[Really? Although I've read a lot of stories about abusing scumbags, I've never seen one that holds such a grudge.]

“Well, you see it now.”

How can I best describe the host?

“Don’t forget your original intention and keep your mission in mind!”

【……】

Liu Ben changed into a waiter's uniform and, for some reasons, wore a mask and lowered his head, so that he could sneak into the annual meeting venue without attracting too much attention.

At this moment, everyone here is standing with people they know, eating snacks and drinking wine, chatting about recent developments and the future of the company.

"To be honest, I'm not very optimistic."

"Ah... How should I put it? Do you know how much sales this year has dropped?" A man secretly gestured a number in front of him, and the people in front of him widened their eyes.

"Really?" The man he was talking to quickly covered his mouth with his wine glass and asked in a low voice, "Will our branch still be able to operate next year?"

"Anyway, I have to prepare early next year."

"Well...that's right."

"Think more about yourself, and don't tell anyone about this."

"Thanks for the reminder. I definitely won't tell you then."

Liu Ben stood silently outside the crowd, waiting for his target.

As soon as Gou Qi entered the meeting room, several people, all key leaders of the company, looked at him. They raised their glasses and toasted Gou Qi.

Gou Qi also smiled professionally. Given the company's current situation, he needed to keep these key personnel close and prevent them from leaving. It wasn't that they would resign, but they were likely to apply to the head office for a transfer to another subsidiary. If that happened, he would be left with no one to do the work, which would be a problem.

Gou Qi thought, "just happened" there was a servant standing next to him, and "just happened" to be holding a glass of red wine right next to him, so Gou Qi quickly picked up the glass of wine and clinked glasses with several key members of the company.

Gou Qi took a sip and said in surprise: "Today's wine is good."

"Yes." Everyone nodded. How could the red wine of a relatively old age that they specially ordered be bad?

After the backbone members left, Gou Qi couldn't help but drink up all the wine in the glass in his hand while no one was paying attention, and he still felt a little unsatisfied.

"Good wine." Gou Qi wiped his mouth, but he still had things to do now, so he could drink the wine later.

Putting down his wine glass, Gou Qi walked onto the stage. As soon as he looked at the people below, he couldn't help but frown.

Why does the light feel a little dim and not very even?

Gou Qi: "I am very happy to be here with you all today."

Wait, why do there seem to be so many spots of light? How is this banquet hall arranged? Who turned on the colored lights?

"We had a tough time at the end of the year, but as a company with a strong team spirit, we will never bow to difficulties."

Gou Qi recited the opening words that he knew by heart, but his eyes could not focus.

The people in the audience gradually transformed. Some became translucent, some twisted into tentacle monsters, some melted into pulp, and some merged with the bodies of the people next to them...

"Then tonight, please enjoy..." and enjoy the performance of the invited female star, but he couldn't continue.

Gou Qi's voice gradually became smaller. The employees in the audience were all puzzled and looked at each other, wondering what had happened to their boss.

Gou Qi's hand holding the microphone dropped, and his head followed suit. He stood straight on the stage, quiet and still, his expression unclear in the shadows.

"Mr. Gou?" The assistant took a step forward worriedly, wanting to see what was wrong with Gou Qi and whether there was any problem.

Unexpectedly, Gou Qi suddenly raised his head and threw the microphone in his hand to the ground with a loud noise, which scared everyone and made them look surprised.

But Gou Qi himself was not affected at all. His face was full of strange excitement. Suddenly he raised his hands high and started singing!

"Two tigers love to dance, eh!" As the song went on, Gou Qi swung his hands from top to bottom, and his steps swayed greatly with the rhythm.

Gou Qi: "Little bald turtle pulling out carrots!"

Assistant: “Yeah?”

"I learned to walk with the little duck. Childhood is the most beautiful thing~"

Gou Qi danced on the stage with complete abandon, even keeping the beat for himself. He exaggeratedly spread his hands behind him, then put his hands together above his head, and twisted his legs left and right. It can be said that he has great artistic talent.

