"Li Xuan, Bo Yuan. What's the matter? Isn't the update of "Void Island" our thing?" Chu Tianheng hurried back after receiving the call.

"What's going on? I still want to ask what's going on!" Qi Boyuan was upset at the moment, his chest heaving unceasingly, "Where's that bastard Wang Tian? He dares to fucking dare!"

"I didn't find it, just sent me a resignation letter..."

"Resign and go to jail!" Qi Boyuan scolded angrily, "I won't sue him for divulging business secrets! He will repay his kindness!"

Wang Tian has been following Chu Tianheng's subordinates, and he has a character of being tolerant and appreciative of talents. He feels that although Wang Tian is a little eager for quick success, he still has some talent, but he is too impetuous.I also know that he is dissatisfied with Li Xuanduo because he has been punished several times, but in his heart, he is always unwilling to believe that he will do such a thing..But leaking commercial secrets, there is no evidence now..."

"You say it again?" Qi Boyuan couldn't bear it anymore, "The facts are in front of you, and you still speak for him?! Senior, you've been a good person for a long time and can't tell right from wrong!"

Chu Tianheng said anxiously: "I didn't speak for him, I just said to clarify the matter, I didn't give him the updated information later, how could Wang Tian leak it?"

"That's weird. According to what you said, only the three of us in the whole company have such complete update information. Is it because I leaked it? Or did Li Xuan give it out out of his own brain?"

"No." Chu Tianheng was robbed by him, "Bo Yuan, don't worry..."

"My senior! How can I not be in a hurry for such a big matter? Now I can't be in a hurry if I am not in a hurry! People in the backstage are asking for a refund! The ghost will give him a refund!"

"Don't quarrel with the two of you." Li Xuan's expression was barely calm, but he was clearly trying to force his patience, "Is this the vegetable market? Senior, did you update Wang Tian?"

"Absolutely not." Chu Tianheng almost swore, "It's not that I don't know how important those things are. I need to update the version, and which part is involved, I will give the corresponding procedures and planning plans to the project team.People ask them to perfect, it’s impossible to give them all.”

"Where is the information?"

"My computer is encrypted. I carry the computer with me, and Wang Tian must have never touched it." Chu Tianheng immediately said, thinking for a while, "There is also the solid-state disk that you transferred data to me at that time, and keep it as a backup.of."

"I have that too." Qi Boyuan said, turned his head to the office to get it, and Chu Tianheng followed.

The employees in the hall were all staring at the movement in the office. As soon as they passed by, they all looked over.

"Do your business." Qi Boyuan said violently, covering the door and handing the mobile hard drive to Li Xuan.

"Mine." Chu Tianheng also came back.

"I gave you this at the time?" Li Xuan stretched out his hand to take it.

"No... isn't it?"

They are all the same model, Qi Boyuan compared his own, but he didn't see anything wrong.

Li Xuan plugged it into the computer port without saying a word, but the reading failed.

"Broken?" Chu Tianheng was a little anxious, and couldn't care less about it for a while, so he quickly took the computer and wanted to restore the data.

"No need, the data was artificially destroyed." Li Xuan pulled it out directly, "This is not the one I gave you at all."

"no?!"

"No, it's too new."

Li Xuan propped up the table with both hands, his mind was a little buzzing, but he was also exceptionally clear.

Someone took away the backup hard disk in Chu Tianheng's hand. He installed a single-chip microcomputer in the hard disk, and the copy record will be saved, so the other party did not restore the copy after copying.data, or there may be no data stored in it at all.

Originally it was just a spare hard drive, and Chu Tianheng would not open it once in ten days and half a month. If there is no today's incident, even if it is found that the data is lost and cannot be recovered, it will be difficult to think about it...

"Wang Tian took it?" Qi Boyuan's eyes widened.

Chu Tianheng was still unwilling to believe it for a while, but he also remembered many details, such as the portable hard drive that Li Xuan gave him was dropped, and there was a very small strip of paint peeling... Now this is gone...

"Senior." Qi Boyuan called him, "Does Wang Tian know that there is such a backup?"

