Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The two-hour lunch break passed in a state of rubbing shoulders with each other. Jiang Lan even clung to Ying Qiao’s tail and took a half-hour nap. When the time was almost up, Ying Qiao had no choice but to wake him up and send him back to work.
It had been a long time since he had slept while hugging his boyfriend’s tail, and Jiang Lan looked a little reluctant when letting go.
Seeing that he was puffing up his face and looking unhappy, Ying Qiao fastened his seat belt, rubbed his head, and said, “After your fourth cousin leaves, I will buy a big house and we can live together, okay?”
Of course there was no need to buy a big house. The big villa filled with jewels and treasures had been waiting for its second owner to move in.
Ying Qiao thought that after Jiang Lan’s fourth cousin left, he would find a suitable time to confess to Jiang Lan. There might be some minor conflicts afterwards, but once the conflicts were resolved, they could officially start living together.
Although the house in the community was cozy, it was inconvenient. And there were three children at home who also needed independent space and special care.
His thoughts coincided with Jiang Lan’s.
His elder brother had bought him a large flat near his workplace. After he revealed his identity to Ying Qiao, it would be perfect for them to move in together.
The two had their own plans, but they both ended up in the same place.
Ying Qiao escorted him to the gate of the subdistrict office, watched him get off the car, and said with a smile, “See you tonight.”
Jiang Lan curled his eyes and said in an excited tone: “Well, call me in advance.”
Xue Meng, who had just come out to wash his face, happened to see this scene. He then took two steps back and covered his eyes exaggeratedly: “The dog’s eyes are going blind!”
Jiang Lan looked at him speechlessly and sneered, “If you keep talking, we’ll have dog meat hotpot tonight.”
“…”
Xue Meng’s eyes were full of resentment: “Single dogs are protected animals, please be nice to me, thank you.”
The two of them joked around for a while before Jiang Lan entered the office.
There was not much to do on Friday, so he had almost finished his work in the morning and only needed to write a report in the afternoon. Jiang Lan thus took out his phone and searched for nearby restaurants and places suitable for a date.
Fourth Brother won’t be back until nine o’clock at the earliest. He would get off work at half past five, which meant he still had three and a half hours to date Ying Qiao!
What precious three and a half hours these were under Fourth Brother’s watchful eyes.
Don’t waste it on the road.
Just as he was happily looking for a restaurant, his fourth brother suddenly called.
Jiang Lan stared at the caller ID on the phone screen and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He wanted to pretend that he didn’t hear the call and not answer it.
But the phone kept vibrating.
Jiang Lan had no choice but to answer the call, and even lowered his voice by several degrees, saying unhappily: “Fourth brother?”
On the other end of the phone, Bi’an said, “Due to an emergency, the delegation arrived in Jiangcheng ahead of schedule. Someone has gone to the airport to greet them. Please come to the bureau first. The bureau has already informed the street office.”
“…”
His premonition turned out to be correct.
Jiang Lan greeted the late visiting delegation one hundred and eight times in his heart, and said, “Oh, I’ll be right there.”
Before he hung up the phone, he looked up and saw Director Cheng at the door. When he saw him looking over, he waved. Jiang Lan hung up the phone, entrusted Suan Ni and Jiao Tu to Zhang Tianxing again, and went out with his bag on his back.
Director Cheng gave him a pre-approved leave note: “I have received the notice. I will assign your work to other people in the near future. You should focus on that matter first.”
Jiang Lan thanked him, borrowed a car from the street office, and headed straight to the Monster Management Bureau.
When he arrived at the gate of the Monster Management Bureau, he remembered that he had promised Ying Qiao to have dinner together in the evening. He hurriedly sent Ying Qiao a message to explain, then turned his phone to vibrate and strode into the Monster Management Bureau.
After walking a few steps, he saw Bi’an coming downstairs to pick him up.
The two brothers took the elevator upstairs together. Bi’an said, “The delegation is on the way and will arrive in half an hour at the latest. Here is their information. Take a look first.”
Jiang Lan took the information and started reading it in the elevator.
There was a total of twelve people in this visiting delegation. In addition to five human elites, there were two Western dragons, a vampire, a werewolf, and three Onmyojis[1].
The dragons, vampires, and werewolves were all envoys from the United States, and the three Onmyojis were from Fuso.
These seven people were the main focus of Jiang Lan and his team’s trip.
Judging from the information, all seven of them were in their prime, and looked to be between 20 and 40 years old.
The vampire Hai’an was the youngest among them, and looked to be in his early twenties, with typical blond hair and blue eyes, and his skin was somewhat sickly pale; the werewolf Ed was also in his twenties, and probably due to his racial characteristics, he was tall and strong, and was 1.92 meters tall, with a high nose and deep eyes, and shiny wheat-colored skin.
The two dragons looked older, with typical Caucasian appearance, tall and strong, just a little shorter than the werewolf Ed. Judging from their appearance alone, they must be in their thirties.
As for the three Fuso Yin Yang Masters, they all had Asian faces, there were two men and one woman, and were all between 30 and 40 years old. The Yin Yang Masters had their own Taoist priests and monks next door to deal with them, so Jiang Lan only glanced at them and looked away.
The information on the file was not too detailed, what was more important was the political stance of these several people.
