It seems like Ji Group was facing some problems. Everyone in the hall was accusing Ji Zixuan of improper management, trying to use this opportunity to drag him from the high position.
Gu Xiyu remembered what he read from the original fate line; Ji Zixuan did have such a big hurdle in the early and middle stages. There were too many things and loopholes that had to be dealt with in the Ji Group and some people took the opportunity to betray the company when he just took over. First, the side branches encouraged most of the high level directors to start a rebellion, and then a major shareholder in the Ji Group withdrew without warning. At the same time, the Ji Group construction company also received a lawsuit for the unstable way of constructing various buildings. Coupled with all sorts of trivial issues, the situation dropped to the bottom.
Ji Zixuan was questioned by other members of the family and was almost forcibly removed from his position, but his uncle, that is, the villain, continuously protected him, stood up for him, and provided him with support and help.
But the villain’s purpose was just to gain Ji Zixuan’s trust, thereby gaining the opportunity to infiltrate the Ji Group.
Gu Xiyu immediately opened the task panel. According to the information obtained from the original fate line, Ji Chen was secretly suppressing Ji Zixuan, and then he pretended to extend a helping hand to gradually gain his trust.
So was Ji Chen behind these disasters that the Ji Group was currently facing?
He couldn’t help but ask: “System, the target has already schemed to this point, why didn’t you give me any reminders?”
[I haven’t received any updates either.] The system replied indifferently.
Gu Xiyu saw that the main plotline of the mission had not been updated for a long time and suddenly had a headache.
His and Ji Chen’s arrival attracted everyone’s attention in the hall. Lin Fangru thought that Ji Chen was there to make trouble, she got up from the chair energetically and said sharply: “This is a discussion betythe ‘Ji family’ and members of the Ji group. Why did you come here?”
Ji Chen observed the people in the hall for a ling time before calmly answering, “Your dear grandson asked me to come here.”
Lin Fangru looked at Ji Zixuan in amazement. The latter did not deny aloud but only stared at Ji Chen with an inexplicable expression.
Ji Chen added: “After all, it is a discussion within the group. As one of the shareholders, how can I be absent?”
Everyone present was shocked by his words. Even Gu Xiyu was stunned.
Lin Fangru was so angry that she couldn’t breathe well: “Shareholder? When did you become a shareholder of Ji Group?!”
Facing Lin Fangru’s questioning, it was not Ji Chen who answered aloud but Ji Zixuan, who had been standing beside her silently: “It was me who gave him 5% of the shares.”
Everyone was in an uproar.
Lin Fangru asked angrily: “You know how much your grandfather hated your uncle and how much he didn’t want to let him have any contact with the Ji Group. How could you just casually give him those shares?!”
Ji Zixuan looked at Ji Chen and said word by word: “Judging from my uncle’s current achievements, he is a capable person and I think he can make the Ji group better.”
Lin Fangru obviously couldn’t accept this explanation, and Gu Xiyu didn’t believe it either.
Because of the arrangement of theworld consciousness, Ji Zixuan and Ji Chen, the two tigers who weren’t supposed to share the same mountain, were destined to have conflict. So no matter how desperate Ji Zixuan was, it was impossible for him to ask Ji Chen for help.
Ji Chen must have forced Ji Zixuan to give up those shares in exchange for something.
Thinking about this, he suddenly noticed a head poking out from the nearby kitchen.
It was Cheng Qianqian. Her eyes were on Ji Zixuan, and the worry in them was obvious.
Gu Xiyu stared at her, and a thought flashed through his mind.
The rest in the hall quickly recovered from the shocking facts, but compared to Lin Fangru’s anger, their faces were more joyful.
An old uncle smiled as he walked to Ji Chen’s side, rubbed his hands together, and said: “Since he holds shares, he has the right to speak. You should have seen the stock market situation and news today. Zixuan is still young and has limited ability. Leave alone the public, even we feel that he is not suitable for the position of Patriarch and president of the Ji Group.”
Ji Chen nodded and thoughtfully echoed: “Zixuan’s age and experience are indeed lacking.”
The people on the side heard this, and their eyes brightened and they began to throw rainbow farts: “Ji Chen, you have managed Fengming very successfully. You must have very good opinions based on your rich experience. You can give us your ideas, everyone will support you!”
In their opinion, the relationship between Ji Chen and the Ji family has always been bad. Ji Zixuan was Ji Yan ‘s favored heir, so Ji Chen definitely hates him. Therefore, they all thought that Ji Chen appeared here to pull Ji Zixuan from the position as the head of the house with them.
