Chapter 9: I Just Want to Ask, On What Grounds!

Although he now prides himself on being a man who has "hacked" the game, and has spent a million in-game just like that, virtual is virtual and reality is reality; at this moment, being caught browsing Bilibili by his direct supervisor, Zhou Yi is actually still a bit panicked.

"Director Wang, are you... looking for me for something?" Zhou Yi asked with a touch of caution.

He was truly being careful; although it had only been a year since graduation, Zhou Yi had already been severely taught a lesson by this society.

Society and university are two completely different concepts.

For example, this Director Wang before him is, in Zhou Yi's view, a complete and utter scoundrel; his work ability isn't necessarily that strong, but he is truly skilled at making people's lives miserable.

He keeps overtime on his lips, constantly talking about how much he works overtime.

But really, is a leader's overtime the same thing as a rank-and-file Employee's overtime?

These leaders, every one of them is already past middle age, exactly the time when conflicts with the "yellow-faced woman" at home are deepening.

At home, as long as they are seen idling by their wives, they will absolutely find trouble even if there is none.

But at the Company, they have their own offices; once the office door is closed, they can do whatever they want—steeping tea, calling out if there is anything to do, with a bunch of young people there to serve them.

Not to mention, if they are in a bad mood one day, they can just find some fault to berate the young people—how happy that is! Isn't working overtime at the Company happier than being at home?

In all fairness, Zhou Yi feels that if he had such a life, he would also be willing to work overtime, would be willing to treat the Company as his home, and would even be willing to work overtime all day and all night.

To put it bluntly, it's not that they want to work any overtime, but that they want to continue being their leaders!

Those big entrepreneurs love to talk about how hard they work, how they give their all to their jobs, sleeping only three hours a day but still remaining full of energy...

Heh, whoever actually believes that is truly a fool.

Even if you can say to the faces of the entire nation that you don't like money, you cannot go against the physiological laws of the human body.

This thing is very objective; if you don't sleep enough, you will be sleepy. To repeat: a leader's overtime and your overtime are simply not the same thing!

Facing Zhou Yi's words, Director Wang's face held no expression, only saying dryly: "I don't have anything, but Little Zhou, is your work finished? If I'm not mistaken, this is the Company, right? How about that, you can just browse videos at the Company?"

As expected, this guy was looking for trouble. Zhou Yi hurriedly said: "Director Wang, my work is already finished, it's just that..."

However, his words were interrupted by Director Wang before he could finish.

"Oh? The work is all finished, then? Fine, I know."

After speaking, Director Wang turned and left, which left Zhou Yi a bit bewildered.

What is going on today? This person actually didn't find fault with him?

Although according to the rules, he can do whatever he wants during off-hours, in the current situation everyone knows how things are, so Zhou Yi doesn't feel great about really doing anything.

But it's best that the other party didn't cause trouble. Zhou Yi was just preparing to continue slacking off for a while before leaving when his phone suddenly rang.

Picking it up to look, it was a strange out-of-town number; he wasn't particularly surprised.

Because of the nature of his work, strange calls often come in, so since he had already been seen by Director Wang, Zhou Yi decided to leave early today.

After simply grabbing a few things and arriving at the Elevator, Zhou Yi finally answered the call.

"Hello, may I ask who you are..."

Zhou Yi answered the phone at his usual normal pace, but what he didn't expect was that before he could finish his sentence, a woman's roar suddenly came from the phone.

"You, you are that person who bought the account, right? How did my little Xu provoke you that you actually want him to go to jail? Are you even a human being? How can you be so heartless!"

Zhou Yi: "..."???

So what kind of situation is this? The Director didn't scold me in the office just now, and now I'm being scolded by a stranger?

"You have the wrong number, thank you. I don't know any little Xu."

After saying that, Zhou Yi hung up the phone without hesitation, muttering to himself: "Isn't this person sick? What little Xu, big Xu, who knows them? Cursing as soon as they open their mouth, this character is truly too poor."

"And saying I'm heartless, saying I'm that person who bought the account... wait!"

It was Zhou Yi's brain, ravaged by work all day, finally regaining the high ground of reason, reminding Zhou Yi of his previous operation.

So... is this the family of that account-retrieving dog?

But that shouldn't be right; it's only been a day or two, and the case is already solved?

And even if the case is solved, there's no reason for the other party's family to have his phone number!

Zhou Yi was completely bewildered; he felt that the one million he spent seemed to have an even greater effect than he had imagined.

