Chapter Thirty-One: The Dropout Storm

  Back in his dormitory, Ye Feng lay down with a tired body and mind. The past few days had been too eventful, so much so that he felt overwhelmed.

  "Maybe leaving is the best choice." Ye Feng stared blankly at the bed board above.

  "But Long Ge, I really can't put it down. However, once I make a move, that woman Pearl will definitely take action against my roommates, and even familiar classmates may suffer from unprovoked disaster." Ye Feng slowly analyzed the situation in front of him.

  "If Long Ge's power is really eliminated by that woman, the next one she will deal with should be me. After all, I am also a potential threat to them."

  "If I choose to leave, Pearl might think that I've returned to the massive organization she imagined, which means the underlying threat is gone. She shouldn't take action against Xu Qiang and the others. If she still takes action against them after I leave, it's equivalent to provoking me intentionally, as well as provoking the forces behind me. She probably won't do such a thing."

  "It seems that leaving is the best choice for me. By hiding myself in the dark, I won't hurt the people around me, and I can secretly help Dragon Brother." Ye Feng thought of this and slowly closed his eyes.

  The next morning, Ye Feng had breakfast as usual and then calmly dialed the phone number left by Kristen.

  "Yue Feng?" Kristen apparently hadn't expected Yue Feng to make a decision so quickly, and he looked somewhat surprised. "You've decided?"

  "If we leave this time, where is our destination?" Ye Feng took a deep breath and asked.

  "New York, USA! Evan specially selected ten D-level tasks for you, four of which are in New York, and the other six are also in several cities near New York. Actually, there are many tasks that can be taken in China, but to avoid conflicts with local organizations, we chose the United States where the degree of freedom is relatively higher." Kristen explained.

  "New York is good, I'm in!"

  After hanging up the phone, Ye Feng walked towards the counselor's office.

  "What? You want to drop out? Why? If it's a problem with tuition fees, I can think of ways to help you. What difficulties do you have that you can bring up?" The counselor naturally recognized this first-year university student, Ye Feng, who had entered as the top scorer in the college entrance examination and had ranked first in several tests during his freshman year.

  "I've got a job and I'm going to New York in the US in a few days," Ye Feng shook his head.

  "Yefeng, you're still young, I think education is more important than making money. With a degree, you won't have to worry about finding a job. Those who drop out and achieve great success are in the minority, there's only one Bill Gates and one Jobs in this world. I hope you can seriously consider my suggestion." The counselor continued to persuade him.

  "Wang Dao, I've thought it through very clearly." Ye Feng still insisted.

  "You shouldn't have been fooled by something, right?" The counselor felt a bit puzzled. "What company is it and what do they do?"

  "You'd better ask Yi Fan, the new teacher. I'll be his new colleague." Ye Feng could only use Yi Fan as a shield under helpless circumstances.

  "Yi Fan?" The counselor looked puzzled. "Didn't he just arrive yesterday? How can you bring up dropping out today? You're not trying to fool me, are you?"

  "Just give him a call and ask! Or I'll call him for you!" Ye Feng said, pulling out his phone and dialing Yi Fan's number.

  "Hey, Ye Feng, I just heard from Kristen that you agreed?" came Yi Fan's voice over the phone.

  "That's right, so I'm handling the withdrawal procedures now." Ye Feng nodded helplessly. "I told him that in the future I'll be your new colleague, but he didn't believe me. Why don't you come over yourself and explain it to him?"

  "No problem, I'll be right there in three minutes!" Yifan said and hung up the phone.

  "He'll be right over, let him explain it himself, that way it's more credible." Ye Feng said with a smile.

  "How did you get to know him? Didn't he just arrive at our school yesterday?" the counselor couldn't help but ask.

  "I met him when I listened to his speech yesterday," Ye Feng said with a helpless smile.

  When the counselor wanted to ask more questions, Yi Fan arrived.

