The Lost Omega Heiress is Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 14

Help me find her intact body.

Special Zone, Tianheng Industries Headquarters Building, top-floor office.

Aside from the Governor’s Mansion, this was the most awe-inspiring place in the Empire.

Beyond the massive one-way floor-to-ceiling window lay the dazzling nightscape of the entire floating city. The gravity vehicle lanes, which appeared like stars from R District, were nothing more than ordinary scenery here.

The office was decorated in shades of black and gray, with a minimalist style bordering on asceticism. A huge holographic star chart adorned the wall, marking the routes and colonial planets covered by the company’s arms trade.

Ji Tianheng sat beneath this star chart, watching the fidgeting man on the opposite sofa with some impatience.

The man was middle-aged but well-preserved, handsome, wearing a bespoke suit valuable enough to buy half a street in R District.

He was Shen Hong, chairman of the Shen Group.

This was Shen Hong’s first time setting foot in Ji Tianheng’s office in thirty years.

“Chairman Ji.”

Shen Hong’s demeanor was far more humble than what one would see at his press conferences. “I apologize for disturbing you during your busy schedule.”

Ji Tianheng said nothing. She was fond of liquor, and now she swirled the amber whiskey in her glass, savoring the silence.

It was satisfying to see a detested opponent bow and seek peace.

The air in the office grew uneasy due to her silence.

After a long while, she spoke, “It’s about your missing daughter again, isn’t it?”

Shen Hong smiled bitterly. “I truly hate to trouble you, Chairman Ji.”

He cut straight to the point: “My daughter, Tingxue, has been missing for almost two months. I’ve mobilized every resource at my disposal official and private but there’s been no trace of her.”

He knew well the extent of Ji Tianheng’s influence in the Empire’s underworld.

The black markets and intelligence networks of D District, R District, and even the border planets were under Ji Tianheng’s control.

If even she couldn’t find Shen Tingxue, she might be gone for good.

Ji Tianheng set down her glass, leaned forward slightly, and fixed Shen Hong with a sharp gaze. “Telling me all this is useless. You should know very well that I only engage in highly profitable business.”

“Besides, we’ve been at odds for years. The terms you offered last time were utterly unappealing to me.”

“If you’re just here to waste my time again, there’s no need to continue.”

“I understand.”

As he spoke, Shen Hong took out a data chip from his pocket, prepared in advance.

He slid the chip across the table. “As previously discussed, I will grant you the joint development rights for next quarter’s intercity rail transit project. Now, I’m adding three percent of Shen Biopharmaceutical’s shares.”

Three percent of shares was an offer that would drive any family in the Empire to madness.

Yet Ji Tianheng didn’t even glance at the chip.

She simply looked at Shen Hong and asked slowly, “You do know why I despise your family, don’t you?”

Shen Hong’s expression tightened slightly.

When asking Ji Tianheng for a favor, one had to be prepared to pay a heavy price this woman never helped without exacting her pound of flesh.

Ji Tianheng never suffered losses and even took pleasure in rubbing salt in others’ wounds.

Over twenty years ago, Ji Tianheng’s wife went missing during the Empire’s political turmoil, and since then, she had become even more unapproachable.

Su Lian was the Empire’s most outstanding pharmacist and a staunch advocate for Omega rights.

During the turmoil, Su Lian lost contact with the main group while protecting crucial Omega rights materials and was never seen again not even her body was found.

As the sole heir of the Ji family, Ji Tianheng had been quite the playboy before marriage, flitting from one romance to another. But after marrying, he settled down for this Omega.

After Su Lian’s death, the outside world expected Ji Tianheng to quickly revert to his old ways, especially since the couple had no children and hadn’t been married long.

Yet Ji Tianheng never remarried.

From that day on, he drowned himself in relentless work and expansion, building Tianheng Industries into an unshakable arms empire.

If chaos were to strike again, she would never let herself be separated from her beloved.

She loathed the Shen family.

In the midst of that turmoil, the Shen family had swiftly swallowed up the pharmaceutical patents Su Lian was still researching after her disappearance. Shen Hong, in particular, had stolen her research findings for immense profit.

“Why bring up the past?” Shen Hong’s voice was strained.

“Yes, why bring up the past.”

Ji Tianheng laughed mockingly, “President Shen, do you really think the terms you’re offering are enough to make me forget the past?”

