Soul Patch

Chapter 160 Disobedient

Something's happened, of course something's happened!

Wenjie commanded the receptionist, "Send over the surveillance footage I just asked you to retrieve as soon as possible, along with the footage from the 16th-floor meeting room from the last half hour."

After saying that, Wenjie abruptly hung up the phone.

Li Shiman was a little confused by Xiao Wen's sudden change. She glanced at Wenjie and saw that he didn't look well, so she asked him with concern:

"Mr. Wen, are you under too much pressure? How did the report you prepared this afternoon go? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"What time is the afternoon report?" Wenjie asked, feeling a little short of breath as he paced back and forth in his office.

“Afternoon…” Li Shiman glanced at her work log and said, “Four o’clock in the afternoon.”

Afternoon...4 PM?

Wenjie, who had walked to the window, suddenly turned around, his sharp eyes fixed on Li Shiman's face. Li Shiman probably had been tired that morning, as she looked somewhat weary now.

She raised her hand and pounded her shoulder, then stretched and alternately pounded her left and right arms.

Who will be participating?

Just as Wenjie finished speaking, his phone rang again.

He picked up the phone, glanced at the screen, and then his hand holding the phone trembled slightly.

He felt like he wasn't holding a phone, but a time bomb.

Because the name flashing on the screen is still: Wen Tianyi.

Seeing that Wenjie had been staring at the phone for a long time without answering, Li Shiman reminded him, "Mr. Wen, your phone is ringing."

Wenjie composed himself, turned to look at Li Shiman, and asked, "You can hear the phone ringing, right?"

Li Shiman was speechless. Wasn't that obvious? Did they think I was deaf?

However, she couldn't show the slightest dissatisfaction with Young Master Wen on her face, and patiently said, "I can hear you!"

Wenjie received confirmation from Li Shiman and thought to himself: Since others can hear it too, it means I'm not hallucinating!

He pressed the call button.

"Wenjie, come up here! How did you find your assistant's body in your office? Where did you run off to?"

The questions on the phone grew louder and louder, forcing Wenjie to hold the receiver further and further away, as if Wen Tianyi would jump out and lecture him if he got too close.

Listening to his father's scolding, a subtle emotion welled up inside him, as if a string in his heart had been plucked... He hung up the phone and stared at it blankly for a long time.

It feels so good to have a father who disciplines you and to have a father who is strict with you!

Li Shiman noticed Wenjie's resistance when answering the phone and his delighted smile after hanging up. She pretended everything was normal and looked at Wenjie with a gaze as calm as a deep lake.

“I’m going upstairs; my father is looking for me.”

Li Shiman smiled and nodded.

This time, Wenjie did not encounter any strange phenomena. When the elevator reached the 20th floor, there were no flickering LED lights, nor was there a gloomy and desolate empty office area.

Conversely, as soon as the elevator doors opened, a cacophony of voices filled the air—footsteps, shouts of greeting, and the sounds of phones ringing out all at once…

This looks more like a normal crime scene!

As soon as Wenjie showed his face, he was caught by Wen Tianyi, who was waiting at the elevator door. Wen Tianyi grabbed Wenjie's arm and pulled him into his office.

The door slammed shut with a loud bang.

"Wenjie, after such a big incident, you still have the mood to be all lovey-dovey with Li Shiman? Tell me... how did my assistant die in your office?" Wen Tianyi shouted angrily at Wenjie.

He seems to be really angry.

Not to mention that such a murder has never happened in the company before, even if it did, Wenjie's first reaction upon discovering it was not to come over and discuss countermeasures with him, but to go to the public relations director's office for idle chat...

This...this is infuriating!

Looking at his father, who was furious, Wenjie felt that his father was also particularly adorable in this state.

However, we need to find a way to calm my father down, because getting angry like this will damage his liver.

He quickly changed his mind and decided to give a brief reply, as not wanting his father to worry was the most important thing.

"Dad, how would I know what happened? I lost my employee ID, and I couldn't open the office door. You know that, right? I went to Li Shiman's office... wasn't it all to distance myself from the murder?"

Wenjie chuckled and explained.

Wen Tianyi's sharp gaze swept over Wen Jie, sizing him up from head to toe.

Just then, the intercom on his desk rang.

He answered the phone calmly, glancing at Wenjie every now and then.

Wenjie's sixth sense told him that the phone call must be related to him.

Sure enough, after Wen Tianyi hung up the phone, the anger on his face subsided considerably. He forced a smile and said to Wen Jie, "Go back to your office. The police are conducting a routine check."

"Oh"

Wenjie responded, then, as if remembering something, slowly asked, "Dad, did you call me just now?"

Wen Tianyi paused for a moment, then said, "No!"

After speaking, he looked down at his palms, clasped his hands together, and focused his gaze on the nail of his thumb.

Wenjie left the office and was heading towards his own office.

The short distance from Wen Tianyi's office to his own took him a long time; the more anxious he was to get there, the slower he seemed to walk.

As I rounded a bend, I felt a gust of wind.

Immediately following was a muffled thud, followed by a sharp pain in the back of his head.

"Hiss!" Someone ambushed him.

Wenjie crouched down, barely managing to steady himself, and turned around to deliver a hook punch to the attacker.

However, the squatting motion was a few beats slower than usual. He felt as if the parts of his body were out of his control, moving slowly like a snail.

Just like slowing down a video, when a frame that is normally played out is shown at 5 or even 10 times the speed, the stuttering and lag are simply unbearable.

Wenjie did the same, watching himself squat down like an old man practicing Tai Chi, then turn around and throw a punch...

There wasn't even a thread left behind.

Hearing a noise to his right, he slowly turned to the side, preparing to kick hard to the right.

Oh no, he moved even slower, and before he could even get his body checked, he got hit on the head twice more.

He felt warm liquid flowing down his head, and waves of throbbing pain surged from his head, spreading throughout his body, as if every cell was trembling with pain...

Holy crap! What the hell is going on?

I felt like a lamb to the slaughter, only able to take the beating and completely powerless to fight back.

Suddenly, Wenjie felt a loud whooshing sound. He slowly tried to turn his head to look, but felt as if a club had hit him on the head.

This blow was several times stronger and faster than the previous one, and the whistling wind it generated brought it closer to Wenjie's body, making him feel an unprecedented fear.

Close, closer!

"Whoosh!" It drew closer.

"Whoosh!" Every hair on my body stood on end.

"Whoosh!" My internal organs trembled!

(End of this chapter)