The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 100 Holding a grudge
Hua Xu didn't stay in the apartment for long before leaving.

In the 400-square-meter apartment, Lu Siqi stood alone in the living room and looked around. The emptiness made her feel lonely. Although the conditions here were much better than the tattoo shop, she still missed her old attic room terribly.

The attic was small and simple, but it was cozy and full of life.

Especially... there's Mu Sen and Duanzi.

Just as Mu Sen's face was about to appear in her mind, Lu Siqi quickly banished the emerging image, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the bustling city view in the distance.

Looking at the tall buildings outside, she recalled that she had mistakenly believed her father had partnered with the Huaxi Group to open a casino in Bangnan; before resigning and going to the Jianghong border as an informant, she had done a detailed study of the country of Bangnan.

She knew that she was currently in Samjang, the capital of Bonan.

Sam Giang is the largest city in Bang Nam and the country's economic and trade center.

Unlike other underdeveloped cities, Sanjiang is incredibly prosperous, with skyscrapers, commercial centers, and lavishly decorated casinos everywhere.

If you only visit the Three Rivers region when you come to Bangnan, you won't really feel the poverty and backwardness of this country.

Out of the corner of her eye, Lu Siqi noticed a magnificent temple not far away, and then she remembered that Bangnan was also a Buddhist country; 95 percent of the people here were Buddhists.

Such a religious country has become a haven for countless fraudsters and drug traffickers, and a hell for women.

Because of rampant prostitution, gambling, and drugs here, countless women are forced into prostitution.

The powerful interest chains behind them have made these industries the economic pillars of Bangnan.

As a major agricultural country, Bonan has abandoned traditional crops due to profit motives, with most people turning to poppy cultivation to provide raw materials for drug manufacturers.

The ubiquitous casinos and underground brothels undoubtedly became venues for countless people to seek pleasure.

Gambling is strictly prohibited for local residents of Pangnam, and casinos are only open to foreigners. As a result, a large number of foreigners have flocked here to gamble and have fun.

A country that relies on the gambling, prostitution, and drug industry chain as its primary source of income becomes a safe haven for Huaxi Group.

After all, Huaxi Group was secretly involved in prostitution, gambling, and drugs.

When Lu Siqi realized that Hua Xu's purpose in choosing to cooperate with them was to bring down her adoptive father, Hua Dongchen, and destroy the harmful businesses of Huaxi Group, her brows furrowed slightly.

Because she knew all too well how difficult it would be to bring down Hua Dongchen in such a country.

Previously, the Special Administrative Region had sent many undercover agents, but after only a few months, they all disappeared without a trace and could no longer be contacted.

Some even died tragically in foreign lands after their identities were exposed.

If it weren't for Huaxi Group using new media platforms to cultivate internet celebrities and livestreamers, and exaggerating the situation in Bangnan by fabricating stories that they all easily became rich after going to these countries, this would have been a huge success.

They then gain attention and trust from fans by flaunting their wealth, and use their popularity and influence as internet celebrities to lure many Chinese people to work in Bangnan, where they then defraud and extort them, or entice them to engage in fraudulent work.

In the past six months, the police have received more than 2000 reports of missing persons, all of which are related to these internet celebrities.

After investigating these online celebrities, it was discovered that they were all connected to the notorious Wah Hei Group. In order to prevent the people of Hong Kong from being deceived again, the Special Administrative Region formulated this "purge plan".

The determination behind this plan was to completely collapse the Huaxi Group; otherwise, they wouldn't have stopped Mu Sen, their informant, before he was about to retire from the criminal world. Mu Sen had been an undercover agent in Bangnan for eight years, during which time he rose from a lowly henchman to the leader of the Qingzhu Gang. He rescued over 1000 abducted women and over 300 kidnapped individuals, dismantled their organization, and arrested all their drug traffickers within the country.

Therefore, given his past undercover experience and his understanding of countries like Bonan, he is undoubtedly the best candidate for the position of commander-in-chief.

Thinking back to how Nati, the new leader of the Green Bamboo Gang, showed no hatred towards Mu Sen upon meeting him at Xiaomopo, but instead displayed extreme respect, Lu Siqi sincerely admired this man.

To be able to keep his former subordinates from harboring any hatred requires exceptional emotional intelligence; otherwise, how could he command the utmost respect from the remaining members of the gang?

After realizing all this, Lu Siqi finally understood why she had the illusion that this man liked her when she was at the Lin family's house in Hong Kong.

Mu Sen didn't actually like her; it was just a normal state of mind.

She mistakenly took the man's usual kindness towards his subordinates as "liking" him.

Otherwise, given Mu Sen's high emotional intelligence, if he liked a woman, he would never let her constantly feel lost and suspicious.

Just like back in Beicheng, he wasn't afraid of Gu Shi, who was then the deputy director of the Special District Police Bureau, and still expressed his love for Gu Shi's ex-wife, Song Nuan.

After figuring it out, Lu Siqi found herself no longer agonizing over how to face Mu Sen in the future.

She misunderstood before; she had developed feelings she shouldn't have within the rules of the game she had set.

Even if Mu Sen does like her, they are not suitable to be in a relationship.

Because she could never see through this man, she knew that dating him would be exhausting.

Therefore, what she needs to do now is to take back her heart and stop having any expectations or fantasies about a man who doesn't belong to her.

Back in her bedroom, Lu Siqi took the initiative to send a message to Mu Sen, as she usually did when reporting her work, informing him that she had arrived at Bangnan Sanjiang and inquiring about the next task arrangements.

Musen didn't see the news until the next day.

After drinking too much and sleeping all day, I saw several missed calls and unread text messages on my phone. When I opened them, I found that one of them was from Lu Siqi.

I was instantly wide awake and immediately opened my text message.

[I have arrived at Sanjiang. Commander Mu, please provide further instructions for the next mission.]

Commander Mu?
They've only been gone for less than a day, and they're already calling him so politely.

They've stopped using WeChat and switched to text messaging instead.

How much does she want to sever ties with him?
He called back, got out of bed, picked up a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and when he heard the call connect, Mu Sen exhaled a smoke ring and spoke first: "I really don't know what you're thinking, woman?"

He took a drag of his cigarette and walked towards the window. "I let you go to Bangnan with Huaxu, and I've tried my best to meet your demands. Why are you still angry with me?"

Sensing the impatience in his tone, Lu Siqi got up and left the restaurant, heading towards her bedroom. "I'm not angry with you."

Seeing Hua Xu come downstairs, she gestured to him that she was on the phone before continuing, "I will go to Huaxi Group with President Hua at 8:30. If you have any new arrangements, you can give me instructions at any time."