“Tingxue, she…”

After much hesitation, Shen Hong finally revealed the secret, “She is engaged to the governor’s son.”

“Oh?”

Ji Tianheng raised an eyebrow, feigning surprise. “Since when has your Shen family grown so close to the governor’s mansion?”

“The engagement was arranged in secret.”

Shen Hong sounded somewhat embarrassed. “The governor’s side is pressing hard the wedding is next month. If by then Tingxue still…”

He didn’t finish, but the implication was clear.

Losing the governor’s support would put the Shen family’s business plans at risk, and they might even offend the governor.

“I see.”

A knowing smile finally appeared on Ji Tianheng’s face.

She sneered, “So you’re not looking for your daughter, you’re looking for a tool to preserve the Shen family’s wealth.”

“No need to hide it from me. It’s for the Super Alpha Project, isn’t it?”

The governor wanted the Shen family’s support in biopharmaceuticals to pave the way for his Super Alpha Project, while Shen Hong sought the governor’s backing to solidify his commercial empire.

A perfect political transaction.

Ji Tianheng’s intelligence network had already caught wind of it. She couldn’t care less, what could the governor’s mansion do? They still relied on her for arms.

Shen Hong’s expression tightened.

He had revealed the engagement intending to pressure Ji Tianheng with the governor’s influence, never expecting she would pay it no mind.

Shen Hong made one last attempt, “What exactly do you want, President Ji?”

“Anything within my power, I’ll do my best.”

Ji Tianheng picked up the data chip, twirling it between her fingers.

“Actually, it’s quite simple.”

“I want both the project and the shares. Additionally, I want you to personally establish a foundation in Su Lian’s name and donate five percent of Shen Biopharmaceuticals’ profits for the next five years.”

“I want this foundation dedicated to aiding victimized Omegas.”

Shen Hong’s eyes widened in shock.

He knew Ji Tianheng had a big appetite, but this exceeded his expectations. Ji Tianheng herself was no saint now she wanted to talk about helping Omegas? It was sheer hypocrisy.

“President Ji, isn’t this too much?”

“Too much?”

Ji Tianheng let out a cold laugh, his powerful Alpha pheromone pressure instantly enveloping the entire office. “It’s you who needs help, not me.”

“Now, you have two choices. Either take your chip and leave this place, and never come back.”

“Or, agree to my terms. I’ll help you find the person, but I only guarantee that I’ll find them. As for whether they’re alive or a corpse.”

He paused, revealing a cruel smile. “That will depend on your daughter’s luck.”

With that, Shen Hong suppressed his emotions and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

He didn’t know how much information Ji Tianheng had gathered or how much he knew about the Alpha Project.

Currently, the border situation was growing increasingly tense. The so-called “Super Alpha Project” aimed to cultivate stronger Alpha warriors for the Empire using the Shen family’s latest medical technology. These Alphas would be implanted with cybernetics and hive-mind eyes, losing their self-awareness and serving the military completely.

To demonstrate sincerity in cooperating with the Shen family, the Governor decided to arrange a marriage alliance with them and commissioned a top craftsman to create a necklace as an engagement gift.

The Governor embedded a portion of the project’s technical key into the necklace’s primary material, a biological genetic code that could not be forcibly deciphered.

Shen Hong was well aware that the “Super Alpha Project” was just the tip of the iceberg. The Governor’s true ambition was to achieve the Genesis Project through it.

The Genesis Project aimed to mass-produce artificial humans.

Using the Shen family’s cutting-edge technology combined with the genetic key provided by the Governor’s office, they would be capable of mass-producing absolutely obedient Beta soldiers, and in the future, even artificial Alphas.

This would form an army entirely loyal to the Shen family and the Governor, powerful enough to overturn the entire Empire’s power structure.

Once the plan succeeded, the Shen family would no longer be merely unarmed wealthy elites but a force capable of rivaling the arms oligarchs like the Ji family.

In comparison, the profits given to Ji Tianheng were insignificant.

As long as they could retrieve the necklace and secure the marriage alliance with the Governor, the entire Empire would fall into the Shen family’s hands.

But now, Shen Tingxue and the key had both disappeared, threatening to turn everything into nothing.

After a long silence, Shen Hong gritted his teeth and said, “Fine! I can agree to these terms.”

“But if the worst happens, you must help me recover Tingxue’s body intact.”

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