"I am...I am..."

Fang Tao stammered "yes" for a long time, unable to say who he was, and finally gritted his teeth...

"My surname is Fang, and my name is Fang Tao."

We don't know each other.

I am……

I'm here to apologize on behalf of my good-for-nothing brother!

Su Ruyi asked curiously, "Who is your younger brother?"

Fang Tao blushed: "His name is Fang Yuan."

"Oh, it's Dean Fang." Su Ruyi pretended not to know anything. "What kind of apology are you giving on behalf of Dean Fang? Dean Fang is my direct supervisor—when does a supervisor ever make a mistake?"

Su Ruyi spoke casually, but to Fang Tao it sounded incredibly sarcastic.

Fang Tao took another deep breath: "I know that my younger brother has really gone too far this time! I have no objection to you disciplining him—I really came here to apologize, not to cause trouble."

"Comrade, what are you talking about? I don't understand." Su Ruyi continued to play dumb.

Although she had a good impression of the person in front of her, he was Fang Yuan's brother, so it was worth investigating his character further.

Fang Tao sighed, "Comrade Su, you don't need to be so wary of me. I came here specifically to apologize to you. I also want to... beg for your forgiveness, to return my brother's bone to him. Please tell me, how can you forgive him?"

Su Ruyi continued to feign ignorance: "What bones? Pork bones or lamb bones? Does the dean want me to send him some spare ribs? But isn't that just trying to build connections and engage in corruption?"

Seeing Su Ruyi feigning ignorance, Fang Tao was momentarily at a loss for words:

"Fang Yuan should have come to apologize to you in person, but he can't walk right now, and he's also very regretful. He shouldn't have targeted you like that..."

Dr. Su, someone as talented as you should really be given more attention.

If you'd like, I can introduce you to a few people who will be very helpful for your future development.

"Great!" Su Ruyi became interested. "What kind of person? What's the development? What kind of assistance will they provide?"

Su Ruyi's question was so direct that Fang Tao coughed several times, choking on her words.

"Click click click!"

The network of relationships in Beijing is intricate and impenetrable.

Since you just came from Heilongjiang Province, it's perfectly normal to be ostracized.

Of course, I admit that my brother went too far.

But please forgive him; he is a person with little talent, so he is extremely jealous of those who are capable and talented.

After this experience, he learned that there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people, and he sincerely repented.

Fang Tao had never done anything like this before, putting on a humble act or trying to build connections, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Su Ruyi continued to feign ignorance: "Comrade Fang, although I don't know what you mean by that, I can sense that you have no ill intentions towards me. If that's all you're saying, then I won't keep you any longer. Please leave."

Seeing that Su Ruyi had given him the order to leave, Fang Tao had no choice but to steel himself. He used the fingers of his right hand, which was behind his back, to draw a talisman in the palm of his left hand. Finally, he clenched his fist and opened it again, and the thumb ring that Chef Wang from Sanhe County had given to Su Ruyi appeared in his palm.

The talisman Fang Tao drew could summon something very important to the other party.

However, neither Fang Tao nor Su Ruyi expected that the ring could be summoned from Su Ruyi's space.

Fang Tao opened his palm in front of Su Ruyi: "Comrade Su, now, can you listen to me say a few words?"

When Su Ruyi saw the ring, she looked as if she had seen a ghost and quickly took a few steps back.

If she remembered correctly, this thumb ring had always been kept in the jewelry box on her dressing table!

Su Ruyi immediately probed the space with her divine sense and entered the inside of the jewelry box. Sure enough, the ring was gone.

Su Ruyi gasped.

Who is this person?

It can actually search for things from its own space?

Seeing Su Ruyi's pale face, Fang Tao felt a little regretful and quickly explained, "Comrade Su, please don't be afraid! I didn't mean to show off my skills, I just wanted you to listen to me for a few words!"

Su Ruyi kept a distance of two or three steps from him: "Then please come in."

Fang Tao followed Su Ruyi into the Prince's mansion and sat down in a waterside pavilion.

Su Ruyi did not bring him into the room because she felt that he might steal things, so she took him to the waterside pavilion, which was far away from all the rooms.

It's already quite cold at the waterside pavilion this time of year. Su Ruyi hugged her arms and said, "So you came here to threaten me?"

"No, no, no! Please don't misunderstand!"

Fang Tao hurriedly said, "I have come to apologize on behalf of my brother."

I know you took a bone from his foot, and...

How should I put it? We turned his house upside down.

I don't ask you to return anything else you took, I only ask that you return his bones to him.

He... still has two children who are not yet adults.

Don't worry, he has already assured me that he will never target you again!

In terms of work, I will definitely cooperate with you at any time.

Su Ruyi frowned and remained silent after hearing these words.

Fang Tao continued:

"Comrade Su, you've just come to Beijing from Heilongjiang Province, so you may not have heard of me yet."

I, Fang Tao, used to be a very famous Taoist doctor in Beijing.

Of course, we're not allowed to talk about this now.

I'm saying all this just to prove to you that I'm not the kind of person with questionable character, and I wouldn't do anything underhanded.

As he spoke, he placed the thumb ring on the wooden table in the waterside pavilion.

"I brought this out to prove to you that we are kindred spirits."

In fact, we should support and help each other.

What my brother did was really disgraceful.

To be honest, I was too embarrassed to come in just now. I didn't know how to face you; he made me lose all face.

Su Ruyi continued to frown.

Judging from how sincere he was, if he was faking it, then he could be a movie star.

Since that's the case, Su Ruyi stopped pretending to be stupid.

She opened her palm, and the account book she had found on the beam of Fang Yuan's house appeared in her hand—of course, this account book was a copy that Su Qiushi had copied overnight.

She kept the original in her space.

Fang Tao stared at the ledger that had appeared out of thin air, his eyes showing no emotion, but rather a question: "What is this?"

Su Ruyi smiled slightly: "You'll see when you take a look."

Fang Tao carefully took the ledger and looked through it.

His already purplish and ashen face turned ashen: "This...this...this is...comrade, what...what do you mean by this?"