Chapter Thirty-Two

  "Master Qin?" The servant was somewhat surprised and hastily ushered him into the entrance hall. "Please wait, I'll go inform Mr. Li."

  Then Qin Yige followed Li Jin into the house.

  Inside the door, there are short trees and flowers everywhere, a northern city is built into a tropical atmosphere. As time gradually enters autumn, the leaves outside roll up and turn yellow, a cold wind blows like a sword, but it's warm here like spring. Li Jin observed for a while, suddenly enlightened.

  It turned out that this was originally a private hot spring club.

  Mr. Li indeed knew how to enjoy himself and had excavated a hot spring in the depths of the mountain forest, creating for himself such a leisurely abode.

  Qin Yige's eyes gleamed with anger as he hummed a tune, while Yi Lijin turned her head to look inside and out, nodding in admiration that it was indeed picturesque everywhere.

  It's so secluded and deep, if it weren't for Qin Yige and Li Yiheng being old friends for many years, I'm afraid even digging three feet underground wouldn't be able to find him.

  Li Jing quietly looked at Qin Yige, it seems that this director is really short of money, otherwise he wouldn't have bypassed the financial controller and directly found Li Yiheng.

  He was lost in thought when the waiter in uniform returned from a distance.

  "Master Qin," the servant bowed slightly, "Mr. Li invites you in."

  He led the way in front, Qin Yige walked behind him, and Li Jin, as an assistant, naturally had to fall back a step further. The three of them formed a diagonal line, arriving at a narrow wooden door. The servant raised his hand to knock on the door, saying to those inside, "Young Master Qin has arrived."

  "Come in." A slightly hoarse voice came from Li Yiheng beyond the wooden door.

  Li Jin's body shook slightly.

  It was after that day when I heard Li Yiheng's voice for the first time again.

  This hoarse and low tone, in an instant, brought out all the memories of that night.

  Li Jin's ears suddenly turned red.

  He mechanically lifted his foot and followed Qin Yige into the outdoor hot spring. The steam here was thick and the heat was seductive, every step made the sticky water droplets cling to his clothes, making it seem like a ambiguous bathroom everywhere.

  Even the person who was stark naked and savoring the view was no exception.

  "What brings you to me?" Li Yi Heng lazily leaned against the wall of the hot spring pool, with more than half his body submerged in the water, partially hidden from view. As he asked this, his tone was languid, and those meaningful eyes swept over Qin Yi Ge's body before finally settling on Li Jin.

  Li Jin quietly hid behind Qin Yige without making a sound.

  Qin Yige concentrated all his attention on Li Yiheng, and upon hearing this, he thoroughly exploded. With a full momentum, as if demanding debt repayment, he handed the application form in front of Li Yiheng's eyes and shouted: "Want money!"

  "I don't care about money, what are you looking for me?" Li Yiheng came up and played rogue.

  "Fart!" Qin Yige seemed to be accustomed to Mr. Li's mouth, and he quickly jumped to the side of the hot spring pool, looking down at him, "I advise you to approve my funding as soon as possible, otherwise I'll drown you by pushing your head into the water."

  Impressive! You have means! Qin, I always thought you were a good-for-nothing, but it turns out you also have such elegance!

  Li Jin's face was full of admiration, and his encouraging eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

  Mr. Li remained lazy: "You can't drown me, the board of directors just issued a new regulation last week, and large transactions must be signed by both the CEO and the financial director. If you have the ability to drown me, you also need to have the ability to drown Jiyan together."

  Ji Yan is the Financial Director.

  Qin Da Director was just stern and severe, but as soon as he heard the two words "Ji Yan", he immediately became dispirited and revealed his true nature of being harsh on the outside and weak on the inside. He also forgot about drowning Mr. Li, and his whole face and body were filled with a sorrowful and pitiful air.

  After a good half day, he finally asked with a sigh: "Really?"

  Li Yiheng was extremely wronged: "Why would I cheat you? I don't lack this amount of money, I'll give it to you. It's just that Jiyan over there won't let go no matter what, and I really can't do anything about it."

  This doesn't seem like a lie, the previous additional payment arrived quickly, and it's said that the finance department tried to hold it back, but the president signed a special approval, so no one dared to stop it. Given Ji Yan's personality, he could tolerate it once, but not twice, so it's highly likely that he will put pressure on the board of directors to prevent similar situations from happening again.

