What's wrong with being a salted fish?

Seeing that Qi Hengshu was very interested in changing jobs, Lin Zhuo thought about it. Anyway, in the original plot, he was poached by Duan Yunqi in the end, so he should be able to agree to his request.

As for poaching, isn't it the same thing whether you poach early or late?

So Lin Zhuo nodded, and his tone was very kind: "Of course, the Duan family welcomes you."

After saying this, he lowered his head and sent a message to Duan Yunqi: [I have poached Qi Hengshu.]

Duan Yunqi still replied quickly: [I'll ask Xiao Yang to arrange a seat for him.]

【OK! 】

【Can I go back to sleep at night? 】

Lin Zhuo blushed when he saw the message. Duan Yunqi suddenly came to his senses a few days ago, so the two of them naturally spent a passionate night together.

Before Lin Zhuo could even catch his breath, Duan Yunqi, like an energetic puppy, tried to hold Lin Zhuo back to discuss things every night.

Lin Zhuo couldn't stand it anymore, so he kicked Duan Yunqi out of the master bedroom and asked him to go back to the guest bedroom to calm down for a few days.

Duan Yunqi couldn't stand having to stay alone in an empty room just after eating meat. He pestered Lin Zhuo to go back to sleep almost every day, but was rejected by Lin Zhuo without exception. This allowed Lin Zhuo to live a peaceful life for a few days.

Lin Zhuo subconsciously touched his waist, thank you, and began to feel pain.

At the same time, Lin Zhuo was also very puzzled. People always say that there is no such thing as a damaged field, only an exhausted ox. Why on earth can Duan Yunqi be so energetic? !

Never mind, he isn't used to sleeping alone anyway.

So Lin Zhuo sent him a nodding emoticon and then continued talking to Qi Hengshu.

On the other side, when Duan Yunqi saw the news that Lin Zhuo agreed, he couldn't help but smile. He could finally say that his wife was pregnant tonight.

"Ahem, Mr. Duan." Yang Song stood behind him and coughed twice to remind him.

Duan Yunqi looked up at him: What's the matter?

"Screen projection, it's on."

Yang Song couldn't help but hold his forehead while speaking: Did he really forget that his phone is connected to the big screen?

Duan Yunqi turned his head and saw his green bubble page projected on the big screen.

"..."

Oh no, he was replying to messages so smoothly that he forgot he was in a meeting.

Duan Yunqi calmly switched back to the PPT page and pretended nothing had happened: "Go on."

The other people in the meeting room didn't dare to say much, but the look they gave Duan Yunqi was somewhat intriguing.

Duan Yunqi silently changed his posture, then blocked other people's sight with his hands.

He bet that within a day, the whole company would know that his wife had kicked him out of his room to sleep.

......

Qi Hengshu was obviously a little skeptical about Lin Zhuo's words, probably because he spoke without any hesitation and it sounded like he was just making empty promises.

Qi Hengshu looked conflicted and moved his lips several times, but in the end, he said nothing.

"Do you have any concerns? You can just tell me." Compared to his uneasiness, Lin Zhuo and the others seemed very comfortable. Lin Zhuo signaled him to just say what he wanted to say and not to be shy.

Wan Linlin and Bai Li were concentrating on studying the store's menu; they both wanted to have some dessert.

"Well, although you can let me join the Duan family...but...well, what guarantee can you give me?" Qi Hengshu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people opposite him showed very obvious dull expressions on their faces at the same time.

This made Qi Hengshu feel unconfident: Did I say something weird? Why are you looking at me like that?

Lin Zhuo was surprised that Qi Hengshu didn't know their identities and still asked to join the Duan family? Huh?

"Wait wait wait wait!" Wan Linlin came back to her senses. She leaned towards Qi Hengshu and said, "You don't know our identities?"

Qi Hengshu felt even more puzzled: "Should I know?"

Wan Linlin was speechless. She lay on Bai Li, then stretched out her hand and whispered to Lin Zhuo, "You didn't tell him?"

Lin Zhuo was also stunned. After thinking about it, it seemed that it had indeed not been mentioned, so he shook his head awkwardly.

Wan Linlin: “…” Sister, why do you seem unreliable?

Lin Zhuo scratched his cheek embarrassedly and asked tentatively: "How about I show you the news about Duan Yunqi?"

Qi Hengshu said righteously: "How do I know if you hired an actor to deceive me?"

"What about audio or video?"

“It can be synthesized with technology.”

"How about making an appointment to meet Duan Yunqi?"

"No, what if you fail to achieve your goal and try to silence me?"

Lin Zhuo and Wan Linlin: “…” Are you guys being too vigilant?

