Chapter 155

Long City, Foreign Affairs Hotel.

After waiting for about five minutes, Xiao Qi, wearing a suit, slowly walked out of the hotel and saw Qiu Ge and his group waiting outside.

"Xiao Qi!"

"Yo, Qiu Ge, it's you. Long time no see."

Xiao Qi quickly walked over, shook hands with Qiu Ge, and turned to the security guard, saying, "They're all acquaintances. I'll take them up."

He had met Qiu Ge many times in Bana City, and they knew each other well. After a brief exchange, they walked in together.

While waiting for the elevator, Xiao Qi explained to Qiu Ge, "The people from the Ministry of Finance just arrived. Chief Bai is upstairs in the conference room signing the contract with them right now. You'll probably have to wait a while, about twenty minutes or so."

Hearing this, Qiu Ge was not only not anxious, but relieved, saying, "Okay, okay!"

Every muscle in his body was tense; he felt like he would burst if he relaxed even a little.

"Ding!"

The elevator doors opened, and the group filed in, slowly ascending. Every minute spent waiting in the elevator was an ordeal for Qiu Ge.

His eyes were fixed on the numbers on the elevator display, his face stiff.

After a while, they finally arrived on the seventh floor. Because of Da Bai's special status, the entire seventh floor of the Foreign Affairs Hotel was used to accommodate personnel from Bana City.

In addition to Da Bai himself, some of the guards he had brought were also staying here.

Xiao Qi led them down the corridor to the tea room to rest.

He pointed to the two rows of spacious sofas in the room and said politely, "Qiu Ge, you can wait here for a while. If you need anything, just give me a call."

"Okay, you go ahead."

Qiu Ge nodded, and Xiao Qi quickly left the room.

After he left, Qiu Ge quickly got up and looked around. Although the tea room was large, it didn't have a bathroom.

"You guys sit here, I'm going out to find a bathroom."

"Okay."

After instructing Xiao Yu and the others, Qiu Ge, with his legs tightly pressed together, went out into the corridor.

"Crack, crack!"

He tried the doorknobs on both sides of the corridor, but they were all locked.

A primal force was already at the gate. Qiu Ge was sweating profusely, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

A cleaning lady walked towards him, and Qiu Ge hurried over and asked, "Hello, is there a bathroom?"

"Yes," the aunt pointed to the end of the corridor. "There's one up ahead."

"Okay, thank you, thank you!"

Qiu Ge thanked her repeatedly, used his last bit of strength to guard his *dantian* (region around the navel, considered a center of energy), and quickly walked down the corridor to the restroom.

It was a high-end single-stall restroom. Qiu Ge reached out and turned the knob, but found that the door was locked. It seemed someone was inside.

At that moment, Qiu Ge almost collapsed. He quickly controlled his muscles again, guarded the gate, and waited outside.

After waiting for about two minutes, Qiu Ge began to tremble uncontrollably and had to knock on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Friend, can you hurry up?"

Hearing Qiu Ge's urging, there were a few soft sounds inside.

A little while later, with a snap, the restroom door unlocked, and a woman in a staff uniform walked out.

Qiu Ge was a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

The woman didn't say anything, nodded politely to him, and quickly left.

Qiu Ge didn't care about manners at this point. Like a gust of wind, he rushed into the stall, locked the door, and with a few quick movements, unbuckled his belt, pulled down his pants, and squatted down.

"Pitter-patter!"

Drums and trumpets blared, firecrackers exploded.

This was probably the most satisfying shit Qiu Ge had taken in recent years.

Five minutes later, Qiu Ge stood up from the toilet feeling refreshed. He tore off some toilet paper and carefully wiped his underpants.

Even the tightest muscles couldn't resist physiological reactions. He had still… leaked a little.

After cleaning up, he flushed the toilet, casually lifted the toilet seat, and turned to walk out.

"Snap!"

Qiu Ge reached the door, his right hand just about to press the doorknob, but he suddenly stopped.

"Shua!"

Qiu Ge frowned and turned back, his eyes looking at the toilet. He saw a very faint footprint on the edge of the clean ceramic toilet.

Qiu Ge paused for a moment, stepped forward, and muttered softly, "Damn, do young girls squat on top to poop too?"

Qiu Ge knew that some people were germaphobes and didn't want to use hotel toilet seats, so they squatted on the toilet to use the restroom.

After glancing at it, Qiu Ge didn't think much about it and left the restroom.

…

At the same time, a certain port.

The ship had come to a complete stop, and the crew members had already disembarked. Some were carrying water, some were moving supplies, and others were responsible for repairs, all working busily.

Su Tianyu stood on the deck of the ship, lit a cigarette, and looked at the bustling port, lost in thought.

Although he was in a foreign land, his heart was still in Long City. He knew that today was the day that Wa Wa and Tan Mingchao were getting engaged.

After waiting for a while, having smoked two cigarettes, the ship's whistle sounded.

"Woo woo—"

Below the ship, the crew members who had gone down earlier began to walk back in droves.

"Hurry up, the ship's about to leave!"

"Line up, line up! Don't push!"

At the entrance, a large number of crew members in white uniforms, holding their work permits, lined up to enter. At a glance, there were countless heads of people; it was unknown how many there were.

Just then, a familiar voice came from beside him: "Wow, I just realized, there are so many black people on the ship."

Su Tianyu turned his head and saw Wang Changli walking over at some point, also holding a cigarette in his hand.

Su Tianyu smiled and replied faintly, "On ocean-going vessels, many laborers are hired locally. It's like a mixed bag; all kinds of races are here."

Wang Changli nodded and didn't say anything more.

…

Long City, Foreign Affairs Hotel.

In the conference hall, the contracts had all been signed. Da Bai got up and was shaking hands with the leader of the administrative office.

An official asked with a smile, "Leaders, let's take a photo together!"

"Okay, okay! Foreign Minister Bai, please."

"You're too kind, please!"

The two shook hands, turned around, and smiled at the photographer to take a picture.

After everything was done, Da Bai said, "Then let's leave it at that. I'll take my leave first. I have to attend a banquet tonight."

"Okay, see you at the banquet later, I'll be there too."

After the two sides said goodbye, Da Bai led his people out.

…

At the same time, Qiu Ge had returned to the tea room and ran into Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi waved at him: "They're done over there, let's go."

"Okay." Qiu Ge nodded, leading the group out of the tea room and heading towards the conference hall.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

Just then, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the other side of the corridor.

Qiu Ge turned his head and glanced to the side, seeing several service personnel walking out of a room. One of them was the woman he had just encountered in the restroom.