Miss Beautiful C.E.O and her system

Meanwhile, Ling Qingyu sat down bored, with nothing to do. Although she had taken rest in the past days, she wasn't so free as of today. And this wouldn't be the first time because starting today, Ling Qingyu must train her firearm skills under Tang Ziyi's instruction and leave her responsibilities to Zhao Xiurong.

Thinking of her secretary's oppressed expression, Ling Qingyu giggled and paid her best regards. She stood up and walked toward the desktop in the corner of her spacious room.

With nothing to do at hand, she surfed for ebooks. The purpose was to read developed deep philosophies in the modern era. Despite appearing the same, this world reached democracy very early with many nations following suit like a domino effect.

Not more than 200 years later problems arose, some states began to fail and some were exploited by greedy dictators for their benefits.

Freedom, Liberties, human values and morals. Although people adhered to those principles, the world was never purely black or white.

Evil existed to show good. No matter how many core values are imposed on society, savagery never disappeared. It lay low deep in the human blood.

The world government might have dimmed down those traits by strict laws and punishment. That was the outer appearance for the public to see. Under the dark mud, bone-chilling and disgusting events always happened regularly. The worst of all were culprits able to escape sanctions.

Possibly in the future, conflicts between different nations would rise again. This time instead of national interest, it was for the ideology. The only downside for the democratic nations was their unawareness or arrogance to the oncoming threat.

In fact, the spread of authoritarian regimes was indeed the greatest threat rather than against the World Government they guarded against. They underestimated the power of an authoritative regime by merely looking at the fact that in the history of humankind, this similar authority always collapsed.

However, greed, one of the seven sins, never left humanity. They were the one existence that proved the dangers toward a fragile democratic system. Why else did dictators pop up one after another and people rarely resisted? They became frogs in a slow boiling pot of water.

Unlike the preceding generations who understood what price they had paid for today's prosperity, the new generation took everything for granted. They had no national interest in their mind and most were simplyminded that they were being manipulated easily, after letting them think they knew everything.

The ancient reminders were true. Chaos creates strong heroes. Strong heroes create prosperity and peace, which in turn weaken humankind. The weak will only generate another chaos. The cycle never stops.

Ling Qingyu predicted that a resurgence was on the way. Although the world war shouldn't have happened based on the current world scenario in contrast to the nearly lit gunpowder past life, she should prepare what she could.

While she read and made several conclusions on the notebooks. Those lists contained her future steps to achieve her ambition. She had already attempted to build a new system or framework so that the utopia in her mind became attainable.

Of course, these ideas were still premature and required more thorough contemplation. Why was Ling Qingyu so keen? Did she have so much free time?

A plan is a plan. As for her time management, it appeared when she delegated her task, there was abundant time.

Soon, Ling Qingyu was attracted by a vibration on the desk she was studying. The source was from Athena's glass. "What's the matter, Athena?"

"Mom." The glass projected a beam of light and Athena's figure came out. Ling Qingyu saw her aggrieved expression as if she had ignored her daughter a lot.

Athena walked over and leaned her head over Ling Qingyu's shoulder. Although Athena was merely a hologram and Ling Qingyu sensed no weight, Ling Qingyu tried to caress her daughter's face.

Athena showed a look of enjoyment, causing Ling Qing to roll her eyes. There was no way Athena felt anything. Athena wore a simple white gown, a robe tied around her waist, looking beautiful like a Greek Goddess striding out of the artwork.

As expected of my daughter, Ling Qingyu's narcissism shook.

Ling Qingyu spoke: "Alright, forgive Mom for ignoring you. Tell me, is there something wrong so much so that you came out to speak? Is it urgent?"

Athena nodded. "Since you've requested me to monitor your employees' safety through networks of CCTVs and arrays of electronic devices, you've given me permission to hack. Every gang member making a plan against us is under my eyes."

"Just now I receive a message they're about to move and their targets aren't our employees but the relatives or close people around them," Athena added.