Qi Hengshu might also feel a little embarrassed. He looked at the people in front of him. Although they were dressed simply but all were branded clothes, their expressions were sincere, without any shifty or sinister look. However, for his own safety, he still needed to be on guard.

"Okay, okay." Bai Li was amused by the way the three of them were talking to each other. She took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Qi Hengshu.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Bai Li, and I'm from the Bai family in this city. If you don't believe me, you can search online. There should be a lot of my photos. You can compare them."

Qi Hengshu took the business card and saw Bai Li's name written in cursive on it. However, out of caution, he still searched it online. Only after he made sure that it matched the person in front of him did he feel relieved.

"I'm so sorry." Qi Hengshu scratched his head. "Many people tried to recruit me before, but they either disguised their identities or couldn't afford to offend my boss. That's why I'm so cautious."

Bai Li covered her mouth and chuckled, "I understand." She extended her hand to introduce Lin Zhuo to Qi Hengshu, "This is the legal spouse of Duan Yunqi, the head of the Duan family. You can trust him."

Lin Zhuo said nothing and started to scratch the ground with his toes.

It's really not his fault, he feels ashamed every time he hears such words.

Lin Zhuo covered his face with his hands, trying to reduce his presence.

"What's wrong with him?" Qi Hengshu was puzzled by Lin Zhuo's actions.

Wan Linlin laughed: "Don't worry about it, he is shy, it's an old problem."

Qi Hengshu didn't understand what was going on and could only say "oh" twice.

Lin Zhuo recovered at this time, but his ears were red, and he was too embarrassed to look at Qi Hengshu's face, so he folded his hands in front of his face and asked Qi Hengshu: "How did you and Xu Wenhao know each other?"

When Qi Hengshu heard Xu Wenhao, he remembered that the three people in front of him had originally asked him to talk to him about Xu Wenhao, not to poach him.

He picked up the coffee and took a big gulp, but he choked himself because he drank too quickly and started coughing violently.

Wan Linlin quickly took out a tissue and handed it to him: "Don't be so excited, this is not wine. If you want to drink, we can go drink in the evening!"

As soon as Wan Linlin finished speaking, Lin Zhuo remembered the last time she got drunk and ordered a male model, but was caught by Duan Yunqi.

Lin Zhuo and Bai Li looked at each other and reached a consensus: Drinking? She couldn't even think about it!

Qi Hengshu on the other side waved to Wan Linlin, indicating that he was fine, but he kept coughing.

It took him a long time to recover, and then he didn't know what painful memory he recalled. He stared at the coffee cup that he had drunk with red eyes.

After a long while, Qi Hengshu finally spoke: "Sorry, I'm too excited."

"it's okay no problem."

Qi Hengshu sighed: "My acquaintance with Xu Wenhao was purely accidental."

Qi Hengshu ordered another glass of sparkling water, took two sips to moisten his throat, and told Xu Wenhao about his ill-fated relationship with him.

He and Xu Wenhao are both students at the A City Academy of Fine Arts.

That is the school that many art students aspire to be. When Qi Hengshu received the admission notice, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

When Qi Hengshu was very young, his parents died in a car accident. His family was not poor, but because he was too young, his parents' remaining property was divided up by his relatives; he himself was passed back and forth between several relatives' homes, and was finally sent to an orphanage.

Fortunately, he met a kind person who was wealthy and kind, and was willing to sponsor several students in the orphanage to go to school.

However, Qi Hengshu's academic performance was average, but he had some talent in art. So the kind-hearted person suggested that Qi Hengshu switch to art, and he would cover all the expenses.

Qi Hengshu then picked up his paintbrush.

After another three years of hard work, he finally reaped the rewards. The kind-hearted person was happy for him and provided him with funds for four semesters of college. After that, he no longer contacted Qi Hengshu.

Later, Qi Hengshu contacted the dean and learned that the kind-hearted person was still sponsoring other children, but he just didn't have much contact with the children who had completed their studies.

When Qi Hengshu was looking forward to his wonderful life in college, he met Xu Wenhao.

It's hard not to know each other, even though they are in the same major but in different classes.

Because Xu Wenhao's first day was very high-profile, he gave valuable gifts to all his classmates.

Xu Wenhao had a superior family background and was outstanding in appearance. In addition, he was arrogant in his behavior. Within a few days, almost everyone in their courtyard knew about Xu Wenhao.

Not to mention that many people come to him because he is rich and handsome.

None of this had anything to do with Qi Hengshu, but what left a deep impression on Qi Hengshu was that one day, his roommates were whispering in the dormitory about whether they knew that Xu Wenhao got in through connections.

The other four people immediately became interested and asked what was going on. Qi Hengshu was also quite curious, so he listened as well.

