TMH:RID.

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Chapter 571: Let The Captain Of The 8th Division Fight With Fu Zhi

Shen Cizhou fell silent for a moment. Then, he gave Fu Zhi a hug. He did not have a brother, so he could not understand the kinship between Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu. He just thought of comforting her because he felt she was sad.

Fu Zhi lifted her hand to wipe the tears off her eye as she said in a sobbing voice, "I didn't blame him. In fact, he did nothing wrong. The International Crime Unit is right. Experimentation is all about sacrifice, and it's through their sacrifice that I get a healthy body.

"I'm not sad that he's leaving. I'm just worried that he'll have a bad time in a place I don't know, but even if he's with me, I don't have the skills to save him either. He quietly coughed up blood in his room several times, and each time he had to go to wash the sheets and clothes behind my back. He's obviously not feeling well, yet he still has to take care of my feelings, but I can't do anything to help him. Have I been letting them down from the beginning?"

"Nope, you didn't let them down," Shen Cizhou said as he patted Fu Zhi's head. His blazer was wet with her tears as he sighed, "They will never be disappointed in you."

Lowering his head, he pinched her cheek that was overrun by tears and continued, "This is because you're Fu Zhi. For them, you're their sister, their family, so how can they be disappointed in you?

"Just like you've never been disappointed in them as well."

"Okay," Fu Zhi could not say anything anymore. Her chest was heaving up and down vigorously, and her entire body was shaking profusely.

It was as if she had just come back from a near-death experience.

Shen Cizhou patted Fu Zhi's shoulder gently as he swept a glance at Ye Jiu. "I'm sure you know the way to save them. It's just that you need some time. However, if you give up, nobody can save them anymore. So you have to pull yourself together first."

"Okay,' Fu Zhi took a deep breath and wiped the tears off her face. When she lifted her head up again after a short while, she had already stopped crying.

She looked towards the group of people outside of the room. She could see the people from the International Crime Unit, but Aurora and her people were nowhere to be found.

"Country M has come to claim Aurora and her people. Fu Yuan has no other choice but to let them go." Shen Cizhou said.

Fu Zhi nodded. Well, she had expected this. After all, Country M had put in a lot of effort and time in developing Aurora. Now that she had been damaged, it was without saying that they would come and claim her.

Fu Zhi took the glove off and exited the room.

The captains from the International Crime Unit were reporting to the headquarters. When they saw Fu Zhi, their hearts skipped a beat, and then they heard Fu Zhi saying, "Lock them up."

"How dare you, Fu Zhi?! You don't have the right to detain us!" The captain of the 5th division snapped.

"You're suspected of illegal trading, abduction of an intellectually challenged young man, and colluding with Aurora to harm the personal safety of Shen Cizhou. We have all the evidence with us, so we have every reason and right to hold you all in custody. As a law enforcer, I'm sure you know many of the criminal laws you have broken, captain. I'm truly disappointed in you."

Fu Zhi threw the glove into a dustbin, turned around, and barked out her order, "Take them away!"

The captains did not expect Fu Zhi would be so hard to deal with. They looked around them, and their expressions were ugly.

"Are you sure you want to make the International Crime Unit your enemy? Do you have any idea how many elites we have in our organization?"

"So?" Fu Zhi scoffed, "It's none of my business."

The face of the captain of the 5th division turned black as the bottom of a pot when he heard what Fu Zhi had said. He rolled his sleeves up and charged towards Fu Zhi.

As the saying went, if you want to catch a snake, you'd have to go for its head.

He knew this very well.

As he pounced towards Fu Zhi, a figure wearing the same silver mask as him appeared out of nowhere.

It was the captain of the 4th division. He hugged his waist tightly and shouted, "Calm down, brother! It would only make the situation even worse if you attack her right now!"

"Let go of me! Which side are you on?" The captain of the 5th division shouted, but the captain of the 4th division refused to budge. He wrapped his arms tightly around his waist and pushed him backward.

"No! I'm not letting you go! Have you forgotten how she beat Matthew up?!"

The captain of the 5th division froze.

Sensing his hesitancy, the captain of the 4th division pressed on, "Do you want to end up like Matthew? She beat him up just because he snatched her slushie away, but we nearly killed her brother!"

The captain of the 5th division stopped struggling.

'You're right!'

"So you have to stay calm, dude. We've gone through thick and thin together for so many years, and if you die young after provoking her, I will be the next one to be tortured! You have to hold on for me, brother!"

The captain of the 5th division did not know what to say.

Fu Yuan was speechless as well. He waved his hand and they were taken away.

After all of them were gone, he pointed at the room and said, "You won't be able to explain to your foster parents if you bring Ye Jiu back to Iris Time Villa, right? Why don't you leave him at my place, first? I've sent a message to Fu Zhao, and he's coming to Myanmar right now."

Fu Zhi thought for a while and nodded.

Then, Fu Yuan continued, "How about the people from the International Crime Unit? What do you want to do to them?"

"They did something wrong, so they have to pay the price. Tell their boss. If he wants to get them back, he has to pay me five million yuan for each of the members. I accept all sorts of payment methods, but installment is not allowed."

Fu Zhi paused for a moment. She seemed to have thought of something and she asked, "I remember there are about 20 people in one team, right?"

"Yes, other than the captain and the vice-captain, there are about 20 members in one division."

In other words, they had to pay a huge amount of money if they wanted to get all of them back.

The International Crime Unit was not a charity organization. Fu Yuan continued, "the price of the captains are the same as the price of those ordinary members under their hands?"

Fu Zhi replied, "All lives are equal."

Fu Yuan did not know what to say.

"If they have to pay you five million yuan to get one person back, they might be able to ransom a few of them only. What are you going to do with the rest?"

Fu Zhi threw a look at Fu Yuan, and Fu Yuan had no idea why but he had a feeling that she was looking at him as if she was looking at an idiot.

Then, before he could say anything, Fu Zhi said, "Have you ever heard of bundle sells?"

Fu Yuan was speechless.

Fu Zhi then added, "Anyway, tell their boss that I'll increase the price for another one million if they are late for one day. I'll give them five days maximum. If the boss doesn't want them anymore, I'll send them else way to earn money to back their freedom back."

Fu Yuan looked at Fu Zhi as if he was looking at a business tycoon.

—

Meanwhile, at a research institute in Country M.

The door was opened up and a file of men wearing white clothes came in. Each of them had a stern expression on their face.

The news of Aurora being defeated by Fu Zhi soon spread between the research institute in Country M.

They were now looking at the report they received from the head of the research institute.

"A broken nose, a damaged mechanical heart, and the combat package that we installed on her today have gone awry as well," the head of the research institute said as he pointed at an instrument not far away.

It was a container that could hold a grown man. There was a blue liquid flowing inside that glowed faintly. Aurora was inside the container right now. Her eyes were tightly shut, but she seemed to be vaguely conscious of the things happening around her. She knew her fathers were here, so she stretched her arms at them, hoping that they could comfort her.

"There must be some mistakes in our prediction. Aurora's parameters are way lower than Fu Zhi's parameters in her heyday," the head of the research institute did not notice Aurora's action and he sighed, "She has become a pile of wasted metals."

A mumble spread across the gathered researchers as they looked at each other.

Very soon, somebody asked, "Can we get Fu Zhi here so that we can study her brain and see what kind of resource package they have put into her head? After all, Fu Zhi is considered a rather successful specimen in their country."

"Did Aurora not find out anything from Ye Jiu today?"

"We have to rebuild Aurora. If she can't defeat Fu Zhi, it means that our technology is not as advanced as them!"

"Let's rebuild Aurora. An android that can't defeat Fu Zhi is useless!"

They all could not accept the fact that Aurora could not defeat Fu Zhi even though the latter was just a normal human being.

The head of the research institute then chimed in, "I'm sure Fu Zhi already knows that the mechanical heart in Aurora's chest is the same as the research done by the Fu Corporation's research institute. Therefore, we have to improvise it.

"Besides, it's not practical to get Fu Zhi here, but I'll keep in touch with Ye Jiu and try to make him cooperate with our research. Right now, all we have to do is upgrade Aurora's system. After all, we don't have much time left."

—

Unlike the group of researchers, the people of the International Crime Unit were anxious as if they were ants on a hot griddle.

There was no light in the basement, and the only light source they had was a laptop.

After they had keyed in the password and their respective fingerprints, they entered the meeting room of the International Crime Unit.

Due to the urgency of the situation, both captains clicked on the "emergency invitation" button in the meeting room.

The use of the "emergency invitation" button was to gather up the rest of the captains for an emergency meeting.

One after another captain soon entered the meeting room.

The captain-commander did not come, but the captain of the 2nd division knew what his colleagues had gotten into.

He had talked to Fu Yuan. Everything went well until Fu Yuan told him about the amount of ransom.

Perhaps he knew they would not be able to afford it, he said, "The captains for the 1st and 8th divisions aren't here yet, but let's not wait for them."

"Yes," said the captain of the 4th division, "I don't know what is going with the captain of the 8th division. Whenever we're facing an issue, she would definitely not offer any help. It's as if she's not part of us! I'm so unlucky to have a colleague like her!"

Jiang Ningbei then chimed in, "You should be grateful that she doesn't come. If she comes, you guys are going to be in big trouble."

"Alright, let's not talk about her," the captain of the 2nd division interrupted, "She is not coming. Let's discuss how you guys are going to escape from there.

"First, we need to know where you guys are so that we can send someone to extract you. At the same time, we need to find someone to draw Fu Zhi's attention."

The captain of the 4th division then asked, "Who is going to be the one to attract Fu Zhi's attention?"

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

They might've already volunteered themselves in the past, but after seeing the recording of Fu Zhi beating Matthew up, they had changed their mind.

The captain of the 4th division pressed on, "What are you guys still hesitating about?"

Someone said, "Of course we have to think twice. We don't want to get beaten to death by Fu Zhi before we can save you guys."

"I can't do it. I became the captain of the 3rd division due to my witness."