Chu Tianheng couldn't be sure, maybe he saw..., he didn't remember, so he could only say: "I keep it in the bottom drawer of the desk, and the drawer is usually locked."

Not only the drawers have locks, but the company is full of people coming and going during the daytime, so it is difficult to get started. If it is night, the company door is locked, and Chu Tianheng's office cannot be entered without an access card...

"Contact the property management to adjust the monitoring at the entrance of the company... They changed the art resources to make this four-faced look at least a month later, and it was adjusted 20 days ago."

Li Xuan opened his mouth, Qi Boyuan nodded and went away, Chu Tianheng also knew that this incident was most likely caused by himself, and he was almost overwhelmed by guilt: "Li Xuan..."

Li Xuan raised his hand: "Let me be quiet for a while."

The ants on the hot pot could still jump, but Chu Tianheng didn't dare to disturb him, and sat stiffly, feeling that he was no better than an ant now.

Fortunately, Qi Boyuan came back soon, his face was red with anger, probably from arguing with someone: "No. 1 and No. 2 said that there are no records because of the inspection of the surveillance system... what the hell, it must be an accident.It's hard to guard against a thief by day and night! Senior, that, I'm not talking about you..."

Chu Tianheng couldn't help but smiled wryly: "You might as well say me."

"What should I do now? Let me sort out the proof materials and go to the police." Qi Boyuan laughed at himself, "With the one just now, there is no need to go to the police station twice. This Wang Tian is really capable..."

Chu Tianheng murmured: "But how did he get it, so many layers of locks..."

"Maybe it was either at night or during the day when people weren't looking." Qi Boyuan said.

"Senior." Li Xuan suddenly remembered another thing, his eyes slid across the green plants on the windowsill, "I asked Qi Boyuan to remind you last time, when we are not around, don't give the cleaning aunt card, let herInto the office... Did you give it back to her later?"

Chu Tianheng's face turned pale: "I haven't given her the card to open the door of both of you offices. I myself... I gave a spare card for my access control to my aunt, but I never got it back. She came early in the morning and cleaned the door.It's more hygienic and convenient... Auntie also has the key to the gate..."

"I'll call my aunt." Qi Boyuan said immediately.

Chu Tianheng looked at his hurried back: "But my drawer..."

"It's that simple, I can open it with a thin wire."

Li Xuan didn't even want to say it, but this subconscious sentence suddenly reminded him.

Of course he can drive, Wang Tian may know where the things are, but does he also have this ability?Li Mingge didn't know Wang Tian at all, so how did he get on the line?

"Xiao Qi, what's the matter?"

When the aunt came in, she was still holding a rag in her hand. She was so old that she couldn't read a few big characters. She didn't know what happened, but she felt that the atmosphere was tense.A little past: "Tianheng..."

"Auntie, it's okay, just ask." Chu Tianheng said with a heavy heart, "Is the access card in my office still with you?"

"It's here." The aunt said quickly, and took it out of the apron pocket, "I took it with me, and I went in to clean it this morning. What's wrong? Didn't it clean somewhere?"

"Have you ever given the card to someone else?" Li Xuan asked.

"No, no." The aunt was a little afraid of him, and shrank back.

"Think about it." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly, "Has anyone borrowed it from you, lost it, or kept it for you..."

"Dou..." Auntie thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and stammered, "I..."

"Just say what you think of. It's not your problem, and I won't trouble you."

"It happened a long time ago, and it's not lost. Xiao Zhao came to see me, invited me to dinner, and left it in the store. Xiao Zhao sent it to me early the next morning..."

"Xiao Zhao?!" This surname was like a thunderbolt hitting Qi Boyuan's nerves impartially. Li Xuanshang didn't speak, and he stood up from the sofa suddenly, "Which Zhao? Zhao Jizhe?"

The aunt was frightened by the situation: "Yes, yes, others, I really don't remember losing them..."

"When did it happen?" Li Xuan raised his eyes.

"It's been a long time... At the end of last month, yes, it was the end of the month, and the salary was paid that day..."

