301: Collaborative projects

"I feel that as long as I have your help, I can definitely survive!" General Jiang said very sincerely, his eyes sparkling, as if Su Yue before him was his savior god.

Su Yue felt that General Jiang must be crazy, to actually think that he, a poor nobody, could help him.

However, Su Yue hesitated for a moment, then spoke: "Let me think about it. I haven't done anything to protect people before, and I'm not sure I can truly protect you."

General Jiang didn't have as many concerns as Su Yue. After hearing him agree, he became even more excited and his whole body was roused.

He looked at Su Yue excitedly, as if he had found a savior god: "Okay! Then I'll trouble you during this time!"

"Actually, the reason I'm asking for your help is because I want you to do me a favor."

Su Yue wasn't too surprised by General Jiang's sudden request. After all, compared to asking him for protection, it was clearly much more reliable to ask for his help with something specific.

He also calmly asked: "Go ahead and tell me. If I can help you, I will."

General Jiang didn't delay either and said directly to Su Yue: "Su Yue, you should be in contact with Cheng Fei now, right? Can you ask him to do me another favor? I promise I won't make random requests this time."

Su Yue was puzzled: "Is that the only request?"

Su Yue's obviously suspicious gaze made General Jiang's expression a little awkward, and his hesitant face also clearly seemed to be hiding something.

Even Lan Zijun, who had been silent and hadn't said much on the side, could see that General Jiang was clearly troubled by something.

Even Lan Zijun was surprised that General Jiang of Mingyuan Group would exhibit such obvious hesitant and uneasy behavior.

So what exactly did this General Jiang do, and why does it feel like he's hiding something?

General Jiang lowered his head, not daring to look at Su Yue's direct gaze, while Su Yue just calmly looked at him, not overtly pressuring him.

However, it was precisely Su Yue's calm attitude that was the most tormenting. General Jiang was already hiding something in his heart, and under Su Yue's silent pressure...

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, he just couldn't stand it, and he spilled everything all at once.

"Forget it! Su Yue, I'll just be direct with you!"

Seeing General Jiang's expression as if he was about to confess everything, Su Yue's face showed a look of "just as expected."

He nodded: "Okay, go ahead."

As expected, General Jiang didn't hide anything further.

It turned out that Mingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. had previously collaborated with Xingyu Internet Company, and he had met their programmer Cheng Fei through this.

Because Cheng Fei was skilled, he wanted to poach him to his own company.

Who knew that no matter how much effort he put into trying to poach the other party, the other party remained unmoved. Instead, the boss of Xingyu Internet Company found out about him secretly poaching others behind their back.

This incident made the boss of Xingyu quite angry. Also, because the new software General Jiang was planning needed Cheng Fei's help, in order to borrow the person from Xingyu, General Jiang could only agree to a bunch of unreasonable demands from the other party.

However, it's unclear if the boss of Xingyu discovered the benefits of using Cheng Fei this time, as afterwards, he repeatedly asked General Jiang if he wanted to pay to borrow Cheng Fei again.

With Cheng Fei, the progress of General Jiang's software went much more smoothly. With such a great benefit right in front of him, he naturally wouldn't refuse, and he agreed to everything.

This cooperation continued for a period of time. Suddenly, the boss of Xingyu secretly asked him if he wanted to invest in his new project. This project was led by Cheng Fei, and the investment return rate was 500%.

Such a high return rate greatly frightened General Jiang. He immediately thought that this kind of project wouldn't be a legitimate one.

However, with the blatant profit right in front of him, General Jiang only hesitated for a moment. In the end, he couldn't suppress the madness in his heart and agreed to join.

However, when General Jiang truly learned what kind of project Xingyu was planning, he was also startled and felt that they were truly crazy to dare touch something so dangerous.

This was something that could very likely cost them their lives!

However, although rationality told General Jiang that it was best to withdraw from this matter as early as possible, he had already invested money, and the other partners naturally wouldn't want to let him go.

Therefore, General Jiang eventually acquiesced to the project, half-reluctantly and half-willingly, and looked forward to getting rich overnight soon.

