Pyramid Hanging Upside Down Chapter 10

Chapter 10

“I’ll go.”

“No, too slow.”

Qi Feiluan and Ji Xingyuan spoke at almost the same moment. Qi Feiluan closed his mouth after realizing this.

“If Grantham realizes that we are investigating this matter, he is likely to disclose the data of the associated crystal mine in advance, so that we will be completely passive.” Ji Xingyuan said, “So, it must be quick, secret, and a sure hit.”

“It’s too slow to let people from the Earth side go over to investigate. I will ask Captain Black Eyes stationed on the planet to conduct a secret investigation and get the data back as soon as possible.”

The confidant thought for a while and said: “The problem is with Black Tong… The new mine of the planet is in the hands of Ji Taizhen. You have just asked people to take over Black Tong. The people over there may not be reliable. If you let the people over there investigate secretly, they may alert the snake.”

Although it takes a little longer to send people over from Earth, the people sent over from this side are absolutely loyal and reliable.As long as Grantham is not aware that Ji Xingyuan is investigating, it is safer to send someone there than to select someone from the Black Eyes to investigate.

Qi Feiluan knew what Ji Xingyuan was thinking, so he put forward a compromise suggestion: “Let Captain Heitong inspect the mine in the name of handover and take pictures of the actual crystal mine. If he is reliable, problems will definitely be seen in the images transmitted back, and then let him get the data; if he is unreliable, send people from Earth.”

Ji Xingyuan glanced at Qi Feiluan, clasped his fingers on the table and said, “Okay, let’s do it like this.”

His confidants also thought it was appropriate. After he reported the situation and obtained the solution, he immediately left without stopping, seizing the limited rest time at noon.

Qi Feiluan and Ji Xingyuan were left in the office again. Qi Feiluan thought for a while and said: “If the images sent back from Black Eyes show that everything is normal, then I will apply to lead a team to investigate.”

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Qi Feiluan could imagine that Ji Xingyuan would refuse immediately.

When his confidants were present before, when he made the suggestion, he just said “send people from the earth again”. He didn’t say to send himself there, which just blurred the point. He asked Ji Xingyuan to agree first.

Therefore, Qi Feiluan stated the reasons for his application before Ji Xingyuan spoke:

“Except for what he said that I was trained on the planet, and because if Heitong’s behavior alerts Ji Taizhen, I am the person who works for you who has the most reason to disappear for a week.” Qi Feiluan said, “Other people you trust will receive a certain amount of attention. It’s okay if they disappear for two or three days, but if they disappear for seven or eight days, they will definitely let the other party know that these people are performing a secret mission. But I have reason to disappear for seven or eight days.”

“In their eyes, I accompany you through the susceptible period. It is normal for me not to show up during this period, and they will not have too many doubts. Although it will definitely take 15-30 days for me to go back and forth, 7-10 days is enough for me to reach the planet and obtain data. By the time they found out that I had disappeared for more than ten days and started to become suspicious, I was already on the returning spacecraft.”

Ji Xingyuan didn’t speak in a hurry. When he heard Qi Feiluan’s first sentence, he stared at him motionless.

The gaze was both sharp and dark, like a non-reflective knife, trying to cut through the layers of Qi Feiluan’s words to reveal his true intentions.

More importantly, I am the most loyal to you and the person you trust the most.

If it were in the past, Qi Feiluan would definitely say this, but now under such gaze, he just said: “So I think I am the most suitable person to lead the team.”

To be honest, it’s ridiculous.

Ji Xingyuan is not a stupid or willful person. He knows very well that the most suitable leader is Qi Feiluan.

If it were in the past, Ji Xingyuan would have handed over this important task to Qi Feiluan without Qi Feiluan opening his mouth.

But now, he has to tentatively throw out a vague introduction and then state his reasons sentence by sentence, just to take over a hard job with great risks.

Qi Feiluan didn’t know what Ji Xingyuan saw. He only heard him say: “Is this a way for you to try to leave me by actively applying for a dangerous mission? If so, then I will give you a New Year’s Day holiday, and you can go back to accompany your parents. I am not unavailable. If the images returned by Black Eyes show no abnormalities, I will send others to obtain the data.”

“I didn’t want to leave you, why do you always think like this?”

Qi Feiluan no longer wants to play this kind of “do you want to leave me” suspicion with Ji Xingyuan.

“And you know better than me that it is impossible for me to leave your side.”

“Isn’t positioning, monitoring, and controlling enough? Or do you expect me to stay with you?”

“Ji Xingyuan, I am indeed yours. I work for you with your interests as the core and from your interests. If you don’t trust me and don’t want to use me, I lose the meaning of working for you, then what am I?”

“The furnishings you put next to you? Or the vase placed next to you?”

The invisible shell covering Qi Feiluan’s body burst into a crack, revealing some light that made Ji Xingyuan feel familiar.

