"His condition..."

"Facial fractures and more than ten damaged teeth. They say the cartilage in his right arm and right leg has been shattered..."

"It can't be treated?"

"...Orthopedic surgeons renowned even in America are treating him, but... it seems he'll be left with some disability."

"I see... Of course. If the cartilage is shattered, it wouldn't be easy even if Hua Tuo came back to life. He's made him half a cripple."

"We failed to serve him well enough. Chapter Master... please, put me to death!"

Thud!

The finest mansion deep inside Yihai, a luxury residential estate in Beijing.

In its innermost room, Zhang Wenliang quietly received the report.

The man standing before him immediately slammed his forehead to the floor.

Zhang Wenliang spoke in an emotionless tone as he listened.

But the messenger knew better than anyone how angry he was right now.

Zhang Wenliang grew even more cold-blooded when he was angry.

As Chapter Master of the Heaven and Earth Society's Heaven Chapter, he was the key man in charge of politics.

His official title was a mere aide to Vice President Xi Jinping, but his role was that of a strategist as vital as Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong.

He'd scattered enormous sums and handed out profits to broker deals among the factions so Xi Jinping could rise to the vice presidency.

Calling him the coming number two of a rising China was no exaggeration.

And now he was furious at the news that his beloved son had been beaten.

Whatever his tone, his blazing eyes already radiated killing intent.

The boy had his flaws, but he was his one and only son.

His family line could very well have been cut off.

The Chinese Dream and the organization's security mattered, but his one and only son mattered just as much.

Zhang Wenliang had tried in every way, through his concubines, to have another child, but it had proved impossible.

Zhang Tian was the eldest son of the main line, the only heir the Zhang family had.

And he'd been attacked in New York.

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