There was a long silence on the other line. Yan Qing Shan waited patiently. She knows that the old man was surprised with her words.
Only people from the underworld knew the truth behind the internationally renowned and century-old hotel empire in Japan. The Monarch is actually the stronghold of the Asahi-gumi, the most powerful yakuza family. Although the Asahi family have considerably laid low the past decades, they have retained their strength and influence in the underworld.
Asahi Reo was the current kumichou. And her, Yan Qing Shan who was given the japanese name Asahi Ami, is the heiress of the entire Monarch empire. The Ojou* of the Asahi-gumi. In the underworld, she was known as the notorious Izanami, goddess of life and death.
[Why? I thought you'd already left that part of your life behind?]
Yan Qing Shan heard the change in Reo's voice.
