Chapter 62

In addition to the 20 million owed by his parents, Qi Ji also has Pei Yusheng's 10 million to repay.

At the beginning, the price of the boxing exhibition match was 37 million yuan, but Pei Yusheng said that it would be halved, and the part-time contract finally stated that it was 13.5 million yuan. At an average price of 50,000 in two days to offset the debt, up to now, there are nearly 11 million left.

This is still a value that does not count interest.

Qi Ji always remembered the debt very clearly. He said that he would calculate the amount with others, but to give Pei Yusheng a clear account.

But before he could start this calculation, Pei Yusheng, who had been silent for a long time, had already spoken.

"Forget it." He looked at Qi Ji, and his voice was very low, as if the weakness and fatigue after the injury finally showed its power. "Two hundred and thirteen days left."

"..."

Qi Ji was silent for a moment for this too accurate number.

This answer was answered so quickly that it almost came out of my mouth. It didn't look like it was calculated on the spot, but more like it had been recited over and over again in my heart.

Qi looked to the past.

At this point of the conversation, the ending has been settled, but the other party did not have any overreaction. There was no disbelief, no continued coercion and entanglement, the man in front of him looked as usual, and his rationality remained the same, which made Qi Ji wonder if the other party had understood what he meant.

But soon, he saw the cold sweat on Pei Yusheng's forehead and neck.

The tight and naked skin lost its blood color, and only transparent beads of sweat could be seen slipping down one by one, as if the pain accumulated before had finally erupted at this moment, and the people who were still strong and patient suddenly lost their resistance. ability.

The pain came together and gathered into a turbulent waterfall.

Qi Ji's lips opened and closed several times, but he couldn't say a word. The wound in the palm of his hand that had been pinched before and had not healed was beating suddenly, reminding him that the man in front of him was suffering a hundred times more intense pain.

The man didn't say a word, let alone cry of pain.

But it was even more difficult for Qi Ji not to think about his pain.

The room was silent for a moment, but finally Pei Yusheng broke the silence.

"I know you might want to pay it back in other ways," he guessed Qi Ji's previous plans in a single sentence, "but with your current salary, it's hard to earn 10 million hours more than 210 yuan. Days are shorter."

"And minus the usual expenses and your brother's college expenses."

The man who calmed down from being rejected speaks again, which is already irrefutable. Qi Ji is also very clear that it is difficult for him to find a better part-time job than the current one.

Besides, no matter how good Pei Yusheng is, he is the employer and the leader in this employment relationship. As long as he does not take the initiative to terminate the contract, Qi Ji will not be able to resign.

In the end, everything returned to its original position.

Pei Yusheng has something to deal with, so he will leave first. Even with such a serious injury, he didn't have time to rest. Qi Ji found the USB flash drive and went back to the company first.

But even after everything was said, he was still a little uneasy.

The bloody wounds appeared in front of him repeatedly, and the man's jaw and Adam's apple soaked in cold sweat were always lingering in his mind. For Pei Yusheng's confession, Qi Ji had already given a clear and calm answer that would not change, but for him, Qi Ji still couldn't let go of his thoughts.

Even if the stone wants to pursue its own direction, it will still be attached to the warm sun.

At the end of the day's work, in the evening, Qi Ji rarely stayed behind to work overtime, but went straight back to the villa.

The door of the villa was wide open, and many people came in and out. When Qi sent it in, he found out that the villa was being renovated to remove the cameras installed by Pei's father.

When Qi sent it back in the morning, he saw signs of movement in the corner of the living room. This is also the reason. Now the villa has been completely renovated to completely remove all hidden dangers.

Pei Yusheng handles files in a small living room on the third floor. This place has not been used much before, and An has few cameras. When Qi Ji opened the door and entered, Doctor Zhao just came over and asked him to help Pei Yusheng to change the medicine again.

Because of the glue, the bleeding has stopped, but the man's back is still blood red, and the tender and rolled flesh near the wound is even more difficult to handle.

But Pei Yusheng just breathed a little harder and didn't say a word.

After Dr. Zhao finished applying the medicine, Qi Ji was already sweating on his back. He helped hand over the remaining medical tape on the table, but heard Zhao Mingzhen wondering, "Hey, why is there blood on it?"

