"Ji Feng, I mean, if you lose, then so be it, but you really don’t need to rush like this. It doesn’t look classy at all. And who could possibly know so many different subjects? The CEO is already this amazing, that’s beyond doubt. If you keep swaggering around here and throwing your weight around, isn’t that going a bit too far?"

Even the ordinary employees couldn’t stand it anymore at this point. Wasn’t Ji Feng clearly trying to pick a fight with the CEO? With the CEO being this capable right now, if he kept going against the CEO, he’d probably end up in a bad way.

Even if Xu Ke left Xiao Group for some other company, he’d definitely still be a dragon among men. With that in mind, everyone else suddenly understood and didn’t dare make a big deal out of this anymore.

But of course Ji Feng also understood what these people were like. On the surface they just wanted to go along with him to get some scraps of benefit. Now that they saw there was no benefit, they were all beating a retreat.

"Doesn’t the CEO claim to know everything? And that his skills are better than mine? Then why doesn’t the CEO show us a little? Isn’t it just finance? With a CEO as amazing as ours, I’m sure he’ll know it. You all better not crush the CEO’s confidence."

Ji Feng spoke with absolute confidence, because he was sure Xu Ke wouldn’t know it and was just waiting to watch him make a fool of himself. As long as he provoked Xu Ke into agreeing, he was certain Xu Ke would lose.

Standing next to Ji Feng was a guy who had just graduated from the capital’s university with him this year. Back in school he and Ji Feng had gotten along quite well; he and Ji Feng had even been pretty close. In fact, Song Ming especially liked Ji Feng. But today this was basically throwing himself onto the grill to roast.

"But the CEO is so amazing, how could I possibly beat him? Let’s just drop it, okay? You hurry up and apologize to the CEO. The CEO is actually very magnanimous, you really went too far just now."

Hearing Song Ming’s words, Ji Feng stared, eyes wide in disbelief. Hadn’t this guy been pursuing him ever since his freshman year? How could he suddenly be saying Ji Feng was in the wrong today?

Before, whenever it was about him, Song Ming was always the first to charge ahead, no matter who was right or wrong. He was like a club Ji Feng swung at will back in college.

But now it was just this little thing, so what was going on with Song Ming? Had he really changed from before? That thought made Ji Feng a bit flustered. Back then, Song Ming always cleaned up his messes.

"Song Ming, what are you talking about? Back in school you were an outstanding student and even won tons of awards. Dealing with the CEO is just a small matter for you. Are you seriously chickening out now? Didn’t you say you really like me? Since that’s the case, then win this match for me. As long as you win, I’ll agree to your request."

Because she knew Song Ming liked her, Ji Feng was especially arrogant, not the least bit afraid that no one was backing her up now. Meanwhile Song Ming frowned.

He did like this little girl in front of him a lot, and back then he had told Ji Feng he would always protect him. But Ji Feng was getting more and more excessive. Before it was just some petty girl’s temper, which Song Ming could understand.

But now he was provoking the CEO like this in front of everyone at the company. Wasn’t that putting them in way too deep? Song Ming didn’t dare. And he had never agreed with these people wanting to take on the CEO anyway. He had just joined the company and needed to work properly. No matter who the CEO was, it didn’t have much to do with a low-level employee like him. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

All at once, the rank-and-file staff started hooting and jeering. Everyone knew Song Ming wasn’t just "sort of" into Ji Feng. It was said he even brought him breakfast every morning. Even though this little girl had never accepted it in person, the breakfasts had all ended up in her stomach.

"What are you still dawdling for? Haven’t you always liked me? I’m agreeing to you now: as long as you beat him, I’ll accept your request. If you can’t win this time, then don’t talk to me again."

To beat Xu Ke, Ji Feng was already prepared to throw away that so-called pure love he’d been going on about.

After chasing for so many years, how could Song Ming give up now that he finally had such a chance? So after hesitating for a moment, he looked at Xu Ke and bowed.

This made Ji Feng look down on him even more. The man she liked had to be upright and imposing, someone who would never bow his head to anyone. In her eyes, Song Ming was just a coward. If he was willing to charge ahead and bleed for her, she could always just dump him later, couldn’t she?

Ji Feng already had a plan in mind. He hadn’t taken a fancy to Song Ming all these years, and now he certainly wouldn’t. What was in front of him was just a stopgap measure.

Xu Ke couldn’t help but shake his head. Song Ming genuinely worked hard, but he was far too easily swayed. Since Song Ming insisted on taking a loss, Xu Ke might as well let him, so he could finally give up and see this woman’s true colors.

"I really don’t dare challenge the CEO’s dignity, nor his authority. But in order to pursue the girl I like, I’ll be offending you today, CEO. I hope you’ll forgive me."

After speaking, Song Ming practically didn’t dare raise his head to meet Xu Ke’s eyes. Xu Ke, however, directly took out his laptop. Ji Feng immediately grew more worried that Xu Ke would use some trick.

So he quickly stepped in front of Xu Ke and grabbed the mouse. "Last time you were the one who picked the questions. You must have pulled some trick. But this time I’m going to watch you personally, there’s absolutely no chance for any funny business, so stop thinking about those dirty little schemes. I’ll be choosing the questions this time."

After Ji Feng finished, even though he wasn’t in finance, he had picked up a fair bit following Song Ming around and knew which things were the hardest. So he directly pulled out the toughest paper—a copy of Song Ming’s graduation exam, so hard that practically no one could solve it.

Back then, however, Song Ming had crushed everyone with a score of sixty out of a hundred. Even the professors had praised him for it. He had done this exact paper before, which was the only way to ensure victory.

But when Song Ming took the paper and saw what it was, his eyes suddenly widened, his face went pale, and he stared at his junior in disbelief. How could his junior do something like this?

He clearly knew the CEO wasn’t familiar with finance. Wasn’t this deliberately making things hard for him?

"Why don’t we change to another one..."

Song Ming just felt he couldn’t lift his head at all. He had always been a good student at school and had never done anything out of line. But what they were doing today was basically no different from cheating.