While still bewildered, the phone suddenly rang again.

Picking it up to look, it was the same number as before. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi chose to answer again.

However, as soon as he answered, that scolding that makes one want to hit someone rang out again.

This time Zhou Yi did not hesitate, directly hanging up the phone and then choosing to block it. You've pushed it too far!

Originally, he felt that one shouldn't involve the family, and no matter what, it was just the account-retrieving dog's own business, and if that dog was really arrested, it would be normal for the family to be anxious.

But he hadn't expected that the family of that account-retrieving dog would be so unreasonable!

Answering the phone and cursing immediately; anyone who didn't know better would think he had done something heinous.

However, not long after blocking it, the phone rang again; this time it was a different strange number.

There was no choice, he had to answer it. This time, it finally wasn't that scolding female voice; instead, it was the voice of a middle-aged man who sounded relatively rational.

"This comrade, I am little Xu's father. Yes, little Xu is the one whose account you bought. I'm calling to discuss with you if you could withdraw the case and let little Xu out."

"Although I don't know the specific situation, little Xu didn't cause you any substantial loss, right? If it's really too much, our family can pay you some money."

"Otherwise, little Xu just got into a good university; if, if he really gets arrested, wouldn't his whole life be ruined?"

"You don't know, little Xu has been obedient since he was small, especially obedient. All the neighbors say he is a good child, studies well. I believe he didn't do it on purpose. Look, you should be a young person too, try to understand, how about it?"

To be reasonable, Zhou Yi had thought about talking when he heard the earlier, more rational words, but he hadn't expected this person to get more and more outrageous!

Good grief, listening to your tone, I bought an account, your son took it back, and I reported him to the police—is this my fault?

And "no substantial loss," and "he is an obedient child"—it's as if I'm the one trying to ruin his life!

Why are there always so many people with strange logic these days? Who is the one who did wrong, anyway!

Zhou Yi no longer intended to keep listening; he directly interrupted the other party's long-winded speech.

"This person... I don't even know how to address you, so your meaning is that I am a villain who intentionally wants your son to go to jail?"

"No, I just want to ask on what grounds, on what grounds must I do this? If you don't know the case details, go ask yourself, don't come looking for me!"

After dropping that sentence, Zhou Yi hung up the phone, blocked the number, and set his phone to reject calls from strangers.

He was truly speechless.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yi dug out the phone number left by the police officer Lao Zhou; the other party had said that if he wanted to know the progress of the case, he could call him.

And Zhou Yi just wanted to ask why his phone number had been discovered by the other party!

The call rang twice before being hung up; after waiting for about a few minutes, Lao Zhou called back.

"Hello, Little Zhou, what's the matter? Don't worry about your case; the person has already been caught, and our colleagues are on the way bringing them back. Rest assured, there won't be any problems."

Lao Zhou's voice on the phone was very loud; he was quite patient with this fellow clansman who seemed a bit dim-witted.

So they really had caught them; that was truly fast!

Zhou Yi spoke up: "Uncle Zhou, I'm not calling to ask about that; the situation is like this..."

He took the opportunity to climb the pole, as he had been in contact with Lao Zhou before because of posting the video, so he called him Uncle Zhou directly; after all, having been out in society for a year, he had to have some worldly wisdom.

Zhou Yi explained the matter of the suspected family member of the other party calling him, then asked curiously: "Uncle Zhou, how do you think they found out my phone number?"

Lao Zhou on the other end paused and said: "There's such a thing? You wait a moment, I'll help you ask, but according to the circumstances of your case, it's highly likely they got your information through the trading platform."

"After all, when you buy and sell accounts, personal information like contact details is left on the trading platform."

"If they call again, just hang up, don't worry about it; however, I estimate they will probably come looking for you to offer compensation in order to obtain your Letter of Forgiveness."

"After all, for this case, this amount is really a bit..."

Lao Zhou didn't know how to put it; the amount was indeed large, and if calculated according to Theft, this amount was enough for that kid to eat prison food for a long time.

But things aren't calculated that way, though those are things for his colleagues at the Court to get a headache over.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Zhou; as for the Letter of Forgiveness, we'll talk about that when the time comes."

In Qingshan County, Liu Jianguo listened to the voice prompt saying the call could not be connected coming from his phone and sighed: "I've been blocked."

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Zhou Yi naturally did not know that after he left, that Director Wang suddenly walked out, holding something like a task assignment in his hand.

"Eh? Where is the person? Gone?"

A big chapter, good night everyone.

(End of chapter)