"This matter should be discussed with Qin Yonghao, not me. I'm not their HR and not responsible for hiring," Yu He said in a casual tone.
"I know. I'm just here to tell you I've already signed the contract with them," Li Sichen said, raising his wine glass to Yu He. "Let's collude together and bring down Qin Beiting."
Yu He: "..."
It was the first time she had heard someone use the phrase "collude together" as a term of endearment, and so righteously at that.
She recalled Qin Beiting mentioning earlier that Li Sichen had a collaboration with Qin Yonghao and asked, "When did you sign it?"
Li Sichen looked at Yu He mysteriously. "Trying to pry into your master's secrets?"
Yu He: "..."
What kind of secret was this? Wasn't he the one who had eagerly come to tell her?
Li Sichen downed the wine in his glass and suddenly stood up, continuing, "It's not impossible. Come with me to a banquet, and I'll tell you on the way."
"What banquet?" Yu He asked.
Li Sichen: "My dad's birthday party."
"No, I'm not going," Yu He refused.
"No, you have to accompany me. Qin Beiting has found a girlfriend, and I need to bring someone back too, otherwise they'll set me up on blind dates again," Li Sichen said, grabbing her wrist to stop her from leaving.
Yu He tried to break free, but the man's strength was immense. She couldn't escape.
She was speechless. "What does this have to do with me? If you need someone to bring, find one yourself."
Qin Beiting found a girlfriend, and you want to bring his girlfriend back? No, ex-girlfriend.
What kind of logic was this?
"I want him to see who I like, so he won't arrange blind dates for me anymore," Li Sichen explained.
Yu He's lips twitched. "...Are you sure you won't get yourself killed like this?"
"He wouldn't dare. I'm his only usable heir right now. Unless he wants to pass the Li family to someone else," Li Sichen explained fearlessly. "So, my disciple, you must help your master with this!"
Then, ignoring Yu He's struggles and refusal, he forcibly led her out the back door and shoved her into the passenger seat.
Yu He had intended to get out of the car when he went to the driver's side. However, she heard Li Sichen say as he opened the driver's door, "It won't hurt you to come with me. When we get back, I'll show you my exclusive code secrets that can go toe-to-toe with Vulcan, and I've summarized his weaknesses."
The word "exclusive" made Yu He sit back down in her seat. She glanced at him, "You're not tricking me, are you?"
"When have I ever tricked you?" Li Sichen started the car.
Yu He wanted to say, "Aren't you always tricking me? Especially last time!"
But then she thought, the cyber stalker from last time was indeed Qin Beiting's subordinate. She couldn't say he had tricked her; it was just that she hadn't fully trusted Qin Beiting, which led her to be provoked.
Thinking of Qin Beiting, Yu He looked at the WeChat messages on her phone. Still no reply.
She moved her fingers and sent a message: [What's the situation?]
Ten minutes later, Qin Beiting finally replied: [Where are you?]
Yu He assumed there was news about the photo incident and immediately replied with two words, [Outside.]
However, Qin Beiting was busy with something and didn't reply.
"When the Qin family confirmed the new chip development plan, they approached me. I didn't want to take it at first, but after seeing the news last night that you accepted, I changed my mind and signed with them this morning," Li Sichen said while driving.
Yu He looked up at him. "Did you recommend me to Qin Yonghao?"
"Yes." Li Sichen didn't deny it and even eagerly suggested, "I know Qin Beiting definitely won't be involved, so as soon as you participated, I did too. We masters and disciples can infiltrate the Qin family's internal system together, bring down Qin Beiting, and swallow up Qin Corp."
"..."
Yu He looked at him as if he were an idiot. "When did you know I was Raven?"
"I started suspecting when you tried to delete those transaction records at Xing Que last time," Li Sichen said.
Yu He: "So you deleted those transaction records!"
Li Sichen: "Uh-huh."
"Why?" Yu He asked instinctively.
Li Sichen looked excited, unafraid of trouble. "No reason. I just wanted to see what you were up to. If it was fun, I'd join you."
"........."
Yu He truly didn't understand his thought process, but one thing struck her as odd and contradictory.
She questioned him, "You didn't know Qin Beiting's codename back then, did you? How did you know he wouldn't participate in the Qin family's chip development? And you previously told me not to investigate the Qin family's affairs, but then recommended me to participate in the Qin family's new chip research. Isn't that contradictory?"
"I didn't know Qin Beiting's codename, but I knew he was a hacker. I knew that back in the military," Li Sichen answered one by one. "As for the reason, I already told you. It's to bring down Qin Beiting together!"
"..."
Yu He listened to him mention Qin Beiting's name constantly. If it weren't for his crazy actions, she would have thought he was Qin Beiting's biggest fan.
"He must trust you a lot, right? Betraying him with me is the best revenge after you broke up with him!" Li Sichen said.
"How do you know I broke up with him?" Yu He asked in surprise.
Li Sichen: "Shen Yao told me."
Yu He: "..."
When did Shen Yao become such a gossip?
"So, are you in? Want to bring him down together?" Li Sichen asked with a raised eyebrow.
Seeing him turn his head to look at her, Yu He didn't answer but instead reminded him, "Drive properly."
Li Sichen smiled when he saw she hadn't outright refused. "If you've made up your mind, contact me anytime. We're in the same company now anyway."
Yu He looked at her phone and remained silent.
Li Sichen took her to a styling salon and asked the manager to arrange a top stylist for Yu He.
Before going to the adjacent room for his own styling, he asked Yu He, "What kind of look do you think would make me the focus of tonight's banquet?"
"Dye your hair green," Yu He said casually.
Li Sichen: "Good idea."
Yu He: "..."
Two hours later.
Yu He walked out of the styling room and saw Li Sichen emerge from the adjacent room, sporting short, bright green hair.
His fair skin and a white, slim-fit suit surprisingly matched the vibrant green hair with no sense of discord. It even looked particularly youthful and energetic.
Li Sichen looked at Yu He's white high-slit maxi dress, which had a bow on the shoulder in the same shade of green as his hair, and was quite pleased.
"Couple's outfit, nice," he said.
Yu He: "........."
Suddenly, she didn't want to walk with him.
Li Sichen extended his arm, slung it around Yu He's shoulder as she was about to leave, and pulled her into an embrace.
"We're a couple now, we have to act like it... Oh..." Before he could finish speaking, he received an elbow to the ribs from Yu He, but his arm still held her tightly.