Chapter 50 (End of Chapter 50 - Reverse V)

Gu Sheng didn't know that Xiao Yi wasn't trembling because of fear.

At this moment, out of Gu Sheng's sight, Xiao Yi revealed an excited look in his eyes.

He muttered something to himself, and if you listened carefully, you would hear him say, "You really found out. I knew it couldn't have been anyone else..."

Gu Sheng couldn't hear what Xiao Yi was saying, and he said somewhat irritably, "Have you thought about what will happen to you?"

To Gu Sheng's surprise, Xiao Yi suddenly lunged forward and grabbed his wrist. Xiao Yi looked up at him and said, "If you feed me poison, I will drink every last drop."

These words gave Gu Sheng goosebumps, and he suddenly threw Xiao Yi to the ground.

Gu Sheng suddenly realized that Xiao Yi was not begging for mercy at all; he was testing Gu Sheng and risking his life to verify Gu Sheng's identity.

Xiao Yi now looks completely different from before.

Disgusted by Xiao Yi's words, Gu Sheng pushed Xiao Yi away with a bit too much force, causing Xiao Yi to lose his balance and hit his forehead on the corner of the table.

Blood streamed down his forehead, but he seemed oblivious to the pain, kneeling back down and crawling to Gu Sheng's feet.

Seeing Xiao Yi, his face covered in blood, crawling towards him, Gu Sheng was about to explode.

He cursed the system in his heart for being unreliable. What kind of identity did it give him? Were the subordinates normal people?

However, he dared not show it, for he had already revealed a flaw and could not afford to arouse Xiao Yi's suspicion again.

Gu Sheng coldly watched as Xiao Yi crawled to his side, hugged his leg, and blood dripped onto Gu Sheng's body.

Gu Sheng wasn't one to be ruthless towards the wounded, but he had to do it now.

Because Gu Sheng heard a voice in his mind saying, "Blood is so dirty."

Gu Sheng doesn't know how, but "Gu Sheng" does.

So, the moment the blood dripped from Xiao Yi's face, Gu Sheng kicked him aside: "Filthy."

Xiao Yi wasn't angry at Gu Sheng's words; instead, he was excited: "Are you angry? Kill me, please. I'd rather die by your hand than tolerate someone impersonating you."

Xiao Yi indeed suspected that Gu Sheng was impersonating "Gu Sheng".

Xiao Yi is simply insane.

Moreover, he's a madman with exceptional acting skills, which is why Gu Sheng didn't notice his unusual behavior earlier.

Gu Sheng squinted and stood up.

Xiao Yi stared intently at Gu Sheng's every move, seemingly anticipating what would happen next.

Death, or forgiveness.

What will Gu Sheng choose?

What will Gu Sheng choose?

A voice echoed in Gu Sheng's mind: "Why choose? Do what you want to do, anything."

What do I want to do?

Gu Sheng remembered the purpose of his visit.

He laughed, and Gu Sheng stepped on Xiao Yi's chest, forcing Xiao Yi to lean back, but his gaze still followed Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng didn't want to waste time with him, so he said directly, "I want all of Du Wanxing's information, and information about him."

"Du Wanxing? A branch manager." Xiao Yi looked puzzled; he didn't recognize the man. "What do you need him for?"

Gu Sheng wasn't questioning Xiao Yi; he had vaguely grasped the rhythm of their conversation, which was "commands." Nothing else needed to be said.

Gu Sheng did not answer Xiao Yi. He simply asked, "How many days do you need?" How many days would it take to find Du Wanxing and bring him here?

Xiao Yi was not disappointed by Gu Sheng's indifference; to him, this was the normal Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng only needs the result.

At Gu Sheng's feet, Xiao Yi revealed a bright smile: That's great, the executive officer still needs him, and as long as the executive officer needs him, he will always act for the executive officer.

Xiao Yi is not from City A; his parents are wealthy businessmen in City J.

Xiao Yi had a happy childhood, and then the Xiao family fell into ruin.

His father went mad.

Xiao Yi's father sold him for money, which marked the beginning of Xiao Yi's nightmare.

This is the first time Xiao Yi has been sold, but not the last.

Later, the father sold the mother and Xiao Yi's siblings.

Later, after squandering all the money, the father committed suicide.

This is the information Xiao Yi obtained after desperately escaping home.

