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Li Su stood behind Chen Zheng, his fists clenched, his exhausted face full of incomprehension and anger.

Chen Zheng glanced at him indifferently, then calmly continued his phone call with Ye Ci.

Ye Ci's mocking voice came clearly from the phone's receiver.

"This Lu Yibai probably has schizophrenia. He's incredibly glamorous and gentlemanly in public, but behind closed doors he's a complete rage! You've followed him for so many years, you should at least have done your part, so why is he treating you like this?"

"Hmph..." Chen Zheng curled his lips and sneered, "To him, we're just a few dogs he keeps. Merit and hard work are completely unimportant; what matters is his happiness and comfort. As long as he's comfortable, any punishment or favor is a blessing!"

"And to be honest, the salary he offered us was at a normal market level, not inflated at all. If he fired me, with my education and work experience, I could find a job with the same salary anywhere."

"If that's the case, then why don't you quit?" Ye Ci asked, puzzled. "He treats you like dirt, why don't you leave him?"

“We can’t leave him…” Chen Zheng sighed dejectedly. “From the moment we followed him, we were dragged into the filth he spilled. Although we didn’t do many of the filth willingly, after so many years of aiding and abetting evil, we’ve long been tainted with a strong stench. If we don’t meet someone who can help us get out of this mess, we’ll never be able to leave.”

"President Lu is very good at exploiting people's weaknesses. My family and friends are all under his control. After being threatened by him for so many years, my heart has long been numb, and I have long been prepared to be used by him indefinitely. Until Xiao Zhao got into trouble."

"Xiao Zhao has followed him for so many years, and he was just thrown out as a scapegoat. It's clear that he has no sympathy for us whatsoever."

As he said this, Chen Zheng's gaze remained fixed on Li Su in the reflection of the screen.

"Xiao Zhao's today is our tomorrow. If we don't want to go to jail, we have to find another way to make a living."

"Hmm!" Ye Ci was very satisfied with Chen Zheng's idea. "People are selfish. Lu Yibai can abandon you for his own sake, and you can abandon him for your own sake. It's nothing, it's human nature."

"Heh..." Chen Zheng smiled bitterly.

“Sigh…” Ye Ci sighed and said casually, “In this respect, Lu Yibai is far inferior to our Brother Pei. Back when the Pei Group was on the verge of bankruptcy and there were loopholes everywhere in the company, Brother Pei was so anxious that he couldn’t sleep all night, but he never thought of letting any employee take the blame for him.”

He sold his house, his car, and everything of value in his home—all to pay his employees' salaries. "You're Lu Yibai's secretary, you must have heard about this, right?"

"I heard about it." Chen Zheng said truthfully, "At the time, everyone in Yuncheng was saying that President Pei was kind-hearted. Even though the company was in such a mess, he still didn't owe his employees a single penny."

Ye Ci: "That's right. The Pei Group was left in ruins, but his employees were completely unaffected. He bore all the consequences alone."

"Sometimes, you really can't compare people."

Chen Zheng: "Indeed, we can't compare. The more we compare, the more disheartened we become."

Ye Ci: "Alright, you can lie in wait for now. Call me anytime if there are any new developments. I'm hanging up now, I'm going to a meeting."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Ci hung up the phone.

"call……"

Chen Zheng put down his phone, leaned back in his chair, and let out a deep breath.

"...Who are you talking to on the phone?" Li Su stared at him with a gloomy gaze and asked in a cold voice.

He gave a brief, sharp twitch of his lips, and instead of answering, asked, "Didn't you hear everything? What are you still asking?"

"I..." Li Su was speechless, his expression changing instantly.

But now that the matter has been discussed, there's no need for him to play games with Chen Zheng.

"Chen Zheng, are you going to betray President Lu too?"

Chen Zheng turned his chair around and looked up at Li Su, who was questioning him: "Didn't President Lu betray us first? He can abandon us for his own benefit, so why can't we abandon him?"

Li Su clenched his fist in a dilemma: "But after all, President Lu has led us for so many years!"

“Yes,” Chen Zheng replied indifferently. “President Lu has indeed led us for many years, but we have also been beaten and scolded by him for many years.”

"See the wound on my forehead?" He pointed to his swollen forehead and said to Li Su with a wry smile, "I just got it, it's still fresh."

"..." Li Su looked at him with complicated eyes, his anger turning into reluctance and difficulty.

Chen Zheng: "Xiao Zhao came to work for President Lu right after graduation. How many shady things has he done for President Lu over the years? And what did he end up like? If he hadn't gone to work for President Pei, the only place we'd see him in the future would be jail!"

Zhao Siming's matter has always been a thorn in their side. Although neither of them has deliberately mentioned it since the incident, it doesn't mean they don't care.

Now that Chen Zheng has brought this matter to the forefront, Li Su feels quite uneasy.

"Li Su, if President Lu can be so ruthless to Xiao Zhao, do you think we two are any different? On the contrary, because we know too much, President Lu will definitely go all out if he makes a move!"

"What happens to Xiao Zhao today is what happens to us tomorrow. We can't escape it!"

Li Su: "So you've switched sides with Pei Xingzhi?"

"Otherwise what?" Chen Zheng retorted. "If I don't side with him, am I supposed to wait to become President Lu's scapegoat and go to jail for him?"

Do you want to go to jail?

Li Su certainly didn't want to. He had studied so hard for so many years, worked tirelessly year-round, and climbed the ranks with all his might, definitely not to climb up to the top and go to jail in Lu Yibai's place.

Chen Zheng: "We did all those dirty things for him, and he reaped the benefits without even sharing a drop of soup or water with us. Now that things have come to this point, we have no choice but to follow him as loyally as dogs."

"Li Su, we all have families and friends, let's think more about ourselves."

Li Su looked at him: "Are you sure Pei Xingzhi can protect us?"

Chen Zheng shrugged: "I'm not sure. But I think it's better to redeem oneself sooner rather than to make the same mistake again. Fang Bo has already been captured by Pei Xingzhi, and President Lu has no chance of winning."

"His downfall is inevitable; let's try to salvage what we can."

"..."

Li Su didn't speak, but his clenched fist slowly loosened.