Chapter 039: His Name is Qi Feng
His purpose was to probe, not to seduce — If it’s just talk, he could let out just the right amount of words, but he has to continue to pretend “not to react.”
Fu Yansheng has taught him that when it came to handling matters, he had to be patient. Qi Yu made up his mind that this time he would never reveal his true thoughts until he has managed to confirm it a hundred percent.
Qi Yu stopped pretending and took the initiative to talk about something else to alleviate the sudden ambiguity.
It takes nearly three hours to drive from Haicheng to Ning Cheng. It was a long drive. After remaining serious for a little while, Qi Yu couldn’t hold back and started to become restless.
“Teacher Fu, do you have any brothers or sisters?” Qi Yu asked.
“I have a younger brother.” Fu Yansheng said.
“You have a younger brother too?” Qi Yu was surprised.
“En,” Fu Yansheng looked at him and asked, “Why, you have one too?”
“I have a twin brother.” Qi Yu said deliberately, “My brother looks exactly like me.”
Qi Yu threw out this topic to probe when Fu Yansheng started liking him — was it while they were chatting online? After seeing him face to face? Or was it even earlier, in April last year…?
That time, after teasing Fu Yansheng it was Qi Feng’s name that he had given. If Fu Yansheng remembered what happened at Skyline last year, would he treat “them” as two separate people?
“Oh?” Fu Yansheng looked a little curious, “What’s your brother’s name?”
“His name is Qi Feng.” Qi Yu didn’t forget to look at Fu Yansheng’s expression.
Fu Yansheng was silent for a moment, and asked, “Does he really look like you?”
“…Hmm.” Qi Yu snorted, asking inwardly, ‘Can twins look different?’
He had no idea what was the matter but looking at Fu Yansheng’s reaction, he got the strange feeling of drinking his own vinegar under the guise of his brother’s identity…
Fu Yansheng asked again, “Why have I never heard you mention that you have a twin brother?”
“My parents are divorced, and my brother lives with my mother in China.” Qi Yu thought to himself, ‘Given how Fu Yansheng likes to check up on people’s backgrounds, could it be that he really doesn’t know this?’
Or could it be that the other party was also acting with him right now and that Fu Yansheng was actually trying to probe out his own purpose for raising this question?
Fu Yansheng touched his chin. “In China, huh…”
Qi Yu forced a smile and asked, “Why so curious about my brother? Do you want to see him?”
Seeing Fu Yansheng looking pensive, the irritability in Qi Yu’s heart shot up — Just try and say “I want to see”! You better believe my foot is going to send you tumbling out of this car!!
“Forget it,” Fu Yansheng shook his head, “I’ve got enough on my hands with just you. If another one just like you comes, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Qi Yu: “???”
Did this man really just think about asking for the both of them! ? How about you go die!?
Fu Yansheng looked at him and asked, “What’s more, you don’t seem very happy about me meeting your brother.”
Qi Yu heard his heart go ‘click’. While quickly reflecting whether he had leaked emotions that shouldn’t be leaked, he pretended not to understand, “Why do you say that?”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “Intuition.”
Qi Yu: “……”
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With just the slightest carelessness, the conversation he was originally leading was reversed by Fu Yansheng to test his true thoughts.
Too frightening……
But Qi Yu seemed to be… more and more excited!
Fu Yansheng discovered his possessiveness and so, followed his wishes and said that he would no longer see his brother. What did this prove?
——It proves that Teacher Fu likes him!
Ha ha.
This was definitely not a game where you could find the other’s true thoughts with just a simple probing. Rather, it was an information game battle that put to the tests each other’s schemes and acting skills!
Qi Yu raised his eyes and said proudly, “Do you care so much about whether I’m happy or not?”
Fu Yansheng: “You don’t like it?”
Qi Yu: “Whether I like it or not, is it important?”
Fu Yansheng: “It’s important. Aren’t you still my client?”
Qi Yu was curious. “Then once our contract ends, you won’t care whether I’m happy or not?”
Fu Yansheng: “It depends on the situation.”
Qi Yu: “Depends on what situation?”
Fu Yansheng: “If you urge me to stay like you did the day we ate stone pot fish, I would still care. After all, my investment would have been reciprocated.”