"I'm a hacker, so I can't do it as well."

Just when everyone was talking, someone came into the meeting room, and they were stunned.

It was the captain of the 8th division!

Something popped into the head of the captain of the 3rd division and he said, "Nice timing! Why don't you go and fight with Fu Zhi, captain of the 8th division?"

Chapter 572: Isn't That Fu Zhi On The Video Call?
It was 6:00 pm when Fu Zhi received the "emergency" invitation, and she lifted her eyebrows slightly in surprise when she saw the title of the text message.

[Title: We need your help!

Level of mission: SSS

Rewards: 5 million

Content: Challenge the most dangerous devil in the history of mankind. Come in now if you're a man, and let's bring light back to the world!]

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

'The most dangerous devil in the history of mankind, huh...'

Piqued by her curiosity, Fu Zhi clicked into the meeting room.

Since she had never attended a meeting after she joined the International Crime Unit. She did not bring any equipment with her, so she did not use any audio processing device to alter her voice.

At the moment the captain of the 3rd division finished speaking, she asked, "Fight with Fu Zhi?"

There was a hint of indifference in her voice as she drawled out her vowels. The people in the meeting room did not know why, but they all had a feeling that she was not someone to be trifled with.

Suddenly, she heard a noise as if something had fallen off the table.

She lifted her head and she saw a few captains were looking at her, particularly the captain of the 3rd and 7th divisions.

Even the captain of the 2nd division was stunned.

They knew the captain of the 8th division was a woman, but they had no idea why they had a feeling that her voice sounded like Fu Zhi!

However, they soon rejected the thought.

After all, they would use an audio device to alter their voices to prevent other people from learning their real identities. No one would use their original voice, so they all figured that she must have used an audio device and it was just so happened that she sounded like Fu Zhi after the alteration.

Nobody spoke for a moment.

Both captains from the 4th and 5th divisions were shaking as a bad feeling rose from their stomach pits.

The captain of the 3rd division was the first one to come around to his senses and clicked his tongue. He did not doubt the identity of the captain of the 8th division.

It was rumored that their chief commander, the founder of the International Crimes Unit, was the captain of the 8th division's father.

Then, Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu were brother and sister.

In his opinion, judging from the fact that their chief commander was willing to let Ye Jiu do the in vivo research, it was evident that he did not care about Ye Jiu at all.

No parents in this world would raise their kid as he was an indispensable object.

Therefore, this showed that the captain of the 8th division was not Fu Zhi at all!

When the thought came into his mind, he said, "Nice to meet you, captain. Your voice is so sweet. What kind of audio processing device are you using?"

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Well, this might not be related to our meeting, but I think we should hang out sometime after the mission. Maybe we can play games together!"

Fu Zhi was stunned. After that, she said, "98k and a silencer."

The captain of the 3rd division fell silent.

"Let's get back to our business first," the captain of the 2nd division said after he came around from his senses, "For this extraction, we're going to send in four teams. The 3rd division and I will be meeting up with the 4th and 5th divisions. As for the 6th division and 7th division, you guys stay back and be ready to assist us. The 8th division... You are going to distract Fu Zhi. Both of you are girls, maybe you guys have a lot of common topics to talk about."

Jiang Ningbei was the only one amongst them who knew the true identity of the captain for the 8th division. However, he was not going to say anything since he knew nobody would believe in him. As such, he just touched his nose and continued to watch the show.

"You want me to fight Fu Zhi? Serious?" Fu Zhi asked with her brows lifted. "What if I can't defeat this most dangerous devil that you guys speak of?"

"We have faith in you. Besides, we're not asking for your opinion. We're giving you an order, and all you have to do is do your part well," the captain of the 3rd division chimed in, "Besides, Fu Zhi is just a girl who happens to know how to drive a race car, so you don't have to be scared of her!"

Fu Zhi fell silent and she did not say anything in return.

The captain of the 3rd division then pressed on, "It's all due to our predecessors' effort that the International Crime Unit could reach where we're at today, so how can we let Fu Zhi destroy it? Am I right?"

"Yes!" Everyone chanted in chorus save for Fu Zhi. He looked at her and asked, "What are you busy with? Why don't you say anything?"

"I'm busy learning how to lick someone else's boots," Fu Zhi replied.

Chapter 573: The Clash Between Ye Jiu And Fu Zhao

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Honestly, Fu Zhao knew he could not blame Ye Jiu. After all, it was Zhou Tingting who wanted to harm Fu Zhi in the first place. He had asked his men to investigate her death, and they found out that she had brought a knife with her when she snuck out of the hospital that day. Besides that, all that she was talking about on the phone was revenge.

Of course, it went without saying that Fu Zhi was fully capable of handing Zhou Tingting herself. It was just that he was her father, and there were no parents in this world that wanted their kids to take someone else's life if she had a chance.

Ye Jiu had been a smart person. He knew better than everyone that Fu Zhi would not fall into Zhou Tingting's plan.

However, he still chose to do it and kill Zhou Tingting.

When Fu Zhao lifted his head to look at Ye Jiu, his eyes were bloodshot as he hissed, "What did you say?"

"I said, you should keep your crocodile tears away.. As long as you stop meddling with my personal matters, I can still play the father-and-son game with you. All in all, you just provided a gene to me. You weren't there when I needed you, so don't come telling me what to do now!"

"I'm your father!"

"Oh yeah? Have you ever cared about me? What kind of father are you? Fu Zhao, the person who has no right to say this word in this world is you! Yes, I have an antisocial personality disorder, and yes, I'm the one who brought disgrace to the Fu Family, but don't you forget why a few of us will leave this country. Fu Zhi doesn't know about it, but how about you? Do you not know about it too? Ask yourself, Fu Zhao, Are you worthy of being our father?

"All you care about is your company and your reputation. You even agreed to send Fu Zhi to the orphanage in order to please those people up there! You don't care how much Fu Zhi has suffered in the Zhao or the Lu Families! All of us are nothing but stepping stones in your path in getting wealth and status. When you've achieved your goal, you will cast us all out!" Ye Jiu shouted, staring back straight at Fu Zhao. His body was shaking from his anger and his face was livid with rage. Gone was the happy-go-lucky young man.

"When did I ever say that I thought you were a disgrace to my family, and when did I not care about my daughter?" Fu Zhao pointed at Ye Jiu as he stared at the youngest son he loved most. "I sent Fu Zhi away because I want her to have a normal life. I don't want her to spend the rest of her life with nothing but lifeless machines! I don't want you to kill people because you'll get yourself killed if they deem you too dangerous for society! Ye Jiu, you're different from others. They have been watching you the whole time, so you have to be more careful with what you do and what you say. How can you not understand that?"

"Yes, I don't understand at all," Ye Jiu replied, his voice cold, "But don't worry, I'm no longer one of the Fu Family. Even if I was killed, I won't bring any disgrace to your family."

Fu Zhao nearly had a heart attack when he heard what Ye Jiu had said. He was just worried about Ye Jiu, and he did not know why he must be so mean to him.

"A murderer must pay with his life as a debtor pays with money. How can you justifiably say such things to me when you are doing something illegal and disorderly? Also, what do you expect to get from the research of the International Crime Unit? You're not young anymore, but why are you still so naive?"

"Didn't you treat me as disposable garbage as well? A stupid and hateful person like Zhou Tingting should not exist in this world. I'd still kill her even if you give me another chance!"

Fu Zhao raised his arm high and aimed at Ye Jiu's cheek.

"How can you be so stubborn?!"

His hand landed squarely on Ye Jiu's cheek, but he already started to regret it the moment his hand made contact with Ye Jiu's face.

His arm was trembling vigorously, but Ye Jiu did not say anything in response. He just stood there as stiff as a ramrod as he stared fixedly at Fu Zhao.

It seemed to Fu Zhao that Ye Jiu was giving him the silent treatment. He did not think that Zhou Tingting deserved it. He just thought that it was nothing to take someone else's life. He even thought that he did not deserve to be his father.

Whenever Fu Zhao saw other people's kids when he was going on a business trip, he felt quite proud of himself. After all, his sons and daughters were more successful compared to them.

Although they only lived with him for ten or so years and before departing to Country M, they knew their own minds from a young age, and he did not have to worry about them since they knew what they wanted and what they didn't want.

It was just that Fu Zhao felt that it was not a good sign when they matured too quickly.

When he applied to take them back to the Fu Family, the Fu Family was not as well-off as it was right now. Sometimes he had to work until very late, and he had very little time to accompany them. However, they had never once complained about it in front of him.

As their father, while he felt guilty for his sons for not being able to spend more time with them, he was very proud of them as well.

Later, as the Fu Corporate's condition started to become better, he also had more work to do. More often than not he would not come home for ten or so days, and by the time he returned with Fu Zhi, Ye Jiu had already reached the height of his knee when he stood up.

Ye Qi was the calmest among them. Ye San had bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorder, but Ye Jiu was different. He was indifferent towards life and death, and he would beat anyone up that he did not like.

Honestly, Fu Zhao blamed himself the most. He was the one who brought them home and he was supposed to be the one to guide them properly, but he did not have the time to do it. Then, by the time he realized it, it was already too late.

He thought boys were less sensitive and they were tougher. They did not need so much attention and care. Therefore, when Ye Jiu proposed to move the entire Fu Family to Country M when he was leaving, he rejected him.

It was only now he realized that he was wrong.

It was not Ye Jiu's fault, but he hit him.

Rather than saying that he was disappointed in Ye Jiu, he was more disappointed in himself.

The palm print on Ye Jiu's face was obvious. He did not say anything as he set his jaw tightly.

Taking a deep breath, Fu Zhao broke the silence, "Has it never crossed your mind that what will happen to your sister if you do that? How should I explain it to Ye San and the others?"

"I will be fine," Ye Jiu said nonchalantly, "I can take care of myself."

"How do you know you'll be fine? How are you going to take care of yourself? If they learn of your action, they will kill you!

