Jiang Shuiyun thought for a moment, "I won't cause any trouble, but you'll be bored at home alone. Why don't you go back with them? That way you won't have to rush around with me."
Seeing that Yi Jinbai had agreed, Jiang Shuiyun called Xi Rong and asked him and the others to take good care of Yi Jinbai. She then hailed a taxi at the hotel entrance and headed straight for the airport. As she saw Yi Jinbai off at the hotel entrance, Jiang Shuiyun waved and said, "Have fun with them."
Even after the car had driven quite a distance, Jiang Shuiyun could still see Yi Jinbai standing in the same spot in the rearview mirror.
This was the first time Jiang Shuiyun had been separated from Yi Jinbai for so long since she came into this world. Although she knew it was only for a day, she still felt that something was missing.
Sitting on the plane, Jiang Shuiyun found herself next to a stranger. As the plane took off smoothly, the stranger took out his laptop and started working. Jiang Shuiyun turned her gaze to the clouds outside the window, feeling somewhat lost.
It was only then that Jiang Shuiyun realized that, just as Yi Jinbai needed her, she needed Yi Jinbai as well. Having arrived in this unfamiliar world unexpectedly, Yi Jinbai was the connection between her and this world, and the center around which she always revolved.
After four hours of wild thoughts, Jiang Shuiyun's plane finally landed on time. The person Shen Yunyi sent to pick her up successfully met her, took her home to change her clothes, and then took her directly to the company.
Shen Yunyi had been waiting for Jiang Shuiyun at the company for a long time. When he saw Jiang Shuiyun coming from afar, he immediately pulled her into his car. "Let's go. Let's go get the data. We don't need to wait until next week."
Jiang Shuiyun agreed with Shen Yunyi's decisiveness. The two went to the relevant department together. Fortunately, Shen Yunyi had made arrangements in advance, and someone was waiting for them, otherwise they would have left work long ago.
With Jiang Shuiyun's application and signature, her information was quickly retrieved. After thanking her, Shen Yunyi walked out with Jiang Shuiyun, saying, "That solves the problem."
“There’s a problem,” Jiang Shuiyun said, showing Shen Yunyi the documents in her hand. “Me, unmarried?”
"ah?"
Shen Yunyi also took a closer look, and sure enough, the marital status section of the document clearly stated two big words: unmarried.
"Is there a mistake here? She's married."
Shen Yunyi and Jiang Shuiyun went back. Shen Yunyi handed the documents back and asked with some confusion, "Has the system information not been updated yet?"
"Impossible. We can't make mistakes here. The system information is always up-to-date. She is unmarried."
The person checked it again, handed the information back, and answered Shen Yunyi's question affirmatively.
Both of them returned to the car, equally confused. Shen Yunyi looked at Jiang Shuiyun uncertainly, "You're not married?"
"I got married, didn't I? I got married on the day I went bankrupt?" Jiang Shuiyun remembered that's what it said in the original text, but what's going on now?
"Then where is your marriage certificate with Miss Yi? You must have that, right?"
This was the first time Shen Yunyi had ever met someone like Jiang Shuiyun. It was normal for married people to forget that they were married, but for someone who wasn't married but remembered that they were, this was the first time he had ever seen such a thing.
"I don't remember. Should I call Jinbai and ask?"
Jiang Shuiyun was also confused by this situation. How could they not be married?
"Go ask him quickly," Shen Yunyi urged.
Jiang Shuiyun called Yi Jinbai, who was probably eating quietly in his room.
"Jinbai, do you remember where our marriage certificate is?"
"Marriage certificate?" Yi Jinbai's puzzled voice came from the phone, then he seemed to remember something, "Oh no, did you forget to pick it up at the Civil Affairs Bureau? That day, after taking photos at the Civil Affairs Bureau, I received the news of the Jiang family's troubles and left without picking up the marriage certificate. Did something happen?"
"You two are something else!" Shen Yunyi, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but slap his forehead. "You two left without registering your marriage, what kind of marriage is that?!"
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Chapter 35
"ah?"
Jiang Shuiyun and Yi Jinbai were both puzzled, clearly not quite understanding.
"You two don't know the process of getting married, do you? You not only have to take photos, but also go through an inspection and register. Never mind, since you two aren't married, you're not legally married."
Shen Yunyi suddenly had the illusion that he was incredibly knowledgeable.
Jiang Shuiyun thought about it carefully. Given the circumstances at the time, the original owner of this body would not have had the patience to prepare and understand the process, and Yi Jinbai was half-forced to go, so he was even less likely to care about the marriage. Therefore, the two of them really did have a misunderstanding about their marriage.
After a long silence, Jiang Shuiyun looked at her phone, which was still connected to another call, and asked, "Jinbai, are you still there?"
