The restaurant was right next to the gate of Century City, so Lisa and the others didn't all drive. They could walk back on foot later, so they all got in Chen Darong's car.
After arriving at the gate of the hotel and parking the car, they got out and walked in together.
"Oh, I haven't introduced you to them yet! These two are the most authoritative experts in the Palace Museum. This is Jin, and this is He." Cai Wenhong introduced the two experts to Lisa.
"Hi, Elder Jin, Mr. He, nice to see you," Lisa and Chen Darong greeted them.
The expert named Jin was already in his early 60s, so Lisa called him Elder Jin. The expert named He was about 40 years old, so she called him Mr. He..
Although Mr. He was young, he was very professional in identifying antiques. In the industry, he also enjoyed a high status and great fame.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Lisa, Mr. Chen." Elder Jin and Mr. He greeted Lisa and Chen Darong. They were very polite to them, especially to Lisa, who they were quite respectful to.
Lisa wasn't only very successful at such a young age, but she also had a close relationship with the old masters of the Jeon family, the Xu family, and the Jiang family. Moreover, she was also the Jeon family's future grand daughter-in-law.
When they heard about that from Master Jeon just now, they were all shocked. Therefore, nobody dared to take her lightly.
Halfway through the meal, Cai Wenhong's phone rang. He excused himself and went out to answer the call.
After the meal, Lisa told Hyuna to pay the bill, but found that it was already settled by Cai Wenhong when he went out to answer the call earlier. Actually, he didn't receive any call, it was an alarm clock set by himself. Once it rang, Cai Wenhong went out to settle the account with the excuse of answering the call.
Since Cai Wenhong already paid the bill, Lisa accepted his kindness. After all, it was reasonable that Cai Wenhong wanted to buy her a meal.
Chen Darong asked Lisa whether they needed him to drive them back, but Lisa declined. They could amble back later, so Chen Darong didn't insist.
However, when they just reached the entrance of the living block, Lisa's phone rang and the caller was Minnie.
It was nothing important. Because it was a weekend, Minnie invited Lisa to gather together in Song Nan's bar. Gu Anna, Younghoon, and their other friends were also there.
Jungkook didn't come back this weekend and went to complete a task, so Lisa was free right now. Therefore, she went to the bar with Hyojong and Hyuna so that she could drink later.
Even if she drank, she could drive too, but Minnie wouldn't allow her to do that if she drank alcohol. Besides, she couldn't expose that she could use her magical power to get rid of the effect of alcohol.
...
At about this time, a luxury car was driving on the highway in the suburbs of the capital, and there were not many vehicles around.
In the luxury car, there were three people. Sun Xiangming sat in the back seat, the driver was naturally his chauffeur, while his secretary was in the front passenger's seat.
Sun Xiangming was about 40 years old. He was slightly fat and had a large belly. He wasn't ugly, but he looked a little disgusting because he had features of a backstabber.
At this time, Sun Xiangming seemed to be in a bad mood due to the unpleasant things he had been through these days.
At first, he failed to strike a deal with Taecyeon. Although he hired some people trying to teach Taecyeon a lesson, Taecyeon survived. As for today, there was a problem with his company's medicinal materials and he lost hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Although hundreds of thousands of yuan was just a small amount of money to him, it was enough for a lot of things. Anyway, he was quite displeased after losing the money.
Suddenly, two ordinary cars blocked the way of Sun Xiangming's car at its front and back.
It was similar to what K and Taecyeon had encountered the night before yesterday.
The chauffeur slammed on the brakes.
"What happened?" Sun Xiangming was scared by the abrupt halt and questioned in anger. He sat in the back seat, so he couldn't see what was happening at the front right away.
"Chairman Sun, we're being blocked in front," said the chauffeur in a panic. It couldn't be more obvious that they were in trouble now.
After that, the chauffeur saw another car at their back from the rearview mirror. "And the back too." He looked even more terrified.
"What?" Sun Xiangming panicked as well.
Immediately after the cars at the front and back stopped, several men got out of them. There were a total of six people, all in masks, so no one could see their faces clearly. In addition, they all held iron bars.
"Call the police!" Sun Xiangming shouted in a trembling voice.
Hearing that, his secretary came back to his senses and took out his phone to call the police.
They didn't dare to get out of the car, and were greatly surprised by the fact that someone dared to attack them. Who could the person be?
Was it possible that Taecyeon learned that Sun Xiangming had hired people to attack him the night before yesterday and he sent these people to pay him back?
It was Sun Xiangming's idea, and also happened to be the truth.
Anyway, there was no way for them to run away tonight.
Before the secretary could make a call, those people came to the front of the car and smashed the car for a while. The secretary threw his phone in horror and hugged his head for fear of being slashed or smashed by the broken glass.
Although there were vehicles passing by and some people saw this scene, no one dared to help. On the contrary, for fear of getting hurt, the drivers of the passing vehicles stepped on the accelerator and left quickly.
After the glass was broken, the door could also be opened. Sun Xiangming was immediately pulled out of the car. Although he was reluctant to leave it, he had no strength to resist.
Their target was Sun Xiangming, so they didn't plan to do anything to the chauffeur and secretary, but they didn't allow them to call the police anymore.
"I-I'm a relative of the Chang family. Don't you dare... No!" Sun Xiangming threatened. However, before he could finish, he was hit on his arm with a stick, then screamed in pain.
"You, you, you..." Sun Xiangming was annoyed and angry, but failed to say a complete sentence.
To his surprise, those people weren't afraid of his status at all. In fact, if they were afraid of him, they wouldn't have come.
To some extent, they were unwilling to hurt him, but it was an order from Tian, and they dared not disobey it!
They learned that Tian had made a mistake and annoyed someone he shouldn't have offended. In order to make it up, he had to attack Sun Xiangming.
It didn't need too many people to beat Sun Xiangming, and two men were enough.
Sun Xiangming shouted in pain while being beaten by them and almost had a breakdown. He had never suffered something like this before.
Those people didn't waste too much time on Sun Xiangming. After beating him for a while, they took an iron rod to hit his knees. Under the hit, his knees broke with a snap.
After the heavy hit, the pain made Sun Xiangming almost faint, and he couldn't even moan aloud.
Although the chauffeur and secretary weren't beaten, they didn't dare to save Sun Xiangming, because they knew it was useless. What was worse, they could also be hurt.
After breaking Sun Xiangming's legs, those people stopped and immediately left, because their purpose was to break his legs.
Once those people left, Sun Xiangming's chauffeur quickly drove straight towards the hospital.
Although the car was seriously smashed, it could still drive.
...
After the task was completed, those people reported it to Tian. Tian then told Qian Dongliang about it, and Qian Dongliang talked to Taecyeon afterwards. The second Taecyeon got the news, he shared it with Lisa..
At this time, Lisa was already in Song Nan's bar.
Most of the people at the table were familiar faces, including Younghoon, Minnie, Gu Anna and two friends of Younghoon.
Younghoon met these two friends abroad, but they were both from the capital. They had just returned a few days ago, and it was also today that Younghoon had time to entertain them.
