bookcurios 66. Complete the trial
66. Complete the trial
Over the course of five years, thanks to Gao Zhun's and her previous life's efforts, her previous life's abilities were finally recognized by the elders of the family, who listed her as one of the three successors to the group. Now, she is the deputy general manager of the group, overseeing several branch companies, and the profits earned by these branch companies are the sum of those of the other two successors. At this moment, the elders of the family have already seen who is superior and who is inferior.
"Heh, back then that guy bribed all the private investigators in Beijing, making it impossible for me to investigate who hired those two kidnappers. Now they're probably about to slip up." In the vice president's office, the man from the previous life stretched and said this.
In fact, Gao Zhun had already had Ah Zhong investigate the matter thoroughly over the past five years. However, judging from her appearance in her previous life, she wanted to wait for the other party to lose his composure and expose himself, so she didn't feel comfortable reminding him.
"It'll be soon. In three more days, the board of directors will decide on the general manager. Once the selection is made, that person will be out of the picture. He will definitely make a move within three days." Since joining the Gao Group, except for the first year, Gao Zhun's job for the next four years was as his personal assistant in his previous life. The two had similar ways of thinking and had long since become close friends. The person from his previous life, who was unaware of the reason, felt that they had met too late.
He nodded, his narrowed eyes revealing an excited yet dangerous glint: "I hope that person won't disappoint me. Without a worthy opponent, life is truly as lonely as snow."
Gao Zhun twitched the corners of her lips and forced a smile to echo her past life. Whenever her past life acted pretentious, she couldn't accept it and subconsciously put herself in the role. Then she would be so shocked that she would be afraid even in her midnight dreams and vowed never to act pretentious like that again.
How could she have known Gao Zhun's thoughts in her past life? She just felt that her trusted assistant was daydreaming again. He was clearly shrewd, capable, and incredibly charming, so why did he always make such a silly face? She silently shook her head. In her past life, she originally had some feelings for Gao Zhun, but after spending many years together, she found that the two had too many similarities. She always felt that he was looking at her. If they were really together, she would inexplicably feel a sense of self-inflicted pain. After several times, she extinguished that little bit of affection and completely regarded him as the savior who had saved her life. Any romantic feelings were thus forgotten.
"Do you think that person might repeat the same old tricks?" Recalling Ah Zhong's recent messages to her, that person was indeed getting impatient, and his frequent private actions suggested that he was one of those shady characters involved in the underworld. Unable to win openly, was he planning to resort to underhanded tactics again?
“I’d love for him to keep kidnapping me.” The person in the previous life snorted coldly, their tone full of disdain: “But if this is the only way he can go, then I’ll be very disappointed.”
Gao Zhun nodded in rare agreement. Such underhanded tactics were ultimately despicable, especially since they even attempted to take lives. This was truly contrary to human nature. If this happened in the Immortal Spirit Continent, the person would surely fall into the Avici Hell after death and suffer endless torment.
"It's lunchtime again. Let's go eat." Qian Shi glanced at his watch, then pulled Gao Zhun away from the office. At that moment, in another vice president's office, the sharp-eyed man saw this scene and immediately picked up his phone and dialed a number: "The target has been spotted. Speed up the operation."
A moment later, Gao Zhun received a call from Ah Zhong. She and her past life stopped in front of the elevator. On the other end of the phone, Ah Zhong told Gao Zhun about the conversation he had overheard and also mentioned that the surveillance footage showed someone had tampered with her car. Gao Zhun remained calm and composed, silently turning off her phone. At that moment, the elevator arrived again, and she and her past life stepped into it with ease.
Did they tamper with the car? Gao Zhun grinned. If it were her past life, she would definitely be scared. Although she can't use spiritual power now, her physical strength is still there. Even if she went along with their wishes, she wouldn't die from the accident later. But why should she go along with their wishes? Creating trouble and unhappiness for the enemy is the right way.
"I found a Western restaurant near the company, the food is pretty good, let's eat there today." As soon as they entered the elevator, Gao Zhun said, intending to run away from his past life and get away from that private car that had been tampered with.
"It's nice to change things up once in a while. Where is it? Can you show me the way?"
“Naturally, I’ll lead the way.” Gao Zhun thought to himself: It was Ah Zhong, who had been a private investigator for five years, who discovered this. During those five years, he often staked out the area near the Gao Group. Although he had stopped eating, he would still try out any delicious food he came across. That Western restaurant was the best in the vicinity, and he figured even someone as picky as her would be satisfied.
So the person behind the scenes could only watch helplessly as Gao Zhun and his predecessor exited the elevator but did not go to the underground parking garage. Instead, they walked straight out of the company gate, clearly indicating that their dining place was near the company.
