Xing Shi came to the leisure area on the third floor and collapsed on the sofa skillfully.
Feng Zifan sat next to him and glanced at him after a moment.
Xing Shi asked, “What do you want to say?”
Feng Zifan touched his nose. “I swear I’m not trying to sow discord, but it is just such a coincidence.”
Xing Shi had noticed that the two people’s eyes were a bit evasive before, so he wasn’t surprised when he heard this. “What’s the coincidence?”
Feng Zifan said, “Gu Zheng was among the people who were playing around and the one who bumped into us was his roommate. Gu Zheng is ranked last on the company’s nomination list. If you are going to replace someone, it is him.”
He unlocked his phone, opened the group chat, and handed it over. “Haven’t you read the group messages?”
Xing Shi took it and saw a familiar name.
Lin Kecheng: [I heard that there is going to be a talent show. Are you guys included?]
[Yes, we are.]
[But only a few of us.]
Lin Kecheng: [Congratulations. From now on, I can brag to others that I know a big star. I will mobilize people around me to cheer for you.]
[Thank you, Senior!]
[We will also help with the ranking!]
Lin Kecheng: [All those who are selected get a bonus. Don’t train too hard recently. Your health is important. Sometimes when I watch a movie, I feel sad when I see someone who is about to participate in an important competition but can’t go due to an accident. This type of melodramatic plot is simply a nightmare.]
[Hahaha, me too.]
Lin Kecheng: [So you must take care of your health, do what you can, and keep going!]
Xing Shi raised an eyebrow.
Feng Zifan said, “Senior Lin just gave instructions in the group, and they immediately used it on you.”
He thought of something as he spoke, “Is it possible that what we said before spread? They found out that Director Wei is really coming for you. It just so happened that Senior Lin’s message was released not long ago, so they got agitated… Of course, this is just my malicious speculation.”
Yu Yi sniffed. “But… wouldn’t it be too obvious for them to do this? They were personally involved, so they will definitely be suspected.”
Feng Zifan laughed. “Given Xing Shi’s relationship with the boss, who would dare to follow Gu Zheng to cause trouble? He must do it himself.”
He said, “Maybe they just want to use this as an excuse. For example, ‘any fool knows that if I do something like this, I will be suspected’ to prove that it was really an accident. If we insist that they did it on purpose and there is no evidence, it will only make us look aggressive.”
Yu Yi was shocked. “But they still don’t know if Xing Shi will go to the talent show or not.”
Feng Zifan analyzed it, “Maybe he is in a hurry. Everyone has heard of Director Wei’s personality. He is a very persistent person. Gu Zheng is older than all of us. He achieved his results through hard work. His own conditions are actually average. If he fails this year, he will definitely be surpassed by those who are selected next year. There is a high probability that he will still fail, and his debut will be a long way off. I’ve said before that the debut rate of trainees is very low. The competition is crueler than you think.”
He looked at Xing Shi. “In any case, you had better be careful these days. By the way, are you going to the audition or not?”
Xing Shi replied, “No.”
Feng Zifan’s expression relaxed. “That’s fine. It will be fine once the news spreads.”
Xing Shi hummed and returned the phone to him.
Feng Zifan didn’t doubt Lin Kecheng at all, which was normal. It was because from Lin Kecheng’s perspective, it was impossible for him to know that Director Wei would suddenly come to June Culture and ask for Xing Shi.
However, Xing Shi knew that Lin Kecheng had a system. It was easy for him to master these things. Moreover, he had personally seen Shao Jianbai being tricked by Lin Kecheng into stabbing someone with a knife.
It seemed that the other party was still unhappy with him and wanted to make trouble for him.
Lin Kecheng wasn’t directly trying to trick him. At most, it was just a temptation. This wasn’t within the scope of the contract.
However, Xing Shi decided to fight back and shouted to the system. “When will the alliance between me and Lin Kecheng expire?”
The system said, “Tomorrow afternoon at 2:45.”
Xing Shi said with satisfaction, “Very good.”
The system wondered, “Why are you asking about him? Shouldn’t you be thinking about how to deal with these trainees? Are you going to pretend that nothing happened?”
Xing Shi replied, “Impossible.”
The system was very positive. “Whatever you want to do, I’ll help you!”
Xing Shi said, “It is simple.”
He took out his phone and sent a message to Fu Xiuning. [Brother, I suspect someone is trying to trick me.]
Fu Xiuning: [?]
Xing Shi: [Help me adjust the monitoring.]