However, it's also unclear if Cheng Fei discovered that there was something wrong with this project. One day, he, who had always been quietly working, actually proposed to withdraw from the project.

But how could Cheng Fei withdraw from something like this just by saying so? Under various threats and inducements, Cheng Fei could only continue to work for them.

Who knew that just as the project was about to be completed, an accident occurred one day? A big fire rendered all their efforts, which had cost a lot of money, useless.

Cheng Fei also said that he hadn't made backups and that the content was all destroyed in the fire.

They naturally wouldn't believe such a clumsy lie. However, Cheng Fei was persistent. This time, no matter how they threatened or enticed him, Cheng Fei showed no fear and was very calm.

Even though they were angry and unwilling to believe Cheng Fei's claim that it was destroyed, at this point, they couldn't do anything to Cheng Fei.

However, they didn't let Cheng Fei off so easily. They still found people to keep an eye on him, just to see when he would bring the source code back.

When Su Yue heard General Jiang clearly explain the entanglement between him and Cheng Fei, he felt surprised but also not entirely surprised.

He hadn't expected Cheng Fei to be quite principled, choosing to refuse immediately upon realizing that the programming he was doing was wrong, and then even losing the source code during the chaos.

Presumably, the piece of source code he deleted was the stack of data he received in his intelligence system.

However, realizing something, he counter-questioned the somewhat dejected General Jiang.

"Then why are you being hunted? You're still hiding something, aren't you?"

General Jiang's body stiffened. He looked up at Su Yue, whose eyes were sharp and who he didn't know what he was thinking. At that moment, he actually felt a sense of unease, as if no matter what he was hiding in his heart, it would eventually be seen through by the other party.

Since he had already blurted out all the reasons, the subsequent matters were not so difficult for General Jiang to speak about.

Su Yue asked, and he replied: "I wasn't hiding anything, I was just hesitating whether to surrender directly. This matter angered several partners, and they just want my life."

He laughed helplessly: "This is why I didn't directly contact Police. After all, if I really asked Police for help, then the fact that I'm a traitor would truly be confirmed."

"By then, those few people would hunt me down no matter where I fled, even to the ends of the earth."

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After all, they were all bold people who committed illegal and criminal acts, so how could those few people not have power?

Now, he hadn't truly betrayed them yet, but those people had already done such blatant and arrogant things. He could hardly doubt that if he really confessed to Police, he might not live past tomorrow.

This is also why General Jiang was cautious and didn't dare contact Police.

After listening, Su Yue was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect to have such a high status with you."

General Jiang was a little embarrassed: "Sorry, I secretly investigated Cheng Fei's call records, and that's how I knew about you."

"Mainly, at the time, I originally wanted to check if Cheng Fei did it on purpose, but I saw you in his call records."

"I saw that he actually noted you as a 'big shot,' so I became a little curious about you and had someone investigate you."

"After receiving the investigation report, I was also shocked that you had such strength. That's why I actually came to you with a last glimmer of hope this time."

"Actually, I had always guessed that you wouldn't agree, but I didn't expect you to agree. I think I should be able to stay here for a few more days this time."

Su Yue also knew that General Jiang was constantly changing locations because he was being hunted by several partners. Now, hearing him say something so down-to-earth, he found it quite rare.

He shook his head: "Actually, I was also thinking about rescuing Cheng Fei these past few days. What you explained to me today has made me understand a lot."

Cheng Fei was not good with words. Su Yue had no way of knowing what had happened to Cheng Fei before.

Now, with General Jiang's explanation, he roughly understood what all of this was about.

Hearing the reason, he felt it was quite magical.

He didn't expect there to be such people in this society. However, just as General Jiang said, the return rate was too high. With such a high return rate, it was also within reason for some people to lose their humanity in the process.

General Jiang was also very surprised after hearing Su Yue say this, his eyes wide.

"You mean you plan to rescue Cheng Fei? Are you... are you sure this isn't harming him?"

General Jiang's words contained too obvious a rebuke. Even Lan Zijun, who was silent on the side, couldn't listen anymore.

She retorted helplessly: "How could Su Yue be harming him? He clearly wants to save him."

