After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

inside the car.

Zhou Yan sat in the back seat, and Zhu Que sat in the front passenger seat.

After sitting down, Zhou Yan kept staring at the back of Zhuque's neck.

Ever since he killed the blond boy yesterday, Zhou Yan had been waiting for Zhuque to come and ask him about the situation, but so far, Zhuque has not come to ask him anything.

It's as if killing someone and having Suzaku handle the aftermath is something so normal that there's no need to know the details, or rather, Suzaku already knows the details but doesn't want to say anything about it.

Zhou Yan's phone rang at that moment.

Zhou Yan withdrew his gaze from Zhuque, took out his phone from his pocket, and opened it to find a WeChat message from Wu Shanfu.

Wu Shanfu: Master, I understand what you did yesterday, but something seems off about what happened next.

Below is a video.

Zhou Yan opened it out of curiosity.

The video filled the entire phone screen. In the video, the blond boy who was killed by Zhou Yan yesterday was surrounded by a group of people in front of a car. Zhou Yan, or rather, a young man who looked familiar to Zhou Yan, got out of the passenger seat and walked up to the blond boy.

The blond boy said coldly.

"You think you can come here for revenge?"

The next moment, the guy with features completely different from Zhou Yan drew his sword and chopped off the blond boy's hands and feet.

The scene ends here.

Wu Shanfu continued sending messages.

Wu Shanfu: Senior, starting yesterday, someone posted a video of you killing someone, but the person in the video is not you. I checked, and it seems that this video has already reached number one on the trending searches of Juxin (the largest portal website in the Eastern Xia United States).

Zhou Yan quit WeChat and joined Juxin, China's largest portal website, which has a trending topics list indicating the topics that the public is most interested in over a period of time.

And right now, the top trending topic is "Our Heroes".

Click on the video, and you'll see the video of the young man impersonating Zhou Yan killing the blond boy.

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment and suddenly realized that this familiar-looking guy was the one who walked at the front during yesterday's parade, claiming to be an awakened student from Xuanwu Academy and wanting to restrict the power of awakened people.

Scrolling down the video, sure enough, the guy impersonating him was the same young man who had appeared on TV before, claiming to be guiding the spirit of the new era's awakened.

It's possible that this young man previously said he wanted to restrict the power of the awakened ones and punish the blond boy who killed the female college student. Now that the video of the blond boy being killed has been released, the comments section has exploded.

As Zhou Yan read on, he saw that everyone was saying that this student from Xuanwu Academy was a modern-day knight-errant and the hope of the people.

However, it was later revealed that because of the video, the Xuanwu Academy student had been arrested and taken into custody by the police for investigation.

This comment drew a barrage of insults.

They say that when criminals commit crimes, the government does nothing, but when someone punishes the criminals, the government starts to take action.

This attitude is subtle.

Zhou Yan knew very well that Zhuque had already taken care of the matter, and that he had even killed the blond boy himself. Now that this strange video had come out, the young man from Xuanwu Academy was probably trying to take credit for killing the criminal who had aroused public outrage.

And there won't be any consequences if we take this on, because he really didn't kill this person.

Therefore, the police would at most take a few statements and then release the Xuanwu Academy students, and then handle the Zhang family's dump truck massacre case according to Zhuque's wishes.

This student simply created a video that was supposed to be an AI face-swapping app, and yet it gained immense trust and admiration from the public.

In addition, this young man said he would lead a new trend among the awakened ones in the future...

Sure, this young man is probably going to go into politics in the future. Right now, he's building up his public image and trying to make people like him.

The vehicle began to slow down and stopped after ten seconds. The driver then spoke.

"Gentlemen, we've arrived at the Capitol Building."

Zhou Yan put down his phone and looked out the window.

Outside the window, a 30-story classical building appeared at one end of the street. Hundreds of reporters surrounded the building, and hundreds of police officers formed a security cordon to prevent the reporters from entering.

Cars came from the other end of the street, and people Zhou Yan often saw on television got out. As soon as these people appeared, countless reporters swarmed around them and asked all sorts of random questions.

"Little guy."

Suzaku, sitting in the passenger seat, spoke.

"Is this your first time at the Capitol Building?"

Zhou Yan hummed in agreement.

The boy rolled down the car window and squinted at the central building of power in the Eastern Xia United States.

This building houses many powerful figures who can influence countless people with a stomp of their foot, and many laws that can change the fate of countless people by simply altering a single word.

And now, he was actually able to accompany Suzaku into this power hub, discussing the future of the country with those important figures.

Just a month ago, he was a high school student in the countryside.

impermanence of life.

……

Daxing Hotel, 5th floor, room 513.

Xu Hai'an, dressed in pajamas, sat on the edge of the double bed in the bedroom. On the other side of the bed, a little girl was fast asleep.

Xu Hai'an glanced back at his newly bought toy, then took out his phone and entered his WeChat group. The group contained more than twenty of Xu Hai'an's friends, who were also wealthy businessmen with the same interest as him: finding cute girls to play with. Nowadays, many of these businessmen have posted pictures of cute girls in the group and invited their friends to get together later, saying that it would be more fun if everyone had fun together.

As Xu Hai'an watched, a smile crept onto his lips.

However, after only half of the checkmark was completed, Xu Hai'an's phone displayed a caller ID showing an unknown number.

Xu Hai'an clicked on it out of curiosity, and then a soft, sweet voice came out.

"Hello, are you the young man who took the elevator yesterday?"

Xu Hai'an opened his mouth in surprise, then he remembered that he had met an adorable little girl yesterday and had even given her boyfriend or brother a business card.

