Chapter 313

One hundred and twenty-second page Tonight my stomach hurts a lot (unrelated to the chapter content)

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It’s unimaginable that traveling back and forth between two cities took less than two hours.

When we returned to the venue AJ rented, Eiji-nee, who had switched to broadcast mode, was sitting in front of the computer doing a live stream independently. There were no soundproof rooms here, so we could clearly hear her melodious soprano voice.

She didn’t show any shyness towards us at all. Even when we exited from the spatial jewel, her singing didn’t stop for a moment.

“Oh~ Indeed very professional, huh?”

After Eiji-nee finished singing, Nyan-Nyan praised her softly and then deliberately went over to say in a cutesy voice, “Teacher Eiji! I’m here~ Do you want me to be a temporary guest host?”

She picked up Yuzu and sat next to Eiji-nee, forcefully interrupting the live stream with her own self-centered talk, “An unknown small streamer challenging the live streaming union” hadn’t even passed yet, but Nyan-Nyan’s behavior was like reversing to ride the wave of popularity.

However, Eiji-nee didn’t object either.

To prevent our conversation from interfering with her live stream, Sakura casually used a soundproof barrier to cover both Eiji-nee and Nyan-Nyan, and their voices abruptly stopped.

Sakura turned to look at the student council duo, “It’s already very late, I’ll send you two back first.”

“Oh, thank you, Sakura-nee!”

Xiao Hai Tang always managed to distinguish between me and Sakura-nee.

“No need to thank me, you took the lead tonight and helped a lot. If anything, we should be thanking you.”

As Sakura said this, Xiao Hai Tang and Qiaojue were put into the spatial jewel and disappeared amidst a distortion.

Shao Jie-nee, who was left behind, looked somewhat stunned. She pointed at herself and asked, “Oh? Don’t plan on sending me along?”

Sakura raised an eyebrow and pointed at her, saying, “Because you still have something to say, right? I’ll send you back to the café later, and you can finish what you want to say.”

“Did you figure it out? These two brooches contain the records of our actions just now. If necessary, these videos can also serve as evidence. If Ju Wanshou reneges, you can present them in court… I still think that bad guy won’t easily confess.”

Shao Jie-nee handed the two brooches to Tao-nee.

One was the one she wore herself, and the other was the one Xiao Hai Tang wore. Earlier, they were returned to Shao Jie-nee inside the spatial jewel.

Despite the fact that they hadn’t communicated beforehand, they both took the same action, secretly recording the process of this operation.

I asked, “What about the USB drive? Didn’t you store the surveillance footage in it?”

“That’s fake, Lingmeng-nee, you really are naive. Only you didn’t notice, right?”

She put the USB drive back in her pocket and shrugged, saying, “Restoring the data isn’t easy. We only came out to cooperate with Hai Tang-nee’s acting, to make Ju Wanshou give up resistance and confess truthfully sooner.”

Lin Hua reminded, “Kai-chan, try to recall carefully. Apart from ‘All the surveillance recordings have been restored from the hard drive!’, did Ju and Qiaojue say anything else about the surveillance footage?”

She even imitated Qiaojue’s way of speaking, which was quite similar.

But I still couldn’t understand something.

“How did the senior know that the Mafia businessperson was a Roman with black hair and eyes?”

“I don’t know? That was just a guess. Blonde hair is rare in Italy, most people have black or reddish-brown hair. This is a relatively obscure piece of knowledge, but Ju Wanshou didn’t deny it, so I must have guessed right.”

“Excuse me.”

The pregnant AJ, sitting on the bed, raised her hand to speak. Even after nearly two hours, she still hadn’t shaken off the heavy reality of pregnancy, and her tone lacked its usual lightness and carefree nature.

“I roughly heard your conversation. If that Ju Wan Shou sees through it but doesn’t reveal it, wouldn’t the fact that you don’t have surveillance footage be exposed? If he turns the tables and uses this as his trump card in court, he might turn the tables on you.”

The low pressure brought by pregnancy made this person’s thinking negative, but Sakura agreed with this viewpoint.

“Mm-hmm, there’s no denying that. It could even be worse. Perhaps there is no such Mafia businessperson at all. The information Ju Wanshou told us was all fabricated lies, just to test us… Clearly, he’s good at this kind of thing.”

“If we’re going to say that, I have a hypothesis too.”

Lin Hua hugged me from behind and said, “Since we’re thinking so badly anyway, why not take it further? Could it be that Mi Hong Qu is the real mastermind? Ju Wanshou and the others are just following her orders to put on a show, and even the local police might be colluding with them, staging a scene where they surrender to relax our vigilance…”

“It’s impossible. I believe in Miss Mi and her gaze at the time.”

Lin Hua’s speculation was interrupted by AJ with a rather subjective reason.

Actually, I also thought it was unlikely. Reality isn’t a novel; how could it be so full of intrigue?

—”Reality is much more absurd than novels, but I also think it’s impossible. She doesn’t have the resources or reasons to continue fighting us. After all, unlike Ju Wanshou and company who are going to prison, she has every reason to stay out of it and could even get compensation as a victim.”—

Not wanting to dampen AJ’s trust in Mi Hong Qu, Sakura only expressed her opinion through telepathy.

