Just as Peng Hao finished writing the last stroke of his name on the contract, he felt a mysterious force binding them—an invisible agreement between him and Lu Li had taken form.
"Sir!"
Peng Hao paused only briefly. His face remained calm as he carefully capped the pen, held the contract and pen with both hands, and respectfully handed them to Lu Li.
Lu Li nodded and took it from him.
He glanced at the contract:
Time Sale Contract Template (2)
Employee ID: 0,000,001
Party A (Employer): Lu Li
Party B (Employee / Time Recipient): Peng Hao
Specific Clause: When Party B is unable to pay the cost of purchasing time, but is deemed valuable by Party A, and with mutual agreement, an employment relationship may be formed. That is, Party A shall provide "time" as compensation, in exchange for Party B's lifetime loyalty and freedom.
Agreement Reached as Follows:
Clause 1: Party B shall never betray Party A.
Clause 2: Party B shall offer absolute loyalty and freedom to Party A.
…
Lu Li set the contract down. When he looked at Peng Hao again, there was noticeably more warmth in his gaze.
Now that the contract had been signed, Peng Hao was truly one of his own. Lu Li trusted him far more than he trusted Yang Zhen'er.
"Do you have a payment app?"
Judging by Peng Hao's clothing from yesterday and today, Lu Li could tell that his financial situation was likely tight.
"Yes," Peng Hao replied with a steady voice.
"What's your number?"
"185-12341-217."
Lu Li pulled out his phone and transferred 100,000 yuan to Peng Hao via the number he'd just given.
"I just sent you a hundred thousand. Twenty thousand is your living expense for this month. The other eighty thousand is your operations budget for running errands for me."
Lu Li tapped his fingers lightly on the coffee table and spoke.
Peng Hao listened intently. He didn't refuse. He simply stood, waiting silently for instructions.
"The first task: I need you to deliver an invitation letter to a certain place. I'll write the invitation in a moment and hand it to you," Lu Li said.
Since he had limited connections and funds, Lu Li planned to make the most of the resources he did have. His next step was to establish The Immortality Club Chat Group and invite his very first client—the Guo Family.
This invitation would be delivered by Peng Hao.
He also hoped the Guo Family might provide a temporary base for the club.
"The second task: I need you to go to Republic Normal University and investigate a student named Zheng Bowen."
Lu Li rubbed his fingers together and fell into thought as he spoke.
There were two reasons for this second task.
First, Lu Li wanted to begin building a Client Archive—a database for people who had either sold time to him or bought time from him. Among the three people who had sold time so far, Zheng Bowen was the only one whose motive remained unclear.
Second, he wanted to use this opportunity to assess Peng Hao's capabilities.
For this task, he only gave two pieces of information: the school and the name.
Peng Hao might be able to deduce that the student was male from the name. But that was it.
Lu Li wanted to see whether Peng Hao could locate the target among tens of thousands of students using only that, and how he would go about it.
If Peng Hao handled it well, it would significantly raise his standing in Lu Li's mind. If not—then Peng Hao's potential would be downgraded accordingly.
"I understand," Peng Hao replied calmly, lowering his head slightly.
…
Lu Li nodded and got up. He returned to his bedroom and brought out several blank A4 sheets and his laptop, then sat back on the sofa.
He folded one sheet of A4 paper in half and, using a fountain pen, bent over the coffee table and began writing on the front:
Invitation to The Immortality Club
Then, on the inside, he wrote:
"To Guo Yanzhi:"
"A few days ago, you purchased one year of time from me. You now meet the requirements for club membership. I hereby extend this invitation…"
Longevity Club Chat Group ID:
At this point, Lu Li paused. He opened his laptop and logged into his old tt account.
He located a group he had created many years ago, now long inactive. He kicked out the few remaining members one by one…
Next, Lu Li opened several other programs and scripts. His fingers clicked rapidly across the keyboard.
Soon, the empty chat group began receiving a flood of join requests.
Lu Li approved all of them. A total of 128 members joined the group.
All these members had hidden profile details, the default penguin avatar, and similar nicknames—"Member 1" through "Member 128."
He then ran another script.
Shortly afterward, the message activity timestamps of those 128 members all changed.
Lu Li, a seasoned programmer, had no trouble generating and populating a fake group using bot accounts and tools.
After finishing these steps, he picked up his pen again and added the group ID number to the invitation letter:
1357910…
In the bottom right corner, he signed it with a single character: Lu
…
"Take this invitation letter to the Guo Family at No. 186, Tianxi North Road, West City," Lu Li instructed, handing the folded A4 sheet to Peng Hao.
Lu Li watched as Peng Hao left, a smile forming in his eyes.
Once the Guo Family joined the group, they'd find a seemingly thriving community…
But in truth, there would only be a handful of real people.
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