"Ye Jiu, you're 5 years older than Fu Zhi, and by right, I should start seeking a potential spouse for you so that you can form your own family. If Zhou Tingting did something wrong, you can just give her a good beating, you don't have to kill her! Yes, you're right. I care about my corporation, but that's because, without my business, they will take all of you away from me."

Ye Jiu kept his head low as he refused to say anything.

Fu Yuan, who was watching a news broadcast in the living room, noticed the commotion in Ye Jiu's room, and he knocked on the door, "Brother, what are you doing? You should talk to him nicely. You shouldn't force him and you shouldn't scold him as well!"

Fu Zhao then replied, "I know what I'm doing, so don't worry about me. You go back to watch the news. Oh yeah, don't tell Zhizhi anything about this."

Fu Yuan was now sending a text message to Fu Zhi. When he heard what Fu Zhao had said, he froze for a moment before replying, "Sure! I promise I won't tell on you!"

Fu Zhao breathed out a sigh of relief after Fu Yuan had gone away. He turned to Ye Jiu and asked, "I won't say it again. Do you know how you should behave in the future?"

Ye Jiu nodded. "I'll make a false alibi before I do anything. The most superb technique often comes from killing two birds with one stone. Perhaps I should try shifting the blame to somebody I don't like. Of course, I'll try my best not to keep in touch with you for 10 years after I've done everything, so you don't have to worry about anything."

Fu Zhao was stunned.

'Did you even listen to a word I said?!'

Fu Zhao nearly fainted from his exasperation.

After that, Ye Jiu asked, "It's almost afternoon. Let's eat first. I'm sure you must be starving right now since you've said so many things."

Fu Zhao pulled his face long and replied, "No! I'm not hungry! Leave me alone!"

"Alright, then. It just so happens that a bowl of rice is not enough for me," Ye Jiu nodded and said. He put the two bowls of rice and dishes on the tray and began to walk towards the door.

"Since you're not hungry, I'll go eat my lunch now. By the way, thanks for the talk."

Fu Zhao was stunned. He was so fumed with rage that he nearly exploded as Ye Jiu headed out of the room.

"How, how, how... How dare he! I really shouldn't have brought you home!"

That said, no matter how angry he was with Ye Jiu, he was still going to let him eat since he had just escaped death.

Fu Yuan's mansion was particularly quiet today although there were two more people in his house right now.

When Ye Jiu came out of his room, the first thing Fu Yuan saw was the palm print on his cheek. He flew into a rage and said, "What? Did he slap you in the face? Madness! Madness! This is child abuse! I was so angry that I was about to call the police and arrest him!"

Ye Jiu then asked, "So what's stopping you from calling the police?"

"Your father won't lend me any money anymore if I fall out with him now," he replied.

'Alright. I got it.'

After Ye Jiu had finished his lunch, he took his jacket and headed outside.

Fu Yuan hastily followed after him and asked, "When will you be back?"

*

In the evening, Fu Zhi went to Fu Yuan's mansion after she assured Xu Wei that Ye Jiu was fine.

When she was there, Fu Zhao was still sitting inside the bedroom. He put his knees together and he rested his hands on his knees, looking just like a successful businessman during a negotiation.

Fu Yuan had told Fu Zhi everything. In the end, he said, "Other than the "I'm Lawyer" show, I've never seen such an intense altercation before."

Fu Zhi had a basic grasp of the whole story. She heated up the remaining food on the table and walked towards the room. She was afraid that Fu Yuan was crying, so she knocked on the door before going in.

Fu Zhao was both hungry and angry right now. When he heard someone knocking on his door, he shouted, "You stupid... stupidly beautiful girl. What are you doing here?"

Fu Zhi was speechless. She knew her father must be hungry right now, so she handed the food to him.

"Let's eat first, dad."

Fu Zhao nodded. He took the chopsticks and began wolfing down the food. It should have been a happy moment, but when he thought about the thing Ye Jiu said to him, his eyes turned red around the rims as he said, "Zhizhi, do you think I failed as a father?"

When he was young, he brought them back, but he was busy with his work and he did not give them enough company. Later, when his sons told him about the defect in their genes and asked him to let go of his company to follow them to receive treatment abroad, he rejected them without any hesitation.

He had always thought that he needed to earn a lot of money first if he wanted to save his sons.

However, all that Ye Jiu had ever wanted was his company. He did not care about how rich he was at all.

Ye Jiu thought he was disappointed in him, but he wanted to tell Ye Jiu that he had always felt Ye Jiu was his pride. There were no parents who did not love their children, but he did not know what was going on. The meaning of the sentence changed when it came out of his mouth, and the misunderstanding between them only got deeper and deeper.

He regretted hitting Ye Jiu in his cheek.

"No, dad. You're good enough," Fu Zhi said.

She understood what the man before her had gone through to start his business from scratch in order to give his sons and daughters the best life.

She said, "I know everything, dad. Ye Jiu has been having poor health since he's a kid. I know that you've asked Sun Sanzhen before if he would be able to live longer if you were to give your heart to him. You try your best to expand the Fu Corporation, and you've donated a lot of money on our names. The only problem between you and Ye Jiu is lack of communication."

In order to solve the misunderstanding, one had to step forward first.

Fu Zhao said, "If I agreed to bring him and you to Country M, would everything be different now?"

"The past is in the past, dad. You've already tried your best to give us everything you could," Fu Zhi replied, "You don't have to be so hard on yourself. Go and have some rest. I'll talk to Ye Jiu later."

"I can't sleep. He doesn't even want to eat at the same table as me. He's even more vicious than my first girlfriend who said that I'm a poor wretch! His sinister smile will pop up in my head whenever I close my eyes!"

Fu Zhi said, "Whenever he closes his eyes, all that in his head is the slap you gave him just now."

Fu Zhao was speechless.

Chapter 574: Reconciliation

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Fu Zhi got a cup of warm water for Fu Zhao. She knew he was in a low mood right now, so she thought for a while before saying, "I've always been proud of you for being my father. Really, dad, get some rest. Don't be self-doubting, and don't be angry with Ye Jiu. He did all those things because he thought she would hurt me. Honestly, it's my fault. I should've handled the matter in a better way. He left us at a very young age, and what he can't learn to understand now, we can teach him slowly later."

"I'm not mad with him, and I don't think you didn't handle the matter well..." Fu Zhao said, "I'm proud of you as well. You're my dearest daughter. I couldn't even bring myself to scold you, let alone other people a chance to harm you?

"I just think that Ye Jiu is no longer a kid. There are a lot of ways to solve a matter, and he doesn't necessarily need to resort to the worst possible solution every time. He should know how to control himself, and how to respect life.."

"But he's learning, and he's getting better day by day," Fu Zhi replied without any hesitation, "He knew how to please the people in the Fu Family on the day he came, and he's learning how to be more friendly with his friends in school. All of my classmates like him very much."

This was the reason why the Lus did not say anything when Xu Wei said she was going to adopt Ye Jiu. It was not because he was Fu Zhi's brother. It was because they knew he was a good-natured kid.

As a father, Fu Zhao had the same problems as every other parent out there. He ignored Ye Jiu, but at the same time, he kept flexing to other people how proud he was of his sons.

"You should stop ignoring him and don't keep praising me. If you don't praise him, how does he know that you like him?"

Fu Zhi waited for a long while yet she did not receive any response from her father. She lifted her head to look at him and asked, "Why are you not saying anything, dad?"

Fu Zhao sighed, "You don't understand. Silence is a man's loudest cry. When a man is sad, he wouldn't want to talk because he's exhausted. Or perhaps he's used to silence and pain. When a man is ignoring you, it means he has been hurt deeply!"

Fu Zhi replied, "You should stop reading those non-mainstream novels, dad."

"For me, I wouldn't fall down no matter how much hurt me."

Fu Zhi was speechless.

"Go to sleep dad. I'm going to look for Ye Jiu."

"Okay."

It's better for the doer to undo what he had done.

Other than feeling sad, he was disappointed as well when his son refused to listen to him.

Fu Zhao got into his bed and said, "Alright, you can go now. Remember to come home and visit me from time to time. Oh yeah, don't forget to bring the coffee from Yu City..."

Fu Zhi did not want to talk to Fu Zhao anymore. She turned around and left the mansion.

Fu Yuan's mansion was not far from Iris Time Villa. After she had gotten into a car, she headed to the nearest night market street.

Just as she expected, she saw Ye Jiu walking out of a two-dollar store.

It was noon right now and the sun was bright. She approached him, and she could clearly see the palm print on his cheek.

They looked at each other, but none of them talked.

After a while that seemed like an eternity, Ye Jiu decided to break the silence and called out to her, "Zhizhi."

He leaned forward and tried to place his hand on her head.

"Don't be angry, okay?"

Fu Zhi took a step back to avoid his hand as she looked at him expressionlessly.

Ye Jiu was stunned. He knew Fu Zhi must be very angry with him right now, so he looked at her and continued, "Look, didn't I come back already?"

"Oh? So you still think you've done a good job?"

"Well, kinda..."

Fu Zhi's face sank. She turned around and leave. Ye Jiu hastily went after her and tried to stop her from leaving but to no avail.

"Wait, Zhizhi. Let's talk!"

Fu Zhi was walking rapidly at the front, while Ye Jiu was following behind her.

This night market was filled with a lot of people, and not far away from them, there is a couple arguing with each other. The girl was punching the boy, while the boy was trying his best to give her a hug.

"Go find your little lover. You don't love me at all! You can't even stop me from leaving!"

The boy looked exhausted. He grabbed the girl's hand and planted a kiss on her lips to stop her from talking. Then, he bent down and scooped her up from the ground before talking, "Honey, I won't allow you to leave me. I swear to God that I don't have other lovers. I love you and only you!"

Ye Jiu felt the girl's attitude seemed to have softened, so he decided to do the same. However, he had underestimated Fu Zhi's strength. Instead of grabbing her hand and scooping her up from the ground as the boy did to his girlfriend, Fu Zhi dragged him forward for three meters ahead.