His roommate said that Xu Wenhao said this when he was drunk. He said that the drawing paper he handed in during the college entrance examination was actually someone else's. Because there were so many people who wanted to curry favor with his family, his father only needed to give others a little bit of sweetness, and naturally someone would rush to work for his family. Replacing other people's drawing paper was just a piece of cake.

His roommate even said mysteriously that Xu Wenhao actually couldn't draw at all, but because art students were good at cheating, his dad sent him to study art.

However, they just listened to it for fun at the time. In their hearts, they still believed in the fairness of the college entrance examination and thought that Xu Wenhao was just drunk and acting crazy.

Qi Hengshu didn't take it to heart at the time, but a few days later someone spread Xu Wenhao's words, causing quite a stir.

The dean of their college gave both verbal warnings and text notifications, and finally caught several students who spread the most rumors and gave them warnings.

That day, Qi Hengshu happened to pass by the dean's office of his college and heard a student inside crying heartbreakingly: "He stole his grades! Those are my friend's grades! Xu Wenhao is a despicable thief!"

Qi Hengshu wanted to leave quickly, but he heard the usually amiable dean making a dissatisfied and mocking voice: "So what if it is true, so what if it is not true? Do you have evidence? Do you have evidence to prove that the son of the Xu family stole your friend's grades?"

The student stopped talking.

The dean continued, "Even if there is, what can we do? Do you know who his father is? If you say today that his son stole someone else's college entrance examination scores, tomorrow his father will make it impossible for you and your entire family to survive in City A! Do you want to take a gamble?"

Qi Hengshu froze in place, his heart beating rapidly. He wanted to leave but couldn't move.

Soon the student inside came out. The other party's red eyes and ferocious expression were deeply imprinted in Qi Hengshu's heart.

Qi Hengshu didn't remember what mood he was in when he returned to the dormitory, but since then, he basically avoided Xu Wenhao.

But things went against his wishes. In his junior year, Xu Wenhao and he participated in the same art competition. They met when they registered, and Xu Wenhao said something to him that he still remembers to this day.

"Keep working hard, classmate Qi."

Qi Hengshu's heart sank at that moment. He didn't understand what Xu Wenhao meant by saying this to him. Did the other party know him?

Later he knew what that meant.

The author's signature on the work he submitted was finally changed to Xu Wenhao, and that work won the second prize in the competition.

Because it was a formal and technically demanding competition, Xu Wenhao soon went abroad to study with this honor.

But Qi Hengshu got nothing.

Qi Hengshu also tried hard to prove that he was the owner of the painting.

He went to find the teacher who had taught him at the time and the classmates who had used to share a classroom with him, but they all shook their heads and denied that they had ever seen Qi Hengshu's paintings.

Qi Hengshu even checked the surveillance footage later but found nothing.

He didn't even appear in the surveillance footage.

He looked at the work he had painted with dismay. It was hung on the school's wall of outstanding works, but the signature on the lower right corner was Xu Wenhao's name.

What made Qi Hengshu feel even more terrified was that, because he seldom visited the school forum, he didn't know there was a post about Xu Wenhao.

The post is full of works created by Xu Wenhao, but eight out of ten of them were created by himself.

He didn't even know when Xu Wenhao stole them!

Only then did Qi Hengshu understand why some people in school had looked at him with contempt before.

He covered his face and laughed at himself, fearing that they all thought he was the plagiarist.

Qi Hengshu gradually stopped going to classes and stayed in his dorm every day.

The dean of the college may have heard about it, so he invited Qi Hengshu to his office.

Qi Hengshu sat opposite him, looking at the other's kind face, and suddenly remembered the conversation he heard when he was a freshman.

He couldn't help thinking in his heart: I wonder what kind of mood that student is in as he sits here.

He didn't feel angry, he just felt it was ridiculous and absurd.

Qi Hengshu heard the dean asking about his situation and whether he needed help.

Qi Hengshu just thought the other party was talking nonsense. He raised his eyes and looked directly at the other party, expressionless and cold in his voice: "I want fairness, can you give it back to me?"

The dean was very calm. He stroked his beard and asked Qi Hengshu with great concern: "Did you encounter any injustice?"

"You should know better than me. After all, all the works are handed over to you."

The dean understood, but he still looked kind: "Xiao Qi, don't say anything without evidence. Xiao Xu won the award based on his own strength. What does it have to do with you?"

"Is his strength to use my works to cover up his own incompetence? Or is he using his strength to fill the insatiable pockets of people like you?" Qi Hengshu sincerely felt that these people were not only shameless, but also spoke in a high-sounding manner.

He couldn't remember how Qi Hengshu left the office. He only remembered the last words the dean said to him.

"Xiao Xu needs this award more than you do. He needs to gain experience so that he can study abroad and then come back to contribute to the country. What do you need? You have no background and yet you dare to slander Xiao Xu's innocence!"