The situation Younghoon was in was no longer dangerous, so Seunggi's mission had been completed and he went back to the company a few days ago.
Song Nan was also here. As the boss, Song Nan rarely came, because he owned more than one business. However, he usually showed up when his good friends visited. In addition, he had to be free.
All of a sudden, Lisa's phone rang. Because the bar was a bit noisy, she got up and went to the washroom to answer the call.
Knowing that Sun Xiangming had a broken leg, Lisa put on a smile of satisfaction. Now that it was settled, she decided to move on.
She didn't doubt whether it was true, because it was very easy for her to discover the truth. As a result, they didn't need to lie to her, because it would just cause trouble for themselves.
Nonetheless, Lisa still asked Taecyeon to investigate the surveillance cameras along the section of road where Sun Xiangming was beaten. After confirming it, he directly hacked the surveillance cameras to prevent Sun Xiangming from obtaining evidence.
Even though they weren't the ones who beat Sun Xiangming, they were connected. In order to avoid unnecessary involvement and trouble, it was better to ruin the surveillance videos.
After Lisa hung up the call with Taecyeon, she walked out of the washroom and ran into Jaewook right outside.
Jaewook's face was slightly red with blurred eyes, which obviously showed that he was drunk.
Seeing Lisa, Jaewook was a little surprised, a little happy, and a little annoyed. Their argument left a scar in his heart.
When Lisa saw Jaewook, she had no special feelings. Because she had said that they should be strangers, she only gave him a glance, then withdrew her sight and left.
Jaewook, however, was unwilling to accept that. "Gu Lisa, wait a second!" He shouted at Lisa's back.
Hearing his voice, Lisa stopped. Although she decided to treat him as a stranger if they met again, there was no need for her to harbor a grudge against him. Therefore, she couldn't ignore it when Jaewook called her. After all, she didn't want to hear more rumors about her, which would make things difficult for her.
Anyway, she couldn't trust Jaewook's character right now.
"Senior Rong, may I help?" Lisa turned around and asked him with an indifferent attitude. She didn't do it on purpose, but it was her real attitude towards Jaewook.
"Can we have a talk?" Jaewook asked.
"Sure," said Lisa.
There weren't many people around them, so Jaewook didn't bother to walk away. "I heard you have a fiancé. Is it true?"
He had actually doubted whether it was just an excuse Lisa made up to get rid of the misunderstanding.
"It's true," said Lisa with a serious expression, because it was indeed the truth.
Hearing that, Jaewook looked upset. "Is he really outstanding?"
"Of course," said Lisa.
"You..." Jaewook opened his mouth again, trying to say something, but didn't say it aloud. Hesitating, he didn't know whether he should say it aloud.
"Senior Rong, if there isn't anything else I can help with, I need to leave now." Lisa had no patience with him. Accordingly, once she finished, she turned around to walk away.
"Wait a moment!" Jaewook stopped her again, and Lisa paused.
"I-I just want to know. Don't you like me at all?" Jaewook asked.
Hearing that, Lisa frowned with a resigned look. She didn't know why Jaewook was so confident and believed that she might like him. They had only met each other a few times, and didn't talk much with one another.
Jaewook was quite popular in the school, but Lisa had no interest in him. Besides, he tried to form a relationship with her on his own initiative, but Lisa was very cold to him, which embarrassed him with disappointment.
"Senior Rong, I know there are a lot of your admirers in our school, but different people have different preferences. Although most girls like you, it doesn't mean every girl will like you. We've only met each other a few times, and we don't talk much with one another. I seriously have no idea why you think that I might like you," said Lisa. She sounded a little impolite, but it was necessary in order to get rid of Jaewook.
Lisa already had a fiancé and she was loyal to him. Except for her fiancé, she had no interest in men.
Before Lisa could say anything else, an unkind female voice sounded nearby them. "Well, even if you like Jaewook, Jaewook might not choose you. Do you know how influential his family is? Jaewook is the heir of the Rong family in the capital. Have you heard of the Rong family? It's a top family in our country. Not everyone can be accepted by it."
The girl was at the same age as Lisa. She was pretty, but looked quite mean. The tone when she spoke also proved her self-centered character. She was merely a spoiled, arrogant rich heiress.
Jaewook didn't interrupt the girl, because he wanted to see Lisa's reaction after knowing his status.
Lisa saw through Jaewook, so she had a worse impression of him.
No matter what, she and Jaewook were meant to have no social intercourse.
"Miss, what's wrong with your comprehension? I've made it very clear that I don't like Senior Rong. I'm aware that he's a member of the Rong family, but so what? I value one's abilities above his family background. I don't think a really outstanding man needs to show off his family background to prove himself," said Lisa.
Hearing that, Jaewook frowned. It turned out that Lisa was aware of his family background, but she didn't have a different attitude towards him just because of that. It was the first time he had encountered such a cold treatment!
Almost every person tried to please him after knowing that he was the heir of the Rong family.
Besides, Lisa also said that she didn't think a really outstanding man needed to show off his family background to prove himself.
He thought that what she said wasn't wrong, but he didn't agree with her on that. Because people with an influential family background would have a higher starting point and more opportunities than those without a family background. Therefore, they had a greater chance to become successful.
Lisa relied on herself to become successful, but she was very rare in this world.
It was precisely because Lisa was especially outstanding, that Jaewook had a very good impression of her.
All in all, they were attracted by each other's status.
Lisa understood that, but she still believed that really outstanding people didn't need their family background to prove themselves.
"Well, only those who don't have a powerful family background emphasize abilities. It's a realistic society. People with an influential background can easily become more successful than ordinary people. To be honest, if I want to make things difficult for you, it's just a piece of cake for me," said the girl with arrogance.
"Right, I agree that it's a realistic society, and those who have a powerful family background can easily gain more success than ordinary people. You were born in a powerful family. I don't know whether you can bully other people as you want, but you better not try to cause me trouble. It won't do you any good," said Lisa. Although it sounded a little aggressive, she was unwilling to be taken as weak.
"You..." The girl was surprised by Lisa's response and felt displeased at being threatened. "How dare you threaten me? Do you know who I am?"
She tried to put pressure on Lisa with the influence of her family.
"I don't care who you are, but you better give up the idea of attacking me," said Lisa. Lisa knew that the girl was from a powerful family, but she couldn't care less about it. After all, she wasn't afraid of Jaewook either.
"Really? I'm curious to know what you can do to fight back!" The girl looked very unkind. She was determined to teach Lisa a lesson.
"Ranran, calm down." Jaewook warned her at once, but didn't show much anger. It seemed that he also hoped Min Ranran could scare Lisa a little.
Min Ranran was from a first-rate rich family in the capital, but the Rong family enjoyed a much higher social status than her family.
However, Lisa didn't bother to pay much attention to Min Ranran. She never wanted to be involved in trouble. If it was possible, she would avoid having grudges with people of power, but she wouldn't hesitate to defend herself if it was unavoidable.
"Jaewook, she's really hateful!" Min Ranran complained. She wouldn't give up the idea of teaching Lisa a lesson just because of Jaewook's warning. She wanted to cause Lisa trouble, not only for Jaewook, but because she also disliked Lisa.
