In that instant, her liking for the young man increased dramatically.
However, she was still determined to return the money to him, but the boy said, "It's okay, it's okay, consider it my apology. You should go and comfort your girlfriend, I need to go comfort my girlfriend too."
Liang Shi: "..."
Despite his young age, he knows quite a lot.
Before he left, he leaned close to Liang Shi and whispered, "Sister, your girlfriend is really beautiful."
Liang Shi: "..."
For some inexplicable reason, she replied, "That's my wife."
The boy's mouth formed an "o" shape, then he gave a thumbs up and said, "Young and well-off, I admire you!"
Liang Shi: "..."
"Then I wish you a long and happy life together." The boy smiled brightly, and then his girlfriend called him, so he immediately ran over with the candied hawthorn.
His running figure was like a gust of wind. Liang Shi watched and couldn't help but sigh, "Youth is truly wonderful."
They do everything without restraint.
As soon as he arrived, his girlfriend broke up with him.
Liang Shi had already turned to look for Xu Qingzhu, but then he heard her ask, with a particularly hurt tone, "Wasn't I good enough to you? Why did you break up with me?"
The girl said in a soft, sweet voice, "I've fallen for Shen Siyan."
As Liang Shi listened, he couldn't help but light a candle for his younger brother.
The boy was furious. "Why is it Shen Siyan again?! Do you really think Shen Siyan is someone you can reach?"
Girl: "I'm so pretty, how come I can't get close to her?"
The boy paused for two seconds, then asked, "Do you know what Shen Siyan's family does?"
Girl: "...I don't know, I heard they're very rich."
"All I can say is," the boy said helplessly, "you can barely even get into my house, let alone marry into the Shen family. You can dream about it."
The girl immediately started arguing with him.
After listening to the commotion, Liang Shi looked at the cotton candy in his hand that the boy had paid for, and, quite humanely, did not laugh.
After she arrived, Xu Qingzhu asked, "What happened?"
"That guy, his girlfriend cheated on him." Liang Shi shared the gossip he had just heard with her. The noise over there had subsided, and the girl had left in a huff, leaving only the boy standing there with two candied hawthorns.
It looks like a wooden stake.
Xu Qingzhu glanced at it as well and clicked her tongue, "The girl missed out."
"Huh?" Liang Shi asked, puzzled. "What do you mean?"
“That’s Zhao Xuning’s cousin,” Xu Qingzhu said. “He’s a good person and does well in his studies.”
Liang Shi: "...!"
What a coincidence!
Xu Qingzhu didn't say anything more after that, but Liang Shi suddenly remembered the name he had just mentioned.
"Who is Shen Siyan?" Liang Shi asked. "That girl thinks she can marry Shen Siyan."
Xu Qingzhu almost choked when she heard this, coughing several times before finally finishing the cotton candy in her mouth.
Then, with a look that left him speechless, he said, "So young, yet she dares to think of anything."
Liang Shi: "?"
“Huayue International is backed by Huaguang Group, and Huaguang Group is backed by the Shen family.” Xu Qingzhu knew more about the business landscape of this world than she did. “Shen Siyan is the only son of the Shen family.”
Liang Shi: "??!"
Is that the Shen family, where even establishing connections with them is incredibly difficult?
Liang Shi suddenly felt that Zhao Xuning's cousin seemed to have little chance of winning.
But none of that matters; it's just a small thing in their world.
Xu Qingzhu couldn't finish her cotton candy because it was too sweet, so Liang Shi held it for her. The two of them even went out for a late-night snack.
It's the kind of street food that I would never normally touch, and that's considered junk food.
The two didn't go home until very late.
//
[Ding dong! Congratulations, host, for completing the additional task: Go to a concert with Xu Qingzhu! You have received a reward of 29,999 yuan, which will be deposited into your account within ten minutes.]
P.S.: You completed the mission very smoothly this time, host! I wonder if anything interesting or embarrassing happened between you and your target in the dark concert hall?
P.S.: From zero to sixty is the easy difficulty; reaching the passing grade and gaining luck points is the advanced difficulty. Keep up the good work, host! Due to your increased personal needs, the Resentment Management Bureau has prepared generous material rewards for you in each mission. Please be sure to complete them diligently and obtain the material rewards!
(Don't call us stingy! We've taken your wealth!)
The system has become smarter and no longer broadcasts updates in real time.
Before going to sleep, Liang Shi heard its broadcast message.
After being punished, the noisy system returned, revealing its talkative nature once again.
[P.S.: Since you have triggered the hidden quest: Finding Xu Qingzhu's biological parents, the Resentment Management Bureau is hereby providing you with a clue: Xu Qingzhu's father has passed away, but her mother is still alive.]
A friendly reminder: forcibly revealing Xu Qingzhu's past may trigger her PTSD, so please be extremely careful!
After hearing this, Liang Shi was basically certain.
Xu Qingzhu's father is Sheng Qinglin, who is now her nominal uncle.
but!
Didn't we already know this a long time ago?
The information provided by the system is really useless.
Ironically, it thought it was useful and boasted about it: "I'm definitely the most responsible system in the world! The water I've released for my host has become an entire Pacific Ocean."
Liang Shi: "...If you can tell me about Xu Qingzhu's mother, I will agree to what you say."
System: [Sorry, host, you'll have to look it up yourself!]
[Ding-dong! There is no such thing as easy money in this world; all money comes at a price!]
Liang Shi: "..."
Get lost.
After the system went offline, Liang Shi checked some more information about Sheng Qinglin.
As usual, nothing new.
So many years have passed, it's probably going to be very difficult to find now.
Liang Shi touched the bracelet on his wrist; this should be the last clue.
But Qi Jiao said that Su Yu's mother's name was Su Mu.
Su Mu—
Also surnamed Su, could he be related to Su Yao?
Liang Shi felt that further investigation was necessary.
//
The next day was sunny, and Liang Shi met Zhao Xuning.
The results of the blood-stained button she sent for testing were in, but when Zhao Xuning handed her the report, he asked, "Have you seen a psychologist?"
Liang Shi countered, "Is there something wrong with this button?"
Zhao Xuning pursed his lips. "It's nothing serious, it's your blood."
"When was it?" Liang Shi asked.
Seventeen years old.
After Zhao Xuning finished speaking, he handed her the appraisal report and then looked at Liang Shi.
The results above show that the bloodstains were from when she was seventeen years old.
So what she saw that night was the original owner of the body at the age of seventeen.
After a long silence, Zhao Xuning suddenly said, "I saw Gina."
Liang Shi asked in confusion, "Who?"
“It should be your…” Zhao Xuning paused, “…psychologist.”
Chapter 55
Liang Shi had absolutely no recollection of the name Gina.
But Zhao Xuning's expression didn't seem fake.
So her first thought was that the original owner had seen a psychologist.
Liang Shi pursed his lips, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "And then?"
Zhao Xuning raised an eyebrow, a hint of uncertainty appearing on his usually indifferent face: "Nothing much, we just chatted for a few minutes."
"Is it related to me?" Liang Shi asked.
Zhao Xuning stared intently at her. "What do you think?"
The two went back and forth, but neither gave a definite answer.
A battle of problems, seeing whose psychological defenses are broken down first.
Continuing like this, we definitely won't get any useful information out of them.
But Liang Shi knew that if he wanted to get information out of someone like Zhao Xuning, he had to give her enough information first.