All the employees in the audience were initially confused, then started blushing, trying to hold it in. Many of them were shaking all over to keep from laughing; it was truly an effort.

But they couldn't hold it in for long. Gou Qi was wearing a suit and trousers today. This kind of clothing is rather stiff and not elastic, so it is not suitable for exercise. When Gou Qi danced, the span of his legs was too large, and his trousers were constantly pulled, struggling to maintain their function.

However, in the end, as Gou Qi swung his legs, with a "swish" sound, in front of everyone, a large piece of Gou Qi's trousers' crotch was torn directly, revealing the red shorts and part of the thigh flesh underneath.

"Ah!" Several female employees covered their faces, but the more they thought about it, the funnier it got. Finally, they gave in and burst into laughter along with their friends.

"Oh my God, isn't our boss driven crazy by the company's declining performance?"

"That should be it, puff puff."

Although everyone is unhappy about the company's declining performance, what happened today is too funny.

The assistant closest to him was stunned at the time, but since he was a professional after all, he quickly reacted and shouted to Gou Qi, "Boss Gou! Boss Gou, quickly cover it up with your hands!"

Gouqi yelled at him, "I won't!"

"Why, Mr. Gou?" The assistant was almost going crazy. Sir, you will be reported for sexual harassment if you do this!

Gou Qi's face darkened: "Because young people don't keep secrets."

"Hahahahahahaha!" Although I don't know what happened, I just laughed. At worst, I can just quit next year after laughing. Hahaha!

Gou Qi continued to sing and dance to himself: "Don't be afraid of crazy women or thunder, quickly learn the Feiyun Jue~"

I have to say, his dancing was so magical that many people couldn't help but shake their legs while watching him.

"You are our sexy baby~"

The assistant had no choice. He was sure that something had happened to Gou Qi. He made up his mind, called another assistant, ran onto the stage and carried Gou Qi off.

Gou Qi's arms were restrained, his legs still kicking, and before being dragged out of the banquet hall, he shouted, "I advise you to learn your lesson!"

Liu Ben was well prepared, so he stood in the most suitable place for recording and recorded the whole process clearly, holding back his laughter.

After Gou Qi was dragged away, everyone in the banquet hall could no longer restrain themselves and burst into loud laughter one after another. At the end of the new year, everyone was full of joy.

Liu Ben walked out of the banquet hall while no one was paying attention. He glanced at the direction where Gou Qi was dragged away and thought he was being sent to the hospital.

As for the cup Gou Qi had been drinking from, it should have been cleaned by the system. Liu Ben had already made arrangements with the system, Big Cat, to clear all traces of the poisonous mushroom once the effects took effect.

Because of the negligence in making the poisonous mushrooms, the system promised that these are now free, so it would be a waste not to do it.

oh……

Is there something that has been forgotten?

Liu Ben touched his head and said, "I don't remember. Never mind. It shouldn't be important."

Anyway, he saw Gou Qi's ugly appearance today and was satisfied, so he went back.

At this time, Zhu Qian and Gou Er, mother and son, who had already eaten and drunk their fill in the dining room, fell into great panic.

Zhu Qian stared at Gou Er with horror in her eyes: "Monster, monster, get out of here! Aa ...

There was no longer her precious son in front of her. All she saw was a humanoid creature covered with tubes all over its body. Moreover, those tubes of various sizes were constantly oozing out green sticky liquid, which made Zhu Qian both scared and disgusted.

Gou Er had eaten many dishes with poisonous mushroom powder added, but in his eyes, Zhu Qian was much purer. She was just a roasted pig, but this pig kept screaming. It was so scary!

The mother and son were obviously very afraid of each other, but their feet moved forward uncontrollably, getting closer and closer to each other, but they themselves were unaware of it and thought it was a monster approaching them.

Zhu Qian and Gou Er screamed even louder, and in panic they picked up anything they could get and started attacking each other.