"The plan has changed; we will implement Plan B."
Ah Zhong then told Gao Zhun about the other party's Plan B. Gao Zhun was amazed when she heard this. This person was so persistent that she wanted to smear something on his face. He wouldn't stop until he killed her in her past life. Since that was the case, Gao Zhun smiled and directly asked Ah Zhong to anonymously send the collected evidence to the police station. She had no mood to play this meaningless game with such a narrow-minded person anymore. It was not bad to pass the test without any danger.
However, within the time it takes to eat a meal, she received a call from the police station in her past life, saying that someone had anonymously reported the mastermind behind her kidnapping five years ago, and that she should go to the police station immediately to confirm and verify the information. She was also told not to drive her own car, as it had been tampered with.
After putting down his phone, he was initially a little confused, but when he looked at Gao Zhun, who already knew everything, he began to understand: "Were you helping me?"
Gao Zhun shook his head: "To be precise, it should be my brother. He was the one who collected the evidence, and he was the one who submitted everything to the police station just now. I didn't do anything."
However, no matter what Gao Zhun said, she still believed in Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong in her past life. No wonder Gao Zhun suddenly suggested having a meal near the company in the elevator. It turned out that she had been saved by the brother and sister again without realizing it. She felt that she could never repay their kindness in this lifetime.
"Um, Gao Yue, how about I repay you with my body?" she said timidly in her past life. Although she always felt it was a bit strange, being together wasn't out of the question.
Gao Zhun, who was drinking red wine, couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of wine. He pointed his right index finger at his past life and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"Hey, why are you reacting so strongly? I've made a huge sacrifice, you know."
Listen to that aggrieved voice. It makes her sound like Gao Zhun is a lecherous old man who lusts after other women. Gao Zhun rubbed his forehead and said weakly, "I have no feelings for you. If you really want to repay me, just uproot that person's interests in the Gao family. I find such a vicious brother disgusting."
"Huh?" The person in the previous life seemed to disbelieve their ears, and after a long while, they replied, "I understand."
In her past life, she understood that this was definitely not an innocent victim. If it weren't for the people below her constantly instigating and instigating her, hoping that one person's success would bring benefits to their entire family, her vicious brother wouldn't have dared to kill her a second time so blatantly. In the end, those people were all birds of a feather. She would kick them out of the Gao family, and she thought that even the board of directors wouldn't object. Such people were completely unworthy of profiting through the Gao family.
"Ah, mission accomplished. Let's go to the police station and see how pathetic that guy looks when he's caught. Then my mission will be complete."
She blinked, but why couldn't she understand the meaning behind Gao Zhun's words?
An hour later, Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong returned to the entrance of the secret realm in their original forms. There was a teleportation array there, which allowed them to exit the secret realm as long as they went in. When they first entered, there was no such teleportation array, so it must have appeared only after they truly cleared the realm.
Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong did not enter the teleportation array to leave directly. Instead, they looked at their wristwatches that recorded the progress of the mission. Sure enough, the completion rate was 100%. The mission scroll also showed that it was completed. The completion status of the mission scroll was related to Mingyu Pavilion. In other words, if it showed that it was completed here, it would also give a corresponding prompt there.
"Hehe, 100,000 points are in my hands just like that. I almost died at the hands of that demon with the cultivation of the Mahayana stage, and I only got 20,000 points. The rewards of this trial realm are really generous." Looking at the full of points, Gao Zhun couldn't help but sigh.
"It is indeed generous, but you have to go out and submit the task at Mingyu Pavilion before you can actually receive the money." Ah Zhong reminded him, as if going out late would lead to disaster.
Gao Zhun didn't mind at all. She smiled and put away the mission scroll before stepping into the teleportation array. In the blink of an eye, she was teleported back to Mingyu Pavilion. Coincidentally, the person in charge of the Mingyu Pavilion trial realm today was the same person who had come to accept the mission. However, their expressions were different. At this moment, they were looking at Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong as if they had seen a ghost. Gao Zhun was very displeased with this expression.
"We're here to exchange for points." The Trial Realm is different from other missions; upon completion, you only receive points as a reward. Of course, some realms do offer rewards, but the one she and Ah Zhong went to didn't.
"You have completed this trial realm in five days. You will be awarded an additional 50,000 points on top of your 100,000 points, for a total of 150,000 points. Please verify."
Gao Zhun froze upon hearing this. So what was she even doing? Wouldn't it have been better to complete the mission as soon as Ah Zhong uncovered the truth? Who knew that the reward points for clearing this secret realm would increase with the length of time taken…? (166 Reading Network)