The door to Li Caiyi's room clamped shut behind her.
Shao Jingfei waited for a mont before taking out his phone from the top of the table and dialing a certain number.
It didn't take long before the line was connected, and a calm and refreshing voice could be heard from the other side.
"Good evening, Jingfei." ng Renshu greeted him politely. "This should be your first ti contacting first. I was surprised since I thought you didn't like that much."
Shao Jingfei chuckled. "I don't particularly hate or like you, Senior ng. The other day, because Li Caiyi seed to be on guard against you, that's why I behaved that way."
ng Renshu comnted nothing about it. "So, what's up? Did sothing happen to Xiaoyi?"
"No. I wanted to ask you sothing." Shao Jingfei scratched his cheek, contemplating whether he should ask or not before deciding to just give it a try. "It's you, right? The one who asked the editorial board to push Li Caiyi's work to be promoted externally?"
"I'm not sure what you are talking about. What makes you think that?" ng Renshu replied with a hint of amusent in his voice, making Shao Jingfei doubt if his guess was correct or not.
"No matter how good Caiyi's book is, even I can't interfere that much about this stuff. Based on my knowledge, the books promoted on that platform have to reach a certain level of fa or popularity because they can go through the editorial board. The only way a new book from a rookie author like Caiyi could go through was if soone helped her from the inside."
"I see. That's a fair and reasonable guess, but I don't think it answered my question. Why do you think it was who did it?"
"Among all the people around Li Caiyi right now, the only one capable of such a feat is or you, Senior ng. I wouldn't be surprised if your family knew soone from the editorial departnt with your connection. I'm asking because I want to make sure of this fact."
There was a brief silence from the other end before ng Renshu burst out in laughter. "Haha, and here I thought I covered my track well. I should have known that even if I could fool her, there's no way I can fool you easily."
Shao Jingfei paid no heed to his complint and asked seriously, "I can predict why you are doing that, but why didn't you tell her anything about it? As far as I know, it doesn't look like Caiyi has a good feeling towards you, Senior ng. No offense. You probably can score so points if you tell her."
"No offense taken," ng Renshu answered lightly. "Precisely because she hates , she would be mad angry if she knew I interfered with her work. She wouldn't appreciate my effort and definitely asked to mind my own business."
Considering Li Caiyi's attitude towards ng Renshu earlier, Shao Jingfei thought that what ng Renshu said made sense. That girl didn't even want to hear him ntioning her childhood friends, let alone knowing her book was pushed forward by the said person.
"Senior ng, can I ask why you have to go so far? I don't have the right to judge you since what you did benefits the writer in the end, but why do you want to take a risk despite knowing how much she would hate it if she knew?"
"Hm, why I wonder?" ng Renshu said mysteriously. "Maybe because I knew that girl would reach that pinnacle eventually. If she can reach that height faster with little push from , then I don't see why not. Even if she hates , if I can be by her side in her journey to reach that pinnacle, then I wouldn't mind."
"Well, I agree with you because she is such an excellent writer. But why does it sound like you know sothing I don't?"
There was a brief pause again before ng Renshu spoke again. "Did I sound like that? That's just the extent of my faith in her."
Shao Jingfei's brows creased in doubt. ng Renshu was like a puzzle that was hard to crack. Sotis he spoke like he knew sothing would happen.
"I see. Well, I believe you will never try to harm Caiyi. However, if you can, please refrain from doing sothing like this again in the future. Although the boost in promotion is appreciated, if this goes on, Li Caiyi will receive a backlash for receiving too much 'favor' from inside. I believe you understand how much a person's reputation is in this line of work."
Shao Jingfei thought he would receive criticism for lecturing the Young Master ng, but the response he got was totally unexpected.
"As expected, you are a nice guy. I was worried at first, that's why I ca to et you directly, but you are really a trustable person. I can see why Xiaoyi has such a good opinion of you. That kind of makes jealous, though." ng Renshu laughed again as though he found the situation funny.
His behavior was so strange sotis that Shao Jingfei couldn't decide if she should stay vigilant or not. ng Renshu seed different from other wealthy's family young masters he knew.
As far as he watched, ng Renshu didn't seem to be that bad? He wondered why Li Caiyi couldn't stand him so much.
"But still, Senior ng, I'm sure it wasn't easy for you to pull the string behind the scene."
Rather than agreeing or denying it, ng Renshu diverted the topic to sothing else.
"Jingfei, let know if you need my help in the future. Since you have helped Xiaoyi and Xiaohua a lot, I will make sure to repay your kindness too."
"Ah? No need to bother. I didn't do anything special, really. I was just doing my job." Shao Jingfei answered, slightly flustered by the sudden complint.
"No, let thank you. You probably don't know, but your existence is a huge help for those two. What you think of as 'doing your job' is probably just the right thing the twins need the most. It was sothing I failed to notice before. I'm grateful for you to show them the right way."
His words bewildered Shao Jingfei even more. Once again, ng Renshu said sothing that he couldn't comprehend. If he thought about it, Li Caiyi also thanked him imnsely several tis before, as though he had done a life-saving deed sohow.
At first, he only took it lightly, but from the way they spoke, it seed like a big thing was happening under the surface, which he wasn't aware of.
Then again, he doubted those two would ever tell him about it even if he asked. So he decided to accept their gratefulness humbly.
"Senior ng, you overpraised . The twins are my friends, and I will hate it if sothing happens to them. I think you, who always did everything you can to help them from the dark, is even more amazing."
ng Renshu: "...."
Unlike before, there was a long silence this ti.
"Senior ng?" Shao Jingfei called out to him.
"My deeds are not worthy of being proud of. I have gone through so many failures and made many mistakes in the past."
"Sorry? I can't hear you well."
"Nothing. If that's all you want to talk about, I will end the call here. I still have sothing to do, so let's talk so other ti, alright?"
"Oh! Yes, sorry for taking so much of your ti. Good evening, Senior ng."
After the line was cut off, ng Renshu put his phone slowly on his lap before looking out the window, where a crescent moon shone so bright in the dark night sky. His room was shrouded in comforting darkness, the thing he needed the most right then.
"It's true. I'm not worthy at all." ng Renshu said bitterly to no one before closing his eyes.
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