roccoschili Chapter 177 Fu Changheng
Chapter 177 Fu Changheng
The Imperial Vanguard Alliance aims to cultivate detached, impartial, and loyal soldiers and officers, providing top-notch talent for interstellar expansion.
As for the founder, he was Fu Changheng, the executive officer who had struck fear into the hearts of countless realms of the empire for nearly a century.
Fu Changheng, a figure rarely seen by prominent figures from all walks of life, has served only the imperial Su family for many years.
In the eyes of others, Fu Changheng is the epitome of coldness and aloofness.
An advertisement for the Imperial Law Firm once used his image as a spokesperson, claiming "fairness and justice," and the results were somewhat surprising, with the firm generating 300 million in revenue annually.
A reporter, a local resident, or a passerby asked: "Who do you think is the most ruthless and heartless official in the upper echelons of the empire?"
Passersby unanimously declared, "It must be Executive Officer Fu."
What is deeply puzzling is that, despite the extreme level of public dislike for Fu Changheng, his name frequently appears among candidates for the imperial monarch.
People knew he was ruthless, which is why he was able to make more reasonable and fair decisions on important matters of the empire.
In addition, what surprised ordinary people was that Fu Changheng, as a high-ranking official, stood out among a group of young male celebrities and ranked first on the list of "men that girls most want to marry" in the entertainment industry.
The girls' reason was: he's not likely to cheat.
"Commander Fu treats everyone the same, with indifference."
"He's rich, good-looking, and has a strange temper. I don't ask him to truly love me, I just ask him not to cheat on me."
Well, at least he didn't cheat on her, so the girls could smoothly inherit his estate after he died...
Later, the Su family's rule in the empire gradually declined, and there were rumors that Fu Changheng was dissatisfied with the Su family's rule and thus betrayed them.
The truth is that the Su family's extreme methods of governance caused dissatisfaction among the majority of the upper class, including Fu Changheng.
"I helped you conquer the world, and what did you do?"
“Su Wenyuan, you already have a family and two daughters.”
"You abandoned your eldest daughter, and now you're arranging a marriage between me and your younger daughter. Is this how you win people over?"
“Leave the affairs to me, while you go out and have affairs, and have a son with your mistress.”
“I understand. You sent Xiao Qi away because you didn’t want her to awaken her abilities and take your place. You had a son just to help you inherit the throne and continue to be your puppet.”
"But you've forgotten that I set the rules for the imperial succession."
"Anyone who is capable, regardless of age or gender, can run for election."
“And you want to break this rule with family inheritance, I will not let you have your way.”
"Imperial 32 Starships, control is still in my hands."
Later, it was rumored that Executive Officer Fu brought back a girl from a lower-level star.
The girl's hands were frozen red and almost powerless, and would break at the slightest touch.
Everyone said that he had suddenly become kind-hearted, changing his previous aloof demeanor, and perhaps wanted to take a more approachable route in order to become the next emperor of the empire.
Not long after, news broke that the executive officer had personally taught the girl how to handle a gun.
Some people then said, "Has the executive suddenly become enlightened?"
"So he cares a lot about relationships?"
For a time, long lines of girls openly expressed their admiration for him stretched from the east of the city to the executive office, disrupting official business.
When his subordinates asked him about his attitude towards the girl he had brought back, he simply said, "I'm just grooming the future monarch of the empire."
A qualified, ruthless, and emotionless monarch.
Little did he know that his love for her had grown wildly with each passing day, until it became an unbearable, heart-wrenching pain.
Everyone in the household knew that Fu Changheng couldn't cook, but when that girl was sick, he personally cooked a terrible but nutritious meal until he earned her approval.
He taught himself medicine simply to minimize her injuries.
After achieving his goal and successfully obtaining a son, Su Wenyuan abandoned the woman and arranged for his youngest daughter from his previous marriage to marry Fu Changheng.
This time, Fu Changheng had no chance to resist the arranged marriage.
Because of his negligence, because he focused all his attention on another girl, Su Wenyuan took the opportunity to cultivate his own power.
Later, she exposed her emperor father's crimes of harming her mother and personally sent her biological father to hell.
Unfortunately, the marriage alliance was not dissolved.
She, now a queen, said, "Executive Fu is the man every woman in the empire wants to marry the most. My sister will not lose out by marrying you."
Fu Changheng frowned deeply: "How could this happen? Which part went wrong?"
He thought about it and realized that the problem was probably that he had been too tolerant of her in the past.
Despite numerous opportunities to express his feelings, he said in front of his subordinates, "I don't want to make it public and cause her trouble, speculation, or harm."
He used to think that love meant forbearance and restraint.
He adhered to the principles of the Vanguard Alliance, which have remained unchanged for over a century.
Until... he heard the incessant gunfire in the courtroom and saw dozens of bullets pierce her chest...
He suddenly realized that his idea was completely wrong.
If she had understood his love sooner, perhaps she wouldn't have been so insistent on having her sister marry him.
That way, her sister wouldn't hate her, and she wouldn't die.
……
Shen Chaohuai stood on the terrace, the seaside night shimmering with light.
He knew that Zheng Ran had set a trap for him, but he still jumped into it without hesitation.
Because he knew that if he didn't express it, she would never know his true feelings.
Even if she thought his gestures of goodwill were insincere or feigned, he didn't want to tolerate it anymore.
As for the current outcome, has he ever regretted it?
He said he has no regrets.
Because there's always a way to deal with deliberately created scandals.
But if you have the chance to say something, once you miss the opportunity, you miss it forever.
He called Xie Tian: "Hey, can you do me a favor?"
"Okay, let's control the comments first."
"Furthermore, I will send a lawyer's letter to sue that member of the Zheng family for deliberately fabricating rumors."
……
Chengxin Bank.
Su Qi changed into a hooded sweatshirt before entering the building. No one around her paid special attention to her, but she could still hear people following the trending topics talking about her and Shen Chaohuai.
"Really? A romance between siblings?"
"Don't talk nonsense. How would you know the inside story? We're not in the entertainment industry, so let's not get involved in this."
"Someone has gone past."
Su Qi entered the elevator, and only then did the group realize that the person who had just passed by was the female protagonist of the top trending searches.
Su Qi smiled dismissively: "As expected, you've stirred up public opinion among uninformed viewers."
[Seriously, don't these people know their master is the Shen family's adopted daughter? What kind of sibling relationship is this?]
Su Qi knocked on the door, and the roller shutter of the glass door rose.
"You've arrived?" Li Haidao stood up and shook hands with her.
She responded politely and slowly sat down on the opposite side.
“The money you invested with me last time has already started to show results, and there are also some other financial products of various sizes, with a total return of about 30 million.”
Su Qi paused for a few seconds: "What about principal and interest?"
"Ninety million."
Su Qi was somewhat surprised: "So, you mean, with just ten million more, I can pay the orphanage the breach of contract penalty and forcibly terminate the adoption relationship?"
"But where are we going to get this ten million?"
Li Yancheng was sitting in the inner room reading the newspaper when he suddenly spoke up: "After the dating reality show ended, you must have received several endorsement offers by now, right?"
Su Qi shook his head.
"Strange……"