Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Stupid, strong
Yu Wan was shocked.
The first question is easy to answer, but how should she answer the second question?
Didn’t the gossip news mention that the drug was put in the red wine?
Yu Wan frowned and thought carefully, and did not have time to answer Fu Zhiyao's question.
Fu Zhiyao knocked on the table impatiently, his eyes as cold as ice: "Yu Wan, tell the truth."
Yu Wan didn't dare to tell the truth.
Was she going to say she only knew this because she'd read the novel's plot summary? Wouldn't Fu Zhiyao think she was crazy if she told him? But Director Dong and Secretary Lin had repeatedly stressed the importance of not lying to the boss.
After a while, Yu Wan spoke, "Someone splashed red wine on my skirt in the banquet hall. Not wanting to run into that person, I went to the bathroom on the upper floor and ran into you in the hallway. As for the drugged wine, I just made a random guess. Most powdered drugs dissolve in water, so you might not eat them if they were in your food."
Fu Zhiyao's gaze was still on Yu Wan, but Yu Wan lowered her eyes slightly and didn't look at him.
She felt a little guilty, but when she thought about it carefully, she was clearly a victim, and it was lucky that she didn't ask her boss for work injury compensation and overtime pay. It wasn't her who drugged the woman, so why should she feel guilty?
So he mustered up the courage to look up at Fu Zhiyao.
Their eyes met, catching Fu Zhiyao off guard.
Yu Wan's eyes are very unique. Her double eyelids have clear folds, her eyes are round, and the corners of her eyes are tucked down. Her eyelashes are thick and long, and her pupils are black and shiny. When they move, there is a little subtle cunning in them, and when they are still, they look a little dull.
At this moment, she looked particularly innocent as she stared at him, making Fu Zhiyao at a loss for words.
Long before Yu Wan came, Fu Zhiyao had checked the surveillance video sent by Secretary Cai, and naturally knew that Yu Wan did not deliberately go upstairs to meet him by chance. The reason he asked this was just to trick Yu Wan.
He tried to figure out whether Yu Wan was hiding something from him, and to figure out whether his decision to let Yu Wan stay in the president's office was right.
Yu Wan stared at Fu Zhiyao nervously, not knowing if it was her illusion, but Fu Zhiyao's stern facial features seemed to soften for a moment.
The man lowered his eyes, stirred the hot porridge in his bowl, and started talking about family matters like an elder: "Today is Saturday, what are you going to do later, Secretary Yu?"
Secretary Yu: “…”
Until she left the ward, Yu Wan still couldn't understand the reason for Fu Zhiyao's change of attitude. He was like a chameleon, which made her confused. But when she thought about the boss's personality, it seemed normal.
After walking a few steps, Yu Wan ran into Zhou Quyang, the doctor who gave Fu Zhiyao a sedative last night, in the corridor. The man was wearing a white coat, had a handsome appearance and a gentle temperament.
Uncle Wu mentioned last night that Dr. Zhou is Mr. Fu’s good friend, but judging by their appearance and temperament, one looks like a brutal big bad wolf, while the other looks like an elegant white swan.
"Hello, Doctor Zhou." Yu Wan greeted him.
Zhou Quyang might have some social anxiety, so he rarely spoke to her, and even rarely made eye contact. He nodded and said, "Hello, I'm here to see Fu Zhiyao."
"Okay, thank you for troubling me, Doctor Zhou." Yu Wan politely turned aside.
Zhou Quyang nodded, said nothing more, pushed open the door of the ward and walked in.
Fu Zhiyao had already eaten most of the porridge. Zhou Quyang glanced at the takeaway box on the table next to him. It was from the teahouse that Fu Zhiyao liked. He picked up the receipt on the table and ordered scallop and vegetable porridge, which was not in Fu Zhiyao's diet.
Zhou Quyang took Fu Zhiyao's temperature and confirmed it was normal. He then asked Fu Zhiyao, "Are you feeling unwell today?"
Fu Zhiyao ate his porridge and replied lazily, "It's okay, but I felt a little dizzy when I woke up."
"Well, the medication is quite complex, and even a strong metabolism will still make you feel uncomfortable. The nurse came to draw blood at six this morning. I'll wait for the results. If there's no problem, you can be discharged."
Zhou Quyang knew that Fu Zhiyao was a workaholic and did not stop him. As a doctor, as long as the patient was in good health, that was all that mattered.
Fu Zhiyao: "Okay, thank you very much."
Zhou Quyang: "You're welcome. It's rare that I can help."
Compared to what Fu Zhiyao did for his family, he actually didn't do much.
Fu Zhiyao raised his eyebrows and smiled at him.
He and Zhou Quyang can be considered close friends, the kind that doesn't need constant contact to prove their friendship. They go out for dinner when they are free and try their best to help when needed. It's a comfortable friendship.
Because he had the ability to read minds since childhood, Fu Zhiyao saw through those who approached him with flattery on the surface but actually had ulterior motives early on. He was always resistant to making friends, so that Fu Zhiyao had no friends around him, and Zhou Quyang was the first guy he met who was too frank.
The two have known each other since college, and it has been ten years now.
Fu Zhiyao heard Zhou Quyang's thoughts at this moment.
- [The Miss Yu mentioned earlier is Zhiyao's secretary, but Zhiyao never uses female secretaries, so I'm a little curious.]
As expected, Zhou Quyang asked the next second, "Zhiyao, you've never chosen a woman as your secretary. Is there anything special about Miss Yu?"
