342 New Mars Region! (1/2)

It was as if a hurricane had swept through the room. Everyone's breathing stilled in terror. Li Wan'er, who had destroyed both Zhuo Yixian's voice transmission ring and the video recording, gave Zhuo Yixian a frosty glare. She turned and left with no expression on her face.

The tension in the room didn't go away with her departure. In fact, after she had left, everyone gradually recovered from their earlier fright, and as they recollected what they had seen, their hearts started racing again.

Wang Baole watched as dead silence descended over the group. Zhuo Yixian still seemed to be in a daze. He had a lost look in his eyes. Wang Baole coughed awkwardly. He rose to his feet and patted Zhuo Yixian on his shoulder.

”Yixian, I told you. This matter shouldn't be spoken of, but you… had to ask. Why? You've made a grievous mistake.” Wang Baole sighed and shook his head. He was secretly pleased though. He placed his hands behind his back and strolled out of the room with everyone else staring at him like he was a god.

A few even rushed to see him off. They only managed to barely come to their senses. If the young woman in the video was not Department Head Li, her destroying the video still proved his innocence. Not just that, it also proved the strength of Wang Baole's political backing.

After all, the murkiness of the entire political situation must have reached a certain level for the fair and just Li Wan'er to do what she had done.

However… if the woman in the video was indeed Li Wan'er, then the relationship between the two must not be an ordinary one, seeing how they had spent the night alone in the cave. Either way, it was worth the effort to befriend Wang Baole and repair the damage that had been caused.

As they gave Wang Baole a warm and cordial send-off, the rest fled the room hastily. Before they escaped, though, they all looked at Zhuo Yixian. They all knew. It was highly likely… that this was going to be the end of Zhuo Yixian.

Li Wan'er had clenched her teeth and forced those last words out. The promise of violence in her voice still sent them shivering as they thought back to it.

Zhuo Yixian stood alone in the room as everyone left. The confusion in his eyes slowly turned to horror and panic. Beads of sweat started dripping profusely from his forehead. He was soon drenched in his own cold sweat. The others might not have caught a clear look because of where they stood, but he had been standing right in front of the screen. He had seen most clearly what the others had not.

The video might have been destroyed by Li Wan'er, but as Zhuo Yixian started to recall what he had seen, his face grew paler by the second. He couldn't lie to himself. He had caught a glance at the woman's face in the recording.

She… was Li Wan'er!

The worst was what he knew what the others didn't. He knew that Wang Baole had gone missing for the entire night… he had only appeared back in the city in the afternoon the next day.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

An entire night… Zhuo Yixian shuddered at that thought. His face was drained of blood. He couldn't control the numerous images that flooded his mind… it had been a dark night then. His superior and Wang Baole had spent an entire night together in one room…

Li Wan'er's outburst was the key. That had been rage fueled by embarrassment. It was clear that there was some unspeakable secret between the two of them.

Zhuo Yixian shuddered even more violently at that thought. He was weeping inside. He knew he had done the unforgivable; he had looked into his superior's private affairs. He had looked into her personal, romantic life…

There was a loud buzzing in Zhuo Yixian's head. He felt dizzy. He couldn't forget what Li Wan'er had said to him and the look in her eyes before she had left. It terrified Zhuo Yixian.

He understood Li Wan'er's character. He knew how vicious she could be. She was cold-blooded and merciless, and backed by a powerful family. She was a strong and powerful fighter herself. She was ill-tempered, and there were many rumors surrounding her. Her father was the leader of the Senate. He was a Secondary Rank One Noble. It might seem as if he was the equal of the Martian Colony Governor, but his authority and power was something even the Governor didn't possess.

He was, after all, the leader of the Senate!

The Five Generation Sky Clan was powerful as well, but it was an entity formed from various family clans, and it had suffered losses during the lunar incident. The Zhuo family clan was one of the five most powerful clans in the Five Generation Sky Clan, but it wasn't the only one. Zhuo Yixian was only the eldest son of the Zhuo family clan. He couldn't compare with Li Wan'er. They were worlds apart.

Furthermore… Li Wan'er was his superior on Mars. This fact alone nearly drove Zhuo Yixian to tears. He thought about how he had arrived at Mars, his initial fears, and how he had toed the line. At the same time, he had great ambitions and had wanted to make a name for himself. Now… he had only despair.

He had no energy left to concern himself with Wang Baole. He left the room hastily and got a voice transmission ring off someone. He immediately sent a transmission to his father.