Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

"They're coming out! They're coming out!" Because Eric had sent someone in advance to inform that he was going to accept a half-hour interview outside the temple, as soon as the gates of the Sakya Monastery opened, someone excitedly shouted.

As Eric and the veiled Tan Ailing, Tang Feiyan, little Feng Qian, Luoli, and Sun Clouds appeared slowly, a crowd also formed. If it weren't for the strong support of the four secret guards, the journalists, who were running madly with their photography equipment, would definitely have a "passionate collision" with the ones they wanted to interview!

A foreign male journalist who had taken the initiative and squeezed to the front, pushed his furry microphone in front of Eric's chin and asked directly in English, "Your Holiness, what is your opinion on the so-called 'miracles' you have performed?"

Upon hearing this question and seeing the expression on the foreign journalist's face, Eric knew that he was an atheist and skeptical of his performance at the enthronement ceremony.

"In that case, let me ask you, what do you think my opinion should be?" Eric wasn't angry. He just stared directly at the journalist with his icy black eyes.

"I...uh..." The male journalist was rendered speechless by this "tai chi push" of a question and the indifferent gaze, and he stammered for a while without an answer.

No one paid any attention to the foreign journalist who didn't understand the situation. A journalist from a Tibetan TV station asked, "Great Living Buddha, Sakya has not only found you but also found the incarnated golden body of Kublai Khan, a saint of a generation. Do you think this is the heavens blessing Sakya, wanting the Red Sect to reappear in its former glory six hundred years ago?"

"Do you want to incite a religious war?" Eric rolled his eyes inwardly and said, "Whether the heavens are blessing us, I dare not confirm; whether we can restore the former glory, I dare not guarantee. What I can say for sure is that Sakya is revitalized!"

Eric's unassuming words excited the reporters present. After a slight uproar, a journalist from country A asked, "Your Holiness, we understand that Sakya also has branches in country A. Will you focus on our country A in your religious affairs?"

"Although religion knows no borders or races, Sakya's roots are in Tibet, and we will never leave China!"

Eric's words drew loud cheers from the Chinese journalists present. Just then, a stunning woman with a flushed face and slightly rapid breathing squeezed into the crowd. Whether it was her attractive appearance or the negligence of the four secret guards, she actually broke through the blockade and rushed to Eric's side.

It seemed that even she hadn't expected this situation. After rushing to Eric's side, she didn't know what to say! Faced with such an "accident," there was a moment of silence at the scene, everyone was excited, and they were all looking forward to something happening between this handsome man and beautiful woman in front of them, so they could add some newsworthy material to their own.

"It seems that this friend has something important to ask..." Eric's expression was gentle. He felt that this beautiful woman seemed somewhat familiar.

The woman raised her head to look at him, but immediately shrank her shoulders and looked a little timid.

"You can ask as much as you can. As long as it's something I know, I will answer truthfully." Eric smiled slightly and asked with feigned surprise, "Did you forget what you wanted to ask?"

"Leader, what's wrong with you? Go up and ask questions. Why are you standing there?" a shout came from the crowd.

The woman seemed startled and blurted out, "Your Holiness, what is your opinion on the economic trends in country A?"

Eric chuckled and shrugged, "For this question, you should ask the financiers on Wall Street in country A..."

The journalists burst into laughter.

Unexpectedly, the woman calmed down in the laughter. Her eyes sparkled, and she gave an extremely charming smile, saying, "Your Holiness, hello! I am Qingsi, a journalist from CCTV's 'Person' program. Can I ask you a few questions?"

Although Eric had set a rule of one question per person, the woman's performance made him somewhat favorable, so he nodded immediately.

"Your Holiness, it is said that you have instructed the Great Vehicle Dharma King of your sect to establish a Tibetan Medicine City in Hebei, intending to directly sell Tibetan specialties such as saffron and cordyceps. Is this news true?"

"Not bad!"

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"Then may I ask, where did your initial capital come from?"

"Hehe, do you think a sect that has been passed down for hundreds of years and was once the state religion would have no capital at all?"

Qingsi's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, and she quickly asked, "So, Your Holiness, was the initial capital for establishing the Ling Yan Group also from Sakya's historical capital?"

