The Self-Redemption of the Wronged Fool [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 16

Zhao Chengyu spent the entire night unable to fathom why Ji Ning had chosen to divorce him so decisively. After so many years of effort, Ji Ning had loved him to death and seemingly had no other options. Having been disconnected from society for so long, wasn’t Ji Ning entirely dependent on him?

He believed he had simply made a mistake “that any man would make.”

Zhao Chengyu’s expression was gloomy. This time, no matter what, he had to make Ji Ning understand who the master of the house was. Even if the other party knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, he would not forgive him.

Shouldn’t returning to the single life be a happy occasion, especially since Ji Ning could no longer control him?

However, it wasn’t. Zhao Chengyu felt a heavy blockage in his heart.

His mood was terrible. Within a few days, the house became a mess, and there was no one to help him tidy up. In the past, every time Zhao Chengyu returned home, he saw a clean house and felt incredibly comfortable. But now that he was alone, he couldn’t do anything well, including cooking.

He had no choice but to order takeout, but he found it unpalatable and unhealthy. Sometimes, when the delivery was late, his stomach would even twitch with pain. When he tried to search the medicine cabinet, he realized he had no idea where Ji Ning kept anything, and he ended up turning the house into an even bigger mess.

He left the house and spent several days outside eating, drinking, and having fun. Yet, during his idle moments, he would occasionally think of the younger Ji Ning.

A New Beginning for Ji Qiuchi

At this moment, Ji Qiuchi had already resolved the issues with his new home. Not only that, but he was also enjoying a cozy life, spending the money obtained from the divorce.

When he used his system to check on Zhao Chengyu’s situation and found that the man showed no intention of contacting him, the system looked at Ji Qiuchi with hesitation.

A subtle emotion flickered in Ji Qiuchi’s eyes. “No rush. Over these years, the original owner and Zhao Chengyu were in a relationship of mutual domestic conditioning. It is precisely these small, everyday matters that are most likely to pierce his heart.”

Ever since graduating from university, the original owner had been the one taking care of Zhao Chengyu. To say he lived a life where he “reached out his hand for clothes and opened his mouth for food” was no exaggeration.

Meanwhile, because Zhao Chengyu was frustrated, he started calling over his lovers. However, none of them knew how to do housework. His eyes flashed with displeasure; the vegetables Ji Ning had bought had begun to rot and smell, forcing him to throw them away.

The house was more than half empty, and not a single item belonging to Ji Ning remained. They didn’t even have a single photo together. Eventually, Zhao Chengyu couldn’t take it anymore and hired a nanny.

Ji Qiuchi hadn’t been idle these past few days either; he was preparing for their reunion. As System 520 wandered around aimlessly, Ji Qiuchi watched with amusement. “Alright, no need to worry. It’s time for me to get to work.”

He planned to enter Zhao Chengyu’s company. To deal with a target like this, the strategy was to live a better life than him and make him regret his choices.

“The game company he works at is not easy to enter. Besides, the original owner hasn’t touched this field in a long time, right?” the system said worriedly upon learning of Ji Qiuchi’s plan.

Ji Qiuchi did not speak, but his eyes were filled with absolute determination.

The Reappearance

Zhao Chengyu finally couldn’t hold out any longer and chose to contact Ji Ning. For the past few days, he had been waiting for the other party to contact him, but it never happened. He finally panicked, only to discover when he called that Ji Ning had blocked all of his contact methods.

In that instant, he was so angry his liver ached, and he smashed his phone.

Cui Miao also noticed that Zhao Chengyu had been in a very bad mood lately. A flash of resentment crossed his face. After all, it had been many years; it was normal that Zhao Chengyu couldn’t forget Ji Ning so easily. But the fact that Ji Ning who was inferior to him in every way could still occupy a place in Zhao Chengyu’s heart made him very unhappy.

This period following the divorce was his opportunity.

Lately, Zhao Chengyu had been drinking a lot. He felt miserable and didn’t know what exactly had gone wrong. He felt it was all Ji Ning’s fault. He hadn’t expected Ji Ning’s influence to reach this level; it was supposed to be just a divorce and a disappearance, yet now it felt like Ji Ning was everywhere in the house.

What Zhao Chengyu did not expect was to see Ji Ning’s figure at the company a week later.

At that moment, an untimely sliver of joy appeared in his heart. See? Didn’t he come back after all? This time Ji Ning had some stamina, lasting an entire month.

