Chapter 1: You still want to get promoted?

  Shangri-La Hotel is located on Jianghuai Road, the most prosperous street in the city. It was one of the first five-star hotels to enter the city and is currently the best performing and highest charging hotel in the city.

  Here, we provide a one-stop service for our guests: in terms of food, from local snacks to the four major cuisines, and even the city's highest-end Western-style suites; in terms of accommodation, five-star standard rooms, luxury rooms, and presidential suites are all available; in terms of transportation, the hotel provides no less than 100 luxury cars, ranging from domestic brands to imported ones, from Japanese cars to European cars, for you to choose from.

  Ma Pei is a VIP of Shangri-La and has a long-term suite at the Shangri-La Hotel.

  He is the executive director of a multinational trading group in G City and the only legitimate heir to the investment side of the company's Chinese branch. According to H City gossip news, last year, that is 2003, the annual Diamond King survey data showed that 28-year-old Ma Pei was the number one choice for more than 80% of unmarried women in the city!

  Ma Pei just smiled and ignored it.

  This time in the city, he knew that his good friend Zhang Sen was coming here to hand over a prisoner. After completing the formalities, there would be three or four days of leisure; and he happened to have nothing important on hand for these few days, so he decided to give himself a few days off and spend some happy time with Zhang Sen.

  Zhang Sen is 32 years old, the same age as Ma Pei. He is the captain of the G City Public Security Bureau's directly affiliated major crime unit. At the age of 24, he single-handedly infiltrated a criminal organization and arrested all its members, causing a sensation in the G City public security circle. After being transferred to the Municipal Bureau's Major Crimes Division, he cracked a particularly large criminal case at the risk of his life and was promoted exceptionally to captain of the bureau's directly affiliated major crime unit.

  Ma Pei often joked that Zhang Sen shouldn't have made his official debut as a public security officer, let alone been promoted. Because this way, there would be one less master of undercover work, which is a great loss for the public security department.

  Ma Pei and Zhang Sen's acquaintance was purely coincidental.

  At that time, Zhang Sen was still in the Municipal Bureau's Serious Crimes Division. Ma Pei had a bad mood that day and let the driver drive away after work. He wandered aimlessly alone and his wallet was stolen at the entrance of a shopping mall. Happened to bump into Zhang Sen who was passing by after work, and he caught the thief with ease.

  A commotion beside him made Ma Pei turn his head, only to find that the wallet in Zhang Sen's hand looked familiar. He patted his pocket and realized he had been robbed. After confirming, Zhang Sen returned the wallet to him.

  It was supposed to end like this, just a small episode in life, but more than a month later, Ma Pei went to attend a high school classmate's wedding and unexpectedly found that the best man was Zhang Sen, only to learn that Zhang Sen and Ma Pei's old classmate were brothers who slept on upper and lower bunks during their university days.

  As a result, the two people also became familiar with each other, and later they even became close friends because of their similar temperaments.

  According to Ma Pei's idea, Zhang Sen could just live with him after handing over the prisoner, anyway the guest room was big enough and it wouldn't be a problem for one more person to stay, and the two of them could have a good chat.

  Heaven knows how long it has been since Ma Pei had a good chat with Zhang Sen!

  But Zhang Sen was stubborn and refused to budge, saying he was a national cadre and couldn't violate regulations by staying in such a luxurious hotel, even if it wasn't paid for with state funds. He said it wouldn't look good if word got out, and his whereabouts "had" to be traceable at all times by the authorities, so he "had" to stay at the three-star hotel arranged by the municipal public security bureau. In Ma Pei's eyes, that so-called three-star hotel was hardly better than a slum!

  Ma Pei was so angry that he swung a left hook, but Zhang Sen dodged it easily and grabbed his hand, jokingly saying: "You don't want me to make mistakes, do you? I still want to get promoted, and in the future, I'll have to support my wife and kids."

  Ma Pei pulled out his hand and shouted at Zhang Sen: "You still want to get promoted? You've offended me, Ma Shao, you won't even be able to get a promotion to 'coffin'! Do you believe that with just one phone call, I can make you go stand guard on the side of the road?"

  Zhang Sen certainly knew that Ma Pei's words were not bragging, and with the Ma family's extensive connections in G City, it was not an exaggeration to say that they could "turn their hands into clouds and cover their hands with rain". However, what made Zhang Sen quite admire was that the Ma family rarely abused this privilege, and Ma Pei had never done so!

  He smiled and said, "I believe it, how dare I not? In G city, there's nothing you can't do, Ma Shao. Tsk, really want to see how you usually act as the director, getting angry so easily? Cultivate your temperament, Director Ma! It's time to let your admirers see your ugly face, what an image, my white horse!"

  Ma Pei is a very self-disciplined person, and only in front of close relatives and friends will he show his true nature, while Zhang Sen is the one who has the most opportunities to see him lose his composure!

  With a helpless laugh, Ma Pei glared at Zhang Sen and turned to leave, warning him as he walked away: "Don't try this with me again. Let me tell you, I don't care about your stupid rules. After you hand over the prisoner, all of your time belongs to me. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against you."

  Zhang Sen followed behind Ma Pei, walking and laughing as he said: "I don't dare guarantee this, I can only promise to give myself to you on the last night before leaving the city. The length of time will depend on the situation. But let me declare in advance, don't 'same' me, brother, I still want to find a wife in the future. I don't want your sister-in-law to dump me later."

  Ma Pei suddenly turned around, and Zhang Sen behind him almost bumped into his arms. Ma Pei took the opportunity to grab his collar and lifted him up face-to-face with himself, narrowing his eyes and gritting his teeth: "You're ruthless enough, I'm stupid, followed you to the city and came to find no fun. The city is almost trampled by me, if not for playing with you, what am I doing here?"

  Zhang Sen didn't struggle, letting Ma Pei carry him. In fact, if he wanted to make a move, Ma Pei wouldn't be able to catch him. But looking at Ma Pei's furious face, Zhang Sen was unwilling and couldn't bear to let him get too angry, so he might as well take the loss himself. After all, with Ma Pei's strength, letting him carry him could be considered a "Thai massage" for the technician to toss around.

  At this moment, Zhang Sen and Ma Pei were staring at each other, suddenly, Zhang Sen discovered a new continent-like, exaggeratedly shouted: "My god, Ma Shao, I found out for the first time that you actually have double eyelids! Wow, your eyeballs are the same as mine, they're actually black!"

  Ma Pei couldn't help but let out a chuckle, and his strength also slackened, his right hand unable to support Zhang Sen's weight any longer. He relaxed his grip, and Zhang Sen stood firmly on the ground.