The vampire and werewolf were from non-governmental organizations, and their past experiences rarely involved the government. However, the two dragon tribe members were actually related to the US government.
The information highlighted the two dragon tribe members and specifically noted that the two were very interested in China’s traditional culture. Not only were they proficient in Chinese, but they also had in-depth research on Chinese history and were also very interested in the Chinese demon tribe.
The United States sent them to lead the team this time, obviously they were well prepared.
Jiang Lan put away the information and asked seriously, “If there is a conflict, can we fight?”
“What Tai Feng meant was that if you can avoid taking action, try not to do it. If you must, remember to find a place where there are no surveillance cameras.”
Jiang Lan understood immediately: “You can beat them, but you can’t leave behind any evidence, right?”
Bi’an nodded and said, “We’re here, let’s go in.”
The reception group was already in the meeting room. In addition to Bi’an and Jiang Lan, there were three great monsters and five ordinary monsters. The next door sent Taoist Qingyun and five young Taoists to receive them, mainly to deal with the three Fusang Yin-Yang masters.
After entering the conference room, everyone looked at him. Jiang Lan was used to such stares, so he nodded and smiled at them calmly.
The three big demons and Taoist Qingyun were relatively calm and nodded politely. The remaining little demons and Taoist priests were all surprised, and then they looked away guiltily.
Jiang Lan pretended not to notice the secret gazes on him and stood beside his fourth brother, waiting quietly.
They went downstairs to greet them only after the convoy that was picking them up called.
Bi’an and Jiang Lan led the group, followed closely by the others.
Six cars lined up in front of the gate of the Monster Management Bureau, and members of the visiting delegation got off one after another. The three Fuso Onmyoji stood behind the two dragon tribe members, the werewolf and vampire formed their own factions, and of the remaining five human elites, three went to the dragon camp, and the remaining two followed the vampire Hai’an.
Compared with the neat and orderly team of Jiang Lan, the visiting team seemed a little disorganized.
One of the dragons glanced gloomily at the werewolf and vampire, then he took the lead and started talking to Bi’an first.
Bi’an politely led them to the meeting room.
Seeing this, Jiang Lan fell behind by a step and said to the vampire and others who were left behind, “Please come in, everyone.”
The vampire followed with a smile and greeted him in fluent Chinese: “My name is Hai’an, what’s your name?”
“Jiang Lan.”
Jiang Lan led them inside, not saying much, but he didn’t make anyone feel ignored or neglected.
Werewolf Ed didn’t talk much. He just kept silent after he announced his name. The two humans obviously followed Hai’an’s lead and didn’t interrupt.
Therefore, the final conversation became a one-sided conversation between Jiang Lan and Hai An.
….
The group went upstairs in two elevators and finally met in the conference room.
The delegation arrived three days in advance, and the meeting did not last too long due to the long journey. After the two sides introduced themselves to each other and exchanged business cards, the short meeting was basically over. The two dragons were still talking to Bi’an. They spoke fluent Chinese. Jiang Lan listened from the side and found out that they had also given themselves Chinese names. The older one was called Long Bing and the younger one was called Long Yue.
Long Bing had narrow eyes, and when he spoke, the tail of his eyes turned up, which made him look a little arrogant. Even when he spoke to Bi’an, he sounded a little superior: “I heard that there are two dragons in your reception group this time. Besides you, where is the other one?”
He glanced at everyone present with contempt and snorted in dissatisfaction: “Didn’t he come?”
“The other one is my younger brother Jiang Lan,” Bi’an looked a little cold and gave Jiang Lan a subtle look.
Jiang Lan received the gaze from his fourth brother, took a step forward, and smiled with eight teeth, such that the dimples on his cheeks were faintly visible, making him look soft and harmless, with no deterrent effect at all.
He looked concerned, but his words were sharp and piercing: “Mr. Long Bing, do you have poor eyesight? If it is inconvenient, we can ask someone to buy you a pair of glasses.”
“It’s you.” Long Bing looked at Jiang Lan with contempt, as if the god high above finally noticed the ant at his feet.
He even released his pressure without caring about it, hoping to suppress Jiang Lan with his dragon power, make him look bad in public, and give the reception group a warning.
However, the pressure he released was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any ripples. Instead, Jiang Lan looked at him with a half-smile and said slowly: “There is an old saying in our country, it is impolite not to return the favor.”
Before Long Bing could understand what this meant, he felt a huge invisible pressure coming back like a wave, rolling towards him. He subconsciously gathered his strength to defend himself but was still forced to take a step back.
Long Bing looked at Jiang Lan in horror, what a strong sense of hostility!
His expression was grim, and there was a hint of solemnity and consideration in his eyes as he looked at Jiang Lan: “I heard that Mr. Zhang Lu is the fourth son of the Dragon, I wonder who you are…?”
Jiang Lan still smiled politely and courteously: “Dragon’s fifth son, Taotie.”
Long Bing’s eyelids twitched: …
How could it be this evil god?
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[1] Onmyōji was one of the classifications of civil servants belonging to the Bureau of Onmyō [ja] in ancient Japan’s ritsuryo system. People with this title were professional practitioners of Onmyōdō. Onmyōji were specialists in magic and divination.