"Alright, let's go now!" Since Lisa had put it so frankly, Jaewook was unwilling to waste more time here. Actually, he didn't want to see Lisa at all right now. Afterwards, he turned around walking away, leaving Min Ranran behind.
"Jaewook!" Min Ranran still wanted to argue with Lisa, but Jaewook already walked away. As a result, she had to leave after giving Lisa a glare.
Lisa went back to her seat later.
...
Sun Xiangming got his wounds wrapped in the hospital, then told his secretary to call the police once he felt a little relieved. He didn't think it was his fault.
In fact, he had hired a bunch of hoodlums to attack Taecyeon first, and Taecyeon simply paid him back, but Sun Xiangming blamed Taecyeon for his injuries.
However, the surveillance cameras along the road were already hacked, so there was no evidence. In that case, it was impossible for him to punish Taecyeon unless he used some dirty tricks.
However, if he dared to do that, he would only suffer more.
...
At 11 pm, Lisa went back home before her friends.
Although a lot of activities started after 11 pm, Lisa didn't have much interest in bars. She only went out to gather with her friends for a while.
Younghoon and the others didn't leave right away, but they didn't stop Lisa and her bodyguards from leaving.
The next morning, Lisa went for a run and met Baekhyun and Nayeon on her way. Because it was a weekend, Nayeon went back to Century City too.
"Lisa, are you free today? If you are, why don't we shop together?" Nayeon said to Lisa.
"Sorry, I'm busy these days. I have a lot to deal with in the company." Lisa declined. It was actually a lie, but she had decided to cultivate in the siheyuan. She hadn't practiced for a long time, so she was a little anxious.
Yeji and her friends asked her whether she was free for a gathering yesterday afternoon, but Lisa turned them down. If they were willing to come here to have some fun with her, they were welcome at any time. Lisa would arrange for Hyojong or Hyuna to open the door for them.
"Fine!" Since she said that, Nayeon didn't insist. She understood that Lisa was very busy.
After running, Lisa went to have breakfast. She rested for a while, then avoided the rush hour and left for the siheyuan.
Although it was a weekend, there was still a lot of traffic on the road. Most white-collar workers didn't have weekends. Only public servants could be free on the weekends.
Before Lisa left her home, she called Taehee and asked her whether she wanted to go to the siheyuan with her. After all, Taehee was always alone at home, so Lisa was worried that she might feel bored.
However, Taehee didn't feel bored, because she got into some hobbies recently. She could hang out with Taehee, cultivate, go to the manor to trim the plants, or visit the Ye family.
Because of Taehee's special status, she reached an agreement with the Jeon family that they would keep it a secret that she was still alive. It was enough that members of the Jeon family were aware of it. Therefore, she tried to avoid showing up before those who were familiar with the Jeon family in case the secret was exposed.
Taehee also planned to visit Shangguan Yang at the siheyuan today, so she agreed. Therefore, Lisa went to pick up Taehee before going to the siheyuan.
Taehee was at a very high level as a cultivator, but she needed to reach a higher level. Accordingly, once they arrived at the siheyuan, Lisa went to practice on her own, while Shangguan Yang taught Taehee how to improve herself.
...
On Sunday morning in a small mountain village.
Yesterday, overnight, more than 10 people died in the village, and they died very strangely. They were all dried up, and their blood seemed to be sucked.
It had also been proved that these people had all of their blood sucked because they had two small holes in their necks, which connected to their arteries. Those two small holes seemed to be left by the teeth of wild beasts.
Some guessed it might be done by beasts, while some thought it was more likely to be done by zombies. Anyway, no matter what it was, it was definitely not a normal death, so for a time, the village was in complete panic and many people fled.
Some people didn't flee because a group of people came to the village early in the morning when the accident happened. They were all dressed in police uniforms and military uniforms, and said that they were policemen and soldiers who came to track down the murderer.
These policemen were a group of members of the local provincial investigative team, and 8 of them came here..
As for the soldiers, they were from the Red Flame led by Jungkook. This time, 6 of them came here.
It was said that the murderer was traced because this wasn't the first time this kind of thing had happened, it was already the second time.
When it first happened, it was investigated by the local police at first, but it turned out that things were rather weird, and reminded them of beasts and zombies. However, they refused to believe in zombies.
Because it was a remote mountain village, there were no surveillance cameras, so it was relatively difficult to investigate.
The local police then reported the case to a senior department. Afterwards, a local provincial investigative team was sent to investigate it. If they still couldn't find out the truth, they had to report it to a more senior department again.
Reports beyond the provincial level were directly entered into the national system, so members of the Red Flame learned about it.
After encountering the red lion during the last training exercise, the members of the Red Flame knew that there were monsters and ghosts in this world, so they realized that it was related to the monsters and ghosts the moment they looked at the situation. Therefore, they immediately notified Jungkook. They were afraid that this task could only be completed by Jungkook.
As soon as the Red Flame arrived, they quickly tracked down the clues. After all, Jungkook was now a cultivator, and his various abilities were dozens of times better than before. He could directly perceive many things with his consciousness.
Jungkook was able to get the clues so quickly because it hadn't rained in the past few days. If it rained, some things would be washed away, and it would be difficult to conduct the investigation.
Members of the reconnaissance team followed Jungkook and his teammates to this mountain village, but it was still a few hours late and the tragedy had already happened.
Jungkook told the reconnaissance team to stay in the village first to protect the villagers, in order to prevent the murderer from coming back again.
The murderer didn't kill for the pleasure of killing, but for the demand of blood, so many more people would suffer if the murderer wasn't caught.
Jungkook and his teammates already knew it was caused by ghosts and monsters, so it was useless even if the reconnaissance team stayed there.
Nevertheless, there was no better idea. They had to protect the villagers! Besides, this village was far from the town, so something terrible might happen on the road.
Jungkook discovered that the murderer only committed the crime at night, so he thought it might not appear during the day.
They wouldn't go too far. Even if the murderer appeared, he could still hear it as long as they shot. It wouldn't be too late to come back.
After that, Jungkook took members of the Red Flame to continue the investigation. Because there were blood stains on the ground, they figured out the approximate direction of the murderer's departure. Luckily, they had clues.
However, although Jungkook could sense movements around 500 meters, 4 hours had passed. As a result, it wasn't easy for them to track down the killer, because 4 hours were enough for people to run far away.
Either way, they still needed to look around first, because the murderer might be near.
Jungkook and his teammates searched for intermittent bloodstains and walked for about a kilometer. After a while, he smelled blood coming from the front. Perhaps because of the distance, the blood smell wasn't strong.
Jungkook and his teammates immediately walked forward. At the same time, the blood smell became stronger.
The senses of Bambam and others weren't as acute as Jungkook's, so they didn't realize that there was a smell of blood until Jungkook found it to be quite strong.
Without delay, they quickly walked there.
When they went to the place where the smell of blood spread, they saw a corpse. It was the same as the death of the villagers. They were all sucked to death.
"Obviously, the murderer passed by here," said Jaehyun.
After that, they kept on searching.
