spear City. However, these casualties were already unimaginably low.

After a while day, the pirates had either surrendered or were dead. Over the past few years, the biggest pirate incident in Hail Cloud Alliance had ended perfectly.

And the one with the largest contribution were Ai Xiaolu, Snow Li and the group of students from Elite Academy.

This piece of news had shaken the entire Hail Cloud Alliance. Obviously there were sacrifices among the students. For example, Shien Cronode and Redington had paid with their lives.

Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu were originally of superstar level within the Hail Cloud Alliance. In this incident, they were able to salvage everything with their strength. The headlines of various major media were all about this proud twins.

This was definitely the pride of Hail Cloud Alliance.

This seemingly unsolvable situation had been achieved by them surprisingly. In the process, they had saved several thousands citizens of the Ice Spear City.

These were what true heroes were.

Wang Zheng didn't want to make a name through this incident. The rewards from Hail Cloud Alliance didn't have much meaning. However, if the same contributions were by Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu, it would be an extremely huge contribution.

When everything had ended, what was the meaning for Ai Xiaolu to kiss him?

The military took over Aisbotan and continue the search and pursuit of the remnants of the pirates. This time, they would definitely not let even one off.

The students had received treatments for heroes. Everywhere they went, cheers greeted them. This trial had to be suspended temporarily. With such a huge incident, the Hail Cloud Alliance had to make a statement. Therefore, everyone went to the mother planet of Hail Cloud Alliance to receive the Heroes Medal. At the same time, they wanted a break. However, the award ceremony was cancelled in the end. This was because they were students of the Elite Academy X. Their achievements would be recorded in their files but they wouldn't be exposed that easily.

Nonetheless, the break was a must. Hail Cloud Alliance wouldn't ill-treat their heroes.

Chapter 800: A Complete Victory

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

The whole incident had finally ended. Although it was over for Wang Zheng and the rest, the road to rebuild Aisbotan had just started. Without a doubt, the way the incident was handled by the Hail Cloud Alliance had won them relatively high points internationally. At the same time, a heated discussion about the pirate incident occurred. Various countries had started patrolling around their own star region to deter pirates. However, they were only following the trend. After the incident was exposed, all the pirates had disappeared and had covered up their trails. The boundary-less star regions were their playgrounds. Nonetheless, this incident was truly a huge blow to them. For a relatively long time, the days of the pirates wouldn't be great.

The Ai Family had also broken into cold sweat. It would be a huge problem if Ai Xiaolu encountered any mishaps. However, the Ai Financial Group still obtained a lot from this incident. On the contrary, the Cronode Family, who had been planning for a long time, suffered a double loss. This was a huge blow to them. At the same time, they had to face a series of investigations on how the pirates had arrived on Aisbotan. This matter would probably not be solved anytime soon.

All these matters were had nothing to do with Wang Zheng and the rest. The argument of the feud between Ai Family and the Cronode Family couldn't be completed in 3 days and nights.

The Ai Financial Group also held a grand celebratory banquet for the teenagers. The students of the Elite Academy had made extremely important contribution this time. If it weren't for them, there will never be this big counterattack. Moreover, they had saved so many people.

They had thought that the banquet would be held in the Ice Spear City and would just make do with what were there. However, Ai Xiaolu shook her head. The conditions in the base were too poor. Although Ice Spear City had returned to its usual life, it wouldn't be enough.

The crowd was cheering. Ai Xiaolu smiled. With a message from her Skylink, a luxurious flying ship that had been waiting on the planetary orbit immediately started descending. Currently, The Aisbotan Star was under a semi-lockdown state controlled by the military. Other than spaceships from the Ai Family and the military, all other spaceships from others powers were prohibited from entering.

At the capital of Hail Cloud Alliance, Emmonton.

They had the feeling of returning to civilisation. Wang Zheng took a deep breath. Through the trial in Aisbotan, he could also feel the Ice Yuan Qi in this place. It was just that in comparison, it wasn't as concentrated and violent and was more nurturing in nature. It felt as though each place had its own way to support its own inhabitants.

After alighting from the spaceship, Ai Xiaolu led the way. Everyone also had a great time playing and understanding the way of life and culture of the Hail Cloud Alliance. As compared with the pure industrial city like Ice Spear City, Emmonton's attractions made one feel a little lost and forgotten about returning home.

When night time arrived, the preparations of the celebratory banquet were ready. It was to be held in the banquet hall of Azeroth hotel on level 3, a property of the Ai Financial Group.

"Today, you guys can play as much as you like and be sure to be happy. It will be my treat. Those who are courteous to me would mean that you are looking down on me. Also, those who want to befriend the beauties of the Hail Cloud Alliance do not try to act cool later. The beauties of the Hail Cloud Alliance wouldn't take this well."

Ai Xiaolu reminded the rest as she laughed. After going through an ordeal, the relationship between everyone had become closer imperceptibly. Making some jokes could make the atmosphere better.

Snow Li who was carrying Ke Ai also smiled faintly. This little thing wasn't afraid of humans but wasn't willing to allow others to approach. This made a lot of people surprise at it. After all, everyone had heard about this ice beast for a long time and yet this was the first time they seen it being so close with a human. The blessing of the Dancing Ice Dragon was truly a little magical.