It wasn’t the corridor surveillance that was being adjusted.
He didn’t want to analyze any actions, expressions or paths to determine whether the other person did it on purpose or not. He just directly checked the dining hall’s surveillance. The moment he saw Gu Zhang glancing at them when they left and immediately following them out, he knew that this was most likely intentional.
He commented, “His roommate has a very close relationship with him, so he dares to do something that will bring him trouble.”
Fu Xiuning lowered his eyes after seeing it and motioned for Xing Shi to go back for lunch.
Then he waited until the afternoon work shift before calling the training department. He asked for the ranking list of Class 1. He confirmed that the person ranked after Gu Zheng wasn’t that roommate and said, “Let this person go instead.”
The teacher was startled and asked tentatively, “Is… something wrong?”
Fu Xiuning said, “No, I’m just happy.”
The corners of his lips curved up. “Privately have someone fill out the form and submit the list. Then announce it on the last day.”
The teacher’s heart skipped a beat.
If it was announced the day before entering the factory when Gu Zheng felt that everything was settled and even his luggage was packed, wouldn’t he go crazy?
She was sure that there must be something going on, but she didn’t dare to ask any more questions. She nodded and left.
Xing Shi went back to school for a class in the afternoon. Then he returned to the company and trained until the evening as usual.
Feng Zifan and Yu Yi both knew what he had done at noon and also knew the results of the investigation. The two of them had been waiting until now but hadn’t heard any movement. They whispered, “What did the boss say?”
Xing Shi replied, “He told me not to worry about it.”
Feng Zifan asked, “Then?”
Xing Shi thought about Fu Xiuning’s bad personality and said, “Just wait.”
No matter what Fu Xiuning’s attitude towards him now, there was Qi Changyi around and Xing Shi wasn’t afraid that Fu Xiuning would ignore this matter.
He waved goodbye. “I’m still not going back to the apartment today.”
Fu Xiuning was still sitting in the living room playing with his phone tonight. He gave a greeting when he saw Xing Shi enter.
Xing Shi came and sat down next to him, a bit curious. “Brother, how did you deal with this?”
Fu Xiuning said, “Replace him.”
‘But I haven’t heard about it.”
Fu Xiuning smiled. “I will have them announce it on the last day.”
Xing Shi secretly thought, ‘As expected of Fu Xiuning.’
He satisfied his curiosity and changed the subject. “Do you have anything to do tomorrow afternoon?”
Fu Xiuning answered, “I basically stay in the company.”
Xing Shi reported a time slot and asked, “You don’t have any meetings during this time, right?”
Fu Xiuning replied with a no and waited for the next words.
Xing Shi said, “Then wait for my signal. As long as I send you a message saying ‘class is over’, you call me.”
Fu Xiuning asked, “Why?”
Xing Shi told him, “I’m not sure if it will go smoothly, so I will keep it a secret first.”
The system was also curious. “What are you doing?”
“You will know tomorrow.”
He rested for a night and arrived at school the next afternoon, full of energy.
After finishing a class, he called Lin Kecheng and said he wanted to renew the contract.
Before going to bed last night, Lin Kecheng asked the system to check Xing Shi and found that Xing Shi had rejected Director Wei’s invitation. The trainees also knew about this and immediately sighed in disappointment.
But like he said, he did feel a bit relieved after secretly doing that little trick. Therefore, he didn’t deliberately delay renewing the contract and came cooperatively.
He waited at the entrance of the teaching building for a while. Then when he didn’t see Xing Shi, he called this person.
Xing Shi answered quickly, “Senior, I have something to do in the classroom and might be late. How about you come up directly?”
Lin Kecheng naturally had no objection, so he hung up and went to the second floor.
Xing Shi asked the system to report Lin Kecheng’s location at any time. Once he learned that the other person had entered the stairwell, he immediately walked over. He held a book in one hand and was fiddling with his phone in the other.
He looked up, saw Lin Kecheng and said with a smile, “I’m done. Wait for me to reply to this message.”
Lin Kecheng nodded. Then he turned around and headed down.
Xing Shi followed him slowly and sent the message to Fu Xiuning.
Two seconds later, his phone rang, and he answered it. “Hello, Boss~”
Fu Xiuning listened to the cheerful greeting and hummed in response.
Lin Kecheng, who was walking in front, couldn’t help stopping when he heard that it was Fu Xiuning.
However, Xing Shi didn’t stop and crashed into him directly.