Ling Qingyu's eyes turned cold. She recognized what was at stake here. That was also the reason why she spared no effort to give protection to her subordinates, in addition to the responsibility she upheld.

Now, someone was targeting her indirectly. She wouldn't curse the enemies for being unrighteous to point their swords at the innocence.

Naturally, she could retaliate the same way. But unless last resort, she didn't intend to do so because she hated becoming like them. Self-control and peace of mind were far more important, provided there was no threat yet.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Ling Qingyu sighed heavily and thanked her daughter.

"No need to thank, mother. That's my responsibility." Athena patted her chest.

Two huge planets seemed to flatten and bounce back. Ling Qingyu's mouth twitched at her playful daughter. Even as a holographic image, why was she making everything so detailed so realistic?

In fact, Ling Qingyu lamented her daughter's size was a bit bigger than hers. Perhaps, this cheap daughter wanted to compete with mom! "Athena, please contact Su Ruomei for me."

Athena nodded and Ling Qingyu's phone on the desk immediately rang and speaker mode was turned on. Ling Qingyu leaned on her chair lazily. How convenient. She now understood how the famous playboy in the Marvel universe experienced.

Tapping her finger rhythmically on the armrest, Ling Qingyu's eyes narrowed with so many calculations flying by.

"Sister Ling?" A hesitant voice ushered, breaking her thought.

"Ruomei, I need your help." Signaling Athena to set up firewall protection against any lurker, Ling Qingyu explained the problem and briefed the intelligence Athena had given.

Athena pouted and complained with gestures that she always had priorities for privacy protection. In fact, nothing in this world could interfere with Ling Qingyu's group network from outside, especially Ling Qingyu's new phone.

"So, that's the reason why you let our patrol route follow employees' path to their residences. We all have a guess among sisters, I'm gonna bleed heavily again; it doesn't matter. What do you want me to do?" Su Ruomei's calm reply satisfied Ling Qingyu.

LIng Qingyu: "..."

"You should know this group is the one responsible for assassinating me." Ling Qingyu spoke. "I have already struck against the main culprits but it seems their friends don't want a respite or my mercy."

"The objective is to arrest them and deliver these boys to Yang Qingyue." Ling Qingyu said. "There'll be a helper connecting with you soon. She'll give you important intel, vital to the mission. You can follow her recommendations but I'm giving you full control to complete the task. As for Sister Yang, I'll make a call."

"Do we need inform the local help?" Su Ruomei asked.

"No, there are so many holes that the plan will leak out and frighten our enemies prematurely." Ling Qingyu refused. "I want everything covert until the final moment."

"Understood." Though Su Ruomei was curious about the identity of a newcomer contacting soon, she didn't ask.

"Show em who's the boss."

"Will do, boss." Continue your journey on empire

Ling Qingyu hung up the call and looked at Athena. "You heard me. Go and contact Su Ruomei and assist her. I believe you'll handle the task well."

"Don't worry, Mom. I'm an expert." Athena guaranteed with pride, she deserved.

Ling Qingyu was relieved to send out her daughter. "I'll have to request your interaction be like a human. I'm sorry to let you not show your face to the world." Ling Qingyu apologized.

She never treated Athena as a machine. This pure daughter who called her mother had warmed Ling Qingyu's heart. If not for no real bodies, she wanted to try parenting.

"No worries, Mom. I understand." Athena was already clever. She knew it wouldn't be long before she appeared confidently among Ling Qingyu's circle. "I never felt aggrieved mother. Being with you is always the best."

The more Athena surfed around the internet, the more she discovered humans were fearful of the unknown. The new AI terminology had raised fierce reactions, unfavorable to Athena.

Ling Qingyu's nurturing style of treating her with respect and care might be the only one in this world. Naturally, Tang Ziyi and Xiao Yue were included; however, they were under Ling Qingyu's lead.

Her mother would always be the best. Now she was glad to do something for her. Athena's image remained accompanying Ling Qingyu's boredom while her computing power completed the other tasks.