However, a mocking expression appeared on his face. “What? Are you here to beg me again? I told you, no matter how you beg this time, I won’t forgive you.”

Even though Ji Qiuchi was wearing a work ID badge, a certain someone seemed blind to it. Ji Qiuchi coldly ignored Zhao Chengyu and entered the elevator with the crowd. The elevator was quite full, and everyone was dying of curiosity but could only pretend they hadn’t heard anything by faking interest in their phones.

Zhao Chengyu saw that Ji Qiuchi’s reaction was off, but being ignored made his neck turn red with rage.

When he pressed the button for the second floor and Ji Qiuchi pressed the third, Zhao Chengyu couldn’t help himself: “Ji Ning! What are you doing?”

Ji Qiuchi finally gave him a reaction: “Working, obviously. Is there a problem?”

“Working? How is that possible? With your skills, the company would hire you?” Zhao Chengyu sneered. Could he have used some underhanded means? But since he had entered this company, it must be because of him. Thinking this way, Zhao Chengyu calmed down significantly; he wanted to see what kind of tricks Ji Ning was playing.

To that end, he didn’t even get off at the second floor but followed to the third. The third floor was the Planning Department; the resumes of those who could enter were all very impressive, and their technical skills were top-tier. Their company’s game, Legend of the Star Spirit, had become a global hit two years ago. Besides the daily maintenance of that game, various new projects were being launched.

On the third floor, as soon as Ji Qiuchi stepped out, an assistant came forward. “Are you Mr. Ji? The Director asked me to wait for you here.” After speaking, the assistant silently glanced at Zhao Chengyu. “Zhao Chengyu, aren’t you in the Product Operations team? Did you come up for something?”

Zhao Chengyu’s brow furrowed into a knot. “It’s nothing.”

Professional Rivalry

He went back down and immediately saw Cui Miao sitting at his workstation. Cui Miao was very happy to see him and brought out some fried dumplings he had made himself.

“Brother Chengyu, I made these fried dumplings specifically for you.”

Zhao Chengyu looked at that pleasing face and felt a bit better. He took a dumpling and bit into it, only to nearly spit it out the next second. It was far too salty. Cui Miao couldn’t even manage something so simple? If it were Ji Ning…

Cui Miao watched as Zhao Chengyu took one bite and threw the rest away, leaving the others untouched. He couldn’t help but curse Zhao Chengyu as an idiot in his heart. If it weren’t for the sake of marrying him and getting his money, who would want to wake up early to cook?

Cui Miao was unhappy, but knowing Zhao Chengyu’s temperament, he said, “I’m sorry, Brother Chengyu. I’ll make them taste better next time.”

“There’s no need. I can’t bear for you to work so hard. Just buy food outside in the future; I already know your intentions,” Zhao Chengyu said tenderly.

More and more employees arrived at the office. Before work officially started, everyone was gossiping until a man not far from them spoke up.

“It seems they are selecting people today for that project that started three years ago. I want to join the team!”

“Are you talking about the project from the same period as Legend of the Star Spirit? With the experience from Star Spirit, Divine Realm will definitely be a massive project. This project is bound to make money, right?”

The crowd grew excited, everyone hoping to join the team. However, there were more people in Product Operations than in other departments, so it was uncertain if they would be chosen.

“Why so sudden? we just finished testing one game and have two more in production. This… now this is the second large-scale open-world game, right? The modeling team is going to cry. Do they even have enough people?”

“I don’t know, it’s very sudden. It seems the Director will also participate in production, and all the big shots have been notified. Anyway, we’ll know the list today. I really want to join!”

Cui Miao also looked hopeful. “Legend of the Star Spirit makes 25 billion a year. Divine Realm will probably make even more.”

Zhao Chengyu’s blood also ran hot with excitement, and he stopped caring about Ji Ning. But when the list appeared at noon, the name “Ji Ning” was written in large letters as the Chief Planner. Zhao Chengyu was stunned.

How many years had he been at the company? He was still just a low-level clerk. On what grounds did Ji Ning qualify?

“It must be someone with the same name, right? Not the sister-in-law?” Cui Miao’s voice sounded beside him.

“What ‘sister-in-law’? We are divorced.”

Based on Ji Ning’s abilities? He sneered, only to find that his own name wasn’t on the list, while Cui Miao’s was.

Cui Miao saw it too and was so excited he almost jumped for joy. Meanwhile, Zhao Chengyu’s face instantly darkened, yet he had to pretend to be happy for him when the other man excitedly shared the news.