Li Xuan rubbed the calluses on his fingertips. Ten days ago, he went to a mental hospital. He didn't see Zhao Jizhe that day. The doctor said that he was receiving treatment, and he had a meeting, so he came back.

"you sure?"

"Yeah, really, I'll call Xiao Zhao, if you don't believe me, you can ask him..." Auntie tremblingly took out the phone, and the moment it was connected, Li Xuan took it.

"Hi, auntie..."

"Where are you?" Li Xuan asked coldly when he heard this familiar voice.

Zhao Jizhe over there seemed to gasp, and then the phone was hung up.

The busy signal at this moment is more clearly expressed than any language.

String all the clues together.

Zhao Jizhe and Li Mingge.

Li Xuan suddenly felt that it was very funny, so he actually laughed out loud.

It's like an absurd pantomime, the lame foreshadowing seven years ago is fulfilled today.

"Li Xuan..." Chu Tianheng thought he was dumbfounded.

"Auntie, stay with Ka, you can go out." Li Xuan waved his hand, and Auntie hurriedly left.

"Let me just say this is a disaster!" Qi Boyuan's face was flushed with anger, he was trembling, his glasses slipped off and then pushed back up, "I'm going to call the police now..."

He hurriedly said that he had already rushed to the door, but suddenly he heard Li Xuan calling him from behind, and after a short silence, he said in an indescribably indifferent tone: "It's okay to say that Wang Tian caused the plagiarism."OK."

"What do you mean?" Qi Boyuan suddenly stopped his feet, and turned around, "Zhao Jizhe stole the company's business secrets?!"

"Do you have proof?"

"Do I have evidence?! You have straightened things out, and you ask me if I have evidence?!"

"Me neither." Li Xuan said lightly.

It's true and it's not.

Wang Tian has his chat records with the artist to prove that Zhao Jizhe was indeed introduced here...but that's no reason.

"The police will look for evidence!" Qi Boyuan took a step forward, looking straight into Li Xuan's eyes, in disbelief, "I don't care if I can find it or not...even if it takes ten days and a half months or longer to come out.In the end, even if the loss is inevitable, he needs to pay the price! What do you mean now? Are you going to let him go?"

Li Xuan lowered his eyes, the calmer he looked, the angrier Qi Boyuan became: "Speak up!"

"Bo Yuan..." Chu Tianheng wanted to persuade him in embarrassment, but he really had an unshirkable responsibility in this matter. In fact, he didn't have much to say. "Maybe Li Xuan has his own considerations......"

"What considerations does he have?!" Qi Boyuan turned the gun, "Is there? Tell me!"

Li Xuan looked at his angry expression, and wrote lightly: "Do as I say, stop here, it's over."

Qi Boyuan sneered: "Oh, your consideration is to cover up this lunatic?"

Li Xuan's voice was like crushed ice mixed with the cold wind: "He is already a dead man to me, what else do I care about him?"

The two were very close, and he saw Li Xuan's dark eyes when he said this, reflecting the same dark snow outside the window, but there was no anger, even more like relief.

A chill crept up his back silently, and a possibility that he had never thought about suddenly appeared in Qi Boyuan's mind.

"Bo Yuan, calm down..." This strange silence made Chu Tianheng very uneasy.

"Senior, you go out first." Qi Boyuan's Adam's apple twitched, his gaze still looking at Li Xuan's face, "Li Xuan and I have something to say in private."

Seeing this tense posture, Chu Tianheng feared that they would fight: "I..."

"It's okay, senior." Li Xuan said, "Go and see if the modification is complete, and go online as soon as possible."

The snow fell harder and harder, the heating didn't seem to work, and the quietness seemed to become something concrete, making Qiboyuan unable to breathe.

"It's over?" He could only open his mouth to break, "What is it? What's the end?"

"Li Xuan, do you always think I'm very stupid?" Qi Boyuan pointed at himself and nodded, "It's quite stupid... Why did you agree to that psychopath to come to the company? Can't you see that he is a scourge?So many things can't be explained, but I never doubted you! Never!"