Qi Ji's first reaction was to look at Pei Yusheng's back: "Is the wound bleeding again?"

But Pei Yusheng had already turned around, and Qi Ji was not only meeting the other's line of sight, but also saw the other's frown and stretched out his hand, pinching his wrist.

The man's strength is not heavy, and the speed of reaching out his hand is not fast, Qi Ji can completely avoid it. But when he saw the other's raised hand, his jaw was tensed because it was involved in the wound, but he didn't avoid it.

Pei Yusheng turned his palm over, frowning even tighter.

"Is your hand hurt?"

Qi Ji was startled, only then did he realize the bloody pinch marks on the palm of his hand.

It was the place where he broke when he answered the phone last time. It wasn't fully healed yet. Just after watching Pei Yusheng applying the medicine, he unconsciously clenched his fist, and then the wound opened again.

The tape just now was not stained with Pei Yusheng's blood, but Qi Ji's.

"What's going on?" Dr. Zhao came over, "When did you pinch it... Why did your nails turn over?"

Qi Ji hurriedly explained: "It's okay, it's just a little scratched. The nails were accidentally made before, and they're already healed."

Pei Yusheng frowned, "Why are there two wounds?"

Qi Ji's palm was new and old, both of which were obviously pinch marks from fingernails.

Even putting aside the excuse of scratches, the first scar was obviously from a few days ago.

When did he develop the habit of pinching his palms?

Qi Ji said: "Last time, I accidentally scratched it... It's nothing, just a little injury."

In front of a man who suffered such a serious injury, he was really embarrassed to use his injury to waste everyone's time.

Pei Yusheng didn't say anything, but he never let go of his wrist.

Zhao Mingzhen helped to deal with the wound, but the pinch marks were actually far deeper than what Qi Ji had said lightly, and when he touched the anti-inflammatory potion, it was so painful that people couldn't stop shivering.

Besides, Qi Ji has always been afraid of pain.

But this time, what really grabbed Qi Ji's attention was not the pain that penetrated into the bone marrow, but the hand that wrapped around his wrist.

The man's body temperature was still very high, and the hoop on his wrist was irritatingly hot. His strength is not heavy, as if it was just to help Zhao Mingzhen fix it. But when he faced this small wound, his expression was more serious than his own.

Qi Ji looked at the man's frown, and his fingertips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Pei Yusheng noticed it immediately: "It hurts?"

Qi Ji was stunned and shook his head: "It doesn't hurt."

Pei Yusheng moved lightly and raised his other hand to gently hold Qi Ji's fingertips horizontally, warming the slightly cool fingers with body temperature.

"It's alright," he slowed down, "it'll be alright in a minute."

Qi Ji didn't speak.

His injury may not be as severe as the pain caused by Pei Yusheng raising his hand.

But because of the man's words, Qi Ji's ears inevitably heated up and even felt slightly numb.

He clearly knew that he had no right to accept it, but he would still indulge in it.

After the wound was treated, the supervisor of the construction team came up, reported a few words to Pei Yusheng, and then left. Hearing the unstoppable sound of the electric drill downstairs, Qi Ji couldn't help but ask, "Will this be installed for a long time?"

Pei Yu said, "The entire monitoring system needs to be replaced."

Qi Ji was puzzled: "Do you have to replace all of them? I thought it was just a few cameras installed..."

"There are new cameras." Pei Yu said, "But the original surveillance system has also been hacked from the inside, so it can be monitored directly. Even if the software system is replaced, there will be a back door, so it's better to replace it with a new one."

Qi Ji was slightly surprised: "Invading from the inside?"

Pei Yu nodded with a cold expression: "Zhou Li did it."

There is no problem with the security of the monitoring system, but Zhou Li has the villa key. With the technical support given by Pei Xiaolin, he directly broke the security system.

At first hearing the name, Qi Ji was also stunned.

"Tetsu Zhou? He..."

"He's my father's person." Pei Yu said hoarsely, "I came back to China to work in Yuntu, but my father didn't agree. The condition I negotiated with him was to help him deal with the Jiang family and accept Zhou Li as the special assistant to the president. ."

From the beginning, Zhou Li was one of Pei Xiaolin's arrangements to monitor Pei Yusheng.