The loud noise made by the two attracted the waiters. When they rushed in, they found that the two were throwing things at each other fiercely. The exposed skin was bruised and purple, and Zhu Qian also had bruises on her face.

The waiters came over to stop her. Zhu Qian stared at the waiters for a long time, then suddenly burst into tears. She ignored others pulling her back and began to kowtow to the waiters frantically.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have been a mistress. I shouldn't have been with him! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Sister Liu, please let me go. Mom and Dad, I was wrong. Please don't come after me. I don't want to die yet. I haven't lived enough! Ahhh!!"

The waiters looked at each other and felt a chill on their backs.

Is this really a ghost?

Believe in science, break superstition, improve scientific and cultural literacy, and resist heretical theories and fallacies...

You Ying was having dinner at home when his phone suddenly sounded like it had received a message. He picked up the phone and opened it. It was a video from Liu Benfa.

You Ying clicked receive. His home network was good, and the video was downloaded and played almost instantly.

"Two tigers love to dance..."

"Poof!" The soup in You Ying's mouth sprayed out, and then he coughed a few times. After coughing for a while, he couldn't help laughing.

You Ying watched the entire video with a smile, then replayed it again not satisfied, and then opened the chat box to ask Liu Ben.

You Ying: "What's going on?"

Liu Ben: "I got him some interesting powder?"

You Ying: "What powder? It's not what I thought it was, right?"

Liu Ben: "No! Of course not, it's Miaoxian Mushroom Powder."

You Ying: "??!! The Miaoxian mushroom we ate? Is it really poisonous??"

This shouldn’t be the case. He has eaten a lot and this has never happened before!

Liu Ben: "No, it's a variant of the Miaoxian mushroom. It looks very similar to the Miaoxian mushroom, but it will cause hallucinations after eating it."

You Ying: "...Do you have a lot? Don't confuse it with food."

Liu Ben: "Probably not... Hehe, actually the variant tastes better, and it only causes hallucinations, not harm to the body."

You Ying: "You are really being pretentious... Is it really more delicious?" Although it seems very dangerous, he is a little curious. How delicious can a variant of Miaoxian mushroom that tastes better than Miaoxian mushroom be?

Liu Ben: "I strongly recommend you try it! But it's best to have someone watching, otherwise it will be like the video, hahahaha!"

You Ying: "Interesting, Mr. You invested in this project."

Liu Ben: "Mr. You, this is not a good investment!"

It's a pity that You Ying is a big shot. This kind of effect will surely be of interest to many idlers who have nothing to do and have money to spend. There may not be many in China, but there must be a lot of people who like it abroad!

You Ying: "You didn't leave any evidence when you did this, did you?"

Liu Ben: "Of course not! It's a pity that I forgot to see Zhu Qian and Gou Er's reactions after eating. I'm sure they were very interesting."

Liu Ben only remembered Zhu Qian and Gou Er after he came back. It was such a pity that he didn't see them. However, the system big cat must have seen them, otherwise it would not have given him so many scum-beating points.

Liu Ben complained that the stinky cat didn't remind him, but the system didn't care whether the host appreciated it or not. It appreciated it anyway and was very happy to see it.

You Ying understood Liu Ben's thoughts very well: "How unfortunate that you could forget this."

Liu Ben: "Yeah, never mind. There's still a long way to go. Let's continue next time."

You Ying: [crooked mouth.jpg]

"Well, put labels on them so they won't get confused."

In the space, Liu Ben put the poisonous mushroom powder he ground into small spray bottles, filling a total of 5 bottles, and then labeled them all with the word "Daydream" written on them so that they would not be confused with the non-toxic Miaoxian mushroom powder.

Liu Ben clapped his hands and looked very satisfied with the results in his hands.

And he has a new "inspiration".

"System, how long did the poisoning effects on Gou Qi and his family last?"

[About five or six hours, it was quite noisy, meow!]

"They just ate a little too much mushroom powder and they went crazy like that, and I ate a whole pot of poisonous mushrooms and was only confused for half an hour."