Qi Yu sighed. “But I still don’t know what you want, Teacher Fu. I think there may be little hope of keeping you…”
Fu Yansheng: “……”
Qi Yu was taken aback. Huh? Had he rendered Teacher Fu speechless? Did he win this round? …
A few seconds later, Fu Yansheng muttered, “After thinking about it for a while, I think I’d better meet your twin brother.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
Does this bastard Fu want to die? ! !
Fu Yansheng: “Is he in Haicheng? Where is he studying? What major is he taking?”
Qi Yu suppressed the level 10 hurricane-like anger in his heart, telling himself that he had to hold back. He had to pretend not to care, not at all…
“Fine, you go. He’s the campus idol of F University. Once he goes back after summer vacation, he’ll be a junior in the Journalism Department. You can go to F University and just ask any girl, they’ll probably know him.” Qi Yu sneered.
Fu Yansheng: “Is he seeing anyone?”
Qi Yu squinted at him. “What does it matter to you whether he’s seeing anyone or not?”
Fu Yansheng: “I’m comparing to see which of you was faster to develop an awareness regarding romantic relationships.”
Qi Yu: “……???”
“Chief Qi…” Wu Shuang, who was sitting in the co-driver’s seat, couldn’t help but say, “We’re almost at the service area. Would you like to make a stop to use the bathroom?”
“Uh,” Qi Yu returned to his senses, “Yes, please.”
When he got out of the car, Qi Yu felt something cover his head. He raised his eyes and saw that Fu Yansheng had placed a baseball cap on his head.
“Don’t get sunburned anymore.” The man pressed the cap lightly on his head.
Qi Yu turned his head and saw that Fu Yansheng was wearing a cap just like his…
He withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes and let out a ” chi “. There was finally a smile on his face.
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At twelve noon, the four arrived at the center of Ning Cheng City and had lunch there first.
The investigators set off from Haicheng ahead of Qi Yu and the others. They went directly to Qiu Town. Qi Yu and the others went to meet them after eating.
In Qiu Town, the three investigators checked into a guest house which was only 1.5 kilometers away from the Mei Wei Garment Factory.
At half past one in the afternoon, Qi Yu met them. All three of them were ordinary-looking youths.
Among them, Wei Tianrui was the leader of the investigation team. He had a buzzcut and an honest-looking face. He was mainly responsible for formulating mission plans and the behind-the-scenes analysis. Li Guang and He Jingshuo were short, but they looked very clever. They were in charge of on-the-scene investigation and intelligence gathering.
By the time Qi Yu arrived, they had already set up their surveillance equipment in one of the rooms. Fu Yansheng invited them to sit down and discuss the investigation plan together.
When Wei Tianrui heard that Qi Yu originally planned to go directly to the factory, he immediately overturned his plan. “President Qi, we suggest you don’t appear there for now.”
Qi Yu wondered: “I won’t appear?”
“Yes, at least not for this week. My plan is to let Li Guang act as an external clothing trader. First, they’ll go to the factory to find a manager to discuss a cooperation. Li Guang will bring this recording pen when he goes there. He’ll find an opportunity to place this in a suitable location for recording. This has enough power to record for 120-180 hours, which is about five to seven days. If there are irregular business activities in the factory, they can be recorded and transferred directly to this computer as evidence…,” Wei Tianrui explained to Qi Yu while introducing the equipment they brought. “If the recorder is placed successfully, we will send you the recorded information files anytime and anywhere. Once you hear something amiss, just tell us and we will ask you to come forward at a suitable time in the future.”
Qi Yu: “What time?”
Fu Yansheng beside him said, “It may be a time when someone can be caught along with the bribe.”
Wei Tianrui nodded. “Yes and while the time isn’t yet right, try to maintain your usual pace of work and life. Don’t let anyone get suspicious.”
Qi Yu: “……”
Qi Yu whispered, “Then I came here for nothing this weekend?”
“Not at all. We don’t know much about Mei Wei, so we’ll need you to tell us,” Wei Tianrui said and pointed at Li Guang’s shirt button. “Li Guang has a miniature camera on his body. In a while, he and He Jingshuo will go to the garment factory and you can stay here and we’ll have a look together.”
Qi Yu told Wei Tianrui that Mei Wei had three factories in China, and this was the second largest one.
He saw from the company log that Qiu Mingyang’s son Qiu Rusong came here twice a month. He was mainly responsible for the domestic market garment factories and the goods inspection.
The workers in the garment factory implemented a three-shift work system. Except for the Spring Festival, they worked almost all year round. So, there were also workers and management staff on site even on weekends.
