Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

"But there was no accident!"

"It's not out yet, but what about later?" General Manager Cao picked up his teacup and took a sip. "How about this, I'll keep the ring here for now. I'll take it to the testing department for an evaluation. If it passes, I'll return it to you. If it fails—you'll stay here on the construction site and learn properly, and don't get involved in these crooked practices."

He put down his teacup, stretched out his hand, palm up: "Hurry up, I have a meeting."

Tong Chuxue immediately realized that this President Cao was there to extort money from her!

that's the truth.

When Tong Chuxue was working at full speed across the construction site, President Cao noticed her and thought that Chu Sheng Mo Men had some big projects to do; but after checking with his connections, he found that Chu Sheng Mo Men was still barely alive, so he was completely relieved.

Since you're half-dead, then die.

With this ring, I wonder how much more money I and the school can make? How much time can we save? And how much can we embezzle?

Mr. Cao was extremely excited when he thought about these things.

As for Tong Chuxue coming to ask for the ring back? Haha, when asked, she says it's still under inspection and evaluation. Anyway, she's just a college student, and the power behind her is barely alive. What can she do to me?

The shadow cast by the helmet brim obscured Tong Chuxue's eyes, and the girl's hands rested at her sides, her knuckles slightly clenched.

Outside the office, students passed by in twos and threes after finishing their meals. Some peeked inside, then withdrew. Xiao Chunan, clutching his helmet, wanted to say something, but Wang Zhiming stopped him.

"Brother Wang, what do you say?" Xiao Chunan asked in a low voice.

"Don't speak." Wang Zhiming stared at the gold hard hat in the office, his Adam's apple bobbing. "I'm pretty sure of it now. This guy surnamed Cao is definitely from the civil service group. He's not someone to mess with."

"Then Tong Chuxue...?"

"While my peers are still playing games and reading novels, I'm already studying the Imperial traditional physiognomy," Wang Zhiming said earnestly. "I see that Tong Chuxue's face is that of an extraordinary person. Right now, she's just a small fry in the civil service group. How could she be stumped here? Just watch!"

In the office, President Cao still had his hand outstretched: "Tong Chuxue, do you have a question?"

He then became serious: "Considering you're a student at our school, I don't want things to get too tense. Otherwise, if we really go by the law, you'll be fined twice as much. Can you afford that?"

Cheng Cheng stayed inside the ring, quietly watching President Cao show off.

Taking care of President Cao is a piece of cake. He's the old man with the ring, not Tong Chuxue's nanny. Besides, this cheap apprentice hasn't asked him for anything yet, so why rush to make a move?

That's what makes a protagonist – waiting until the crucial moment to make a move!

Look at Xiao Yan and Kakarot, aren't they all like that?

However, Tong Chuxue didn't say anything. She raised her head, looked at President Cao through the shadow of her hat brim, and then sighed deeply: "I won't hand over the ring, and I don't want the salary either."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the door!

"stop!"

Mr. Cao's voice changed, no longer in a gentle, consultative tone: "What do you think this place is? You can't just come and go as you please? The magical artifacts haven't been verified, and the project may have hidden problems. Who knows if there's anything wrong with those hundreds of thousands of bricks you moved today?"

With that, he stood up and slammed his finger on the table: "Investigate! Demolish and rebuild every section of construction she handled today!"

The foremen looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tong Chuxue's work in one day was equivalent to the work progress of countless days, and the project was already more than half completed. How could it be possible to demolish and rebuild now?

President Cao was just saying some harsh words to put pressure on them.

However, Tong Chuxue slowly turned around, raised her eyes to look at President Cao, her eyes filled with murderous intent!

For a moment, Mr. Cao was in a daze, as if he saw a lion in the girl's eyes—no, a demon!

He then couldn't help but laugh out loud, pulling out a pack of cigarettes from a drawer and lighting it: "Pretty hot-tempered, huh? What, you want to start a fight on the construction site? Do you know what crime it is to assault a manager on a national-level project? It's enough to get you in jail for ten years!"

The foremen moved a step closer to the door, blocking the exit.

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, President Cao looked at Tong Chuxue as if she were a wildcat that had stumbled into a trap: "I'll say it one last time. Hand over the ring. We'll pretend today never happened."

"Master, please help me," the girl suddenly said.

"Master? What master?" Boss Cao was completely bewildered.

Immediately, a soft laugh echoed in Tong Chuxue's mind: "Why didn't you beg me before? You left without saying a word. I thought you were such a coward!"

"How could that be?" Tong Chuxue gently shook her head. "Don't forget, I was once the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect, or at the very least, a young lady of the underworld. No matter how you look at it, I have nothing to do with those two words, right?"

"So, how far do you want to go?" Cheng Cheng asked with a smile.

“Kill him.”

A cold glint flashed in Tong Chuxue's eyes.

If it were just lust for her ring, that would be one thing; everyone has greed. Tong Chuxue could have gotten her wages back through legal means after leaving the construction site, a habit she developed after the crackdown on organized crime began. But this person repeatedly courted disaster, arrogantly declaring that he would destroy the fruits of his and his coworkers' labor... He deserves to die!

Does her temper really improve once she loses her identities as the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect and the heiress of the underworld?

Chapter 106, Following the Internet Cable to Catch You

"As you wish."

Since Tong Chuxue had already decided to kill him, Cheng Cheng was no longer going to tolerate this CEO Cao. The ring on the girl's index finger glowed slightly, and a pair of hands emerged from the ring, then gently hooked a transparent thread.

puppet!

The next moment, President Cao froze, and the unlit cigarette slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground.

He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the arrogance, greed, and conceit in his eyes vanished like a curtain being ripped away, leaving only a blank space beneath. He blinked again, then bowed and apologized!

