Super Soldier in the City

Once this money is moved, it opens the door to the devil. Yang Shuo embezzled over ninety million in just a few months. That’s a huge amount, even at the head office. Yang Shuo was afraid, but seeing Xu Shu relaxed every day and able to cultivate normally, she felt it was all worth it.

Moreover, she had a fluke mentality, thinking this matter wouldn’t easily be exposed, until the branch couldn’t even issue wages to workers, then Yang Shuo panicked. Before Xu Shu, she couldn’t show this expression, but after the New Year, Yang Shuo began to feel tormented daily, not knowing what to do. She certainly couldn’t repay the money herself, and Xu Shu... he was also powerless, despite his talents, not knowing how to monetize them.

In Li Yifei’s view, this guy’s skills are worth not just one or two billion, but ten billion or twenty billion; if he could be employed, it seems worthwhile. Of course, the prerequisite is that the guy’s character is sound, otherwise cultivating an ungrateful wretch would be counterproductive.

This was what Li Yifei thought after listening to the couple, who... well, this pair of ill-fated mandarin ducks. Initially, Li Yifei was quite angry at Yang Shuo’s audacity in daring to scam the Li family’s money. After understanding the truth, despite his anger, he considered valuing talents. Perhaps Xu Shu’s cultivation level was not high, but that’s in comparison to him, and his formation skills... currently not weak. If it were someone else confronting the previous two formations, they wouldn’t be so relaxed, even if they could break them, it would take a long time.

Personal martial strength is one aspect; comprehensive strength is also crucial...

"Mr. Li, it’s my fault, regardless of Yang Shuo’s matter. If you want to punish... just punish me!" After confessing, Xu Shu glanced at Yang Shuo, used his gaze to stop her from speaking, and continued, "If you trust me, I can... once I have the ability to make money, repay you bit by bit."

"Taking without asking is stealing; your actions are stealing. After being caught, you start acting shamelessly," Li Yifei said blandly. "Am I wrong? Don’t you feel that since I can’t cough up the money now, I can’t do anything with you, can’t fight, and scolding doesn’t help? So you act without any constraints."

"No!" Xu Shu immediately replied, "I didn’t think that way. I know those funds shouldn’t have been taken, but..."

"Bang!" Li Yifei slapped the table, looked at Xu Shu, and rebuked, "You didn’t think that way? Haha, when taking the money, didn’t you know it shouldn’t be taken? Don’t tell me you’re both grown-ups but lack the ability to distinguish this. If I hadn’t discovered this, what would you do? Continue greedily, keep embezzling until it’s discovered, then straighten your back, lie down on the ground, and rely on being an old employee, having contributed to the Li family, so you can play rogue. Since I can’t cough up the money, let the Li family handle it as they please."

Li Yifei’s words left Yang Shuo with a pale face; she certainly knew the consequences of embezzling company funds and knew it would be discovered sooner or later, and what would happen after its discovery. But she still did it, and embezzled more and more, until the Li family discovered it, with Li family head Li Yifei personally stepping in to catch her, even though Xu Shu had all the skills, it was of no use, because Li Yifei was more formidable.

She bit her lip until blood seeped out, softly saying, "Mr. Li, I was indeed wrong. This matter shouldn’t have happened, but due to my selfishness, it caused financial losses to the company, damaged the company’s reputation, I truly shouldn’t have..."

"I asked for a solution, not an admission of error. Yang Shuo, you should know that the Li family never treats its veterans unfairly. Over the years, you’ve already had what you ought to have. If not for this, would I have personally stepped in?" Li Yifei turned his tone, sounding somewhat heartfelt.

"I know, I know!" Li Yifei’s tone changed to one of persuasion, and Yang Shuo couldn’t hold back, covering her face and sobbing. Speaking of it, she was indeed confused, once the old house caught fire, it was unstoppable, whatever Xu Shu said, was what it was, and she blindly embezzled company funds, one led to two, then countless times, until this hole became bigger and started causing trouble.

Xu Shu closed his eyes in pain, also having no other way. He wasn’t one with a fierce temperament, so Yang Shuo had come to like him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be foolish; it was precisely because forty-year-old Xu Shu still resembled her memory, making her old house catch fire.

Li Yifei waited for a while and said, "The Li family can be said to have done you a favor. Without it, maybe you’d earn ten or twenty thousand a month, or even just a few thousand. Then it would be harder to sustain him."

"Mr. Li, please stop saying that. I am willing to work hard, repay this debt." Yang Shuo said determinedly.

