Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

"No, that's not it."

The person in charge, Mr. Liu, explained: "It's just that our company's situation is rather complicated right now... I don't know how much you know, but actually our company was recently acquired and we have a new chairman."

"But the former chairman and board of directors did not leave directly. Instead, they stayed on as vice chairmen to continue managing the company. As for the new chairman... it's strange, almost no one in our company has ever seen her."

Yu Zhe wasn't too surprised, he just nodded: "That's normal."

"Young Master Su, did you say something?"

"No, it's nothing."

It's pretty much confirmed that there's a high chance Yun'er is the new legal representative of the company.

After all, she needs to be cautious in her actions, but if she needs to be cautious... then why did she buy this company in the first place?

Since they were already there, Yu Zhe felt they could continue to ask for some clues.

"Mr. Liu, do you have any news about the new chairman? As an investor, I only want to talk to your actual chairman. I'm worried that the current vice chairmen won't be able to implement the agreement."

"A message..."

The person in charge, Liu, thought for a moment and shook his head: "It seems complete."

There's been absolutely no news.

"Never mind then." Yu Zhe turned around. "Let's talk about it another day."

"Young Master Su, please wait!"

This terrified Manager Liu. She thought she had messed things up. If Young Master Su just walked away, the company's vice presidents would be furious with her!

"Although there's no news... our company has undergone some strange changes compared to before."

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(P.S.: Thank you all for your support at the beginning of the month! I will continue to work hard and keep writing!)

54. I have a way.

"A strange change?" Yu Zhe, who was actually planning to leave, turned around when he heard this.

"Can you tell me about it?"

That's right.

The person in charge, Liu, pointed to the stairs she had taken when she arrived.

“In the past, the first floor here was a studio like this, the second floor was an office area, and the top floor was where the company’s senior executives worked.”

"But since the company was acquired a few days ago, the offices of the company's senior executives have been moved to the second floor. I just came down from the second floor. The third floor has been blocked off. Various obstacles have been placed at the entrance of the stairs, so no one can go up, and no one dares to go up. It seems that this is the arrangement of the new chairman of the company. He said that the rooftop is going to be renovated."

Haven't we found it yet?

Yu Zhe laughed and said, "Okay, your news has been helpful."

This puzzled Manager Liu: "Young Master Su, what do you mean?"

She didn't think the news was of any use; that wasn't important. What she cared about most was whether she could reach an agreement on the investment.

Yu Zhe glanced at the stairs and said, "Manager Liu, I won't bother you any longer. You can continue working downstairs. You don't need to follow me. I'm going to the second floor to find your company's manager to discuss the investment. Lu Yao, let's go."

Watching Young Master Su and the maid-dressed girl following behind him walk up the stairs, Manager Liu quickly said, "Okay! Okay! Then please continue your discussion! The vice chairmen are all in their offices on the second floor!"

She was overjoyed. If she could facilitate this investment, it would be a great achievement, and a promotion and raise would be a piece of cake.

But she didn't know that Yu Zhe's real destination wasn't the second floor.

After he went up to the second floor, he only glanced at it before leading Lu Yao quietly around the office corridor and finding the stairs leading to the third floor.

Just as Mr. Liu, the person in charge, said, the staircase was piled with clutter, and the windows on the windowsill were also covered with opaque wallpaper.

Unlike the staircase from the first to the second floor, this section of the staircase, although it also has lights, are not turned on. The messy staircase combined with the dim environment creates a gloomy feeling.

Presumably, with all this, no one would want to go up to the third floor. Just cleaning up all this clutter is exhausting enough, not to mention the new board member's instructions, which means no one cares about the third floor anymore.

"Young Master..."

Lu Yao looked at Yu Zhe, asking for his opinion.

"Well, there might be an old acquaintance of mine up here, so I have to go up and take a look. Lu Yao, you wait a moment."

After saying this, Yu Zhe bent down and picked up the boxes and crates on the stairs one by one, as if he wanted to pile them all aside to make way for the third floor.

Just as they were clearing the second step, Lu Yao grabbed Yu Zhe's hand.

"Lu Yao?"

She gently shook her head and helped Yu Zhe brush off the dust that had gotten on his body from moving boxes.

Then she pointed to herself and said, one sentence at a time, "Cleaning...no need...Young Master, please rest..."

"Haha, I know you want to work, but you know me. I'm not so stingy as to let a girl do this kind of hard work for me when I'm here."

But Lu Yao still shook her head.

