The CEO's Daily Tutoring

After Gu Yanzhi left, Yu Jinli and Feng Jinxuan fell into a long silence.

The Shadow Devouring Sect, the Seven Fiends Soul Lock, and the sealed-away past...

The barrage of information left Yu Jinli feeling like her head had turned into a clump of mush, buzzing incessantly.

She originally thought she was just an ordinary girl who had stumbled into a storm in a wealthy family, but now it seems that she has clearly wandered into the filming set of a fantasy blockbuster, the kind of movie where she could easily become cannon fodder.

Feng Jinxuan was much calmer than her.

He carefully put the photos and trust agreement back into the wooden box, then locked it in the safe deep inside his study.

After doing all this, he walked back to the living room and looked at Yu Jinli, who was still staring blankly on the sofa.

“Starting tomorrow,” he suddenly said, his tone flat, “Gu Yanzhi will come over for two hours every afternoon.”

Yu Jinli was taken aback: "What's he doing here?"

“Give us a lesson,” Feng Jinxuan said matter-of-factly.

"Class?" Yu Jinli was even more confused. "What class? Moral Education and Legal Basis?"

Feng Jinxuan glanced at her, his gaze as if he were looking at a not-so-bright groundhog.

"A basic introduction to metaphysics," he explained succinctly. "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Since the enemy is using weapons we don't understand, the first thing we need to do is figure out how these weapons work."

He picked up his water glass, took a sip, and his gaze fell on Yu Jinli with a half-smile.

"Especially for some half-baked players, they need systematic learning to avoid being unable to distinguish friend from foe on the battlefield in the future."

Yu Jinli: "..."

The esteemed Tianyan Koi was subtly insulted by a complete novice!

So, starting the next day, the atmosphere in the CEO's office on the top floor of the Feng Group, a symbol of power and wealth, changed drastically.

Every afternoon from 3 to 5 pm, this place will switch precisely from a commercial battlefield where millions are traded every minute to a metaphysical cram school filled with a bizarre academic atmosphere.

Gu Yanzhi was undoubtedly the most gentle and learned teacher.

He would explain profound and complex concepts such as "luck," "five elements," and "talismans" to them in the simplest language. He always taught with a gentle smile, patiently guiding them like a spring breeze and nourishing rain.

Yu Jinli is the gifted but weak student who excels in one subject but has a weak foundation.

She grasps things instantly that require "perception" and "intuition." But when it comes to theories that need to be memorized and complex history, she gets dizzy and just wants to sleep.

And Feng Jinxuan...

He was definitely the most troublesome "problem student" in this tutoring class.

Gu Yanzhi was explaining "Zi Wei Dou Shu" when Feng Jinxuan would interrupt him, pointing to a complex symbol on the star chart and asking with a serious expression, "Does the trajectory of this 'Tianji Star' follow Kepler's laws of planetary motion? What is the physical principle behind its influence on an individual's destiny? Is it gravitational waves, or some unknown quantum effect?"

A crack appeared in Gu Yanzhi's gentle smile.

As soon as Gu Yanzhi finished drawing a peace talisman, Feng Jinxuan would pick it up and examine it carefully against the light.

"From a structural mechanics perspective, this triangular rune structure does indeed possess the highest stability. But are these cinnabar-drawn curves meant to guide the flow of energy, or merely serve a decorative purpose for psychological comfort?"

Gu Yanzhi's smile was almost impossible to maintain.

Sitting next to her, Yu Jinli watched as her boss used a rigorous, scientific, and even somewhat argumentative logic to deconstruct Gu Yanzhi's metaphysical theories, which were full of Eastern mysticism. She felt that her worldview was being repeatedly rubbed and was on the verge of being shattered.

This is hardly a tutoring center.

This is clearly the recording site of a program called "Into the Realm of Pseudoscience"!

She strongly suspected that Feng Jinxuan wasn't there to learn, but to cause trouble.

He just couldn't stand seeing Gu Yanzhi act so knowledgeable, so gentle, so...like a normal, good person in front of her.

But unfortunately, Gu Yanzhi was extremely well-mannered.

No matter how outrageous or tricky the questions Feng Jinxuan asked, he could maintain a gentle smile and then use a theory of "the greatest truths are the simplest, and all paths lead to the same goal" to deflect them with minimal effort.

The two engaged in a back-and-forth exchange, one discussing quantum mechanics, the other talking about Yin and Yang and the Five Elements; one analyzing data models, the other explaining causal cycles.

The scene was eerie, yet strangely harmonious.

Like two top students from different civilizations engaging in a friendly academic exchange.

Yu Jinli, the only "academic underachiever," was listening nearby and was about to fall asleep. She was only able to keep her vital signs up thanks to the afternoon tea snacks that Assistant Wang brought in regularly.

That day, the tutoring session focused on the application of "qi" (vital energy).

