Chapter 413 - Official Rank? (1/2)

For years, Jiang Xianbang had been leading a wandering life all over the world, for example, in Hong Kong, which was both a haven and a resource camp for power brokers from all walks of life, which resulted in the Four Seasons Hotel having an astronomical price for its room rate. The North Tower, anyway, had been a shelter for countless power people who dared not go back home.

The people there had nothing but money. Yet they were still unhappy because they lost the connection with their homeland and their power was no longer useful. They finally realized that money was not almighty, at least, it couldn’t offer them a safe return ticket.

But when money met with the key resources, things could be different. These people would do anything in order to return home from abroad. However, quite a lot of people had involved themselves in dirty things that were not easy to get away with, as a result, the people who got scammed were not in the minority. There were people, in particular, who had known perfectly well that they might be defrauded in the end yet still handed great sums of money over to the middlemen in case they made it, anyway it would be waste paper if money couldn’t get into circulation.

Jiang Xianbang was no exception. He had spent quite a lot of money only to find that Hong Kong was no longer a safe place for him, as a result, he had to move to Singapore, and later Australia.

In Jiang Xianbang’s mind, he had given up hope of going back home and finally came to realize how Yu Guangzhong was feeling when he wrote the famous poetry Nostalgia, which was a true reflection of his own life now.

Yet much to his surprise, Jiang Xianbang found that there might be a turn of events that came from a young man named Qin Sheng.

Jiang Xianbang didn’t know what the young man had been through all these years, yet he chose to trust Qin Sheng still since he made this offer. Based on his knowledge of Qin Sheng and his past acquaintance of all these inside stories, he deemed that the young man wouldn’t bring it up if he wasn’t sure.

Then obviously Jiang Xianbang would take a shot whether it worked out or not; at least he saw a glimpse of hope again.

“Well then, I’ll wait for your call,” Jiang Xianbang nodded and said. He didn’t ask for too many details. Anyway, he had to wait, regardless of how long it would take.

Qin Sheng replied, “Well, Uncle Jiang, you take care.”

“Anyway, thanks,” Jiang Xianbang said with a bitter smile after a sip of his cocktail. He used to call all the shots in his circle back in his county, and now the only thing that was still in his control was his money. He might not look that down and out, but it was quite lonely and suffering for him to live abroad since he knew nothing about English.

Qin Sheng smiled and said, “Uncle Jiang, don’t say that.”

Jiang Xianbang laughed after hearing this, and then he said, “Well, Qin Sheng, since you’ve come back to Shanghai, would you please keep an eye on Qing’er for me. You know, I’m useless now.”

“Uh, can I skip that? She never listened to me.” Qin Sheng glimpsed at Qing’er and sighed. The latter frowned at Qin Sheng, wondering in her heart what they were talking about on the phone.

Jiang Xianbang laughed at his words. He had always known that they were like happy foes whose connection evolved through small arguments and quarrels. Obviously, he didn’t take it to heart and insisted on saying, “All right, she is all yours now and you’ll be held responsible if anything goes wrong. Now, I’ll leave you guys to talk. Catch you later. Bye.”

Qin Sheng told him to take care and hung up the phone.

As soon as he finished the call, Qing’er walked toward Qin Sheng and asked, “What did my uncle tell you?”

“What do you want to know?” Qin Sheng responded by asking this, thinking that the girl really needed to be taught sometime later in order to learn to be polite.

Qing’er stared at Qin Sheng and said, “Everything.”

Qin Sheng was about to tease her by singing a different tune, but he had to hurry back home soon to show up at the scene where his uncle and cousin-in-law would drop by tonight, according to his sister.

Therefore, Qin Sheng told her truthfully, “Nothing special. He asked me to take good care of you since he worries about you and can’t do anything for you when he is alone out of the country.”

Qing’er pouted at him and said, “Do I look like I need your care?”

“Well, great. That’s music to my ears, anyway it skips all the trouble for me.” Qin Sheng shrugged with indifference, rose to his feet, and bid her farewell. “Business is done, I’m off now. See you when necessary.”

He stepped out soon after his words. Yet Qing’er was not about to keep him there either since she felt uncomfortable every time she saw the man. But when Qin Sheng was about to be out of sight, she realized that she hadn’t gotten his phone number, in case she might need his help someday or at least she might want to get some progress about her uncle. So she quickly asked him to stop. “Hey, wait.”

Qin Sheng stopped naturally, turned around, and asked her, “What else? Can’t let me go?”

Qing’er hurried up to him, totally ignored his flirtation, handed her cell phone to him straightforward, and said, “Give me your phone number before you leave, or else, how am I supposed to reach you in case I need you?”

“I thought you’d never want to see me again.” Qin Sheng pretended to be innocent after taking her advantage, yet he still took her phone, dialed in his number, and hung up after it had gone through.