  Damn it, why doesn't Ji Yan just die!

  "Aren't you his boss?!" Qin Yige suddenly realized and jumped up again, "You fired him?!"

  "He holds shares, fire him, but it's up to the board of directors to decide." Li Yiheng looked innocent.

  "Li Yi Heng! What's the point of being a boss like you! Spending some money and still having subordinates manage it!" Qin Yi Ge's face turned red, his neck thickened, he swallowed hard after getting stuck in his throat, then loudly defined Mr. Li, "...a loser!"

  Li Yiheng was so embarrassed that he closed his eyes: "Right, I think so too."

  Qin Yige was worried, the money on hand was enough to spend for two more weeks, if there was no money, this talent show that he had poured all his heart and soul into would have to be put on hold.

  "What should I do?" he muttered to himself, "What should I do?"

  "Why don't you go and discuss it with Ji Yan?" Li Yi Heng suggested tentatively.

  "No way!" Qin Yige said categorically.

  Li Yiheng shrugged and closed his eyes, continuing to enjoy the warm spring.

  Silence, suffocating silence, a long and suffocating silence...

  This lasts at most three minutes.

  "Where is he?" Qin Yige wiped his face, "I'll go find him."

  Absolutely right, Li Jin vowed to the lamp, after Director Qin said this sentence, a finally satisfied smile appeared on Li Yiheng's face.

  "He's next door." Li Yiheng stretched out his hand and roughly indicated the direction, "The sauna room."

  "What, what?" Even an idiot would know that Li Yiheng and Ji Yan had joined forces to set him up. "Li Yiheng, are you messing with me?!"

  Li Yiheng was so wronged that he burst out: "How did I bully you? You were the one who wanted to go, and the place was what you asked for. I gave you a good suggestion with kind intentions, but in the end, I was still wrongly accused by you. Alas, I am even more wronged than Dou E."

  Li Yiheng's acting skills are so good that his eyeballs are about to pop out - wow, with such great performance, why didn't he win the Best Actor award?!

  "Hey!" Compared to Mr. Li, Director Qin was obviously not good with words. He pointed at Li Yi Heng with a flustered expression, and the vicious words he usually used to scold his subordinates were all forgotten. His dry lips trembled for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "You remember this, I won't let you off!"

  Li Jin was defeated!

  What's the difference between this and kids fighting, saying "I won't let you off" when they can't win!

  As expected, Director Qin followed the good tradition of children fighting and threw out this sentence as he walked towards the door. Li Zheng was in a hurry to avoid Mr. Li, seeing the situation, he quickly followed up, didn't expect that just when he was about to step out of the door, Director Qin turned his head back.

  "Wait for me here."

  Li Jin could only stay behind with tears of regret.

  Mr. Li had been coming and going with Qin Yige from the beginning, treating Lijin as transparent. At this moment, even if there were only two people left in the large outdoor hot spring, he was still closing his eyes to cultivate his spirit, relaxing his body and sinking into the water. Lijin stuck tightly to the wall behind him, trying to make his presence weaker.

  He had thought that after that night, he would return to his humble life, struggling hard on the rugged road, and resolutely draw a line between himself and the shameful act of selling one's body, while also drawing a line with Mr. Li Yiheng, who advocated for this shameful unspoken rule.

  He thought he looked like that poor little white guy ten years ago, but actually there were some differences.

  After all, ten years of experience are not in vain. As long as it's not a matter of life and death, one can always think of ways to solve problems without resorting to desperate measures.

  But look at God, this old man likes to joke, he actually pushed himself in front of Li Yiheng again.

  Just like Li Yi Heng's name is written in his family tree.

  Li Jin remained expressionless and quietly moved two steps closer to the door.

  Yes, Mr. Li is a formidable figure for him, he can't handle it, and it's better to keep a distance from him.

  "Come over." Suddenly, a voice like a murmured dream came from not far away, "Help me wipe my back."

  Li Jin's back straightened up all of a sudden.

  He stared blankly at Li Yiheng, suspecting he was talking nonsense.

  Not nonsense.

  Mr. Li opened his eyes: "Help me wipe my back."

  Li Jin made a cross in his heart and walked over with resignation.