Chapter 32: Eavesdropping

"Thanks, we'll go over ourselves," Zhong Kui said to the waiter with a smile, then looked directly into the other person's eyes and said, "You are already very tired, you haven't rested for too long, you should relax properly." Her voice was lazy and charming, as if it had an unstoppable magic. The waiter nodded obediently, his eyes becoming dull.

"There are many things to be busy with outside, just send us here," Zhong Kui continued, as if speaking the waiter's inner voice.

After listening, the waiter didn't even say a word and turned away.

"You were also invited by Feng Yi, why didn't you say so earlier?" Qi Fei leaned to her side and asked in a low voice.

"Who said I was invited?" Zhong Kui shrugged. "I lied to her this morning, slightly using people's thinking stereotypes. I came here once this morning and told them that I was invited by Vice President Feng to attend the Wednesday gathering, pretending to have mistaken lunch or dinner. She took it for granted that I knew about tonight's gathering, just mistaken the time. A simple trick of selective exposure, very simple."

"Hmph, playing with people's hearts," Qi Fei said with disdain, but felt secretly sighing in his heart. After all, he had already experienced this feeling of being psychologically hinted at early on.

"Heh, thanks for the compliment," Zhong Kui said while walking swaggeringly toward the private room.

"We're just going to break in like this?" Qi Fei didn't know what Zhong Kui planned to do next.

Zhong Kui smiled cunningly: "Tonight is a masquerade party." As she said this, she nimbly tied up her long hair, put on a mask, and threw one to Qi Fei.

Qi Fei realized this only then. No wonder she asked him to change into formal wear; she was waiting for this!

But with such a simple disguise, who could it fool? Qi Fei was deeply skeptical.

Zhong Kui was obviously very confident. She walked swaggeringly into the service room, said nothing, just naturally took the dishes from the serving waiter, put them on the water table, and naturally handed the white wine glasses needed by the guests to another waiter.

Although Qi Fei's movements were a bit stiff, after all, his reaction was faster than others. He pretended to be busy in a decent way. Although he didn't help much throughout the process and had been slacking off, no one felt it was strange.

From the private room, Feng Yi's very recognizable speaking voice came.

Feng Yi had an arrogant personality and didn't know how to lower her volume. It could be heard clearly in this serving partition.

"President Pan, I took a lot of pressure for that project of yours. It was not easy to pass the audit, but the police came to ask again today."

"Don't say anything, I'll toast you!" The man's voice said. Needless to say, this man was President Pan. "However, I heard that the police came to ask about Supervisor Niu, and it seems it has nothing to do with our project."

President Pan... Qi Fei remembered a person named Pan who appeared in the case file of Niu Yinzhu's disappearance. He was the person in charge of the project that Niu Yinzhu went to Hai City for—Pan Ting.

Sure enough, Feng Yi continued: "Now there are so many long mouths in the group, all spreading rumors that her disappearance has something to do with your project!"

"That's a huge injustice. We do business, isn't it just for money? As for other things, we don't dare to touch them at all. Vice President Feng, you know us." Pan Ting said immediately.

"It's useless for me to know you. The police have to know. I don't think it will be long before they find you. Be careful when you speak." Feng Yi had the tone of a female boss, different from the coquettish state when facing Qi Fei. "However, having said that, Niu Yinzhu disappeared just right. Originally, the audit team was about to find me. I was planning to ask the boss for help!" Needless to say, this boss was the number one person in Nancheng Investment, Luo Yin. She didn't avoid their relationship at all.

"Then you are a lucky person, Vice President Feng," President Pan said dog-leggedly. "This beauty is indeed lucky!"

Feng Yi was very useful: "I tell you, some things you have to believe. Since I asked the master to change my luck, everything is on point."

This master obviously referred to Zhong Kui. She was suddenly mentioned, and couldn't help but look at Qi Fei.

"However, Vice President Feng, it's not that I'm a crow's mouth, but your Niu Yinzhu, although her attitude is quite positive, this Ph. D. is sometimes quite dull. Didn't she say she came to Hai City to see my project? I arranged for her to be entertained. Later, she asked me to locate the address for her. I was so busy those days, the address was sent to her, why locate it? Just search it yourself."

"People are a bit tender, but the boss likes this kind of drive. You have to give this kind of person time, don't be in a hurry. However, having said that, whether she still has a chance is hard to say."

"This is not my crow's mouth. If she is still alive, it is impossible to have no news for three years. I see it is..." Pan Ting said regretfully.

"You don't have to be hypocritical. She is gone. Who else can poke out your outrageous things that night?"

"Sigh, Vice President Feng, this, let's not mention it. This matter still has to rely on you to keep an eye on it. It was really drunk, and Niu Yinzhu hinted at it, so I misunderstood! Who knew she wasn't willing!"

"Hmph, you can really throw the pot on the dead."

"I have always spoken straight. Look, why is it throwing the pot? We have cooperated for so many years, and you don't know!"

"If it weren't for the fact that we have cooperated for so many years, would I have to work so hard to help you keep an eye on this matter?"

"Yes, yes, yes, let's not mention this, I'll toast you!" Pan Ting immediately changed the topic, pushed the cup and changed the cup for a while, and suddenly looked at his watch: "Oh, I'm really sorry, Vice President Feng, I occupied your private time." He smiled lewdly, "Goodbye, goodbye." This fake dinner party ended abruptly.

Feng Yi was not polite, and didn't even get up to send him off. After Pan Ting walked out of the private room, she immediately dialed a phone: "Hey, boss, I'm finished and ready to go over!" The words were not without lightness.

Qi Fei and Zhong Kui looked at each other in the next room. Who the person on the

"Are you coming directly to me? Isn't there a lot of people watching our business lately... Oh... alright." Feng Yi's tone gradually became dejected; it seemed the person on the other end of the phone was not speaking gently.

Hearing that Luo Yin was coming directly to find Feng Yi, Qi Fei and Zhong Kui considered it an unexpected windfall.

Before long, that short, stout middle-aged man appeared.

Although Luo Yin had an imposing name, he was actually not as tall as Feng Yi, with small eyes, faint eyebrows, and thick lips—in terms of looks, he was completely unremarkable.

Yet, the look in Feng Yi's eyes was one of heartfelt adoration.

"Boss!" As soon as she saw Luo Yin appear, Feng Yi coquettishly stepped forward and wrapped her arms around his.