Qi Ji remembered what Chen Zixuan said at the beginning. She said that Zhou Li was more mysterious than Pei Yusheng, and he had never been in Xinghai's business before.

It turned out that he belonged to Father Pei.

No wonder he said that in the refreshment hall that day.

The sound of an electric drill was heard from downstairs again. Qi Zhi returned to his senses and couldn't help but ask, "Are we going to keep decorating tonight?"

He was worried about Pei Yusheng's rest.

Pei Yu said, "Stop work at eleven o'clock."

Qi Ji asked, "Have a rest that night..."

After packing the medicine box, Zhao Mingzhen turned back, heard these words, and said, "President Pei is injured on his back and cannot sleep in a normal bed. He has to go to the sanatorium to rest tonight."

Unlike the previous mental sanatorium, this sanatorium is a place for professional treatment of physical trauma.

Qi Ji packed her things and went to the sanatorium with others.

To be honest, although the part-time job has been negotiated and the job continues normally, Qi Ji still hesitates when he thinks about sleeping with him because of the incident in the morning.

This time, going to the sanatorium to rest gave him a temporary buffer.

For the next few days, Qi Ji stayed with the bed as a nurse just like when he was in the nursing home last time, and slept in separate beds in the same room. As time went by, Pei Yusheng's injury slowly recovered, and Qi Ji gradually disappeared from his inner awkwardness.

The two returned to their original positions.

She escorted her at night, while Qi Ji continued her busy work during the day. On Yuntu's side, although Pei Yusheng is still not at the company all day, his special assistant to the president has quietly changed.

The new special assistant is actually not a newcomer, but the special assistant of the previous president, named Shante. When the previous president left, Shante went to study abroad, and when he came back, he took over from Zhou Li.

Shante is quite familiar with Yuntu, and has a good relationship with the company. He didn't even need to adapt to it when he came back and started work directly. The running-in between him and Pei Yusheng was also very smooth.

Compared with the always cold special assistant Zhou, everyone naturally prefers this old acquaintance.

In private, Chen Zixuan also complained to Qi Ji and Li Anbei, saying how Zhou Li looked like a special assistant, and when the main lord came back, he was kicked out. She is not the only one who has this idea, everyone basically feels that way. And even after leaving office, Zhou Li still did not leave any information, and everyone's understanding of him is still a piece of blank paper.

Mysterious like a dummy - this is Chen Zixuan's evaluation of him.

In fact, Qi Ji thought so too.

He was in a trance because of Pei Yusheng's incident before, and he was stunned when he was agitated in the refreshment hall, but thinking about it now, Qi Ji always felt that Zhou Li's performance that day was exaggerated.

In Li Anbei's words, he is very aggressive.

Although I didn't know much about it before, Qi Ji had inevitably had contact with each other in the same company. He didn't know much about Zhou Li, but he could feel that Zhou Li's performance that day was completely inconsistent with the other party's usual character, not to mention that he and Qi Ji didn't have much holiday.

Not only was it mysterious when he joined and left, Qi Ji even felt that Zhou Li's behavior when he mocked him that day was like a dummy.

This also has something to do with Qi Ji's gradually calming down and rationality. At that time, he was emotionally overwhelmed, so he listened to Zhou Li's ridicule. Now that think about it, there are a lot of loopholes in those words.

Not to mention, at least in the design of the snack plan, the company's internal primary selection is a blind selection, and there is no personal information at all. Moreover, there was more than one plan adopted at that time, but Qi Ji's plan received the best response, and it gradually evolved into a long-term project.

Pei Yusheng was indeed able to open the back door to Qi Ji's plan, but he couldn't influence the subsequent development.

Qi Ji didn't pay too much attention to this matter, but focused on his own work again.

Not long after, it was winter vacation.

Although there is still vacation tuition, Qi Mingyu has already lived at home. As soon as he came back, Qi Ji couldn't stay home all day, and asked Pei Yu for leave a lot more times.

Sometimes Qi Ji would work overtime during the day and go home at night, and he would not even see Pei Yusheng for two or three days. In this way, the two of them have returned to their original places to get along even less than before.

Qi Ji thought to herself that this might not be a bad thing.

