Chapter 34 - Getting Rid of that Bigshot (11)

translator: baumkuchen editor: glitterypanda

On the morning of the second day, Zhou Kais companys stock price continued to fall, but at a lower rate.

Many businessmen seemed to be driving luxury cars and living in luxury houses, unboundedly wealthy, but what sustained their companies operations was a set of closely linked, interconnected capital chains. The moment this capital chain ruptured, the company faced a complete crash.

Zhou Kai had no choice but to use his reserve capital to inject funds into the stock market in order to maintain the regular operation of his capital chain and prevent a margin call.

As for what happened to Lily, he already couldnt care less.

He sneaked back to the villa, and began his temporary convalescence.

After expending a lot of effort returning to his home, Zhou Kai asked Yi Song whod come to welcome him, Wheres Mister Shen?

Yi Song said, Mister Shen had a fever after he got back yesterday. Doctor Aaron already came and had a look at him, hes taken some medicine.

Zhou Kai had also spent a full day without sleep or rest. Only after going upstairs and taking a look into his bedroom to confirm that Shen Changqing was sleeping soundly, tucked into his blanket, did Zhou Kai return to his own bedroom, wash up, and go to sleep.

The moment the bedroom door closed, the figure that had just been sitting by the bed re-appeared. He took down the cold towel plastered over Chi Xiaochis forehead and picked up a glass of water. He deconstructed the water once more, condensing it into ice, before placing the towel inside and spreading it back out over Chi Xiaochis forehead.

Chi Xiaochi cocked his head to the side, Arent you wasting energy doing this?

061, When youre sick, its always best to have someone you know staying by your side.

After saying this, 061 also felt it a little strange.

When he first brought up this idea, hed thought Chi Xiaochi would ask him to turn into Lou Ying.

But after thinking it over, Chi Xiaochi had said, then turn into Lucas.

Lucas was his manager. He was a little girly, but his family had a lot of money to spare. Being so idle with nothing to do, he decided to become a manager to play around.

He was a very emotional person who loved to laugh and loved to cry. His mouth was both playful and sharp. He especially liked to torment his own hair; one day, he would dye it silvery white, the next, hed dye it dark green. Fortunately, he had a clean, pretty appearance, which could stand him bleaching his hair over and over.

When he and Chi Xiaochi first met, he had just been forced to dye his hair back to black by his father, but, unresigned, hed snuck off to get some highlights done. Amongst the black, there was a streak of dark purple, looking extraordinarily unruly.

When he had free time, Chi Xiaochi liked to idly tease him,

Tony-laoshi

?

Lucas said, Ahh stop it~ This ones name is Lucas.

Chi Xiaochi, Okay, Tony-laoshi.

In his own world, Chi Xiaochi had never seriously called him Lucas even once, but, on the contrary, when he came here, he finally remembered his real name.

Chi Xiaochi looked up at 061 using Lucas as a sockpuppet, I dont know who this brat is following now. Can anyone bear with him changing his hairstyle more diligently than the celebrity themself?

061 said, Youre sick, you should rest well. If you keep thinking about other things, it wont help your recovery.

Chi Xiaochi, Liu-laoshi youve OOC-ed, Lucas doesnt talk like that.

The corners of 061s mouth twitched.

After pondering over it for a good while, he decided to go along with the sick person, Since youre sick you should rest well okay~

Chi Xiaochi, Hahahahahaha.

061 reddened slightly, Sleep.

Chi Xiaochi, extremely unrestrainedly, Hahahahahahaha.

061 turned stern, Not going to listen to your teachers words anymore, are you? Then from now on, dont call me teacher anymore.

Chi Xiaochi said, How could I not listen?

A teacher for a day, a father for the rest of ones life

.

061, Then thats just right, from now on, call me

Daddy

instead.

For once in his life, Chi Xiaochi was made to choke,

Chi Xiaochi thought, its over, hes been corrupted.

Why was it that every person who spent time with him would end up falling so fast.

As Chi Xiaochi was thinking this, another person had already, without warning, completed the all-round high altitude free-fall from the peak all the way down to the trough.

Two days after Shen Changqings press conference, the company spokesperson Sam announced that after a consultation with six well-known experts, it was determined that Mister Zhou Kai indeed suffered from Alzheimers disease, and was preparing to formally step down from his position on the board of directors, and was hurrying abroad for treatment.

In this battle, Zhou Kais vitality suffered a huge injury.

He said nothing, but when he came back to himself, and began counting his losses one by one, his assets that had drained away like water made him tremble with pain.

That was all the foundation hed painstakingly laid.

Hed contacted a hacking company, vowing to dig out the person whod tripped him behind his back.

Were it not for Lily also being dragged into this huge storm, Zhou Kai almost suspected that she had purposefully set up this trap for him.

But after throwing away ten thousand in labour fees,

he didnt even hear a single ripple

.

The person from the hacking company regretfully informed him that they really didnt know what trick that person had used. They could only determine that the audio recording and the video had been released by the same person. As for their address, they hadnt found a single clue.

After looking everywhere but getting no results, Zhou Kai was angered to the point of yelling at people every day.

