The Luckiest Man - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: I Must Get This Done!

Translator: Larbre Studio

Editor: Larbre Studio

Zhao Qimin was sweating all over.

The old man before him was truly someone of great reputation and rank, it was not that easy to hesitate. More importantly, he had military blood in him. Despite being more than seventy years old, he was still a courageous and upright man. He was a real deal, and there are many government officials whom he had watched grow up. He was certainly someone one couldn’t afford to offend.

However, the Awakener Quota was undoubtedly highly valued. In the black market, it had already reached a price of five million dollars. While very few people were willing to pay the price, it was constantly rising.

From Zhao Qiming’s perspective, he had been handling cases which involved a hundred million dollars—five million was, therefore, not really a big sum. However, there were regulations stating that the rights to Awakening couldn’t be transferred to another party. He was caught in quite a situation.

“Alright.” Zhao Qimin had thought about it for some time, but had eventually given up—the old man before him was more powerful.

“Old Liu, please don’t do anything rushed. If you rush this matter, I might get into big trouble. Why don’t we do it this way—I will submit an appeal to the upper heads and see if they allow it. However, could you just give me a hint of the person you are so passionate about helping? The prince or princess of which family?” 

Zhao Qimin was extremely curious. As a matter of fact, when Zhao Qimin’s son wanted to acknowledge Liu Huajun as his god-grandfather, Liu Huajun had rejected him without thinking twice. Now, Liu Huajun not only had a god-grandson, but also a god-granddaughter. Just what kind of background did they have? 

“What prince and princess.” Mentioning about Hong Xiaofu and Shen Xiaoling, Liu Huajun couldn’t hide the happiness on his face as he smiled proudly, “They are a pair of orphan siblings who live next to me. I have watched them grow for the past two years and they are really nice people.” 

Orphans? And they were siblings? Who the hell were they to have such a great honour? Judging from Old Liu’s expressions, he was extremely delighted to have adopted the pair of siblings. Were they really so great?

“I see.” Zhao Qimin became more careful with his questions, “Are you certain that they can be trusted?” 

When Liu Huajun heard that, it seemed to him that he was facing some kind of fool, “Aren’t you stating the obvious? Why would I want them as my god-grandchildren if they couldn’t be trusted? I even came here personally to get the Awakener Quota, are your senses deteriorating?” 

Zhao Qimin was sweating buckets. The old man had an evil tongue.

The Governor had also quickly realized that the god-grandchildren Liu had adopted were protected—they could not be harmed!

“Oh right. Old Liu, you mentioned that your god-grandson has been Awakened?” That was still good news and Zhao Qimin was still concerned about the recent recovery of supernatural influence. He asked, “What is his power?” 

Liu Huajun was even happier when he brought this up as he explained, “My god-grandson’s power is beyond interesting. I have asked about it when we went for our morning run today. What do you think it is?” 

Zhao Qimin was dumbfounded. How on Earth could he guess it? There were so many! He still asked carefully, “What is it?” 

Liu Huajun boasted excitedly, “He can make people get on their knees! Amazing, right?” He looked at Zhao Qimin as if trying to get some underlying meaning across. He was laughing like a sly fox as he said, “If you don’t get the Quota for me, I’ll bring him along to look for you in all your meetings.” 

Zhao was instantly scared. The power to make people kneel down!? Such insane powers actually existed? He was speechless. 

If he was in a meeting and this boy appeared, then he would be kneeling down in an instant—he would be a laughing stock! 

“No!” Zhao Qimin’s forehead was full of cold sweat as he said, “Old Liu, please calm down. I promise to do my best to help you with this, definitely!” 

He made a silent promise to himself that he had to get it done right, no matter what.

After hearing Zhao Qimin’s reply, Liu Huajun stood up, pleased, and said, “That’s right. I’ll not bother you further, you should go to your meetings.” 

He personally sent Liu Huajun off into his car before he wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead. Right after he went back to his office, he immediately called his secretary Xiaoli over. “Xiaoli, Old Liu’s neighbours, two orphans. Please check them out for me, I want all their information within half an hour.” 

Xiaoli nodded, “Okay.” 

Half an hour later, a pile of paper had been printed neatly and placed onto Zhao Qimin’s desk. He flipped through it immediately.

“Hong Xiaofu, male, orphan, 18 years old, from Shencheng Orphanage, has a positive character. He is currently studying in Shencheng Research High School, Year 3 Class 16. He is the Class Mascot, and his most commonly said phrase is ‘Look at me, what are you still upset about’…”

The information written in the documents was comprehensive, accounting for the whole of Hong Xiaofu’s life.

“2001 of the lunar calendar, 28th of August. Hong Xiaofu was found outside Shencheng Orphanage. He was a quiet baby in swaddling clothes, just sucking on his thumb. He had a note with him that read: Pray limitless blessing for this child. Hong Xiaofu was the name given to him by the orphanage.

“When he was still in the orphanage, Hong Xiaofu had already shown his endearing positive drive and he also knew how to count his blessings and be content with what he had. Everyone in the orphanage liked him very much. In October of 2017, Hong Xiaofu turned sixteen, and he was asked by the director to take ten-year-old orphan Shen Xiaoling with him and live outside independently.” 

As he read the line, he frowned, “Something’s off. To become independent from an orphanage, you should be eighteen years old. Why on Earth was he asked to leave when he was sixteen?” 

As he thought about that, he continued reading carefully. The information behind detailed the lives of the siblings, but Zhao Qimin found another clue: “Shen Xiaoling was pretty and obedient, so many people wanted to adopt her…” 

Zhao Qimin understood. It said “adoption”, but who knew what they truly wanted from her. He continued reading.

“Hong Xiaofu is studying at Shencheng Research High School and has obtained good results. For the five comprehensive assessments, his ranking in the cohort was 86th, 64th, 75th, 88th and 62th place respectively. Something worth noting was that Hong Xiaofu spends about two hours every night working as a replacement gamer in order to make a living and support his sister. Source of the job: Classmate Zhao Ming, a form of financial aid.”

Zhao Qimin smiled and said, “He is indeed a person with good character and results. He is lucky that his classmates are nice, too.” 

That was, after all, under his jurisdiction. Zhao Qimin was happy to see classmates help and support one another. 

After he had completed reading all the documents, Zhao Qimin was satisfied as he nodded his head and said, “No wonder Liu likes him so much, who would not like such a child? Yeah, judging from these, I should be able to help them. Let’s plan it this way, I will send the appeal to the authorities, I will do my part.” 

Zhao Qimin picked up his phone and dialed immediately. After handing over the case, he picked up the documents and started reading them again.

As he was reading, he suddenly thought of his son…then of his grandson…

Zhao Qimin instantly rubbed his chin with determination.