Once, I wanted to be a good person

If it weren't for the fact that this was their first mission, the Special Service Department would never have agreed to let Fang Ze redeem himself.

Hearing that even the Special Service Department had said so, Fang Ze was now pretty flush with cash, so... he immediately used the Si Family's annual quota to pay the bill.

'Hm... Consider this maid purchased to assist Miaomiao. I'm just borrowing her...'

However, it was precisely because of this transaction that Fang Ze suddenly realized why, not long ago, the Jiang Family had so naturally proposed to trade with him using 10 Different Race beauties as chips. Because the price of 10 Different Race beauties was indeed steep!

As a result, he carelessly gifted them to Bai Zhi!

Fang Ze was infuriated! Had he known, he would have just borrowed them! He could have earned some extra Credit Points!

Eventually, after obtaining the consent of several Different Race maids, the transaction was formally completed.

Upon learning that they had been redeemed by Fang Ze, the Different Race maids nearly cried with excitement.

Clearly, for these unfortunate souls, a fate of being playthings and spies was too tragic! Given a choice, they would have preferred to just be ordinary maids.

Especially since Fang Ze was handsome and the Family Head of a newly established noble family, if they performed well, they could possibly secure a position within the family in the future. For people of their background, this was an extremely valuable opportunity!

Therefore, after receiving the notification from the Special Service Department, their first reaction was to use all their wiles to serve Fang Ze well!

Fang Ze: ....

Fang Ze... Isn't this really "biting the hand that feeds you"?! You guys are just after my body, aren't you?!

....

While Fang Ze and his maids were frolicking, at this moment, the Governing Hall of Emerald City was shrouded in gloom.

Following Jiang Cheng's demand for all departments to work overtime last night, today he convened the heads of various departments again and proposed a new policy: shifting work schedules!

Jiang Cheng's reasoning was very straightforward: This was indeed a special period. Miaohua City was still experiencing a massive disaster. As a directly administered high-level city, Emerald City should do its utmost to strive for an early resolution of this crisis!

Thus, to speed up the rescue efforts and resolve the Black Buddha issue as soon as possible, Jiang Cheng required the departments to split in half, with one group working during the day and the other at night, ensuring a 24-hour rotation.

This reason seemed very plausible at first glance.

But upon closer consideration, the departments felt it was nonsense!

Almost all residents of Miaohua City had been evacuated, leaving only a stubborn group refusing to leave. Whether they could be persuaded to leave depended on force and the terms offered, which had nothing to do with the Governing Hall's efficiency.

As for solving the case, that was even more far-fetched. Cases caused by special abilities were under the jurisdiction of the Security Bureau. Jiang Cheng didn't make the Security Bureau work around the clock but had the Governing Hall do it, which was absurd!

Although the departments all sensed something amiss and had inquired with Jiang Cheng about it, he stubbornly insisted that he just wanted to speed up work efficiency.

With rank pulling weight and no alternative, the various departments of the Governing Hall had to pull another all-nighter.

The civil servants of the Governing Hall, unlike those at the Security Bureau, were mostly ordinary people. So after 72 hours of non-stop work, they were all beginning to feel overwhelmed.

As a Yang Transformation stage cultivator, Jiang Cheng was still holding up. But he had also realized that if things continued this way, it wouldn't work. Even if he wasn't killed by Fang Ze, he would collapse from exhaustion!

Sure enough, just as he expected.

The next day, as the morning sun rose slowly, Jiang Cheng left the meeting room exhausted, only to receive another note from Fang Ze.

The moment he saw the note, a myriad of ominous premonitions flooded Jiang Cheng's heart.

Indeed, when he unfolded the note, it brazenly stated,

[Last night my maids learned some new positions, and I, for a time, was so engrossed that I forgot our appointment to kill you again. My apologies.]

[I am a man of my word. Having stood you up for two consecutive days, I shall spare you today. But at midnight tomorrow, you're a dead man!]

[Fang Ze.]

And along with the note was a photograph of Fang Ze surrounded by several stunning maids.

In the photo, Fang Ze was smiling so wide that all his teeth showed, utterly brilliant.

Jiang Cheng: .....

"What the hell is all this!"

To tell the truth, Jiang Cheng had already gotten used to Fang Ze's shamelessness, but he really didn't expect it to be this shameless! Blowing him off for two days was bad enough, but to actually send him a photo!

It's bad enough to send a photo, but then to tell him he won't come tonight and will kill him instead tomorrow evening!

Should he let the people of the Governing Hall keep him company tonight or not?

Jiang Cheng felt like he was going mad!

He calmed down and pondered the note Fang Ze had sent him.

He felt... he couldn't take it lightly.

Fang Ze was always unpredictable. Saying he would kill him tomorrow night could very well mean he planned to catch Jiang Cheng off guard tonight!

Thus, he couldn't relax tonight; instead, he had to be even more vigilant!

Thinking this, Jiang Cheng, who hadn't slept for 72 hours and had bloodshot eyes, solemnly nodded: Yes, that must be it!

...

Although Fang Ze was unaware of Jiang Cheng's inner thoughts at this time, he had roughly guessed Jiang Cheng's actions.

After "scanning" Jiang Cheng, the Tianhua God concluded that Jiang Cheng's foundation was unstable, purely boosted by resources.