Chapter 427: I

The boss still felt a pang of pain at the sight.

Chen Yongren pretended to admire the watch, but was actually waiting for the boss to continue.

Before coming, he had already ascertained through inspection that the boss wanted him to re-enter the military academy.

Of course.

No need to go; someone has already taken care of everything.

"Yongren…" the boss hesitated, then said, "I remember you got into the military academy, but then you were expelled for fighting?"

"Yes, they bullied me for being young, accused me of cheating, and got into the military academy, so I fought them." Chen Yongren declared firmly.

"Later the matter blew up, I couldn't let those who helped me take the blame, so I withdrew from Yellow Bank."

The boss nodded slightly and smiled: "No problem, from now on you are still a graduate of Yellow Bank's 10th class."

"Huh?" Chen Yongren feigned confusion.

"The original punishment was unfair, so the superior specially approved restoring your Yellow Bank graduate status." The boss smiled.

"By the way, you can now call me senior; I'm a graduate of the 6th class."

"Senior." Chen Yongren was also well-behaved.

The relationship between senior and junior became even more cordial.

The boss's smile widened: "Yongren, you're already an adult, why don't you have a courtesy name yet?"

"After being kicked out of school, life became a struggle, I had no mind for such things, later my brother…" Chen Yongren deliberately fell silent.

His brother Chen Yongyi died in an operation to capture Japanese spies, and afterwards, when the spies gave chase, there was no time to collect the body.

"Why not give you a courtesy name? As a Yellow Bank alumnus, you ought to have a proper courtesy name." The boss added vaguely: "That would also be more convenient later."

"Then I'll trouble you, senior." Chen Yongren smiled.

"This isn't trouble for me; I'm just passing on the message." The boss wore a playful expression, stroking his chin: "A courtesy name is an extension of one's name; it should complement the name and make calling easier."

"Your name contains the character 'ren'."

"Confucius said in the Doctrine of the Mean: 'Love of learning is close to knowledge; diligent practice is close to benevolence; knowing shame is close to courage.'"

"How about from now on we call you Lixing?"

"Since your parents hope you become a benevolent person, the two characters 'Lixing' can constantly remind you to do your utmost in everything."

Even if the boss didn't say it outright, his inner voice told Chen Yongren who had given him that courtesy name.

"Lixing, I'll remember." Chen Yongren also replied promptly.

Thinking about today's missed opportunities in capturing Japanese spies, Chen Yongren tentatively said, "Senior, junior has a request for you."

"You've already deceived me out of a watch; what else do you want from me?" the boss said cheerfully.

Chen Yongren bowed slightly: "I want to personally execute those traitors to serve as a warning!"

When capturing them, he received no system reward, so he could only recoup from killing them.

After a pause, Chen Yongren added: "Also, please don't forget to commend the action team; today its members also put in a lot of effort."

"Is it really that simple?" the boss exclaimed.

"Just that simple." Chen Yongren nodded.

"No problem." The boss readily agreed.

"Whose hand it's in doesn't matter; since this junior is willing, I'll simply grant him a favor."

"Thank you, senior." Chen Yongren smiled.

The boss's face was expressionless, but his mind was racing.

"This guy really dug a pit for me."

"That Japanese said there were ten gold bars, which he embezzled."

"He really dared to do it."

"The superior is willing to personally bestow a courtesy name, which proves his status; it's better not to mention this."

……

Hearing this, Chen Yongren's expression didn't change; he knew the matter couldn't be concealed.

For these few gold bars, there's no need to hold a grudge.

Besides, what he lacks least now is money.

Chen Yongren thought, took five gold bars from the small vault, pretended to pull them from his pocket, and laid them on the table.

Seeing this, the boss first froze, then realized something, and deliberately asked: "Lixing, what are you doing?"

Chen Yongren chuckled: "The funds discovered in Iwata Jiro's house were originally intended to bribe our people, but I managed to seize them."

"Industry rule: split fifty-fifty on meeting; senior looks after junior, and I won't forget the senior either."

"Before it wasn't convenient to produce them, but now that we're done, we can split them."

The boss shook his head, hand resting on the gold bars.

"This gold feels better to touch than a woman," suppressing the urge to pocket it, the boss pushed the bars forward: "Lixing, take them back quickly; you're my junior—how could I accept these?"

"Senior, this is merely the junior's token of heart." Chen Yongren said.

"Lixing, take it back; this is too much—if you keep this up I'll get angry." The boss feigned anger: "You're still young; this is exactly the time to save money."

"Don't you know how expensive it is to keep a woman?"

"Take it back and save it for when you start a family and establish a career."

But Chen Yongren was quite clear.

The boss wasn't really angry; he was simply worried that if the superior found out he was bullying himself, he'd be dissatisfied.

Otherwise he wouldn't have left a single word.

That's too much talk.

"Senior, since you don't want five gold bars, you should at least take these two." Chen Yongren took out two gold bars and shoved them into the boss's pocket without a word.

"Senior, I still have things to do, I'll go ahead first!" After saying that, Chen Yongren grabbed the remaining gold bars, turned and left.

Only after Chen Yongren left did the boss take out those two gold bars, hold them to his ear and tap them, and put on a smile.

After leaving the boss's office, Chen Yongren found Lin Ke Xin again, and after they ate some snacks on the street.

While sampling Chongqing traditional snacks, Chen Yongren kept feeling that he had forgotten something.

Forget it.

Anything that can be forgotten is surely not important.

Chen Yongren shook off that thought and continued to bring Lin Ke Xin around the street to eat.

Having eaten and drunk their fill.

Chen Yongren brought Lin Ke Xin back home.

After closing the doors and windows, Chen Yongren immediately took out ten gold bars, placed them on the table, and called Lin Ke Xin over: "Come on, let's split the loot…"

Pah!

Let's split the money!

Hearing that, Lin Ke Xin also felt somewhat tempted, and sat opposite Chen Yongren.

"I'm a fair person." Chen Yongren smiled: "One each."

In front of each of them lay one gold bar.

Split evenly?

Chen Yongren is so generous!?

Lin Ke Xin was very surprised, but the following events almost made her lose her composure.

"One each, or yours?" Chen Yongren picked up the gold bar in front of Lin Ke Xin and placed it beside himself.

Then he took another gold bar from the pile and placed it in front of Lin Ke Xin.

???

Several question marks slowly appeared in Lin Ke Xin's head.

What kind of split is this?

After Chen Yongren's series of maneuvers, Lin Ke Xin looked at the gold bar before her and kept feeling something was off.

"Miss Lin, why A Ren't you happy?" Chen Yongren asked deliberately.

……

Chen Yongren had been like this before; holding back, holding back, Lin Ke Xin muttered: "I want to go to sleep…"

After saying that, Lin Ke Xin got up and left.

"Having eaten and drunk my fill… I too…" Chen Yongren got up and stretched.

Huh?

He suddenly realized.

In Songhu there are still three young women starving.

Upon careful calculation.

They must have gone three days without food.