A moment later, Wang Fan fell into deep thought, gazing at the divinatory trigrams.
He suddenly harbored a sliver of doubt about his own readings, feeling as though the trigrams were playing a trick on him.
However, he recalculated multiple times, only to find the trigrams remained unchanged.
“What does the divination show?” Zhao Yunhai, seeing Wang Fan’s silence, wondered if something had changed.
“Waiting for a rabbit to come to the stump,” Wang Fan said, rubbing his temples, a wry smile on his lips.
“The trigrams display it this way regardless, believe it or not, it’s up to you.”
Seeing his expression, Zhao Yunhai surmised that Wang Fan didn’t trust the divination’s outcome and offered words of comfort.
“If you don’t believe in your own abilities, your doubts will only grow stronger.”
“You must believe in yourself. I recruited you precisely because I value your capabilities.”
“Your divination should be correct; you need to broaden your perception.”
“There’s no sign of an open window, so the opponent couldn’t have jumped out from here.”
“Perhaps they’re invisible.”
As he spoke, Zhao Yunhai pondered, this might be the opponent’s cheat ability.
A cheat ability that allows one to vanish on the spot; where did they come from? Could they have a system?
Systems were not to be trifled with.
Systems were the most unsolvable entities; if a system granted the opponent ridiculously powerful abilities, one had to be extremely cautious.
However, the fact that the opponent dared not confront him directly indicated their abilities weren’t overwhelmingly powerful.
Perhaps it wasn’t a system after all; his own wild speculations were merely worrying about imaginary troubles.
Wang Fan’s earlier lack of confidence was restored; his divination skills were enhanced at that moment.
When he recalculated the same divination, the trigrams had changed.
【A stranger from another world, waiting for a rabbit to come to the stump.】
Upon learning this from Wang Fan, Zhao Yunhai narrowed his eyes, a chill creeping onto his lips.
Another world; the opponent was from another world.
Or perhaps, they possessed the ability to travel to another world; this might explain why they vanished here.
“However, the Freedom City isn’t so free if people are coming here to interfere.”
Zhao Yunhai looked down from the floor-to-ceiling window at the flashing lights of the cars that had surrounded the area below.
“Young Master Yun, you should retreat first,” Si Jinyan suggested softly, stepping up to the window.
“Retreat?” Zhao Yunhai looked at him, bewildered.
“Do you know what can override the law in the Freedom City?”
“Young Master Yun, what is it?” Si Jinyan was puzzled.
“It’s the smell of money,” Zhao Yunhai waved his hand, and Hou Zi Ah, seeing this, quickly approached.
“Go down and take care of them,” Zhao Yunhai instructed, pointing downwards.
“Don’t worry, Young Master Yun, give me ten minutes.”
Ah Da nodded and departed.
“No way? Money can really solve it?”
Wang Fan was gaining new insights.
The young monk Wuchen interjected, “Amitabha, I read a novel that said this is the City of Sin.”
Zhao Yunhai sat back in his executive chair, closed his eyes, and waited quietly for Ah Da’s good news.
As for the protagonist, Li Fan, they would simply wait for the rabbit. He didn’t believe the opponent wouldn’t show up.
Unless their exit could also be pinpointed, Li Fan wouldn’t be able to avoid a confrontation with him.
After Ah Da went down, he immediately indicated a desire to communicate.
A burly squad leader, gun in hand, slowly approached him.
Ah Da shouted in a perfect local accent,
“We are just doing some renovations here. We apologize if there is too much noise.”
“Here’s some coffee money for you. You can take it.”
With that, a check flew over.
The burly squad leader took the check, saw the amount of two million, and couldn’t help but inhale the scent of money.
“Oh damn, they’re just renovating here. I suggest we drag out whoever made that damn call and have a good look.”
The burly squad leader immediately jogged back and shouted.
Ah Da didn’t know what they were discussing. He only saw them glancing at him repeatedly before they packed up and left.
“See, this is the power of money.”
Zhao Yunhai watched the retreating police vehicles from the floor-to-ceiling window and chuckled softly.
Wang Fan gazed at the departing vehicles, exclaiming in amazement.
“This is absurd, is this the Freedom City? Having money means having everything.”
Zhao Yunhai patted his shoulder encouragingly, his voice filled with allure.
“Follow me, and do you still worry about not having money?”
“The Ji family, I will credit your contribution. You will receive everything you deserve.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Fan couldn’t help but take a deep breath, already catching the scent of freedom emanating from money.
One of the clan elders suddenly spoke.
“Xiao Hai, the four of us don’t like this place. The scent here isn’t as refreshing to our minds and bodies as the scent of Jiuzhou.”
The other three clan elders nodded in agreement.
Zhao Yunhai spun his executive chair, placing his feet on the desk, and spoke casually.
“Freedom City, I don’t like it either. However, it’s convenient for getting things done.”
“I recall that our family has connections with some of the established families here.”
Hearing this, the four clan elders exchanged glances. “We four know nothing about this; we usually don’t concern ourselves with such matters.”
“Ah San, go ask my dad. Are those families blind? I’ve come all the way to the United States, and they haven’t even bothered to act as hosts.”
Zhao Yunhai yawned. In the United States, families like the Zhao clan, which had existed for thousands of years, were always aspired to by the established families.
With a single word from the Zhao clan, these established families would show respect.
Even though Jiuzhou was currently ranked second in the world, the Zhao clan could still maintain an arrogant posture and look down upon them.
Ah San, upon receiving the order, immediately contacted the patriarch.
One night passed, and Zhao Yunhai still hadn’t seen Li Fan appear. The Umbrella Corporation had also been shut down.
“Young Master Zhao, why didn’t you inform us in advance of your arrival in Freedom City? We could have come to welcome you personally,” said a descendant of the very pure-blooded Hissman family, holding a glass of red wine to Zhao Yunhai.
The heir of the Texas Consortium, after downing a glass of red wine, smiled at Zhao Yunhai and said,
“There’s an old saying in Jiuzhou: Is it not a pleasure to have friends come from afar?”
Zhao Yunhai shook his head and smiled, “This time, it’s thanks to the help of you two. Otherwise, I truly wouldn’t have known what to do.”
“Young Master Zhao is too kind. It was just a word, no need to mention help.”
“For a small company like Umbrella, if Young Master Zhao wished to shut it down, why would you need to take action personally?” Hissman Clin and Texas Bill said in unison with a smile.
A family and a consortium were very friendly towards the Zhao clan, and they had cooperated many times.
“This person is not ordinary; it’s better to act personally, after all, a gentleman always repays a debt.”
Zhao Yunhai smiled mysteriously.
Surrounded by bodyguards, the three were still in Li Fan’s office.
With the help of the two, the surrounding area had been sealed off, and personnel had been forcibly evacuated.
This was power. However, the immense power of these two still depended on Zhao Yunhai’s demeanor.
This was the might of the Zhao clan; the forces behind these two hoped for further cooperation with the Zhao clan, rather than offending them.
Little White, however, dared not make a sound; it was merely an artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, Li Fan, in the apocalyptic world, had waited for a full day and was contemplating how to return. He had also considered the possibility of being ambushed.
“It shouldn’t be possible, right? My cheat ability has never been exposed, and now I presume the other party has already left.”