He pointed at Li Xuan's fingers and trembled unconsciously: "When you were lonely like a ghost, I used to be your shadow, and now you still treat me like a fool? I figured it out today. Are youOn purpose, Li Xuan, you fucking did it all on purpose! You wanted him to do bad things from the very beginning! You knew he would do bad things, so you let him do it! If you do bad things, you can show them to him!"

"Why? Tell me why?" Qi Boyuan yelled like an eruption, stepped forward and grabbed Li Xuan by the collar, and asked repeatedly, "What? How much debt do you owe him to atone for your crime? Do you want to pay it back?Is it because he ruined your business, you think you are even, you can stop caring about him, this is the end of what you said? Nonsense! You really don’t care about him, you should let me sue him now!"

Pressing the corner of the table with the palm of the hand was too tight, and the not-so-sharp rounded corner also stabbed a dull pain.Qi Boyuan snorted angrily on his face, Li Xuan raised his eyes and smiled indifferently: "Is there any more? Let's continue."

Having known each other for three years, Qi Boyuan felt that he completely understood his meanness at this moment. When he made this outrageous guess, he actually wanted to be refuted, but Li Xuan didn't even bother to lie to him.A set of rules, right or wrong do not let others judge.

"Are you crazy?" Qi Boyuan let go of his hand, looked at Li Xuan, "Does it make sense?"

"Whether it makes sense or not, I have the right to decide."

"That's right." Qi Boyuan couldn't bear it anymore, "You have the right to decide. Your decision is that the company is something you can sacrifice, right? When he got involved with Sheng Min, you knew it hurt and drove him away.It's your sweetheart who can't be touched! It's all right now, you've come to the company after going around in circles, aren't you quite proud! Feel at ease!"

Qi Boyuan was so angry that the whites of his eyes turned red, and he relied on this anger to hold on to confront him.

This was not entirely Li Xuan's original intention, but it was equally difficult for him to deny it at the moment.

What is the south wall?

From the moment he agreed to let Zhao Jizhe come, he also thought about this issue.

no result.

It's him, the company, and everything he doesn't care about except Sheng Min.

It doesn't make sense, of course not, Li Xuan knows this better than anyone.But Zhao Jizhe is a madman, and he has been mad for too long, making the whole thing paranoid.

On that day in the hospital, Li Xuan really wanted to kill him for a moment, but he couldn't kill him, and he couldn't drive him away. He was the aftermath of the dirty past in the orphanage, and he followed him like a shadow.

The evil fruit was planted many years ago, Li Xuan was not the one who toppled the first domino, so he couldn't help it up, so he could only let it all collapse.

It collapsed to the point where Zhao Jizhe had no excuse or shelter.

Admittedly, this was never a good solution, but it was a meaningless and even self-destructive decision that made him so tired and disgusted that he would rather die than die.

Li Xuan moved his lips slightly, but Qi Boyuan couldn't listen to anything at the moment, and stopped him resolutely.

In fact, Li Xuan had nothing to say.

Or justify?

Said he was not indifferent to this point.

The bomb is going to go off everywhere, it has to go off, and he is also waiting to go off soon.Putting it within the line of sight is one of the few choices among all bad strategies.

He planned for the company to be damaged, but he also thought about controlling the impact.It's just that once you start, you can't grasp every joint.

It is undeniable that today's ending is indeed one of the worst outcomes ever expected.

What's more, from anyone's point of view, this kind of sacrifice must be unnecessary.

After all, it was still a heart disease, Zhao Jizhe's heart disease, could it be that Li Xuan didn't allow himself to admit it?Heart disease can tell who to listen to?

Now that the south wall is broken, is Lan Ai burning together the end?There is no way to judge because there is no standard.

Yes or no is only a matter of thought.

So what Qi Boyuan said was right, there was nothing wrong with being angry, let alone scolding him for getting what he wanted, he did regard the choice of the company as something that could be sacrificed.

"Don't explain, don't tell me why, I don't deserve to know and I really don't want to know." Qi Boyuan was also tired of venting, and shook his head wearily, "It doesn't matter what is wrong with you, you have to use my hard work to fill meIf you don't agree, even if you kill his whole family, you will pay with your life! Don't drag me to be buried with you!"

