Chapter 54 Eavesdropping [Nearly 4000 words, please vote!]



He originally thought that learning the C language, which was like a foreign language to him, would be very difficult, or even impossible.

However, after watching an hour of instructional videos, he didn't find it too difficult.

Following the teaching steps above, he also tried to complete some assignments, and hey, they were quite simple.

He didn't think the assignments were too easy; it was more likely that his brain had been enhanced by the white sphere, thus improving his comprehension.

He had tried the same instructional videos before, but the problem was that he couldn't concentrate on them at all, and even if he managed to, he would forget everything within two minutes.

He was originally a liberal arts student, so functions and formulas were an insurmountable barrier for him.

An hour passed quickly, and the C language course reached a certain point.

He closed the course website, opened the Auto Chess game, and continued his journey to climb the ranks.

His goal is to reach Fortress in one day. He is currently at Bishop Rank 6. If all goes well, he only needs three chicken dinners to reach Fortress, or even two. The key is to see how many points his teammates have.

If your teammates are high-ranking, there will be a cap on the reward points for winning the game, which is 100 points. If your teammates are all at the Master Level 1 level, you will probably only get a few dozen points for winning, so you will have to play one or two more games.

While watching Lao Wan play games on his live stream, I also listened to the sounds coming from Lillian's room. It was a perfect match.

Ever since discovering Robert's presence in her, Gao Feng has intensified his attention to her.

Whether it's the smell or the sound, whenever he's home, he'll devote some of his attention to her.

This woman is so strange. Her body temperature is abnormal, her heartbeat is abnormal, and most importantly, she has a connection with Robert.

Who is Robert? He's the boy with the thumb ring. He's already branded in Gao Yang's heart: the mastermind behind the Wu Mei case.

The tragic end of that loving couple made Gao Gao hate Robert to the core, and he even blacklisted Lillian.

If there had been sufficient evidence to prove his modus operandi and the course of the crime, Gao Feng would have dealt with him secretly long ago.

At this moment, Lillian finally made a sound. Instead of making a phone call or sending a voice message, she typed rapidly on the keyboard.

Judging from the frequency of her typing and the sound coming from her headphones, she was probably communicating with the other party through instant messaging software.

If it's an email being sent, why would there be a "beep" sound?

Moreover, she would start typing rapidly whenever there was a "beep" sound, and otherwise she was probably thinking.

"Quite cautious, huh?"

Lillian typed faster and faster, and her breathing became increasingly rapid, suggesting that the negotiations between the two parties were not going very well.

"asshole."

After cursing fiercely, Gao Ang heard the sound of her swiping her phone. Was she about to make a call?

“Zhen Feitian, let me tell you, don’t forget who gave you all this. I can make you rich, and I can destroy you. What, you’ve been abroad for so long, do you really think you can reach the heavens? I’m warning you, stick to the original plan. If you dare to play any tricks on me again, you’ll bear the consequences.”

"Miss Dort, calm down. I, Zhen Feitian, am not an ungrateful person. I will remember the kindness the Dort family has shown me for the rest of my life. But shouldn't we make some things clear? TS's success today can't be attributed entirely to your Dort family, can it? Didn't I, Zhen Feitian, contribute anything? Wasn't it me who handled the domestic relationships? Wasn't it me who swindled those big stars out of their funds?..."

Upon hearing this, Gao Ang suddenly realized who Zhen Feitian was. Wasn't this the deadbeat?

But could the "Miss Dort" he mentioned be Lillian? This woman really doesn't seem like a good person; she even uses a pseudonym for her best friend.

But how did Zhen Feitian get involved with Lillian? Isn't Lillian an employee of TS Group? How dare she speak to her boss in such a tone?

“I admit that I have been a bit too aggressive in the past few years, which has caused many financial problems for TS Group. But don’t you know what my purpose is, Miss Dort? Even if you don’t understand, Mr. Dort should know, right? Also, we are no longer in a subordinate relationship, but a cooperative relationship. I hope Miss Dort can understand this.”

Zhen Feitian's tone had gradually changed from slightly apologetic to aggressive.

“Very good, excellent. Mr. Zhen is indeed worthy of being the founder of TS Group. I can only be thankful that I cannot communicate with Mr. Zhen in person, which is a regrettable thing.”

"Hehe, Miss Dort wouldn't want such a day to come."

"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me honestly, will there be any problems with this plan?" Lillian, also known as Miss Dort, asked sternly.

"There shouldn't be any problems. We're taking a two-pronged approach, both domestically and internationally, and we'll definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past."

"I hope so."

"Beep beep beep".

After hanging up the phone, Lillian paced anxiously around the room, occasionally cursing Zhen Feitian, though the curses were mostly in British slang, which Gao Feng couldn't quite understand.

Based on the content of their conversation, he drew some personal speculations.

Lillian, also known as Miss Dort, is likely a young lady from a prominent British family, and Zhen Feitian's LS Group's rise to prominence is inextricably linked to them.

Later, due to Zhen Feitian's reckless actions, TS Group's finances ran into problems. Of course, it's also possible that one of their plans caused a financial deficit. Zhen Feitian had no choice but to flee abroad and restart his plans, while his plans in China never stopped.

Now it seems their plan has gone wrong. Lillian confronted him, but received only a lukewarm reply from Zhen Feitian.

As for those big stars who were tricked by Zhen Feitian, it's probably because they wanted his money.

"What exactly is this plan?"

Gao Ang couldn't quite grasp the deeper meaning of their conversation. Not a single keyword was mentioned in their dialogue, and he couldn't guess what it meant.

"A big liar and a female hooligan, neither of them are good people. This plan is definitely a bad thing."

Gao Feng came to this conclusion: if possible, he really should stop their plan.