Fu Zhiyao hesitated for two seconds, which was rare.
What's so special about Yu Wan? Is she quick to apologize? Is she stupid? Is she strong?
This is what Fu Zhiyao thought and said.
Zhou Quyang was silent for two seconds: "...Are you sure you're praising him?"
Fu Zhiyao shrugged, his expression indifferent: "You know, sometimes I need some fools around me."
People who are too smart tend to be self-righteous, trap themselves in a cocoon, and look down on others. People who are too self-deprecating are too self-centered, timid, and indecisive in doing things.
Yu Wan is between the two types of people. When she does something wrong, she doesn't argue back, but sincerely apologizes and reflects on it. After apologizing, she throws all the negative energy aside and continues to work with full energy. When asked to look at the plan and give her suggestions for revisions, she doesn't shirk responsibility by saying she is incompetent. She has a clear understanding of herself, does not overstep the boundaries, does not ask too many questions, and knows when to advance and retreat. Except for her occasional slowness in thinking, she is pretty good.
Most importantly…
Fu Zhiyao ordered Yu Wanzi around easily and smoothly, without any sense of guilt for a top student being misused as a waiter.
I don’t know if it was Zhou Quyang’s illusion, but he actually saw a little bit of joy in Fu Zhiyao’s expression, which could be called a bad taste.
- [That's right. Zhiyao never mentioned another woman. Miss Yu caught his eye. It's definitely not possible that she's stupid as he said. If I believed him, I'd be the stupid one.]
Fu Zhiyao: “…”
Why do everyone think that he chose Yu Wan as his secretary because Yu Wan is capable, and he seems to have such poor vision?
Zhou Quyang turned to ask other questions: "Did you find out who drugged you last night?"
Fu Zhiyao said "hmm".
"We caught the guy who served me the wine, but he denied drugging me. Cai Yang has already sent him to the police station. He'll be incarcerated for a few days to see if he can reveal the mastermind behind this."
Speaking of this, Yu Wan did a really good job yesterday. She knew to call Lao Wu for help and took him away from the parking lot quietly and low-key.
It was understandable that he was photographed by the media. After all, the person who drugged him had already made a foolproof plan. The media squatting in the parking lot were ready to take pictures at any time. Even if Yu Wan had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to block the ubiquitous cameras.
As for the hotel surveillance, Secretary Cai quickly saved a copy of the surveillance footage from that night and deleted the cloud records the moment he received the news. Therefore, none of the media outlets got any hotel surveillance footage related to the celebration, thus preventing unnecessary subsequent disturbances.
Although the drugging incident became a hot topic and made him feel a little bit uncomfortable, the overall situation was not bad. The public relations department did not simply remove the hot search, but clarified the cause and effect, and directed the public opinion in a way that was beneficial to him, which earned Fu's a wave of goodwill and helped to shape the company's image.
As for the comments urging him to register a social media account, Fu Zhiyao of course ignored them.
After hearing Fu Zhiyao's words, Zhou Quyang pondered for a moment and expressed his suspicions, "Could it be Lu Zongxin? Logically, there wouldn't be any media in the parking lot during the banquet. Even if there were, they wouldn't be so powerful as to immediately discover you were Fu Zhiyao and write a press release claiming you drugged me, unless someone had arranged this in advance."
Lu Zongxin is the chairman of Yufeng Group.
In the business world, cooperation and competition are the norm, and the Fu family naturally made enemies in its development process. If you ask who most hopes for the downfall of the Fu family, it is undoubtedly Lu Zongxin of the Yufeng Group.
The origins of the two groups can be traced back to when Fu Zhiyao's parents were still alive.
Yufeng Group started out as a mining company and later joined the real estate industry, competing with the Fu family in the real estate sector. However, Fu Zhiyao's parents saw the false prosperity of real estate development early on and decisively transformed without clinging to high profits. Yufeng Group had no time to stop and suffered a loss of more than 30 billion yuan. The company was once unsustainable.
After failing to borrow money from the Fu family, he hired someone to kill Fu Zhiyao's parents in an "accidental" car accident six years ago.
At his parents' funeral, he, who had the ability to read minds, heard Lu Zongxin's thoughts and knew that he was the one who hired someone to kill, but he had no substantial evidence and could do nothing but vent his pain.
Over the years, he has been running the Fu Group while collecting evidence privately. One day, he will make the murderer Lu Zongxin pay the price he deserves, whether it is the group or his life.
After hearing what Zhou Quyang said, Fu Zhiyao's eyes turned cold. He clicked on the surveillance video sent by Secretary Cai again, dragged the progress bar, and searched in the dense crowd.
Sure enough, a familiar figure was found in the video.
The other party was Lu Juefeng, the vice president of Yufeng Group and also Lu Zongxin's adopted son.
As for the president of Yufeng Group, it is Lu Zongxin’s uneducated son Lu Yusen.
But Lu Juefeng did not enter the banquet hall. He turned sideways and talked to a woman in a white dress. He stayed for less than two minutes and then left the hotel.
Fu Zhiyao knew Lu Juefeng's personality quite well. Even if he didn't like him, he knew that he would never do such a dirty thing. So there was only one possibility left.
Lu Zongxin's biological son, Lu Yusen.
The woman in the white dress who was communicating with Lu Juefeng looked very similar to the woman Yu Wan had a conversation with on the sixth floor.
No, Fu Zhiyao is almost certain to be the same person.
He watched the surveillance video, his eyes gradually becoming stern.
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