Chapter 044: You’ve been corrupted.
It was another day.
At 8:40 in the morning, Mei Wei’s executive front desk receptionist, Guo Qiao, arrived at the company on time.
Compared to how she was a month ago, dispirited and unable to muster any energy, Guo Qiao, now, was energized and radiant every morning. Today she put on a natural-scheming makeup; tomorrow she was going with a peach blossom-virtuous lady makeup. The color of her lipstick was different every day. Double eyelid stickers and false eyelashes were also indispensable — for the fifteen minutes from 8:45 to 9 in the morning, she would sit at the front desk like girl yearning for love, staring at the door with eyes blazing like torches, waiting for their company’s handsome dage to appear!
At 8:48, Wu Shuang, the President Qi’s assistant, was a step earlier to arrive at the company.
Guo Qiao greeted him enthusiastically, “Assistant Wu, clocking in?”
Wu Shuang nodded and smiled at her.
Guo Qiao pointed to a small plate of candies on the front desk and said, “These are nougats that I made at home. I brought them to share it with everyone in the company. Would you care to have one?”
Wu Shuang leaned over and saw milky white candy wrapped in translucent plastic and fluorescent candy paper in reds, blues and yellows, piled on a fruit plate, looking exquisite and lovely.
“You made these yourself?” Wu Shuang was a little surprised, “You’re really skilled with your hands. Thank you.”
“Is President Qi not here yet?” Guo Qiao asked.
“He’ll be here any minute.” Wu Shuang glanced at his watch, “He comes to work at about this time every day.”
Just then, there came the “ding dong” sound of the elevator stopping. As though struck by a premonition, Guo Qiao excitedly turned her head and looked towards the door——
He’s coming! He’s coming!
He whose body is surrounded by ten thousand rays of light, whose feet tread upon golden-gilded clouds… He’s really here!
Qi Yu expressionlessly stepped through the company’s doors. Seeing Wu Shuang standing by the front desk, he paused, “Wu Shuang, ‘morning.”
Guo Qiao cried out “Yes!” in her heart, then pointed to the candies in front of him. She smiled and repeated to Qi Yu what she had just said to Wu Shuang.
Qi Yu walked over, took a candy and said “thank you” to the girl at the front desk.
As if to deliberately let people in the company know about it, Qi Yu turned so as to present the side of his face to Guo Qiao, letting her see the accessory on his ear.
Guo Qiao: “……!!!”
After Qi Yu left, Guo Qiao held her blushing face and screamed silently — aaaaaahhhh, he’s even got an ear stud on! An obsidian stud! So handsome, so trendy, so stylish! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! !
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After entering the office, Wu Shuang, ever-attentive, asked, “President Qi, did you get your ear pierced?”
Qi Yu tilted his head and asked, “Does it look good?”
Wu Shuang smiled and said, “You look very handsome, very good-looking. Didn’t you see the heart-eyes that girl at the front desk was giving you just now?”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows and threw the candy he had just taken to Wu Shuang. “Here, you take it. I don’t like sweets.”
Wu Shuang smiled and took it. He asked, “What are we going to do today?”
Qi Yu said: “The company is in the middle of preparing for the autumn line for several of its brands. Let’s go to the sales department to find out about their marketing plans.”
Wu Shuang was surprised. He whispered, “Aren’t we going to investigate the company’s problems?”
Qi Yu said helplessly, “We’ve been investigating for so many days but we haven’t found any problems. Maybe we were too serious before. I called my dad yesterday. My dad said he’ll letting me investigate it but I’m mainly here to use this opportunity to learn. We can just do a cursory investigation.”
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When Qi Feng comes to work, Qi Yu would definitely leave Wu Shuang to him. If even Wu Shuang could be deceived, then his plan definitely wouldn’t be seen through by anyone else in the company. And so, Qi Yu wasn’t in any rush to come clean to Wu Shuang.
Wu Shuang was also a very smart person. He knew that Qi Yu had asked the Zhuo Shi Investigation Company for help so what he was saying was probably only lip service. He said “OK” and raised no objections.
That morning, Qi Yu took Wu Shuang around in the sales department and showed off his obsidian ear stud to a lot of people. After returning from lunch, Qi Yu sat in the office, drinking coffee and surfing the Internet, looking like he was doing absolutely nothing.
Wu Shuang’s office was located in Qi Yu’s room, separated only by a small screen. After waiting for a long time, seeing that Qi Yu wasn’t assigning him anything to do, he couldn’t help walking over and asking, “President Qi, is there anything you need me to do?”
“It’s been tiring running around nonstop so we’ll just be relaxing for the next few.” Qi Yu leaned back in his chair and asked him, “Which website is good for watching movies? I searched the Internet and found a bunch of them. I’m getting cross-eyed looking through them.”
Wu Shuang walked over blankly, glanced at Qi Yu’s screen, and said, “You can try these. You can even watch ad-free if you become a member.”
