The bad ending of the stand-in novel (Seventeen)
"To be precise, this NPC's appearance, temperament, and physique are 79% similar to the Shen Shi in Jiang Yuan and Gu Zhi's memories."
"This NPC is not described in detail in the plot. It appears once: when transferring a contract during Jiang Yuan's imprisonment, and once when handling burial procedures for Jiang Yuan after his death."
To put it bluntly, it's just an NPC that is mentioned briefly.
Jiang Yuanshi pressed the solar plexus with one hand and switched the monitor with the other.
In the Gu Group elevator, Secretary Zhou was wearing a hat when a colleague beside him whispered, "Secretary Zhou, do you want to go to the hospital?"
Secretary Zhou: "No, finding someone is more important."
Seeing the other party's cold attitude, the colleagues did not dare to persuade him. They just whispered to each other, "Do you think the boss has been acting strangely lately?"
"It's like... a split personality."
"Come on, I think he's a psychopath, laughing and yelling all the time. Capitalists don't treat their subordinates as human beings. They say they have to see them within three days even though they're thousands of kilometers away, otherwise they'll have to bear the consequences. Damn, they're doing animal work for such a low salary!"
“That’s why they are cattle and horses.”
The more indignant they became, the louder their voices became, but they were interrupted in the next second by Secretary Zhou's whisper.
"That's enough. Do you want others to know? There are surveillance cameras everywhere. You can choose not to do it, but think about your family and children."
Secretary Zhou didn't say much. When the other people heard the words "family and children", they immediately shut up and looked unhappy.
"Ding, we've reached the first floor. Please leave."
The few of them left the elevator in silence without saying another word.
The surveillance footage ends here, and no one appears again.
The system replayed the video while watching Jiang Yuan, focusing on Secretary Zhou. It then asked, "Host, what do you think of him?"
“A little.”
Jiang Yuanshi switched back and forth, and finally paused at the scene where Gu Zhi grabbed Secretary Zhou's hair and smiled.
The image was extremely eye-catching and disturbing. Jiang Yuanshi, however, treated it as a mere background image, as if nothing had happened. He said to the system, "I'd like to ask if you could access all the surveillance footage in the entire city, or in other words, all the surveillance footage of places where Gu Zhi appeared?"
System: "I need a reason to answer your question."
That's all. Jiang Yuanshi replied to the system: "I'd like to trouble you to check the surveillance to see if any of the NPCs that Gu Zhi has come into contact with or around have ever experienced a situation like Secretary Zhou."
The system understood: "You want to know if the NPCs around Gu Zhi are similar to Jiang Yuan and Shen Shi."
"That's right." Jiang Yuanshi nodded. "Is that okay?"
“What do you want to do after you reach your conclusion?”
"To be honest, I haven't made up my mind yet. I'm going to decide based on the situation."
The system did not believe the other party's words. Ten out of ten sentences Jiang Yuanshi said were true, but the host was extremely cunning and concealed his true actions, leaving ambiguous text.
System: "I can help you, but at the same time, you need to promise me that you won't do anything out of line, such as harming characters, breaking the law, or committing any other illegal acts."
Jiang Yuanshi blinked: "Okay, got it."
System: "Host, I hope you will keep your word. My relationship with you is uncertain, but if you commit any prohibited acts, I will report the truth to the future system. The system also reserves the right to refuse responsibility for you. It is very likely that you will be left without any system tasks, leaving your consciousness and soul without a home."
For a host without a system, it is equivalent to being banished to the cold palace and abandoned. Such a host will not fail the mission and will not reverse death, but will always wander alone, drifting around with the remaining consciousness, unable to live or die.
Jiang Yuanshi lowered his eyes. The system interface had not yet switched, and he still saw the original body of the host. The host had very long eyelashes and transparent white skin. If you looked closely, you could see obvious bloodshot on his eyelids, and faint blue veins and bloodshot on the skin on his face. When he was quiet, he looked well-behaved, and there was something about him that the system could not describe.
