Chapter 19 Chapter 19 You're Exposed
It rained heavily that night, with thunder and lightning, and Cheng Yi had no choice but to spend the night at his boss's house.
Lying on the bed in the guest room, he tossed and turned, holding his head and reviewing the situation.
Damn it!
He was talking about Lu Yu.
He didn't ask the questions he should have asked, and asked the questions he shouldn't have asked, making him look like a clown. He didn't accomplish anything the whole night and was just fooling around.
Cheng Yi fell asleep in such an annoyed and helpless mood. In his dreams, he dreamed of sincerely denying his brotherly relationship with Cheng Xiaoyong with Lu Yu.
Since Lu Yu didn't believe it, he forced him to believe it.
Finally, the pressure on his head succeeded and he woke up.
Looking at the time, it was 3 a.m. and it was still drizzling outside. Cheng Yi felt thirsty so he got up and went downstairs.
Lu Yu's villa is bigger than his. The drinking fountain on the second floor is located at the corner of the corridor. Cheng Yi groped his way over to pour water. Suddenly, the overhead light came on and a shadow was projected on the white wall.
Oh shit! He was startled and turned his head hurriedly. When he looked closely, it turned out to be Lu Yu.
"...Why didn't you make any noise, Mr. Lu? I thought it was a ghost."
Lu Yu: "Why didn't you turn on the light? I thought it was a ghost too."
Cheng Yi choked: "I just wanted to save you some electricity bills. I am a person who knows how to live."
"...That's not necessary." Lu Yu went over to pour a glass of water and didn't continue the topic.
Silence stretched between the two of them. Cheng Yi yawned and prepared to go back to sleep.
At this moment, Lu Yu suddenly turned around and asked him, "Do you know Cheng Xiaoyong?"
Cheng Yi: “!”
Cheng Yi: “!!!”
Oh my god, you finally asked.
This reflex arc must have just come back from the moon, right?
But no matter what, asking is a good thing, and at least his carefully planned "confession" was not in vain.
Cheng Yi quickly awakened the acting spirit in his body and entered the script in a second.
"Ah! How did you know?" He pretended to be surprised and opened his mouth so wide that his jaw almost dislocated.
Lu Yu: "You shouted his name when you were drunk."
"Oh, I see." Cheng Yi lowered his head, thinking about the tone of the bloody plot for a moment, then raised his eyes again, his voice choked.
"He. Is. My. Ex-boyfriend."
Lu Yu: “…”
Lu Yu; “?”
"We broke up because of the huge disparity in our families. I was unwilling to accept it, but I couldn't let go of my pride, so I disguised myself as a beautiful woman and went to the salon."
"But the moment I saw him, I ran away again. I suddenly realized that no matter how hard I tried, I could not cross the class gap..."
Cheng Yi spoke with great emotion and made up stories so eloquently that he almost believed them himself.
"I'm so sorry to tell you this." He finished the story with a sympathetic ending, "If I hadn't been drunk, I would definitely not have lost my composure like this. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Lu Yu looked at him. The young man's eyes were sparkling under the light, just like the leaves in the early morning covered with water vapor and sparkling with light.
"That's not necessary," he said after a moment.
"Hmm? What?"
"There's no need to deny yourself for an ex."
After saying this, Lu Yu went back to the room. Cheng Yi stood there in a daze.
Did Lu Yu believe that he and Cheng Xiaoyong were "ex-boyfriends"? Definitely.
Otherwise, it would not be rare for him to be given a set of life philosophy.
...Hiss, it seems that this bass is not as cold-blooded as described in novels.
It’s a freshwater fish, so it’s a little bland, but I have empathy for it and can feel a little bit of the temperature.
*
The next day was the weekend, and Cheng Yi left Lu Yu's house early in the morning and returned to his own home.
When he entered the room, he saw Cheng Xiaoyong sitting on the sofa with his arms folded, staring at him.
Cheng Yi felt guilty, so he just said hello curtly and ran upstairs.
He didn't want his brother to know that he had become an "orthopedic surgeon" just for mending a vest.
"Wait," Cheng Xiaoyong called him over, "Come here. I have something else to ask you."
Cheng Yi's heart skipped a beat: "Ask, what are you asking?"
"Someone told me yesterday that the technical guy we wanted to poach withdrew his resignation application. Is it related to you?" Cheng Xiaoyong looked at him with a scrutinizing look. "Someone saw him with you that day. You even went out together. After you came back, he withdrew his application. What happened?"
call.
It turns out that he was just digging up old issues.
