Chapter 363 - Could This World Be Any More Dangerous?
Chapter 363 Could This World Be Any More Dangerous?
At that moment, Su Yang only had one thought in his mind, ‘These hecklers just can’t stop coming at me!
“The chopsticks would not be warning me for no reason. Obviously, a dangerous item had appeared!
With that reasoning, could it be that the person knocking on the door was going to harm me?’
At that thought, Su Yang stopped looking at the screen and said, “Come in.”
The office door was pushed open, and Qiqi, the trainee that Su Yang met a few days ago, walked in. She was wearing JK apparel today and looked pure and lovely as though she was a pretty girl from a humble family. Anyone who laid their eyes on her would feel comfortable.
However… The unfortunate thing was that as she walked in, the sound of the chopsticks became even more frequent. That would mean that Su Yang was right, Qiqi had a dangerous item on her.
He subconsciously had his guard up.
Qiqi walked in and said to Su Yang, “Mr. Su, are you busy?”
Su Yang glanced at her, without answering her question, he said, “Is something the matter?”
Qiqi glanced at Pan Zhaodi who was outside by the door and closed the door. She walked to his desk. “Mr. Su, I would like to talk to you about how I was sidelined.”
Su Yang was on high alert.
During yesterday’s experiment, no one could hear the sound of chopsticks if they weren’t in range. Hence, Su Yang was not worried that Qiqi would hear the warning noise from the chopsticks.
However, as Qiqi got closer to him, the sound of the chopsticks became more urgent. This meant that Qiqi definitely had something dangerous on her.
Judging by the girl’s frail appearance, she did not look like she wanted to kill him. In that case… could it be that she had something on her that she could secretly record him? Was she trying to record his confession on how she got sidelined to expose him?
With that thought in mind, Su Yang calmly said, “I don’t understand what you mean.”
Qiqi looked at Su Yang in surprise. She did not understand Su Yang still did not understand despite her laying it all out in front of him. Therefore, she decided to get straight to the point after pondering for a moment. “Mr. Su, I don’t want to be sidelined, nor do I want to leave the company. I wish to continue working in the company.” [Heaven’s Eye] judged that Qiqi was telling the truth.
Su Yang tapped his fingers on the table and gradually felt even more suspicious. ‘This girl is so sincere… It doesn’t look like she intends to record me in secret.
Therefore, after some consideration, he asked tentatively, “Do you have any equipment on you to secretly record us?”
Qiqi looked surprised and said without hesitation, “Why would I bring such things? I’ve never bought anything like that before.” Su Yang frowned slightly. (Heaven’s Eye] judged that she was telling the truth.
‘That’s strange…
‘If she was not trying to secretly record me, why would the system be warning me? Was it possible she had something on her that could threaten me?’
Su Yang looked at Qiqi’s body. She was wearing JK apparel that did not even have a single pocket. There was no place to hide anything!
Su Yang was perplexed!
However, despite his confusion, he still answered, “Oh, it’s fine. I was just asking to see if you have such equipment. If you did, I would’ve asked you to do something for me.”
There were no flaws in Su Yang’s statement which was evident when Qiqi believed what he just said.
She struggled with herself as she said, “C-can… can I not?”
Su Yang was merely trying to look for an excuse in the first place, hence he nodded. “Forget about it then.”
Then, he got up and walked to Qiqi. As he got closer, the sound of the chopsticks became more urgent.
“This proves that the dangerous item was indeed somewhere on this girl.
‘But what kind of dangerous item did she bring?’
Su Yang really could not understand. As he walked closer, he began to size Qiqi up and Qiqi lowered her head nervously. It was not that she had any ulterior motives, rather It was Su Yang’s gaze that was too domineering and blatant, it scared her.
Just as the two of them were deep in their own thoughts, the sound of chopsticks clanging could be heard once again. This time, the sound of the chopsticks’ warning changed to a softer tone, allowing Su Yang to tell that another danger was approaching.
At that moment, Su Yang only had one thought in his mind. ‘Could this world be any more dangerous?
‘Why are there dangerous items everywhere?’
Just as he was thinking about this, there was another knock on the office door. Su Yang called out, “Come in.”
The office door opened and a head peeked inside. It was Luo Yi.
Su Yang looked at him and his face darkened. “What are you doing here?”
Luo Yi tried to please Su Yang. “Mr. Su, I’m here to apologize for what I did a few days ago. I hope you can forgive me.”
As he said that, he walked in with a simple breakfast set. There were fried dough sticks and a bowl of millet porridge. He then said to Su Yang respectfully, “You’re here so early. I assume you haven’t eaten yet, right? This is the breakfast that I specifically bought for you. I hope you can be magnanimous and look past my errors.” Su Yang looked at him and the sound of his chopsticks became more frequent.
When the two warnings were mixed together, it sounded like he was listening to an orchestra. It was so noisy that Su Yang’s ears hurt.
He gestured to Qiqi and said, “You may leave first. I’ll look for you later.”
Qiqi looked at Su Yang and nodded. “Thank you, Mr. Su.” Then, she left the office obediently.
True enough, only 1 warning sound was left after Qiqi left. After checking for the umpteenth time, Su Yang confirmed that Qiqi was carrying a dangerous item that could not be easily discovered.
‘But I can’t figure out what it is…’
Even though he did not find any dangerous items, Su Yang’s sixth sense told him that Qiqi did not harbor any ill intentions toward him. The items that she carried were most likely not intended to be used against him.
As for Luo Yi… Su Yang had a different feeling.
“There is definitely something wrong with this guy!’
