Wu Li let out a long breath. He agreed to Huo Minxuan purely out of a momentary infatuation. Later, he had struggled repeatedly and had trouble sleeping all night.
But he didn't have the face to say this now.
"I can return all my earnings from these years of work to the company," Wu Li said with difficulty. "If I lie, God will punish me..."
"Alright," Xie Yun interrupted, his handsome features shimmering with a hint of ice. "The key is getting things done. What's the point of just swearing a poisonous oath?"
"If you really meant it, you shouldn't have come to me to resign today."
"..." Wu Li's throat rolled a few times and he nodded silently.
After Wu Li left the CEO's office, An Meng looked at Xie Yun and asked hesitantly, "Can he really be trusted?"
To show her sincerity, Lin Yiyi revealed the story of Huo Minxuan instructing Wu Li.
As a veteran of Leverage, if Wu Li's resignation letter were to be released to the media, Leverage's stock price would undoubtedly be affected.
[Needless to say, Leverhul will also become infamous and be condemned by everyone in the industry from now on!]
Huo Minxuan's move was truly vicious. Wu Li was truly capable of such a move!
"Wu Li's son has a rare disease and needs to take an expensive imported medication long-term," Xie Yun said slowly. "My college classmate recently took over his pharmaceutical group."
“…”
"Yes," Xie Yun nodded, as if he knew what she was going to say. "His family is the monopoly manufacturer of this medicine, and I have a good relationship with him."
An Meng was speechless, and the astonished expression on her face showed "evil capitalist".
[This, this, this, directly grasping the lifeline, is this the real golden finger? ]
Xie Yun curled the corners of his lips and smiled, but said nothing.
Even if Wu Li was truly regretful, he had no reason to believe that he would correct his mistakes.
At this moment, the sky outside suddenly darkened. There was no light on in the room. The dim light from the sky filtered into the house through the floor-to-ceiling windows, shrouding the two people in a gloomy hue.
Xie Yun sat upright behind his desk, half of his face hidden in the dark. An Meng just looked at him and suddenly felt that Xie Yun was out of reach.
She suddenly remembered the "Yun" created by Bihua in her dream.
"Xie Yun," she licked her lips and spoke hesitantly, "If, I mean if, you are not a human, you..."
"What do you mean?" Xie Yun interrupted her, unable to resist laughing, "Is this why you've always rejected me?"
An Meng blinked, unable to follow his train of thought for a moment: "What?"
Xie Yun stood up from the boss chair, walked over, leaned over slightly and stared down at her condescendingly.
He completely blocked out the light, which was not bright to begin with. An Meng was half enveloped in his arms, and a familiar scent blew against her face.
For a moment, her thoughts seemed to stop, and she frantically wanted to say something to ease the inexplicably awkward atmosphere.
Xie Yun didn't give her a chance to speak: "I say, you wouldn't reject my courtship for this reason, right?"
"No, no," An Meng was embarrassed, "I have never treated you as anything less than a human being..."
Something seemed off, so she changed her words: "No, I mean, there's nothing inhuman about you."
Xie Yun curled his lips half in helplessness and half in amusement.
"...Forget it," An Meng simply gave up struggling, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Xie Yun's eyebrows moved slightly, and he quickly bent down, put his hands on the armrest of the sofa, and kissed her on the face.
Before An Meng could react, he straightened up as if nothing had happened and quickly fled the "crime scene".
Watching the figure disappear at the door, An Meng touched her face with the back of her hand blankly, feeling the warmth.
My heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was going to burst out of my throat, but it quickly calmed down as I felt melancholy.
Combining the two previous dreams, even if she was a fool, she would understand.
I came to this world and to Xie Yun just because Bihua wanted to crush the inner demon of Immortal Lord Qingze!
Everything she went through in this world was to collect what Bihua called "endless energy."
After having the second dream, An Meng looked up some information.
The five elements that describe the human mind and existence are the five aggregates: form, feeling, perception, volition and consciousness.
Buddhism believes that everything in the world, including the human body, is composed of the five aggregates.
This is the reason why Bihua named this world "Yun".
What about the mission? This crap mission, this "cannon fodder rescue system," is it just a cover?!
Her heart gradually sank to the bottom. She took a deep breath and called Tiezhu in her heart.
It's strange to say, Tiezhu always seems to be asleep and never shows up unless there is something going on.
When An Meng had nothing important to do, she would call it out to play, but most of the time she would get no response.
Can it sleep like this?
[Tiezhu, come out here!]
As if sensing that An Meng was in a bad mood, Tie Zhu replied, "I'm here."
An Meng said coldly: [Can you explain to me why I'm doing this shitty mission?]
[Host, why do you suddenly ask this?]
Seeing that it was still trying to play dumb, An Meng snorted: [Stop pretending, I dreamed about it.]
[……]
In the long silence, the man and the system confronted each other silently.
I don’t know how long it took, and I don’t know if it was An Meng’s illusion, but the mechanical sound of the iron pillar seemed to carry an unusual emotion.
[Dreams don’t necessarily mean they actually happened.]
An Meng rolled her eyes. "Don't I know whether it happened or not? I just want to ask you one question. Did that damn Bihua create this world in order to slay Qingze's inner demon and reshape his spirit?"
This time Tiezhu was silent for even longer, as if he didn't expect An Meng to understand it so clearly.
"Is that so?" An Meng sneered. "At this point, if you still want to hide it, I won't play with you anymore!"
[What is the host's plan?]
[Bihua said I was transformed from obsession...] An Meng omitted the word "thing" and continued, [I can slow down the development of the inner demon, right?]
[……]
"What if I disappeared?" An Meng asked maliciously, "What would become of this world?"
[Absolutely not! You must not do anything rash!] Even though it was a mechanical voice, An Meng could hear Tiezhu's panic at this moment.
[Yunxi.] An Meng said suddenly.
Tiezhu did not answer.
[It's you, don't pretend!]
After a while, the mechanical sound of Tiezhu turned into the voice of Yunxi that An Meng had heard in her dream. She sighed, "I didn't expect that everything would eventually become unconcealable."
An Meng looked into the void expressionlessly. Yun Xi's translucent figure was standing there. She finally revealed her true form, wearing a black robe.
"You and I can finally communicate face to face now," An Meng said with a sigh, and then asked directly, "Where is the inner demon now?"
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