Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

Chapter 252 Achieved, Rising Step by Step, and Received a Random Reward! (First Update)

I finished dealing with Chen Duo's matter just as it was time to get off work.

After Zhou Fengliu dismissed everyone from get off work, he took Chen Duo and Zhang Lingyu to a place in Guangzhou to have a quick dinner.

Guangzhou was indeed hot, and the girls on the street were dressed very lightly. Zhou Fengliu sat on a chair, watching the pedestrians on the street, and occasionally heard sounds like "meow" and "handsome guy".

Just as Zhou Fengliu was sizing her up, Chen Duo, who had hesitated for a long time, finally spoke and asked Zhou Fengliu:

"Were you lying just now?"

As the person involved, Chen Duo was well aware of the scene when she killed Liao Zhong. Apart from Ma Xianhong waiting for her outside, no one had instigated her.

"What lie?"

"That one about the whole sect's seduction..."

Hearing Chen Duo's words, Zhou Fengliu looked at Chen Duo and replied:

"If you think it's a lie, then it's a lie; if you think it's not a lie, then it's not a lie."

"Anyway, what I said is true, at least the higher-ups think it's true."

After hearing Zhou Fengliu's answer, Chen Duo still didn't understand the intricacies of his words. She remained silent for two seconds before saying:

"I'm so sorry, Uncle Liao..."

Returning to South China, a place she was somewhat familiar with, certain memories inevitably flashed through her mind.

Liao Zhong was very good to her, but unfortunately... he never understood what she truly wanted.

"What's the use of saying sorry now? What's done is done. Instead of saying sorry, it's better to live well."

"Instead of saying sorry and spending your time in regret, I believe Brother Liao would rather you live according to your own wishes."

Life mentor Zhou Fengliu is back online, casually feeding Chen Duo a dose of inspirational wisdom.

Speaking of Liao Zhong's death, if it weren't for Lao Ma's self-righteousness, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

It's just a cruel twist of fate... He died because of a plot device.

Seeing that he seemed to have thought of something else, he continued:

"By the way... this meal is on you. If I hadn't been there just now... no one would have accepted your apology."

"My treat?"

Upon hearing that she was to be treated, Chen Duo glanced at Zhou Fengliu, then silently nodded and whispered:

"it is good."

"Tsk... Your expression makes it seem like I'm bullying you. Did I bully you?" Zhou Fengliu asked Chen Duo.

"No..."

"If you don't have one, cheer up. Don't look so gloomy. It's always good for girls to smile more."

As soon as Zhou Fengliu finished speaking, three bowls of braised pork trotters with rice were served, and his attention was then drawn to the rice.

Don't say it.

The food was really good, even better than the high-end chefs that Yanzi had treated him to. It suited his ordinary palate.

After finishing dinner, Zhou Fengliu, who was tired from a long day, prepared to find a place to stay nearby to rest.

Originally, the South China branch had employee dormitories, but Zhou Fengliu still planned to find a place to live outside. After all, he lived like this in North China, and there was also a housing subsidy from above, so why not take advantage of it?

That night, he took Zhang Lingyu and Chen Duo to a hotel to make do for the night, and they would look for a place to live the next day.

He had a peaceful night. Apart from Xu Si calling to ask how he was doing in South China, no one else contacted him.

The next day.

During their usual working hours, Zhou Fengliu and Zhang Lingyu arrived at the South China branch to clock in.

Since Liao Zhong's death left the position of regional head vacant, the entire South China region was directly taken over by headquarters for a period of time. After a thorough internal and external investigation, no major troubles have occurred in South China recently.

As the newly appointed head of the South China region, Zhou Fengliu had a very busy day.

He spent the morning receiving internal information from the South China region.

This includes, but is not limited to, the jurisdiction of South China, the group leaders of each jurisdiction, the folk supernatural forces within the jurisdiction of South China, and the number of supernatural beings in South China recorded in the archives, etc.

