Chapter 1237 - 1237: The Best of Both Worlds

Li Tian really couldn't wrap his head around it.

If things were really like that guy said, and the person vanished for a day or two, would coming back later affect the progress that followed?

But he absolutely could not allow something like that to happen.

So he shook his head and said, "No way during this adaptation phase. If you're not going to look for him, then I'll go. Anyway, I've still got plenty of people in this city."

"Finding someone isn't exactly easy to pull off, so I'll just give him a lump sum of money and let his sister get stable treatment in a hospital. Wouldn't that solve it?"

"He might be running around for a long time because of this."

Got to admit, a boss like Li Tian really does things in a simple and rough way.

But Lin Feng had tried this kind of method before.

He'd said they could sign a long-term contract with the guy.

He just hoped the guy wouldn't keep dropping the ball like before, but the guy refused, and insisted on proving with his own ability that he deserved that salary.

So Lin Feng let it go in the end, just hoping this time his good buddy Li Tian could succeed.

Lin Feng nodded to encourage him and said, "Then I'm wishing you success. I've tried all this before, but he turned me down every time."

"But I hope you really can talk him into it. If you can bring him back, then our plan might not get affected at all."

Right now the only bug was the missing Xiao Chen, so both Lin Feng and Li Tian were really hoping they could find him.

Lin Feng was already very used to the guy disappearing from time to time.

After all, that was his personal business. If Lin Feng got too involved, it just wouldn't be appropriate.

And the guy didn't want him to know either, so he never dug deeper. But this time Li Tian was different; he was determined to get to the bottom of it, so Lin Feng could only wish him good luck while things were still in motion.

Lin Feng never imagined that what Li Tian dug up later would actually be a shocking, earth-shattering conspiracy.

And this conspiracy had actually been hanging around him for years, yet it had never caused his company to go under or even cause the tiniest slip-up.

That could only mean he'd really been too lucky, and all thanks to the system helping him out.

Lin Feng hung up the phone.

When he got back, he saw Zhang Yuxi sitting on a stool at a street stall, happily eating skewers.

He walked over and rubbed her head, then said to her, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. I was just talking about some company stuff. The press conference this month is only six days away now."

"It's Li Tian's first time handling such a big deal. He wants to prove his ability to his old man, so he's a bit worked up. I can only cut him some slack."

Zhang Yuxi shook her head, looked at Lin Feng and said, "It's fine. I'm sure you two can pull off this project. And we all know what you're capable of, no need to explain. Don't you know I've always trusted you?"

Lin Feng nodded, very satisfied.

With a girlfriend like Zhang Yuxi, what more could he possibly be dissatisfied about?

The two of them sweetly went back to eating barbecue together.

The young couple next to them had been about to leave, but when they saw how sweet Lin Feng and Zhang Yuxi were being…

The girl viciously pinched her boyfriend, then said to him, "Sit down. I want you to feed me like he's feeding her. They haven't left yet."

"What's the rush, all you know is playing on your phone. If you don't stay and keep me company, then we're breaking up."

Faced with his girlfriend's unreasonable drama, the guy was helpless, but what could he do at this point?

He could only listen to his girlfriend, order another round of skewers, sit back down and copy Lin Feng, feeding his girlfriend.

But he was dying inside, because he felt none of this was fun at all—just copying another couple's way of getting along.

This wasn't fun, and it wasn't necessary either.

But no matter what he said, his girlfriend wouldn't listen, she just insisted he go along with it.

...

After Lin Feng and Zhang Yuxi finished their barbecue, they left.

The other young couple was still in a dazed, reluctant state; neither of them really wanted to be there, but it couldn't be helped.

When they got home, Zhang Yuxi obediently ran off to watch her dramas.

She knew Lin Feng probably hadn't finished all his calls yet and was pretty busy.

So she didn't go bother him. Lin Feng went into the study and called his good friend, his high school best bro, Jiang Anmin.

"How've you been lately?"

Even though the two of them were just ordinary high school buddies, they'd stayed in touch all through college.

Plus this guy had gotten into a pretty good university, so Lin Feng would sometimes hang out with him.

Lin Feng felt this situation really needed help from his good friend.

So he told him everything that had happened.

"You never show up unless you want something. Out with it—what do you want me to do?"

Since this buddy had mixed around a bit back in high school, when Lin Feng came asking again…

Of course Jiang Anmin figured Lin Feng was definitely looking for help.

Sure enough, when Lin Feng heard him say that…

He immediately nodded and said, "Yeah, I do need a favor. But if you don't want to help, I'm not going to force you."

The other guy let out a frustrated shout, sounding like he'd just lost a game, cursed twice, then focused back on Lin Feng's call.

"Sorry, I just played a couple of rounds. Go on, tell me—what's up with you?"

"I've still got to queue up with my teammates for a few more matches."

Hearing that, Lin Feng nodded, then laid out the situation.

"One of my people has gone missing, and he's a pretty important employee for our company. So I want you to ask your buddies around here to help look for him. If they find him, I'll treat them to a big meal."

"Hey, why are you being polite with me? We're brothers. Don't worry, since it's someone you want found, I, Jiang Anmin, will definitely send people to track him down. Just sit tight and wait for news."

Hearing how solid that sounded, Lin Feng nodded.

It wasn't like he had no other options, but he felt his best bet was still this high school bro.

After all, the guy wasn't living in Lin Feng's city, so even if they really dug something up in the end…

And someone tried to retaliate against him, he wouldn't even be in this city, so he'd dodge that bullet and they could still find their man. Wasn't that killing two birds with one stone?