After walking for about a kilometer, Jungkook and his teammates reached the foot of the mountain. All of a sudden, Jungkook sensed something and immediately prevented the team from moving forward.
"Boss, is there anything wrong?" asked Bambam.
"There are movements on the mountain." Jungkook looked nervous and he said, "Wait for me down the mountain. I'll go up and take a look."
Although there were movements on the mountain, they weren't sure whether it was a human being or the murderer. Either way, Jungkook thought it was better for him to go up alone.
"But..." Bambam felt a little worried about the cruelty of that creature. Even if he knew that Jungkook was very powerful, the creature might not be a human.
"It's an order," said Jungkook with determination.
Bambam was struck dumb for a second, and didn't dare to say another word. It was an order from their team leader after all.
Upon thinking of how Jungkook dealt with the red lion last time, they were a little relieved. Their boss wasn't weak at all, so he should be fine.
Jungkook then climbed up the mountain. The mountain road wasn't very rugged, but the trees were denser, so there were still plenty of places to hide.
Anyway, it wasn't a problem for Jungkook.
When Jungkook went halfway up the mountain, he smelled the smell of blood. Without hesitation, he moved and flew in the direction where the smell of blood came from.
He wasn't actually flying, but could move dozens of meters in the blink of an eye with a single jump. With the naked eye, other people could never tell whether it was a man or a woman. At most, they could only see a dark shadow flashing by.
There was a distance of a hundred meters, but Jungkook arrived in just three seconds
He stopped in front of a cave where the smell of blood came from.
Jungkook didn't go inside right away, but used his senses to feel the situation in it. He wanted to know whether it was a dead thing or a living thing inside.
The next second, Jungkook heard sparse voices and gasping sounds. Obviously, there were living creatures inside, and there were still two gasping sounds.
After that, Jungkook held his breath, walking inward lightly.
As soon as Jungkook walked in about 10 meters, he heard a voice coming from the inside. It was a male voice, and it spoke Language M.
"After sucking so much blood, I finally recovered."
Jungkook looked serious when he heard those words in Language M.
People from Country M. Suck blood? Could they be vampires?
Jungkook had this idea because Lisa had told him that there could be mutants and vampires in this world.
Vampires survived by drinking the blood of humans or other creatures.
Under normal circumstances, there wasn't a big difference between vampires and ordinary people. The only difference was that vampires' skin was much whiter than that of ordinary people. After all, they weren't really living people.
Their eyes were brownish red. Only when fighting or sucking blood would they reveal their true colors. The original face of a vampire was pale with blood red eyes and sharp fangs.
Vampires were afraid of the sunlight, so they usually moved at night. In the daytime, they had to be completely disguised.
"Right, I didn't expect to run into such strong people in this country. we were almost caught this time," said another voice.
Strong people?
Hearing that, Jungkook thought of cultivators. After all, vampires were also very powerful. No matter how good an ordinary person was, he or she was no match for vampires.
There might be some ordinary people who could beat vampires, but the probability was quite low.
"Yeah, they could even fly all over."
Upon hearing that, Jungkook was sure that they were talking about cultivators.
"We must go back and report it to our leader as soon as possible..."
Hearing that, coldness appeared in Jungkook's eyes. Since he already found them, it was impossible for them to go back to report it to their leader.
Without hesitation, Jungkook walked inside.
50 meters from the cave's entrance there was nothing special. The space was about 30 square meters and the height was about 7 meters. There were a few stones on the ground, and two foreign men sat on the stones at will.
The two men were both between 25 to 35 years old and their clothes were torn and had a lot of blood stains.
The two men weren't ordinary people, so they had acute senses as well. They discovered it when Jungkook was within 10 meters near them. Jungkook didn't hold his breath, and only walked forward lightly.
Seeing someone coming in, the two foreign men exchanged a glance, then immediately got up and hid behind a big stone. They were worried that the powerful man had come.
Jungkook heard the movements from the inside, but he didn't need to find them with his senses, because the smell of blood on them was too strong. He could smell it from a distance.
Jungkook went into the cave, then raised his hand to use magical energy to hit the big stone in front of the two men.
The two men felt a strong attack, which was extremely oppressive.
This strong force wasn't strange to them, because the powerful people they had met before had also released such a force at them, but obviously it was much stronger this time.
Therefore, the two men wanted to avoid it, but it was too late. With a boom, the big rock in front of them suddenly broke into pieces, and some small stones hit them directly, knocking them to the ground.
The next second, they spewed blood, because they couldn't resist the strong attack towards their bodies. However, because they were vampires, they still maintained the ability to fight back even though they were injured by the strong force. Their strength was only slightly weakened.
They knew they were no match for Jungkook, so they had to fight with their full strength in order to survive. As a result, the two men got back to their feet at once to attack Jungkook.
They already noticed that Jungkook was wearing a military uniform and knew that he was a soldier, so they had to flee and not let him catch them, otherwise it would become big trouble.
Unfortunately, Jungkook was even stronger than the powerful people they had met earlier. They failed in the previous fight, so it was impossible for them to defeat Jungkook. Accordingly, Jungkook easily injured them.
Although Jungkook couldn't control them right away, the two men couldn't even touch his clothes during the fight, let alone hurt him.
After a while, the two vampires were out of strength and were caught by Jungkook.
Because they were caught, the two vampires were afraid.
"Tell me why did you come to our country?" Jungkook asked them in Language M.
Jungkook was a soldier, but he wasn't a regular soldier. He was skilled at different languages, because it was necessary for him to hide and protect himself.
The two vampires remained silent, and Jungkook stayed calm.
"Well, if you refuse to tell, I'll send you to the embassy of Country M," said Jungkook.
Hearing that, the two vampires panicked. If they were sent to the embassy, it wouldn't be a personal problem anymore, the whole vampire family might become involved. Therefore, a vampire said in a hurry, "We came here to search for a person."
"To search for a person? What person?" asked Jungkook. He didn't expect them to tell him the truth.
"The person who owes us money. He owes us a lot of money and he fled to your country," said another vampire.
"What's his name?" asked Jungkook.
"Cruise," said a vampire, but it was a fake name.
Jungkook refused to believe him.
"No matter what your purpose is, you've killed 23 people in our country, so you still need to go to the embassy with me," said Jungkook.
"You..." The two men were surprised. They were surprised that Jungkook insisted on taking them to the embassy and that he knew those people were killed by them.
After all, those people died a strange death, while they looked almost the same as human beings. How did Jungkook know those people were killed by them?
"You must be wrong."
Even though they really did that, they still tried to deny it.
"I'm not! I heard your conversation just now. I know you're not human beings, but vampires," said Jungkook. He didn't bother to hide the fact that he was aware of their real species.
Hearing that, the two vampires were totally shocked. To their astonishment, Jungkook knew that they were vampires.
At this moment, the two vampires honestly had no idea how to defend themselves, and they also realized that they were doomed.
After exchanging a glance with each other, they quickly pressed a button on the side of the watches on their wrists. Jungkook had a premonition, but it was too late for him to stop them.
With a loud bang, the two vampires exploded in an instant, without a bone left, while Jungkook was also instantly pushed 10 meters away.
