At this moment, the time has passed two o'clock in the afternoon, and just as the sun is shining, the boundary of Serum Ridge is still cloudy.

Because they took different paths after going down the mountain, the two parted ways after a brief goodbye and went their separate ways.

The ten-mile journey was not too far for Shi Shen, who had practiced galloping. After a while, one person and one fox arrived at Baiwu City safely.

Stepping on the concrete floor on the outskirts of the city, the Nine-Tails once again retracted the other eight tails. The air quality here isn't very good, but it's still more than a little more pleasant than the foul smell of blood on Serum Ridge. Nine-Tails stood here, shaking his body, and only felt refreshed.

"Ash. It shouted.

Taking advantage of the sparse crowds in the suburbs, it just wanted to say a few words quickly. Otherwise, when they really get to the city center and join the Xu Group, it won't even have a chance to "buo".

The more than two hours on Serum Ridge just now were like struggling on the death line for it, and when it stayed on the mountain, it really thought it was going to die there, and it was a miracle for it to be able to get out of the mountain unscathed.

Nine-Tails gathered the cold qi again to help him clean the blood and mud on his trouser leg and asked, "How do you feel for the rest of your life after the catastrophe?"

"Huh?" Shi Shen looked down at his wet trouser legs, and then looked up at it, not knowing what time it was referring to the aftermath of the catastrophe.

"That's right. Nine-Tails suddenly remembered how he had looked when he had been holding it on the mountain and killing the group of Yin soldiers with one hand, and he didn't say anything more.

Probably for him, those two hours on the mountain were just a small episode that was not worth mentioning.

Shi Shen looked at it with a puzzled face, it shook its head, and did not speak again.

Wasn't it so strong that it was terrifying? But after its own spirit was destroyed, it ended up like this. However, Ember is getting stronger day by day, and now he is strong enough to protect it with one hand, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

It wouldn't be a bad thing if he was with it every day and every night.

People who have escaped death are always prone to overthinking, just like the current Nine-Tails, with a somewhat melancholy expression.

"What's wrong with my daughter-in-law?"

"Oh, not really. ”

"Still jealous?"

"Well, almost. ”

……

On the other side of the moment, standing in the Xu Group Building in the center of the city, President Xu Jie sat in the office, looking at the man sitting opposite with cold eyes.

"Then Mr. Xu means that he is unwilling to cooperate?" The man gently picked up the tea that the secretary had brewed for Xu Jie on the desk, put it to his mouth and blew it gently, and sighed lightly: "Good tea, but it's just misplaced." ”

"Mr. Yun is really good at laughing, it doesn't seem to matter to you where it should be placed. Xu Jie didn't want to look at him, and his reply to him was cold and terrifying.

Yun Yaoting cocked Erlang's legs, put down the teacup, his slender thighs swayed vigorously, his fingers slid smoothly in front of Xu Jie according to the documents on the table, and his expression pretended to be very sincere: "Mr. Xu doesn't think about it at all?"

Xu Jie sneered, didn't answer him, made a "please" gesture in the direction of the office door, and spit out two words with an indifferent expression: "Don't send it." ”

Yun Yaoting, who had a hot face and a cold buttocks, was not annoyed, but smiled, took the document on the table in his hand, thought about it for a moment when he turned around, and put the document back on the desk, a foxy smile flashed in the corner of his eyes: "The contract is still placed here by Mr. Xu, and Mr. Xu can still think about it when he is free, and Yun is waiting for your phone call to cooperate at any time." ”

"Secretary Li!" Xu Jie shouted outside the door as if no one was around.

In the next second, a well-dressed female secretary walked in, standing at the desk in an orderly manner, waiting for the president to give instructions.

"Yo, Mr. Xu will change his mind like this, and he called the secretaries in. Yun Yaoting raised his chin proudly, looking proud.

Xu Jie ignored him, pointed to the cup of tea on the table that Yun Yaoting had taken a sip of, and instructed the secretary who came in: "Secretary Li, take out this cup that Mr. Yun just touched and throw it away, if the beggars on the street want to use it, you can also give it to them." ”

“……”

The expression on Yun Yaoting's face was instantly wonderful.

Secretary Li, who was standing on the side, almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Xu Jie glared at her, and she immediately picked up the teacup and walked out, with a sneaky snicker on the corner of her mouth.