Feeling stifled, he couldn’t help but find the Operations Team Leader to inquire. “I feel my work ability is better than Cui Miao’s. Why am I not on the list?”

The Team Leader shook his head. “These were all people selected by the Chief Planner. There’s nothing we can do. However, I didn’t expect Director Qi to hand such an important project to a newcomer. Perhaps the person really has talent.”

A newcomer… Zhao Chengyu was still in a daze when he returned, until Cui Miao called him to eat at the staff canteen.

“Brother Chengyu, what’s wrong with you?” Cui Miao noticed the emotional fluctuation. He didn’t know why this man had suddenly become like this, which also annoyed him a bit. He stayed with Zhao Chengyu because the man was excellent and handsome, but his temper was so strange.

The two went to the restaurant. People in the company were still discussing Divine Realm until Director Qi and Ji Ning appeared. Cui Miao almost spat out a mouthful of soup.

“How is that possible? Ji Ning? That’s Ji Ning, right? Why is he with Director Qi?”

The company had various Team Leaders and Directors for Operations, Copywriting, and Art. Director Qi—Qi Ye was the Director and Team Leader of the Planning Group, as well as a shareholder of the company. He had uncharacteristically come to the company canteen to eat, and he was with Ji Ning. The other employees around them were incredibly curious.

The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses looked at Ji Ning with a smile. “So, how is it? Our company isn’t bad, right?”

Ji Ning nodded. “Yes, it’s not bad. Thank you for your appreciation, Director Qi.”

Speaking of which, it was truly lucky. He had checked that the company was hiring, but the positions were “one person per hole,” and the company naturally wanted talent, yet they weren’t specifically advertising for a planning position. Furthermore, for a planner like Ji Ning who had absolutely no experience, a normal person would have filtered him out. Ji Qiuchi himself had planned to start from the very bottom if necessary.

But the company still called him for an interview. And the person who interviewed him was none other than Director Qi himself, Qi Ye. The Divine Realm project was originally Qi Ye’s own project, but the man had actually chosen to serve only as a consultant and handed the project over to Ji Qiuchi.

Ji Qiuchi had never seen such inexplicable kindness and trust before. He hadn’t realized people in game development were so straightforward, but he wouldn’t let the man down.

As for game development, aside from the fact that the original owner was a programming major, Ji Qiuchi himself had worked in the “Winner of Life” group before. Back then, he had worked on holographic games and competed on an interstellar scale. Regarding the current project, Ji Qiuchi naturally had no issues; it was effortless.

However, Qi Ye’s trust did not mean others trusted him. He was, after all, a newcomer with no past game experience, possessing only a set of god-tier computer skills. In this world, he had essentially brought out all his hidden talents, though since the memories were distant, he still had much to learn.

In any case, in the eyes of others, Ji Ning’s photo and information appeared before everyone the next day. The Chief Planner of Divine Realm was actually a newcomer. Was this an “airlifted” person with connections?

They were naturally confused and angry. A Chief Planner is the heart of a game. Yet with Qi Ye as a consultant, it was confusing very confusing. Moreover, the incident between this new planner and Zhao Chengyu in the elevator was also brought up, and many people began asking Zhao Chengyu about it.

Meanwhile, Cui Miao was absolutely livid. He had to work under Ji Qiuchi? Was this a joke? He didn’t know what kind of madness had gripped the company, but he couldn’t quit the team. Since there were many people in the company, many experienced planners were likely unwilling to accept this, right?

They would do anything for the sake of the game. If the subordinates stopped working, even the high-level executives would have to compromise. A cold sneer flashed in Cui Miao’s eyes. He didn’t believe those people would just sit still.

Although Zhao Chengyu didn’t proactively talk about his history with Ji Ning, the fact that he wasn’t on the list and the unpleasant encounter in the elevator allowed everyone to sniff out something unusual.

He kept waiting for Ji Ning to come looking for him, but it didn’t happen. Because the offices were on different floors, he hardly saw Ji Ning except during meal times.

Ji Qiuchi was very busy. Subordinates had indeed come to find trouble, and he couldn’t let Qi Ye shield him forever. These days, he had been constantly competing with others. Every person who came over aggressively ended up leaving with their head hanging low, truly convinced of his skill. They even suspected Ji Ning had lied on his resume, as he didn’t seem like someone with no R&D experience at all.

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