After that, Xiao Yi began to try every means to find Mu Qing and her brothers and sisters.

Ultimately, it was Xiao Yi's best friend who helped him find it.

As a result, Xiao Yi was held down by a group of people and forced to watch as his best friend poured his relative's ashes into the toilet.

When Xiao Yi saw his "friend" stepping on his face with disgust, his life was completely ruined at that moment.

The "friend" even thoughtfully contacted Xiao Yi's last buyer, who had been arrested and brought back.

On the way, Xiao Yi ran away again. This time he had nowhere to go, so he fled to City A. Naturally, he became a member of the slums.

The slums are a melting pot of all sorts of people, and all sorts of things can happen there.

Here, Xiao Yi, who had lost interest in life, rediscovered the human species.

If his previous experiences had robbed Xiao Yi of the will to live, then his experiences in the slums robbed him of everything that made him a human being.

He learned to snatch food from the mouths of wild dogs, he learned to sell his companions before they sold him, and he learned to kill his own kind.

Gu Sheng appeared at this time.

Xiao Yi first met Gu Sheng in the church of the Church of God. At that time, Gu Sheng was wearing church clothes and looked like he was glowing.

Xiao Yi once thought it was an angel who had come to take him away.

However, he quickly realized that if he died, he would definitely go to hell, so only demons would come to take him away.

But Xiao Yi couldn't help but secretly come to the church to watch over Gu Sheng again and again.

Gu Sheng was like a ray of light in his life, faint, but in his already darkened life, even that faint light became dazzling.

Then, during a fight over food distributed by the church, Xiao Yi failed and was stabbed several times, on the verge of death.

Gu Sheng happened to be passing by and rescued the boy who had been spying on him for a long time.

Gu Sheng had always known that Xiao Yi was secretly watching him, but since Xiao Yi's attention didn't affect Gu Sheng, he just let it go.

Moreover, as time went by, Gu Sheng also developed some interest in Xiao Yi.

That's why I offered my help this time.

After washing Xiao Yi clean, Gu Sheng noticed that Xiao Yi was quite good-looking.

At this time, Gu Sheng was not yet an executive officer. If he wanted to climb the ranks, he needed more performance, which meant more underlings.

Gu Sheng took a liking to Xiao Yi at first glance; good looks are a huge advantage for a salesperson.

In Xiao Yi's view, this was an angel coming to take him away from hell and bring him to heaven.

Gu Sheng was actually quite good to his subordinates; at least materially, he never mistreated them.

Gu Sheng even took the opportunity to deal with Xiao Yi's former enemies: those buyers, and that "friend."

Those people were brought before Xiao Yi, who then allowed him to do as he pleased.

Xiao Yi killed someone that day. It wasn't a big deal. He cried that day, but he didn't know why he was crying. He had become so used to pain that he couldn't distinguish between those emotions anymore.

Xiao Yi stayed at the bank, where he slowly rediscovered his sense of being human, and even more so.

Banks are not good places, and Xiao Yi gradually came to understand their dark side.

But this meant nothing to Xiao Yi; he was willing to do anything for his angel.

As Xiao Yi got to know Gu Sheng better, he began to feel that Gu Sheng was not an angel, but a god.

Gu Sheng seemed omnipotent. He climbed the ranks, and many people tried to stop him but failed. In the end, he became the youngest executive officer.

Even those old fogies who held sway over the upper echelons of the bank were wary of him.

Xiao Yi was promoted by Gu Sheng to be his secretary, and he handled all matters for him.

After becoming the CEO, Gu Sheng became a hands-off manager, leaving everything except what the board of directors required to be done to Xiao Yi.

The reason Gu Sheng dared to do this was not because he trusted Xiao Yi so much; Gu Sheng was simply overconfident in his own abilities and believed that even if Xiao Yi betrayed him, he could quickly resolve all the problems.

Therefore, whether Xiao Yi is loyal or not is not important to Gu Sheng. He only needs a capable person to sit in this position, and Xiao Yi happens to be that person.

Of course, at this time, Gu Sheng was unaware that he had such a past.

In the lounge.

Xiao Yi looked at Gu Sheng and said, "I can't give you a definite time yet. I need to investigate this person first."

Gu Sheng looked down at Xiao Yi expressionlessly and repeated, "You need a few days."

Clearly, Gu Sheng only needs a specific time.

