34: Chapter 34 Departure from Mirage

Old Bai was so aggrieved that his whole body was trembling slightly. He gritted his teeth and said emphatically in the conference room, "I was wrong, I apologize to you! I beg for your forgiveness!"

Chen Guangke smiled with the look of a petty person who has gotten his way.

"That's more like it! An apology needs sincerity."

Shen Yan coughed once, signaling Chen Guangke to restrain himself a little.

"Fine, since someone from your company is willing to apologize, we won't pursue the matter further."

Hearing this, Old Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he thought the matter was over, Sun Yang's next sentence made his heart leap again.

"Old Bai, this was due to your dereliction of duty. You should take some good rest for a while."

Old Bai's heart sank, sensing something was seriously wrong.

"Chairman Sun, hasn't this matter already..."

Sun Yang had no intention of letting him continue speaking.

"That's settled, then. I have other meetings to attend."

After speaking, Sun Yang turned and left.

Seeing this, Shen Yan also pretended to glance at his watch.

"Mr. Bai, we also have other matters to attend to, so we won't stay here any longer."

As he finished speaking, he gave Wu Ya and Chen Guangke a look, signaling them to follow him out.

Once they reached downstairs outside the Hengtian Company building, Chen Guangke burst into hearty laughter.

"Hahaha! Did you see Mr. Bai's face just now? That was fantastic! Serves him right for looking down on us! He got what he deserved!"

Wu Ya nodded in agreement, "I originally thought that Mr. Bai had changed his tune and wouldn't make things difficult for us, but I didn't expect him to have a backup plan!"

"Fortunately, Chairman Sun is quite reasonable. Not only did he make him apologize to us, but he also suspended him."

Just as they were talking, Old Bai chased after them.

"Shen Yan!"

The three turned around and looked uniformly at the panting Old Bai.

"Mr. Bai, is there something else?"

Old Bai straightened up, gasping for breath, and asked, "Shen... Shen Yan, huff... Are you very pleased with yourself?"

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow. "Pleased? What do you mean by that, Mr. Bai?"

Old Bai caught his breath and replied, "Look at how miserably Chairman Sun dealt with me. Don't you feel even a little guilty?"

Chen Guangke glared, immediately about to rush forward to 'reason' with Old Bai, but Shen Yan stopped him.

Shen Yan looked calmly at Old Bai and said, "If the person who played dirty tricks behind the scenes doesn't feel guilty, why should I?"

"Mr. Bai, instead of worrying about whether I'm pleased or guilty, you should worry about the issue of being unemployed in middle age."

After hearing this, Old Bai's face turned ashen, and he couldn't form a coherent sentence for a long time.

Afterward, the three of them returned to the studio.

"That Mr. Bai is just too much! He actually had the nerve to come and ask if we felt guilty!"

Seeing Chen Guangke still indignant, Shen Yan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "You've been muttering about it ever since we left the company. Is it really necessary?"

Chen Guangke was unconvinced.

The shameless person was Mr. Bai; what was wrong with him muttering a few more times?!

Besides, wasn't he speaking up for Shen Yan?

Of course, he didn't voice his inner thoughts.

Seeing that Chen Guangke had finally quieted down, Shen Yan told them his next plan.

"Chairman Sun messaged me. The final payment will arrive by tomorrow evening at the latest. Xiao Wu, book three high-speed rail tickets and three hotel rooms near the competition venue in Sea City for tonight."

"Old Chen, gather all the documents and data you need to bring, organize them well, and we will depart for Sea City tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya exchanged a look and said in unison:

"Got it!"

... ...

Sea City city center, twelve o'clock noon.

The three of them walked out of the high-speed rail station.

"We're finally here... Should we go back to the hotel first or eat first?"

Wu Ya smacked Chen Guangke on the head and said crossly, "We have bags and packages everywhere. Of course, we go back to the hotel before eating!"

Chen Guangke clutched his head and shouted with a frown, "How come even you are starting to hit my head?!"

Seeing the two of them about to start bickering again, Shen Yan quickly pulled them along, "Let's go, let's go. Stop chatting here. We need to go back to the hotel to drop things off."

Soon, the three of them arrived at the hotel.

As soon as they put their things down, Shen Yan received his second ordinary wealth intelligence of the day.

[ordinary wealth intelligence: On the second floor of the City Center Department Store, there is a lottery store. Inside, there is one 'Fire Phoenix' lottery ticket with a prize of five thousand yuan, code number 34-5869-06493755-006]

"What are we having for lunch?"

As soon as he finished reading the intelligence, Chen Guangke asked about lunch.

Shen Yan chuckled, slung his arm around Chen Guangke's neck, and said, "No rush, we're going somewhere first."

Chen Guangke, looking completely bewildered, was led by Shen Yan and Wu Ya to the lottery store on the second floor of the department store.

"Is this the place you wanted to bring us to?"

Shen Yan nodded while leaning closer to look for the 'Fire Phoenix' lottery ticket.

"Don't just stand there, come over and pick some too!"

Hearing this, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya didn't stand on ceremony. The two of them went over and started picking vigorously.

Seeing that the two of them had started having fun, Shen Yan stopped paying attention to them and concentrated on finding the specific lottery ticket mentioned in the ordinary wealth intelligence.

06... 006... Found it!

Shen Yan's face lit up with joy. Just as he reached out to grab it, someone grabbed the same ticket at the exact same moment as him.

Looking up, the other person was a great beauty with a high ponytail and big, bright, watery eyes.

It was clear that she also hadn't expected to reach for the same lottery ticket as him.

The two made eye contact, and Shen Yan was the first to let go of his hand.

"You scratch it."

The other person paused for a moment before handing the ticket in her hand over.

"Forget it, I'll take another one. I'll just pick a different ticket."

Shen Yan shook his head.

He now received two pieces of ordinary wealth intelligence every day.

Even if he failed to buy this one successfully, there would be another chance next time.

But for an ordinary person, winning the lottery was a chance that might never come in a lifetime.

"No need, I'll just pick another ticket."

The other person hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Alright then, thank you."

After saying that, she scanned the code to pay and took the ticket to scratch it nearby.

Because the ticket he wanted was taken, Shen Yan didn't continue picking any more.

He walked behind Wu Ya and Chen Guangke and asked, "Did you win anything?"

Wu Ya and Chen Guangke tossed aside the scratched tickets in their hands, their faces looking like bitter gourds. "We only scratched one that won twenty. The others didn't win anything..."

"I knew this chance to get rich overnight wouldn't fall upon us..."

Shen Yan laughed a few times and said to the two of them with a fond expression, "It's fine, I'll cover the cost of all your lottery tickets today."

Wu Ya and Chen Guangke's eyes lit up, and they exclaimed excitedly, "Really? If you say so, then we're going to pick a few more!"

Shen Yan laughed, "Hurry up and go, before it's too late!"