[It's said that the host is an orc, completely different from ordinary people! ]

"Then will all ordinary people be the same as them?"

[Of course, meow!]

Liu Ben: “Hehe~”

【？ 】

Liu Ben said nothing, but hid the "daydream" mysteriously and went out.

Recently, most of the villagers who are free and able-bodied have been helping to hang nets on the mountain above Liu Ben's home. There are so many people that the wages required are also high, but Liu Ben doesn't care much about it. The money is not much for him anyway, and he can earn it all back in one go when the osmanthus pines outside are able to produce pine nuts.

Liu Ben himself recently brought some villagers with less strength, mainly women, to renovate the old buildings in the village.

There were a lot of people working, but no one was lazy. Even Avocado was diligently helping to pull a cart and carry a bucket. It was a lively scene.

Scrub the places that can be scrubbed, paint the places that can be repainted, and those that are too rotten to be used must be replaced. Liu Ben specially found experienced carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, etc. nearby to come and take a count.

"These pieces of cloth must be replaced, look." The tailor pinched it lightly, and a piece of red cloth hanging beside the shrine of the God of Land made a crisp sound and broke into pieces.

Liu Ben was surprised: "How did it become like this?"

Liu Yibiao was also surprised: "I saw it like this two years ago, right?"

"Chief, it must be last year when the window was broken and we forgot to repair it, so the sun came in and dried these pieces of cloth to crispness." An old lady said casually while cleaning here.

"Oh, that's possible. These pieces of cloth have been used for a long time and can't withstand the sun."

Liu Ben asked the tailor to note that these pieces of cloth needed to be replaced with new ones.

The old house, which had been in disrepair for many years, needed more than just a few replacements. The bricks here were broken, and the window frames there were falling off. In the end, there was a long list of things to be purchased.

Liu Yibiao looked at it and sighed: "It takes so much money."

"Fortunately, it's less than 100,000, and I paid it all." Liu Ben said readily.

A toothless old lady was arranging the futons that had been washed and dried a few days ago. When she heard Liu Ben's words, she smiled and said, "Young man, the Earth God will definitely bless you and make you rich!"

"Then I have to thank the God of Land!" Liu Ben said with a smile.

Liu Yibiao asked her, "Aunt Chen, why did you come here? There are so many people here, it's easy to get confused. I might bump into you."

"I'm helping!"

Liu Ben calls this Aunt Chen, Grandma Chen Zeng. She's over ninety years old and toothless, but she's in good spirits. Her greatest daily pleasure is chanting a few sutras and praying to the gods, hoping for better fortune for her family and the villagers. But what Grandma Chen Zeng likes to talk about most these days is Liu Ben, calling him a little deity sent by heaven to help the village, a god of good fortune who will bring blessings to the entire village in the future.

Liu Ben persuaded Grandma Chen Zeng to go home, and then continued to organize everyone to clean and decorate.

"Meow!" A fat orange dog sauntered past Liu Ben with a mouse in its mouth.

"Hey, such a fat rat!" the lady who was wiping things said in surprise.

"I think the wooden door of the land temple was bitten by it!"

"There's more than one mouse here. Yesterday, I saw the clan leader's cats and a large tabby cat trying to catch mice. They dug out a whole nest of mice. It was terrifying!"

Liu Ben looked at Fatty Orange with approval, then turned around and gave them some milk and mushroom soup as a reward.

By the way, Miaoxian Mushroom Powder has also applied for testing. Liu Ben is familiar with this matter. It’s just like pickled radish, it’s very easy to handle.

Of course, this Miaoxian mushroom is not poisonous. Liu Ben has decided to keep all the poisonous Miaoxian mushrooms in his hands and never sell them.

Although the formalities had not been completed, Zhou Shanshan, the old partner, was already designing the packaging. Liu Ben took a look at the design draft and found it quite interesting. The overall shape was an elongated mushroom, but more artistic. It was painted with the usual Minotaur cartoon image, either holding a mushroom or sleeping on a mushroom. It looked very interesting.

