Chapter 45: News
[Ding! You kissed Lu Yucai and helped him feel better. Reward: 500 Merit Points.]
Ni Mengxue’s lips curved upward. She suddenly felt that kissing her husband was a very profitable activity.
’If I give him a blowjob, would he still be so shy?’
"Ni Mengxue!" Lu Yucai shouted, and she realised that she had told her inner thoughts right to his face... again.
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After breakfast, someone rang the doorbell.
Ni Mengxue opened it and saw Ruo Chiwu standing outside.
The moment she saw the apologetic expression on Ruo Chiwu’s face, Ni Mengxue immediately understood why she had come.
Ruo Chiwu sighed. "Mengxue, I’m sorry."
Ni Mengxue raised an eyebrow.
"It was my mistake that Jiao Ji managed to approach you. I should have been more careful."
Ni Mengxue’s expression became thoughtful. "How did he get the task in the first place?"
Ruo Chiwu’s face darkened slightly.
"I asked one of my sources to deliver those papers, but he met with an accident on the way. Jiao Ji happened to appear and volunteered to deliver them instead."
Ni Mengxue narrowed her eyes. "I see."
Her voice was calm. However, both women understood what she was thinking.
That so-called accident was most likely arranged by Jiao Ji himself.
Ruo Chiwu nodded. "Even so, I should have entrusted the task to someone more reliable. I was negligent."
Ni Mengxue waved her hand. "It’s not a big deal."
Ruo Chiwu still looked guilty. Ni Mengxue sighed. "Is there anything else?"
Ruo Chiwu nodded. "I have three big pieces of news for you."
Ni Mengxue motioned for her to continue. Ruo Chiwu’s expression became complicated.
"Kong Airou has resigned."
Ni Mengxue’s eyes flashed.
"Before resigning, she demoted Cai Shu and Gu Lin. She also fired Feng Lian."
Ni Mengxue smirked. Everything was moving according to her calculations.
Ruo Chiwu continued, "Cai Shu became furious after being demoted, so she exposed several of Kong Airou’s dirty deeds."
Ni Mengxue’s smile deepened. "What kind?"
"Misappropriation of resources, illegal trading, manipulation of internal missions and abuse of authority."
Ruo Chiwu looked at Ni Mengxue. "Kong Airou has been detained."
Ni Mengxue wasn’t surprised. However, Ruo Chiwu’s next words made her expression become even more interesting.
"Kong Airou retaliated too."
"How?"
"She revealed that Cai Shu had abandoned several of her children because of superstition."
Ni Mengxue narrowed her gaze.
Ruo Chiwu continued,
"Also, Feng Lian exposed that it was Gu Lin who had ordered her to beat Lu Yucai, and now everyone knows that Gu Lin had been misusing her authority while eyeing someone else’s husband."
A faint smirk appeared on Ni Mengxue’s face. "If that’s the case, then more people should know about it."
Ruo Chiwu immediately understood her meaning and nodded. "I understand."
She paused for a moment before suddenly remembering something.
"Oh right, some documents arrived from the Ying Luo Agency, and I collected them on your behalf."
She took out a thick folder and handed it to Ni Mengxue before continuing to chat with her for a while, only leaving after making sure there was nothing else she needed.
Once the door closed, Ni Mengxue’s expression gradually became serious.
She placed the documents on the table and first picked up the file labelled Cai Shu.
The moment she opened it, her expression darkened.
The information inside was far more complicated than she had expected, and although most of it confirmed what she already knew, there were several details that made her anger rise.
Ni Mengxue silently read through everything before placing the file aside and opening the one labelled Gu Lin.
Her eyes gradually became colder. So that was why.
She finally understood why Gu Lin had acted so kindly toward the original host when they first met and why she had gone out of her way to help her enter the base.
It wasn’t kindness. It was greed.
Gu Lin had been eyeing the wealth and inheritance she had possessed before the apocalypse, and because Ni Mengxue had been raised in luxury, Gu Lin had secretly enjoyed watching her struggle after the apocalypse, believing that someone like her deserved to suffer after having lived such a comfortable life.
More importantly, Gu Lin had been eyeing the husbands belonging to Ni Mengxue.
Ni Mengxue’s fingers slowly tightened around the report. "How disgusting."
She closed the file and picked up the final one. Feng Lian.
This time, her expression became slightly disappointed.
There was someone else she had specifically asked the Ying Luo Agency to investigate, yet there was still no information about that person.
’What happened?’
She frowned before opening Feng Lian’s report. But after reading only a few lines, her expression changed. Her pupils widened in surprise.
Then, sorrow appeared in her eyes.
Ni Mengxue continued reading in silence until she finally closed the document.
She took a deep breath. For several seconds, she simply stood there, staring at the floor.
There were some truths that were better left unknown.
Yet now that she knew them, she couldn’t pretend they didn’t exist.
She slowly folded the report and put it away before walking into the room.
Lu Yucai was in the kitchen. His wheelchair was parked beside the sink as he carefully washed the dishes from breakfast.
The ordinary scene made Ni Mengxue’s heart ache for some reason. She looked at him for a long time before finally making a decision.
Walking toward him, she softly said, "Yucai, I want to show you something."
Lu Yucai finished washing the last bowl and wiped his hands with a cloth before wheeling himself toward her.
"What is it?"
Ni Mengxue reached into her space and took out a small glass vial filled with lavender-coloured liquid.
Lu Yucai stared at it curiously. "What is this?"
"A potion."
She handed it to him. "It can increase the level of your superpower."
Lu Yucai froze. His eyes widened as he looked at the vial. "You made this?"
"Yes."
He remained silent for several seconds before suddenly asking, "Can you give me ten?"
Ni Mengxue blinked. Then she smiled mischievously. "Sure."
Lu Yucai’s eyes brightened. "Really?"
"Of course, but you have to pay the price."