Chapter 23
Netizens in the live broadcast room burst into laughter. They never expected to meet these two treasures as soon as they entered the live broadcast.
"Thank you for being laughed at. Also, congratulations on your marriage, you two are a perfect mismatch."
“Welcome to the first episode of: The Wealthy Q’s Grievances, to Q’s Years in Widowhood' .”
"Lu Xun: The name Ah Q is not for you to abuse it like this."
*Ah Q is a character from a novel written by Lu Xun, ‘阿Q正传’ the True Story of Ah Q, which was written to reflect spiritual arrogance. Reminder, this is He Jueyun's nickname acquired in Ch 15 (The word "Ah Q" is used to describe a self-righteous state of mind when in fact one is no better than others, or when facing suffering or humiliation. In short, it is to use the spiritual victory method to comfort yourself, or to forget immediately.)
"Looking at the character ID, it looks like she is the newbie boss from last time? She also has a supervisor, so she is undoubtedly a newbie."
"The boss's rating has increased so quickly? It was still 92 last time."
"The progress here is so fast. We are already very involved in the drama. The two people in the live broadcast room next door are still introducing themselves and fighting for the dominance of the dungeon."
"What kind of drama are you getting into? The domineering president and his lousy wife? Or the years when I was infertile?"
"Is the audience so vicious now?"
"Xiaojiao… little explosive wife. Q ge looks like he's going crazy."
*Xiaojiao might refer to a film where the main character is this innocent and kind young girl (Xiao: little; Jiao: delicate)
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He Jueyun was indeed going crazy.
He went to the warehouse and took a broom, vigorously sweeping up the porcelain residue on the floor, and then casually wiped the spilled soup with a rag, making the scene look clean, and leaving all the rest to the sweeping robot.
He didn't know whether he was angry with himself or with Qiong Cang. Anyway, all the anger in the end was destined to be borne by that reckless kid under his command who was looking for death.
After all, he still had to rely on severe beatings from society to make employees understand the greatness of their bosses.
He Jueyun put one hand on his hip and roughly opened the refrigerator and found a lot of frozen food inside.
Although he doesn't usually do much housework, he still knows how to heat ingredients. He Jueyun took them out directly, put them into a bowl, and put them in the oven and microwave to heat them.
While waiting for the food to be processed, He Jueyun calmed down.
He walked around the living room again, found the mobile phone placed in the corner of the table, leaned against it and looked through the chat history inside.
Li Yujia, like many housewives, had a very narrow social circle. Her recent call records were either from unfamiliar numbers that were not stored, or were from her own family members, hired hourly workers, or were noted as hospital contact numbers.
And her search software set up privacy protection, but he also didn't see much clue.
Just as He Jueyun was preparing to search for further information, a series of electronic beeps sounded in the kitchen, reminding him that his breakfast was ready.
He Jueyun walked up to the second floor carrying the arranged dinner plates, pushed open the study door with one foot, and saw Qiong Cang sitting in front of the desk without any formality, with legs crossed high, flipping through the magazine in hand. That posture is quite like a second-generation ancestor who squandered his life.
So there was a reason why she was poor. If she had money, wouldn't she be swelling (with arrogance) to the point of bursting?
He Jueyun put the plate on the table and urged: "Eat."
Qiong Cang raised her eyelids, glanced at him with disgust, and raised the magazine to block her sight.
"Ouch!" He Jueyun was offended by her obvious look of contempt, "How can you starve to death in this game? Just now you insisted on eating, but now you dare to say you won’t try!"
"What do you mean? Do you know who I am?" Qiong Cang threw the magazine in hand forward, patted the table hard and emphasized, "I have been on the inside pages of mainstream financial magazines nine times, and was also invited to participate in personal interviews on TV stations. Selected as one of the city's top ten outstanding youths, I am one of the most commercially promising entrepreneurs of our time. Do you understand?"
He Jueyun had goosebumps all over his body and couldn't bear it and said: "...Have you played enough?"
"Playing? Role-play starts with getting to know a person, I am working very seriously." Qiong Cang said, "However, Wu Ming's life is indeed quite interesting."
There was a whole table of magazines and newspapers spread out in front of Qiong Cang, and the page she opened was all about Wu Ming's finely sculpted face.
Even though Wu Ming could be regarded as a handsome man from the public's perspective, when many faces were placed side by side, he looked a bit abnormal.
Qiong Cang put down her feet, turned half a circle on the chair, stopped at a certain position, pointed to He Jueyun and explained: "Many newspapers and magazines in Wu Ming's study are placed at the position closest to him. And on the desk, there are also interviews that he has recently done. He has kept all the news or interviews related to him, including his employees and himself."