As soon as this question was asked, all the journalists held their breath and listened intently.

CCTV's photographer Xiao Qiang was even more amazed. "A leader is a leader. I thought she was losing it before? It turns out she's using strategy! First, she acted like a newbie, won the favor of the interviewee, took the opportunity to gain the right to ask continuous questions, and then calmly set the trap... Leader, you are now my lifelong idol, Xiao Qiang..."

Eric was slightly stunned, looking at the journalist who was trying to set him up with a smile but shaking his head, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Seeing that Eric didn't take the bait, Wan Qingsi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Still, she rallied and said, "We found that the protagonist of the 'Most Handsome Chairman in History,' which caused a huge stir online, looks almost exactly like you. Your Holiness, how do you explain this?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Explain? Why should I explain?"

Eric's indifferent attitude made Wan Qingsi frown slightly. "Aren't you afraid of being accused of embezzling public funds for personal gain?"

Eric laughed again. "When did I embezzle public funds?"

"If you didn't use Sakya's historical funds, where did you get the money to establish the Ling Yan Group?"

"Why are we back to this?" Eric shook his head. "I have never said that I am the same person as the 'Most Handsome Chairman in History'..."

"Why don't you admit it? According to the pictures, you are clearly the same person!"

"It is said that everyone in the world has three people who are absolutely unrelated to them but look very similar. What can a picture prove?"

Qingsi was about to ask again, but Tang Feiyan behind Eric was already a little impatient and whispered, "Eric, why are you entangled with her for so long? We should go..."

Only then did Qingsi notice the five women beside Eric. Although they were all veiled and their faces were not visible, except for the little girl, each one was outstanding. Wan Qingsi inexplicably believed that once their veils were removed, each of them would be a beauty no less than herself.

With this realization, Wan Qingsi couldn't help but ask in a somewhat impolite tone, "Who are they?"

Eric was slightly displeased, but still answered, "They are my family!"

"Family? What kind of family?"

"It seems that it's none of your business?"

Qingsi hesitated for a moment and insisted, "Although it's none of my business, the audience is interested in knowing!"

"The audience's interest does not mean I have to answer! This matter, I have nothing to disclose!"

Eric's expression made Wan Qingsi realize that she couldn't continue to press him on this question. She took a deep breath and said quickly, "Some people say that people need to live in groups because they fear loneliness, and men are vain, so they constantly change women to boast about their status. Your Holiness, do you think this statement is correct?"

Eric was stunned for half a second. Although he didn't know why she asked like this, he still smiled and replied, "Men use women to boast about their status, and women use men's status to boast to others, don't they?"

Qingsi snorted and did not retort, continuing, "In Your Holiness's mind, are women also used for boasting?"

"I only use women I like to boast..."

"So, what kind of women does Your Holiness like? Are they the ones behind you..."

Qingsi's ambiguous questioning had completely extinguished Eric's previous good impression of her. He smiled evilly, deliberately leaned down, got closer to her, and said in a low voice, "I like women like you."

After hearing such an answer, Wan Qingsi's mind was buzzing, her heart beating wildly. She didn't know how to respond. What did he say? He likes women like her? What does that mean? It couldn't be what she was thinking, right? Dear God, although she had been confessed to countless times, this was the only time she felt something... Should she just agree directly? Wasn't he joking?

"Do you have any more questions?" Eric didn't look up, his warm breath blowing on Wan Qingsi's face, leaving her at a loss.

"N-no, I don't..."

Seeing her like this, Eric felt a mischievous pleasure and couldn't help but tease her a little more. So, he took her hand and gently asked, "Do I have the honor of having dinner with you?"

"Uh..." Wan Qingsi was stunned, unsure of how to respond, with the lights of the major journalists flashing around them.

"I'll wait for you at the western restaurant of the Lhasa Grand Hotel tonight, okay?" Eric continued to whisper ambiguously in Wan Qingsi's ear. With the sound of cameras clicking, he was sure that several more intimate photos had made their way into the journalists' cameras.

Qingsi nodded blankly. Heavens, her heart was about to stop.

Despite the flashing lights in her eyes, she didn't find them glaring.

The microphone was piled up in front of her, countless questions coming at her, but she couldn't say a word, not even remembering when Eric and the others had walked away.