Cheng Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
This matter is much simpler than "orthopedics". He refuses to admit it no matter what is asked.
"What, brother, do you suspect that I stopped the technician from resigning? Do you suspect that I'm helping Lu Yu and ruining your plan?"
"I..." Cheng Xiaoyong choked, "I didn't say that."
"My Lord Qingtang, this is unfair!" Cheng Yi started to cry and make a scene, "I have worked so hard but still got slandered. I will report this to the central government! I will report this to the central government!"
The noise he made was so loud that it alarmed his mother. Yun Wan ran downstairs and the anti-aging mask disappeared.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Who has a moldy brain that has offended our Xiaoyi?"
Cheng Xiaoyong: “…”
Cheng Yi threw himself into his mother's arms and secretly glanced at Cheng Xiaoyong. He saw his elder brother standing up on the sofa, then sitting down, then standing up again, and sitting down again. He looked obviously very anxious.
"As a brother, you are bullying our Xiaoyi again, aren't you?" Yun Wan raised her eyebrows and pulled off the pearl necklace around her neck, preparing to hit her eldest son. At this time, Cheng Yi came out of her arms and pressed down his mother's hand.
"We're fine, Mom. I was just playing a script-killing game with my eldest brother."
Yun Wan: “…”
Yun Wan didn't believe it: "Script-killing can also be realistic? Do we have to report it to the central government?"
"Ah," Cheng Yi scratched his head, "I accidentally switched to the news and interview channel."
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Yun Wan was fooled by his sweet talk and the two brothers resumed their harmonious and loving relationship.
Cheng Xiaoyong pulled Cheng Yi to sit down, a hint of apology revealed in his eyes.
"Brother, I'm sorry for what happened just now. Actually, it wasn't me who doubted you, but Qian Jin. I felt that what he said made sense, so I felt unsure."
"Don't say anything, big brother," Cheng Yi comforted him, "I can understand and accept it. We are a family, love and peace."
The look of apology on Cheng Xiaoyong's face deepened.
"Actually, it was pure coincidence that I went to the hotel with the technician that day. I heard that Lu Yu had gone there, so I followed him because I was worried." Cheng Yi calmly made up the whole story.
"I also tried to persuade the tech guy to change his mind. He said he wanted to resign but he didn't. What kind of man is he? But Lu Yu is a better pua than me. I am not as good as him. I am so ashamed..."
After hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyong suddenly realized what was going on. He reflected deeply that he should not have listened to one side of the story, and almost had a rift with his brother.
"I was wrong this time. I'll transfer 100,000 yuan to you as an administrative penalty to teach you a lesson."
"No, 50,000 is enough, no more." Cheng Yihao refused without any sincerity.
"No, it has to be 100,000." Cheng Xiaoyong touched an wormwood massage hammer on the sofa and banged it on the coffee table, "100,000 for the first time, 100,000 for the second time..."
"150,000." Cheng Yi raised his hand to the air.
Cheng Xiaoyong made the final decision: "Deal!"
Just like that, Cheng Yi happily received an "administrative fine" of 150,000 yuan and returned to his room happily.
So cool, his elder brother is really nice. On the other hand, his younger brother is really not that good.
He was talking about money coming in.
Thinking of this professional spy and what Cheng Xiaoyong had just said to him, Cheng Yi narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.
Confused! Didn’t you know that the villain died because he talked too much?
Since Qian Jin had tried to tell on his teacher, he had no choice but to expel him from the spy register.
*
The weekend passed by in a flash, and it's Monday again.
Cheng Yi arrived at the company early.
His boss only assigned him a small amount of work today, which he finished in less than an hour.
He pushed the keyboard aside and opened the Xiaolujiang APP to slack off. At this moment, the three people who had been silent for a few days received new messages.
【three people--Qian Jin】: Someone in my family is in the hospital. I have taken a leave for the past two days. I am afraid I will not be able to answer the phone in time @everyone
After reading it, Cheng Yi sent a private message to his elder brother through the small window.
[Cheng Yi]: Your professional spy is not planning to run away, is he?
If he really wants to run, he is willing to sponsor the travel expenses, and run as far as possible and never come back.
[Cheng Xiaoyong]: You're overthinking it. Given his family situation, if there was a way to make quick money, he wouldn't have put aside his master's thesis and come to be my scapegoat.
Um? Cheng Yi's curiosity was instantly aroused when he heard this.
【Cheng Yi】：[Transfer]
[Cheng Yi]: Let’s talk about 10 yuan. Tell me about your gun.