After these words came out, Li Xuan's expression finally fluctuated: "Are you serious?"

"Yes." Qi Boyuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand in a gesture of surrender, "You are a genius, I still admit it now, but I don't want to live a day like this. Take the game off the shelf today, tomorrowDo you want to seal up the company and let everyone die together the day after tomorrow? You are too stubborn, Li Xuan, everyone will tolerate you? I will not accompany you."

Li Xuan stared at him for a few seconds, and this time the silent person became Qi Boyuan.

In fact, Qi Boyuan didn't know that the root of the company's current problems is not Zhao Jizhe, he is just a dispensable helper who can be completely replaced. It is Li Mingge who wants to force Li Xuan. If this road does not work, he will find someone elseRoad, not today will be tomorrow.

Zhao Jizhe was just a representative of all the troubles Li Xuan was facing, but Qi Boyuan couldn't swallow this breath.

Li Xuan felt that he could understand. He understood Qi Boyuan, just as Qi Boyuan understood him.So there was no way to do too much to keep him from staying. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and asked after smoking one, "Do you want to split up?"

"Yes." Qi Boyuan turned his head to the side.

Li Xuan extinguished the cigarette butt on the can, and said yes after a long time.

"The company owns your shares. Since it's going to be dispersed, I'll wait for the money..."

"No need, you have never treated me badly in terms of money. You have never asked me to pay back the money I borrowed from you. There is no boss who is more generous than you. That's enough."If there are many, just treat it as a gift for you. You can buy some wreath paper money and fold two gold ingots to bury the company tomorrow. After all, it was you who stayed up all night to type out the line of code.burial."

He opened the door and went out, probably into his office to pack his things, because the panicked voices of the employees soon sounded outside the door, and they didn't dare to call each other brothers as usual, and all of them were very respectful: "Mr.This is……"

Hearing the sound, it was Chu Tianheng who went in to persuade him again, but he couldn't hear clearly after two doors, but he didn't persuade him because he rushed in to find Li Xuan again: "Why are you going to leave? Li Xuan..."

Li Xuan looked at the ceiling and said nothing.Qi Boyuan had already packed his cardboard box and put the office card on the table in the reception area of the hall.

The employees in this room, from the game being removed from the shelves to the secret being leaked in just one day, all the way through the plot fast-forwarding to the second in command running away, they were all in a daze, looking at Qi Boyuan one by one.

But the latter didn't give any explanation. He looked at Yuanyi's logo on the wall for a few seconds, and walked away happily without saying a word.

Everyone who stayed behind looked at each other in blank dismay, only the hum of the main computer running was filled.

I didn't know what to do for a while, and the documents or programming interfaces on each screen were still lit up, but after "Void Island", there was no way to continue with the original update content.

They could only ask a few artists who had just entered to inquire about the situation, or keep spying into Li Xuan's office.

But the door was also quickly closed, and it was Chu Tianheng who saw it—that door seemed to be Pandora's magic box, every time it was opened and closed today, different bad news would be released.

"Is Bo Yuan back?"

"What did he tell you?" Li Xuan asked softly.

"Just say it's boring and don't want to do it anymore." Chu Tianheng persuaded him for a long time, but every sentence was blocked, and it was difficult to tell Li Xuan, "I asked him what his plan is next, and he said he didn't think about it.The season is not over yet, maybe go out to study."

It was very similar to Qi Boyuan's style, Li Xuan gave a no-nonsense hum, took a bottle of soda water, took a sip, remembered that this box was all bought by Qi Boyuan, and then put it down again.

"Is it online again after the modification?"

Chu Tianheng originally wanted to say that, in fact, if Li Xuan said a few soft words before persuading him, seeing Qi Boyuan's attitude, he might not change his mind. He never thought that Li Xuan would change the subject so quickly, and he was taken aback: "Take care of it."alright."

"Okay, senior, you can go out first."

Li Xuan's mood and voice were too calm to be impeccable, which made Chu Tianheng a little uneasy.

"Is there anything else?" Li Xuan asked.