"Su Yue has been working hard for Cheng Fei's matter for several days, and he also wants to rescue Cheng Fei as soon as possible."

"Moreover, unlike you, he wouldn't make Cheng Fei do illegal things. He truly wants to pull him out of the Abyss."

Lan Zijun rarely spoke like this. Now, with a stern face, she severely rebuked General Jiang, clearly genuinely angered by his words.

And General Jiang was indeed stunned by Lan Zijun's sudden accusation. Seeing Lan Zijun looking like she was facing a formidable enemy, he instantly understood that he had angered Lan Zijun. After a moment of silence, he explained.

"No, I'm not saying Su Yue has any bad intentions in doing this. When I said 'harming Cheng Fei,' I meant it in the literal sense."

Before Lan Zijun could say anything, General Jiang continued to explain: "Because several partners have sent many people to watch Cheng Fei, and among them, there are inevitably some radicals."

"If you truly have the idea of rescuing Cheng Fei, then the other party will definitely have a retaliatory mindset of 'If I can't have him, you shouldn't think of having him either.'"

"Cheng Fei is very likely to be killed by the other party."

Su Yue had naturally already thought of the problem General Jiang mentioned. Regarding this point, Su Yue hesitated for a moment and asked: "Then how do you think I can rescue Cheng Fei?"

After hearing Su Yue say this, General Jiang, who had originally opened up and talked freely, suddenly fell silent again, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

If he knew how to rescue Cheng Fei, he would have already rescued him. Why would he be here discussing with Su Yue how to rescue Cheng Fei at this time?

Seeing that General Jiang didn't answer, Su Yue put away his original curiosity and said to General Jiang: "It's okay, don't worry. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't. I will rescue Cheng Fei safely."

Hearing Su Yue say this, General Jiang's eyes instantly lit up, and he immediately became more energetic about Su Yue's words.

He was very curious: "Su Yue, do you really have a way to rescue Cheng Fei? What exactly is this method? Can you tell me first?"

The number of people those people had placed to watch Cheng Fei was even more than those used against him. Even he, who already had many bodyguards, was annoyed by the dirty tactics of these people.

Now, it wouldn't be an easy task for Su Yue to rescue Cheng Fei from a place full of hidden agents.

However, Su Yue didn't plan to tell General Jiang his idea. At a time like this, Su Yue would naturally keep a wary eye.

After all, even though this person spoke with such righteous words, no one could guarantee 100% that what he said was true, nor could they be sure that this person was truly on their side.

If Su Yue told him how he planned to rescue Cheng Fei, and he then turned around and told his plan to those people, then his efforts would be in vain, and it was even very likely that it would truly harm Cheng Fei.

Therefore, Su Yue wouldn't be so foolish as to really choose to tell General Jiang all the plans.

He said: "The matter of you being hunted should be resolved after I rescue Cheng Fei. I see that your bodyguards' skills and reactions are good. I don't think I can compare to them, so personal protection is not suitable for me."

"But you can rest assured, I will rescue Cheng Fei within three days. You just need to endure for three more days."

After hearing Su Yue say this, General Jiang's eyes were sparkling, and he was a little excited all over.

He said somewhat excitedly: "Okay! Then I'll wait for your good news. If you need any help from me, feel free to ask. As long as I can help you, I will definitely do my best."

"Oh, and when my matter is completely settled, I will give you a ten million check. I hope you don't mind."

A ten million check in exchange for his life, General Jiang felt it wasn't a loss at all.

Don't look at what Su Yue didn't do, but General Jiang knew that there were hidden dangers in this. The fact that Su Yue chose to help him was enough to make General Jiang excited, and he naturally didn't care about money at all.

As for Su Yue, he didn't feel much about this amount of money. He already had so much money. The ten million check now would just add a little more to the number in his account. He wasn't short of money at all now.

However, for money that was clearly being handed to him, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

Anyway, he was already planning to rescue Cheng Fei. Now, to make a large sum of money while rescuing him, he was also happy to see this happen.

Moreover, looking at this General Jiang, he did have a bit of humanity left, not to the extent of abandoning everything for profit. Just based on this point, he was still worth saving.

"Alright."

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