Ye Jiu did not know what to say. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as an idea popped up in his head. He forwent his attempt to copy the boy. Instead, he kicked the ground to propel himself upward and landed on Fu Zhi's back with unerring precision.

Fu Zhi was dumbfounded for a moment as she did not expect something like this. She turned her head and looked speechlessly at Ye Jiu, who had wrapped his hands and legs around her tightly from her back.

"Listen to me, Zhizhi. I..."

"No. I'm not going to listen to you," Fu Zhi interrupted. As she did not want to cause his wound to open up again, she tried to shake him off her body in a gentle way. However, Ye Jiu coiled his arms even tighter around her neck and shouted, "I'm sorry, Zhizhi! It's all my fault!"

"Let go of your filthy hands, you whited sepulcher!"

"No! I'll not let you go. If I release my hands now, you'll definitely walk away and leave me alone to deal with this cruel world. Can you forgive me, please?"

"You want me to forgive you? Can you tell me what did you do wrong?" Fu Zhi asked.

"I shouldn't say yes to the experiment. I shouldn't lie to you. It's just that Aurora... Okay, okay, okay, I won't talk about her, so don't throw me away! I can feel that my wound is opening!"

Fu Zhi fell silent.

"Miss, you've ignored your brother for three days! He's learned his lesson, and if you still ignore him, he's going to build a business empire for you!"

The ice in Fu Zhi's eyes slowly thawed. Ye Jiu noticed that, and he hastily followed up by pulling a piece of candy out of his pocket.

It was a milk candy and there was a cartoon printed on it. He handed it to Fu Zhi and said in a serious tone, "Here is your favorite candy."

He did not dare to fight or argue with her anymore. As if he was holding the most precious treasure in the world, he said, "I promise I'll listen to every word you say, and I won't do any stupid things again in the future, so can you stop being angry with me?"

"Okay." There was no expression on Fu Zhi's face, but the slight upward curve that tugged at the corner of her lips could tell that she was no longer mad with Ye Jiu anymore.

There was a boy standing not far away from them. He was eating ice cream, and when he saw them, he tugged at his mother, "Mom, why is that big brother carrying a big sister, but this big brother asks his sister to carry him instead?"

"A long long time ago, we're a matriarchal society, back then a man was allowed to rely on a woman for living."

"Wow!" The boy exclaimed, "So this big brother is going through the atavistic process!"

Ye Jiu did not know what to say.

'Mind your own business, you meddling kid! The world of a handsome man is something that an ordinary person like you can't understand!' Ye Jiu chided the boy inwardly as he jumped down from Fu Zhi's back.

He accidentally touched his wound and his face grimaced in pain.

Fu Zhi handed the special medicine in her pocket to him.

As they were walking towards a milk tea shop, Ye Jiu asked, "How did you know I'm at the night market?"

"Judging from the money in your pocket, I surmised that you can't afford a room in a 5-stars hotel, so I know you must be here."

The smile on Ye Jiu's face froze. Fu Zhi handed the cup of warm water to him and said, "You shouldn't be arguing with dad so much. He's not young anymore and his health is not as good as before.

"Also," Fu Zhi turned sideways to look at him and said, "About the thing you've done after you came back from overseas."

Ye Jiu's heart skipped a beat. Just when he was rummaging through his brain for an excuse, Fu Zhi continued, "I know you just want to protect me, so thank you."

This was something unexpected. He pressed his lips thin and said, "I thought you're going to scold me again."

"Why would you think so? You're my brother, and I don't have any says in what you want to do and what you don't want to do. I know you want the best for me and you don't want other people to bully me, but I don't want you to kill someone for me. Zhou Tingting has commited a crime, and she will face legal sanctions. It's really not worth it if you get sent into jail because of her."

"I get it," Ye Jiu replied, his voice low.

When they were heading out of the milk tea shop, Fu Zhi suddenly thought of something and she turned around. Just when Ye Jiu was wondering what she was going to do, she placed her hand on his cheek gently and asked, her eyes red, "Is it hurt?"

Ye Jiu was stunned.

"No, it doesn't hurt at all," he replied. The last thing that he wanted in this world was to see Fu Zhi cry. "It's a little naive of you to think our dad is capable of hurting me with his strength."

Fu Zhi opened up the ointment in her hand and smeared it on Ye Jiu's face. A cold sensation soon spread from his cheek, and the pain had obviously lessened.

"Don't be mad at dad. He reproached himself bitterly for slapping you, and he only ate a bowl of rice just now."

Ye Jiu was speechless.

'Well, considering the fact that he could eat three bowls of rice on a normal day, he's really sad today.'

That said, Ye Jiu still pulled his face and said, "I'm a grown-up. I know what I'm doing, and I don't need any advice from him."

"Is it because he refused to go overseas with you?"

Honestly, Ye Jiu knew that the Fu Corporation was not the only reason Fu Zhao did not want to go overseas with him. He knew that Fu Zhao wanted to earn money so that he could save him. He understood Fu Zhao's intention, but it did not mean that he could forget everything that happened in Country M.

It was the darkest time of his days. After they arrived at the medical facility, what welcomed them was not a healthier body but discrimination. Other patients called them b*stards, and since they were people from Country M, Ye Jiu and the others could not fight back.

Ye San and Ye Qi were rather unperturbed, and they took the world as it was. However, things were different for Ye Jiu. Although he had fallen out with Fu Zhao, there were times when he wanted to go home, but every time he forwent the attempt after he remembered the things Fu Zhao said to him.

He did not tell anyone, but he had been always hoping that Fu Zhao could come and take them home.

However, Fu Zhao did not come. Instead, he heard that the Fu Corporation was getting bigger and stronger.

Those praises stung his ears. It was as if they were mocking him and his ridiculous dream of changing Fu Zhao because of his own selfish reason, and that this was what Fu Zhao would become without them being his burden—a successful businessman whose name was known throughout the world.

Ye Jiu lowered his head in dejection.

Fu Zhi raised her hand and patted his head.

"Don't blame dad, brother. He works so hard just so you would have a better life. He doesn't want you to leave him because he thinks the medical industry that he has invested in could save your life.

"Dad really loves you, so can you don't blame him anymore?"

She still remembered that on the day Ye Jiu and the others left, Fu Zhao's voice was shaking when he was telling her bedtime story.

She saw him sitting on the balcony, taking drag after drag on his cigarette. Then, the next day, he pretended as if nothing had happened, put on his suit, and went to work as usual.

He needed a lot of money. For the young Fu Zhao, money meant security.

Fu Zhao and Ye Jiu, the former wanted the latter to come back, while the latter hoped that the former could ask them to say.

Both of them had given each other a lot, but none of them were willing to open the mouth first.

Ye Jiu put his chin on Fu Zhi's shoulder.

"Dad has registered his name in the hospital. He wants to transplant his heart to you. Also, Fu Jiang's father wants to give his heart to Ye Qi as well. As for Ye San, they still haven't found a suitable heart for him, but they're looking for it."

Therefore, they loved you more than you imagined.

Ye Jiu's eyes turned red around the rims. While he found it difficult to believe, he felt it was a blissful thing to be loved by other people.

He did not know how to express his feelings, and it took him quite a long while before he could calm himself down. His voice was raw and raspy when he was talking, "Let's go back."

As they were heading home, he said, "Don't get me wrong. I'm willing to go back because of you."

Fu Zhi then replied, "Let's not go back, then. I guess he's taking an afternoon nap right now."

Ye Jiu was speechless.

By the time they arrived at the mansion, the door to Fu Zhao's room was tightly shut.

He was not taking a nap. Instead, he was sitting on a chair. When he heard footsteps outside of his room, he quickly made himself look like he was busy.

Fu Zhi pushed the door open.

He hastily went up to them and said, "Zhizhi!"

He called Fu Zhi first. Then, he turned his head to look at Ye Jiu. He opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say, especially when he saw Ye Jiu's swollen cheek.

After a short while, Ye Jiu broke the awkward situation first. "Dad."

Fu Zhao was stunned, and he looked in disbelief at his son. He thought his mind or ears were playing a trick on him, but when he realized that Ye Jiu indeed had called him "dad", his eyes lit up and he replied, "Yes! Son, I'm your father!"

Ye Jiu did not know what to say, and Fu Zhi shook her head.

Fu Zhao felt he was being silly as well. Before he could explain anything, Fu Zhi broke out into a chuckle and there was a smile tugging at the corner of Ye Jiu's lips as well.

Fu Zhao felt warm in his heart. He scratched his head and laughed sillyly.

Fu Zhi asked, "Why didn't you take a nap, dad?"

"I had a dream. It's so beautiful yet tragic. It let me experience the true kinship between a family. I was shaken to the core, and I've never felt so painful before. It's so painful that I could barely breathe, and then I woke up crying."

Ye Jiu continued, "We're sugar, sweet and sorrowful."

Fu Zhi had no idea what they were talking about at all.

"Hello? Can you guys speak human language, please?" She asked.

Fu Zhao sat down and said, "I didn't sleep because I was fixing my pants."

The corner of Ye Jiu's lips twitched.

"Is the Fu Corporation going bankrupt soon? If not, then why are you acting as if we don't have any money left? Besides, who the hell use red thread to fix a green color pant?!"

"How is there any possibility the Fu Corporation will go bankrupt?!" Fu Zhao replied, "I learned this from the TV show. Do you feel touched now?"

"Touched? I just bought this pair of pants not long ago, and I haven't even taken the label off yet. Besides, it's not broken, so what are you stitching here?"

"Well, easy. I just need to cut it open with a pair of scissors and then stitch it back."

Ye Jiu and Fu Zhi looked at Fu Zhao speechlessly.

Ye Jiu felt it was a wrong decision to come back here. He turned around and headed out of the room.

"Pants! Your pants!' Fu Zhao shouted.

Looking at his pants, Ye Jiu was caught between tears and laughter. Then, he said, "Dad, it's been hard on you all these years."

Ye Jiu lifted his head, and it was only then he realized most of his hair had turned white and there were black circles around his eyes.

