Chapter 313: Hope City (III) (1/2)
Chapter 313: Hope City (III)
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Half an hour later, the group was sent to the hostel in the city.
A civil officer had made arrangements for their rooms. Just before he left, he suddenly received a phone call. After hanging up, he turned towards Luo Yuan and respectfully said, ”Mr. Luo, the mayor wishes to see you.”
His expression looked slightly confused. In order to improve the government’s efficiency after the apocalypse, there had been some shifts to the administration system. At the moment, the bureaucracy was according to a mayor administration, with the mayor as the highest-ranking official.
Nonetheless, although both were of a mayor position, the status of the mayor in the strategic Hope City compared to the mayor in the small Desert City at the border was vastly different. If they had to be compared, the equivalent to their differences was akin to a provincial level to a local officer.
Luo Yuan recovered from his slight excitement, and calmed down, ”Sorry to trouble you.”
No, no… it is no trouble at all. Mr. Luo, you are being far too polite.”
The government officer seemed to be overwhelmed by the flattery.
”You guys do not have to wait up for me. Take some rest after dinner. I should be back soon,” Luo Yuan put down his sword and said to Huang Jiahui.
Luo Yuan followed the officer and left the guest room. About ten minutes later, he entered the municipal government building.
”You are Luo Yuan, aren’t you? I am the mayor’s secretary, Lai Yonglai. The mayor has been waiting for you for some time now. Please come with me,” said a muscular middle-aged man, who approached Luo Yuan just as he entered the hall.
His gait was as confident as a tiger. His foot was planted firmly on the ground, while his eyesight was sharp and alert. Such a person, even if he was not one of the evolved persons, he very well should have been one of the practitioners of the evolution. However, according to the customary selection rule during the apocalypse, the secretary would have to be both an evolved person, as well as a practitioner, with indomitable strength.
”Sorry to trouble you, Secretary Lai. Please, do lead the way,” Luo Yuan flashed a smile after noticing that the secretary had no intention to shake hands.
Secretary Lai did not speak; his face remained expressionless with an unwelcoming look. He studied Luo Yuan from head to toe, as though scanning for any hidden weapons, and was inclined to conduct a body search on him, no less.
Ultimately, Secretary Lai did not carry out a body-search. For an evolved human, if he ever intended to kill an ordinary human, he will easily assassinate, even without a weapon.
Observing the other party staring at him, was like coming face to face with an enemy of the same rank. Luo Yuan did not mind at all, as he knew fairly well that everyone was neither obliged to be polite to him nor required to like him.
Although it was already ten o'clock in the evening, the building was still full of people coming and going; hustling and bustling about.
The two of them soon walked to the mayor’s office located at the most inner part of the building. Secretary Lai walked up, knocked on the door and said softly, ”Mayor, Luo Yuan has arrived.”
”Let him in!” The voice coming from the other side of the door was husky and deep, giving an impression of an elderly person.
Secretary Lai shot a warning look at Luo Yuan, and gestured him to enter. Luo Yuan pushed the door open and went in.
”You must be Mr. Luo, the comrade! Have a seat,” chuckled a man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties with almost-white hair, donning a pair of black-framed reading glasses. Upon seeing Luo Yuan coming in, he took them off.
Luo Yuan hesitated for a moment, and took a seat on the couch by the side.
”Comrade Luo, I hope you don’t mind my summoning you here at such a late hour?” The old man smiled and asked politely.