Then let them offer their loyalty!

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Moreover, Qiu Tu felt that Huang Shangzong's attitude towards him had changed quite a bit recently, whether it was his imagination or not.

Neither the hostility nor the ill will is as strong as before.

This is indeed a good omen. But Qiu Tu cannot count on it.

Unfortunately... Huang Shangzong's daughter stood between them.

As a doting father, Xue'er's attitude had a significant impact on Huang Shangzong.

Therefore... there are only two ways to deal with Huang Shangzong.

'Take him down, or... take down his daughter.'

Thinking this, Qiu Tu stroked her chin, gazing at the scenery outside the window, and couldn't help but think of her three best friends with very different personalities...

Just then, as Qiu Tu was thinking about the three girls, his communicator suddenly started vibrating.

Qiu Tu snapped out of his daze and picked it up to take a look.

Just like that, he appeared as soon as I thought of him. It was Yan Yan calling.

Qiu Tu smiled and picked up the communicator to answer the phone.

The call connected, and Yan Yan's voice came softly from the other end of the line.

"Owner....."

Shen Lingshuang, who was next to Qiu Tu, seemed to have vaguely heard something, and her little ears twitched slightly.

Qiu Tu wiped his hand on her thigh, then hummed into the microphone before asking seriously, "What's up?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's extremely serious answer, Yan Yan chuckled softly like a silver bell, then said in a gentle and charming voice, "Is it inconvenient for Master to speak now?"

Qiu Tu hummed in agreement again.

Yan Yan smiled again.

As Yan Chen's daughter, she inherited his intelligence, so with just a thought, she figured out Qiu Tu's current situation—he was definitely not at work, but with a woman.

The reason is simple: although it's inconvenient to answer the phone, Qiu Tu will hang up on Yan Yan when he's at work; only when he's with a woman will Qiu Tu answer the phone and say it's inconvenient.

Then... her eyes lit up, and an idea suddenly came to her.

She said softly, "Master, the reason I called you this time is actually to report some information to you."

Qiu Tu, "Go ahead."

Yan Yan said softly, "After Yan Chen heard today that you had volunteered to take charge of the court, he submitted an application to Speaker Huang overnight."

"I'm applying for a transfer to be in charge of the infiltration plan."

“Speaker Huang is somewhat interested, but he is still considering it.”

Qiu Tu was stunned when he heard Yan Yan's words.

His main reason for taking over the court was to secure the "judicial power" of Dongye Prefecture. With the rule of law being consistently promoted in the asylums, the court's power was bound to grow.

Therefore, Qiu Tu made the first move, preparing to step ahead of the others.

Another reason is Liu Fuping.

This charming and persistent young woman is now one of the earliest judges in the Dongyezhou Tribunal.

With her there, Qiu Tu could easily and quickly understand all the circumstances when he took over the courtroom.

As for Yan Chen... well, Qiu Tu did indeed have the idea of ​​going to see his old boss and showing off.

Qiu Tu was surprised by Yan Chen's strong reaction and his immediate decision to switch shifts.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh, "Am I really that scary?"

"Did they scare Director Yan away?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Yan Yan said with a grin, "Of course. Who doesn't know that Master likes to 'do' the Director the most?"

"My father was already considered to have suffered enough. Then there was Director Tang, and now Director Ellie. You didn't let them off easy either. Didn't you both work incredibly hard?"

Qiu Tu:? ? ?

Good heavens! Is this how you use double entendre? A single word in one sentence can convey two completely different meanings?!

This little bitch of mine is really... getting more and more interesting.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu glanced at Shen Ling Shuang beside him, and then said with a serious expression, "After all, I am also a former New Territories City Director, and I have feelings for this position."

"Being able to serve as the Director of the New Territories Exploration Department is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the people in the car did not react, but Yan Yan on the other end of the phone was laughing so hard she couldn't close her legs.

After she laughed, she said in a very soft voice, "Then, Master, do you only want to be the Director?"

"The director's best friend, would you like to do it?"

Qiu Tu: ....

Before Qiu Tu could speak, Yan Yan said to herself, "I still haven't washed off the stamp you gave me last time."

"And... it seems that Speaker Huang had something to do today. He called Ellie and asked her to go to Dongcheng City tomorrow."

“Just before going to sleep, when I was talking to her, she said that the back-and-forth travel was too tiring, so she wouldn’t be coming back tomorrow night and would stay at her small villa in Dongcheng City for one night.”

"You said...you'd go to her house as a guest tomorrow."

"Wouldn't it be interesting to invite me over to 'visit' her after she falls asleep?"

To be honest, at that moment, Qiu Tu himself was also made to say "hmm" by Yan Yan!

That's a fucking vixen!

They were born just to empty their own inventory!

Especially when listening to Yan Yan's words, Qiu Tu would automatically picture Yan Yan's pure, angelic face, seemingly the most innocent face in the world, making his blood boil even more!

He took a deep breath and said, "Let me think about it."

Perhaps sensing Qiu Tu's interest, Yan Yan giggled.

After hanging up the phone, Qiu Tu took a deep breath, then turned his head and saw Shen Lingshuang looking at him with a strange expression.

Qiu Tu's expression remained unchanged. "What's wrong?"

Shen Lingshuang quickly shook her head, then turned her face away and muttered softly, "We're clearly talking about Yan Chen's escape, so why is Qiu Tu's heart beating so fast? Has he changed his taste?"