As the southern gateway of the country, the South China region borders Southeast Asian countries in some areas, requiring constant monitoring of illegal entry by foreign nationals, which is a considerable workload.

Even with Ah Yu Zhenren's help in sharing some of the work, this information was still overwhelming.

During his rare free time at noon, he spent his time mingling with the employees at the branch office, getting scourds for insider gossip.

And what about the afternoon?

He didn't catch any fish either.

After his lunch break, he went to various districts for on-site inspections... to strengthen communication with the grassroots team leaders in each district...

After a day's work, Zhou Fengliu realized for the first time how enjoyable it was to slack off in North China, and how tiring it was to be a leader.

In addition, he became even more determined to train Zhang Lingyu to be a beast of burden.

Oh no.

He's a managerial talent, an expert in internal management. For internal matters, look to Zhang Lingyu; for external matters, look to him...

This Master Ayu was the helper that the Celestial Master sent to him.

Not only that... he should promote more outstanding employees at the grassroots level who are being overlooked due to bad practices. If they are gold, then they must be brought out to shine and unleash their talents.

Only when there are more outstanding employees can he, the head of the South China region, enjoy a peaceful life.

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[Successfully clocked out of get off work]

[Gained Qi +110]

【Lucky +1】

【…】

[Achieve milestones, advance through the ranks, and receive random rewards]

[Skill acquired: Qi Devouring]

When the familiar system voice rang in his ears, Zhou Fengliu was slightly taken aback.

He seemed to have gone some time without hearing any notifications from the system about his achievements.

It's been a long time since he last achieved something and gained a skill.

I took a month-long administrative leave, which was great, but I missed out on a lot of achievements and rewards.

Zhou Fengliu opened the system and briefly checked the skill called Qi Devouring.

【Qi Devouring】

[Active skill: Allows you to compress the Qi within your body into a colorless, odorless, and invisible Qi ball and store it inside your body. The more extreme the compression, the smaller the Qi ball becomes. When using Qi Devouring, your own aura will completely disappear.]

[When Qi is poisoned, the meridians are damaged first. After the Qi enters the opponent's Qi field, it dissolves the Qi in the Dantian and prevents the generation of Qi. Unless the Qi in the poison is completely exhausted, it will continue to dissolve the Qi in the body of the person poisoned... until the person poisoned dies.]

After reading the introduction, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow slightly. The more he read, the more familiar it seemed.

This skill... seems pretty powerful.

Colorless, odorless, and formless... it can also conceal one's aura when used. If it were used for a sneak attack... who wouldn't be caught off guard?

Furthermore, the description of what happens after being affected is equivalent to directly neutralizing the supernatural person's methods at their root.

Without Qi... how can one be considered an extraordinary person?

The more Qi he absorbs and compresses without dissipating, wouldn't that essentially turn a superhuman into an ordinary person, unable to use Qi anymore?

Zhou Fengliu imagined it for a moment and found the method quite interesting.

Simply banning the blue bar would be acceptable...

Chapter 253 There aren't that many suitable places in the world; it's just that the person in charge did it intentionally.

With a tentative mindset, Zhou Fengliu began to compress the Qi within his body according to the Qi Devouring method.

After several simple compressions, a small, colorless, and formless ball of Qi, about the size of a fist, appeared in front of him, clinging to the air.

Although he could sense the presence of this Qi, to outsiders, unless they used special observation methods to examine it carefully, they would not be able to detect the Qi Devouring floating in the air in front of him.

It seems a bit big?

Zhou Fengliu glanced at it, then tried to compress it again, and the fist-sized Qi Devouring shrank even further.

Feeling the unremarkable Qi Devouring before him, Zhou Fengliu stroked his chin.

For some reason... he always felt that the effect of this Qi Devouring technique was somewhat like a Frankenstein's monster.

What was stitched up?

Zhou Fengliu thought for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on and raised an eyebrow.

Dan Shi... plus a high-end version of the Divine Spirit?