Shen Changqing was bed-ridden with sickness, so Yi Song and the rest became the targets of his wrath.

After being slapped in the face with the telephone, the households maid cried to another servant, bruises on her face, saying that she wanted to leave this place.

Zhou Kai heard wind of this from somewhere. He called over all the people in the house except for Shen Changqing, and pointed at their noses and began to scold loudly, If you want to leave, you can just fuck off! But Ill warn you, I have here your addresses, your families addresses, if you dare to say a single unnecessary word outside, be warned

Each and every one of the servants became chickens with their heads hung low, not daring to even make a single unnecessary noise.

These few days, Zhou Kai, now idle at home, had nothing to do but try to figure out what enemies he might have.

On his fourth at home, he was so bored his entire body was feverish. He decided he might as well contact the golf course he usually went to, planning on playing a few holes, Two o clock in the afternoon, the usual place.

After checking up Zhou Kais phone number, the person on the other end of the line said politely, Mister Zhou, your membership has been cancelled. The non-member venue in the golf course has already been fully booked, please pick another convenient time.

Zhou Kai was shocked for a moment then went into a fury, I paid this years membership fee, when was my membership cancelled, and why was it cancelled?

The phone operator replied according to the usual rules, If you have any problems, I can put you through to my manager.

The call was successfully put through.

On the other end was someone speaking in a proper English accent, Mister Zhou, after a check, Ive found that your membership has indeed been cancelled and the membership fee has been refunded to your card. Two days ago, our phone operator contacted you both by phone and text messaging separately to inform you of this matter, but you never responded.

Zhou Kai had been bombarded with text messages and phone calls for the past few days, hed simply left everything unanswered and basked in the tranquility of doing so.

Zhou Kai did his utmost to suppress his rising anger, I want a reason.

The person with the English accent replied, Our chairman is black. Given the views you have publicly expressed, as well as the state of your health, we unanimously believe our golf course is perhaps already unsuited to provide your our service.

The underlying meaning of his words was that we here cant afford a Buddha as big as you. Please leave quickly, we wont send you off, good-fucking-bye.

Refusing a customer? Zhou Kai, cellphone in hand, trembled with anger, What right do you have to unilaterally terminate the contract? Im going to sue!

The person with the English accent said, Please do as you wish.

Zhou Kai hung up. He clutched at the armrest of the sofa, panting heavily. Stars swum before his eyes.

After catching his breath, he walked over to the French window, and found that unexpectedly, there were still heads bobbing around at his doorstep.

Those damned housefly-like journalists!

The whole villa was silent as a grave. Zhou Kais thunderous rage had only himself as an audience.

Yi Song and the rest had long since grown used to Zhou Kais intermittent bursts of mania. If they could hide, theyd hide, unwilling to make a sound.

As for Shen Changqing, who was still bed-ridden, he of course wouldnt take the initiative to run out and receive this stroke of bad luck.

In order to relieve the depression weighing on his chest, Zhou Kai turned on the television. But who knew that the first program to enter his eyes would be a talk show host enthusiastically analyzing when Lily, this

Ximen Qing

, had hooked Zhou Kai, this

Pan Jinlian

in a frivolous, gaudy manner, making the audience burst out laughing.

Zhou Kai immediately changed channels, skipping over boring soap operas, thinking of picking an interesting live sport to watch.

When he passed the news channel, he originally skipped straight over it, but immediately sensing something wasnt right, he changed back to that channel.

Unexpectedly, the general headquarters of his modelling agency was on the news. The public square before the large building was filled with black people sitting. Banners filled with slogans of protest waved through the air.

In this crowd of people, the person in the lead was actually Fiona.

In early autumn, when the hot weather had yet to dissipate, she was dressed in extremely thick clothes. The sign she held in her hands read: Were still in the midst of harsh winter.

Seeing this, Zhou Kais scalp went numb.

A demonstration? Had these n*****s had

too much of a good life

and were now too idle, so they had nothing better to do anymore?

But Zhou Kai soon thought of another, even worse matter.

He grabbed his cell phone, and quickly made a call.

The moment the call connected, before he could speak, noisy voices and footsteps entered Zhou Kais ears through the phone. Sams elegant voice was almost completely drowned out in the uproar, Mister Zhou?

Zhou Kai pelted him with questions, Where are you?

Sam replied, At the company. Right now theres a little issue at the company, so its inconvenient

Zhou Kai cut him off, Is this about the demonstration?

Sam, You know about it already?

Such a serious matter has occurred, why havent you contacted me?! The entrance to my company has been blocked by people, and I actually didnt know a thing? I had to see it in the news?

Sam replied politely, Considering the stage youre at, I thought you would need to recuperate, so I didnt inform you.

A wave of uncontrollable frustration enveloped Zhou Kai, Recuperate? Sam, what the fuck do you mean? Do you really think Im sick?

Sam said, neither humbly or arrogantly, Mister Zhou, I dont mean that. Right now, you cant appear in public. Even if you know about the situation, you have no way of personally participating, and can only worry helplessly. Im at the scene, and will handle everything, please rest assured.