Ji Chen glanced at them, then smiled and asked, “You will support whatever I say?”
The others exchanged glances and laughed like cunning villains who were encouraging ambitious, treacherous officials to seize the throne: “Of course! You are an internationally renowned and successful person. Who dares to question your opinion?”
In fact, they just wanted to intensify the conflict between Ji Chen and his nephew. Ji Chen and Ji Zixuan would fall at a disadvantage from fighting each other, and at that time, it would be easy for them to divide the Ji family’s property.
“Okay.” Ji Chen looked at Lin Fangru’s defensive eyes, walked to an empty seat and sat down as he said in a serious manner, “Although Zixuan lacks experience, he has also done many things since he took over.”
“You should be well aware of the corruption and mess within the group. It was inevitable that he would be busy in the early stages after taking over.” Seeing everyone’s face gradually changing color, Ji Chen continued, “So I think, he should be given another probationary period.”
Neither Lin Fangru nor Ji Zixuan expected him to say these words and their expressions were astonished.
The other members were even more surprised. They froze and hesitated before saying: “This…. but the family business is not a joke. What if the situation becomes worse if he continues to do so?”
“Yes, Ji Chen, after all, you still have the blood of the Ji family. Compared to Zixuan, we think you might be more capable of running the group well.” They tried to continue to fan the flames.
Ji Chen followed their words: “Thank you for the recognition uncles. So during this period of turmoil in the group, I will provide Zixuan with advice and help him stabilize the group.”
Before the other members could say anything, Lin Fangru, who was originally supposed to be the advisor, said angrily: “Don’t even think about it!”
Ji Zixuan grabbed the extremely angry Lin Fangru and looked at Ji Chen with a complicated expression, as if trying to guess what he was thinking.
Regarding the branch directors of the Ji family who were still trying to refute, Ji Chen added: “I can easily find out if there are any insiders in this chaos. If you don’t want to make things more difficult for yourselves, it’s best to put your crooked thoughts away.”
This slight threat made the other members, who were ready to make a big fuss, instantly dumb. To put it simply, they all had a hand in the group’s current turmoil. Ji Chen had now warned them, so of course they wouldn’t continue to implicate themselves.
“Zixuan, what do you think?” At Ji Chen’s leisurely question, Gu Xiyu’s eyes also fell on the said person.
Ji Zixuan clenched his fists tightly, his face terribly gloomy.
Although Lin Fangru has never wanted Ji Chen to intervene in the affairs of the group, even if he refuses Ji Chen’s help today, he cannot change the fact that he has become one of the group’s shareholders. Ji Chen was a difficult person to deal with, but he knew that it was very important to solve the crisis in the group.
There was no doubt that the matter finally ended with Ji Zixuan’s acceptance of Ji Chen’s help. Most of the other members were those who just relied on the Ji family background to enjoy dividends. They were afraid of Ji Chen’s current power and ability, so they could only accept it according to his will.
“If you haven’t handled the current chaos within one month, I won’t help you in the next impeachment meeting.” Ji Chen gave Ji Zixuan a time limit to temporarily appease the different minds.
When the meeting was over, everyone left the main house of the Ji family and the hall fell into silence again. However, Lin Fangru’s face was ugly, as if she had eaten something difficult to swallow.
She was so angry that her chest rose and fell heavily, she glared at Ji Chen and said: “Don’t think I don’t know what your planning. I will never let you destroy the family business that Ah Yan has worked so hard to maintain!”
“Don’t think everyone is so cheap like you and your husband. And don’t even think that everyone treats your Ji family things as treasures.” Ji Chen got up and calmly tidied up his clothes, saying, “Don’t mess with people you can’t afford to provoke, and don’t force them to use the worst approach.”
With these words, Ji Chen walked out without looking back. Gu Xiyu glanced at them before leaving the hall with Ji Chen.
Gu Xiyu said nothing the whole way until they returned to the apartment.
He glanced at Ji Chen, who had put on his black tiger slippers and walked into the living room, and asked calmly: “When you were in country F, did you use Cheng Qianqian to make Ji Zixuan give you 5% of Ji’s group shares?”
When he and Cheng Qianqian were kidnapped while in F country, whatever tracking software Ji Zixuan had put in Cheng Qianqian’s phone was shut down by that group of gangsters. Ji Zixuan and Ji Chen must have been busy with their work when the accident happened but Ji Zixuan was able to find them at the same time as Ji Chen even when his tracking signal was lost. This meant that Ji Chen helped him.