But didn't I give the business card to that guy?

Why is it this little girl making the phone call?

"Big brother, my boyfriend said you're a bad person and doesn't want me to meet you, but I think you're a good person and I want to be your friend."

A soft, sweet voice came from the phone again.

As someone in his fifties and considered an elite in his industry, Xu Hai'an immediately recognized that although the girl's voice was soft and sweet, and conveyed a sense of innocence, the underlying cunning and manipulative nature was undeniable.

This green tea loli is clearly trying to have her cake and eat it too.

Damn, kids these days are too good at having fun. They're already keeping backup options at this age.

But it doesn't matter, Xu Hai'an himself doesn't want to take responsibility, it's best if we just have fun and then break up.

Xu Hai'an chuckled.

"Of course I'm not a bad person, little one. Where are you? Let's meet. Uncle, no, I mean, brother, will take you to buy some clothes and some nice toys, how about that?"

"Yes, I'm at the Zero Degree Milk Tea shop on the second floor right now."

"I'll be right down."

Xu Hai'an went out to change his clothes, put on his shoes, and went downstairs to the milk tea self-service shop on the second floor. The incredibly cute little girl he had just met yesterday was sitting in a chair, sipping her milk tea while rocking her little penis, which was clad in black stockings.

Xu Hai'an straightened his tie and went inside. The little girl happened to peek over and their eyes met. Xu Hai'an was surprised to find that the little girl looked to be only about fifteen years old, but the charm in her eyes was completely different from the children he had played with before.

It's a kind of charm that only mature people possess, an indescribable and captivating allure.

Yet this mature charm is embodied in a child.

It gives you an irresistible feeling of being half-cooked, making you want to take a bite.

At this moment, Xu Hai'an had the same thought as Zhang Yuan back then.

The little girl across from me is absolutely gorgeous.

Xu Hai'an walked to the little girl's side with a smile, and the little girl, Xiao Yanjun, smiled and said.

"Uncle, my boyfriend isn't here today, can you play with me for a bit?"

Xu Hai'an's eyes lit up.

This is……

A Tauren invitation?

Xu Hai'an glanced at Xiao Yanjun and then sighed inwardly.

Young man (Zhou Yan), your girlfriend is amazing.

But now it's mine.

Chapter Twenty-Six: The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives, third floor of the Capitol Building.

The House of Representatives of the Eastern Xia United States has a typical cinema structure, with a row of judges' seats at the front, including the speaker, and a circular tiered arrangement of seats for the members of the House of Representatives at the back.

When Zhou Yan was led in by Zhuque, the House of Representatives seats were already filled with people, some old and some young, each sitting in their own small group, clearly divided.

Zhuque led Zhou Yan to a corner to sit down.

As soon as I sat down, a lot of reporters, news cameramen, and various members of parliament came to the door.

Ten minutes later, Xuanwu, the president, vice president, and members of the House of Representatives of the Eastern Xia Federation walked in. As soon as the core of power of the entire Eastern Xia Federation appeared, countless cameras and lights shone on this group of people.

The group walked to the referee's seat at the front and sat down.

All the other reporters and their cameras began to be positioned.

The president of the Eastern Xia United States pulled out a stack of press releases, smiled at the camera, and then spoke.

"To all citizens of the Eastern United States, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to visit the Congress..."

A long, formulaic statement.

A corner of the House of Representatives.

The Azure Dragon, hidden among several groups of congressmen, nudged the Eastern Star Lord beside him.

Dongdou Xingjun looked at Qinglong with a puzzled expression, and Qinglong nodded his chin in the direction of Zhuque.

Dongdou Xingjun looked in that direction, and Qinglong asked in a low voice.

"That guy is the Six-Eared Macaque?"

Dongdou Xingjun glanced at Zhou Yan, and the true god squinted his eyes and said.

"Probably. The only ones that Suzaku can keep by his side, besides that monkey, are that ginseng spirit."

Qinglong nodded to himself.

The referee's stand in front.

After the president finished reading the lengthy, template speech, and after the applause of the six hundred House members who had also given the same template speech, the Speaker of the House took over.

“Three days ago, our House of Representatives passed the New Tax Act. All of us members felt that the country had been too lenient in regulating the free market, which led to many tax crimes. In order to solve this problem, we hope that the taxation of all companies registered in our country can be unified. This is the key point of the new tax act that we have discussed.”

The Speaker of the House read it once, then looked up at the thirty-five seats at the front of the House, the major capitalists who held a monopoly in the Eastern Xia United States.

The Speaker of the House glanced at these people and said respectfully.

"Next, let's invite the most outstanding and talented businessmen in our country to offer their opinions."

The camera then pans to the front row of the House seats, focusing on the invited monopolistic capitalists.

An elderly man in his eighties, who was sitting in the very center, stood up.

Zhuque, who was in the corner, immediately turned her head to Zhou Yan and whispered.

"This bastard is called Ma Renjia, and he has monopolized our country's social media platforms and entertainment industry."

Zhou Yan nodded.

More than 40% of people worldwide use this Ma Renjia's WeChat and Juxin social media platforms. Every presidential election, this Ma Renjia's social media platforms can collect a large sum of money because presidential candidates have to promote themselves on this big capitalist's business empire.

With such vast social resources, this tycoon also invested in countless movies and games in the first thirty years, and now holds huge stakes in the world's top three game companies.

This is a capitalist who can be described as a domestic behemoth. When the government wanted to seize his wealth, he actually smiled and said something.

"I have no objection to the government's taxation requirements. I will submit our company's financial report for this year to the government later, and we will pay the taxes as soon as possible after the New Year."