Gu Yanzhi is explaining how to attach one's own luck to an object to perform simple "divination" or "tracking".

“…In theory, as long as one’s mental energy is concentrated enough, any object can become a medium,” Gu Yanzhi concluded. “Of course, for beginners, it is best to choose items that are more compatible with one’s own aura, such as jade or jewelry worn close to the body.”

As he spoke, he looked at Yu Jinli with gentle eyes.

"Koi, you try. Do you have any jade ornaments on you?"

Yu Jinli subconsciously touched her wrist.

It was completely empty.

The most expensive thing she owned was the latest model mobile phone that Feng Jinxuan had given her.

"No." She shook her head somewhat embarrassedly. "I... am poor."

Upon hearing this, Feng Jinxuan's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Is it reasonable for a koi fish to not even have a piece of jade on its body?

Gu Yanzhi smiled and was about to say that it was okay and that something else could be used instead.

Feng Jinxuan suddenly spoke.

He took off a seemingly ordinary sandalwood bracelet from his wrist and placed it directly on the table in front of Yu Jinli.

"Use this."

The bracelet had a deep, rich color, and years of handling had given it a warm, lustrous patina, emitting a delicate, comforting fragrance. It still carried the distinct warmth of the man's body.

Yu Jinli was stunned.

"This...this isn't appropriate, is it?" she instinctively refused. "These are your things, boss, they're very valuable, aren't they?"

She quickly calculated in her mind: If I break it, I can't afford to pay for it!

"Take it." Feng Jinxuan said calmly, but pushed the bracelet towards her again. "It has been with me for many years and has absorbed the most essence, making it the most suitable as a 'medium'. This is a business requirement."

He spoke with great seriousness and gave sound reasoning.

Gu Yanzhi, standing to the side, watched the interaction between the two, and the smile in his eyes faded slightly.

Assistant Wang, standing outside the door, glimpsed this scene through the crack in the door and quickly jotted it down in his mental notebook: The boss has started to proactively send personal gifts, progress +10%.

Yu Jinli couldn't refuse him, so she had no choice but to accept it.

The bracelet felt warm and smooth to the touch, and its calming fragrance seemed to spread from her fingertips all the way to the depths of her heart.

Following Gu Yanzhi's method, she closed her eyes and tried to connect her luck with the bracelet.

Surprisingly, it went very smoothly.

Her lucky charm and the sandalwood bracelet seem to have an innate affinity.

She soon felt that an invisible, faint connection had been established between herself and the bracelet.

“Very good.” Gu Yanzhi’s voice carried a hint of approval. “Now, try to sense where the strongest source of malevolent energy in this building is, besides us.”

Yu Jinli did as she was told.

Her consciousness seemed to extend outwards along that invisible link.

The entire view of the top-floor office became crystal clear in her mind.

She could "see" Assistant Wang secretly scrolling through his phone watching live streams of beautiful women outside, and she could "see" several secretaries downstairs huddled together chatting about their new bags...

Then, her "perception" continued downwards.

Passing through floor after floor.

Finally, in the location of the Marketing Director's office, she "saw" a... extremely unstable, grayish-brown mass filled with resentment and madness.

It's Sun Man!

"Found it." She opened her eyes, somewhat excited.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

Assistant Wang walked in, his expression grave.

"Boss, something's happened," he said. "Director Sun... attempted suicide in her office. Fortunately, she was discovered in time and has been taken to the hospital; she's out of danger for now."

The office fell into a deathly silence.

Looking at the agarwood bracelet in her hand, Yu Jinli felt a chill run down her spine.

After the tutoring session ended, Gu Yanzhi got up to say goodbye.

Yu Jinli was still in shock and hadn't come to her senses.

Feng Jinxuan personally escorted Gu Yanzhi to the elevator.

Two men stood facing each other in front of the elevator.

"It seems your opponent has already begun clearing out his pieces," Gu Yanzhi said with a grave tone.

“He’s less patient than I thought,” Feng Jinxuan said in a low, icy voice.

Gu Yanzhi looked at him and suddenly smiled.

“President Feng, my master often says that the word ‘love’ is the most exhausting to the mind and the most detrimental to one’s fortune.”

He paused, his gaze seemingly casually drifting towards the girl in the office who was still in a daze.

"It seems that what was said was true."

After saying that, he stepped into the elevator, turned around, and gave Feng Jinxuan a gentle and meaningful smile.

The elevator doors slowly closed.

Feng Jinxuan stood there, looking at his expressionless face reflected in the gleaming elevator door.

He raised his hand and touched his wrist.

There, the lingering warmth of the bracelet still remained, along with a trace of... a warm and bright aura that didn't belong to him.

That aura, like sunshine, like a spring breeze, like a pebble thrown into his lifeless, icy lake, rippled outwards in circles, creating ripples that could not be calmed.