"You work? With your current annual salary of one and a half million, hmm, I’ll count more, make it two million, even at two million, to repay over ninety million in debt, do you know how many years you’d need to work?" Li Yifei asked.

Yang Shuo understood, fearing she couldn’t repay that amount even if she worked until her death, even if she might get a raise. However, with this matter surfacing, even her old superior Xu Yingying would have strong opinions against her, so how could she expect money...

Thinking of this, Yang Shuo felt somewhat defeated, truly not knowing what to do.

Xu Shu took a step forward, saying, "I can work for the Li family too, do anything."

"Oh?" Li Yifei was pleasantly surprised. The reason he hasn’t dealt with these two is precisely to wait for this moment, wanting to bring Xu Shu to work for the Li family. With him, the family’s strength would increase. Although Xu Shanshan, Jiang Ningxiang, and Su Lio are Innate Experts, they are not as useful as Xu Shu. Li Yifei wouldn’t have the heart to let his women do some adventurous tasks.

Therefore, if using some money to bring Xu Shu over, it would be a good thing. As for those millions, Li Yifei was willing to spend another ten billion...

This was his thought, now he couldn’t reveal it. Hearing Xu Shu proactively saying it, Li Yifei felt pleased inside, but on the surface, he asked, "What can you do? Did you attend college? Technical school? Undergraduate? Or a postgraduate? Planning to go to a construction site building houses, there your salary wouldn’t even come close to enough."

"I..." Xu Shu was speechless; he really didn’t know what to do. Unable to fight, lacking reason, coupled with genuine wrongdoing, Xu Shu, a grown man, held back with a red face, feeling everything seemed ineffective.

"Brother Xu, let me do it; your cultivation can’t stop, otherwise you’d disappoint your master," Yang Shuo said.

"We do it together. I can’t let you face it alone. Besides, this money is embezzled because of me. Now that the money is spent, but we must repay it, and absolutely must!" Xu Shu shouted.

"But don’t know how to repay!" Li Yifei said, and the two across suddenly had nothing to say, because Li Yifei spoke the truth.

Xu Shu cupped his hands towards Li Yifei, earnestly saying, "Mr. Li, you decide, I promise to repay the money, any method is fine."

"Will I certainly believe you?" Li Yifei retorted.

"This..." Xu Shu didn’t know how to answer.

Li Yifei lifted his eyelids and said, "You, a proper man, in your forties, but still need a woman to shield you from disasters. Xu Shu, I thought you were a character; when I found those formations, I was slightly happy. But turns out, you’re such a pushover."

"I’m not a pushover!" Xu Shu clenched his fists, face flushed.

"If not, what are you? A true man earns money himself, doesn’t rely on a woman for sustenance. If you suddenly left, what would happen to Yang Shuo? Jail awaits her, probably never to come out in this lifetime."

"I... I won’t leave her!" Xu Shu vowed, eyes animated, continuing, "I... I can work for you, even be a bodyguard. I know the Li family is a large clan, surely lacking guards. I can do that job!"

That’s quite perceptive. Li Yifei glanced at him, yet disdainfully said, "With your current cultivation, you can’t even handle my one hand. I don’t know where you get the nerve to say these things, thinking I surely would use you?"

"I’m not as strong as you, but given time, I will match you!" Xu Shu unsurely replied.

Li Yifei sneered, saying, "Do you know how old I am? Do you know how many years I’ve been cultivating? You only say you would match me, but not surpass, clearly also lacking confidence!"

"Not... I have confidence!"

"Forget it, I’m barely past thirty, been cultivating for less than five years, on what basis do you catch up? Even if given a mountain of resources, you wouldn’t catch up!" Li Yifei scornfully stated.

It felt like a loud boom, rocking Xu Shu’s heart; he initially thought Li Yifei was seventy or eighty, just maintaining his appearance through cultivation, but it turned out he was younger than himself. This is simply unbelievable, and to think, cultivated for less than five years? That’s impossible!

Xu Shu’s master had said, their sect had secret methods, requiring massive jade expenditure, cultivating as if it costs nothing, to quickly advance. Also, it primarily cultivated formations, so less dependent on cultivation, allowing Xu Shu to progress rapidly in a short period.

But hadn’t expected, sitting before was the Li family head, casually reached a level even his master hadn’t, filled with powerful aura, even deeming frightening.

Xu Shu’s worldview somewhat collapsed, his last bit of pride shattered; facing such a person, he had no boldness.

Beside him, Yang Shuo was also stunned; while unclear about cultivation levels, knowing Xu Shu once said he spent over ten years cultivating to his current level. Meanwhile, Li Yifei... achieved even more in less time!