Xiao Yi licked his lips and said a conservative number: "Fifteen days, please give me fifteen days."

Gu Sheng removed his foot from Xiao Yi: "No, that's too slow. Three days. In three days, I want everything."

Xiao Yi lowered his head, looking completely submissive. He did not refute Gu Sheng, as he always granted Gu Sheng's requests: "Alright, I will certainly not disappoint you."

After saying what he wanted to say, Gu Sheng turned to leave. Before leaving, he poured the glass of wine over Xiao Yi's head: "If there's a next time, you can go and reunite with your parents."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi actually laughed. He didn't care at all about the wine spilled on him, and simply nodded in agreement with his eyes lowered.

Gu Sheng was not satisfied with his reaction, but he did not intend to stay any longer, so he pushed open the door and left. Unlike when he came, he was very cautious, and he strode away.

After that, all he had to do was wait for news. Gu Sheng believed that Xiao Yi would come to see him with what he wanted.

Gu Sheng didn't see it, but after he left, Xiao Yi picked up the wine glass Gu Sheng had taken and whispered, "Another collectible."

Gu Sheng was also busy for the past three days, searching for Du Wanxing's safe house while investigating Cheng Ruhui.

The safe house couldn't be found anytime soon, and Cheng Ruhui hadn't found anything useful either.

Cheng Ruhui was extremely cautious. He used only local area networks and did not connect to external networks. He always had bodyguards with him. In addition to the bodyguards he could see, he would also arrange for hidden gunmen around him whenever he went out, just in case.

Gu Sheng could only silently complain: This is really hard to kill.

Of course, Gu Shenglai did not come to kill Cheng Ruhui, since even if he killed Cheng Ruhui, it would not help Gu Shenglai at present.

However, during the investigation of Cheng Ruhui, Gu Sheng made some interesting discoveries: he was not the only one investigating Cheng Ruhui.

But thinking about it, this is quite normal. After all, that's Cheng Ruhui, the president of the Development Bank of City A, who controls half of the world's economic lifeline.

Which city would ignore such a person without investigating him?

Three days later, Xiao Yi arrived at Gu Sheng's residence. Gu Sheng did not ask him how he found the place, because he knew that with Xiao Yi's influence, City A had almost no secrets to him.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yi did not bring good news.

Gu Sheng only knew some of the information about Du Wanxing. The only thing that surprised Gu Sheng was that the bank had always known that Du Wanxing was an undercover agent for the Public Security Bureau.

I just don't know why I didn't deal with it until recently.

There was also some good news: the bank hadn't found Du Wanxing's safe house either.

As for Du Wanxing, Xiao Yi used all his resources but still couldn't find him. It was as if he had vanished into thin air, suddenly disappearing from a street corner in City A one day.

Gu Sheng ultimately accepted Xiao Yi's report and did not punish him.

Gu Sheng wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Xiao Yi seemed somewhat disappointed.

But none of that matters.

Gu Sheng stared at Xiao Yi in front of him, pondering the task that he had no clue about and made no progress on so far.

Gu Sheng thought of his most useful ability right now: hypnosis.

Hypnosis is very useful, but the current situation is that we don't even know who to hypnotize.

As Gu Sheng pondered, a voice appeared in his mind: Why only hypnotize one? You can do more.

Do more?

Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly; at that moment, he had a bold idea.

Perhaps we could give it a try.

Gu Sheng beckoned Xiao Yi closer with his finger.

Xiao Yi approached Gu Sheng with a puzzled look on his face. The two were very close, with only a centimeter or two between their eyes.

Gu Sheng said, "Look into my eyes."

Xiao Yi obediently did as Gu Sheng said and looked at Gu Sheng.

Xiao Yi noticed that Gu Sheng's eyeballs were trembling slightly, a tremor so subtle that it could only be detected by getting very close.

As he watched, Xiao Yi noticed that the frequency of Gu Sheng's eyeballs twitching seemed to follow a certain pattern.

He became more and more engrossed in watching.

Then his gaze slowly became unfocused, but quickly returned to normal.

Xiao Yi didn't notice that his eyeballs also began to tremble at the same frequency as Gu Sheng's eyeballs.

Gu Sheng smiled.

nailed it.

He took two steps back, creating distance between himself and Xiao Yi: "Remember, when you talk to someone, you must look them directly in the eye."