They had chip bombs installed on their watches. As long as they couldn't escape, they would choose to die directly. Only in that way would the vampire family not be affected.
Because it was a chip bomb, it wasn't very powerful. Basically, they could only kill themselves by exploding it, and people who were close to them might be affected.
Jungkook was displeased to see that, because he couldn't catch them after the explosion.
Besides, he couldn't discover their purpose for coming to their country right now.
If it was really a personal grudge, it would be easy. However, if the government was involved, it would be a time bomb.
Although there were cultivators in their country and they could take action if vampires really invaded, it wasn't a good thing to have conflict.
Anyway, since they were both dead, there was no need for Jungkook to stay here. Either way, he would report it to his leader.
After walking out of the cave, Jungkook's phone received a signal, so he made a call to a senior leader.
"Is it done?" Once his call was answered, he heard a serious male voice of power with concern.
"Yeah, but the murderers had a chip bomb on their bodies. Once they realized they were doomed, they exploded it to commit suicide." Jungkook compressed his lips, saying in an upset tone, which showed that he was in a bad mood.
Hearing that, the leader realized that it was complicated, so he put on a serious expression. "Who are they?"
"It's a little special, so please be mentally-prepared before I tell the truth. It might be quite unbelievable," said Jungkook.
For no reason, the leader felt anxious. "Please."
"They're from Country M, which isn't the point. The point is that they're vampires. In other words, they aren't completely human. They're half human and half ghosts. They live by sucking the blood of other creatures, and they're dozens of times stronger than ordinary people," said Jungkook.
"What? Vampires?" Hearing that, the leader fell into a panic, because this was the first time he had ever heard something like that.
He had seen vampires in films before, but films weren't real, so he never believed in ghosts or monsters.
"Does it really exist in this world?" asked the leader.
"The world is so large that it contains a lot of strange things. Perhaps there are special people with magical power in our country too," said Jungkook. Although he could tell the leader about the vampires, he had to keep it a secret that there were cultivators in their country for the time being.
It had to be kept secret at least for now. Even if he was going to tell them, he better not do it on the phone, because it was hard to make it clear in that way.
The leader remained silent for a second. It was indeed quite unbelievable, but he chose to believe it rather than deny it.
"Since they are dead, it's over. However, it's very strange, so you must think of a good way to deal with the consequences. Pay the dead people's family satisfying compensation to stop the news from spreading abroad," said the leader.
"Of course," said Jungkook, then hung up.
Bambam and the others were at the bottom of the mountain. Because they were a little far from the cave and the explosion was in the depths of the cave, and the power wasn't too great, none of them heard the explosion.
They didn't know whether Jungkook would encounter the murderer, so they were unavoidably worried about him
They had done over a hundred tasks till now. And although they succeeded almost every time, they were in a different situation this time. Their enemies used to be human beings, but now they always ran into monsters or ghosts.
Monsters and ghosts were much more difficult to deal with than men.
They weren't relieved until Jungkook showed up. Without delay, they ran towards him.
"Boss, how is it?"
"Did you lose the trail?"
"..."
They asked Jungkook at once. Because Jungkook left for only a short time and had no injuries on his body, they thought that he might have failed to find the murderer.
"Well, it's already done," said Jungkook.
"What?"
"What? It's already done?"
"Within such a short time?"
Everyone was surprised to hear that.
"Yeah." Jungkook nodded. After he became a cultivator, it was getting easier and easier for him to complete the tasks.
Although there was a rule in the cultivation world that cultivators couldn't hurt mortals, Jungkook wasn't one of their members yet, so he wasn't constrained by that.
He was a cultivator, but also a soldier of their country, so he should shoulder his responsibility.
"Then who is the murderer? Why didn't you bring the murderer back?" asked Bambam. He couldn't wait to hear the answer.
"Actually, they are two vampires from Country M. Because they were unwilling to be caught by me, they exploded bombs that they had on them to kill themselves," said Jungkook with a calm expression.
Hearing that, everyone was shocked, although they were aware it couldn't be done by normal people.
"Country M? Is there a scheme or something?" said Ilwoo with worries.
The others had the same idea. After all, their country and Country M didn't have a good relationship. They were more like competitors.
"Boss, what else do you know?" asked Jimin. He actually didn't have much hope, because the two vampires chose to commit suicide.
"They told me they came here to search for someone who owes them money. It's obviously a lie. They would rather kill themselves than tell me the truth," said Jungkook.
"Fine."
The others agreed.
...
On Saturday and Sunday, Lisa was busy cultivating, but still failed to fuse her soul with her flesh.
Taehee had learned that Lisa had the Blood of the Phoenix in her body, so there was no need for her to go through the process of cutting her bones and purifying her marrow in order to be a cultivator. However, she had no idea Lisa had reincarnated. Therefore, she didn't know Lisa needed to fuse her soul with flesh to start cultivating. She simply thought that Lisa hadn't mastered the skill.
"It's fine. Take it slowly. Cultivation is very time-consuming. In the cultivation world, we don't have as many things to do as when you are in the mortals' world. In addition to learning and eating, we focus on cultivating every day. We barely sleep too! You're only learning now after all, so don't put too much pressure on yourself," said Taehee to comfort Lisa.
Even though Lisa had the Blood of the Phoenix and didn't need to cut her bones and purify her marrow, it wasn't easy for her to master the skill of cultivating.
"I know, and I won't give up," said Lisa. Even though she was a little disappointed, she understood it took time. Anyway, she had only tried a few times now.
After having dinner in the siheyuan on Sunday, Lisa and Taehee left.
Lisa drove Taehee back to Mountain River Garden before going back to her school.
It was already 8 pm, so it should be 9 pm when she arrived at her school. The evening class was over by then, so Lisa told her friends to meet her in the small woods.
"How do you feel now? If you're going to have a competition with Ji Wenna, how likely do you think you can win?" After the training, Lisa asked Yuqi.
"I think the probability has risen to 80%," said Yuqi. She no longer felt anxious, but was full of confidence.
Actually, it was a conservative estimate. Yuqi felt she was certainly going to defeat Ji Wenna, because she had made huge progress during this time. In addition, Ji Wenna wasn't very strong. Yuqi had lost to her once, so she lacked confidence to some extent.
Lisa didn't know how good Ji Wenna was at fighting, but she also believed that Yuqi could defeat Ji Wenna given the confidence on Yuqi's face.
"It's only three days away. After three days, it's also the National Day holiday. I'm going to defeat Ji Wenna, then enjoy the vacation!" said Yuqi. During this time, she focused on training. Although she had made a lot of progress, it was quite tiring, so she needed a break.
She was able to accept the training because she had been training ever since she was little. Other ordinary girls might not be able to accept the tough training.
"Great, I'll go with you if I'm free. If I'm not free, Nayeon can go with you," said Lisa. Lisa wasn't sure she would be free then, because she often needed to deal with emergencies.
"It's fine." Yuqi understood it.
"I'll go too," said Zhang Zikai.
After getting along with them for a few days, she took them as her friends. If anyone dared to bully her friend, she would definitely stand up for her friend. Even though she couldn't help Yuqi with the fight, she could cheer for her.