I overheard some inside information today: Zhen Feitian of TS Group actually knows Lillian, and their relationship seems to be quite complicated.

Lillian is actually the eldest daughter of the Dort family, an ancient family in England;

I don't know if Xia Weiwei is aware of this information. I can ask her when I have time. If she doesn't know, then it means that this woman has been hiding some information from her, and her intentions are despicable.

It's just unknown whether Zhen Feitian's plan is related to Robert's possible involvement in the "Wu Mei case."

July 4th was a Saturday, and Xia Weiwei didn't go to work; it was her turn to take a day off this week.

Early in the morning, Lillian wanted to drag her shopping, saying that it wasn't hot in the morning, but by noon or in the afternoon it would be impossible to go out, and so on.

She even said that she had been in Shanghai for so long, and her boyfriend had never taken her shopping properly, and that he didn't care about her at all.

Gao Yang felt extremely awkward hearing this. Isn't this something only couples would say? Are best friends really that close?

Surprisingly, Xia Weiwei actually fell for it.

"You're out so early, are the shops open yet?"

Gao Feng, who doesn't shop much, asked a question out of curiosity, which earned him a glare from Lillian.

"Mind your own business! If the door isn't open, why don't you go to the open side? You damn cook!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Ang was so angry that he grabbed a fruit knife and rushed over.

"What are you doing? You don't need to cook lunch for us."

With a glare, Xia Weiwei stopped him from doing anything further.

"He's a perfectly normal person, so why does he have an extra mouth?"

Since we can't take action, we can't lose the intellectual battle either.

"What did you say?" Lillian asked, puzzled. She didn't quite understand what she was saying.

"Let's go!" Afraid that she would realize what was happening and start arguing with Gao Feng again, Xia Weiwei pulled her slender hand, and the two of them left the villa.

Once he was sure the two had gone far away, Gao Ang took out his phone and sent a message to his senior brother Cao Kun, inviting him to come over for dinner and get together.

An hour later, the two met up.

Xia Weiwei had said that Gao Ang was not allowed to bring strangers back, but Cao Kun was not a stranger. Even if she knew Cao Kun was coming, she would probably still welcome him.

The reason Gao Ang waited until the two women left before calling Cao Kun was mainly because he wanted to have a couple of drinks, but he was afraid Xia Weiwei would say something to him.

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

When Cao Kun arrived, he was carrying a backpack, which looked quite heavy.

"Senior brother, what are you carrying?"

Gao Yang, who was cooking in the kitchen, heard the sound and peeked out, immediately noticing the backpack in his hand.

"National Civil Service Exam materials and notes. These are all materials I used back then, and the notes were even handwritten by me. They might be helpful for your national civil service exam this year."

Cao Kun put his backpack on the coffee table, went straight to the refrigerator to get a can of cold drink, leaned against the kitchen door frame, and watched Gao Ang working alone inside, without any intention of helping out.

"You..." Gao Feng paused, not knowing what to say.

In the past, after getting tired of live streaming, he might have actually taken the national civil service exam and become a civil servant. If he couldn't make it in Shanghai, he could go back to his hometown and, with some connections, probably do quite well.

But now he's a mutant with superhuman abilities, and he's gotten used to coming and going alone.

If you pass the civil service exam, you'll have to be on time for get off work, which means you'll have to socialize with colleagues, and that increases the risk of exposing your unusual abilities.

In American comics, Superman has a legitimate identity as a reporter, but he's not familiar with the profession and certainly doesn't want to become a gossipy journalist.

"Stop with the 'you' and 'me' stuff. You're not a kid anymore. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your parents. Without a proper job, how are they supposed to brag to the neighbors? Isn't that how the older generation spends their retirement? If you want them to be happy, then you need a respectable, presentable job. Take me, for example. My parents are well-known in our town. Every time I go back, they treat me like their own son—no, they are their own son, to be honest. What I mean is, you need to find a proper job. Being a livestreamer is too unreliable."

After talking for a while, Cao Kun began to analyze the process of the national civil service examination for him.

"Stop, stop, stop. It's still early. Leave the documents there, I'll take a look when I have time."

"What do you mean by taking a look when you have a spare moment? You have to look very carefully and attentively; those are all hairs that I lost one by one."

The two brothers bickered and complained, and a very sumptuous lunch was gradually laid out on the table.

"White, red, or beer?"

"The ministry has regulations that prohibit drinking alcohol at any time; you have to submit a report if you want to drink."

Cao Kun spread his hands, reached for a bottle of orange juice with pulp, and gave a wry smile.

“You see, this is the unfair thing about civil servants. Although I don’t have a drinking problem, I have to report everything I do, which doesn’t suit my free-spirited nature.”

Gao Feng began making excuses for himself.

"Keep talking nonsense. I'm going to call the teacher in a bit, and you'll get a scolding."

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to persuade the boy easily, Cao Kun decided to invoke the Buddha's name. He refused to believe that Gao Ang, this monkey, could escape the Buddha's grasp.

Upon hearing that his senior was going to call the teacher, Gao Ang immediately chickened out.

There were few people he feared in his life, and few people he respected, but this teacher of theirs happened to be one of them all.

"No, no, no, I was just joking, just joking, let's eat."

With a grin, Gao Ang fawned over his senior brother, even picking up a piece of smashed cucumber with his chopsticks and placing it in the bowl in front of Cao Kun.

The two chatted and laughed, talking about work and life. Gao Ang also told Cao Kun some interesting stories from his live streams.

He knew that the police profession was too stressful. Although the municipal bureau had its own psychological counseling department, telling him some funny jokes from the internet would still be of some benefit.

It's like a gentle rain that nourishes the earth silently.

"Senior, what does that Robert do?"

As they talked, he steered the conversation toward Robert's career.

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