Chu Tianheng hesitated for a moment: "Li Xuan, I..."

"You want to leave too?" Li Xuan raised his eyes slightly.

Chu Tianheng pursed his lower lip: "Something happened to the people I brought, and the plan and codes were also lost from me. I have an inescapable responsibility. I listened to you and dismissed Wang Tim, or Bo Yuan reminded me at the time."At that time, if I was more careful, it wouldn't turn into the current situation... After working for so many years, I also have some savings, which can be regarded as my compensation..."

He took out a card, and Li Xuan raised his hand to stop him: "Senior. If you want to find a better way out because of the company's current situation, I won't keep you."

"Of course not!" Chu Tianheng categorically denied it, and couldn't help but smile wryly, "You said these things have nothing to do with me, and I think it makes sense to say that the inner ghost is actually."

"You don't need to be suspicious, but you don't need to be suspicious. I know your character." Li Xuan calmly said, "There is nothing that requires you to be responsible. Without Wang Tian, there will be others. If things don't leak from you, they will find you."Another way."

He raised his head and smiled: "The matter is aimed at me. The rest of the people, including you, are innocent disasters. Don't worry too much about it, and I won't hold you accountable. There will be no next time. If you don't want to leave for other reasons, then you continue to do what you should do, once Qi Boyuan leaves, I can't find anyone to take over his work for the time being, I will take part of it myself, and I have to leave the rest to you."

"It's what it should be, and I'll take care of it."

Li Xuan lowered his eyes again, and thought for a while: "It's a little more troublesome this time. If employees want to leave, they don't have to force them to stay. The salary will be settled and a resignation certificate will be released. Those who are willing to stay will be paid this month's salary."Still send it."

"Okay." Chu Tianheng replied.

"There's nothing else to do." Li Xuan raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, it was almost two o'clock, "I think it's like today, I'm afraid everyone is not in the mood to work."

"Some of the work at hand now, for a while..."

"I know." Li Xuan looked as usual, "Let's get off work early today, it's not fun to spend all afternoon, and come back as usual tomorrow. I will figure out how to update the follow-up of "One Corner" tonight, and start tomorrow.A short meeting."

"For Wang Tian's matter, I'll go to the police station later." Chu Tianheng said carefully, "Just talk about him, right?"

Li Xuan nodded: "Yes. Senior, I want to be alone for a while. When you're done with your work, you can leave work directly. You don't need to come in and talk to me."

After a brief noise outside the door, it gradually quieted down. The lights in the house were not turned on, the snow was getting thicker and thicker, and the day was like night.Only the light from the hall came in through the crack of the door, and then the faint light was also dimmed, and everyone left.

Li Xuan moved his numb legs, sat back in front of the computer, and finished writing the program.

The exhaustion that hasn't been felt for a long time slowly invaded, like being wrapped in soaked cotton wool, heavy and difficult to breathe.Stomach pain was a little numb after a long time, he took half a glass of warm water and drank it, and fell asleep leaning on the chair.

In the dream, saw the fire that night again. The blazing fire seemed to break through the sky and spread over the dead grass. When the tongue of the fire was about to lick his ankles and pull him into ashes, a cloud passed by and a rain fell.down.

Li Xuan opened his eyes and saw Sheng Min's clear pupils.

Without asking why he came here, he just slowly squeezed Sheng Min's hand until his fingers were tightly intertwined, confirming that this was not another dream: "How long have you been here?"

"Just arrived." Sheng Min said softly.

He hummed, put his other arm around Sheng Min's waist, leaned over, and buried his head in his abdomen, extremely attached, and rare fragile.

Sheng Min looked at the hair on the top of his head, touched his temples, and let Li Xuan hug him for a long time: "Go home?"

Li Xuan's voice was a little rough: "You drive, I want to sleep for a while."

"good."

"I want to drink raw fish porridge."

"Go home and cook for you."

"Sheng Min." He called his name again.

"Um?"

Li Xuan looked at him, smiled, and said lightly and slowly: "Before you came, I missed you very much."

"I miss you too." Sheng Min answered him gently, holding his face in one hand, bent slightly, and kissed him.