"Of course you can," said Yuqi. It wasn't a group fight anyway.
Even if there was going to be a group fight, none of them would be injured, because either Lisa or Nayeon could beat all of them alone.
Before Yuqi was done, someone came to cause Lisa trouble. It was Pan Tongyue.
At lunch, Pan Tongyue and several students went to see Lisa. They didn't look aggressive at all, but quite obedient. However, Lisa could see that they didn't come for anything good.
They first sat around the table next to Lisa before talking to her.
Seeing Pan Tongyue, Yuqi and the others were displeased. They didn't forget how she picked on Lisa last Wednesday, although Pan Tongyue only filled herself with anger in the end.
However, even though they were displeased to see her, they did nothing.
"Gu Lisa, I heard you're very good at martial arts. You've also defeated an instructor during military training. May I have the honor to have a competition with you for fun?" said Pan Tongyue. It sounded very normal, but a touch of malice flashed in her eyes.
Lisa didn't pay attention to her, so she missed it, but she knew that Pan Tongyue wasn't a kind girl.
Since Pan Tongyue was aware that she was able to defeat the instructor, and she still wanted to have a competition with her, it meant she either disdained the instructor or thought too highly of herself.
Besides, Pan Tongyue must know very little about what Lisa's achievements till now. If Pan Tongyue had heard of all Lisa's achievements, she must have too much confidence in herself by challenging Lisa.
Lisa didn't think she was strong. Compared with Lisa, she was too weak.
In ordinary people's eyes, Pan Tongyue could be excellent at martial arts. After all, Pan Tongyue's family owned a martial art training company of some fame in the capital.
In addition, Pan Tongyue dreamed of becoming a female kung fu master ever since she was a little kid, so she started practicing kung fu at a very early age.
Yuqi and the others were all surprised. They didn't believe that Pan Tongyue came just for a competition for fun, but they didn't say anything about it. It was Lisa's business after all, and Lisa would make the decision.
They hoped Lisa could agree, because they would be able to see what result Pan Tongyue would have in the end.
Thinking of that, both Yuqi and Zhang Zikai looked at Lisa silently in anticipation. Although they hoped that she could agree, it was still up to her.
Lisa was actually unwilling to waste more time on Pan Tongyue, but she felt it wasn't a bad idea seeing as Yuqi and Zhang Zikai couldn't wait to watch a drama. Therefore, she agreed. "Why not! Let me finish this meal first. We can go to the small woods later. It'll be a competition for fun."
Because Lisa agreed with alacrity, Pan Tongyue was struck dumb for a second. She thought that Lisa would refuse. As a result, her preparations were of no use now.
Nevertheless, seeing the faint smile on Lisa's lips, Pan Tongyue suddenly had a premonition, but she didn't care much about it. She didn't believe she would lose to Lisa.
Obviously, Pan Tongyue didn't clearly know Lisa's achievements.
As for the fact that Lisa had defeated an instructor, Pan Tongyue didn't disdain that instructor, but she thought that there were weak soldiers too. Lisa won perhaps because she didn't meet a strong soldier.
Actually, Hu Zijian was a soldier at a high level in the army, and he was much stronger than ordinary soldiers. Pan Tongyue simply wasn't aware of that.
"No problem." Pan Tongyue agreed, then began to eat.
After the meal, they went to the small woods together.
On their way, they met Jaewook, but this time he ignored Lisa as if she was a stranger to him.
Wei Chuanxun gave Lisa a quick glance of displeasure, then moved his eyes away. He disliked Lisa, but didn't hate her. Anyway, he learned that she was innocent in the drama last time.
However, he still believed that Lisa should feel lucky that Jaewook chose her, but she didn't cherish this good chance.
Jaewook's other two friends, however, had a good impression of Lisa, even though they were Jaewook's close brothers.
Precisely because they were Jaewook's close brothers, they had a better understanding of him.
All in all, Jaewook was much better than those spoiled arrogant self-centered rich heirs, but he had his pride given his powerful family background.
Lisa didn't say that Jihee had caused her trouble, but Jaewook went to question Jihee without asking her. When Jihee denied it, Jaewook should have apologized to her, but he didn't because of his pride.
So it was Jaewook's own fault.
Because of his mistake, Lisa and Jihee were both dragged into trouble, and Jaewook even refused to apologize afterwards. He had to be forced to do it in the end.
It was enough to prove how selfish Jaewook was.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with them, so they would still side with Jaewook because they were his friends even though they agreed that Lisa was right.
Lisa also ignored Jaewook, but Pan Tongyue went to greet him.
"Hi, Senior Rong!" Pan Tongyue greeted him in her most gentle voice.
"Hi, Junior Pan." Jaewook politely greeted Pan Tongyue too. Because Lisa was present, he wasn't in a good mood, but he still needed to maintain his kind image in front of other students.
In addition, Jaewook was unwilling to let Lisa see that he was affected because of her, because it was embarrassing in his eyes.
Therefore, at this moment, Jaewook still pretended that he didn't care about Lisa at all.
Seeing Pan Tongyue's attitude towards Jaewook, Lisa realized why she came to cause trouble today.
After knowing the reason, Lisa felt quite aggrieved. There was nothing between her and Jaewook! Rumors really killed people!
Although Pan Tongyue admired Jaewook and wanted to talk with him for a while longer, she understood that she had to be careful to not leave a bad impression on him.
She knew Jaewook didn't have a good impression of girls who always tried to strike up a conversation with him. He normally had a good attitude to those who kept a polite distance away from him. Therefore, she didn't want Jaewook to dislike her because she had no sense of distance.
As a result, after simply exchanging greetings with Jaewook, Pan Tongyue left.
After she walked back, Pan Tongyue said, "Gu Lisa, Senior Rong used to say hi to you of his own accord when he saw you. Why does it seem like he doesn't know you at all now? Is there a grudge between you two?"
Pan Tongyue knew the reason, but not the details.
She had heard that Lisa went to see Jaewook to talk about the fact that he had questioned Jihee with a very bad attitude. She also knew that Jaewook had apologized to Lisa, but didn't know that Lisa reached an agreement with Jaewook that they would see each other as strangers if they met again.
Therefore, Pan Tongyue thought that Jaewook must be mad at Lisa because she had forced him to apologize.
Thinking of that, Pan Tongyue was pleased, but she still disliked Lisa.
Lisa clearly knew what Pan Tongyue was thinking. Although she disdained Pan Tongyue, she still explained. "Senior Rong and I actually aren't familiar with one another. After the slander drama last week and the unacceptable rumors, I went to have a talk with Senior Rong. We agreed to regard each other as strangers if we meet again. I have a fiancé after all, so I don't want my reputation to be damaged by others."
They agreed to regard each other as strangers if they met again? Pan Tongyue was surprised.
Even though she was displeased that Lisa showed no respect towards Jaewook, she was happy to see that Lisa disliked Jaewook.
As for the news that Lisa already had a fiancé, she had heard about it too, but wasn't sure whether it was true. It was possible that Lisa said that to reject Jaewook, or to clear up her name. Therefore, Pan Tongyue asked with doubt, "Do you really have a fiancé?"
