Stuck in a Chinese novel

"Is there no other way?" Run Long asked Noh Tian.

"No. For now, all we can do is wait for clearance. It still belongs to you, Brother Long, so we will get it for sure but we don't know how long it will take." Noh Tian informed Run Long who was very worried because health services raided his warehouse where all his readied products were and confiscated them because Run Long didn't possess a License.

"I see." Run Long could only say that since there was no other way. Nothing was going his way recently. Not only was he losing the girls he liked, but he was also losing a sh*t ton of money.

For now, all he could do was wait. Seeing that there was no other way to this, all he could do was see if any opportunity arose.

"Actually, Brother Long, there is something I would like to recommend if you are interested." Noh Tian hesitantly said.

Seeing Noh Tian so hesitant, Run Long couldn't help but ask, "What is it, brother Tian?"

Noh Tian still hesitated and said, "It's not that I don't believe in your medical skills, it's just that the person who wants to be healed is a little too influential. If anything were to go wrong, the confiscation of your product would be the least of your concerns."

Run Long nodded solemnly. Usually, he would have said yes in a heartbeat, but since nothing was going his way, he wasn't very confident in pursuing this matter.

"What is the risk?" Run Long asked.

"These people are directly associated with the immortal special forces. We don't know what they would do if things went south." Noh Tian explained.

Run Long nodded solemnly and began to ponder the matter at hand. It was indeed a problem and Run Long couldn't take a risk.

"What do you think, brother Tian?" Run Long asked Noh Tian who solemnly replied, "Usually, currying a favor with the cultivator's special forces would be an opportunity too good to pass but if anything went wrong, they are also a very tough opponent to face. After all, they directly come under the emperor."

The power of sects was undeniable until it didn't come to the emperor and everything under him. There were two wings of the emperor. The government and the military. The military was something complicated and a sole organization for the sake of the empire. So no power in the empire could go against the military.

However, the government was a different thing. The politics of the empire didn't remain the same as the ancient times. To placate the people of the empire, martial law, the law of the military wasn't something wise.

Even the past emperors made sure not to give military the control over the people. So for that, the government was created and every power structure was the same as any other presidential country only the empire didn't allow for a president and that role was given to the emperor.

Unfortunately, the immortal special forces didn't come under the government but the military. No sects could go against the military, even the strong ones because no one could go against the emperor.

It was a complex structure but all Run Long knew was that he could get in trouble with the police, however, since he was a cultivator, the case would be handed over to the cultivator's special forces and in doing so, to the military.

No one needed to tell him what would happen then. Although his master was strong, his influence wouldn't work much in the military. Of course, it wasn't like his master had no influence in the military since he served the military, but there was a chance those connections might not help him in this case where a direct person involved in the immortal special forces was concerned.

"So you say I shouldn't do it?" Run Long asked.

Noh Tian simply nodded in reply which helped Run Long come to a decision. "Very well then. I won't do it."

"That's a good decision, Brother Long. It is always better to be cautious than a risk of this magnitude." Noh Tian said as a praise to Run Long.

Run Long nodded and leaned back in his chair. However, he had a feeling that this matter wasn't as simple as he thought it would be. He had a nagging feeling at the back of his head that there was something he had missed but he couldn't tell what.

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Wei Jun smiled as he read the report sent by Noh Tian. He came out of his car and he simply replied, "Good work."

He headed to his warehouse where his bike was stored. He made sure to hide his traces before he equipped his biker suit and boarded his bike. While the city was distracted by the fire three days ago, he was going to do what he really needed.

He had managed to convince Run Long not to take an unnecessary risk, making him believe Noh Tian all the more. Now he just needed to make it so that Run Lon had no choice but to go his last hope, only the risk factor involved would be a bit much higher.

Wei Jun just needed to make him desperate enough for that. And all that would remain would be to just sit back as Run Long would self-destruct himself. If Lin Ruan needed to pursue Run Long via legal means, he was going to help her in that condition as well.

Wei Jun made his way to the warehouses of the government under the cover of the night. He made sure to avoid the guards because he couldn't leave a trace behind. Even if they were found unconscious or they just woke up themselves, it was a trace that could be used. Wei Jun wanted to make sure there was zero trace of his presence.

He hid his bike in the woods and entered the area where several containers and warehouses stored illegal contraband or confiscated stuff of the government. Wei Jun had used his connection at the new mayor's office to confiscate Run Long's stuff.

But he didn't ask where that stuff was held so as to not give the new mayor any leverage against Wei Jun. From the outside, it simply looked like Wei Jun was trying to halt a competition.

As for what Wei Jun really wanted was a little tedious task but he was still going to do it. He opened the container that held Run Long's stuff and he opened it up.

Once he was inside, he locked himself inside and sighed as he saw many boxes containing Run Long's readymade product. Wei Jun sighed once again as there were thirty vials of cream inside each of the boxes giving him a total of almost 10,000 vials to work on.

Wei Jun sighed as he opened the first one only to sigh once again because it was sealed by a sheet.

'Why did they have to go through so many troubles?' Wei Jun annoyingly remarked before he tore off the seal of the cream. He pulled out a vial containing greenish liquid from his inventory.

He dropped just one drop from the vial into the cream and watched as the drop sizzled for a while before it mixed with the cream. Seeing that there was no change to the appearance of the cream, Wei Jun sighed in relief and pulled out another machine from his inventory.

Wei Jun came prepared for anything, even something minute, a detail many might have missed so of course he prepared plastic sheets that could act as seals for the cream container.

Once he sealed the cream container, he moved on to the next one. By his estimate, this all would take him at least three days and that was about all the time he had. He had left Li Wei in charge of many matters and focused entirely on the matter at hand.

Wei Jun finished the first box and then moved on to the other one. He used almost one vial for each of the boxes, for thirty cream containers.

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While Wei Jun was busy on the inside, many people were also busy on the outside. One such person was a beautiful but cold black-haired girl who sipped tea from her teacup.

She stared at the man in front of her who had an irritated expression on his face as he complained about several things.

"Don't worry about anything, senior brother. For now, the sect master wouldn't do anything. Please remain hidden and out of sight. This whole matter would soon blow away." Liu Yu placated the man in front of her.

Ju Bai Lu, who knew it wasn't as easy as she said, said in return, "I know but it isn't so easy. For now, I want to just gut that bastard."

"And we will." Liu Yu said with a smile, unbeknownst to Ju Bai Lu, he had fallen into a trap of hating Wei Jun and now, Liu Yu didn't need to be involved in this any longer.

No matter what happened now, Liu Yu would be clean of all matters. Just like a simple bystander.

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Finally, from the next chapter, begins the downfall of the protagonist.

It won't be very fast but I am confident I will finish it by chapter 145-150 at most.

Hope you guys stay tuned until then.

Enjoy~~