"Cough. I had some things to settle. I'll be back in a while." At this moment, Cai Yingmeng was being a little unsociable. In fact, since he had arrived in Emmonton, he had been on his Skylink. Throughout the day, he hasn't been playing much.

"Alright, we know about it. Quick go. It would be better if you don't return."

"It was a rare opportunity. Do not squander it."

Those who understood the situation had all laughed. They all knew that Cai Yingmeng had a girlfriend from the Hail Cloud Alliance. He had been to the Hail Cloud Alliance for trials for 3 times. Rather than saying it was for improving himself, it would be better said that he was making use of the opportunity to date.

"I'll see you guys later." Cai Yingmeng smiled and held up his fist. After which, he dashed off like a streak of smoke. He had not even shown this speed during training.

The group had arrived at the hotel. This was one of the highest class hotels in Hail Cloud Alliance. From the outside, it looked just an ice castle. After entering it, the large space of the hall and the icy snow-white decorative style made them feel that they had arrived at the palace of the goddess. The music from the piano was like the water of the stream that had melted from the ice and snow and washed away the fatigue of the group.

"All the girls follow me. Guys please make yourself at home." As Ai Xiaolu waved her hands, the eyes of the girls all lighted up.

For the guys, the banquet was just a place for them to relax and interact. Wearing military uniform or a suit wouldn't make a difference. However for the girls, it wouldn't be that simple. No matter how they might look like, a different dress and look was the basic etiquette of girls in such occasions.

Wang Zheng and the rest had arrived at the banquet hall at level 3. Once they stepped out of the lift, some of the hungry wolves who were talking about how to get girls later suddenly started behaving like they were well-mannered and soft spoken.

A large group of beauties walked towards them directly. Each of their smiles were like blossoming flower, each with its own style.

Clearly, this was planned and they had been trained. Everyone had a beautiful lady follow them to introduce the banquet. They were also able to call out each person name accurately.

Obviously, Wang Zheng was the exception. Beside him was a waiter, a male waiter.

Ai Xiaolu! Wang Zheng shook his head speechlessly. Although he didn't mind it a lot, the way others were looking at him was a little weird. If it wasn't the fact that Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu had some special relationship with him, how would he be treated this way?

This celebratory banquet was not only attended by the students of Elite Academy X. There were also many celebrity and talents who had received the invitation.

The waiter introduced about the situation of the banquet in a simple manner before bringing Wang Zheng to the self-service food area at one side. Clearly, this was all pre-arranged by Ai Xiaolu.

Wang Zheng smiled. Senior was being really thoughtful. However… this was very suitable for him. To him, the celebratory banquet was equivalent to a place to eat and drink. Soon, Wang Zheng started feasting.

The girls taking a long time for putting on their makeup was the most truthful saying in the world. After taking almost half a day, Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu still couldn't be seen walking down.

Everyone was a teenager and they were thick skinned with skills. There were already several couples. However, these were only temporary. Whether they would last could only be known after they went through some long distance relationship. No one could be sure that without the banquet as a disguise, would everyone still have the same feelings?

Wang Zheng also got to know some new friends. It was just that the process wasn't as exciting as the other students. It was through a very regular interaction.

"You must be Wang Zheng! I'm Neptulon from the Deep Cloud Academy, physics department! I had never expected to be able to see you here….."

An admirer. They took a photo together and the process could be considered to be rather enjoyable.

However…

"You must be that Wang Zheng from IG! I can recognize you."

The one with a fierce look was an admirer of Snow Li. The one who defeated Snow Li during IG would be their public enemy.

However, it was still alright. Everyone was an elite. After staring at each other, they still had a toast of good wine. The people from the Hail Cloud Alliance still respected the strong. Luckily Wang Zheng's capacity for liquor had been well-trained. He was just worried he wouldn't have enough to drink.

The strangest thing was that a twelve-thirteen year old Loli had slipped in unknowingly. She stared at Wang Zheng for a long time before asking," You are Wang Zheng? You aren't handsome at all."

Wang Zheng who was eating some roasted meat almost choked on it. What did such a small child know about handsomeness. "Be good and go play in another corner."

"I heard that your relationship with Snow Li is great. Is that true? Would you all become a couple? Whoever marries her could also receive the blessing!" The little Loli tilted her head and gossiped excitedly.

Wang Zheng was speechless. Although a child would babble whatever she liked, there should still be a limit to it?

Loli opened her mouth and wanted to continue talking. However, the whole crowd went silent suddenly.

Wang Zheng turned around and saw Snow Li…

She had put on full makeup and looked dreamy. Her white dress covered the curves of her body and she was just liked a spirit goddess that had walked out from the ice and snow. The lively little ice beast had jumped onto the shoulders of Snow Li. This combination looked unparalleled-ly agile and smart.

Everyone could almost not see anyone in their eyes till Ai Xiaolu walked out from the back of Snow Li. She was in a dark black evening gown. Her shining eyes were like the stars in the night sky, shining brilliantly.

The black and white sisters had made the entire hall even brighter.

"How is it?" Snow Li stood firm in a natural and poised posture in front of Wang Zheng. She was smiling faintly and demonstrating her attractiveness.

"It's alright." Wang Zheng rubbed his nose. Truthfully speaking, she made his thoughts run wild. However when he turned around, that Loli from before was still around. She was looking up and scrutinising the looks of Snow Li and didn't seem to be a kid at all. Her gaze seemed to give off the feel that she was already an adult.