"Yeah," said Lisa with certainty.
"What does your fiancé do? How about his family?" asked Pan Tongyue. In fact, she didn't think Lisa's fiancé's family could be more powerful than Jaewook's. After all, Jaewook's family was the top family in the capital.
Unless Lisa's fiancé's family was the Jeon family, the Yuan family, or the Chang family, he could be comparable to Jaewook.
However, she didn't think it was possible. Lisa was stunning and outstanding, but it wasn't enough for a top family. Besides, there were too many beautiful women in the world.
As a result, she also believed Lisa was very lucky that she could be chosen by Jaewook, but Lisa didn't cherish the rare chance.
However, precisely because Lisa didn't know how rare and precious the chance was, Pan Tongyue still had the chance to compete for Jaewook's attention.
Nevertheless, even if Lisa withdrew from the game, Pan Tongyue would never be able to be accepted by the Rong family, because her family was barely comparable to Lisa's.
Pan Tongyue was too dumb to realize the fact that she was less qualified to be Jaewook's girlfriend.
"Well, I don't care about one's family background as long as I like him," said Lisa. Those were her real thoughts. When she got together with Jungkook, she knew nothing about his family and she was simply attracted to his abilities.
Even if Jungkook was just a regular soldier without the Jeon family, Shengshi, and a lot of money, she still wouldn't disdain him. After all she didn't love him for his family background or wealth.
Hearing that, Pan Tongyue, however, showed disdain. She believed that Lisa's fiancé's family must be far less influential than the Rong family so that was why Lisa was unwilling to tell.
She totally forgot that Lisa was already super-rich. No matter how ordinary her fiancé was, her fiancé wouldn't be less competitive than her. In other words, her fiancé was far better than Pan Tongyue.
Yuqi and the others didn't know what Pan Tongyue was thinking, but they were displeased by her unkind question.
As a result, Yuqi argued against her. "Lisa is such an outstanding girl with billions of yuan in wealth. Her man definitely won't be worse than her. Even in the capital, Lisa is one of the super-rich, a member of high society. Don't be so arrogant! Not everyone can be super-rich."
Hearing that, Pan Tongyue felt embarrassed. Because of what Yuqi said, she finally realized she was wrong.
It was true that someone with billions of yuan was definitely super-rich even in the capital.
Lisa undoubtedly was already a member of high society. Pan Tongyue actually wasn't comparable to Lisa at all. Although her family was rich, the assets her family owned was less than a half of what Lisa had.
Yuqi's words pulled her back to reality, but also embarrassed her, so Pan Tongyue began to hate Yuqi too.
Self-centered people always blamed other people for their own faults.
Lisa didn't think Yuqi said anything wrong, because Pan Tongyue actually embarrassed herself by being so arrogant and stupid.
The other two girls who stood by Pan Tongyue's sides also felt a little embarrassed, because they also believed Pan Tongyue was too self-centered. However, their families weren't very rich, so they had to tolerate Pan Tongyue's temper while trying to keep a good relationship with her. They were snobs, but they weren't dumb.
After Yuqi argued with Pan Tongyue, Pan Tongyue shut her mouth, which made Yuqi and Zhang Zikai feel satisfied.
Afterwards, they went to the small woods.
"Pan Tongyue, are you ready?" asked Lisa.
"Of course," said Pan Tongyue. Although Pan Tongyue had great confidence in herself, she didn't dare to take Lisa lightly, so she looked very serious.
"Let's begin then," said Lisa. After that, the competition started.
Because it was only a competition for fun, Lisa didn't use great force, but she didn't give Pan Tongyue many chances to attack her. Within a second, she directly defeated Pan Tongyue.
Pan Tongyue and her friends were totally dumb struck.
Even Yuqi and Zhang Zikai felt surprised too. They knew that Lisa was very strong, and it couldn't be easier for her to defeat Pan Tongyue, but unexpectedly Lisa defeated her in a second.
It was quite humiliating!
Pan Tongyue indeed felt very humiliated and instantly flushed red.
"I-I wasn't prepared. Again!" Pan Tongyue was unwilling to accept the result, but she lost her confidence this time. It was hard for her to believe that Lisa was able to beat her in just a second. It must have been an coincidence, she thought to herself.
Yuqi and Zhang Zikai looked at Pan Tongyue with disdain. There was a huge gap between their levels of martial arts, but she refused to give in. Fine, since she wanted to humiliate herself, they would continue to enjoy watching the drama.
"Alright, I can give you another chance. Make sure you are prepared this time," said Lisa.
She understood it was hard for Pan Tongyue to accept, so she didn't mind giving her the second chance, because she knew the result would be the same.
After a deep breath, Pan Tongyue got prepared and fought against Lisa once more. However, this time, Pan Tongyue was still defeated by Lisa within a second. If Lisa were a boy, people might blame her for not taking care of the girl, but Lisa wasn't a boy.
This time, Pan Tongyue couldn't use the excuse that she wasn't prepared again. She had to admit that Lisa was far stronger than her.
Why? Why was Lisa so strong? Pan Tongyue wasn't weak at all. Nevertheless, she couldn't fight against Lisa for a second longer, which was quite humiliating!
Pan Tongyue was willing to admit that Lisa was much stronger than her, but she was also mad at Lisa for embarrassing her in front of other people.
She was a typical selfish girl. It was she who challenged Lisa, but she still blamed Lisa after losing the game.
"Tongyue!"
Pan Tongyue's two friends immediately helped her get back to her feet. Luckily, she was a kung fu lover, so it wasn't very painful although she fell twice.
Lisa actually didn't use much strength to hurt her, otherwise she would need to be sent to the hospital right now.
"Were you prepared this time?" asked Yuqi to mock Pan Tongyue.
"Of course she was prepared. Lisa didn't move until she said yes," said Zhang Zikai mockingly.
Their conversation made Pan Tongyue feel even more embarrassed, but she couldn't deny it, so she had to leave in silence.
Her two friends also felt embarrassed because of Pan Tongyue's failure.
"I thought she's good, but it turns out I'm wrong," watching Pan Tongyue's disappearing back, Yuqi said with disdain. She knew it was because Lisa was too strong.
"That's because Lisa is too strong," said Zhang Zikai.
"I thought Lisa would torture her over time, but unexpectedly she beat her within only a second!"said Yuqi. Although it looked very cool, it would be more interesting if Lisa tortured Pan Tongyue.
"I don't agree. I think it's funnier to watch her beaten in a second. Didn't you see that she was heavily hit by that?" said Zhang Zikai.
"You're right." Yuqi agreed.
In the afternoon, Lisa received a call from Dino. He told her there would be a meeting for new members at 1 pm on Wednesday and he wanted to know whether she was free at that time.
Lisa said she would be free if no emergency came up. After all, it was three days later. No one knew what would happen, so Dino didn't say anything about it.
The Chamber of Commerce of the Capital University was very humane, and there was no mandatory attendance for the meeting.
...