Xiao Chunan, Wang Zhiming, and the others around them were all stunned, almost unable to believe their eyes!

President Cao apologizes to Tong Chuxue? I wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing!

A powerful figure like President Cao is of orthodox lineage, a chosen one of heaven!

Even he apologized, doesn't that mean that Tong Chuxue is richer and more powerful than President Cao?

The cashier gasped, feeling so disgusted that she had witnessed such a rude and disrespectful scene that she wished she could gouge out her own ears. She immediately fainted from anger.

Xiao Chunan was so frightened she was about to faint, but Wang Zhiming pulled down his mask and whispered, "As expected... the Demonic Sect is loyal and righteous!"

"Huh? What are you saying?!" Xiao Chunan didn't hear clearly.

As Wang Zhiming spoke, he took out a tissue to wipe away his tears: "And what about Tong Chuxue? In order not to join the civil service, she chose to ruin her future! What a loyal subject she is..."

Xiao Chunan was stunned by what he was said and admired him greatly.

Instead, Tong Chuxue took a half step back, looking down at the arrogant middle-aged man who had just been so haughty, her mind blank.

"you……"

"Your wages have been deposited into your account. Nine hundred and eighty thousand, not a penny less." General Manager Cao raised his head. "What happened today was entirely my fault. I will request disciplinary action. You can arrange the work on the construction site however you wish."

He kowtowed again.

Tong Chuxue finally found her voice and asked in a low voice, "Master...did you do this?"

Cheng Cheng yawned inside the ring: "Hmm."

"How could he..."

“A puppet,” Cheng Cheng said. “He’s dead. Now he’s a puppet; I can make him do whatever I want.”

Tong Chuxue looked down at her hands, her heart churning with emotion. After a long silence, she murmured, "Master, thank you!"

She was so grateful, yet also so guilty.

Originally, Tong Chuxue thought that her master, such a fallen legend, must have had some ulterior motive for approaching her. As the saying goes, "Every gift of fate comes with a price tag," and she thought that if she took this immortal opportunity, she would have to pay it back sooner or later. Perhaps she would have to sell her body and soul in the future and still not be able to repay it.

But now that I see it, since Master has such a spell that can turn people into puppets, why doesn't he use it on himself?

This proves that my master did indeed recognize my talent and wanted to nurture me... My master still loves me!

Thinking of this, Tong Chuxue felt extremely guilty for having doubted her master. At the same time, she secretly made up her mind to take care of her master in his old age and see him off in his final days. She would then have a gilded monument erected for her master and have a suona played "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix"...

Cheng Cheng sneezed inside the ring, feeling like someone was cursing him...

Just then, Tong Chuxue made up her mind, loosened her fist and said, "Master, I have something I want to ask of you."

"explain."

“The civil engineering industry can be lucrative, but you work too hard, Master.” She paused, glancing at the unfinished steel frame outside the window. “You finished everyone’s work in one go, and the project was completed more than halfway ahead of schedule. But there’s only so much work left; once it’s done, that’s it. We don’t know when the next phase of the project will start.”

Cheng Cheng didn't respond; he knew she hadn't finished speaking.

“So I think—” Tong Chuxue raised her head, “I’ll also study one more branch! One orthodox, one unorthodox, and become a servant of both!”

With Master's strength, it would be a waste for him to only do civil engineering. In order to fulfill his wish to send Master off in his final days, I must become stronger and richer!

Therefore, it is necessary to study both!

Just as all the venerable ones throughout history have always combined the orthodox and the unorthodox, by doing the orthodox work of earth and wood, and then doing the unorthodox work of earth and wood, they have been able to make their wealth flow in and their cultivation level rise rapidly!

"Excellent, that's my spirit!"

Cheng Cheng nodded, feeling that he hadn't taken on this apprentice in vain; the student certainly had his own style.

The way to survive is to combine orthodoxy and unorthodoxy – just like when he played two games, he mainly played "Yuanshen" and secondarily played "Mingchao". He constantly learned advanced experience from the continent of Solaris and then returned to Teyvat to build the continent of Teyvat. This is why he is revered as the "Grandmaster of the Path of Crossing".

Later, he applied this theory to "Fate/stay night: Immortal Crown", focusing on flirting with Sylvia while also nurturing Freya, trying to do both well!

Unfortunately, the hardest part was taken by the cuckoo.

So he nodded and asked Tong Chuxue, "What do you want to study as a side course?"

"Express delivery," Tong Chuxue said earnestly. "Master is skilled in the art of transportation, and this art of transportation is not only used in civil engineering, but also in the express delivery industry! If we join the express delivery industry, we will surely be able to deliver 300 orders a day, become top-notch deliverymen, and have a bright future!"

“Okay.” Cheng Cheng nodded. “I’ll have President Cao arrange it for you.”

The puppet of President Cao, who was still kneeling on the ground, immediately stood up and said that he would use his connections to help Miss Tong Chuxue with her extracurricular cultivation matters...

After everything was arranged, Cheng Cheng reached out from his ring and gently stroked Xiao Chunan and Wang Zhiming's heads.

The powers of "Intelligence Reduction Aura," "The Moon," and the Source [Understanding] were activated, erasing the illogical parts of this memory without either of them noticing.

Then, Tong Chuxue turned and walked out of the office. A cool night breeze blew in.

She took a deep breath, put her phone in her pocket, and said to the two people standing at the door, "Come on, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

Xiao Chunan opened his mouth, as if he had forgotten something. Wang Zhiming pulled him along and silently followed.

The construction site lights cast long, thin shadows behind me.

…………

In the office, Mr. Cao slowly got up from the floor. He took out a tissue to wipe the blood from his forehead, straightened his collar, sat back in his leather chair, and then turned on his computer.

A search box pops up on the screen.