"What are you doing standing here?" Xu Jie lay comfortably in the boss's chair, put on the expression he had just laughed at himself, and mocked back as he was: "Do you want to drink a few more teas at my place?"

"You!"

Yun Yaoting was so angry that the corners of his mouth almost didn't twitch, but he didn't expect that Xu Jie was young, and his ability to put people together should not be underestimated.

But now that he was in the enemy camp, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't attack in person, so he had to snort coldly and leave with his sleeves up.

Xu Jie turned back into a cold face, looking sharply in the direction of the office door.

A rose on the right side of the desk is in full bloom, and the dazzling sunlight shines through the window, illuminating the bright red blood rose even more delicately.

"Dangdang!"

There was a brief knock on the door, the office door was ajar, and a man in a suit was at the door, knocking with his right hand.

Xu Jie closed his eyes tiredly, beckoned casually, and motioned for him to come in.

The man nodded, habitually closed the door after entering, and then walked quickly to him, and asked respectfully, "What is the reason why the president called me?"

"Are there any people from Guangyuan Mountain?" Xu Jie rubbed his frowning brows, he hadn't slept well recently, and his nerves were about to collapse.

He had a hunch that something would happen today, and if Shi Ember couldn't arrive before tonight, then the pre-prepared lifetime contract would probably expire directly.

"When I went to the mountain before, Ember said that he would arrive in three days, but now that the three-day deadline is up, they should already be on their way. The man in the suit replied calmly, believing that Ember would not break the contract or be late. He had dealt with Shi Ember before, and he knew who he was, but after a long time, Shi Ember didn't remember him.

Xu Jie said lightly, he only had to pray that Shi Shi would not breach the contract, otherwise it would not be a simple matter of liquidated damages and credibility at that time.

The man in the suit in front of him is called Rong Nan, who is a bodyguard secretly raised by the Xu family and his confidant. Last week, he was always inexplicably unstable, and he couldn't sleep well at night, and he always felt that someone would stab him in the back at any time in the past few days. The company has just developed a new game in the past few days, and the public beta response has been good, in order to be able to start the service smoothly, he didn't tell anyone about his illness, and it didn't have any obvious effect to go to a psychiatrist. But it's not a problem to be anxious like this all the time, and in desperation, Xu Jie can only tell his symptoms to Rong Nan, who has studied medicine in China for several years.

Ordinary people usually persuade him to go to the hospital to have a look, but as soon as Rong Nan came up, he said that he could try to go to Guangyuan Mountain to invite "immortals", Xu Jie knew that the "immortals" in his mouth were just a synonym, or a title, and he didn't care. It wouldn't be a bad thing if someone could help him with his anxiety.

Seeing that the president was still a little uneasy, Rong Nan comforted: "Ember Shao should be almost there, if he leaves in the morning, he should have already arrived in the suburbs at this time." ”

Xu Jie pinched his forehead with a headache and waved his hand to signal that Rong Nan could go out.

"You are the only one in the group who knows that Ember Shao, you wait at the gate after you go down, and you personally pick them up when they arrive. Xu Jie commanded.

Rong Nan nodded, turned and left the office.

After Rong Nan left, Xu Jie looked at the contract on the table again. This dense white paper with black letters written on it is particularly glaring on the black sandalwood desk.

"The headache is again. ”

Xu Jie sighed helplessly, endured the pain and took out a small white bottle from the desk drawer. His trembling fingers laboriously unscrewed the cap of the bottle, poured out two white pills from it, and swallowed it with his head on the table as he swallowed the unopened bottle of mineral water.

Western medicine works quickly, and the headache disappears a lot as soon as the medicine is taken into the stomach. Xu Jie stood up with his forehead and took out a thick book with a black cover wrapped in black paper from the huge bookshelf behind him.

The book was placed in a corner that Xu Jie could reach but was inconspicuous, he took the book in his hand, took out a napkin and gently wiped off the slightly stained dust on the book, and waited until the writing looked dust-free, he sat on the office chair with it and opened it carefully.

The cover of the book was covered with book paper, and on the first page of the opening, several large characters immediately came into view, shocking the dragon and the phoenix, and the sky was powerful.

This is a calligraphy book to watch.

Xu Jie's obsession with calligraphy can no longer be described as love. The whole group, from the directors to the employees, all know that their President Xu is obsessed with calligraphy to the point of madness.