Yuqi would have the competition against Ji Wenna at 8 pm on Wednesday night. The National Day holiday was right after Wednesday, so Lisa decided to fly back to City B then. She hadn't been back there for a long time, so she thought she should go back during the vacation.
After that, she would also go to C City to check the condition of the Tianying Gang.
Although Huang Haihao reported everything to Hyojong, Lisa was its real boss after all. She needed to see it in person. There were some things she had to see with her own eyes.
It was soon Wednesday. After having lunch at noon, Lisa ran into Jihee. They didn't argue with each other, but Lisa saw a touch of satisfaction in Jihee's eyes when she saw her. It seemed she had successfully done something.
Lisa didn't know what Jihee had done, but she had to be careful.
Afterwards, Lisa went to the meeting, while Yuqi continued to train with Nayeon, followed by Zhang Zikai.
She was about to have the competition tonight, so she had to be well-prepared. Although Yuqi was confident, she was still nervous.
At 12:55 pm, Lisa arrived at the office of the Chamber of Commerce.
Because the Chamber of Commerce was very important for the Capital University, it was given a large office by the school.
The office of the Chamber of Commerce was a 50-square-meter meeting room, which was luxuriously decorated and carpeted. It didn't look like a meeting room, but a leader's lounge.
There was also a reference room, pantry, and washroom inside.
When Lisa showed up, all the members of the Chamber of Commerce were almost present, but there weren't many of them. After a quick glance, Lisa saw 28.
After all, it wasn't easy to be accepted by the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce had more members than just 28, however, some were absent.
There were 5 new members this year. A lot more than 5 people had applied to join the Chamber of Commerce, but only 5 were qualified.
Students who were interested in business all ached to join the Chamber of Commerce, because it was a good place to build connections. However, only those who owned a successful business would be accepted.
In addition, the Chamber of Commerce wasn't only open to new faces, but was also willing to accept senior students, because some students started up a business during their study in the university. Therefore, among the 5 new members, 2 were senior students, while 3 were new faces.
After all, freshmen were mostly between 17 to 19. Only a few of them had a start-up, and even fewer of them could be successful.
In fact, very few of them established a new company on their own. Most of them relied on their families' support to become successful.
Anyway, they had some skills.
Once Lisa walked inside, she became the focus of everyone's attention. They all had heard of Lisa, but not many of them had seen her. They were aware that she was pretty, but was still stunned by her outstanding appearance when they saw her in real life.
Afterwards, several people looked at her unkindly. Two were girls, and the other was a boy.
Lisa was already used to unreasonable hostility, so she stayed calm.
"Hi, Gu Lisa, have a seat!" Dino gave Lisa a gentle smile.
"Hi, President Nie." Lisa gave him a nod, then walked to the sofa. However, right after she had a few steps, a girl aggressively walked over to block Lisa's way.
"President Nie, how come I don't know Gu Lisa is one of our new members? Her name isn't on the list." Hyeyoon questioned.
Yuan Hyeyoon was the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. She was also Jihee's older cousin. However, they weren't closely related, because their grandfathers were biological brothers, but their fathers were cousins.
Hearing that, Dino frowned in displeasure. "This must be the fault of our staff. They lost Gu Lisa's information chart, but I told Gu Lisa to send me a new one, so her name should be on the list."
In fact, Dino had the suspicion that someone deliberately dumped Lisa's information chart.
After all, members of the Chamber of Commerce weren't on the same boat. There were people of the dominant families drawing others over to their own side. They were always secretly competing against one another.
If someone dumped Lisa's information chart on purpose, who could that person be?
Dino thought of Hyeyoon at first, because Lisa didn't get along with Jihee, and that wasn't a secret. Hyeyoon was Jihee's older cousin, so it was reasonable if she did that for Jihee.
However, it was just a suspicion and he didn't have any evidence, so he didn't say it aloud. If he did, it would only make the situation worse.
Hearing that, Hyeyoon looked annoyed. To her surprise, Dino already found out and fixed it.
Because of that, Hyeyoon had to close her mouth.
Compared with Jihee, Hyeyoon was much better at socializing. She knew when to stop and shut her mouth. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to own a successful company at such a young age and become the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce.
After that, they began to have the meeting.
It was just an introduction meeting where new members got to know old members, so it wasn't formal. Therefore, it didn't last long and was over in half an hour.
The president and two vice presidents gave a speech first, then they began to introduce themselves.
In the end, Dino said, "Today's just an introduction meeting. The National Day holiday will begin tomorrow. I wish you all a happy holiday, and we'll have a formal meeting after the holiday is over."
"Our regular meeting is normally on Saturday, so we need to occupy some of your free time, but we won't have it every week. Normally it's held once a month, and a larger one every season, or when it's necessary."
"The small meetings are simply a gathering of all the members in our school. Members outside will be invited for the large meetings. They're mostly successful entrepreneurs with a high status."
"Although we won't force you to be present, we do hope you can be present as long as you have time, because it's good for everyone."
Nobody was forced to come, but no one was willing to be absent for no reason.
"Alright, you can leave now."
The meeting was over, and people left one after another.
Right after Lisa walked out of the teaching building, Hyeyoon stopped her by calling her from behind.
"Vice President Yuan, may I help?" asked Lisa.
"Nothing special. As a senior, I just want to remind you to keep a low profile. There are countless people with power in the capital. If you offend someone you shouldn't annoy by accident, your future might be affected, which won't do you any good," said Hyeyoon.
Hearing that, Lisa had a frown. She understood what Hyeyoon was implying. In fact, after learning her name, Lisa guessed that she could be a member of the Yuan family.
Given Hyeyoon's aggressive attitude towards her at their first meeting, Lisa was sure Hyeyoon disliked her.
Hyeyoon was either jealous of her or afraid she might steal the man she admired away. If not, there was only one possibility that it had something to do with Jihee.
If Hyeyoon was a member of the Yuan family, she and Jihee should be cousins. In that case, it was reasonable that she hated her.
Besides, Hyeyoon now talked to her in a threatening way, so Lisa was more sure that she was a member of the Yuan family.
Knowing that, Lisa thought of the fact that her information chart had been deliberately removed. It might have something to do with Hyeyoon too.
Lisa was unwilling to think of her as a bad person, but it was possible given Hyeyoon's unkind attitude towards her today.
Either way, Lisa didn't bother to pay more attention to it, because it didn't cause any harm.
"Am I a high-profile person?" Lisa blinked at Hyeyoon with an innocent expression, as if she had no idea that she kept a high profile.
Hearing that, Hyeyoon was mad. She could see that Lisa was playing dumb with her. "Gu Lisa, rumors about you are everywhere in our school recently. Isn't that enough to prove your high profile?"
"Oh!" Lisa sighed in a resigned tone, "I can't help it. Perhaps because I'm too outstanding, there are always people who are jealous of me. They keep making things difficult for me, but I've never ever caused trouble for anyone of my own accord."
"You..." To Hyeyoon's surprise, Lisa was so confident in herself. All of a sudden, she didn't know what to say. However, Lisa was right, because she indeed hadn't heard of rumors that Lisa had caused trouble for anyone. Instead, she seemed to be the victim.