Snow Li looked down and saw that little girl. She blinked and asked," Loli Ai, why would you be here?"

"Snow Li, your boobs are one size bigger since the last time we met. What is your secret?"

Loli blinked her eyes and used her hands to illustrate Snow Li's size.

Snow Li rarely blushed. The figure of a girl was a secret. It was especially so to be exposed in front of the person she liked. Even if it was her, she still felt shy for a second. However, she recovered in the next second. This was because Ai Xiaolu had run over and pulled the ears of the little Loli. "Brat, who allowed you to be here?"

"D*mn witch, why didn't you get captured by the pirates!"

Little Loli got away from Ai Xiaolu forcefully.

Ai Xiaolu had smiled. "You were worried about me right? Be good, this isn't a place for you to be. Quickly go back."

"I don't want to!" Loli Ai hid behind Wang Zheng instantly. She was grabbing Wang Zheng's arm and it looked as though she was saying that this was her guiding angel.

Wang Zheng smiled. It was rare to see someone who could go up head to head with Ai Xiaolu. "Senior Xiaolu, who is this little girl?"

"Who's a little girl! Be courteous with your words. I am Loli Ai, the vice CEO of Ai Financial Group."

"She's just my cousin. She would only be the vice-CEO when she reaches 14 years of age."

"I'm already 14."

"You are only 12!"

"14!"

"I'm too lazy to argue with you, brat." Ai Xiaolu turned around and ran away.

"Don't run away! Make things clear!"

Ai Xiaolu clearly was luring this brat away and allowed Snow Li and Wang Zheng to have some personal space.

Snow Li smiled and said, "Loli Ai might be small in size but definitely not in the way she acted. If she said anything disrespectful previously, I would like to apologise on her behalf."

"She didn't. I think she's pretty cute."

Wang Zheng put down the plate on his hands. He was almost done with eating. When he turned around, he could see a large group of young and talented guys looking at him with hostility. They were all here for Snow Li. Looking at Wang Zheng who was standing opposite of Snow Li who was talking and smiling, they were both envious and jealous.

Chapter 801: The World of the Ai Family

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

There's no other way as he was the main savior of the incident at Aisbotan.

At the other side, Ai Xiaolu was still handling her cousin little Loli. "Who brought you here?"

"Grandpa brought me here. What's the matter? You don't even care about me."

"You sound like I should be concerned." Ai Xiaolu sneered. It was then that she remembered that there was a financial organization meeting at the top floor of the Emmonton today. The company had messaged her to inform her previously. They had achieved huge progress at TitaTitan Star and the financial organization had attached high importance to the development of the TitaTitan Star. They had unanimously agreed to increase their investment in TitaTitan Star. The one who was responsible for the TitaTitan Star project was one of the heavyweights in the financial organization now, Cole Ramsey.

With an attention-grabbing Snow Li around him, Wang Zheng had innocently received quite a number of stares from others. Snow Li sneered and said, "Dear Captain, you seem like you want to go out and catch your breath."

"I definitely have such a need."

Just when the two of them left, Ai Xiaolu followed and went up to them. "Wait for me, I just saw a housefly."

Snow Li raised her eyebrows and said, "Your cousin is here too?"

"I don't know who told her about it." replied Ai Xiaolu as she nodded her head. If she wasn't really bothered, she wouldn't have disturbed Snow Li's personal time with Wang Zheng. In the family, the one who was most unsatisfied with her being the successor was her elder cousin, Ai Hongming. Every time they met, he would be using his identity as an elder brother to lecture her.

The empty seat at the main table belonged to Ai Xiaolu.

Ai Xiaolu's absence was common. Although she would be the future lady boss of the Ai Financial group, the position was more symbolic practical. At the moment, learning would be her most important task. If she was to be overly involved in the strategic matters of the company with the upper management before the older generation decided to let go of their authority, it might not be a great thing for her too.

Cole Ramsey felt that Ai Xiaolu was smart in this aspect. After all, this was the Ai Financial group and not just an ordinary large company.

With regard to Ai Xiaolu's identity of successor to the company, there were still discordant voices among the internal management of the financial group. No matter how genius she was and the fact that she was the only descendant of the family, she was a girl after all. She would be married to someone in the future and the person she married to might cause instability to the financial group. This was a huge risk.

With regard to this saying, Cole's stand was neutral and careful. Although he was one of the heavyweights in the financial group, he had always remained neutral when it came to the family matters of the Ai Family.

Moreover, he was more willing to be involved in practical matters than this type of troublesome matters. For example, the investment into TitaTitan Star would be the most important of all projects for the future of the financial group in the next 10 years.

The second issue to be discussed after the response to the Aisbotan Star issue was about the TitaTitan Star.

As the one in-charge, Cole Ramsey stood up and gave the speech. "Currently, the potential of the TitaTitan Star that has been tapped has not even reached one percent. The sights have been placed merely on the mineral products. This could be considered to be the wrong area. From deeper observation, we can determine that TitaTitan Star's position in the Milky Way Alliance would gradually increase over the next 10 years…"

Economic and politics had always been closely intertwined. A typical businessman would focus on the market. For a huge organisation like the Ai Financial group, they would clearly be involved in both sides. Moreover, they wanted to be heavily involved in both sides.