For a moment, tears nearly spilled out of Fu Zhao's eyes. He raised his head up to stop the tears from coming out. He sniffled and patted Ye Jiu's shoulder. "This is my responsibility as your father. As for you, if you do that again, I'll make you kneel on durian for a day!"

Ye Jiu did not fight back. He just gave Fu Zhao a big and tight hug that the latter thought he was going to die.

Chapter 575: Li Nanli And His Horde Of Sock Puppets – 1
Ever since the reconciliation, their tense relationship turned friendlier. Fu Zhi was happy about it, and Fu Yuan did not have to become the middleman between them anymore.

Since he just came here temporarily to take care of Ye Jiu, Fu Zhao returned to the capital after he stayed for a few days in Myanmar.

After Fu Zhi had changed the dressing for Ye Jiu, she headed to the Li Mansion.

—

In the meantime, the International Crime Unit.

After the revelation of Fu Zhi being the captain of the 8th division, they had to change their meeting place.

Right now, inside a spacious, empty room, the captain of the 2nd division was sitting in front of the desk. They had contacted the captain commander, but he had not replied to them yet.

The captain of the 7th division chimed in, "Fu Zhi can't control Aurora, so she vents her anger on us. Don't you think it's a little bit unfair?"

"Where are we supposed to get so much money in such a short time? Does she think we all are the God of Fortune?" The captain of the 3rd division added, "We must figure out a way and save our brothers from her evil clutches!"

"Before that, let's check whether or not that crazy b*tch has installed a camera in our meeting room!" The captain of the 7th division looked around and continued, "I have no idea why but I have a feeling that Fu Zhi is around us. Besides, isn't there a rumor that the captain commander is Fu Zhi's father? Why isn't he saying anything, then?

"She's too old for her father to control her. Also, Fu Zhi doesn't seem like the person who would give up on the money just because the captain commander is her father. We have to think of another solution."

"For example?"

The captain of the 2nd division squinted his eyes and said, "Behind Fu Zhi is the Fu Corporation. It's a big corporation, and given the fact they could stand strong for so many years, I'm sure there are some shady businesses going on."

"Are you suggesting that we should run a background check on the Fu Corporation, and see if we can find something that we could use to threaten them? Have you forgotten that the person behind her back destroyed the video when we're looking for her? Not even us can get it back..."

"Whoever it is, judging from the fact that he or she could defeat the captain of the 4th division in hacking, he or she must be someone who would not submit to power and work for the Fu Corporation. In my opinion, only the top three members of the Hacker Alliance are able to destroy the video to the point that it can't be recovered," the captain of the 2nd division licked his lips, "The Hacker Alliance only works for money, and nobody knows where Siren is. I heard that Siren has opened up a tutorial session some time ago, but she's gone off the grid after two days of teaching. We just need to get the things we want before Fu Zhi could get help from Siren. If we can't do it, maybe it's their destiny to spend the rest of their lives as Fu Zhi's slaves."

"Should we ask help from the 1st division?"

"1st division? From what I remember, it seems to me that he doesn't want to offend the Fu Corporation... Oh yeah, why aren't you saying anything, 6th division? What's your take?"

Jiang Ningbei, aka Fu Zhi's personalized camera, did not know what to say.

'What's my take? I think you all are going to die soo.'

—

It was 11:00 am when she arrived at the Li Mansion.

She had been working tirelessly to make medicine for Ye Jiu in the past few days, so she was deprived of sleep. She pushed the gate open listlessly and walked into the mansion.

At the same time, there was a group of men in the living room. They were standing around in a circle, and there was a tall, stocky man in the center. They all were patting his shoulders, and it seemed like they were comforting him.

"Don't think too much, captain. It's just an accident. Luckily we arrived in time. Besides, you're not there to kill people. You're there to save people!"

"Who would've thought that Old Master Zheng is really pretending to be sick in order to drag on and not sign the transfer agreement of the mine with President Li!"

"You didn't push him into the river. It's him who couldn't stand the loneliness and asked the butler to push him out for a walk around the lake. It's just so happened that you found him out and he wanted to kill you. You defended yourself and accidentally pushed him into the lake!"

"The worst thing is that the medicine he took would react with cold water, and honestly, I have never smelled such a stinky smell before. Even if Young Master Jiang has bathed several times, he still can't wash the smell away..."

...

Truth be told, Jiang Jinshu just wanted to be alone right now. The things they said stung his ears, and his face was turning darker and darker with every passing second. In the end, he smacked the table hard and snarled, "Shut up! Who dares to mention what happened last night, I will beat him up until even his mother can't recognize him!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! We'll keep our mouths shut from this moment!" They said as they nodded in assent.

Fu Zhi raised her brows when she heard everything.

She had to go through Jiang Jinshu and the others if she was heading towards the second floor. When she saw Gu Yanqi coming down from the stair, she said, "Please spray more air freshener in the living room, I have to pass by the living room when I come downstairs later."

Jiang Jinshu's heart skipped a beat when he heard Fu Zhi's voice. He instinctively raised his arm and began checking himself.

The remaining members from the Shadow Corps turned their heads around and zeroed in on Fu Zhi. Suddenly, all of them remembered that Fu Zhi had warned them before about Old Master Zheng...

"Didn't Fu Zhi say Old Master Zheng has taken a special medicine that will only work when contact with cold water?"

"Yes! She indeed has told us before about Old Master Zheng. She even has warned Young Master Jiang that he shouldn't go to the lake with Old Master Zheng, or else he might regret it!"

"Now that you mentioned it, I also remember Fu Zhi has told us about that as well."

"But how did she know that? We've consulted a lot of professional doctors, yet they all couldn't see through it!"

"Young Master Jiang would've dodged the bullet if he listened to Ms. Fu."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Young Master Jiang, you don't have to smell yourself, and you don't need to find ways to get rid of this smell on your body. Generally speaking, the medicine Old Master Zheng took would react with cold water and help him remove waste from his body. Once it sticks on your body, it might take at least four days before the smell will slowly dissipate. Therefore, all you have to do is wait.

"Besides, looking from the bright side, this smell is one-of-kind. Maybe your girlfriend would be able to find her way to you by following the smell."

The more Fu Zhi talked, the darker Jiang Jinshu's face became.

He did not know how Fu Zhi was able to see through Old Master Zheng's physical condition while even the most professional doctor in the world was not able to do it. Could it be that she was a doctor of great attainments?

After all, there was only one person in this world who could be better than a bunch of professional doctors—Z God. Considering Fu Zhi's age and experience, she shouldn't be able to stand on the same ground as Z God...

"Erm, Zhizhi, let's go upstairs first," Gu Yanqi hastily came forward as he was fully aware of what Fu Zhi was capable of.

He had heard about Jiang Jinshu's accident as well. However, he had learned to take everything easy after the things that happened at the Zheng Family's banquet. Therefore, he would not feel baffled anymore no matter what Fu Zhi did right now.

A murmur spread over the crowd after Fu Zhi and Gu Yanqi went upstairs, and they still could not quite accept it.

Chapter 576: Li Nanli And His Horde Of Sock Puppets – 2
Gu Yanqi entered the room to tell Fu Zhi and Li Nanli that the meal was ready.

Fu Zhi was typing away on the keyboard. When she heard Gu Yanqi's voice, she said, "You guys go ahead without me. I have some scores to settle right now, and I'll join you guys later."

Gu Yanqi then opened up the door to the study.

Li Nanli replied him without even raised his head up, "I'm doing something personal. Give me five minutes."

Gu Yanqi did not know what to say.

'Why do I have a feeling that you two are talking about the same matter?'

Keeping his head low, Li Nanli destroyed 80% of the firewall in the website effortlessly. Just when he was about to press forward, something happened.

The screen of his laptop suddenly blurred, and a line of white codes appeared at the bottom of the screen.

It was a familiar scene, and Li Nanli's heart skipped a beat.

He pressed his lips tight and squinted his eyes. He did not do anything but just watched his screen.

The captain of the 2nd division realized something was not right. He asked, "What's going on?"

"They have changed their maintenance programmer," Li Nanli replied, "Which company owns this website?"

After all, there was no way a small company could afford a programmer of this caliber.

The captain of the 2nd division fell silent for a moment before saying, "It's an illegal company. They've detained captains of the 4th and 5th divisions. We want to save them, so we came for you."

The captain of the 3rd division also chimed in, "Is it too hard? Do you want us to help? You don't have to share your points with us."

"That's not necessary," Li Nanli said flatly as he put his fingers on the keyboard, "I can deal with it myself."

He sounded as if they were too incompetence to work with him. Besides, it's not the sheer number of people that's going to take this website down.

When he first came in, there were ten or so programmers tried to hold him off but they could not do it. However, now that they had changed another programmer, things became different. He took control over the entire situation in just a few minutes and successfully removed the virus that Li Nanli planted in their mainframe.

Li Nanli looked at the virus in his laptop.

There was a white rabbit on his screen right now. It was nibbing on a carrot before spitting at Li Nanli.

Its ears were fully erected as if it was telling him that he should not mess with it.

Li Nanli had no idea why but instead of getting angry, he felt the rabbit was adorable.

He raised his brows and put both his hands back on the keyboard. It seemed like he was ready to have a competition with the programmer from the other side.

Generally speaking, a hacker competition would be held every year, be it at home or abroad, and the competition held by the Hacker Alliance was a lot harder. In addition to the written test, they had to go through a series of other matches such as 1V1, 1V5, or even 1V100.

They had to attack other other's computers by installing viruses on each other's computers while maintaining the security and protection of personal computers.

—

Right now, Fu Zhi's face sank when she saw the other side had began to fight back. She closed her game and turned her attention to the computer, her hands danced on the keyboard with feline graces.

Jiang Ningbei sent a text message to her, [How's it going? It seems to me that he's getting into the Fu Corporation's website. Are you sure you can deal with him?]

[Yes. Don't worry.], Fu Zhi replied

In the meantime, the atmosphere for the International Crime Unit was tense.

