Chapter 1234 - Power is A Glass of Poisoned Wine (2/2)

After she exploded on him, Lin Lin did not give Jiang Chen the chance to tease her back before she ended the communication furiously.

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Shangjing, west of the Forbidden City.

At the gate of the community that was heavily guarded, a car with a military license plate stopped slowly in front of the barrier.

A soldier wearing the uniform of the special operations brigade stepped forward, checked the driver’s ID, gave a standard military salute, stepped aside, and then gestured to the guard inside the checkpoint to let the car pass.

The car stopped in front of a beautiful house. Wu Changfeng took a deep breath, pushed open the car door, and walked towards the house with two bodyguards in suits.

Inside the tearoom, a calm and relaxed old man who was enjoying his tea. However, when he saw Wu Chengfeng, he immediately put down his cup and asked with a slight eagerness in his tone.

“How is the situation?”

“He agreed!” Wu Changfeng restrained the excitement in his heart and tried his best to make his expression look calmer, “Celestial Trade will hold a summit at the end of the month to disclose the findings on Mars to the public…”

After the old man listened to Wu Changfeng’s words, he beamed with joy and nodded with a relieved smile.

“Agreed? That’s great. You did a very good job on this matter, it’s a great achievement!”

“I don’t dare,” Wu Changfeng smiled modestly, “I just conveyed the central government’s messaged to him. How dare I claim the credit?”

“Little Wu.”

“What else? Chief commander?” Wu Changfeng respectfully asked.

The old chief commander stared at Wu Changfeng’s face for a long time, before he suddenly said with seriousness.

“You have become younger.”

Wu Changfeng’s heart stopped beating for an instant, his expression stiffened slightly, and his Adam’s apple moved.

“It’s good to be young. When I was still in the rural area, I also used to run around in the countryside. My legs and feet in my forties were better than those in their 20s.” The old man did not seem to notice the subtle changes on Wu Changfeng’s face as he just laughed with some emotion, “Once you’re free, you’ll get old.”

“We have caught up with a great era, and what we need is capable talents like you! The next generation will push us forward, and the future of the country requires the new generation like you to work hard.”

The old chief commander seemed to feel melancholic over his past as he began to speak about his past.

But after Wu Changfeng heard what the old commander said, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile through his stiffness

“Thank you for your support.”

He didn’t find out…

To be honest, he felt perplexed, and he even hesitated a few times to confess about the vaccine to the old commander who promoted him. But in the end, he chose to remain silent

Just as Jiang Chen once told him.

Power is a glass of poisoned wine.

Now, as he stood, he added another sentence to it.

Eternal life is too.

If power and immortality were mixed together, its toxicity would be even deadlier than arsenic.

This was true for both individuals and countries…