Within the Milky Way Galaxy, there were many undeveloped stars. However based on the current situation, the future of TitaTitan planet was the one that most deserved investment into. The battle power of the giants, the human-like aspect of the Wise Ones and the most important facet, communication and interaction. All of them required two to three generations of foundation and development. Their conditions for entry had already been set, now it was just a matter of development.

Cole Ramsey's presentation was very detailed. He had analysed the political, economic and social perspectives so as to request for greater authority limits and investment.

"That's great."

On the seat was the current in-charge of the Ai Financial group. He smiled faintly and nodded his head. He said softly, "Cole, it has been tough on you. I have understood your determination and judgement. When can I see the detailed operating plans?"

"The latest by tomorrow. Currently things have been going very smoothly for the company in TitaTitan Star. Both the officials and the public have been very cooperative with our plan."

As he spoke to this point, Cole Ramsey suddenly had a figure that flashed through his mind. Wang Zheng!

He only had saw him once during a banquet. However, he didn't knew it was him at that time and did not even greet him. However, after getting to know about TitaTitan Star deeper, he finally understand the reason why the company had been able to operate smoothly and receive protection was because Miss Ai Xiaolu was his friend.

Those who had been to Tita Star, especially businessmen, would have understood a single principle. If anyone was to treat the people of Tita as silly indigenous people, they would definitely be taken for a ride. The giants were just direct and had great strength. Naturally, they weren't willing to use their brains for such small things. Those who wished to make a fool of the giants using their intelligence would all end up badly. In comparison, those Tita Wise ones which were smaller in stature than humans were all sly foxes. Cole dared to make a bet that the average IQ of a Wise one would definitely be above 200. If any one of them was to plot against you, you would have been scammed so badly that you were hovering between life and death.

After doing business with the humans for so long, the Tita people had already learnt the human way of doing things. Companies who weren't careful in this aspect had all paid their 'school fees'. This was also the way the Tita people chose their collaboration partners. Patient investors were then worth a long term collaboration. Those who wished to earn a quick buck? I'm sorry, you were the hazard to the economics of the TitaTitan Star.

As for the Ai Financial group, they were having a relative smooth process in this aspect. They had received the green light all along and had entered the stage of collaboration.

At this moment, outside the Emmonton hotel, an extended maglev car stopped.

The front door was open quickly and a teenager in military attire alighted from it quickly. After which, he guarded carefully a middle-aged couple out of the car.

However, it was clear that this couple did not put the actions of the young men that sought to get on their good books in their eyes. The guy was a little stern while the lady was being very picky.

At this moment, a beautiful girl jumped out from it. She was a classic beauty from the Hail Cloud Alliance with long slender legs, pure white skin, a pair of lively eyes and eyelashes like a brush.

"Yingmeng, stop dreaming. Get inside and reserve a space." The young girl signaled to the young man with her eyes. This young man wasn't someone else. He was student Cai Yingmeng who had gone to meet his girlfriend.

"Alright, I will go immediately."

Cai Yingmeng nodded his head quickly and sprinted into the hotel as though his ass was on fire.

"He was really touchy. Guli, why would you have your eyes on such a kid?" The middle-aged couple was the parents of Cai Yingmeng's girlfriend, Guli. After seeing Cai Yingmeng had left, her father turned around with a stern face. He was feeling upset that her daughter wasn't achieving what she could have achieved.

Her mother sneered, "Wasn't it because you have been spoiling her all along!"

Gu Li wasn't too happy and was trying to gain points for her boyfriend. "Dad, Mum, how could you all say this. He is an elite of the Elite Academy X, the representatives of the elite humans and isn't just a typical person from the Hail Cloud Alliance."

Chapter 802: Two Women Fighting for a Man

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

"So what if I know? In the end, he is just a stinking soldier. Even if he could make it as an officer, would he be able to provide for you? Look at what you have been eating and using. Which of it could he afford in the future?"

As a mother, she just hoped that her daughter could marry well. As a father, he wouldn't want her daughter to have a drop in living standards after getting married. "This brat isn't reliable. You might like him now and I understand that getting into relationship is the freedom of young people. Therefore, I won't interfere. However, you still have a long future. As your father, I have the responsibility to tell you that you should keep an open mind and not be disillusioned by what you like for the moment. There's a difference between like and love."

Gu Li rubbed her head. This was painful. "Dad! What are you talking about? I haven't even thought about it that far yet!" Gu Li had a little headache now. If she knew this would happen, she would have dated in secret.

"I'm not worried about you. What I'm worried is that he would think too much about this." said her father sternly as he placed his arms behind his body.

At this moment, Cai Yingmeng returned with low spirits. He smiled embarrassingly and said," Uncle, aunt, I couldn't get a place here. There is a meeting going on coincidentally and they aren't accepting walk-in customers."

Cai Yingmeng had originally slipped out from the celebratory banquet. He had not expected the Ai Family to be so savage and booked the whole place.

"How could you not be able to get even a seat? Looking at how you are, others would obviously not allow you to reserve a seat. Go and tell them the Bohao Organisation wants to make a reservation and it would be fine. I had already told you before we came that we had membership in this place."

Cai Yingmeng wiped away his sweat. He really wanted to leave a good impression in front of his girlfriend's parents.