"Hmm," came Yi Jinbai's somewhat muffled voice.
Looking at Jiang Shuiyun's somewhat solemn expression, Shen Yunyi scratched his head in confusion. "Actually, you two don't need to worry about feeling upset or anything. Anyway, it's just a formality. At worst, you can just go register again in a while, right?"
"Okay," Jiang Shuiyun agreed hastily, "Jinbai, don't overthink it. Let's talk about it when you get back tomorrow, okay?"
"good."
Yi Jinbai's voice was emotionless as he hung up the phone. Jiang Shuiyun glanced at Shen Yunyi beside her and said, "What kind of mess is this?"
"At least now we have all the necessary documents. Shall we go sign them?"
Shen Yunyi was also a little embarrassed. He hadn't expected to find out these things while looking up information. But it was better to know sooner rather than later, since he was going to find out sooner or later anyway.
After comforting himself, Shen Yunyi drove back to the company.
Jiang Shuiyun wasn't the type to bring her personal emotions to work. By the time the two arrived at the company, it was almost dark. Shen Yunyi had ordered takeout, and the two of them checked everything that needed to be prepared that night, with Jiang Shuiyun signing off on each item.
The company belongs to Jiang Shuiyun, with Shen Yunyi as a shareholder. The initial capital was five million, with Jiang Shuiyun receiving one million in advance as prize money from the competition. The remaining four million was Shen Yunyi's investment, and Jiang Shuiyun also contributed technology as a shareholder.
By the time the two of them had finished getting ready, it was already past midnight. There was basically no need to go back at this hour. Shen Yunyi stayed at the company, while Jiang Shuiyun went to the hotel next door and booked a room to sleep.
The next morning, Jiang Shuiyun, unusually, overslept and was woken up by a series of phone calls.
Opening her sore and aching eyes, Jiang Shuiyun answered the phone; it was Xi Rong calling.
"What's wrong?"
"Hey, are you still asleep? Check the trending topics! The photos of you guys taken by paparazzi yesterday are at the top of the trending list."
Xi Rong sounded a bit anxious. He thought the security personnel had already handled the situation, but he didn't expect the paparazzi to have a backup, which was released this morning. With the support of popular actress Gao Zhouzhou and popular singer Fei Yan, it easily made it to the top of the trending topics.
"What's even stranger is that Gao Zhouzhou and Fei Yan haven't said anything or contacted us at all. There's all sorts of talk about it online now, especially about your identity, which has been completely exposed. What's going on? When did esports start doing things like the fandom?"
As Jiang Shuiyun looked at the trending topics and comments, he listened to Xi Rong's rambling voice. It was his first time dealing with this kind of thing, and he was already completely overwhelmed.
"Something's strange. Wait a minute, give me twenty minutes to go home and turn on my computer to take a look."
Jiang Shuiyun looked at the strange comments in the comment section and felt an inexplicable awkwardness. She told Xi Rong, got up quickly, and went to check out.
"Hey? No! Ancestor, where are you this early in the morning? Don't scare me, Jinbai is right here not far from me. You only have one day, don't cause trouble!"
Xi Rong realized what Jiang Shuiyun had said and became so nervous that he could hardly speak. Wasn't it enough that she didn't go home?
"Don't overthink it, and don't talk nonsense. I'll go back first and we'll talk about it then."
Jiang Shuiyun shook her head, wondering what Xi Rong was thinking all day. She hung up the phone, checked out of the room, and hailed a taxi to go home. The distance between the two places wasn't far, and Jiang Shuiyun arrived home in just over ten minutes.
Back in her room, Jiang Shuiyun turned on her computer, which she had modified with her mecha, and her fingers flew across the keyboard.
Just then, Jiang Shuiyun's phone rang again. This time it was an unknown number. After hesitating for a moment, she answered it anyway.
"Well, Jiang Shuiyun, you really don't consider me a friend anymore?! How could you hold back from calling me like this?!"
Gao Zhouzhou's voice echoed throughout the room through the speakerphone. Jiang Shuiyun rubbed her ears. "Did you orchestrate the trending topic?"
"Hey, is this what I was talking about?"
Gao Zhouzhou's voice clearly betrayed a hint of guilt.
"I don't know what your plans are. It's okay if you involve me, but please don't involve my partner, thank you."
Jiang Shuiyun didn't know how to explain her current situation to Gao Zhouzhou. As the original owner's friend, should she use the amnesia trick again? Jiang Shuiyun felt that this was inappropriate, so she decided not to explain and to deal with the immediate problem first.
After Jiang Shuiyun finished speaking, Gao Zhouzhou on the other end remained silent for a long time. "Jiang Shuiyun, if you've been kidnapped, just cough twice, and I'll come and rescue you, okay?"