From Cheng Xiaoyong, Cheng Yi finally understood why Qian Jin put his master's thesis on hold and came to work as a gun for his elder brother.
It's all about money.
Qian's father has been bedridden for years and has to be hospitalized from time to time. Qian's mother was laid off from her company two years ago and has not received compensation yet.
I have a younger brother in high school and a younger sister in junior high school, so the pressure is much greater than that of an average family.
Last year, Qian Jin tried a job as a corporate espionage through an introduction. Unexpectedly, he did well in the job and made some quick money. From then on, the door to a new world opened for him and he never returned from the wrong path.
This year he met his financial sponsor Cheng Xiaoyong, who promised him a higher salary. As long as Qian Jin helped him steal Lu Yu's business secrets and grab the project, the bonus would be doubled again.
"Oh, what a little idiot." Cheng Yi said to himself after hearing this.
You can rely on your ability, but you choose to rely on luck.
Making quick money made him taste the sweetness and he forgot the way he came.
After much thought, he decided to adopt the strategy of educating first and then persuading the little idiot to quit.
It was lunchtime, and Cheng Yi went to the restaurant to eat and brought lunch for his boss.
While waiting in line, I heard my colleagues from the Human Resources Department behind me discussing this Friday’s “Theme Learning Day”.
This is the company's routine learning activity, which takes place every two weeks.
"What should I learn?" The specialist girl looked very troubled. "I was scolded by Mr. Lu when I was studying marketing last month. He said it was flashy and useless. I am traumatized."
"Why don't you learn Excel skills?" a colleague suggested, "After all, the watches that workers wear are all Excel spreadsheets."
Wow, what a crappy pun... Cheng Yi couldn't help but complain in his heart.
But when it comes to what to learn, he does have an idea, something fresh and new.
"Let's study Criminal Law." He walked up to his colleague in the Human Resources Department and said.
"Pfft!" The two girls thought he was joking. "Assistant Cheng is preparing for the bar exam? Why don't you go talk to Mr. Lu? If he agrees, we'll cover all your milk tea this month."
"Deal! Remember I like Boya Juexian, standard sugar, no ice, medium cup is fine."
“…”
Ten minutes later, Cheng Yi returned to the chairman's office carrying the lunch he had packed for his boss.
Lu Yu had just finished a video conference and was drinking coffee at the table.
"Mr. Lu, the meal is here." Cheng Yi strode to the small coffee table.
Lu Yu sat down to eat and found that the assistant was still standing there with no intention of leaving.
"Aren't you full?" He raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.
"No, I want to report something to you." Cheng Yi was thinking about the "Legal Education Classroom" and began to talk incessantly to prepare for it.
"I heard that the business director of Company A next door sexually harassed the new intern."
"Two employees of Company B embezzled public funds to go to the anorectal hospital to have hemorrhoidectomies removed."
"The subordinates of Company C were dissatisfied with their boss' stinginess. One of them cut the company's network cable, one dismantled the company's toilet, and another poured 100-degree boiling water over the boss's fortune tree and killed it..."
"...Are you a tabloid reporter?" Lu Yu put down his chopsticks. "What do you want to say?"
"Say," Cheng Yi said, pulling out a book called "Crime and Criminal Law" from somewhere, "Our theme for Friday's study is, instead of learning workplace skills, why don't we first learn to be a legal person? Oh, I mean, a law-abiding person."
Lu Yu looked at him, his eyes behind the glasses were cold and deep. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "Okay."
Cheng Yi was smiling and cheering, not only had he achieved his goal, but he also had a source of milk tea for this month.
"Then I will prepare the learning content together with the legal department." This was the first time he worked so actively and proactively.
Lu Yu also sensed it, and raised his eyebrows slightly, saying with a hint of amusement: "You also take the initiative to take on tasks? It's rare."
“…”
Cheng Yi rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking, haven't I taken on enough work on my own initiative? I have paid too much for you.
After leaving Lu Yu's office, Cheng Yi took out his cell phone and sent a private message to Qian Jin.
[I call you a cellmate, do you dare to agree?]: Brother, there is a secret report
【Qian Jin】：?
[Do you dare to agree if I call you my cellmate]: Just now, Mr. Lu said that he would organize a criminal law class this Friday and specifically asked you to attend.
[Qian Jin]: What? Me? Why? ?
[If I call you cellmate, would you dare to agree?]: I don’t know, but based on my understanding of him, he is a scheming guy and he has a purpose for everything he does. I guess you've been exposed.
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