Qi Mingyu just had a week off, and Qi Ji stayed at home for almost half the night. Although Pei Yusheng didn't say anything, in the last two days, he called Qi Ji again at night.

Qi Ji also felt that he should go back to the villa for a few days. Although Pei Yusheng no longer had to sleep in the sanatorium, his injury still required a long period of recuperation.

But before Qi Ji and Qi Mingyu said they were going to work overtime on weekends, Qi Mingyu told him a message first.

Eric is coming to S City again. This time it is a large-scale joint lecture by multiple schools. Qi Mingyu is in charge of his reception.

Eric is the Ukrainian mathematician Qi Mingyu met by chance when he went to Argentina to participate in the Imo competition. He is well-known internationally, but he has hardly been to Asia. The last time he was invited by Mr. Xue, he only attended a conference. Only stayed for half a day and left. But this time he came to S City to give a lecture in person, and naturally he received a lot more attention than last time. Even many well-known professors took the initiative to send inquiries, wanting to exchange ideas with Eric.

After hearing the news, there are more commercial companies that want to cooperate with Eric.

Under this circumstance, Qi Mingyu, as a high school student, is really lucky to be Eric's accompany. Besides Eric, he can also take this opportunity to meet more academic leaders .

Qi Ji was also very happy for others.

In addition, this lecture was held in F University. When Qi Mingyu asked Qi Ji to go with him, Qi Ji hesitated, and finally gave up the idea of ​​accompanying Pei Yusheng, and agreed to Qi Mingyu instead.

After all, it is such a rare opportunity.

Lectures are held in the morning, a banquet is held at noon, and an exchange meeting is held in the afternoon. When Qi Zhi went to the lecture site, he found that the scale of the site was far larger than he had imagined.

One of the biggest sponsors is Xinghai.

The reason for this treatment, in addition to Eric's own academic achievements, is inseparable from a set of coding schemes he created a few years ago. Eric majored in mathematics and independently proposed the theory of polar codes. And this theory is one of the powerful theories in the field of mobile communication.

In other words, the commercial value of polar codes in the field of communications is simply immeasurable.

This is why Eric's lecture attracted so many commercial companies.

There are relevant introductions on the on-site brochures and posters. The more Qi Ji looks at it, the more amazed he is, and he is even more gratified that his younger brother can get to know such a big guy. Before and after the lecture, in addition to running to talk to Qi Ji, Qi Mingyu was always by Eric's side.

Qi Ji was very happy to see his brother so powerful.

At the end of the lecture, the group went to a nearby five-star hotel for dinner. Except for Eric's team, they were basically professors and outstanding students from major universities. The lunch is extremely rich, the drinks are expensive at a glance, and most importantly, this lunch is completely free for all guests.

I heard that this is also sponsored.

Although he had already learned about the relevant information, after coming to the dining hall, Qi Ji was still amazed at the generous spending of the sponsors. He has followed Yuntu's banquet logistics and knows that this specification is expensive, which not only proves the popularity of Eric's academic achievements, but also proves the generosity of the sponsors.

Half a year's work experience directly changed Qi Ji's mind, and among the professors and students who were obsessed with numbers, he couldn't help thinking about it from the perspective of the company.

But even so, this is just Qi Ji's personal thoughts. He didn't even tell Qi Mingyu this kind of thing, just silently brought a few buffet plates, ready to finish the normal banquet quietly.

After all, he wasn't a math major, so he couldn't communicate any ideas.

But the meal plan had just begun, when Qi Ji bumped into someone he knew all too well in front of the dessert cabinet.

Qi Ji: "..."

He subconsciously glanced at the packaging of the dessert.

There is no sign on it, and there is no word "from Wonder".

But the man standing beside him was clearly Pei Yusheng himself.

"...Why is President Pei here?"

"This banquet is sponsored by Xinghai."

The man he hadn't seen in a few days looked calm, and he didn't see any sign of wanting to blame Qi Ji for being absent from work for so many days.

He even helped Qi Ji get a piece of the black forest that was hard to reach at a high place.

"...Thank you, Mr. Pei." Qi Ji bravely thanked him, "Then you came here to cooperate with Professor Eric?"

