Chu You'an escorted Cheng Jinyang out of the laboratory, while Chu Qingqing's face remained as calm as water, though her mind had already pondered over it countless times.
Pretending Cheng Jinyang to be her boyfriend was, of course, a temporary solution. For a normal young lady from a prestigious family, she might not have had the courage to do so.
It's just that Chu Qingqing, born in a humble family, is bold and unconventional.
Regardless of the consequences, she decided to stall her elder brother first, and then figure out a plan outside at her own pace.
When Cheng Jinyang and Chu You'an came out, she had already made up her mind: to have Cheng Jinyang pretend to be her boyfriend, so as to visit each suspect under the pretext and keep their attention occupied, thus allowing his partner Tian Luo, who was accompanying him, to search for evidence of the mole more discreetly.
After this matter comes to an end, I'll pretend to 'accept the persuasion of my father and older brother' and 'tearfully break up with him, enduring the pain.' As for any tarnished reputation, it doesn't exist. If my father and brother let this matter leak, can't they cover it up? If it does leak, we can just treat it as a rumor and brush it off.
"Jinyang, you're back?" She walked up to him with a charming smile, sweetly speaking. Her tone was filled with undissolved tenderness and affection, resembling the image of a young girl experiencing her first love.
"I've already talked to your brother," Cheng Jinyang replied with a smile. As Chu Qingqing hugged his arm again, she nodded slightly, almost imperceptibly.
It means the search on Xing Yuanzhi's side has ended.
Cheng Jinyang understood, and then he and Chu You'an bid farewell.
After the two left, Chu You'an, with a stern expression, immediately called upon the family's secret guards to discreetly follow behind Chu Qingqing. If it were within the family's territory, it would be fine, but if they were to leave the territory and go to some love hotel to book a room and give away her body, that would absolutely not be tolerated!
Then Cheng Jinyang, Chu Qingqing, and Xing Yuanzhi met up. Ah Zhi made a discreet gesture.
Cheng Jinyang knew it meant 'nothing.' In other words, they hadn't found any evidence that Chu You'an was the mole.
Then Xing Yuanzhi quickly made a second gesture, which meant "?".
"You two, what's going on?"
"We're being watched. We'll explain later," Chu Qingqing said in a low voice while still holding Cheng Jinyang's arm.
"Explaining later sounds fine..." Xing Yuanzhi's face turned extremely ugly, and she followed Chu Qingqing, who was still holding Cheng Jinyang's arm, and walked off in another direction.
In the distance, the secret guards of the Chu family also noticed the encounter of the three individuals, so they activated their communication devices and began recording:
"Suspected... triangular relationship..."
"That's enough!" After walking for who knows how long, Xing Yuanzhi finally couldn't help but get angry. "How long do you still want to hold onto him?"
Who are you trying to show off to by holding onto my fiancé like that? I, Ah Zhi... I, Xing family's Qingfeng, when have I lost so much face?
"Sorry, we're almost there," Chu Qingqing remained unmoved, just smiling.
In the distance, the secret guard, who caught every expression of the two, pressed the communicator again:
"Miss... has a love rival..."
Entering the front guest room, Chu Qingqing finally released Cheng Jinyang's arm, and he then explained to Xing Yuanzhi what had just happened.
In short, I was suddenly used as a shield by her to hold off her relatives. At first, I knew nothing about it, but I went along with it out of professionalism. In reality, apart from holding her arm, I didn't engage in any behavior, not even emotionally. I remained very composed.
Xing Yuanzhi remained silent, only revealing a cold smile that seemed to say, 'Do you really think I'll believe your nonsense' However, she wasn't the type to immediately confront the third party or become jealous on the spot. Instead, she decided to make a mental note of it and settle the score later.
"I've checked all his message records, payment records, travel records, and email exchanges, etc.," she said concisely. "I haven't found any evidence of a mole."
"By the way, your eldest brother's schedule is packed, to the extent that even his sleep time is compressed to the extreme, so I don't think he's likely to be the mole."
"Understood," Chu Qingqing said, with her arms crossed, pondering.
"Seems like you're disappointed?" Xing Yuanzhi asked coldly.
"Not disappointed, just relieved," Chu Qingqing said with a smile. "After all, even if we caught the mole in the family, I wouldn't be happy."
"That makes sense," Cheng Jinyang agreed.
He was better off not speaking; the moment he did, Xing Yuanzhi immediately became furious again:
"So, do you two have to continue pretending to be a couple and visit her relatives one by one? After we finish this mission, will I get to attend your wedding banquet?"
"That's not possible so soon..." Cheng Jinyang had just spoken when he noticed Ah Zhi's expression change. Immediately, his expression turned serious, and he said to Chu Qingqing, "By the way, pretending to be a couple was not part of our agreement. So, you understand, right?"
"Ah?" Chu Qingqing blinked, puzzled.
"It requires extra money," Cheng Jinyang reminded her when he saw her lack of response.
Chu Qingqing: ........
Xing Yuanzhi: ........
"Now I believe there's nothing between you and him," Xing Yuanzhi said, holding her forehead.
"We never had anything to begin with," Chu Qingqing said, feeling a bit speechless.
Seeing the tension ease between the two, Cheng Jinyang also silently breathed a sigh of relief.
With a growing understanding of Ah Zhi, the proficiency in resolving the Shura field is also rapidly increasing, which is commendable.
Although it feels like this skill isn't actually useful most of the time...
On the other hand, in the old house in Wujiang Town, Wang Wanrou also received the information sent by Wang Xinzhi, which was printed out as material.
For human's archenemy, the demons, much of the first-hand information is held by the royal family, and most of it is obtained through dissection and experimentation.
However, a certain article caught the attention of Miss Wang because it wasn't the typical scientific paper detailing experiments and results on demons. Instead, it was a doctrinal scripture of a folk religious sect: the White Lotus Society.
This sect claims that demons are messengers of the 'Mother of Non-Existence' who intentionally descend to overthrow the exploitative ruling class and court, leading the people to eternal bliss in the Western Paradise. Of course, this is nothing but sheer madness, only foolish people with impaired minds would regard it as a model.
However, below there is a paragraph of similar speculative text that caught the attention of Miss Wang:
From the womb of the Primordial Mother, 'Homeland of Vacuum' was born. It is the supreme entity of all universes and the original source, giving rise to countless material universes, known as the 'Great Thousand Worlds.' Our universe is just one small world among the Great Thousand Worlds.
To return to the 'Homeland of Vacuum,' one must use the 'Knowledge of Vacuum Method,' by entering a state of pseudo-sleep to detach consciousness from the body, thus temporarily returning the soul to its original homeland, the 'Realm of Absolute Freedom.'
The messengers of the Mother of Non-Existence lived there, sometimes fighting in pairs, sometimes battling in groups, not for survival. Because there is no death in the Realm of Absolute Freedom, individuals killed can infinitely resurrect, so they delight in war without feeling pain.
In the Realm of Absolute Freedom, if one kills another, they can seize the other's power; if they connect with each other, they can mutually borrow each other's strength. The Mother of Non-Existence encourages her followers to compete with each other and also encourages them to love each other. For this reason, she has stripped away the concept of death, making it so that there is neither birth nor death in the Realm of Absolute Freedom, only eternal joy and bliss.
Wang Wanrou pondered for a while, then picked up the pen and circled two places: 'pseudo-sleep' and 'Realm of Absolute Freedom.'
Then, she underlined the phrase 'killing the opponent to seize power.'
"'Kill' and 'connect', do they respectively correspond to 'plunder' and 'borrow'?" She tapped her fingers slowly on the desktop, "So..."
"How can we define 'connect'?"