Chapter 6: Into Long Aotian’s World, Day 6

Chapter 6: The Sixth Day of Being Thrown into a Dragon King’s Story

The receptionist was a sweet-faced young woman.

In a sugary voice, she asked, "Hello, sir! Do you have an appointment?"

The man, Du Guyuan, frowned upon hearing this and replied, "No, just arrange it for me."

He said it so matter-of-factly.

The receptionist: "..."

"Heh heh, I'm sorry about that!"

"Without an appointment, I'm afraid you can't head upstairs right away."

"If you need anything, could you leave your name? I can call up and check Chairman An's schedule for you."

Du Guyuan's expression darkened further, but he restrained himself and answered, "Du Guyuan."

The receptionist: "Alright~"

She picked up the front desk phone and reported to the higher-ups. Soon, she hung up.

With her sweet smile still in place: "Mr. Du Guyuan, I'm sorry, but Chairman An is in a meeting."

"However, you can wait in the waiting room next door. We'll notify you as soon as the meeting ends."

Just then, a neatly dressed employee with a badge appeared: "Mr. Du Guyuan, this way, please. I'll take you to the waiting room."

His face as dark as thunder and radiating an arrogant aura, Du Guyuan followed the employee to the waiting room.

The employee: "Mr. Du Guyuan, this is the waiting room. Please wait a moment. After Chairman An's meeting, we'll inform him."

He paused and asked professionally, "Would you like something to drink?"

The driver stepped forward, answering brusquely, "No need. You can leave now!"

The employee backed out smoothly and disappeared through the door.

Watching the employee leave, the driver approached Du Guyuan with a nasty look and started badmouthing: "Boss, they dare to humiliate you like this!"

"I bet it's that bastard An Yi's doing!! Deliberately keeping you waiting!"

Du Guyuan sat on the sofa, letting out a cold snort: "Hmph. I'll make them pay!!"

Meanwhile, An Yi was in a meeting. Thanks to the previous owner's memories and knowledge, he was handling the situation pretty well.

When the meeting ended, the wall clock showed it had been nearly an hour and a half.

An Yi returned to his office with Li Xuan: "Li Xuan, get Zhang Qiang to come to my office later."

Li Xuan: "Yes, Chairman An."

He quickly added, "Chairman An, Mr. Du Guyuan is here to see you. He's waiting in the waiting room."

An Yi froze in his tracks: "Du Guyuan?"

His plot alarm instantly went off. This wasn't in the original story!

At this point in time, shouldn't this "Dragon King" be busy taking down the Yang family, pulling the whole "don't mess with the poor kid" routine?

Why was he coming to see him, the "designated villain"?

He had no intention of getting involved with Du Guyuan's affairs like in the original story. Let them fend for themselves!

Why was Du Guyuan coming to him now? Was it the world's will, seeing that he wasn't fulfilling his role as a tool, and fixing the plot?

An Yi couldn't help but let his imagination run wild, even shuddering a little.

An Yi frowned and asked, "Did he say what he wanted?"

Li Xuan shook his head: "No, he just insisted on seeing you."

An Yi rubbed his forehead in frustration, a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "Alright, let's go see what he wants."

In the waiting room.

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The atmosphere was tense.

Du Guyuan stood impatiently by the window. If it weren't for his driver being the only other person there, he would have already blown his top.

What nerve this An Yi has, making him wait so long!!!

Did he really think he was just some pushover, a "poor little thing"?

Hah~

Ignorant ants! They had no idea what kind of existence they were dealing with......

*Click.*

The door lock clicked softly, cutting off Du Guyuan's internal "Dragon King monologue."

He turned around to see An Yi, impeccably dressed in a tailored suit, standing at the door with a disgustingly phony smile on his face.

Almost simultaneously, the familiar "barrage" of comments hammered An Yi's eardrums.

Hearing the comment section chatter in his ears, An Yi maintained his flawless smile: "Welcome, welcome!"

"My apologies for the delay—I was in a meeting. I had no idea you were here, Mr. Du Guyuan. Please forgive my neglect."

An Yi gestured for Du Guyuan to take a seat, then sat down on the opposite sofa.

He also signaled Li Xuan to prepare drinks.

It seemed that whenever he interacted with the protagonist, he could hear the comment section. That made sense—the story revolves around the protagonist.

Seeing An Yi, Du Guyuan toned down his arrogance: "Not at all. It was my sudden visit."

An Yi's smile didn't waver: "You're too polite, Mr. Du Guyuan."

"May I ask what brings you here today?"

At the mention of business, a smug, condescending smirk immediately spread across Du Guyuan's face.

Du Guyuan sat on the sofa crossing one leg over the other, his fingers interlaced casually on his knees, his whole posture like a big shot sitting on his own throne, as if he had "I'm the man" written on his forehead.

An Yi: ......

Seriously... so rude.

Du Guyuan smirked: "I'm here today on orders from my old man to offer Chairman An a golden opportunity!"

"I wonder if Chairman An is interested in cooperating?"

An Yi: Damn it, what are you smiling at? I'll knock your teeth in!

An Yi kept a straight face: "Oh? I don't know what Mr. Du is referring to. I'm all ears."

Du Guyuan's smirk widened, as if he could already see An Yi bowing to him. He chuckled and threw out the bait: "Chairman An, I'm sure you've heard of that 'big event' in the east end of town, right?"

An Yi raised an eyebrow. The thing in the east?

Well, he was aware of it.

He remembered from the plot the famous "sinkhole" rumor, saying that a new commercial center was going to be built in the east.

So land prices in the east skyrocketed.

Among them, the largest piece of land was snapped up by the Du family, and Du Guyuan had put in considerable effort.

But it ended up being nothing but a rumor, so the Du family suffered huge losses.

By all rights, the loss shouldn't have been that severe, but as luck would have it, a large industrial facility sat on that land, so it was contaminated.

This was...

An Yi thought it was absurd. How could such false rumors arise about policy-related matters?

Later, various rumors about the land being bad emerged, causing land prices there to plummet ridiculously.

This directly led to the Du family's project on that land becoming a stalled building, with no further development.

As for why these illogical things happened...

An Yi could only chalk it up to bugs.

After all, this was a novel. How could it not have bugs?

Some authors even write books full of bugs!

Right?