Chapter 303: Being Late and Not Taking the Right Path

After finishing her own business, Zhao Yuxi opened the work report. She remembered that there was a string of numbers written on a certain page of the report. That was Qin Zhouxing's contact information.

She found the number and showed it to Gu Tingzhou: "Your secretary is only an ancient one. He may not win against Qin Zhouxing. Let's go see Qin Zhouxing first. As for what kind of plan the secretary proposes in the end, that is his business. We don't have to follow his plan."

Zhao Yuxi disagreed with Gu Tingzhou's solution. Gu Tingzhou wanted Qin Zhouxing to give up his freedom, but he was about to reach the third level, and it would be extremely difficult to keep him awake and lose his freedom.

It is possible to make him lose consciousness and freedom, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Although Yao Yuanzao has confiscated half of his property, his property should be used for more valuable purposes instead of buying drugs to make him sleepy.

In contrast, Zhao Yuxi agreed more with Yao Yuanzao's solution. She had already read the work report and thought it was fine, so Yao Yuanzao dared to do so with peace of mind.

Gu Tingzhou disagreed with the assistant's actions, but the assistant obeyed her orders. As Gu Tingzhou's wife, it was not convenient for her to directly refute him on such matters. She wanted Gu Tingzhou to get close to Qin Zhouxing and get to know him better, maybe he would change his mind.

"Okay. We'll go find him after lunch. I heard the pork ribs and lotus root soup and crayfish in the city are very famous. Do you want to try them?"

"Yes." Zhao Yuxi suddenly remembered that Gu Tingzhou often said the word "yes" to her. This time it was her turn to say it, and she felt a little awkward. Moreover, Gu Tingzhou usually said "yes" to him for those things. He should not want it now, right? What happened last night and this morning consumed a lot of his physical strength, plus the fatigue from the journey, he must not have much in mind at the moment.

In the afternoon, after having dinner, Zhao Yuxi sat in the store and called Qin Zhouxing: "Are you Qin Zhouxing? Do you remember what happened on September 9th?"

"I am. I don't remember."

Zhao Yuxi knew that "I don't remember" was what the assistant asked him to say. This was of course a lie. But a lot of work in the institute is based on lies. Letting these people spread the reputation of the institute with the truth would be a headache for the dean.

Late at night on September 9, Yao Yuanzao and the two stationmasters watched the entire process of Qin Zhouxing and a woman chatting on the roadside. As they chatted, the two came together. Seeing that the situation was about to develop in the bad direction they expected, the three ancients acted decisively, deployed the asymptotic domain, knocked Qin Zhouxing down, and dragged him away.

After that, Yao Yuanzao and Qin Zhouxing had a private chat. The content of the chat was included in the report, which included that if someone asked about what happened today in the future, they should say they didn't remember it.

Qin Zhouxing answered "I don't remember". This shows that he was somewhat afraid of Yao Yuanzao. It was good that he was afraid, so he could continue.

"You should remember everything he said to you at that time, otherwise you wouldn't answer me like that. Are you in Jujiang City? Come to the Yellow Crane Tower in half an hour, and I'll wait for you there."

"I'm here. Who are you?" Qin Zhouxing wanted to ask this question as soon as he received the call, but the other party asked the question first, and he answered the question subconsciously without having time to say it.

"I was the boss of the man you were talking to."

Zhao Yuxi hung up the phone and looked at Gu Tingzhou: "Let's go to the Yellow Crane Tower. There is still half an hour left, we can go up to the tower and take a look at the Yangtze River. From his tone, he seems to have the intention to cooperate, maybe it will succeed." Gu Tingzhou did not hold too high expectations after hearing the voice of the middle-aged man. It is not easy to change a person, and it is not easy to make a person voluntarily give up his freedom, not to mention that the person is a middle-aged man.

"Zhao Yuxi, there is something I forgot to ask you. I want him to give up his freedom. Do you support my idea?" What she did seemed to show her support, but Yao Yuanzao had also received her support before. Gu Tingzhou understood what Zhao Yuxi wanted to do, but he didn't know what kind of mood and emotion she was in when she did it. Was she happy or aggrieved?

Zhao Yuxi patted his shoulder and said, "The plan is good, but the success rate is not high. You should give it a try. If it works, that would be great. If not, we can think of other ways. Your secretary may not be able to think of a suitable way. No matter how much information he finds, even if he digs up everything Qin Zhouxing has done in his life, I'm afraid he won't be able to force Qin Zhouxing to give up his freedom."

"I asked the secretary to stop the investigation."

"No need. Your secretary has enough free time every day. Let him run around and check more to exercise his work ability. Maybe he can play another role someday."

While Zhao Yuxi and Gu Tingzhou were chatting in the store, Qin Zhouxing was running at full speed to the Yellow Crane Tower. However, halfway through the journey, he remembered something very important. The evening before yesterday, he had inadvertently led another person to do something insignificant. To be on the safe side, he should let this person do one more thing for him and conceal the truth for him. He met that person and discussed the explanation with him.

Zhao Yuxi stood on the top floor of the Yellow Crane Tower, her asymptotic domain was always open. She could tell at a glance if there were any Medievalists nearby. Half an hour had passed, and Qin Zhouxing hadn't come yet. It wasn't because he couldn't come because of the long journey, he must have turned around and went back to do other things.

"Gu Tingzhou, he's late. Our purpose in meeting him is not to make him give up his freedom voluntarily, but to determine whether it is necessary for him to do so. If his behavior is too bad, we will give an order to the assistant to lock him up. We have issued such orders before, and this time is not special. Our active intervention will not make this matter complicated."

"Well, I understand what you mean."

Qin Zhouxing hurried to the Yellow Crane Tower. A colorful musical note fell on him, and everything in front of him turned gray. He looked up and saw two people with brilliant colors standing on the roof. Obviously, the girl among the two was the one who called him.

Qin Zhouxing didn't dare to delay for a second, he jumped between the floors. However, just when he was about to reach the top, he saw a gray barrier pressing down, the barrier blocked his way, he hit the barrier, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Zhao Yuxi wanted Qin Zhouxing to pay for his lateness. Falling from a height of more than 40 meters was barely a minor injury for a second-order asymptote who had deployed an asymptotic domain. The moment he touched the ground, he might be unable to move because of the pain, but at most in another minute, he would be able to get up and climb the stairs again.

Zhao Yuxi looked at the blood on the ground and made a cold judgment: "If he came up the stairs, I will give him a chance. If he didn't, I will push him down again."

Gu Tingzhou finished reading the entire work report. In terms of Qin Zhouxing's deeds, falling from a building was at most a small punishment. The pain he caused to others far exceeded a fall from a building.

"You don't have to do anything. If he still doesn't take the stairs, I'll push him down."

"Yes. As long as he still doesn't follow the right path, we will never give him a chance."

(End of this chapter)