However, the light finally passed away. Qi Feiluan closed his eyes as he spoke sonorously. When he spoke again, he had regained his former calm: “I will not leave you, and I cannot leave your side. Mr. Ji, in this definition of you, I am you.”Before, I was still a human being, I had my own parents, so I needed to accompany them on holidays;after I am your definition, I am still your subordinate, let me work for you, so that I can continue to be by your side until death.”

The longer he stayed with Ji Xingyuan, the more he felt that his self and the meaning of his existence were being worn away. Qi Feiluan would often think back to the things that happened when they were young. Relying on the support of those memories and the belief of working for Ji Xingyuan, he could continue to endure such a life.

If he is no longer needed for work, what is left for him?An empty shell that is possessed and does not belong to you?

“Leave this investigation task to me and I will complete it successfully.”

Until death… Ji Xingyuan chewed these words, looked at Qi Feiluan’s calm but firm face, and unconsciously clenched and unclenched his left hand.

“You will spend the New Year’s Day holiday with your parents first. The results of the black pupil have not been returned yet. If the images really show that there is no problem, we will consider who will be sent there.”

Layers of invisible barriers lie between the two of them. Both of them know why the barriers exist, but they both avoid them.

Qi Feiluan thought that at least he got three days of New Year’s Day holiday, which was considered good.

On December 31, a meeting of leaders will be held on the top floor of the Jijia Building at 8 a.m. Qi Feiluan, dressed in standard clothes, stood with his secretary and watched the bosses walk into the conference room.

Qi Feiluan had an earphone in one ear, listening to the report given to him by his subordinates in the earphone.

“Mr. He is already on the way and will arrive as scheduled.”

“Mr. Samuel has arrived and entered the elevator.”

“Captain, the important person of concern, Mr. Tan, has not left yet.”

Mr. Tan.

Qi Feiluan frowned. This man used to be a confidant and veteran of Ji Xingyuan’s father, Ji Tailin. After Ji Tailin’s sudden death, he had repeatedly questioned the cause of Ji Tailin’s death. Recently, he had become very close to Ji Xingyuan’s uncle, Ji Taizhen.

This person himself is a key figure. He did not come to participate this time because he wanted to show resistance and non-cooperation and not give Ji Xingyuan face.

Qi Feiluan raised his hand to hold the earphones and said coldly: “Act according to the plan.”

If he doesn’t come, then ‘invite’ him to come.

With the help of Ren Yan’s information, Hongtong made corresponding plans for each of the key figures.

If he comes here by himself, he can save some dignity, but if someone with red eyes invites him to come, he will lose even half of his dignity.

Qi Feiluan put down his hand. The secretary next to him looked at him and said with a smile: “Mr. Qi, there are still fifteen minutes before the meeting starts. I’ll go in first.”

Qi Feiluan nodded, then took out his cell phone and stared at the time.

In the last three minutes, the elevator dinged and Mr. Tan stepped out of the elevator together with the red-eyed team member who invited him over.

Mr. Tan walked towards the conference room, and the red-eyed team members followed him step by step.

When passing by Qi Feiluan who was standing in front of him, Mr. Tan stopped, looked sideways at Qi Feiluan, and said, “The new person in charge of Hongtong, is this Qi Feiluan? You are very capable. You are really very capable. I will remember you.”

“Thank you, Mr. Tan, but the meeting is about to start, so I’m sorry.” After Qi Feiluan finished speaking, he winked at the man with red eyes.

The red-eyed team members quickly approached Mr. Tan and controlled him from behind.

“You…”

In the conference room, as the seconds continued to beat, the time was getting closer and closer to the official start time of the meeting, but the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more tense because one of the chairs present was always empty.

Ji Xingyuan sat at the top without saying a word, as if waiting for something.

Time passed minute by minute, until the last minute, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, Qi Feiluan stepped in, stood still under everyone’s gaze, and said to Ji Xingyuan: “Mr. Ji, Mr. Tan is here.”

As soon as he finished speaking, two red-eyed team members, one on the left and one on the right, almost forced Mr. Tan in.

After Mr. Tan came in, the two red-eyed players let go of their hands and exited the conference room.

Mr. Tan’s face was so gloomy that he could almost shed tears. He didn’t expect that Qi Feiluan really didn’t intend to leave him any dignity at all.

There are many people of his generation in the conference room. They have been capsized in the gutter and dragged into the conference room by juniors. Now they don’t know how to laugh at him in their hearts.

But Mr. Tan was the one who climbed to this position after all. He had already lost enough embarrassment. He knew that getting angry again was just to add to the joke, so he endured it and walked to an empty seat to sit down.

Qi Feiluan completed the task and took a few steps back to sit next to the secretary.

When everyone officially arrived, Ji Xingyuan said, “Okay, the meeting has officially begun.”