Chapter 11: The Conspiracy Emerges 3. Initial signs
After standing there and making more than ten calls with no one answering, Mai Xiaoshu couldn't help but mutter, "Why don't you answer the phone?"
The cell phone was new and she hadn't had time to save other people's numbers. Besides, she couldn't think of anyone else except him who could help her bring Miyamaru Tomo back.
Mai Xiaoshu looked at the person on the ground with a sad face, wondering what to do, when the call on the other end finally got through.
"Hello..." The voice that came was not An Chengye's...
On the other end of the phone, An Chengye won the Best Creativity Award for the game "Cat in the Cloud" and was on his way backstage to receive the award. The phone he had left behind was picked up by Jiang Xingye who was sitting next to him.
When Jiang Xingye saw the incoming calls from Mai Xiaoshu popping up on the screen of his mobile phone, his mind was full of guesses about "Why are Xiaoshu and Chengye still in contact?". With An Chengye's style, he should have blacklisted Mai Xiaoshu long ago. Why would she have to find An Chengye for something?
After some consideration, he answered the phone, his voice a little hesitant: "Xiao Shu?"
" Xingye?" Mai Xiaoshu heard Jiang Xingye's voice from the phone, along with a burst of passionate background music.
"How...how could it be you? Isn't this An Chengye's call?" She was a little confused.
"Cheng Ye is busy, and his phone is here with me."
After listening to his explanation, her doubts were quickly dispelled. She was now more worried that Jiang Xingye might be unwilling to face her, because she had not yet responded to his confession, so she said with a hint of trepidation: "I..."
"Xiao Shu, do you have something to ask Cheng Ye?" Jiang Xingye's voice was still so gentle. "He can't answer the phone now. If you don't mind, you can tell me first."
Mai Xiaoshu hesitated for a while, glanced at the person at his feet, and finally said, "I found Gongwan Zhi."
"..." The other end of the phone suddenly became terribly quiet -
"Hey, Xingye, are you still there?" she asked uncertainly .
When the other end replied, the background music had disappeared. It was obvious that Jiang Xingye had moved to a quiet place. He lowered his voice and said, "Where are you? I'll go find you."
"Miyamaru Satoshi has fainted. He is right next to me. I will send you his location now."
"This matter is of great importance. Don't tell anyone yet."
Mai Xiaoshu agreed. She also wanted to wait until she met him and An Chengye before discussing how to deal with Gong Wanzhi. She stood in the sunset anxiously waiting for Jiang Xingye's arrival.
On the other side, An Chengye, who had just walked down from the podium, was surrounded by a group of reporters. Yunzhongmiao software was not his ambitious work, and he was not too surprised about winning the Best Creativity Award, he was just very surprised.
After politely answering a few routine questions from reporters, a beautifully dressed female reporter squeezed into the crowd. She seemed to be well prepared. After lifting her hair, her mouth painted with rose-colored lipstick opened and closed as she threw a question in front of everyone that was as destructive as an atomic bomb.
"I'm a reporter from SBC. I just received an anonymous report saying that Shiku Technology Software is suspected of plagiarizing the idea that American Jim Jarvis accidentally revealed to you five years ago. Mr. An, do you have anything to say about this?"
"Where did Jim Jarvis come from again?"
An Chengye has always been too lazy to deal with such unidentified malice. He curled his lips and smiled confidently at the camera of the reporter, "This kind of news appears on the Internet every day. If I were to answer them one by one, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the energy to make amazing products. I'm sorry that I can't answer your question. Of course, if Mr. Jim Jarvis is willing to come to the front and confront me, I'd be willing to play along."
Many reporters were fans of Shiku Technology and An Chengye, and since this enemy hiding in the corner did not produce any solid evidence, no one took this provocative question seriously .
On the contrary, An Chengye's answer was confident and domineering, which drew cheers from all around.
While An Chengye was dealing with the reporters, Jiang Xingye, who was not far away, stared at the screen of the mobile phone in his hand and tapped with his finger. The call record between him and Mai Xiaoshu disappeared instantly.
After doing all this, he raised his eyes, his face expressionless, his gaze fixed on An Chengye who was surrounded by the crowd, and his originally gentle eyes became sharp.
"You forced me to do this." Five ambiguous words came out of his mouth and quickly disappeared in this noisy space.
He walked towards Jian Jun who was not far away, handed him An Chengye's phone, whispered a few words to him, and left the venue.