None of them were able to get an edge over the other. Just as they watched the website in bated breath, something happened and the tide began to change.

Li Nanli caught a loophole and successfully implanted a virus. Then, his screen lit up. He squinted his eyes, and he was stunned when he saw the words "The Fu Corporation".

'The Fu Corporation? Huh? What's going on here?'

The captain of the 2nd division erupted from his phone, "That's brilliant! There is another 10% to go, and we will be able to get into their database!"

"So it has been the Fu Corporation the whole time?" Li Nanli asked, his voice dripped with venom.

The heart of the captain of the 2nd division leaped into his throat and answered, "Yes."

"I'm out of this," Li Nanli said, "We'll settle this scores later."

After that, he took the headset off and hung up the call.

Rabbit, carrot, and the same virus software and tactics as before...

Li Nanli looked towards the bedroom.

Sitting on the couch, Fu Zhi frowned when she noticed that the virus had stopped its attack.

Chapter 577: Fu Zhi Was Stuck In The Restroom
Ye Jiu's injuries were not particularly serious. Although his organs were failing, his healing ability was better than other people's.

However, according to some researches, it was not a good thing to have an overly high self-healing power as it would damage one's organs as well.

If anything could represent Ye Jiu's body condition right now, it would be an inflated balloon. They could patch it up with tape during the first puncture and nothing would happen, but how about the second or the third time? The more they patched the hole with tape, the faster the balloon was deflating.

In other words, as long as they couldn't find a solution, his organs would continue to fail.

Although Xu Wei did not know about Ye Jiu's physical condition, she was still worried about him since he nearly lost a kidney.

Therefore, she postponed their flight to the next day so that Ye Jiu could rest for another night.

Just when Ye Jiu took his laptop and keyboard out to play games with Fu Zhi, Xu Wei took them away and said, "You should stop playing games for these few months. I heard that kidneys are very important to humans, especially boys, and staying up late will cause irrevocable damage to your kidneys."

Ye Jiu then replied, "According to the law of conservation of energy, our kidneys won't disappear into thin air without a trace. Besides, why didn't you stop me when I stayed up late to study for the exam?"

"That's because it's beneficial for you. If you do well in your studies, you can get a wife more easily. You're five years older than Zhizhi, and it's almost time for you to get a girlfriend."

"I'm not going to get a girlfriend, nor I'm going to get married," Ye Jiu insisted, "Marriage is the worst possible thing in the world. People always say that marriage is the grave of love, so why should I get married? Besides, all my friends around me who got married got divorced and then got married again for the second time."

"See? If marriage is not good, would they marry for the second time?"

Ye Jiu was stumped.

"Alright, it's getting late and you two should go to bed. Our flight is at 6:00 am tomorrow."

—

The next day, Fu Zhi and her family got down from the plane at 10:00 am.

The moment they arrived at the airport, there was a group of reporters and fans waiting for them. The fans were holding a big banner in their hands, but they could not see it since the words were small.

Xu Wei squinted her eyes but she still couldn't see it clearly. She then looked in the direction of the reporters and asked, "Is there a celebrity around here?"

After all, other than the reporters from Yu City, the media from the capital was here as well. Besides, there were also a lot of fans waiting outside of the airport.

"This is weird. I don't recall any celebrities coming to Yu City," Xu Wei said as she pulled out her phone to check on Weibo. After she was certain that nobody was coming to Yu City, she breathed out a sigh of relief. Following that, she wondered if she hadn't been paying attention to showbiz lately, causing her to have fallen out of step with the times.

'No way! My body can grow old, but I won't let my soul decay into oblivion!'

Therefore, Xu Wei decided to pull an all-nighter tonight to watch the popular talent shows "Decimation 202", and "Deluminate, Brothers!"

After that, just when they went through the security check, they heard something from the group of reporters.

"Didn't they say that Fu Zhi and her family are coming back today? We've been waiting here for three hours, why haven't they come out yet?"

"I'm not so sure, but somebody said they saw Fu Zhi in Myanmar's airport."

"Could it be that he mistook someone else for her?"

"That's impossible. Where can you find someone who looks exactly like Fu Zhi? We're not being fooled by the fans, are we? I drove here by myself, and my company won't reimburse me for the trip!"

"Alright, alright, settle down. After the news of Fu Zhi defeating Matthew gets out, everyone around the country is coming to Yu City to see her. If we want to meet our monthly target, we have to wait for her here no matter what!"

"Well, interviewing Fu Zhi is a dangerous task. Luckily, I've bought myself a pair of boxing gloves."

Fu Zhi, Xu Wei, and Ye Jiu heard their conversation, and they did not know what they should say, especially Fu Zhi. She fell silent for a long while. Then, she turned her head around and looked towards the group of fans not far away. It was only then she saw clearly the words on the banner.

"Sister Zhi is the most beautiful woman in the world, and President Fu doesn't deserve her!"

Fu Zhi was speechless.

Well, they could not be blamed. After all, they did not know that she was the mysterious President Fu. It was just that she did not know why would they bear so much hostility towards her alternate identity. She didn't recall doing anything that would incur their wrath before.

One of the fans then shouted enthusiastically, "I'm going to kiss her when my daughter is coming later!"

"I want her autograph, I want to take a picture with her, and I want to take lunch with her!"

'So who's going to pay for the meal?' Fu Zhi thought inwardly.

Just when Fu Zhi was thinking about how she should walk out of this airport without letting them notice her, somebody shouted, "Ahh! Sister Zhi! Sister Zhi is back! Let's go, guy!"

"Honey, here I come!"

The horde of fans, including the reporters, then ran towards them. If Fu Zhi had to describe her feelings right now, she just felt that they looked like a swarm of zombies that she watched from the movie not long ago.

Fu Zhi knew she had to do something, or else she might get eaten by this horde of zombies. She had no idea why, but she turned around and ran back into the arrival gate.

"Honey! Honey!"

"Fu Zhi! Ms. Fu Zhi! We would like to have an interview session with you! Please wait for us!"

"Where are you going, honey!"

Fu Zhi ignored them and ran all the way into the restroom. Since the fans and the reporters did not buy any flight tickets, they were not allowed to go into the inner side of the airport.

One of the reporters then shouted, "Ms. Fu! We're good people! We want to have an interview session with you, so please come out of the restroom!"

'No! There's no way I'm going out of the restroom! I still don't want to die yet!' Fu Zhi thought inwardly.

She took a deep breath and pulled her phone out. Then, her fingers moved nimbly on her phone and posted something on Weibo.

[Please go away! I don't deserve your love at all! Please set me free, and set you guys free as well.]

At the same time, the reporters refused to give up on such a good chance, so they all stayed and some of them even started to post something on Weibo.

#Fu Zhi: "You guys won't be able to catch me if I'm fast enough!#

#Fu Zhi, the most sentimental person in the world#

#Fu Zhi, the savior of Yu City#

...

Fu Zhi did not know what she should say when she saw the things going on on Weibo.

She could not go out of the restroom now because the group of reporters and fans were still waiting for her outside.

At the same time, her phone rang.

It was Director Liu.

"Yo, Fu Zhi," Director Liu said, his voice filled with exhilaration, "I heard that you couldn't get out of the restroom? Is this true?"

"Are you laughing at me?" Fu Zhi asked.

"What? Of course not. I'm just wondering when can you come back to school."

"This afternoon?" Fu Zhi replied.

"How about this. You can come back to school tomorrow. There are a lot of reporters and fans outside of the school right now, so it's not safe for you to come back today. We will find an excuse and ask them to leave. As for the interview, we will let them hold a press conference in No.1 High School," Director Liu said, "I've sent the script to your e-mail. Don't forget to take a look at it before the press conference. That's all from me, see you tomorrow!"

Fu Zhi opened up the e-mail sent by Director Liu.

[I would like to thank my alma mater, No.1 High School in Yu City, for training me for four months, allowing me to grow from a bumbling scum to heroin of the country. I would like to say here that geniuses are not born, and only No.1 High School can cultivate real geniuses and make rotten wood become beautiful jade.]

The corner of Fu Zhi's lips twitched.

—

On the other side, in No.1 High School.

Everyone in No.1 High School soon learned about Fu Zhi's heroic deed in Myanmar. Therefore, when Director Liu told them that they were going to welcome Fu Zhi and the reporters at the gate tomorrow, they all exploded into a great fit of joy.

Director Liu then went to Class 21 and talked to Su Xing, "You're Fu Zhi's best friend, and since you're the choreographer for our school's cheerleading squad. You're going to choreograph a dance for the cheerleading squad. We're going to Fu Zhi at the front gate tomorrow."

"Should we pick another batch of new members, or should we use the cheerleading team that performed in the basketball match last time?" Su Xing asked.

"Let's go with the existing members. You guys have won medals before and have better coordination. Don't forget about your original captain. Oh yeah, Professor He and the others are going to be there as well, so make sure you guys do it right. We're going to make it a big one for Fu Zhi!"

Su Xing nodded understandingly. She contacted all the members of the cheerleading squad and asked them to gather up after lunchtime.

Most of the members in the cheerleading squad had danced with Fu Zhi save for their captain who withdrew at the last minute.

Chapter 578: Song Fang's Opening Dance – 1

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Xing was standing beside the stage, playing the music and the video of the dance that they performed at the tournament when Mu Chenxi arrived at the dancing room.

"Although we're more familiar with the dance, it has been a long time since we last practiced it. I know all of you are pretty busy since you all are in your senior year, so I want to take advantage of the lunch break at noon to do two rehearsals with you guys. Tomorrow we're going to welcome Fu Zhi with this dance."

After that, Su Xing raised her head and asked, "I know this is taking up a lot of time, but think it the other way round. Not only are we advertising our school, but we're also welcoming Zhizhi. Professor He told me that he's going to give a copy of the summary for the college entrance examination to those students who help out."

As she was talking, she lifted the summary up and waved it in front of everyone.

