As soon as CFO Cui Yuanming stepped out of the elevator, he met Legal Department Director Yu Hao and Financing Department Director Guo Yunhong, who were also rushing in, at the door of the penthouse suite.

　　The three of them stood outside the door looking at each other, not knowing what had happened. So Mr. Shi invited them out of their rooms early in the morning.

　　The strange thing is that Mr. Shi did not call them directly. It was the hotel front desk who notified them using the landline.

　　“Ahem—”

　　After clearing his throat, Cui Yuanming rang the doorbell. "Mr. Shi, are you looking for us?"

　　There was a sound of a hair dryer and clothes rubbing against each other from the crack of the door, and Mr. Shi's voice rang out from inside the door: "Come in."

　　As he was standing at the front, Yu Hao was the first to push the door open and walk in. The other two followed closely behind him, but before they could even enter the door, they saw Yu Hao suddenly take a step back, his face flushed to his ears.

　　Guo Yunhong, who was following behind him, asked in confusion: "What's wrong, Ah Hao? Come in."

　　"...Shi, Shizong," Yu Hao suddenly became incoherent, "He didn't wear--"

　　He thought he was seeing things. The first thing he saw when he entered the room was Mr. Shi standing in front of the balcony, wearing a bathrobe and drying his hair. The bathrobe was a little too big for Mr. Shi, and it hung loosely on his body, revealing his skin in the sun.

　　Gradually, he noticed the exposed back of Mr. Shi's neck. There were lots of kisses and teeth marks on his neck, some of which had turned purple.

　　...How much effort does it take to achieve this?

　　If it was President Ji, that would be too——

　　Hearing the door open, Shi Tian turned his head slightly and saw the head of the legal department standing stiffly at the door with a dazed look in his eyes.

　　He didn't explain anything, but just put down the hair dryer, symbolically pulled his collar, and said to the person outside the door: "Ah Hao, lend me your coat."

　　“Oh, oh, yes—”

　　After being called by Mr. Shi, Yu Hao finally came to his senses. He quickly took off his suit and handed it to Mr. Shi.

　　After taking the casual suit he handed over, Mr. Shi put it on his shoulders. Fortunately, he was tall and fat, so the suit could cover most of the marks on his neck.

　　"Please take a seat." Shi Tian said, "Assistant Chen will call in shortly, please wait."

　　The three of them sat down one by one along the bed and found that the room where Mr. Shi lived was a little too empty. Apart from two ties scattered on the bed, there was no trace of another person.

　　Director Cui couldn't help but ask curiously, "Boss Shi, where is Boss Ji?"

　　"That's what I wanted to ask you too." Shi Tian stared at the three people in front of him with a calm expression, "How long has Ji Yuanlin been preparing for this plan?"

　　Cui Yuanming was stunned for a moment, and didn't react when he always meant: "...What plan?"

　　He saw Yu Hao and Guo Yunhong beside him looking at each other, as if they were also confused.

　　After observing the reactions of the three executives, Shi Tian made a preliminary judgment.

　　These three people don't seem to be lying, and they are probably really unaware of the situation.

　　Soon, the bedside phone rang and Assistant Chen called.

　　Shi Tian pressed the hands-free button and said to Assistant Chen on the phone: "Lao Cui, Ah Hao, and Brother Guo are all here. Tell us about the current situation."

　　Assistant Chen spent about fifteen minutes recounting the entire incident from the time it was exposed to the present. This included Ji Yuanlin being taken away to cooperate with the investigation, the industrial and commercial law enforcement officers entering the group building, the company's financial books being taken over by the tax bureau personnel, etc. Including the second-in-command of each department of the three people, all of them "voluntarily" resigned the day before the incident.

　　After listening to Assistant Chen's explanation of the whole story, the three people's faces became uglier than each other.

　　They are all smart people who can sit in the position of senior executives. Before Assistant Chen finished speaking, they already knew what was going on.

　　Since the incident, none of the three of them have received any internal company notifications, including in the department group that they frequently use, and no one has spoken for several days.

　　They fell into a trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

　　This staff trip to the Maldives was a "Hongmen Banquet" set up for all of them.

　　Director Cui tried to find other clues from Mr. Shi's expression but found that Mr. Shi kept his eyes down the whole time, scribbling something on paper with a pen, looking so calm that it was a little scary.

　　Looking up from the table, Shi Tian said to Guo Yunhong, "Mingde's investment payback period is still long, and we don't need to bear joint liability for losses for the time being. Ask your people to follow up immediately and have Mingde stamp a "Guarantee Contract" with the official seal."

　　"Ah Hao, please contact your former friend in the legal profession immediately and ask him to ask the court about the property preservation requirements for the debtor's spouse. Say it's an emergency. If necessary, I can prepare the materials and file a civil lawsuit right away."