Speaking of Miaoxian Mushroom, Liu Ben also asked You Ying to find out what happened after Gou Qi's family ate poisonous mushroom powder last time.

You Ying was also very interested, so he asked someone.

The first thing he wanted to know, of course, was whether Liu Ben had left any clues. Although Liu Ben vowed that he would never be able to catch him, You Ying was still worried.

However, he was relieved that although the police were investigating, they had not found any traces.

Gou Qi was rushed to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with food poisoning. However, they couldn't pinpoint the cause, so they could only speculate based on experience that poisonous mushrooms were the most common culprit. However, Gou Qi hadn't eaten any mushrooms that day. The assistant, racked up the numbers, only to receive a call from a colleague who reported that Gou Er and Zhu Qian had gone berserk in the restaurant and had been taken to the same hospital.

This time, we had samples of their food, but testing took too long, and after a long period of investigation, we couldn't find any ingredient that could have caused their condition. The hospital induced vomiting and kept them on IV drips, which lasted an entire night. Just when we thought they were doomed, they gradually calmed down and slept well by morning.

So far, no results have been found. The food is fine, and the wine glass used by Gou Qi is also fine.

Despite repeated warnings from the leadership to keep the story under wraps, word of the incident spread. Among the leaks were various secretly filmed videos, including those of Gou Qi, Zhu Qian, and Gou Er. While not as clear as Liu Ben's, their release still caused a minor stir. I heard there had been a lot of disruption in all areas of the company's operations recently.

You Ying sent these to Liu Ben, and talked about how Zhu Qian kept kowtowing to apologize to Liu Shuangyue and Zhu Qian's own parents when she went crazy. Liu Ben sighed and said that people just can't do things that make them feel guilty. If they do too many things, even if nothing seems to happen on the surface, they will still feel a knot in their heart.

Oh, and most importantly, if you do something wrong, you might still be punished by someone like Liu Ben, which is terrible.

You Ying also watched and shook his head with a smile, thinking that he could offend no one but Liu Ben.

After You Ying finished investigating the incident, he also asked someone to check Gou Qi's personal information. It was true that you never knew until you checked. You Ying only just found out that Gou Qi was the head of the local subsidiary of Gold Smith, and that Gou Qi's father was the company's chairman, Gou Wen.

Speaking of which, Gou Wen is also a well-known businessman in the business circle. Although he has only been in China for less than five years, he has almost no rivals in his specialty high-end nutritional products and nutritional supplements. This is a small but profitable market, so Gou Wen also has a certain status in certain levels.

You Ying and Gou Wen have no business dealings, but You Ying has a superficial understanding of this man. Gou Wen has a foreign wife, Debra, whose in-laws have great influence. Gou Wen's in-laws also helped a lot in starting his company. Others say that Gou Wen and his wife Debra love each other very much. Rich men can easily become bad, and it is almost common for them to find someone outside, but Gou Wen did not do that. He only has a son and a daughter with Debra.

But no one has ever mentioned that Gou Wen has a son this old. No, even his eldest grandson is already in his twenties.

Some time ago, Liu Ben complained to You Ying that Gou Qi and his father were both scumbags. Gou Qi's father abandoned his wife to enjoy life abroad, and Gou Qi cheated on his wife and raised an illegitimate child. Fortunately, Liu Ben himself broke off ties with this family.

Tsk, Gou Wen, he himself lives comfortably in a mansion in the capital, enjoying the admiration of everyone, while his own son is quietly placed in a subsidiary company, without any public announcement. It's okay for his own son to be given a sinecure, Gou Qi is a heartless man who only cares about the good life. But what about his grandson? Gou Wen's eldest grandson lives in the village, facing the loess and back to the sky, doing hard labor.

You Ying added several layers of miserable filters to Liu Ben, and suddenly felt that Liu Ben was too pitiful. After his biological mother left, he was abused by his biological father and ignored by his biological grandfather. He lived like a little cabbage.