Ji Chen was kind and selfless enough to do a good deed, especially for Ji Zixuan, whom he hates. With the deep connection between the male and female protagonists, Ji Zixuan would have gritted his teeth and agreed no matter how excessive Ji Chen’s request was.
“Yes.” Ji Chen took off his heavy coat and admitted generously, “Those who do business never think that they have made too much money or had too many opportunities.”
“What’s more, I was originally a member of the Ji family, I just got back what should have been mine.”
Gu Xiyu said: “Then you’ll take this opportunity to infiltrate the management of Ji Group and give Ji Zixuan a vicious blow that could pull him from his current position. In this way, you can take advantage of the situation and take over the Ji Group, slowly making it your company?”
Ji Chen did not speak. He neither admitted nor denied.
Gu Xiyu couldn’t understand what Ji Chen’s next plan was now. After thinking for a moment, he calmed down and said, “Okay. Since you want to help Ji Zixuan, I assume that Fengming and Ji Group are now in a cooperative relationship.”
Seeing Ji Chen look at him suspiciously, he whispered: “Then, in order to show our sincerity and to develop the relationship between the two companies, I can work for them on behalf of Fengming as Cheng Qianqian did for the Ji Group in the past for a month. It will facilitate the cooperation and communication between you guys.”
[[The target’s risk value is +10. The current risk value is 50.]]
He thought that Ji Chen was dissatisfied since he sounded like a little traitor who wanted to defect. However, the other party stared at him for a long time, and suddenly asked: “Gu Xiyu, do you also care about Ji Zixuan that much? “
The topic changed so suddenly that Gu Xiyu’s thoughts suddenly got stuck.
“Do you, like everyone else, only care about Ji Zixuan, and you also want to give him the best things in the world?”
Ji Chen’s tone was very heavy, as if he would increase the risk value at any time.
Gu Xiyu: “…”
Ji Chen repeatedly tapped his fingers on his legs, then he asked solemnly: “Or do you actually like Ji Zixuan more than me?”
Gu Xiyu didn’t know how the topic had suddenly changed from business conspiracy theories to likes or dislikes, but the main system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly updated the special tasks.
[[A special task has been triggered: Please let the target enjoy some pampering from his partner. Failure will increase the target’s risk value. ]]
He stared at the word ‘pamper’ and fell into a long, long silence.
In Commander Gu’s dictionary, there has never been the word “pamper.”
Faced with Gu Xiyu’s deep confusion, the main system sent a thoughtful explanation.
[[All tasks and instructions are calculated based on the fate line, and only the most effective ways to complete the main mission and reduce the target and the world’s risk values are chosen.]
He couldn’t help asking: “Isn’t the target’s risk value equal to the threat to the protagonist? What does being pampered have to do with reducing the threat to the protagonist?”
[[All tasks and commands are the most effective strategies from the system’s calculations.]]
The main system’s response was obviously an automatic reply triggered by keywords and emotions.
Gu Xiyu pursed his lips and stared at the panel for a long time. He then asked, “What if I refuse?”
The automatic response quickly popped up: [Rejecting a mission or task will be regarded as a rebellion, and the mission executor will be punished. ]]
“Really?” Gu Xiyu’s voice was soft.
He chuckled and replied to Ji Chen: “What if I say yes?”
The person on the sofa did not answer him immediately. Instead, the intelligent system suddenly asked him:
[Ji Chen or repairing the world fate line, which is more important to you?]
Gu Xiyu didn’t understand how or why the system would ask such a question, but he answered sensibly and soberly: “Once Ji Chen tried to kill Ji Zixuan and cause the world to collapse, my weapon will not hesitate to eliminate him. “
Once the world collapses, all creatures in this small world will be greatly affected. Everyone’s fate will become chaotic and messy and the world would get wiped out in the near future, leaving only those whom the target is happy with.
To indulge Ji Chen meant to let everyone in the small world be buried, and Gu Xiyu could not allow this to happen.
[[The target’s risk value is +10. The current risk value is 60. ]]
It was unknown how much time had passed, Gu Xiyu only knew that when he heard this prompt, a strong current suddenly rushed along his tail vertebra all the way to the top of his head, cutting off all his thoughts. It took him a lot of effort to prevent himself from falling down directly in front of Ji Chen.
The electric numbness quickly attacked all parts of his body, it was a feeling between pain and soreness and he could only support himself on the table closest to him, barely keeping himself from falling.