Initially, the group of girls was worried that it might affect their examination, but upon seeing the summary in Su Xing's hand, a smile broke over their faces as they said, "Sure, sure, sure. This is what we should do as No.1 High School's students.."

"So you guys have no objection, right?"

"Yes. We'll keep in touch later," a girl chimed in.

"Alright, then. Let's get changed and start our practice session. If we end early, we can go back to study."

They all then went to the dressing room.

Mu Chenxi was walking at the back of the group. A girl walking beside her said, "Chenxi, Fu Zhi is so awesome. I've never seen a girl like her before. Not only is she good at studies, but she's an excellent fighter too!"

Mu Chenxi had been having a sullen face, and it got even darker after she heard what the girl had said. After all, in her opinion, the fact that Fu Zhi was good at fighting meant she was a person with violent tendencies. She did not understand why instead of being afraid of her, the netizens called her the pride of the country.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

"She's good? What is she good at?"

Mu Chenxi pulled out a piece of gum from her bag and stuffed it into the hand of the girl next to her.

"She's just an attention-seeker. Didn't you see that she could punch a man to his death? Don't you feel afraid when such a girl lives with you?

"Besides, the final examination is around the corner, so don't you think it's not suitable for the school to ask us to perform a dance just to welcome Fu Zhi? Don't you forget that this is a school and we're students? We're here to learn something and widen our horizons. We're not here to be free child labor!"

"Chill, Chenxi. I don't think this will take up a lot of time. Didn't you hear what Su Xing said just now? Professor He has promised to give all of us a summary of the college entrance examination. Besides, my parents said that Fu Zhi has said so many people overseas, and we should be proud of her!"

Mu Chenxi sneered coldly, "You're from Class 1, right? Have you forgotten how bad the relationship between your class and Fu Zhi's class was? You had a bet, and the one who lost had to apologize for what happened in the office that day! Do you really think Su Xing would hold up her end of the bargain and give you the things she promised?"

The girl did not know what to say in return.

It was indeed the relationship between Class 1 and Class 21 was bad to the point that Song Fang was getting the other classes to ice them out.

The girl began to hesitate.

Mu Chenxi then pressed on, "Honestly, No.1 High School is not the best school on earth. Compared to Hang Yuan from the Wu Family it's nothing. You've noticed it as well, right? Class 1 has been the school's favorite, but ever since Fu Zhi joins Class 21, the school has become more and more tolerant towards Class 21.

"Besides, Fu Zhi has He Ming and the others on her side. She has won many awards for the school, so do you still think that the school will still focus on your Class?"

The girl then replied, "But... But we're already in our senior year. I don't think the school will transfer all our teachers to Class 21, right?"

"Ever since the establishment of No.1 High School, have you seen any student who doesn't get expelled after being absent for so many days at school?" Mu Chenxi asked, "As long as it's Fu Zhi, the school is willing to bend the rules for her."

"So why are you telling me this?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm not staying in No.1 High School anymore. A few of us have decided to transfer to Hang Yuan after this semester. I'm a liberal arts student, and most of the members of the cheerleading squad are science students, right? I remember some of them are your friends from Class 2 as well."

"People always have to aim higher, and if you don't, you're in for a fall. There are a lot of opportunities that lie in front of you, and it depends on how you choose it."

After Mu Chenxi had dressed up, she turned around and went into the dancing room.

The Wu Family was an elite family in the capital, and they had a team of professional teachers as well.

In the past, students were the last thing Hang Yuan would lack. However, from what Mu Chenxi had heard, Hang Yuan is in a financial crisis right now. A few stakeholders have withdrawn their funds, and a group of good students has transferred to another school.

This would greatly affect the admission rate for the next year.

Therefore, they needed good students from the senior year.

However, most of the students in the capital would not change their schools out of a sudden. After all, a change of environment might affect their performance in the college entrance examination.

After the Wus came back from Myanmar, the financial condition of their family took a nosedive and became even worse.

However, they were in the same boat right now since they had invested in the Mu Family's movie. Both families were hoping that they could change the tide of the situation through the movie.

Mr. Mu was insightful. He was fully aware of how profitable a private school was, so he had invested in the Wu Family's school as well. Then, as the daughter of one of the stakeholders, it went without saying that Mu Chenxi had to do something for her school.

Truth be told, she felt she had to thank Fu Zhi. Had it not been for her and Song Fang to make Class 1 and Class 2 the enemies of the entire school, Mu Chenxi thought that it might be a little bit harder for her to convince those students to transfer to Hang Yuan.

After all, all of them were elite students. They were prideful, and there was no way they would let a bunch of underachievers grind them under their heels.

—

The practice session went out smoothly.

However, Su Xing had a bad feeling about it. She kept her eyes fixed on Mu Chenxi, and she had a hunch that Mu Chenxi was up to something no good again.

With that thought in mind, she sent a text message to Song Fang, [Mu Chenxi is acting strangely again. She doesn't like Fu Zhi at all, but she's practicing the dance with us. Besides, a few girls from Class 1 and Class 2 are the same too...]

Song Fang was talking to a few students right now.

"What is the relationship between Fu Zhi and me? Let me put it in this way. When I was abducted by a criminal, they forced me to eat sh*t if I want them to release me. Do you know what Sister Zhi did?"

The other students all kept their voices down and listened.

"She kicked both me and the abductor into the septic tank!"

"Boo-hoo!"

They all waved their hands and went back to their own stuff.

"Hey! Don't go! I still have a lot more stories to tell!" Song Fang shouted. Then, his phone rang.

He picked his phone up and his expression turned stern when he saw the message. He felt Su Xing was right, so he made a call to her, "A leopard never changes its spot, so Mu Chenxi must be up for something no good again. Keep an eye on her. As for the rest, just let them be."

"But this is an order from the school authorities. If they really mess it up, they will be punished and nothing will end up good for them. I'm thinking of finding another group of members in case they really do something tomorrow. However, this will certainly alert the school authorities, and Mu Chenxi and the others might not happy about it. After all, this is just my conjectures."

"Just let them be for a moment. Send me the video of the dance."

"What are you going to do with the video?"

"You guess?"

—

On the following day, No.1 High School had another big welcome event after the arrival of Hang Yuan High School.

The school spent heavily on this event. It was a magnificent scene, and the air was filled with uplifting music.

All students, from the junior year to the senior year, were waiting in front of the door. Even the mayor of Yu City had come to welcome Fu Zhi. He was now shaking hands and greeting He Ming and his group.

The media and reporters were doing their best to capture every single scene they could in the school, starting from the classroom to the surrounding of the school to the security guardhouse.

"Hold on a second. Why is the banner saying Fu Zhi is from Class 21? Isn't she first place in her school and she has gotten the champion of the International Physics Competition? Why is she still a student from Class 21?"

"I heard that before Fu Zhi came from an unknown school in the countryside before she joins No.1 High School. During that time, everyone thought she got into No.1 High School through an under the table deal, so they put her in Class 21."

"Didn't she redeem herself afterward? Why didn't they put her back to Class 1?"

"Well, beats me. Maybe the school has their own arrangement."

"Teachers from Class 21 are so lucky! I guess no one in our country can score better than Fu Zhi!"

"Yeah, right. Not only that but even No.1 High School can invite He Ming and his group comes to No.1 High School to give their students extra classes."

This was what Ma Mingquan heard wherever he went. As a teacher of Class 21, he did not know what he should feel.

That said, he knew he was right about Fu Zhi. Just like Song Fang and the others, she was a good student as well.

Ye Jiu pulled an all-nighter last night and he woke up late today. Fu Zhi was waiting for him to get ready, so she had not arrived at the school yet.

In the meantime, the reporters were giving Ma Mingquan an interview.

"Did you choose Fu Zhi to be in your class in the first place?"

"I would say we choose each other. I think it's because she looks a lot like me. Maybe this is what they call fate?"

The reporters sized Ma Mingquan up and fell silent.

As if he could read their minds, Ma Mingquan asked, "Don't you think we two are alike?"

"Well, she has your eyes. Both of you are very attractive," one of the reporters said.

Ma Mingquan nodded in assent as he continued. "Well, I was the school hunk during my school time, and plenty of girls would fall for me whenever they look me in the eyes."

A round of applause erupted as soon as Ma Mingquan had finished speaking.

Ma Mingquan then waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. Settle down."

Then, a deafening voice rang out, "Welcome Fu Zhi back to her school!"

"Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!"

Ma Mingquan became speechless.

—

Fu Zhi happened to come down from her car when Ma Mingquan told the reporters that he was the school hunk of his school. She could not help but lament how much the aesthetic view of humans had changed over time.

Fu Zhi appeared at the school at 8:00 am sharp.

Every student was standing by the gate as they waited for the performance.

There were balloons on both sides of the gate, and everyone was clapping their hands.

Ma Mingquan handed the microphone to Director Liu.

Director Liu cleared his throat and said, "Good morning to all teachers, students, and all our friends from the press. Today is a special day for our city where Fu Zhi returns to her school. Not only that, but it's also the day where our government has set up a special venue dedicated to the International Physics Competition. All of the medals have been confirmed, and we have them with us right now. All of the teachers hope that you students can take Fu Zhi as your example and be good students with all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic skills!"

'Really? I don't believe it,' Fu Zhi said inwardly.

Director Liu continued to give his speech.

Mu Chenxi shared a glance with a few members from the cheerleading squad and slowly withdrew themselves from the crowd.

A teacher noticed them and asked, "Where are you guys going? It's your turn to perform after Director Liu's speech!"

Mu Chenxi covered her stomach with her hands and said, I'm sorry, miss. We took hot pot yesterday, and we all had bad stomachs right now. We want to go to the restroom, and we'll be back soon.

Chapter 579: Song Fang's Opening Dance – 2
The teacher then said, "Hurry up, then. Don't forget to come back after you're done."

Mu Chenxi nodded. She shared a glance with the group of girls and together, they went away.

"Are you sure nothing would happen?" A girl asked.