"There is another matter that I need you to take care of." Shi Tian turned to look at Cui Yuanming and handed him the draft paper in his hand. "Since there is a problem with the flow of funds, you are the easiest to be investigated. These are several key files in my computer. I have written the subfolder numbers on them. If they want to find someone to tamper with the accounting, remember to save the original evidence in these documents and submit them to the court for processing."

　　He arranged all the follow-up work in an orderly manner, and in just a few minutes, he proposed effective solutions to the three most difficult problems, namely guarantees, debts and unclear internal funds.

　　After pondering Mr. Shi's arrangements in his mind, Cui Yuanming could no longer figure out how many times he had come to admire Feng Yu, the young helmsman.

　　He has worked for more than 20 years and served as CFO of many listed groups. He has a long career, high prestige and is highly respected in the industry.

　　When Shi Tian first invited him to be Feng Yu's financial director, he originally refused. At that time, he felt that the young people in these unicorn startups were very impetuous and eager for success, and not many of them could really make the company bigger and stronger.

　　Although he was finally moved by the sincerity of the young man and became Fengyu's CFO, he did not have high hopes for Fengyu. Unexpectedly, three years later, Fengyu's company has continued to expand with three angel rounds of financing and the launch of new products, and has gradually become a dark horse in the lighting field in the southern region.

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　　This time, it was indeed because of their carelessness that they were attacked from behind. But he didn't expect that even though he was in danger now, the first thing that Shi Zong thought of was how to clear his suspicion and get rid of unnecessary trouble.

　　There was another thing that also surprised him a little.

　　This was the first time he had heard of the computer key that Mr. Shi mentioned just now, and Mr. Ji probably didn't know about it either.

　　It seems that even though they live under the same roof and are already married, Mr. Shi still keeps something back for his lover.

　　Thinking of this, Cui Yuanming suddenly felt regretful. He shouldn't have listened to those people and cooperated with them to conceal Mr. Ji's absurd behavior in order to keep the order from Baolong Electric.

　　Household matters should be resolved by the young couple themselves. If he had reminded Mr. Shi at the beginning and let Mr. Shi be on guard in advance, perhaps this kind of thing would not have happened.

　　etc.

　　Cui Yuanming's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

　　Mr. Shi... doesn't he know that Mr. Ji cheated on him?

　　In front of the two "accomplices", Cui Yuanming took a deep breath and spoke carefully: "Boss Shi, Boss Ji has a partner outside, do you know about this?"

　　As soon as the words came out, even Assistant Chen on the phone fell silent.

　　Yu Hao and Guo Yunhong, who were sitting next to him, looked at him with horror. Yu Hao poked his back and whispered through gritted teeth: "...Old Cui, why are you bringing up such a topic?"

　　Hearing his words, Shi Tian's face showed a hint of doubt: "What companion?"

　　“…”

　　Everyone present, including Assistant Chen on the phone, had the same thought in their minds: It's over.

　　Cui Yuanming gritted his teeth, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and flipped through the photo albums that went back one or two months.

　　In order to avoid leaving any evidence, everyone deleted the email in the conference room. Fortunately, he suddenly remembered to save a screenshot.

　　Handing the phone to Mr. Shi, he quickly added: "Actually, it's not necessarily the case. Nowadays, photo editing technology is so advanced. It's possible that someone deliberately framed Mr. Ji..."

　　The room became extremely quiet; you could hear a pin drop.

　　Holding Cui Yuanming's cell phone, Shi Tian stared at the two figures kissing passionately on the phone.

　　He recognized one of them as his new husband.

　　One minute, two minutes... time passed by, he didn't say anything, just stared there. There was a bit of confusion in his eyes, but it didn't seem like he was distracted, but more like confusion and bewilderment.

　　A few minutes later, when the three saw Shi Zong closing his phone screen with a "snap", he suddenly stood up from the sofa.

　　"None of this matters," he said. "Now, you guys should immediately find a way to protect your own private property that is not affiliated with the company. Do not use the company's account or pass it through Ji Yuanlin's hands."

　　"Xiao Chen," Shi Tian walked to the phone after instructing the three senior executives, "drive my car to my house right now and take out all the cash from the safes on the second and third floors. I'll tell Auntie to open the door for you. There's a tennis bag on the bench in the piano room on the second floor, and there are a few keys in it. I'll send you the address later. Put the cash you've taken out in batches into those properties. Don't deposit it in the bank using my account."

　　Assistant Chen was almost confused by Shi Tian's series of instructions, but he quickly found a piece of paper and wrote them down one by one.

　　He couldn't help but interrupt Shi Tian halfway through and asked with some concern: "Mr. Shi...are you okay?"