He Jueyun had already seen it. This number was really quite a lot.
Qiong Cang said: "Wu Ming frequently accepts interviews, whether in newspapers or periodicals, large or small, and puts these things within easy reach of the naked eye, which shows that he is very proud of this. He enjoys the success of his career and enjoys being noticed. Judging from his personal experience, he also worked as an Internet celebrity in the early years, but because he couldn't let go, he failed to operate successfully. Later, he transitioned to work behind the scenes."
He Jueyun said: "It shows that he is very narcissistic."
"Yes, he has a certain degree of vanity, likes to consume luxury goods, and loves face. So the decoration style of the whole villa is a bit exaggerated." Qiong Cang pulled out a newspaper with one corner folded from the bottom of a pile of books. Pushed it forward and motioned for He Jueyun to look. "Judging from the tone and content of his answers to the reporter's questions, he is a person with a sensitive personality. When this reporter asked a question that upset him, or, was rather sharp, his answer would also become tit for tat. He especially hates it when someone mentions his childhood and past. It means that he hates his poor self. The past is seen as a piece of black history by him.”
He Jueyun picked it up and said in surprise: "In such a short time, you have read all the newspapers and magazines?"
"Of course not." Qiong Cang said, "Everything he has stored well and placed in a conspicuous position must be written with nice nonsense. It is a waste of time to read it. And if it were things he deeply hid, but was reluctant to throw away, then it’s something that really carries information.”
It was this ability to select and process information, coupled with her casual tone, that was most annoying.
He can't admit his stupidity in front of her, so he could only remain silent.
He Jueyun carefully checked the interview manuscript in his hand.
This company was an authoritative newspaper company, and the interview time was also early. At that time, Wu Ming was probably just showing off his talent, and he was very excited to be interviewed like this. So even though the content made him slightly uncomfortable, he kept it.
At that time, he did not have the status he has now, so the reporters' questions seemed more sharp.
It can be seen from the lines of the interview that the reporter wanted a character with a "grassroots background, passionate and inspiring", but Wu Ming didn't like the word "grassroots" on his back. As a result, the content of the entire interview report became very interesting, deeply revealing Wu Ming's resistance and the reporter's speechlessness.
Qiong Cang said amusedly: "It turns out that this is the world of mature men. I saw a lot of vulgar taste."
She dragged the dinner plate in front of her, spread her hands and asked, "Why is there no milk for breakfast?"
He Jueyun was still reading the newspaper and said calmly: "Because the world of mature men has been weaned long ago."
Qiong Cang: "..." Felt a bit offended.
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Qiong Cang lowered her head to eat breakfast while looking through the chat history on the phone. He Jueyun sat down on the small sofa nearby and did the same work as her.
However, Li Yujia's mobile phone was an old model and did not have much software. He really had nothing to check.
After a while, He Jueyun got up and went to the master bedroom to look through the mistress of the house’s bag. When he came back, Qiong Cang happened to come out of the study.
He Jueyun asked: "Did you find anything?"
"It's not very important. There isn't much work-related content on the computer in the study. It shows that he is probably a man who doesn't care about his family. In addition, Wu Ming has a very cautious personality. His chat history will be cleared regularly, and work-related content will be cleared regularly. Some of the information is retained, but there are almost no life-related topics." Qiong Cang rubbed the muscles on the back of her neck, handed the phone over and said, ”I believe that he shouldn't be afraid of Li Yujia checking his cell phone, and the reason why he did so could be that amongst his chatting records, there are contents that he himself feels ashamed of, or maybe, it's purely a matter of habit? This matter is unknown for the time being. But there might be something related to the case in the content he deleted.”
He Jueyun took a look at the phone after getting it, and then returned it to her.
Qiong Cang passed by him sideways and continued walking out. He Jueyun followed her subconsciously.
The two found the safe in the house.
The cabinet was placed in the corner, and a line of black passwords was marked in the air by the system.
Qiong Cang squatted down, entered the password, and opened the cabinet door.
The top layer of the safe stores jewelry and other items. Qiong Cang took them out and set them aside.
The various documents stacked on the middle and lower shelves were all kept in brown file bags.
Wu Ming should be a person who doesn't like to separate things. He kept all kinds of important documents that had been used or not, according to the year.
Maybe he wouldn't be able to read it anymore, but he didn’t want to throw it away.
Qiong Cang took them out one by one, laid them flat on the ground, and roughly scanned the contents involved in the contract.
Those age-old bank documents, copies of loan contracts, copies of real estate certificates and other documents clearly exposed the past that Wu Ming wanted to hide.