“I hope this matter will end here.”

I looked at Tao-nee and said, “We have other places to go, let’s contact you if there’s trouble later.”

“We can handle it ourselves, no need to trouble Lingmeng.”

Tao-nee glanced at the bedridden AJ, or rather, at AJ’s belly.

“If there’s anything we can help with in the future, you must tell us, whether it’s me, AJ, or the ‘cheap younger sister’ we adopted. We all owe you a big favor.”

Holding Lin Hua’s hand, I stood up and said, “Tao-nee, you’re being too polite. I’m not helping because of favors, I’m a goddess!”

“Then alright, Goddess of Beautiful Girls, please take your time.”

Sister Qian was still waiting for Nyan-Nyan’s live stream to end, but Yuzu couldn’t stay here. Although there was a soundproof barrier, I pointed to the table where Yuzu was placed, and Nyan-Nyan understood my intention. She picked up Yuzu and threw her toward me. The small animal was so scared that it meowed wildly.

“You’re saying I have a short life! Being with you guys has shortened mine!”

Inside the spatial jewel, it continued to curse and hit my face with its little paws, expressing its dissatisfaction.

“It was Nyan-Nyan who threw me, why are you hitting me?”

“Perfume! When are you going to buy some for me?”

“Let’s talk about it tomorrow. The cosmetics counter closes this late.”

The small animal nestled on my shoulder and said, “Before we go to the research institute, can you transform me into human form first?”

Since we were going to the research institute, there was a chance of meeting Xiao Xue, and it was normal for her to make such a request.

Boom—

Before I could answer, Sakura guided the divine power into the ritual within Yuzu’s body. With a soft sound, the half-second transformation caught me off guard, and she pressed me down onto the bed. My face simultaneously felt the weight and softness of a young girl…

“Ahhh!”

Yuzu, quite girlishly, crawled off me, covering her chest and shrinking to the side of the bed, as if I had done something to her.

“Why did you suddenly transform! Xiao Kai, are you trying to take advantage of me!”

Although I did eat some “oil tofu,” I felt I should explain.

“Cough, cough, it was all that Sakura’s fault…”

But Yuzu interrupted me, slightly raising her head to sneak a peek at me.

“Do you think it smells bad?”

“Hmm?”

“Does my body smell bad?”

“Hmm? No, there’s nothing special.”

Hearing my response, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeming less concerned than before.

Lin Hua couldn’t help but rush forward to dote on Yuzu, gently pinching and rubbing the triangular ears on top of her head.

“Phew, Yuzu, you’re too cute! Are you a heroine from a galgame?”

She might be the embodiment of a Galgame production company.

Shao Jie-nee took photos of Yuzu for half a minute before asking, “So, are we going to visit the principal in the hospital now?”

I shook my head.

“No, we’re going to the research institute. Sakura-nee will send you back to the café. The place where your grandmother is now is absolutely forbidden for you!”

Sending such a notorious reporter to the research institute would have serious consequences. If any unauthorized filming or photography were discovered, she might be captured by the seniors to be dissected for the development of medical spells.

Unfortunately, she didn’t realize I was saving her and kept shouting, “I’m also a student of Byo University, right? I want to gather material for the school journal!”

Was she really planning to take some photos?

Inside the spatial jewel, we gently swayed as we left the office AJ rented, arriving at the attic of Lin Shen’s coffee shop, which was pitch-black.

“Wait until your grandmother recovers before talking about interviews. She just underwent surgery yesterday, and it’s not suitable to discuss this now.”

No matter how much I showed reluctance, Shao Jie-nee always came up, her skin as thick as a dam, capable of withstanding nuclear attacks.

“Cut me some slack, we are companions, right?”

She even winked at me as if pleading, but I didn’t bother to respond. Sakura tossed this merchant out of the spatial jewel.

“Alright, everyone has been sent off. Next, we’re heading to the research institute… It’s already so late, I wonder if they’ve gone to sleep.”

Another vibration, familiar to the underground research institute, came from the ceiling of the rock cave with LED lights installed.

“We’ve arrived, but there seems to be no one around?”

Stepping out of the spatial jewel, we didn’t see those witches in white coats.

“No, wait, something’s coming! Run!”

Suddenly nervous, Sakura took control of the body, dragging Lin Hua and Yuzu away hastily. A second later, the golden light screen rose from where we had stood.

Rumble—

A new laboratory appeared through teleportation, but the spell went awry, causing the mobile lab to hover half a meter above the ground instead of touching the floor. Hence, it made a loud noise when it landed, even making people worry if the underground rock layer could support it—thankfully, the ground Professor had repaired was quite sturdy.

“Wow! We almost got squashed!”

Lin Hua, still shaken, patted her chest, and Yuzu clung to her trembling.

“I nearly died of fright!”

A voice came from inside the landing mobile lab.

“No, you were only almost displaced to the surface.”

Miss Ke Man, wearing protective gear, stepped out and said, “Good evening, ladies. But it’s already nine o’clock at night, you’re quite late. Patients should be sleeping at this hour.”

“Please! You guys working in the middle of the night, how can my grandmother sleep?”