Xiao Baicai, who was enjoying VIP treatment in Xingyue Tower, sneezed.

Boss Xue asked with concern, "Boss Liu, do you have a cold?"

"Cold? That's not happening," Liu Ben waved his hand. "Someone must be missing me. Let's continue talking about the Miaoxian mushroom. It's a magical ingredient you've never seen before..."

You Ying looked at the information and a message popped up in the family group.

You Guoguo: "Brother, I heard you've been checking out Gou Wen's news lately? What are you doing?"

You Ying clicked on the message and saw it was from You Guoguo. He replied unhappily, "Mind your own business."

You Guoguo: "This is my business! I've been checking on them recently!"

You Ying: "What?"

You Guoguo: "You don't know, Gou Wen and his team sent people to my company to inquire about it. I asked around and heard that they were interested in the formula of my Natural Miracle Series and wanted to steal it!"

Mr. You: "Is this true? How shameless!"

You Guoguo: "That's right? You're already old, and you're trying to trick and attack me, a young comrade in his early twenties. Is that okay? This is not okay!"

You Ying read You Guoguo's words and found it very subtle. Liu Ben was Gou Wen's blood grandson, but he didn't know that the most important ingredient in the formula of You Guoguo's product that he wanted to steal was the one sold exclusively by Liu Ben. Hey.

Mr. You: "I asked my secretary to find out. Gou Wen is targeting you because his company's sales of men's hair care products and women's beauty products haven't been very good this year. I think it's due to the launch of your Natural Miracle series of products."

Mr. You: "Yes, that's for sure."

You Guoguo: "A tall tree attracts the wind, but I'm not afraid of the formula being stolen. After all, the core ingredient comes from my brother's beloved. Family ties are the most reliable, right? @Youying"

Mr. You: "Why is Xiaoying investigating Gou Wen? Your company's business should have nothing to do with him, right?"

You Guoguo: "Could it be that my brother is concerned about me? [shy.jpg]"

You Ying: "You're overthinking it, but this is quite interesting."

You Guoguo: "What's the meaning?"

You Ying: "Liu Ben is Gou Wen's legitimate grandson."

You Guoguo: “???”

Mr. You: “?”

Mr. You: "Isn't Liu Ben's last name Liu?"

You Guoguo: "I know about that. He changed his last name, but this, my goodness!! This is so different, in every aspect... Oh my goodness!"

The You family members expressed their shock at this incident and asked questions one after another. Through You Guoguo's description and You Ying's supplement, they finally understood Liu Ben's life experience. After listening, they could only say that this matter was too dramatic. It really is true that art comes from life.

Although Gou Wen has some status, he is still not comparable to the You family. The You family is shocked mainly by the rough life experience of Liu Ben and the heartless and ruthless behavior of Gou Wen and his son.

The You family criticized Gou Wen and Gou Qi from every angle and finally came to a conclusion.

Family relationships are not necessarily reliable, and Liu Ben is so miserable.

"A-choo!" Liu Ben sneezed again.

The staff at Xingyue Tower asked with concern, "Mr. Liu, do you need any thick clothes? We have brand new down jackets of various sizes specially prepared for you, our distinguished guests."

"No, no!" Liu Ben shook his head.

Liu Ben had just negotiated a new business deal and earned a large deposit. He came out of the warm Xingyue Building, and it was a bit cold outside.

He wrapped himself tightly as he walked, thinking: I sneezed twice in a row, could it be that I really have a cold? No way...

Liu Ben felt it again and found that his body was obviously fine. It was strange!

The author has something to say:

Poor Liu Ben came out with money in his pocket after eating and drinking: Hiccup, the meal was free again today~

Thank you to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution for me~

I don't often buy a bottle of soybean paste.

Haimi irrigated 1 bottle of green onions =3=

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!

Have you ever seen the video of the egg yolk man dancing? It's so magical hehehe~