  "Hello Mr. Yi, I'm Wang Xu, the counselor of Ye Feng's class. Just now, Ye Feng told me that he wants to drop out and also said that you two will become colleagues. What exactly is going on?" The counselor immediately shifted his attention to Yi Fan as soon as he arrived.

  "It's like this, counselor. Actually, my main purpose for returning to China this time is to recruit an outstanding student to join our company. And yesterday, I just happened to run into Ye Feng, so I invited him myself. Yesterday afternoon after school, we conducted a series of tests on him and he passed them all with flying colors, so we plan to hire him as our new member. Moreover, our time is limited, we must leave together within ten days." Yifan explained at length.

  "Excuse me, what company are you from? It shouldn't be a problem to say it out loud, right?" The counselor was still worried that the other party might be human traffickers and was very cautious.

  "A small software company, you wouldn't know the name even if I told you. Never mind, I'll give you my business card and you'll see." Yifan said, pulling out a beautifully printed business card from his wallet and handing it to the counselor.

  "Are you the CEO of this company?" The counselor looked at Yifan with some suspicion, "Mr. Yifan, please forgive my offense, but for the safety of my students, I must thoroughly investigate the matter. Please wait a moment, I'll check the company's information online first, you won't mind, will you?"

  Yi Fan shrugged his shoulders, "No problem, you can check it out on Google, Wikipedia seems to have an introduction to our company too."

  The counselor typed in the words one by one on the computer, then clicked search. The first result of the search engine was the company's homepage which was all in English, and the second result was Wikipedia. He selected the second result with his mouse and clicked the left button.

  "An annual output value of 310 billion US dollars?" The counselor's eyes widened and stared at Yifan.

  "It was around this number last year!" Yi Fan nodded, "In the software industry, apart from software development, our company occasionally also does some games and stuff. Actually, at first it was just for fun, didn't expect it to become so big later on, maybe we were just lucky."

  The counselor who got this information finally let Ye Feng go and sent Yi Fan away with a face full of admiration.

  "Yi Ge, that company is fake, right?" Ye Feng couldn't help but ask after leaving the counselor's office for a while.

  "Five years ago, after mastering all the computer-related technologies, I used my savings from being a hunter to start a software company. At that time, I threw in some technology and hired some high-level management and technical personnel, and then let go of it. A year later, they used my technology to develop several software products, and the company's business got better and better, until two years ago when it broke through $10 billion, and last year even tripled its sales. This was completely beyond my expectations, I originally just wanted to play around with it for a while." Yifan rubbed his nose.

  "Why continue being a hunter? You're already a billionaire, you can fully enjoy the pleasures of life." Ye Feng was somewhat perplexed.

  "Those days, I've actually tried to let people be at ease and lose their vigilance. I'm a born laborer, I suppose." Yi Fan shook his head, "As a hunter, there's never a lack of stimulation, always new feelings, and a group of friends who can entrust their lives to each other, I have no reason to give up."

  "When are we leaving?" Ye Feng fell silent for a moment before asking this question.

  "It'll take a day or two to sort out your visa and passport, and the withdrawal procedures on your end should also be done in about a day or two. It's up to you when you're ready to leave, we're on holiday during this time so we have plenty of freedom. " Yi Fan's eyes behind his glasses held a hint of sincerity. "Welcome to our team! We've got another partner who can trust each other with their lives!"

  "Thank you, I don't have much to do here, just need to say goodbye to some friends," Ye Feng also showed a sincere smile, and then the smile on his face turned into a faint sadness.

  "You'll be back, this goodbye isn't forever, no need to look like that. There are still many days ahead, true friends, no matter how long you're gone, as long as you come back, they can recognize you at a glance! Those who forget you aren't true friends!" Yi Fan saw Ye Feng's expression and patted his shoulder in comfort.

  "How philosophical!" Ye Feng patted Yi Fan's horse with a small slap, "I know what to do now, don't worry, within three days, I'll leave with you guys."