Chapter 133 part1 (1/2)

Yu Hao asked how his work was going, but Fu Liqun only answered simply, “It’s still okay, I’m going for a meeting now.”

Yu Hao uttered an “un” and hung up. After returning home that night, Zhou Sheng didn’t say anything after hearing about it. He felt a little rueful.

“This is the first time Gege’s borrowing money from us.” Zhou Sheng said, “That’s not easy.”

Yu Hao suddenly realised that that was true. Fu Liqun had never borrowed money from anyone when he was in college.

Several days later, Lin Ze said to Yu Hao, “Why don’t I just transfer you to a full-time post in advance?”

Yu Hao had noticed that Lin Ze had something on his mind these days, and it turns out it was because he was concerned about this. He quickly said, “Don’t! Let’s do it how we agreed to ba.”

Yu Hao was only a little worried about choosing his topic; what if he just goes to Khunjerab pass to do an investigation? But what about his manuscripts? He could only get Jin Weicheng to take pictures of his notes and send it to him, then write it on the train before sending it back through email…That day, while he was quarrelling with the head office about the manuscripts, he suddenly received Fu Liqun’s call.

“Yu Hao.” Fu Liqun said, “Um…Are you at home?”

Yu Hao, “I’m at the company, why?”

Fu Liqun said, “When you get back at night, help me sell that pair of blue sports shoes ba?”

Yu Hao, “???”

Yu Hao walked out of the editorial office and stood in the corridor. A few reporters were smoking. Yu Hao nodded, “Which pair?”

Fu Liqun said, “The AJ pair, blue with a white sole. Help me post it as a salted fish, tag it as ‘secondhand,’ mark it saying that it’s 80% new, and sell it for 1,200. If there’s any bargaining, don’t let it go over ten yuan, don’t yield too much. Once it’s sold transfer it to my bank card ba.”

Yu Hao, “Oh…”

That pair of sports shoes was the birthday gift Yu Hao had given Fu Liqun several years ago. Fu Liqun asked Yu Hao to help him sell it as a secondhand……Yu Hao suddenly felt like something was a bit wrong. After he hung up, he immediately called Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng picked up and said, “Wait for me at the office.”

“Those were the ones I gave him.” Yu Hao said, “He only has that one pair that’s blue with a white sole!”

Lin Ze and Situ Ye were baffled, listening to Yu Hao’s phone call. Yu Hao said, “Did he get into some sort of trouble?”

Zhou Sheng said, “It’s a job introduced by Yangming, it shouldn’t be that bad……wait, 1,200, and ten yuan, isn’t that 1190? Crap, where is he? Don’t tell me he bumped into a pyramid scheme ba?”

“Please don’t let it be a pyramid scheme.” Yu Hao frowned.

Lin Ze understood as soon as he heard, “Where did your friend go? I’ll ask around for you.”

Not a moment later, Lin Ze had already gotten news from his information network, “Yu Hao, it’s a pyramid scheme. I’m very sure.”

Yu Hao went over to look. Lin Ze had asked in a reporter group, and quite a number of people had answered him in the affirmative. In recent years, pyramid schemes have been rampant in cities in the south. The local public security and pyramid scheme companies were colluding, and they advised Lin Ze not to go over.

Lin Ze said, “Don’t worry, think about it first. Where exactly in the south is he, do you have any information?”

“No.” Yu Hao smoothed his hair and began recalling what Fu Liqun said to him. He doesn’t even know when Fu Liqun had gone there.

“I don’t know.” Yu Hao said, “He didn’t tell me anything.”

“Contact the friend who last saw him.” Lin Ze said.

Yu Hao pondered for a moment, then called Cen Shan. There was a time zone difference of six hours, so it wasn’t time to go to bed over there yet.

When Cen Shan heard, she immediately asked, “What’s going on? Yu Hao, make it clear.”

Yu Hao thought that this definitely couldn’t be hidden from her in the end, “I……un, it’s nothing, he seems to be in a bad mood recently. Did he say anything to you when the two of you met on New Year’s?”

Cen Shan answered, “I got off the plane while he got on one. We met at the airport.”

Yu Hao, “He left on the 1st of January?”

Cen Shan said calmly, “Yes. He had already bought his ticket that night and was waiting at the airport. We only met for 15 minutes. He told me that he wanted to go to the coast to find Yangming and said that he had told them that he would report there on the 2nd. He didn’t want to change his flight and give a bad impression to the leaders. I sent him to the security checkpoint, then stayed overnight at the airport hotel.”

Yu Hao, “……”

Cen Shan said, “What’s wrong? I also want to ask, did he change his phone number?”

Yu Hao answered, “Un……seems like it. I want to look for him and give him a surprise, then have fun with him for a few days.”

Cen Shan said, “Yu Hao.”

Both sides fell silent for a moment. Zhou Sheng arrived at the office. When he saw that Yu Hao was talking to Cen Shan, his expression changed in an instant.

“Tell me the truth, what exactly did he……”

“I’ve something to do on my side, I’ll talk to you again at night.” Yu Hao quickly said and hung up first.

“You called up sis-in-law?” Zhou Sheng said.

Yu Hao said, “I just wanted to ask if Gege mentioned…”

Zhou Sheng said, “Why did you go to her? Who else did you inform?”

Yu Hao said, “Gege’s asking for my help! Zhou Sheng! It’s not the time to worry about his face right now!”

Zhou Sheng said, “Do you know why he went to the south? That’s the reason, don’t you get it? Now that you’ve let sis-in-law know, what do you want him to do in the future?”

Yu Hao, “His life is already in danger now! When comparing one’s so-called dignity versus safety, which is more important?”

“For him, dignity is more important.” Zhou Sheng said, “Yu Hao, you don’t understand.”

“Then forgive me for not agreeing with you this time, Zhou Sheng.” Yu Hao said, “You have to tell Xue Long and let Xue Long inform his parents. This isn’t a responsibility we can afford to bear!”

“I can bear this responsibility!” Zhou Sheng said, “Don’t call anyone else!”

Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng. The two of them drew their swords and nocked their bows. Situ Ye helped smooth things over, “Don’t fight now, finding him should be of the utmost priority.”

Yu Hao let out a prolonged breath and frowned silently.