Zhou Kai gritted his teeth, and issued an order, Tonight, come over to my house with the past two days backlog of important documents.

Yesterday, Sam hadnt sent over any documents. At the time, Zhou Kai hadnt minded it, but todays matters made it so he couldnt not care.

Sam was silent for a moment, Alright, please keep calm, and dont be impatient.

Zhou Kai put down the phone, turning his gaze back to the television screen.

Amongst the crowd of demonstrators, some people raised illustrated signs, on them drawn satirical cartoons with extremely exaggerated lines:

A fat-headed, big-eared Zhou Kai, sat on the sofa, his legs crossed in an

Erlang pose

, while a man with a striking resemblance to Shen Changqing spooned medicine into Zhou Kais mouth.

On the bottle of medicine, which bore a strong resemblance to a babys pacifier, was inscribed the word Salis.

Salis was a famous drug that treated Alzheimers disease, named after its developer,

Salis, a black chemist

.

There was even a caption beside the cartoon: Go treat your illness with a black mans medicine.

He sat on the sofa, picked up his phone, and began to search the internet for information about himself.

Led by Fiona, more than a dozen black models have left XX Company.

XX Company going through high-level shuffling, in a short period of time, there has been frequent personnel transfers amongst the staff.

Spokesperson Mister Sam expresses, personnel transfers are a normal occurence

Zhou Kai looked through all his search results one by one, until he reached the news article that had let him think hed escaped everything.

Six experts consulted, Mister Zhou Kai has been confirmed to suffer from Alzheimers disease.

Zhou Kais gaze slowly moved away from his phone screen, landed on the ranks of demonstrators on television for a moment, then shortly after, moved to the tightly-shut door to Shen Changqings bedroom.

A dark look flashed in his eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.

That night, at midnight.

Chi Xiaochi, who originally slept lightly, vaguely felt someone next to his bed.

The moment he opened his eyes, and saw Zhou Kai, silently sitting by his bedside watching him, his only thought was, motherfucker.

As Chi Xiaochi entered the act and got up in a panic, he asked 061, Liu-laoshi, when did he get here?

061s tone wasnt good, Five minutes ago.

He just sat there and watched me for five minutes?

Watched you for five minutes.

Why didnt you wake me?

I thought hed just leave after watching for a while.

Chi Xiaochi thought about it. He still felt that only one word could express his current mood, Motherfucker.

This time, 061 didnt stop Chi Xiaochi from swearing.

Zhou Kai spread his lips in a humourless smile, Did you sleep well?

Shen Changqing lowered his head, and neither nodded nor shook his head, Why hasnt Mister Zhou gone to sleep yet?

Zhou Kai said, I couldnt sleep, so I came to see you.

As he said this, he reached out a hand, and stroked Shen Changqings cheek.

Chi Xiaochi immediately had a reaction. His heart rate and blood pressure increased simultaneously. His stomach also lurched. His arm, supporting his body from behind, trembled violently.

061 couldnt image how under such a strong physiological reaction, Chi Xiaochi could actually endure, not resisting, nor leaving, continuing to quietly play the role of his Shen Changqing.

He could even keep thinking under this kind of circumstance.

Chi Xiaochi had had a hunch this would happen since early on, he just hadnt thought that Zhou Kai would come so quickly.

Today, when Sam came over, Zhou Kai had received him in his study. At first, they had still discussed work normally, but Zhou Kais emotions had become more and more agitated, slamming Sam against the desk, and raking him over the coals with verbal abuse, his words and actions all to make sure Sam wouldnt grow any thoughts of disloyalty.

He, Zhou Kai, could lift him up, and he could also drag him down.

While from beginning to end, Sams attitude was indifferent.

Because he already didnt put Zhou Kai in his eyes.

In his eyes, Zhou Kai had already become someone who wasnt worth worrying about. Soon, the board of directors would act.

This time, his tumble had been too fierce, too unsightly, causing an inestimable amount of damages to the shareholders, whatever influence he had over them after cultivating them for so many years, at present, considering the benefits, not a single one would be willing to be tainted by an association with him.

Sam and the board of directors had vented their anger. They would announce this news during the mid-year gathering.

And Sam didnt plan on informing Zhou Kai of this. After all, Zhou Kai was currently more angry at Sams concealment of the news, and towards Shen Changqing, some vague doubts had already formed.

Could he be in contact with Sam privately? Did Sam instruct him to deliberately reveal his illness in front of the media so he could take the opportunity to push him off his position?

But hed asked Yi Song, during this period of time, Shen Changqing had been peacefully recovering from his injury, and hadnt stepped a foot out the front door nor the sidedoor, even making and taking calls had all been under Yi Songs supervision, much less accessing the internet.

After finding out about all this, Zhou Kai temporarily put aside his suspicions.

Disregarding whether Sam had any thoughts of disloyalty or not, fortunately, Shen Changqing was a fool.

Hed better not have the courage to betray him.

The author has something to say:

A-grade difficulty is after all A-grade difficulty _(:)_

baum: omg Id forgotten about the moment when ZK just sat by the side of the bed staring at CXC, so when I got there, it was a real Oh, fuck moment for me