Just a few days ago, his brother brought him a book of calligraphy from nowhere. Xu Jie simply can't put it down with the spirit of the font in this book, and he is not satisfied with reading it once, and has repeatedly observed it several times. Later, he simply came to the company, and when he was free, he took a look at it twice, and his incurable headache slowly improved.

But he only dared to watch, but he did not dare to copy. He knew that the gap between himself and the calligrapher's foundation was too great, and the characters he copied would never be as good as his background. So why bother humiliating yourself, it's also extremely good to take the time to watch and appreciate it.

"Dangdang!"

According to the previous order issued by the president, the finance department has listed the expenses for promoting the new game. And now, the Minister of Finance has personally knocked on the president's office with a list.

For a long time, there was no movement inside.

The Minister of Finance is also an old subordinate of the group, and he has worked in the Xu family for more than ten or twenty years. Seeing Xu Jie ascend to the position with his own eyes, and having been with him for several years, he naturally understands the president's hobbies. Generally, there is no movement after knocking on the door twice, if it is not absent, then there is only one situation.

"I'm looking at calligraphy again. The Minister of Finance sighed helplessly. He twisted the financial report form in his hand, pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head and left the president's office.

Xu Jie's hobby of calligraphy is known to everyone in the group, and he is extremely disgusted with others disturbing him when he watches. If you disturb it rashly, you will only die to the point that there is no scum left. Therefore, if there are no too important documents that need to be endorsed and stamped by the president, the group employees generally will not bother him.

However, the employees of Xu's Group will not bother, which does not mean that the mobile phone placed on Xu Jie's desk will not.

Xu Jie was looking at calligraphy in a good situation, and the familiar phone rang suddenly.

A sharp ringing suddenly came from the office, which could be heard quietly when the tip of the needle landed, like a loud * thrown when people were unprepared, and there was a "bang" sound, which made Xu Jie almost slow down.

Xu Jie, who came back to his senses, endured his anger, grabbed the mobile phone next to him, looked at the call notes displayed on the mobile phone screen, and was so angry that he almost lost his eyes to breathe fire. But the rationality of galloping in the business world for many years finally calmed him down, because the person who called him was his brother's homeroom teacher.

Xu Jie's younger brother is a veritable gentleman, who does not learn and has no skills, and sits and eats nothing. He squandered the living money given to him by his family, and usually asked someone out to fight when he had nothing to do, smoked cigarettes, and lived a chaotic life at school.

There are so many violations of discipline that almost the entire school students know his name. As a frequent visitor to the teaching office, the school naturally wanted to expel him, but he had no choice but to give up because of the Xu family's money and power. It's useless to be fired, Xu Jie can send him in again by dredge up the relationship at will. The school-level leaders now just want to survive until he graduates, and the school will be clean when he graduates.

So as soon as his brother's homeroom teacher called, Xu Jie knew that this guy must have caused trouble in the school again.

"Hey, is it Xu Shaoyang's parents?"

As soon as he answered the phone, there was a fierce female voice with anger on the other side.

"Well, I am. ”

"Are you free now? Xu Shaoyang sent people to the hospital again in the morning. ”

"Oh. ”

Probably because he had heard too many of these things, Xu Jie had long been accustomed to his younger brother's fights. As long as you don't take the knife out, it's not a big deal.

"Hey, what kind of attitude do you have? Is this a statement that you should have as a parent of a student? No wonder Xu Shaoyang would rebel like this, with you as a ......?"

"Stop!" Xu Jie stopped her lion roar with a headache. What does it have to do with his unreassuring younger brother's fondness for making trouble? I really don't know what this head teacher is excited about.

However, even if the head teacher does not invite the parents, he has to go to his younger brother's school to see, and he originally had some family affairs that he needs to deal with with his younger brother. Since he happened to cause trouble, it just so happened that they could also be solved together.

"Secretary Li!"

Xu Jie picked up the contract given to him by Yun Yaoting on the table, glanced at it casually, and threw it into the trash.

Secretary Li stood at the door and knocked symbolically on the door and asked, "Mr. Xu, what's the matter?"

"You help me clean up the documents on this table, and when Rong Nan comes up, you ask him to take care of my guests for me first. ”

"Okay, Mr. Xu. ”