"Forget it! We would just go in directly. We shouldn't have allowed him to go in first in the first place." Gu Yinsi shook his head and took huge strides towards the hotel and walked at the front.

Cai Yingmeng was feeling a little helpless. However, Gu Li stuck out her tongue at him. That cute expression made everything worthwhile and he really liked that cute look.

"I'm sorry. I'm the only daughter in the family. I hope you can understand." said Gu Li secretly beside Cai Yingmeng's ears.

"I can understand."

Cai Yingmeng was outstanding but he was a talent only when it came to supporting. He wasn't arrogant and came from an ordinary family. Therefore, he had a level of mental preparation for such encounters. However, the love between teenagers was often sweet. With a few whispers and holding of hands, everything would have been forgotten.

When the four of them had just entered the hotel, they were greeted courteously by the hall manager.

"Is there still any room? For the Bohao Organisation."

Gu Yinsi took out the organisation's membership card in Emmonton Hotel.

"My dear members, I'm really sorry about today."

"If there's no more room, an ordinary seat would be fine too. We are just going to have a meal and have a chat."

"Actually, there is an important meeting currently going on in this hotel for these few days and the whole hotel has been booked."

"Are you joking? How big a place would the meeting need? It was clear that there is still a lot of space!"

The wife of Gu Yinsi wasn't very happy about it. If it was any other time, she would have just left. However, this would be too shameful in front of her daughter's boyfriend.

Gu Yinsi frowned. Just when he wanted to say something, he suddenly felt his heart skipped a beat. He recalled that it should be Ai Financial Group's annual reporting meeting where various heads from various major galaxies would return to Hail Cloud Alliance one after another based on their ranks to report on their progress. All of them would have been arranged to stay in the Emmonton hotel.

"If that's the case, let's forget it. It would be fine if we just change to another location." Gu Yinsi said quickly. Although he was the CEO of a company, his company couldn't be compared with the Ai Financial Group. To put it bluntly, it would be similar to comparing scrap metal with an interstellar warship.

Forget it? His wife was taken aback for a moment. She wasn't happy but she was still a smart person. From the eyes of her husband, she could deduce the hidden message. After quickly saying a few other words, she stopped talking.

"I'm really sorry about affecting your plans. These are some discount vouchers of the hotel to express our apologies."

The hall manager still showed them great respect. He had bowed down and was trying to offer compensatory gifts constantly. After all, they were still members. Although it was of the most ordinary class, he wasn't careless in the way he treated them.

"Ah, isn't this uncle Gu Yinsi, aunt and Gu Li? Hehe. It's been a long time since we met." Suddenly, a bold voice sounded from behind them. "Why are you all standing around here?"

The Gu Yinsi couple's eyes immediately lit up. "Hehe, how are you Hermitte?"

As they spoke, the couple secretly nudged Gu Li with their elbows.

Hermitte was one of the few teenagers that they admired and the scale of his family's company was equivalent to 10 Bohao Organisations. If her daughter's boyfriend was him, she wouldn't be worried that she would be disadvantaged like now.

Gu Li frowned. She nodded her head gently at Hermitte and considered that as greeting Hermitte. Cai Yingmeng smiled and took the initiative to extend his hand to Hermitte. "Hi."

Hermitte's gaze lingered on the extended right hand of Cai Yingmeng for two seconds. Just when Cai Yingmeng wanted to retract his hand embarrassingly, he quickly extended his hand and shook it. It was clear that he was putting up an attitude that showed that he was way above Cai Yingmeng. "Gu Li, he is?"

"My…"

"A friend." The wife of Gu Yinsi quickly said as she disrupted her daughter words.

"Hehe, Bowa, why didn't you let them in?" Hermitte seemed to be very familiar with this place.

"Mr Hermitte, please pardon my rude behaviour. Because of the meeting, we would not be able to accept any other guests other than those who had made a reservation."

The hall manager, Bowa, tried to explain again. Hermitte was a gold-class member and his treatment would definitely be different. Moreover, he had made a reservation in advance.

"So that was the case. Hmm. Uncle and aunt, today might be a little troublesome. If it wasn't because I have an invitation, I would likely not be able to enter too." As he said, Hermitte was fiddling with an invitation that had a retro-looking border on it. On top of the invitation, it was the badge of the Ai Financial Group and it seemed extremely exquisite.

He could get in while the others could only panic in vain outside. This was a representation of his status as his gaze move across Gu Li's face. He couldn't help but felt satisfied about it.

"If that's the case, I'm sorry about it. Excuse me, I'll be going in first."

Gu Yinsi wasn't looking well. He knew that Hermitte had wooed his daughter previously. At that time, he still felt that Hermitte was just hanging around without ambition and wasn't deserving of his daughter. He also wasn't shrewd and only had a good family background. He turned and looked at Cai Yingmeng. Sigh… On the other hand, this Yingmeng didn't even have a good family background. On second look, this kid did not have any temper and didn't look like an elite at all!

His wife was feeling even more bottled up. She was also unhappy about the attitude of the other party. He wasn't showing respect for the elders at all.

Hermitte smirked and just when he was about to leave, a voice sounded from the side suddenly. "Cai Yingmeng! You are back?!"