Jiang Yuanshi was like a handful of water in the palm of your hand, which would disperse as soon as you let go of your hand.
Jiang Yuanshi raised his eyes, his amber eyes reflecting the violent scenes on the screen, and said obediently: "I understand, I will abide by the rules."
The system, which did not understand the ways of the world, received a reply and began to upload the data of Jiang Yuan and others, and began to look for similar NPCs. It was not distracted in analyzing the data. The system worked seriously. Jiang Yuanshi, who was idle at the side, glanced at Chen Shi, who had become an empty shell. He was typing on the computer with one hand, not knowing what he was doing. Judging from the interface, it looked like he was sending an email.
Jiang Yuanshi pointed with his index finger.
Sent successfully.
He closed the computer, got up from the bed, washed, changed his clothes, tidied the room, took out his mobile phone to put away the computer, rang the bell to notify the medical staff, unlocked Shen Shi's mobile phone with Shen Shi's fingerprint and tapped a few times, pushed out the wheelchair, hopped on one foot to put Shen Shi on the wheelchair, and pushed Shen Shi out with crutches.
"Report, Jiang Yuan and Shen Shi have left the ward. A medical staff member has entered, probably to clean up the room."
"The ward doesn't matter. Let's catch those two first. As for the two Jiang enemies, Mr. Gu said we should find them if we can, but forget it if we can't find them."
"receive."
The action has begun.
Jiang Yuanshi walked out of the psychological counseling room with the list, and the intern helped push Shen Shi's wheelchair from behind. The intern sent them to the elevator, and Jiang Yuanshi expressed his gratitude to him.
The elevator reached the floor and the doors opened.
Several burly men in black suits came up, and the leader said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Shen, Mr. Gu wants to invite you to reminisce about the past."
That being said, it didn't look like it. There weren't many people on the psychological counseling floor at this time. For some reason, Shen Shi was sitting in a wheelchair with a blank look in his eyes. Jiang Yuan was actually isolated and helpless at this time.
Jiang Yuan seemed to know that resistance was futile. He nodded without saying anything and walked into the elevator.
As if surrounded by several giants, Gu Zhi didn't care about his appearance. After walking out of the elevator, Jiang Yuan and Gu Zhi were escorted by people in the dark all the way, attracting the attention of the crowd. Many people took pictures with their mobile phones, thinking that some star had arrived.
Jiang Yuan, who was supposed to be in a wheelchair, walked slowly with the help of a cane. He was directly lifted up with his feet hanging in the air.
Jiang Yuanshi felt like a suckling pig being roasted.
As he was thinking about it, he felt a little hungry. After all, when he went back in time, the breakfast he had eaten was also gone.
With an empty stomach, he simply gave up and gave up all his strength, being carried weakly, like dried seaweed swaying in the wind.
After they went out the gate, they were stuffed into a car and the car started.
Zila——
As they were about to leave the hospital, a black and red sports car suddenly appeared, did a beautiful drift and stopped the car in the middle of the road.
I don’t know which rich second generation is acting up again, the driver honked the horn impatiently.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
The car on the opposite side also beeped.
The sound was short but loud. The next moment, several off-road vehicles appeared behind the sports car and completely surrounded Gu Zhi's subordinates' cars.
The people in the car were a little panicked and didn't know what was going on.
"What are they trying to do?"
He's probably here to kill someone.
Jiang Yuanshi, who was surrounded by men in the car, thought.
"Contact Secretary Zhou quickly!"
"No! I can't get through to Secretary Zhou!"
"Then contact Mr. Gu! Your life is at stake!"
The gate of the vehicle across the street opened, and countless similarly dressed men in black swarmed in. Approaching the vehicle, a black and red sports car opened its doors, black motorcycle boots touched the ground, and a tall, long-haired woman in a black windbreaker, suit pants, and pink sunglasses got out. Pointing a finger at the car, she said in a flat tone, "Bring the person out."
At the command, the crowbar appeared. The sound of metal colliding and rubbing against metal was so harsh that it made the root of the tongue astringent, and there was a faint taste of rust.
