Love Began with the First Meeting

In A City's municipal government building

Briskly walking out of the meeting room, Edgar Gu's face was cold and stern. Holding a meeting log book, Bill Li picked up his pace and followed closely behind Edgar. All the leaders of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tourism Bureau, and the police inside the meeting room, exchanged glances with each other. They all got confused and nervous by Edgar's sudden exit. It took them a while to finally take a breath and a sigh of relief, coming back to their senses. Having been in the government for many years prior, they could not understand why they were all feeling pressured and frightened by the young politician.

"Mr. Mayor! Did you see the facial expressions of all those old sly foxes?" Bill Li said, laughing. "That was such a good show!" He couldn't keep his face straight, as he continued laughing and teasing.

Pushing his office door open, Edgar walked in and sat down in front of his desk. He took a sip in his cup of tea. Seeing the papers Bill placed on top of his desk, Edgar snorted and said,"There must be some strong, powerful people backing those sly foxes up, especially those leaders of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the police."

Bill furrowed his brows, shrugged, and sat down in front of Edgar. "I think the police have a strong relationship with the Sacred Domain led by Mr. Shen," he said with contempt as Edgar was pouring him tea. "And I think the Cultural Affairs Bureau has people inside who might have already surrendered to Mr. Long and have since become his men."

"Don't be so sure," Edgar said. His eyes deepened as he continued,"The Sacred Domain has taken root in A City for many years. They have extended their influence here, so I don't think they need to do anything to build strong relations with the government. The police, on the contrary, I am afraid that by wanting to keep the city safe and stable, they might turn to lick the boot of the Sacred Domain."

Edgar paused, and then continued,"Regarding the Cultural Affairs Bureau, they are initially, technically Brian Long's men."

Bill's eyes widened in shock. Surprised, he asked,"How could

his eyes continued to deepen. "I am afraid... that Mr. Long

lips with contempt. He didn't respond but thought in his mind, 'Whatever? No matter how powerful he

mind. He shook his head helplessly but didn't try to contradict Bill's thoughts. It was pointless to tell Bill that he was wrong, because experience would enlighten him one day. Edgar knew that Bill wouldn't

prepared?" Edgar

assigned someone to give the present to Mr. Song; and he was very happy with what

and would be attending Mr. Song's eightieth birthday party tonight. He was careful with his gift because no matter what Mr. Song received from him, it would show the government's respect. So he had

he answered at once,"Mr. Song is a big shot here in A City and even the people in gangland would want to show respect to him. So I think Mr. Shen and Mr. Long will

of mysterious

sensed Edgar's anger, Bill chuckled. In an expectant voice, he said,"If they all show up tonight, that would be one hell of a show! And I am curious about how Mr.

Tyler's name, Edgar furrowed his brows and voiced out his doubts. "Mr. Shen has always been tolerant of Mr. Long's behaviors here in A City. So even though Mr. Long had someone kill Tyler, Mr. Shen still hasn't taken any

have caused Mr. Shen some problems in the past few years, he has remained very tolerant of Mr. Long's actions. He has never allowed his men to get back and seek revenge on Mr. Long. I can not understand why," Bill said. Curling his lips, he went on,"Mr. Long is such a mysterious man. I have heard a lot of things about him, but most of them were rumors from unreliable sources. Most of the people in the gangland still have no idea what his