Cai Yingmeng turned around. The one who was calling him was Snow Li. Beside her, there were Wang Zheng and Ai Xiaolu. The sudden appearance of the two girls, one in black while the other in white, was truly a little glaring. Even though she was a girl too, Gu Li also felt inferior in comparison. Although she didn't know who the other party was, her background wouldn't be ordinary.

Cai Yingmeng couldn't help but blushed. He was a little embarrassed that his fellow students had seen such a scene.

"Brat, where have you been? Everyone is present. How could you be absent?" laughed Wang Zheng.

When the Gu Yinsi couple saw Ai Xiaolu, they were in awe. Other might not recognise her but how would they not recognise her!

The missy of the Ai Family.

The future leader of the Ai Financial Group!

Hermitte's jaws dropped. He forced a smile on his face immediately and quickly walked up. "Miss Ai, I'm…"

Ai Xiaolu blinked her eyes. She had seen a little of what happened previously. Clearly, she wouldn't be friendly now. She asked Cai Yingmeng," Yingmeng, is this guy your friend?"

Clearly, her tone indicated that she didn't want to get to know this guy. The truth was that student Ai didn't have a good temper.

Cai Yingmeng opened his mouth. He shook his head and replied," I didn't get the chance to know him yet."

"Oh. If that's the case, could you excuse yourself away." said Ai Xiaolu without any hesitation.

Wang Zheng smiled as the three of them walked passed Hermitte, who had turned into stone, directly. "Cai Yingmeng, you have finally arrived. Those who are late would be penalised with alcohol later!"

"Cough…" Cai Yingmeng rubbed his head. "Let me introduce each other. My friends, this is Mr Gu Yinsi, his wife and Gu Li. This is Wang Zheng, Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu, my classmates…" introduced Cai Yingmeng.

The Gu Yinsi couple had a shock. They had heard from their daughter something about the Elite Academy in Inner Roland but didn't have any concepts about it. If it wasn't because that the name of Inner Roland was still rather well known, they wouldn't have even come. They had not expected even Ai Xiaolu would be in that school. What kind of school was it?

What kind of person was Ai Xiaolu? She understood the situation quickly after looking around and revealed a smile. She had seen this type of people too frequently. However, she would want to help and support Cai Yingmeng no matter what now.

"Student Yingmeng, she must be your girlfriend. Don't be embarrassed, you are the pride of our Academy but have been too low profile. Great, let's invite your girlfriend to come with us!"

Instantly, the Gu Yinsi couple revealed a brilliant smile. "Xiao Li, go and have fun with your friends. It's okay if you return a little later."

Was this a joke? If they had the chance to get to know the Missy of the Ai Family, it would be equivalent to having a layer of protective charms. The Ai Financial Group's momentum recently had been getting stronger. Even if they wanted to suck up to them, they didn't have the opportunity to.

The hall manager who was standing at one side was on the verge of breaking into tears. My dear ancestors, if you knew the missy of the Ai Family, you should have said so earlier. At this point, he quickly came over and briefed Ai Xiaolu about the situation softly.

"So that's what had happened. Exchange Mr Gu Yinsi' membership card for a platinum card. I have some understanding of the Bohao Organisation previously and its potential wasn't bad." said Ai Xiaolu in a brief manner and a platinum card, which was something others would fight fiercely for, was gifted away.

"Daughter, go with your friends and have fun. We will be going home directly later. You don't need to worry about us." Gu Yinsi was also feeling a little suffocated and couldn't be bothered with where her daughter would be going to have fun. He pulled his wife along and followed the hall manager to exchange the membership card directly.

As for Hermitte, he was panicking. He didn't know if he should go up or leave. In his mind, the phrase 'platinum card' keep lingering around his thoughts

As for Wang Zheng and Snow Li, they took a look at each other and smiled. Snow Li held on to Wang Zheng's arm and didn't seem to have the intention to let go. After going through so many things, she was more resolute about her thoughts.

Ai Xiaolu couldn't take it anymore. "Could the two of you don't be so lovey dovey in front of me. It is mean to agitate the person who is single!"

Wang Zheng didn't know whether to cry or laugh. "Student Xiaolu, you shouldn't make irresponsible remarks. Snow Li is my female partner for today."

Ai Xiaolu was feeling conflicted and was in a dilemma. She revealed a smile and said," I had forgotten about this and I'm going to be all alone by myself."

She took a look at Snow Li suddenly and said, "Dear, could you lend half of Wang Zheng to me to use?"

Instantly, Snow Li blushed. "Take it, take it. Who would mind?"

"Is it? If that's the case, I'm not returning him." Ai Xiaolu teased.

"No you can't!" said Snow Li immediately. Cai Yingmeng who was at the side couldn't help but laugh," Why not decide this over a guessing game?"

Chapter 803: Assisting Xiaolu

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

At this moment, the meeting at the top floor had ended. Cole Ramsey had also achieved the results he wanted. TitaTitan Star had become one of the most important projects for the Ai Financial Group in the next five years.

It would receive full resources from all departments of the financial organisation. This was conditional on the fact that they must maintain the current momentum and constantly develop their advantage on TitaTitan planet and create a lasting competitive advantage.

As for his position in the financial organisation, it would be further consolidated. When one was in a large financial empire like Ai Financial Group, the resources one held in his hand would directly determine the right to speak.