Qi Yu nodded and asked Wu Shuang to help him set it up. He then clicked on a popular movie recommended on the homepage.
Seeing Wu Shuang still standing next to him, he tilted his head and asked, “Do you want to watch it together?”
Wu Shuang: “No, no.”
Qi Yu: “You can just find something to do. I’ll call you if I have something for you to do.”
“Okay…” Wu Shuang returned to his seat, a little dumbfounded. He was worked like a dog for the past couple of days and the sudden freedom made him a little uncomfortable.
While watching movies in his office that afternoon, Qi Yu received a WeChat message from Fu Yansheng.
F1S: “Are you free tonight?”
Qi Yu smiled, holding the phone, he replied, “Are you asking me to dinner?”
F1S: “Yeah.”
He had gone home the day before yesterday and then had gone to see Reporter Yang yesterday. They haven’t seen each other for three days since their return from Ningcheng. Fu Yansheng had tried to have dinner with him twice in a row now and Qi Yu was feeling a little itchy in his heart. He couldn’t help but say, “Alright, what are we eating this time?”
Something suddenly came to mind after sending it out, he added another message, “It can’t be that you’re eating me again, right?”
F1S: “……”
F1S: “You’ve been corrupted.”
He was about to continue teasing him when his phone rang. When he looked at the caller ID, he saw that it was Qiu Mingyang.
Qi Yu quickly picked up, “Uncle Qiu?”
Qiu Mingyang said, “Xiao Yu, your Rusong Ge came back from his business trip today and said that he wants to treat you to dinner tonight. Are you free?”
Qi Yu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, “Okay, you can just let him contact me directly.”
He hung up the phone and Qi Yu cancelled with Fu Yansheng, saying, “Teacher Fu, there’s been some last minute changes and I won’t be able to keep my appointment with you tonight.”
F1S: “…………”
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After Qi Yu got off work that night, he took the two bodyguards to the meeting place Qiu Rusong told him over the phone that afternoon.
In the car, Qi Yu called Reporter Yang and told him his destination.
The place Qiu Rusong chose was an entertainment club, it looked like the low-profile version of No. 88 Huaijin Road.
When Qi Yu arrived, someone was standing by the door, waiting for him.
The other party was wearing internationally famous brand clothes. At 1.75 meters, he wasn’t tall but he was quite burly and had a slightly chubby face like Qiu Mingyang.
Qi Yu got out of the car, Qiu Rusong greeted him enthusiastically and gave him a solid hug. “Qi Yu, I’m sorry. I heard from my dad a long time ago that you’ve returned to China. I’ve been thinking about getting to meet you. It’s just a pity that I’ve been so busy lately. Forgive me!”
Qi Yu smiled and said, “Rusong Ge, you’re too polite. I don’t mind at all. It’s just that my dad called a while ago and reminded me that Uncle Qiu is a long-time friend so he told me to make sure to see you during my trip here… Besides, isn’t it for Mei Wei that you’ve been so busy? I understand.”
Qiu Rusong was moved, “Ai, Qi Yu, you’ve certainly got a way with words. It’s hot out here. Let’s go inside and talk.”
When they arrived in the room, there stood a row of beautiful and lovely girls, each with their stage names embroidered across their chests, names like “Ruhua” or “Rumeng”. Qi Yu couldn’t bear to look directly at them.
Seeing Qiu Rusong and Qi Yu coming in, they smiled and bowed neatly to the two. “Welcome, Boss! Wishing the boss good health! Wishing the boss all the best! Wishing the boss an enjoyable meal!”
Qi Yu: “…………”
He was wrong, this wasn’t the low profile version of No. 88 Huaijin Road, rather it was the vulgar version.
Qiu Rusong said, “It can get boring with just two people eating. Qi Yu, take a look and pick the girls you like. We’ll let them eat with us.”
Qi Yu pretended to be surprised, “Rusong Ge, do you usually eat like this?”
Qiu Rusong said hurriedly, “Haha, no way. It’s only when I invite friends or arrange a dinner party that I arrange for such entertainment. I’m usually running up and down on my own and I end up eating fast food or box lunches for days on end… But men, well, with such a hard work, you should enjoy yourself on occasion, right?”
“What you said is true…” Qi Yu wondered how Qiu Rusong, who was also a college graduate, could have such a base hobby. However, what he said quietly was, “I just wanted to see you today. Wouldn’t it be quite uncomfortable talking with so many strangers around? These people…uh, oh well, forget it.”
Qiu Rusong understood. “No problem, whatever makes you comfortable!”
Saying so, he waved to dismiss them.
The room was now quite empty. Qiu Rusong hurriedly called the waiter to serve the dishes. He asked Qi Yu if he wanted a bottle of wine, maybe Maotai Feitian or Wuliangye.
Qi Yu felt dizzy just hearing the names of the drinks. He declined, “Rusong Ge, I’m only a sophomore. Just one cup of that kind of drink and I won’t even have to eat.”