Furthermore, Su Yang had already confirmed where the problem was. It was Luo Yi’s breakfast!
Truth be told, if Luo Yi was secretly recording him, Su Yang wouldn’t care too much about it. After all, the two of them were enemies. Hence, it would be normal for Luo Yi to attack the other party with the help of some tricks.
‘But… It can’t be that a camera or a kitchen knife is hidden in the breakfast, right?
Even though Su Yang did not know what Luo Yi had done to the breakfast, he felt that the latter was definitely up to no good, possibly even trying to poison him to death…
He sat back in his chair quietly and looked at Luo Yi. Then, he smiled and said, “Really? You even went out of your way to prepare breakfast for me. I’m touched.”
Seeing the smile on Su Yang’s face, Luo Yi hesitated for a moment. He felt that Su Yang was not someone who would be easily fooled by him, yet why was he so gullible today?
However, Luo Yi could not retreat now that things have developed up to that point, so he could only place the breakfast that he had prepared on the table and stand to one side with a smile.
Actually, he had not been idling around during his absence from the company for the past two days. In fact, he had been contacting several management agencies and managers within the industry who were on good terms with him.
He thought rather highly of himself. He was a newbie with unlimited potential and was about to enter the most popular variety show in the country, Speedrunners. There would definitely be a company who would be willing to pay the penalty for him to breach his contract in order to hire him.
After all, once he was on Speedrunners, it was very likely that he would be the next big hit based on his image and character.
Once he reached the top rankings, he would become a duck who could hatch golden eggs for the management company as long as he was under their contract!
‘Which company could resist such temptation!’
However, the reality was much harsher than he thought. Every company that he had come into contact with had rejected him without exception. They would come up with various excuses, ranging from weird to absurd.
However, Luo Yi could tell from their tone that they were just being perfunctory and disdained of him.
It was then that Luo Yi realized that having the potential does not necessarily mean that he was capable. He was not a top ranking celebrity, even his chance to participate in “Speedrunners” was merely a verbal promise and it was likely that it would not be fulfilled. Plus, even if he did participate in Speedrunners, would he really be able to reach the top?
No ordinary human could not predict the future. Therefore, it was no wonder that they were skeptical about Luo Yi.
After all, the penalty for Luo Yi’s breach of contract was no small amount. Who would be willing to gamble ten million dollars just to hire Luo Yi?
Furthermore, even if they did hire Luo Yi, the New Culture Arts division may release negative news about Luo Yi on purpose. In that case, forget Speedrunners, Luo Yi’s future in the industry would become uncertain.
Therefore, each and every company within the industry made a unanimous decision and rejected Luo Yi.
Luo Yi, who had been rejected by everyone, had no choice but to look for the producers of Speedrunners. After spending the night with the old man, he asked the producer if he could help him.
It ended in disappointment. The producer said that he had to be responsible for the project since it was his career. He had agreed to let Luo Yi participate previously solely because Luo Yi met the criteria, hence he did not mind giving Luo Yi a free pass. However, if Luo Yi got into a dispute and there was negative news on him, it would affect his image and the show. When that happened, the producer would cease to allow Luo Yi to participate in his show.
Of course, since he had been receiving “benefits” from Luo Yi all this while, the producer did not pass Luo Yi the death sentence. Instead, he said that if Luo Yi manages to get out of being sidelined, he could introduce a new company to Luo Yi. The condition was that he had to be at his beck and call over the next few years. Looking at the wrinkled skin on the middle-aged man and feeling suffering his body would have to go through, Luo Yi felt nauseous.
However, he did not dare to vent his anger on this producer, nor did he dare to vent his anger on those companies that might accept him in the future. He could only direct all of his anger on Su Yang!
When he returned home yesterday, the more he thought about it, the more indignant he felt. He felt that Su Yang was the culprit behind his current predicament. Without Su Yang, everything would be resolved!
Therefore, as long as Su Yang dies, he would have hope!
Even though he knew that he was being ridiculous, his heart had been filled with so much hatred and impulse that he wanted to vent it all out and make Su Yang die!
Wa
Of course, despite his extreme thoughts, he was not a fool. He did not want to risk his life just to kill Su Yang. Hence, he needed to find a safe way to kill Su Yang.
Therefore, he went to look for a friend of his to ask if there was a way to kill someone without leaving any traces.
In the end, his friend recommended… ricin.
According to his friend, ricin was a type of cytotoxin. Once ingested, it would react within a few hours and die between one to three days. The symptoms of ricin poisoning are similar to those with heart disease and are easily misdiagnosed.
Even if there was no misdiagnosis and the coroner found that the cause of death was not in the heart after he had conducted an autopsy, it would still be very difficult to find the actual cause of death even if he tested for any toxicity in the corpse. This was because there were still no known methods to test for ricin at that time.
After being assured by his friend, Luo Yi decided to poison Su Yang to death with ricin. Hence, he bought a bowl of porridge and fried dough sticks for Su Yang that morning. Then, he mixed the ricin that his friend gave him into the porridge, intending to let Su Yang eat it.
He had a solid plan. He would get rid of the evidence by throwing it into the trash located a few kilometers away after Su Yang ate the food. Then, he would head to the internet cafe and play games all night. The moment Su Yang’s poison acted up, he would have a perfect alibi.
He thought of everything beautifully, so he looked at Su Yang with a burning gaze. Looking at Su Yang, he placed the porridge and fried dough sticks in front of Su Yang. “Mr. Su, have some breakfast.”
Su Yang glanced at him and said casually, “Oh, I’ve had breakfast.”
Luo Yi was stunned.