Xiao Yi didn't understand Gu Sheng's meaning, but he still agreed: "Okay."

Gu Sheng sensed something was amiss and added, "Not everyone," he murmured softly, "I probably can't control more than ten."

He looked up at Xiao Yi: "Not everyone. You need to carefully choose the right person, understand?"

Xiao Yi looked confused; he seemed not to understand Gu Sheng's meaning, but he still replied, "Okay, I understand."

As he spoke, Xiao Yi's eyes regained their clarity, but his expression remained confused. He felt strange at that moment, as if something was wrong, yet nothing seemed to have changed.

Gu Sheng wasn't interested in Xiao Yi's inner thoughts. After finishing what he wanted to do, he let Xiao Yi leave.

Xiao Yi needs some more time, and in the meantime, Gu Sheng plans to do something big.

Gu Sheng invited Shen An out.

It was still that same little tavern.

Shen An asked, "Still no results?" He knew that Gu Sheng had been investigating everywhere recently.

Gu Sheng shook his head and said, "That's not important. I have an idea that I'd like to share with you."

Shen An asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Things are stuck in this limbo, which is making Gu Sheng very uncomfortable.

Shen An accepted it well. After all, being an undercover agent is a very time-consuming job. It's normal that Gu Sheng hasn't found anything since he's only been here for a few days.

Even those who have been undercover in banks for years, or even more than a decade, dare not say that they can definitely complete Gu Sheng's current task.

You can imagine how difficult this task is.

Gu Sheng said very seriously, "I feel that our efficiency is too low right now."

Shen An looked at Gu Sheng, signaling him to continue.

Gu Sheng added, "After thinking about it, our core objective is to investigate the organization behind the bank. The evidence that the undercover agent obtained should also be related to the organization behind the bank."

"So, could we bypass 'Iris' and the bank, and investigate that organization directly?"

Shen An thought Gu Sheng's words made sense, but said, "So many people have spent so much time and haven't found any useful information. Now, with just the two of us who are new here, do you think we can find anything?"

Gu Sheng said, "They can't find it because they're using the wrong methods."

Shen An asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Gu Sheng said, "The Development Bank of City A is so big, do you think it's the largest asset of the organization behind it?"

"That's for sure," Shen An nodded. He really couldn't think of any other company that could surpass the Development Bank of City A.

Gu Shengyang smiled and said, "If the bank runs into trouble, will that organization send someone to handle it?"

Shen An nodded again: "That's for sure. I heard that after the case of the church auction in City C came up, several unfamiliar faces appeared at headquarters."

"The people who died in that case were all major investors in the bank. Their deaths were a huge blow to the bank, but after those people came, the bank stabilized."

Gu Sheng was silent for a moment. Shen An didn't know that the case was related to Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng chose to change the subject, asking, "Have those people been investigated?"

Shen An shook his head: "Those people are very mysterious. When they come, all the surveillance cameras at headquarters are turned off, and everyone in the building is emptied. Only one cleaning lady saw them from a distance once, and that's how I found out about them."

Gu Sheng said, "Is that so? In that case, as long as those people reappear, our investigation can make progress."

Shen An had a bad feeling. He asked, "What do you want to do?"

Gu Sheng gave a somewhat shy smile: "Actually, it's just an idea. I'm thinking, if I blow up the headquarters of the Development Bank of City A and the bank's largest vault, would that attract the attention of that organization?"

Hearing Gu Sheng's words, Shen An opened his mouth, then closed it again. In the end, he only said one sentence: "Don't be impulsive."

Gu Sheng said, "I'm not acting impulsively; this is a conclusion I reached after careful consideration."

Shen An said, "Putting aside the fact that nobody knows where the bank's largest vault is, the security forces there are so strong that even if the entire S City Public Security Bureau were to be mobilized, they might not be able to take it down. Moreover, the security checks there would not give you a chance to bring the bomb in."

Gu Sheng pursed his lips and said, "This is just an idea; if it doesn't work, then forget it."

Although Gu Sheng gained some extraordinary abilities by chance, he is still an ordinary person at heart. What he can think of, others have already thought of long ago.

Shen An reassured him, "Some people have thought of this method, and some have even tried it, but the conclusion is that it is not feasible."

It is through the efforts of successive groups of people that the bank headquarters has been built into what it is today, and the bank vault has been constantly moved to prevent it from being found.