Qiu Rusong scratched his head and said embarrassedly, “Hehe, then what drink should I order for you?”
Qi Yu: “Coconut juice? Milk is also OK…”
Qiu Rusong laughed. “You’re really just a kid.”
Qi Yu didn’t know if it was the effect of his deliberately acting weak, Qiu Rusong gradually began to act like a big brother taking care of his younger brother.
The two chatted for a while about their lives and hobbies, and while chatting Qiu Rusong, sighed with feeling, “Sigh, someone like you who’s gone to private schools since he was a child and is now attending a prestigious university really is different from someone like me.”
Qi Yu said with a smile, “How are we different? Wasn’t Rusong Ge also a college student?”
“Hay, but what kind of college? Mine was just a third-grade school that just wanted money. It’s just somewhere to buy a diploma so you sound good.” Qiu Rusong drank a sip and boasted, “I’ve been running with company managers to factories and warehouses since I was in college. If I were to say it, I went to the university of hard knocks!”
Qi Yu said to himself that it was no wonder Qiu Rusong was so slippery even though he was just a few years older than himself…
Qiu Rusong look askance at Qi Yu, as if to prove something. He then stressed, “Don’t look at how I’m Mei Wei’s PMC Head when I’m only just 25. My dad asked me to start from the bottom in order to train me. You could say that I’ve been working for seven years now!”
Qi Yu raised a glass and said, “Thank you for your hard work, Rusong Ge. I must be sure to learn from you at work.”
Qiu Rusong immediately smiled and said, “Ai, you saying something like that would be an insult to me. How could I compare to you? I’m just a manual worker. You’re a major shareholder, someone who controls capital. What do people at your level of society need to even work for? You could lie down all day and still make money! Isn’t that right?”
Qi Yu smiled and did not refute Qiu Rusong’s flattery.
The two ate and chatted for a while and it wasn’t even eight o’clock yet when the dinner was already over.
Because Qi Yu seemed too “innocent”, Qiu Rusong no longer arranged any sensual activities for him.
At the door of the club, Qiu Rusong suddenly remembered something, He took out a small box from his bag and handed it to Qi Yu. “I almost forgot, this is for you.”
“What’s this?” Qi Yu took it over and asked curiously.
“This is my first time meeting you. I didn’t know what you liked but I thought I should prepare a small first-time meeting gift.” Qiu Rusong said, “While I think you probably already have a lot of these, if you don’t dislike it, then just accept it.”
Qi Yu opened it and saw that it was a pair of Bulgari cufflinks.
He did indeed not lack for this kind of thing. At four or five thousand a pair, though the price was not expensive for him, it wasn’t a small sum for an ordinary department manager, right?
Qi Yu closed the box and handed it back with a smile. “Rusong Ge, thank you for inviting me to eat this meal today, but I am still the temporary CEO of Mei Wei’s Haicheng Branch. I can’t accept this, do you understand?”
Qiu Rusong’s expression turned stiff.
Qi Yu added, “Wait a month later. We will meet again as friends. At that time, if you give it to me, I will definitely not be polite.”
Qiu Rusong smiled and said, “Yes, yes, yes. You are more cautious than me in this respect.”
After saying goodbye to Qiu Rusong, Qi Yu returned to the hotel by car.
The car drove past the luxury stores in the city center. Qi Yu looked at the rows of ornately decorated windows, and suddenly remembered that he had never given Fu Yansheng a gift.
Fu Yansheng had been teaching him for a year and had given him so much help. In fact, when he returned to China this time, he should have prepared a first meeting gift for the other party.
“Wang Meng,” Qi Yu quickly ordered the bodyguard to stop, “I need to go and buy something.”
Half an hour later, Qi Yu returned to the car. For a while, he played with the delicate little box in his hand, feeling that he might have been a little impulsive.
After returning to China, he had met Fu Yansheng so many times already. The best time to give a first meeting gift was long past. Will it be a bit abrupt if I were to give it now?
While he was second guessing himself, Wang Meng had already driven the car to the front entrance of the hotel.
Qi Yu got out of the car. Across the revolving glass door, he saw a familiar figure sitting on the sofa in the waiting area of the lobby…
His heart gave a jump and he hurriedly put the box into his trousers pocket. He then casually walked towards the other.
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【Little Theater】
Fu: You’ve been corrupted!
Fish: Do you like it?
Fu: I like… I can’t wait to do a cover song of you.
Fish:? ? ?
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PS. Guess what the fish bought for Teacher Fu?
is it a ring?🤔🌚
💙💙💙
thanks for the chapter!
A ring 😏 ah, that’ll be such a good twist right? But I’m sure it’s not a ring. Anyways thank you for the translation
I would like to be a hooligan and say it’s a condom 🙃
Man this author is really working hard to educate us on filthy Chinese slang xD merciiii