"I was not kidnapped."
Jiang Shuiyun felt that even if she didn't say anything, Gao Zhouzhou would be able to figure out the clues after just two phone calls.
The person on the other end was clearly deeply suspicious. After a long silence, they hung up. Just as they hung up, before Jiang Shuiyun could even put her phone down, the call came in again.
"Jiang Shuiyun! Save my contact information! Hurry up!"
Jiang Shuiyun: ...
Listening to the busy tone of her phone, Jiang Shuiyun found it really hard to reconcile the frantic voice she had just heard with Gao Zhouzhou's face.
After adding a nickname to Gao Zhouzhou's phone number, Jiang Shuiyun continued to look at the computer. Under the top trending topic, the comments at the very beginning were indeed leading, with most of the discussion focusing on the fact that Gao Zhouzhou and Fei Yan were in the same frame. The real problem was at the end of the trending topic, under the name Jiang Shuiyun.
This trending topic is purely about digging into Jiang Shuiyun's background. The most eye-catching point is that Jiang Shuiyun is the heir to the Jianghe Group in City A. There are also other things like the Jianghe Group being embroiled in a criminal case.
Although Jianghe Group has declared bankruptcy and Jiang's parents have been taken away to cooperate with the investigation, the final sentence has not yet been handed down. The lawyers have been engaged in a protracted battle, attempting to overturn the case, but everyone knows that the evidence is irrefutable, and no matter how much time is delayed, the final result will be the same.
Because the original owner's actions were too unconventional and irresponsible, no one took Jiang Shuiyun seriously and basically ignored her existence. Even lawyers were too lazy to hire her. After the Jiang family went bankrupt, they simply let her be kicked out of the house and fend for herself.
Upon reading this, Jiang Shuiyun realized that things weren't quite as described in the original text. With her parents already imprisoned, there was still considerable room for negotiation.
Realizing that the real world is very different from the original text, Jiang Shuiyun began to doubt the original text, perhaps because there were some discrepancies between the original text and reality.
Discarding the preconceived notions from the original text, Jiang Shuiyun tapped a few times on the keyboard, reducing the popularity of the last trending topic. As for the top trending topic, Gao Zhouzhou and Fei Yan had already guided the discussion in the comments section, indicating they likely had other plans, so there was no need for her to interfere.
After doing all this, Jiang Shuiyun began to investigate all the information about Jianghe Group, especially this criminal case.
Jianghe Group is also a leading enterprise in the technology field in City A. Jiang Shuiyun was overwhelmed by the information and data, and rubbed her temples wearily.
After watching for what felt like an eternity, the rumbling in Jiang Shuiyun's stomach finally reminded her of the time. Exhausted, she rubbed her temples, closed her eyes to rest for a while, and took the opportunity to sort out the information she had just received.
Jianghe Group is a long-established family business that has undergone several transformations, eventually becoming a diversified group focused on technology. Saying that Jianghe Group is bankrupt is not accurate, because the main target of this criminal case is the Jiang family. Although Jianghe Group has been severely damaged and most of its assets have been frozen, entering the countdown to bankruptcy, it has not really reached the final stage.
As for the criminal case that has pushed the Jiang family into the abyss, it is related to the holographic technology that the Jiang family has just researched.
Just two years ago, the Jiang family was hailed as a leader in ushering in the holographic era. However, at the end of last year, it was suddenly revealed that Jianghe Group's research and development on holographic technology was based on the theft of others' research results. Furthermore, in this era of big data, the Jiang family used its own advantages to steal a large amount of user privacy and private files.
This has plunged the Jiang family into their current predicament. The opposing side is adamant in its claims, presenting a barrage of evidence that left Jianghe Group's elite legal team helpless in court. Furthermore, they launched a media campaign that caused Jianghe Group's stock to plummet overnight, wiping out hundreds of billions in market value – a veritable catastrophe.
Jiang Shuiyun carefully reviewed the video footage from the courtroom and examined the evidence presented by the opposing side. She had to admit that if all of that was true, the Jiang family would indeed be unable to recover. However, upon closer inspection, Jiang Shuiyun found the evidence to be riddled with loopholes.
The reason why the other party presented the basic theoretical guidance on holographic technology that the Jiang family had stolen as evidence was seriously flawed. If we follow that, let alone ushering in the holographic era, the whole thing will go completely astray, and it will be impossible to even create the holographic system that the Jiang family has already developed.
However, it was correct on several key points, which became a powerful tool to nail the Jiang family to the pillar of shame and the key to successfully proving the case.
As the only person who has witnessed the holographic era, Jiang Shuiyun could see the problem at a glance. However, the current issue is that people in this era are still exploring the holographic era in the dark, making it difficult for them to discover the problems.