　　At the same time, she encountered her husband's infidelity and career crisis, and Shi's reaction was somewhat beyond his expectations.

　　Anyone who encountered such a bad thing would probably quickly fall into extreme anger and sadness and might do something. Shi Zong did not show any emotion, which made him even more worried.

　　"I met Ji Yuanlin when I was sixteen, and I was with him when I was twenty-two. This year is exactly our eighth year."

　　"Xiao Chen," Mr. Shi asked him in a very serious tone on the other end of the phone, "How many eight years do you think there are in a person's life?"

　　Assistant Chen was stunned when he heard Shi Tian's words.

　　For some reason, the more Mr. Shi mentioned all this in a nonchalant tone, the more he felt a little sour in his heart, and it was quite uncomfortable.

　　Yeah, what kind of bullshit is he asking?

　　How can it be okay?

　　This kind of relationship does not last for a month or a year, but thousands of days and nights, and it is the entire youth of an ordinary person.

　　"I thought he just wanted money." Shi Tian pulled the corner of his mouth and pulled out a bitter smile, "I didn't expect that he wanted me to go to jail."

　It was already early morning the next day when Shi Tian boarded the flight back home.

　　After reporting the loss of his passport at the police station, and with the guarantee of several companions, he waited in the hotel for eighteen hours and finally was approved for an identity certificate that could be used for a temporary flight back to China.

　　In order not to affect the mood of others to go out and have fun, he did not tell his old classmates that Feng Yu had suddenly encountered an accident. He only said that he had to return home temporarily for an urgent matter and would arrange everything so that everyone could have fun for a few days before going home.

　　After the plane took off, the three executives were a little worried, so they sat together and talked about their plans after returning home. In order not to disturb Mr. Shi who was sitting across the aisle, they deliberately lowered their voices while chatting.

　　Before boarding the plane, they had originally advised Shi not to go back yet, but to wait until they landed to see the situation before making any plans. Otherwise, if the situation was worse than expected, Tian would most likely be taken away by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau as soon as he got off the plane.

　　The three of them did not expect that Mr. Shi’s attitude would be so firm and they would return to China immediately no matter what.

　　If I count carefully, I haven't slept for almost twenty-four hours since I woke up yesterday.

　　The plane was flying steadily in the clouds. Covered with a warm blanket, Shi Tian leaned against the soft seat and finally fell into a light sleep.

　　In his dream, he dreamed that he arrived at his destination, got off the plane, and entered the arrival hall, and there was a fork in the road in front of him.

　　A low and seductive voice appeared in his ears, asking him which way he wanted to go.

　　If he chose to go left, Ji Yuanlin would be waiting for him at the exit of the hall. If nothing happened, Ji Yuanlin would hold a rose in his hand, smile in his eyes, and take him home.

　　If he chooses to go right and pass through the thick fog, he will get the truth he wants.

　　Shi Tian suddenly remembered that when he and Zhou Sifu were hiding in bed in the dormitory watching "The Matrix", he seemed to have seen a similar scene.

　　After thinking carefully at the fork in the road, he said to the voice, "I choose to go right."

　　As the words fell, the fog dissipated and the dream ended.

　　Staring at the light above his head, Shi Tian didn't blink for a long time.

　　In addition to Lao Cui, Ahao, Brother Guo, Assistant Chen, and a few others, there was also the hotel manager and officials from the local tourism bureau, everyone felt that he was so unfortunate and pitiful, so they tried their best to accommodate all his needs, so that he could board the flight back home on time.

　　He also felt that he was miserable and unlucky, but that was all.

　　Whatever the outcome, he just needed an answer.

　　After ten hours of flight, the flight arrived at the destination smoothly. After completing the immigration formalities, Shi Tian walked into the arrival hall. There was no fork in the road, only an aisle leading straight to the gate.

　　Several local media outlets had been waiting outside the door, and when they saw him appear at the security checkpoint, they quickly raised their cameras towards him.

　　At the end of the aisle, several uniformed law enforcement officers from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and airport staff stood together, waiting for his arrival with solemn expressions.

　　When he reached the door, two law enforcement officers from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came up to him, one on each side, and showed him their IDs: “Excuse me, are you Mr. Shi Tianshi?”

　　Shi Tian nodded.

　　"We are the Industrial and Commercial Bureau of the Economic Development Zone. You are suspected of two disputes involving the company's related-party transaction damage liability and individual partnership debt. Please go back with us to assist in the investigation."

　　After receiving the cooperation notice from the other party, Shi Tian signed his name and said, "I only have one request."

　　"Speaking."

　　"Let me see Ji Yuanlin."

　　The flashlights outside the gate kept flashing. He raised his eyes and looked directly into the camera. "Before that, I will not answer any questions."