Are they really that close?

...

On the other side, He Ci sat in his office, looking at Yan Chongning—

"As expected of the Crown Prince of Yunxing."

He nodded. "If you say you've ruined your own business, then you really have."

He was certainly paying attention to what was going on with Cen Yu. At first, he didn't care because he also thought these unfounded rumors were utterly boring. But when he asked Yan Chongning to handle it, he saw the other party's evasive manner.

He Ci immediately became alert.

He still remembered that Xie Jinshen was initially assigned to Yunxing and became Cen Yu's group assistant.

At the time, he also discussed with Lao Gao who would specifically seek connections to become someone's slave.

He Ci was so angry he almost laughed.

"You can guard against anything, but it's hard to guard against a thief within your own family." He Ci nodded. "So it was you who put Xie Jinshen in here to be a beast of burden."

Having come this far, He Ci wasn't stupid; there was nothing he couldn't understand.

Who else could command Yan Chongning besides the real young master of the Xie family?

"I think Yunxing is truly an honor to have graced my humble abode."

"Even the young master of the Xie family is coming to be an assistant..." He Ci's mouth was firing off. "What? So, if someone from the Xie family wants to inherit a position, they all have to come to Yunxing as an assistant, right?"

"Xie Jinshen becoming an assistant for love is a complete love-struck fool, what about you?"

"Your brain has been melted by their great love too??"

He Ci slammed the things in his hand onto the table, "Someone has already found out that Xie Jinshen is Cen Yu's biggest fan who voted for him..."

He squinted, as if he was thinking about something.

He remembered that the person who exposed Xie Jinshen's connection with the Xie family had his account quickly blocked. Xie Jinshen was able to reach so far back then, there's no reason for him to become so docile now.

Therefore, there can only be one possibility—

Even if Xie Jinshen didn't intend to fuel the flames, he did seem to be using "netizens" as pawns.

Indeed, why would Xie Jinshen care about the life or death of a group or Yunxing?

For him, everyone except Cen Yu was just a stepping stone he could discard at will.