“What type of trader do you plan to have Li Guang play as?” Qi Yu frowned, “Mei Wei’s factories only makes clothes of Mei Wei’s own brand, and will not cooperate with outside traders under normal circumstances.”
Fu Yansheng, to the side, folded his arms and said, “As far as I know, most brand factories will still be secretly taking on outsourced orders — especially factories that do not have a directly subordinate company owner to keep an eye on them. As long as the machines aren’t running, the workers are free, and there’s excess raw materials, there are few people who wouldn’t make use of the resources they can. It’s just that in a factory as big as Mei Wei’s, the one in charge may have a long-standing cooperation with private customers he trusts more. It’s unlikely that they will cooperate with a trader who they’ve only met for the first time.”
Wei Tianrui nodded. “Yes, regardless, let’s try it first.”
After their preliminary discussion, Qi Yu sighed with emotion. How was this an investigation? This was a professional-level crime investigation, right?
Compared to them, the things he’d done before really were small scale.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Qi Yu sat in front of the computer in the guest house room and watched the real-time video on the screen.
After leaving the room, he saw Li Guang and He Jingshuo drive to the main entrance of Mei Wei’s Garment Factory. After negotiating with the uncle outside the gate, they managed to successfully enter the factory smoothly. They then went into a reception room and took a seat. After about thirty minutes, another woman in her thirties came in.
At the same time, there was a real-time audio coming from the recorder.
“I’m the department manager on duty. Our factory manager and business manager are not here today. If you’d like to discuss any business transactions, please come again on Monday.”
Li Guang got up and said, “Then, can we first have a look around the factory, see the workshops and the equipment? We would like to see if you can meet our requirements.”
The woman said somewhat apologetically, “I’m sorry, we don’t casually allow visits.”
Qi Yu was starting to worry about them when he saw He Jingshuo stand up and say, “Miss, please, we have heard that Mei Wei’s craftsmanship is particularly good and we sincerely wish to talk about a possible cooperation. We’re not looking to make just large orders, small ones are okay as well. Since you are the department manager, you are also part of management so I think it would be alright if we discuss with you…”
As he spoke, he walked up to stand in front of the woman, stuffing something into the other’s hand with his back to Li Guang. After the angle of the shot changed, Qi Yu could see a stack of money. Based on the thickness, it must be around one or two thousand yuan.
The woman smiled. “This young man’s such a sweet talker. Fine, I’ll show you around. But let me say in advance that that thing you want is probably difficult. Under normal circumstances, Mei Wei won’t cooperate with outsiders. Not unless you have an introduction from Chief Qiu Junior.
He Jingshuo: “Chief Qiu Junior?”
The woman said, “The manager of the PMC group under Mei Wei’s Production Department. The goods we’re unloading now are all joined up with him. I will give you his business card later and you can talk to him yourself.”
Hearing these words, Qi Yu frowned deeply.
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
“S-Level Chinese Reading Comprehension Test Question”
Problem Text: He now has a strange feeling of eating his own jealousy in his brother’s vest.
Question: Whose vinegar is he drinking?
Qi Feng: I’m thousands of miles away, and I’m still in the Asura Field! I hate it!
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Fu: Just asking if you regret lying to me now?
Yu: And what if I say that I don’t?
Fu:…
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fff i always get worried whenever QY probes FY cause i dont know if we already got exposed
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I hate to break it to y’all but this previous chapter I’m very annoyed and uncomfy with ml, like emotionally manipulating mc??? MAJOR RED FLAG 🚩 🚩 if he can manipulate mc then he can definetly gaslight him. I hope he gets a taste of his own medicine and mc do something about it bcs its annoying. I hope he doesnt bite to ml’s scheme and get back to him. Manipulating someone to like you, that’s not how healthy rel works esp if mc is years younger than him.
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Qi Yu even questions him what happens if he didn’t figure it out. Fu Yansheng says, then we will just forget it.
He means that if Qi Yu doesn’t realise his hints for wanting a relationship then Qi Yu probably doesn’t see him that way. Or it could mean Qi Yu understood his intentions but wanted to reject him politely. In either case he doesn’t want to manipulate him. He wants it to be Qi Yu’s decision whether they have a relationship or not.
Emotional manipulation would have been if he made Qi Yu dependent on him then withdrew himself to reinforce his importance. To compel him into a relationship with him. He is actually doing the opposite.
i definitely didn’t think qi yu would realize fu yansheng’s feelings this soon.