"Well." Pei Yu said, "Xinghai has been providing financial support to his university for the research of polar codes, but so far, the use of some patents is still somewhat difficult. This time I came here to talk to him. Cooperation."

Qi Ji was a little puzzled: "Do you need President Pei to discuss cooperation in person?"

"The value of the polar code application is very high, and it is also a project that Xinghai has always wanted to sign." Pei Yu said, "But Eric himself is not very interested in the business cooperation from Xinghai. I came here this time to express my sincerity."

To put it more directly, Eric has always rejected Xinghai before.

His prejudice against Xinghai does not come from academic commercialization, and Eric's team also operates under the sponsorship of commercial companies. This kind of prejudice is actually due to different beliefs. Eric himself is anarchist, and the international community has always had public opinion on Xinghai Group controlled by the government. Therefore, Xinghai applied for cooperation several times before. Neither got an answer.

This time, Pei Yusheng will come in person and want to talk to Eric.

After listening to Pei Yusheng's explanation, Qi Ji learned the truth. Seeing that the other party came here for business, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, there will always be an illusion that the boss gets caught by taking too much leave.

But before Qi Ji was relieved, he heard Pei Yu say, "I didn't know you would come here before, and it's hard to find so many people, so I came to the dessert area when I heard you came."

He smiled: "As expected, I met you here."

Qi Ji: "..."

It's not an illusion, he just got caught.

Qi Ji said dryly: "President Pei, let's go to work first, don't you want to talk about cooperation?"

Pei Yusheng finished teasing the children without going too far. He followed his words and said, "Okay, then I'll go first."

Qi Ji nodded, but heard the man ask again, "Do you know where your brother is?"

"Ming Yu?" Qi Ji was puzzled, but still pointed Pei Yusheng in the direction, "He is working as an interpreter for Professor Eric over there, why did President Pei think of asking him?"

"Eric's prejudice is relatively deep, and he hasn't even been to Asia before." Pei Yusheng explained, "We originally planned to start with people in his team, but we learned that he was invited by a friend and agreed to come to S City to give a lecture. After that, we changed our plan and planned to start by influencing his friends and then discuss cooperation with him."

The friends who can influence Eric are naturally Professor Xue and Qi Mingyu.

Before Professor Xue arrived, Qi Mingyu became Pei Yusheng's first target. After Qi Ji heard the explanation, he still felt very strange.

President Pei can actually have a relationship with Mingyu, the world is really small.

With the direction Qi Ji pointed, Pei Yusheng walked towards Qi Mingyu. It happened that Eric went to the bathroom, Qi Mingyu was alone, and when Pei Yusheng passed by, he happened to be able to talk to him.

Seeing Pei Yusheng, Qi Mingyu's reaction was calmer than Qi Ji's.

When Pei Yusheng's special assistant explained his intentions, Qi Mingyu was noncommittal after hearing it, and only said, "Can I talk to President Pei alone?"

The special assistant glanced at Pei Yusheng, and after getting approval, he left.

Qi Mingyu shook the wine glass in his hand, the transparent liquid swept across the crystal glass wall, but the light reflected was less than one ten thousandth of the indifferent expression between his eyebrows and eyes.

He looked at Pei Yusheng and raised his eyebrows: "Have you confessed to him?"

Like last time, Qi Mingyu threw out the big news as soon as he opened his mouth, but compared to the last time, the power this time was obviously much greater.

Pei Yu paused before saying, "Is this also your speculation?"

It was impossible for Qi Ji to say it himself.

Qi Mingyu picked up the glass and took a slow sip.

What he drank was obviously water, but he put on a posture of tasting fine wine.

"This is a fact."

Compared with the last time, he was so leisurely and calm that it was like a different person.

After all, feng shui turns.

Pei Yu didn't say a word, Qi Mingyu didn't say anything, he raised his head and glanced in Qi Ji's direction.

Qi Ji had already finished his dessert and was choosing soup. He was concentrating on the food with peace of mind, unaware of the undercurrent between the two on the other side of the hall.

Qi Mingyu retracted his gaze, then looked at Pei Yusheng and smiled.

He and Qi Ji have five-point similarities in appearance, but when they smile, they don't have any hints of being well-behaved, they just make one's hands itch.

"He also rejected you, right?"

Pei Yusheng: "..."