The car door was smashed open, the driver was pulled out and thrown to the ground. The bodyguard in black pressed the lock of the car door, then pried the door open and threw it aside.
Jiang Yuanshi got out of the car.
The long-haired woman nudged the head of one of the people on the ground with the tip of her shoe and said, "Who sent you here? You're running wild on the Shen family's territory and you dare to touch my brother. Do you really think I'm dead?"
The visitor was Shen Shi’s sister and the head of the Shen family, Shen Yining.
"By the way, think carefully before you speak. You are just working for your boss. How much money can you get for working so hard? Is it enough to support your family?" Shen Yining casually reported the salary and benefits he gave to the bodyguards. The few people who had been silent at first instantly lost their energy and explained the truth.
"It's Gu Zhi. Mr. Gu sent us here to invite these two to reminisce about the past."
"Haha, you talk about kidnapping so refreshingly, how shameless." Shen Yining complained disdainfully, and turned his gaze from the bottom to Jiang Yuan, looking him up and down, and commented: "He looks really good, no wonder that kid Shen Shi has been sticking to you and not going home recently. Hey handsome guy, forget about that guy Gu Zhi. Although my guy is a little wooden, he looks okay."
No, can this be just put together casually?
Jiang Yuanshi was speechless. The original novel did not describe Shen Yining in much detail. She was decisive and ruthless, a well-deserved leader. However, before she appeared on the stage, the Shen family was swallowed up by Gu Zhi. The decline of the Shen family was only met with one sentence: It turns out that women are not good at being in charge of the family.
"By the way, why is that kid Shen Shi still in the car? Is he scared silly?"
Shen Yining poked her head in and went in to take a picture of Shen Shi, but the other party did not respond. Shen Yining pulled Shen Shi's collar and said, "You kid just sent a text message, and your sister came all the way to save you, but you ignored her. What's your attitude?!"
Shen Shi followed Shen Yining's movements like a puppet, a pair of empty and silent eyes revealed, staring at Shen Yining. She paused and looked back and forth. When she turned back, her head hit the roof of the car where Jiang Yuan's hand was blocking it. She asked Jiang Yuan: "What's going on?! How could my brother become like this?"
Jiang Yuan looked a little guilty. "When Mr. Shen was submitting his paper last night, his computer suddenly froze, as if it had been infected. Not long after, when he turned it off and back on, it automatically restored its factory settings, and everything was gone. Mr. Shen's new data hadn't been saved yet. He went to sleep last night, saying nothing was wrong, but the next morning, I found him like this. He ignored everyone he called, as if he had lost himself. I just took him to the psychiatric department and the psychological counseling room."
Jiang Yuan took out the folded report from his pocket, unfolded it and handed it to Shen Yining.
The above diagnosis is that Shen Shi suffered a mental breakdown due to the accumulation of long-term stress and the sudden heavy blow, which is suspected to be a sign of dissociative disorder.
Shen Yining put away the report and took a deep breath. "Poisoned, right? Thesis... I understand. I'll take you back to the Shen family first. Just don't come out. Leave the rest to me."
"And Mr. Jiang Yuan, you are one of the few people Shen Shi is close to among outsiders, so I hope you know who you should stand on the side of. It's best not to make any small moves, otherwise, whether it's my brother's friend or someone he likes, I will deal with it without any mistakes."
Jiang Yuan said good-temperedly: "I am very grateful to Mr. Shen. Without him, my family would not have received good treatment."
Knowing that the other party's handle was in the Shen family, Shen Yining didn't say much. She tied up Gu Zhi's men and was about to send the two away when the phone that fell on the ground rang.
Very close to Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan picked up the phone and gestured to Shen Yining. After getting permission, he answered the call, and Gu Zhi's voice came from the inside, "Why are you calling? Where are Jiang Yuan and the others? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
The volume of the phone was turned up to the maximum. Jiang Yuan calmly replied under the watchful eyes: "Hello, Mr. Gu, we are now with Mr. Shen."
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