Within a few seconds, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
This was most likely the punishment the main system was talking about.
He couldn’t hear what Ji Chen said later, he only hear his vague command as he left the living room.
“…You don’t need to go to work for the time being. I won’t let you have the opportunity to go to the Ji Group to meet the people you want to see! Or the people you want to help!”
Gu Xiyu returned to his room with difficulty and locked the door. He finally walked to the bed and laid down directly. For a while, the current seemed to become stronger with his relaxation.
His mind was very clear, but his body was so uncomfortable that he could no longer move. It felt like countless electric currents were drilling into every corner of his body, and the pain was enough to break the mental world of a person with weak willpower.
He held on to the quilt for a long time. His eyes were terribly calm, and he didn’t let out a single cry.
When he lost his consciousness, he still hadn’t given in to the so-called special task.
When he woke up the next day, it took a long time for Gu Xiyu to finally move his body a little. He heard that it was only a first-level punishment for a first time offense, and the degree of punishment would increase with the number of defiances.
He grabbed the phone next to his pillow and glanced at it. The time indicated on it was ten o’clock in the morning.
As expected, Ji Chen didn’t come to take him to work.
Gu Xiyu thought, with a smile on his eyes.
That’s good. With this, he had time to go to the address Haozi had sent the hard drive.
He packed up his luggage and wrote a note for Ji Chen, saying that he was traveling to relax a bit. He dragged his weak body out, avoided the cameras that Ji Chen had set for him, and flew to G city where the original owner had once stayed.
The address was located In a very old residential building. The outside walls had become gray and dirty, and the roads for pedestrians were also full of potholes. Before he went upstairs, he passed by the mailbox and saw several advertising papers stuffed in it, some had even fallen to the ground, as if no one had cleaned it for many years.
He first found the mailbox belonging to the household at the address, but it was empty.
Gu Xiyu pinched the note and found the house at the end of the third floor. The door of the house was unexpectedly opened, and there was a slight noise inside.
He didn’t go Inside directly but first knocked politely. When the door of the house was opened from inside, Fu Nian’s gentle and handsome face instantly jumped into his sight.
He had guessed that this place might have something to do with Fu Nian, but he was still surprised.
On the contrary, Fu Nian, whom he suddenly visited, was very calm, as if he had already guessed that he would come: “I didn’t expect you to remember this place. Come in.”
The room was clean, and the décor and structure was in a Western style. There weren’t so many things around, but most of them those that could be found in the rooms of junior high and high school students. There was also a spring dog squatting beside the cupboard in the living room, exactly the same as the one in the corner of the original owner’s room.
This was probably Fu Nian’s place when he first came to China to study, or a secret base for him and the original owner.
Fu Nian walked to the shelf by the window and picked up the ornament with an anime character on it: “I have been living here in the past few days.”
Gu Xiyu didn’t beat around the bush: “Then have you received a package?”
Fu Nian opened the drawer in front of him. He took out a dark gray hard drive and asked, “Is this what you are asking about?”
Sure enough, he had already signed for it.
Gu Xiyu was a little relieved that the thing he wanted was still in Fu Nian’s hands, but at the same time, there were other entanglements.
Fu Nian wanted to avenge Ji Chen. If he had already seen the contents, would he be willing to return it? Even if it was returned, wouldn’t he have already made a backup?
“You are really straightforward.” Fu Nian said suddenly, “You never knew how to hide your feelings, so I was happy to be friends with you when I was in school.”
“After so many years, you still use my birthday as a password for something so important.”
Gu Xiyu closed his eyes and slightly eased the discomfort caused by the residual pain in his body before asking aloud, “Have you seen what’s inside?”
“I’ve seen it.” Fu Nian replied.
Gu Xiyu said with difficulty: “Although I am sorry, can you return it to me?”
Fu Nian looked down at the hard drive in his hand for a long time before asking, “Is it because of Ji Chen?”
Gu Xiyu didn’t say a word. So it looked as if he had agreed with Fu Nian’s words.
The sunlight outside the window shone on Fu Nian, making his gloomy expression a bit distorted.
“What if I say no?” Fu Nian asked.
Gu Xiyu was silent for a moment, then he asked: “Fengming and your Fu family don’t have much overlap or conflict. Why do you want to deal with him?”
Fu Nian seemed to have been poked in a sore spot. His warm and moist eyes instantly became dark and full of hatred: “He killed my grandfather! I will never forgive him as long as I live!”
