What did she say to Lan Jing Shui?
Judging by the initial situation, Qi Qiao definitely didn't know Lan Jing Shui. Lan Jing Shui had always done missions alone, and no one had heard of him having teammates.
Moreover, Qi Qiao's actions were clearly a stakeout, so there were only two possibilities.
One was that Qi Qiao went to seek help from the most powerful scavenger in the mission. The other... was that she really encountered something last night and used it as a trade for Lan Jing Shui to look after her.
The first was basically impossible. Although Qi Qiao was a bit timid, she didn't look stupid; she wouldn't think a top 20 big shot would look after a rookie for free.
So it was likely the second possibility. She was indeed seeking help, but she wasn't trying to get something for nothing. She had shown her value.
What value could she have?
It was, of course, whatever she had encountered.
Nan Yue and Gu Xiang Kai exchanged a look. Whether it was her performance at the meeting yesterday or something she triggered accidentally, Qi Qiao must have encountered something. She felt it was valuable enough that Lan Jing Shui might be willing to trade with her.
When Gu Xiang Kai discovered this, he suddenly felt that this girl, who seemed to have poor mental stability, was actually quite clever.
As expected, one could not underestimate any scavenger.
"But we don't know exactly what she encountered."
This was a bit of a headache. Their work positions were separated, and their ranks were different. Information exchange was difficult, and coordination was even harder.
"It's fine. Missions are fair. It's impossible for clues to be available only to a few people."
Nan Yue was quite optimistic. "I remember Zhao Mingran is also in Logistics..."
The person in charge of Logistics was Liu Ming, and his secretary was Wen Xiang Yuan.
"I'll find an opportunity to test the waters."
"By the way, did you hear any noise last night?"
Gu Xiang Kai didn't have much hope when he asked this. He knew that unless a ghost was right in front of her, Nan Yue wouldn't wake up during a mission.
"What noise?" As expected.
In fact, Gu Xiang Kai wasn't too sure himself. "I think I heard something make a sound... very muffled."
Gu Xiang Kai had incredible hearing. He got up after hearing it, and his first reaction was whether something had been thrown downstairs. But it was pitch black below, and the noise hadn't woken anyone else.
He had gone downstairs to take a look this morning but found no traces.
"I asked Zhu Xi Ning when I met her at noon. She heard it too, but she wasn't sure where the noise came from either."
"In the place where we live, the soundproofing is terrible. It could have come from anywhere."
Nan Yue felt a bit helpless. "I'll pay attention today."
Gu Xiang Kai had to go back to work after finishing his meal. Nan Yue walked slowly back to the dormitory. Fang Hong was still sitting in the lobby, just like yesterday. Nan Yue brought her a cup of milk tea. She was shocked and even a bit afraid to accept it.
Only after Nan Yue insisted and appeared easy to talk to did Fang Hong fearfully take it.
"Fang Hong, I wanted to ask you something. Have any employees checked out recently?"
Fang Hong would come to her part-time job the moment she finished her own work, so she should be well-informed.
The vast majority of people in the company were low-level employees who all lived here.
"Yes, they were all people who couldn't handle the pressure. Five people left the day before you joined."
Nan Yue's brow twitched slightly. "Did they come to handle the procedures in person?"
Fang Hong took a small sip of the milk tea, her face showing indifference.
"How could they? Those people have no sense of gratitude at all. They were afraid of hardship and exhaustion, so they just slipped away. The department heads came to handle everything together."
Nan Yue whispered, "Isn't it said that before leaving, one has to make up the housing price difference?"
Fang Hong hesitated, looking a bit conflicted. This was probably something she shouldn't talk about, but Nan Yue just looked at her with a smile.
Fang Hong struggled for a long time before glancing at Nan Yue's ID badge. She knew the other woman would be a V7 employee tomorrow. To be promoted after only two days in the company meant she had a great future, so she couldn't be offended.
Fang Hong put down the milk tea and whispered, "This happened a long time ago. I had just joined the company when I met someone who couldn't handle the pressure and wanted to resign."
"But the company has been supporting us for so many years, and the company covers the housing price difference. Since he wanted to leave and couldn't continue to contribute to the company, isn't it normal to return the money to the company?"
"That person couldn't pay it."
"What happened then? Was it just dropped?" Nan Yue pretended to be gossipy.
Fang Hong looked around. Only the two of them were in the lobby, so she lowered her voice. "No, he jumped off the building."
Thud.
Nan Yue's heartbeat overlapped with those words.
Another suicide.
"Are... things like this common here?"
Fang Hong waved her hands hurriedly. "No, no! Just him. And because of him, the company felt they might be pushing too hard, so leaving hasn't been that complicated since then."
"Sigh, in the end, it was just his own mental endurance being too poor."
"Do you remember what that man's name was?"
Fang Hong shook her head. "It's been too long. I've worked here for twenty years."
Nan Yue made a small joke and went upstairs. Fang Hong held the milk tea, thinking this young lady was actually quite a good person.
While waiting for the elevator, Nan Yue thought that Fang Hong's version of events was wrong because Vivi had just told her yesterday that a girl had also jumped to her death.
Yet Fang Hong claimed that in all these years, only one man had jumped, and it was because he couldn't resign.
Where there is a contradiction, there is the truth.
"Oh, Miss Nan, we meet again."
Nan Yue turned around. It was Geng Xin Hui, whom she had met once before. He was carrying a briefcase and looked extremely exhausted, but he still actively greeted her.
"Getting off work?"
Nan Yue had just said it casually, but she didn't expect Geng Xin Hui to explain immediately.
"No, I'm not being lazy. I really finished all my work. I had surgery a couple of days ago and really couldn't hold on today, so I wanted to leave early."
Nan Yue was shocked. "Didn't you come to work yesterday?"
Geng Xin Hui smiled awkwardly. "Yes... yesterday was the weekly meeting, I couldn't be absent."
That was true; he had even been invited onto the stage to be criticized publicly.
Nan Yue felt a bit awkward thinking about it, and she saw Geng Xin Hui's head hanging so low it almost touched his chest.
"It's okay... it's still early in the year. There's a chance to turn things around. If not, you can do some part-time work."
Geng Xin Hui's voice was already a bit choked. "I couldn't get any... last month I got a leadership entourage position to accompany them for drinks, but I couldn't drink after the surgery."
...How miserable.
Geng Xin Hui's room was on the second floor; he was about to get off.
Looking at Geng Xin Hui's dejected appearance, Nan Yue wanted to offer some comfort but didn't know what to say. There were too many people like this.
But since they were somewhat fated to meet twice, Nan Yue managed to squeeze out a sentence just as the elevator doors were closing.
"Don't be too sad. Living well is what truly matters."
"Yeah..."
The elevator doors closed, cutting off that faint, weak reply.
Nan Yue returned to her room. At this time, most people had not yet returned, and the lights in the building opposite were all out.
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