He took the lift with some of his old friends and they were chatting about some casual topics. Over the entire year, there were only these two days when they could gather. The few of them intended to leave the hotel and head towards a private club to play some cards and enhanced their relationship.

Real control in the Ai Financial Group wasn't only in the hands of the Ai Family. Many important positions were taken up by "external" people like Cole Ramsey. After all, the bigger the financial organisation, the more impossible It got to have only one's own family members. A family business with only their own family members would only close down in the end.

The few external people in the upper management would naturally come together. Among them, the one that had the best development was the leader of this economic body, Cole.

The lift descended gradually. When it came to the fifth floor, it stopped suddenly as the bell sounded. The door opened and they saw the child of the Ai Family's side family that they had seen previously. He was bringing a coquettish and pretty woman along and stood in front of the lift's door.

Ai Hongming had just completed his business with his female partner and was about to step into the lift when he saw several heavyweight personnel of the company. He immediately perked up. Just when he wanted to take another step, his left leg seemed to be glued to the floor with super glue and he couldn't take another step.

"Cough, what are you dreaming about? Come in." Cole and the rest were all smiling. They all knew what had happened but just didn't say it out.

"Yes, Uncle Cole." Ai Hongming was sweating profusely and had not relaxed despite Cole's easy-going attitude. This was one of the 5 core members of the financial organisation now and the leader of the external people. He could be considered as someone who held a lot of authority in the Ai Financial Group and was placed in charge of the most important overseas project of the Ai Financial Group.

"What's the matter? Is there still a banquet in the hotel today?"

Cole smiled amiably. He took a look at Ai Hongming's attire and it was clearly a suit for a banquet.

Ai Hongming nodded and answered with a smile, "Yeah. It's the celebratory banquet for the Aisbotan incident. Xiaolu is fond of blowing up a small matter."

Ai Hongming clearly couldn't compete with Ai Xiaolu in competence. This was something that even a passerby could tell. However as the head of the family, one didn't need to be too smart. The important thing was to have the support of others. Therefore, Ai Hongming had focused on forming relationships everywhere.

An old sly fox like Cole naturally knew what Ai Hongming was thinking. Frankly speaking, it would be a very unwise decision to be involved in the internal succession war of the Ai Group as an outsider. However as compared to Ai Xiaolu, he was more fond of Ai Hongming. After all, Ai Hongming shown him more respect and was more reliant on him. As for Ai Xiaolu, she was too smart.

Cole smiled faintly and said, "Practicality is more important when doing things."

"That only seems like a merit. She should think try to recall that if it wasn't for her going to that place, the Group would not have suffered such a great loss. The share price of our Group has fallen by a lot during this period!"

Ai Hongming immediately tried to carry on with the topic to get more benefits. The rest of the people around were all experienced people in business. They only maintained their smiled but did not comment. For them, it would be a good thing when there's internal competition within the Ai Group.

Once he saw Cole showed approval, Ai Hongming got excited immediately. "Although she is my cousin, I still have to say that she is acting too close with that guy called Wang Zheng. It is as though she is willing to continue paying for him. Such casual attitude is not beneficial for the stability of a Group."

Ai Hongming's argument wasn't wrong. For a woman, once she was married, she might disrupt the stability of Ai Group.

Wang Zheng? Cole's eyes immediately changed. He was too sensitive to this name now.

After disrupting Ai Hongming's narration, he asked, "Is he from Earth?"

"Yeah, he's just someone from Earth…" said Ai Hongming while showing clear disdain. Ai Xiaolu really had no foresight and class.

"Where is he?" asked Cole anxiously immediately.

"He should be downstairs…" Ai Hongming was shocked by the loud tone of Cole.

"Hehe. It's true that outstanding talents are usually teenagers. Hmm. I need to pay a visit to this guy named Wang Zheng."

Some of his old friends were all stunned by the words "pay a visit" said by Cole. Who would he need to "pay a visit" to?

At this moment, the celebratory banquet had also reached the climax. The older folks had their showings and the underage people like Loli Ai had left the place. The only thing left was the party show for the teenagers.

The people from Elite Academy X all had a great time. Some of the girls had even started dancing at skin-tight distance. After experience an ordeal on Aisbotan, they would really have needed some stimulation to release the accumulated stress. The ordeal this time had given a lot of students a deep and vivid experience.

Not everyone in the Elite Academy was like Wang Zheng or Olivios who had such ample experience.

Ai Hongming's gaze looked around the crowd, trying to find Wang Zheng. Although he didn't know why Cole was looking for Wang Zheng, he felt that he should be proactive and leave a good impression. This was what he called plotting.

As he found Wang Zheng, his eyelid suddenly twitched. He saw several people walking towards Wang Zheng from the outside. Walking at the very front was Snow Li and another guy!

And the smile Snow Li had when looking at him…

Ai Hongming's eyebrows twitched again. He's feeling really unhappy because he had wooed Snow Li multiple times previously.

"Snow Li, long time no see." Ai Hongming walked ahead quickly, take a look at Ai Xiaolu and put on the airs of a brother.""Where have you been? You are the host of this banquet and not being around is a very rude thing."

Ai Xiaolu felt angry and funny at the same time. She had been avoiding this cousin of hers because she was lazy to deal with him. Yet, she had not expected him to start feeling he was important. It's a good thing to be ambitious but he should have understood his own abilities and intelligence.