Being treated as a girl by the young master, rather than a servant, made Lu Yao very happy; in fact, she was grateful.

However, as a combat maid, it was impossible for her to have her master do chores for her; that would be dereliction of duty, and something Lu Yao herself could not tolerate.

She carefully tugged at Yu Zhe's sleeve, making him stand at the bottom of the stairs.

"I...have a way..."

"Ok?"

Yu Zhe was a little curious about what Lu Yao wanted to do, so he went along with her and went back to stand at the bottom of the stairs.

Of course, if Lu Yao wanted to go up and move the boxes herself, Yu Zhe would still stop her, because although there weren't many boxes, it was only because the lighting wasn't bright enough to see them clearly. The steps leading to the third floor were covered with debris, and clearing a path would definitely take a lot of effort.

Only after Yu Zhe stood behind her did Lu Yao look up at the floor.

She reached into her pocket with her right hand and took out a medium-length curved knife.

Yu Zhe sensed that Lu Yao wouldn't move the box in the usual way, so he gave her a heads-up.

"Lu Yao, keep your noise down and don't disturb the people on the second floor. We need to go up quietly."

Lu Yao nodded: "Young Master...don't worry..."

After aiming her scimitar at the box in front of her for a while, she suddenly threw the scimitar towards the top floor under Yu Zhe's questioning gaze!

No… it wasn’t force, but rather a kind of inexplicable skill.

A pleasant sound, though not loud, rang out.

It was accompanied by a crisp sound, like paper being torn.

The scimitar was firmly planted on the wooden platform of the third-floor staircase. It only wobbled a few times, making a buzzing sound, before stopping.

The entire process was almost completely silent.

"Lu Yao, what's wrong with you...?"

Yu Zhe glanced at her, then looked up again, but...

I was quite surprised.

Because the path to the third floor... it has already appeared.

Along the path the curved blade had just slashed, all the cardboard boxes and other miscellaneous items were neatly cut in half and fell to either side.

Therefore, naturally, there is a space in the middle leading to the upstairs platform.

"That's why I say it's not scientific."

Yu Zhe walked up the steps and remained silent for a moment.

Look at the neat cuts on these cardboard boxes, and the precise landing point of the curved blade—it's simply not scientific.

After stepping onto the platform, Yu Zhe looked at Lu Yao, who was retrieving her curved sword, and couldn't help but laugh, "You and Lu Ling are both so strong. I thought so when we faced Sister Lin Yin before, and I've really realized it again today."

"Not strong... but the blade is fast..."

Is it saying she's not strong, but that the scimitar is just better?

Although Lu Yao couldn't tell from her expression, she still had some thoughts running through her mind... After all, she was a girl, so she didn't want to be described with a word like "powerful"...

So... the strong one is this knife! Not me!

Hmm... This is what the girl with no personality traits wanted to express, but unfortunately, she lacked the ability to articulate it and couldn't put it into words.

Yu Zhe shook his head with a wry smile; there were more important things to do now.

Seeing Lu Yao put the curved knife back into her pocket, Yu Zhe led her out of the platform.

After a short walk around, you arrive at the corridor on the third floor.

This place is even worse. At least there are lights coming from the second-floor corridor and sunlight from the windowsills in the distance. Although it's dim, you can still see things to some extent.

But what about this third-floor corridor?

All the windows that could let in light were sealed up, and all the lights were turned off.

It was pitch black, so dark you could hardly see your hand in front of your face.

Lu Yao became alert again. She took out the curved knife she had just put back in her pocket, constantly on guard for any potential danger.

It's quite troublesome not being able to see anything, so Yu Zhe took out his phone and turned on the built-in flashlight.

55. The Reunion

The flashlights on mobile phones these days are really bright; when Yu Zhe turned them on, most of the small corridor was illuminated.

If it weren't completely dark, you could tell that this floor's layout was the same as the second floor: a row of windows on the east side and several offices on the west side.

However, these windows are now covered with paper.

"Oh, Lu Yao, you don't need to be so nervous. It's just dark here, there shouldn't be any danger."

In this kind of environment, even if there is danger, Yu Zhe might at most think that a rat might dart out... No, there's no way a rat could possibly appear.

Don't be fooled by the dim lighting in this corridor; if you shine a flashlight on it, you'll find that it's very clean and not dirty or messy at all.

This floor is obviously cleaned every day, otherwise it wouldn't be so spotless.

But Lu Yao insisted on walking beside Yu Zhe, clinging tightly to his shoulder.

"You have to be careful."