"You have decided to transfer to another school, so what's the point of caring about the evaluation of this school? Moreover, we're all good students, and the reason we don't want to join the cheerleading squad is that we don't want to affect our performance in our studies. I don't think the school will punish us for trying to get good grades. Also, have you forgotten we all are having diarrhea?" A hint of darkness crossed Mu Chenxi's eyes.

She turned around. When she saw that the group of girls was still hesitating, she went up to hold one of their hands and said, "Alright, let's stop worrying about it. Pack your things up. I'm going to treat you guys to a meal."

—

Mu Chenxi and the group of girls left afterward. In the meantime, Director Liu was coming to the end of his speech.

"Fu Zhi is the most excellent student in our school and she deserves to be taken as an example. I also hope that you all can get excellent results in your college entrance exam and step into the hall of Qinghua University together with Fu Zhi!"

A round of applause erupted in the crowd.

Meanwhile, Su Xing was helping a girl in the team to tidy up her clothes. Just when she turned her head around, she was stunned.

Mu Chenxi and a group of girls were gone. She remained dumbfounded for a few minutes straight before she realized what was going on. She grabbed a girl from her class and asked, "Where are Mu Chenxi and the others?"

"I heard they said they're having diarrhea, so I think they should be at the restroom right now."

"Diarrhea? All of them?" Su Xing pressed on.

The girl was not sure about it as well. "Yes. They said they had a hotpot yesterday. What's wrong?"

Su Xing did not reply to the girl. She went to the side and made a call to Mu Chenxi.

However, nobody answered her call.

She continued to call her several times before the call finally connected.

"Yes?" She said, her voice lazy.

Su Xing took a deep breath and said, "Where are you guys? The performance is about to start!"

"We? We're not feeling well, so I guess we can do the performance already," Mu Chenxi replied, her eyes filled with amusement, "I'm sorry, Su Xing. We can't help you to welcome a murderer."

"Mu Chenxi! I know what you're doing! Don't you think you've gone overboard this time? This is a major event that's very important to our school! How can you be so selfish?!"

"Selfish? I'm selfish? Don't you dare say that to me, Su Xing. We agreed to practice the dance, but we didn't say that we're going to perform the dance to Fu Zhi."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "I remember you guys have made Fu Zhi the captain of the cheerleading squad, right? Since this entire farce is all about her, you can ask her to dance for herself. After all, she's an attention-seeker, and I'm sure she's more than willing to do it."

Then, she hung up the call without waiting for Su Xing to say anything.

The rest of the members from the cheerleading squad frown. Even though they did not hear the whole conversation, they could basically grasp what was going on judging from Su Xing's face.

"Let's us change our formation... We are..." Before Su Xing could finish her sentence, Director Liu shouted, "Well, let's welcome the cheerleading squad of our school with a round of applause! Teachers, students, professors, friends from the media and press, look—"

Director Liu pointed to the back.

There were only 5 of them left, and Director Liu was stunned.

'What's going on?'

Su Xing did not know what she should do right now.

She had sent a text message to Song Fang, but he had not replied to her yet. That said, she had to do something about it, so she brought the remaining team members up to the stage.

Director Liu took a few quick steps up to Su Xing and asked, "What the hell is going on, Su Xing? Where are the others?"

Pitching her voice low, Su Xing replied, "This is all we've got, Director Liu. We just need to try our best not to let the reporters find out anything."

Director Liu clenched his fist tight and walked into the team, "I'll be your sixth member. Let's go! Let's go!"

"Are you sure about it, Director Liu?" Su Xing asked.

"I'm a fan of the girl group "202", so I know how to dance as well."

Su Xing did not know what to say, and the rest of the team looked at Director Liu speechlessly.

"What are you guys still waiting for? Hurry! Hurry!"

A murmur began to spread over the crowd below the stage.

"What's going on? Where are Mu Chenxi and the others?"

"Oh, my good lord! What's Director Liu doing in a group of girls? This is so embarrassing!"

"Director Liu is going to dance as well? But where are the others? I remember there are 12 of them, but there are only 7 of them left. What's going on?"

"I saw Mu Chenxi and the others ran away when Director Liu was speaking. Could it be that Mu Chenxi did it on purpose?"

"This is impossible. There are seven of them, and there's no way Mu Chenxi could bring them all away. We better don't jump to the gun so fast."

"Have you forgotten that Mu Chenxi is not on good terms with Fu Zhi? I'm sure this is her doing. I just don't know what the hell is she thinking. There are so many reporters here, does she want to make No.1 High School look bad in front of so many cameras?"

—

Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu noticed the commotion as well.

Ye Jiu squinted his eyes, and he soon understood everything. Just when he zipped his shirt, Fu Zhi turned her head sideways and asked, "What do you think you're doing?"

"Wait here for me. I'm going to perform a breakdance to welcome you."

"That's not necessary..." Fu Zhi replied.

"It's okay, honey," Ye Jiu said as he put his hand on Fu Zhi's cheek, "Although I know you won't kill everyone when I die, I'm willing to make myself a fool in front of everyone for you."

"You should stop reading novels. They are poisoning your mind," Fu Zhi said.

At the same time, Mu Chenxi had contacted another group of reporters. She couldn't wait to see Fu Zhi and No.1 High School make themselves laughingstocks in the city.

The reporters and He Ming's expression changed.

He Ming's face was dark as he listened to the discussion from the students around him.

This was a serious matter. This welcoming event was held for Fu Zhi, and if this matter was not handled properly, it would put Fu Zhi in a bad situation.

A reporter then asked, "It seems to me that most of the members in the cheerleading squad are from the senior year. Senior year students should focus on their studies, so I wonder is this a special arrangement, or the students refuses to come on stage to perform because they're not happy with the school's arrangement?"

Director Liu was someone who had gone through a lot in his life, so it was a piece of cake for him to tackle this kind of situation. "We will give an explanation regarding this issue afterward, so we won't answer your question right now."

"Why you don't want to answer my question right now? Do you think it's reasonable and suitable to force all the students in the school to put their studies aside and come out to welcome a student?" The reporter pressed on.

Director Liu frowned.

Chapter 580: Mechanical Beast – 1
The expression on the reporter changed.

Director Liu let out a sigh.

He Ming looked at the reporter and said, "Sunshine Daily? Are you guys not happy with the person that People's Daily especially wrote about, or you guys are dissatisfied with the little hero praised by the Department of Defense?"

Both People's Daily and the Department of Defense belonged to the government, while Sunshine Daily was just a small media publisher in Yu City, so the reporter did not have the guts to go up against He Ming at all.

Besides, it also seemed to him that all of the students in No.1 High School admired Fu Zhi. They did not seem forced at all.

The reporter from Sunshine Daily waved his hand as cold sweats began to ooze out of his head. "No, no, no, please don't get me wrong. We're on the same side as the public. It's just that we want to know more about her."

Ye Jiu was standing beside Fu Zhi right now. There was no expression on his face as he let out a sneer, "What a fence-sitter."

"If Sunshine Daily is not going to do an interview session with Ms. Fu Zhi, then can you guys move aside? Let the rest of us do it. We hope the school will give us at Moonlight Daily a chance! We truly admire the professionalism of teachers of No.1 High School, and the greatness of Ms. Fu herself."

"Get lost! Glory Sun Daily was the first to come here! If you want to do an interview, we have to do it first!"

"We from Huaxi Daily are also willing to make an interview session with Ms. Fu and No.1 High School!"

"Ms. Fu, please look at the camera!"

The bunch of reporters all crowded around Fu Zhi and pushed the reporter from Sunshine Daily away.

Fu Zhi raised her head and looked at the camera.

The face of the reporter from Sunshine Daily was dark. He tried his best to get back to his spot, but other reporters pushed him away. "Mr. Xu, we're here to work for our company. It's fine if you want to act like an *ss, but try your best not to drag us into this one."

The camera of the reporter for Sunshine Daily fell to the ground and shattered into pieces as he was pushed away by the other reporters.

His face turned dark and stamped his feet in frustration as he took a look at the other reporters.

He then picked his camera up from the ground and left.

—

It took less than 30 minutes for the interview and photo session.

Nobody knew where Director Liu got his sponsors from. There was a drone flying in the air, taking aerial shots of the school.

Inside Class 21.

There were a lot of students waiting outside Class 21 as they all wanted to get Fu Zhi's autograph as well as talk to her.

Fu Zhi paid them no mind, so Song Fang, Wang Yu, and Fatty helped her to get rid of them.

They had changed their seating plan in the class.

Fu Zhi and Su Xing were sitting near the window right now.

Fu Zhi had been away for roughly two weeks, yet her table was sparkly clean. All of the books were neatly placed at the corner and inside the drawer of her desk, and she could see that there were some other books on her table as well.

She nodded satisfyingly as she put her phone on the table. She picked a book from the top of the stack and flipped through it. "Are these distributed by the school?"

Su Xing was in Director Liu's office right now as he wanted to know what had happened during the event this morning.

Song Fang's expression froze for a moment when he heard her question. He scratched his head and said, "Well... All I can say is that it's a little token from Wu Zhiyou."

"Wu Zhiyou? Why is she giving you all books? Did anything happen when I was away?"

After all, considering the things that happened between her and the Wu Family, there was no way Wu Zhiyou and she could be friends.

Fu Zhi took another new book out of her table as she wanted to give it to Wu Zhiyou.

She did not raise her head up, so she did not see the hint of disbelief that crossed Song Fang and a few boys' faces.

"Well, everything is fine," Song Fang said, his eyes twinkling, "The final examination is around the corner, and everyone is busy with their studies."

Fu Zhi raised her head. She squinted her eyes, and just when she tried to discern the emotion in his eyes, Ma Mingquan came in and smacked a heap of stuff on her desk.

There were certificates, pennants, and many other awards given to her by the government.

She looked at them with a frown.

Ma Mingquan patted her shoulder, "So what do you think, Fu Zhi? Tell us a couple of things about how you feel! Especially after seeing these awards and pennants."

"It's better if they give me money. I don't even know what I should do with these pennants and certificates."

Everyone was speechless.