Life at the Top

Without waiting for Jasper’s reply, she said, “I know that I can’t hide anything from you. As the newly appointed president of the Terra regional branch of Colossal Investments, is there any better way for me to highlight my abilities than to exterminate Layman Investment Bank’s influence in Terra?”

“That’s why everything will remain the same as it has been in the past. This will benefit both of us, so we need to work together earnestly.

“Perhaps I’ve been rather busy lately, which is why I haven’t had the time to look at what he’s been doing. He has only just started working in Terra. Even if he can’t wait any longer to go against me, he should at least gain a firm foothold and build his own team up first. You’re in the same situation as he is, so you can’t rush things,” Jasper said in a lukewarm tone.

“Don’t worry. I’m not asking you to go onto the battlefield tomorrow. I’m just notifying you about it in advance so that you won’t be taken aback when you go against him in the future. In any case, what have you been busy with lately?” Celine asked.

“I have too many enemies. They’re all queueing up to attack me now. I have no choice but to slowly defeat them one by one,” Jasper said with a smile.

“What a loud-mouth,” Celine said, rolling her eyes at him.

Julian had been by Jasper’s side for some time now. Jasper also realized that he was getting better and better at coming up with sneaky ideas.

intended to take Celine to a snack stall to grab some scrumptious supper, so Julian had found a snack stall for him. However, the stall was surrounded by several

were full of men and women that were wrapped in each other’s arms as they walked into the hotels impatiently. Jasper could not even tell

She then cast a meaningful glance at

of them. “Do you eat mutton?” He asked Celine without turning

cheerily in a tone that resembled Jasper’s usual demeanor. The explicit and implicit meanings behind her words

then. Let’s have some mutton. I haven’t had it in a really long time,” Jasper said as he made his way into the hotpot

table. After placing

next to their table. Jasper and Celine both heard the man tell the woman that he had just bought some imported condoms with an evil smirk on his face. The woman then pouted shyly while she accepted a call from someone that she addressed as

I may be crashing at Lily’s place tonight, so

know. You’re so annoying. You don’t have to fetch me or wait for me.

man’s arms while she talked to her husband on the phone. They then made their way into a small hotel

man putting down the phone in despair with a bitter expression on his face, then getting up to continue doing