"Hi." Snow Li responded faintly. He was the cousin of Ai Xiaolu after all. She would still show the required manners even if Ai Xiaolu wasn't fond of this cousin.

"This is?" Ai Hongming asked as he raised his head and pointed his finger at Wang Zheng.

Those who weren't blind would be able to tell that the way Snow Li looked at Wang Zheng wasn't the typical her.

Wang Zheng smiled, took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Hi, I'm Wang Zheng."

Ai Hongming squinted his eyes. So he was Wang Zheng.

"So you are Wang Zheng. I heard that you did well in Aisbotan this time. Rest assured, our Ai Group wouldn't be stingy and will give you a handsome reward."

Wang Zheng was stunned. Did this guy have some brain damage? With this intelligence, was he really a relative of Ai Xiaolu?

Ai Hongming clearly did it on purpose. If it wasn't for Wang Zheng, Ai Xiaolu might have been… At least she wouldn't be standing here healthy and unharmed. It's really a shame as this was a great opportunity for him to climb the ladder.

However he was destined to accomplished something big and would naturally not lament about such matters. To continue forward and looking forward was the right way to go.

"Oh right, I heard that you are from Earth. What do you have in mind for the future? Are you really going to become a soldier?"

Ai Hongming take a sip of red wine and revealed a light smile. Such a pompous disposition could only be the result of heavy influence by a big family and wasn't something that an ordinary rich second generation could imitate.

Wang Zheng was a little amazed. The Ai Family was indeed something else. Disregarding his capabilities, just this disposition was enough to scare a lot of people. In comparison, the self-proclaimed pretentious Tyrant Su had a lot more to learn from him.

However if Wang Zheng were to speak, he would be clearly seen as being provocative. Ai Hongming was clearly looking for troubles here. Ai Xiaolu was stunned initially but had frowned at this moment. "Ai Hongming, this is enough. It's alright if I have to bear with you but this is my friend."

Wang Zheng smiled. Wouldn't being anxious to argue with this brat pull down his status? He replied faintly, "There's nothing bad about being a soldier."

"Xiaolu, that's not right. I wanted to remind him exactly because he is your friend. Being a soldier is really not good. It's terrible. It's especially so if it was in the Solar System. Heehee. Can it actually be good? Let me see. You have really helped the Hail Cloud Alliance this time and your strength isn't bad. I happen to have a security company under me. Why don't you just come and be a supervisor. As for your monthly salary, just give me a number. If you perform well, you can even get a good bonus. This is a well-paying job."

Ai Hongming was clearly immersed in his image of being a boss with good foresight. He was scrutinising Wang Zheng but his heart was actually cold. When he said these words, he was obviously not trying to recruit Wang Zheng and knew that Wang Zheng would not accept it. He just wanted to bully Wang Zheng in front of Snow Li. Oh woman. It's easy to be superficial when you're young. So what if he could fight? How many of those who were in control of the operations in the world could actually fight?

Snow Li and Ai Xiaolu were both smart people and knew Wang Zheng's personality well. They were too lazy to quarrel with this superficial second generation. However, they weren't willing to tolerate him. It was especially so for Ai Xiaolu. She wouldn't allow anyone to tarnish the standing of the Ai Group in the mind of Wang Zheng.

"Mr Wang Zheng?!" a surprise voice sounded.

Wang Zheng turned around and immediately saw a half-balding middle aged guy walking quickly towards him with a face full of smiles.

Ai Xiaolu who was just beside blinked her eyes constantly. "Uncle Cole, why are you here? Wang Zheng, let me introduce you to him. Uncle Cole is one of the founding member of Ai Group and is primarily responsible for overseas projects. The project on Tita Star this time is also headed by him."

Wang Zheng smiled faintly and continued, "Thank you Mr Cole for supporting the construction of Tita."

"Mr Wang, you are too courteous. We will still need your help. Xiaolu, this friend of yours is really something. You have to entertain him well. Our project on Tita Star would still require his help in many aspects." Cole expressed his stand without doubts. It was especially so after seeing Ai Xiaolu holding on to Wang Zheng's arm.

Inside him, he hoped that Ai Hongming would be more capable. However no matter how he looked, Ai Hongming was just another dumb guy and could only play some small tricks.

"Tita Star has been weak for too long and is now on the rise. With the support of the Ai Group, I can finally feel assured. Xiaolu is a well-known Goddess of Wealth in our Elite Academy!"

Elite Academy… Several thoughts ran through Cole's mind. He didn't knew much about it but understood that there were several elites of the Milky Way Alliance in that place. Disregarding others, their alumni strategies had been very strong.

Foresight determined one's standing. Ai Hongming was focused on the small field on Hail Cloud Alliance all day and was no longer in the same class as Ai Xiaolu anymore.

"Xiaolu symbolizes the Ai Financial Group. We will definitely execute the plans she formulated accurately. You can be sure of it."

After seeing Wang Zheng, Cole decided who he wanted to side. The project on Tita was of utmost importance to him. He couldn't afford any mishaps. Otherwise, there were also many people eyeing for his position.

AI Hongming's face was black with dull green as though he was hit with a hundred Freezing Ice Palms. He didn't say a word for some time and fled after seeing that no one was paying attention to him.