Qiu Tu: .....

Soon, the vehicle arrived at Qiu Tu's detached villa area.

As the vice speaker, Qiu Tu enjoys top-tier treatment in all aspects of his life, including food, clothing, and daily necessities.

And the security measures are among the highest in the state.

After passing through layers of security, I arrived at my villa.

Tao Yaoyao opened the door, Qiu Tu got out of the car, and walked into the villa with his brisk steps.

Shen Lingshuang, Tao Yaoyao, and Guan Xiao followed closely behind.

As Qiu Tu's secretaries, Tao Yaoyao and Shen Lingshuang had to be on call 24 hours a day, so they both lived near Qiu Tu, one in a guest room and the other next door to him.

As for Guan Xiao, she was only temporarily transferred by Qiu Tu to help out, and she had to go back tomorrow, so she was just staying temporarily.

After having the maid prepare a guest room for Guan Xiao, Qiu Tu went upstairs to take a shower.

Having washed away his fatigue, Qiu Tu had just stepped out of his room when there was a loud knocking on his door.

Because the entire villa was warmed by the earthen underfloor heating, Qiu Tu was only wearing a loose bathrobe.

In addition, he assumed that Guan Xiao was just restless in the middle of the night and wanted to come and have some milk before bed, so he dressed casually and walked to the door and opened it.

However, when the door opened, it wasn't Guan Xiao who appeared, but Tao Yaoyao...

Upon seeing Tao Yaoyao, Qiu Tu paused for a moment, then asked, "Secretary Tao, is there something you need?"

Tao Yaoyao was taken aback when she saw Qiu Tu's loose-fitting clothes. She glanced down at him reflexively, her ears turning slightly red.

However, her excellent professionalism calmed her down, and she said with a serious expression, "Speaker, the classified intelligence you requested has been received."

"I thought you might want to see it tonight, so I'm bothering you so late at night."

As she spoke, Tao Yaoyao handed a document from her arms to Qiu Tu, saying, "This is the document."

Upon hearing Tao Yaoyao's words, Qiu Tu remembered that he had asked Tao Yaoyao to secretly apply for information about the chairman of the Third Shelter.

Thinking this, he reached out and took the materials, then tossed his head and said, "Come in and sit down."

"Let me take a look at the information first."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tao Yaoyao hesitated for a moment, and her hands clenched slightly.

But in the end, she still took her first steps and entered the luxuriously decorated, warm room...

Leading Tao Yaoyao to the small living room of the bedroom, Qiu Tu sat on the sofa, opened the file folder, and began reading the information about the Supreme Council Chairmen of the Third Sanctuary...

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Chapter 458 Shen Lingshuang's Identity. (7k views, please vote!)

According to intelligence, the political structure of the Third Sanctuary is similar to that of the Eighth Sanctuary, with the Supreme Council holding supreme power.

However, compared to the still relatively brutal political structure of the Eighth Sanctuary, the Third Sanctuary is much more mature.

After carefully examining the situation, Qiu Tu felt that the political structure of the Third Shelter was somewhat similar to the "parliamentary republic" of his previous life.

Although there are multiple factions within their leadership, the competition between these factions is far more bloody, brutal, and systematic.

Unlike the Eighth Sanctuary, where everyone sits in a row and shares the spoils, they tear everything down every five years, and then each faction re-elects and competes for the 36 seats in the council.

The faction that wins the most seats in the new parliament will form a new government and become the new rulers.

Just a year prior, the Third Sanctuary had undergone a bloody election, in which the Lawful faction won the most parliamentary seats, becoming the ruling faction and forming a new government....

After learning about the political system of the Third Shelter, Qiu Tu frowned slightly, then his gaze quickly slid down to the list of speakers of the new council.

Xing Su, Kong Binwang, Baron Gross, Wanyan Zuyu, Cornelia...

Qiu Tu's gaze paused slightly as he looked at the last one, because the name "Shen Yuzhou" was clearly written on it.

'It seems this person really does exist.'

Thinking this way, the suspicion that Shen Lingshuang had in Qiu Tu's mind dropped sharply.

He flipped through the intelligence in his hand.

As the deputy speaker of a state council, Qiu Tu was actually only two steps away from the core of the shelter. Therefore, he had very high access to classified information.

The information about the higher-ups at the Third Shelter was classified, yet of little value in terms of confidentiality, making it extremely comprehensive.

So, it didn't take long for Qiu Tu to find several pages of information about Shen Yuzhou.

Intelligence indicates that Shen Yuzhou is 42 years old this year and is a rising star in the "Orderly Faction" of the Third Shelter, and is also a leading figure among the rising stars.

His origins are unknown. He was a child picked up by the leader of the Lawful Order during an outing. He then followed the leader to learn and grow up, and gradually became a backbone of the Lawful Order.

Later, he married the daughter of a high-ranking member of another faction, and they had a daughter named... Shen Lingshuang.

Qiu Tu paused for a moment after reading this part of the intelligence report. Then he turned to the next page.

On the next page appeared a girl's familiar smiling face—it was none other than Shen Lingshuang.

'call....'

In that instant, Qiu Tu inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Shen Lingshuang was not lying to me after all; her name and identity are real.

So it seems that she is not that "special catastrophe material".

In that case, he and that peak fifth-tier evil god should not directly confront each other.

This gave Qiu Tu a lot of room to maneuver.

As for that special catastrophe material, what should a newbie do...?