Lin Kecheng suddenly lost his balance. He subconsciously tried to grab the handrail next to him, but Xing Shi staggered after bumping into him and fell two steps. This just happened to knock Lin Kecheng’s outstretched arm crooked.
Lin Kecheng cooperatively lost his balance and instinctively grabbed the nearest person—Xing Shi.
Xing Shi didn’t try to dodge at all. He screamed and fell down with Lin Kecheng.
The falling speed was extremely fast, but Xing Shi handled the entire process with ease.
It wasn’t until Lin Kecheng fell on the buffer platform that he seized the opportunity and pushed down hard.
The next second, a scream was heard. “Ah—!!!”
Fu Xiuning, who was still on the phone: “……”
Xing Shi ignored the phone and got up with a hissing sound. “It hurts… Senior, are you okay?”
Then he took the initiative and said, “Why did you stop so suddenly? You even pulled me down!”
Lin Kecheng’s face turned pale with pain. His lips trembled, but he didn’t say a word.
Xing Shi rubbed his arm. “I think it will turn blue…”
Halfway through his words, he saw Lin Kecheng lying there motionless and immediately crouched down in a worried manner. “Senior, what’s wrong with you? Speak! Don’t scare me!”
HE grabbed the phone and said in a panic, “Boss, Senior Lin seems to be dying. I will hang up first. Remember to ask the teacher for leave for me. Senior, please hold on—”
Fu Xiuning: “……”
It was time for class to be over and there were many students coming and going. After hearing the noise, they all rushed over and surrounded them.
Lin Kecheng was finally taken away in an ambulance.
Xing Shi got into the car with a serious face and went all the way to the emergency room of a nearby hospital. He witnessed Lin Kecheng being pushed in miserably and felt very satisfied. He thought that it was good for this person to lie here honestly like this.
During this time, Fu Xiuning called to ask for the address and drove to the hospital.
He saw Lin Kecheng in the hospital room with his right foot hung up.
There were broken bones, very severe ones.
It was still in the stage of fixing it in place and he would need surgery and nails later. It would take a hundred days for a broken bone to heal, so Lin Kecheng would be injured for the next few months.
Fu Xiuning had heard the conversation between Lin Kecheng and the system on Saturday and had been thinking about how to deal with this person. He didn’t expect that only two days had passed and the other person had become like this.
The moment Lin Kecheng saw Fu Xiuning, he raised his upper body to maintain his image. “Senior, you are here.”
Fu Xiuning said gently, “Lie down and don’t move.”
He asked, “What’s going on?”
Lin Kecheng smiled bitterly. “I didn’t stand firmly when I went downstairs.”
Fu Xiuning advised him, “Be careful next time.”
Lin Kecheng nodded with a pale face.
Fu Xiuning looked at him and considered Xing Shi’s series of actions. Was there anything he didn’t understand?
Lin Kecheng plotted against Xing Shi. Then Xing Shi sent the other person to the hospital in the same way.
There was a creaking sound, and the door opened.
At the same time, the system notification sound was heard.
[Ding.]
[Currently favorability value: -3.]
He looked up when he realized it was Xing Shi.
Xing Shi came in with various examination forms. He saw Fu Xiuning by the bed and immediately seemed to have found his backbone. “Boss, you’re here!”
Fu Xiuning looked him up and down before asking with concern, “How are you? Are you hurt?”
Xing Shi said, “It was just a few knocks. It is mainly Senior Lin.”
Fu Xiuning told him, “I’m glad you aren’t hurt.”
He heard his phone ring as he was talking. He saw that it was his assistant calling and said, “I’m going out to answer the call.”
He stepped out of the room. He walked a distance along the corridor and couldn’t help laughing out loud. Then he pressed the answer button.
The assistant said, “Boss, the identification results are out.”
Fu Xiuning paused. Then he made an appointment to meet the assistant in the hospital parking lot.
The assistant came over after receiving the address and handed him a file bag.
Handwriting identification was a very complex process.
Once a private institution received an order, it would generally complete the appraisal and issue the results within 30 working days.
This mainly depended on the expert’s experience. Photocopies weren’t as useful as originals or high-definition scans. However, the assistant was lucky. He arrived at the appraisal agency and found that the other person was his college senior. Then he learned that several experts connected to the agency happened to be in Z City and were all available.
Everything would be easy once the money was in place.
Fu Xiuning took the file bag and signaled that the other person could leave.
He got into the car alone, slowly rubbed the seal, and opened it.
He scanned the professional terms and analysis before seeing the results.
It was confirmed that they were written by the same person.
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