Chapter 202 — Shock and Excitement

Huang Rongtian had once had no small stake in the African gold mine affair, and he had come out here with his father Huang Ce many times to negotiate the matter with General Karls. But the general had been insufferably high-handed, scarcely deigning to give them the time of day.

Now, however, Huang Rongtian had the distinct impression that General Karls was standing there to welcome Linyuan Peak himself! That expression, that stance... it made Huang Rongtian's head swim.

Zhang Jingyao had heard Huang Rongtian's cry as well. He did not know General Karls by sight, but hearing Huang Rongtian's words, the shock in his heart was beyond all measure.

General Karls had truly come out to welcome them? Then what Yang Ce and Li Qiang had said earlier was all true? Even as astonishment washed over him, Zhang Jingyao felt his heart ease—this time, in choosing his side, he had finally found the right direction.

Following Yang Ce had been no mistake. It was the single most correct choice he had made in his entire life. Let that fool Li Shu laugh all he liked; the louder he laughed now, the more bitterly he would weep in the end.

Zhang Jingyao could already foresee the fate that awaited Li Shu and his son.

Familiar with General Karls? What good was mere familiarity? Yang Cenbin was not merely familiar with the general—he commanded the general's respect. Those were two entirely different things!

He was certain that if Yang Ce wished to move against Li Shu and his son, General Karls would throw his full support behind it. Before absolute power, all else was illusion. Zhang Jingyao understood this truth profoundly.

Huang Ce and Huang Rongtian exchanged a glance, and each read shock and excitement in the other's eyes! Yes, excitement! The man before them was in very truth General Karls—the man who had once seemed so far above them.

And now he stood there quietly, waiting for Yang Juehuan to arrive.

The car slowly came to a halt. Li Qiang was the first to leap down, and Liu Chao, Wang Peng, Jinniu, Lu Xinyang, and the others—all rigorously trained and strictly disciplined—merely stood at attention and held their positions; until Li Qiang gave an order, they would make no move of their own.