This year's freshmen are unlucky; their military training coincided with a scorching sun, and according to the weather forecast, it won't rain for the next two weeks.

Even though they were wearing the exact same camouflage uniform, Pei Xudong could spot that person in the crowd at a glance. He stood at attention with perfect military bearing, and despite standing in the sun for so long, his face was only slightly flushed, showing no signs of distress.

The scorching sun almost baked the earth, and Pei Xudong's palms were sweating.

At lunchtime, the freshmen, who had endured a grueling morning, were finally temporarily relieved.

Pei Xudong instinctively hid in the shade of a tree. Seeing that the person had walked away without noticing anything, he should have breathed a sigh of relief, but a sense of loss welled up in his heart.

This isn't right, he thought, it must be because of a fever.

Suddenly, military green shoes came into view, and Pei Xudong looked up belatedly.

"Why is your face so red? Are you sick?"

Pei Xudong only had a slight headache in the morning, but now all the bones in his body are aching.

Xu Ran helped him up: "Come on, let's go to the infirmary."

"Don't you have military training this afternoon?"

The people, still wearing their military training uniforms, sat with their arms crossed on chairs, showing no intention of leaving.

"I've taken leave. I'll wait until you finish your IV drip."

Pei Xudong looked up at the three large bottles of medicine above him: "How did you manage to get leave?"

Xu Ran: "I told the counselor that my brother was sick."

"You've never... called me brother."

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Pei Xudong didn't know what he cared about. The first time the other person said he was his brother was with his high school homeroom teacher, and the second time was with his counselor, but he had never called him that in private.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't rested well recently, or perhaps it was because the IV drip was too boring, Pei Xudong watched the drip, his head gradually became heavy, and he slowly fell asleep.

The phone rang urgently, and Xu Ran quickly pressed it down and walked out of the ward.

"President Pei, where are you? Please come to the company as soon as possible."

The secretary's anxious voice came from the other end.

Pei Xudong is sick and is in the hospital now.

There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.

"I am Xu Ran," he added.

"Young Master... How is President Pei? Something happened at the company."

Xu Ran ignored his form of address: "The IV drip will finish in about half an hour. Are you in a hurry?"

The secretary hesitated for a moment before speaking, "It's very urgent. Chairman Pei can't get here right away, which is why I contacted President Pei."

"I'll bring him here."

When Pei Xudong woke up, the needles were already being removed, but Xu Ran pressed the needle holes for him first.

"Secretary Li just called. I'll take you to the company."

Xu Ran spoke very quickly, and before Pei Xudong could react, he had already been shoved into the car.

Pei Xudong was contacting his secretary from the passenger seat, his expression growing increasingly serious.

Xu Ran listened to the system's report while driving.

When they entered the world, they only had a general plot; now the details are slowly being filled in.

The partner company suddenly defaulted and absconded with the funds. But the project was already more than halfway complete, and money was being burned every day.

The Pei family certainly can't fill such a huge hole. Even if they report it to the police, it will take time to recover the debt. If this drags on for a few days, the Pei family's financial chain will break.

In the original storyline, Pei's father had already died at this point. Pei Xudong had just managed to stabilize the situation when this happened: a large number of shareholders sold their shares, all of which were bought by the Zhou family. By the time Pei Xudong weathered this storm, the Zhou family had become the second-largest shareholder of the Pei family and openly challenged him at the shareholders' meeting.

Later, internal turmoil within the Zhou family, which left them preoccupied with their own problems, gave Pei Xudong a chance to catch his breath and gradually reclaim his shares.

Pei's father and Pei Xudong were discussing countermeasures with several senior executives in the conference room. Stabilizing the situation would take time, and the Pei family would not be defeated so easily. However, the mastermind behind the scenes clearly had other intentions, and the news of the Pei family's broken financial chain had already spread like wildfire.

Xu Ran peered through the frosted glass. Pei Xudong had just recovered from his fever, but his face was still pale. Pei's father frowned deeply; he was usually mild-mannered, but this time he couldn't help but slam his hand on the table.

The Pei family has many shareholders, and some of them took the lead. Even though Pei's father repeatedly assured them, quite a few people still decided to sell their shares in the Pei family.

Although the Pei family has some assets, they can only access a small portion of them flexibly. To protect the company's reputation, the project must continue. As a result, they do not have enough funds to buy back their shares.

If all the shares sold are bought up by the same person...

Pei's father could only cling to a sliver of hope: "Perhaps it's not about the shares."

But they all knew it was almost impossible. The news of the embezzlement and absconding was released at the same time they learned about it. Someone in the shareholder group deliberately misled them, and the other party's purpose was obvious.

This is a dead end. They know the consequences, but they still have to obediently enter the game, otherwise they will destroy the entire Pei family with their own hands.

Xu Ran left Pei's company quietly, asked her counselor for two days off, returned to her apartment, and typed furiously on her computer. The system cheered her on, saying, "Don't worry, host, I'll speed things up for you!"

He was competing with the Zhou family for the shares that the Pei family had sold off.

Although the Zhou family is large and wealthy, they cannot use all of their funds, while Xu Ran can invest all of his assets without any scruples.

Pei's father and Pei Xudong both stayed at the company that night.

"There are two accounts."

Excluding retail investors, there are two accounts that clearly made large-scale purchases with a specific purpose.

Two are better than one, but Pei Xudong still couldn't put his mind at ease: "Could it be the same group of people?"

Pei's father sighed: "It's hard to say."

"Hello, Zhou Quanfeng?" Pei Xudong was slightly surprised to see the caller ID.

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, then someone abruptly spoke: "It's the Zhou family."

These words came out of nowhere, but Pei Xudong already understood what they meant, and his face instantly darkened.

The Zhou family's business overlaps significantly with that of the Pei family; if it were the other party, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"I'm sorry, I just found out myself, so I couldn't tell you."

Pei Xudong said with difficulty, "Thank you anyway."

The current head of the Zhou family is Zhou Quanfeng's uncle, Zhou Churen, so Zhou Quanfeng naturally wouldn't receive the news.

"But... judging from my uncle's attitude, things aren't going smoothly, and there might still be room for maneuver."

Pei Xudong immediately thought of another account. Since it wasn't the same group of people, there was still a chance.

Pei's father made a decisive decision: "Send someone to investigate and contact the other party first. No matter what their purpose is, we cannot sit idly by and wait to die."

In fact, Pei's father didn't have high hopes. He didn't dare to imagine that the other party had a good attitude towards the Pei family. He could only try his best.

Unaware that Pei's father was frantically searching for him after the system's encryption was compromised, Xu Ran had no idea that his father was going through a lot of trouble.

The stock price plummeted repeatedly, and retail investors who had originally intended to get involved stopped and waited. However, those two accounts went against the trend and rushed to buy.

Knowing that the Zhou family harbored ill intentions, the Pei father and son naturally had no choice but to place their hopes on another account.

Xu Ran was unaware of all this; he... was undergoing military training.

He had asked for two days off when his counselor called to sternly inform him that if he continued to ask for leave, he would lose the credits for military training.

The system took over Xu Ran's work and continued to fight the Zhou family for the remaining shares, while Xu Ran stood at attention under the scorching sun.

He couldn't understand it, he really couldn't understand it. It was one thing to be controlled by the points of the quick transmigration bureau in the main world, but how could he be controlled by the school's credits in the small world?

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