He Jueyun said: "Although Li Yujia's family conditions are ordinary, they are much better than Wu Ming's back then. Her parents are both working, and there are two apartments at home. Wu Ming definitely counted as someone who married up."
Qiong Cang nodded: "Wu Ming worked in the self-media industry after graduation and wanted to develop the Internet celebrity economy. Li Yujia should have funded all his expenses such as buying cameras and cosmetics, and paying for operating advertising fees."
"The two million that Wu Ming initially needed to set up the company was provided by Li Yujia's mortgage of her parents' real estate." He Jueyun picked up a document on the ground. “The company's legal person is not Wu Ming or Li Yujia, but Wu Ming's mom. How on earth did he convince Li Yujia?”
Qiong Cang added: "The villa they live in now is also in the name of Wu Ming's mother, and does not have Li Yujia's name. It seems that even if they get divorced, Li Yujia will not get much benefit."
Qiong Cang put down the things and complained: "The successful woman behind Wu Ming, the so-called successful man with a net worth of one billion, is not Li Yujia, but his own mother." The tone was quite incredible.
In just ten minutes, the two of them clarified all the contents of the document bag at a speed that the audience in the live broadcast room had not yet reacted to, and extracted several key clues.
Qiong Cang put the things back and analyzed: "He was very rude to Li Yujia. One possibility is that the two have been married for many years without having children, and their relationship has become dull. Another thing should be that the strong self-esteem caused trouble, so that he is unwilling to admit the period of his life when he was supported by the woman. It is even possible that the relationship was not pure at all in the first place."
He Jueyun nodded.
There was no doubt about this.
After Qiong Cang finished speaking, suddenly she was still at hand and stared at him motionless.
He Jueyun felt a chill running down his spine and said, "What?"
"You know, actually from the perspective of your identity in the game, I don't believe you. From the moment I saw the medical record report on the coffee table, I thought you had enough motive to kill." Qiong Cang said seriously, "At least, I can’t stand a man like Wu Ming for so many years.”
He Jueyun said without changing his expression: "Now that you have seen these documents, you should be more sure. What do you want? Separate?"
Qiong Cang shook her head: "No, I am still willing to share with you the various clues I have discovered."
He Jueyun chuckled and said, "What for? You want to continue to lead me to win?"
"No, if you are really the murderer, I am also confident that I will find conclusive evidence and stop your behavior before you do it." Qiong Cang paused for a moment and showed a strange smile, “This is the indulgence of an excellent man, who has not been weaned, on his woman.”
He Jueyun: "..."
He couldn't control his strength and tore the paper into pieces.
He Jueyun bared his teeth in anger, threw down his things and cursed: "You are so crazy!"
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The audience in the live broadcast room sent out a series of ellipses.
"One sentence completely changed the atmosphere in the live broadcast room and lowered the boss’ character. What on earth was she thinking?"
"Is this flirting or teasing? The boss's world is so exciting, but she actually dares to flirt with the murderer in the death dungeon."
"The clues here are obtained very quickly. My friend in the live broadcast room next door is still on the way to the hospital to check for infertility."
"Are all the people with a score of 93 able to read documents so quickly? When she turned to the next page, I had just finished reading the first paragraph."
"Basic skills, just basic skills. New viewers, please calm down, this boss is an expert at reading a senior high school student's homework book and scratch paper in one day."
"Chief murderer candidate Li Yujia. According to this setting, there seems to be no difficulty in the case, right? How did Sanyao adapt it?"
"This is a tutorial dungeon on fear of marriage. [Suffocation]"
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After putting everything back in the safe, Qiong Cang also went back to her bedroom and changed into pajamas.
Although Qiong Cang didn't say that she wanted to separate from him, He Jueyun was so angry that he locked himself in the study next door.
Qiong Cang went over to knock on the door and said, "Q ge, can you drive? Send me out. I want to buy some surveillance cameras now."
He Jueyun came over and opened the door: "You can't drive?"
Qiong Cang sneered: "For a noble person like me, how can I go out..."
"Bang!"
The door closed ruthlessly before her.
Qiong Cang touched her nose and knocked on the door again.
He Jueyun stood behind the door with a cold face. Qiong Cang said: "Yes, I can't drive."
He Jueyun said angrily: "Then wait a moment. I'll change my clothes."
The author has something to say:
As written in the first two chapters, this case has been solved and it is confirmed that the murderer is not Fan Huai, but the public still doubts its authenticity, so this dungeon is released.
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So, funny story... I'm cleaning up the index for my other translation when I realize I use the wrong link for the index above^
hahahah I have no idea how I went for so many chapters without realizing that T^T. Anyway, it's fixed now!
Omg I love their banter
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