Chapter 36: Found the person behind the scenes

"Who is this Mr. Xiao?"

Yan Ai stared at the "Mr. Xiao" in the chat history and muttered to herself.

However, she was certain that Fang Jianlin, the young man who had falsely accused her of plagiarism in the beginning, was not the real troublemaker.

The man called "Master Xiao" by Fang Jianlin is the real mastermind behind the scenes.

Yan Ai's beautiful eyes turned, as if she thought of something. She tapped on the keyboard again and called up Fang Jianlin's call records.

Sure enough, she found a phone number marked "Mr. Xiao" in Fang Jianlin's call records.

Her pink lips are slightly curled.

The two of them were indeed in contact by phone.

Yes, if it is inconvenient to communicate via text, it is safest to make an appointment over the phone and talk face to face, so you don’t have to worry about being recorded.

Yan Ai found that each of their calls was not long, just enough for them to say a few simple sentences.

If Fang Jianlin was just a puppet, then this matter would be much easier to handle.

Next, Yan Ai followed the clues and found three income records in Fang Jianlin’s mobile phone that were suspected to be related to Mr. Xiao.

The first payment occurred a year ago, the second was last month, and the third was on the day she was reborn.

The amounts were 50,000, 100,000, and 200,000 respectively. The amount received each time would double that of the previous time, and the total amount of the three payments was 350,000 yuan.

These might not be the "rewards" that Mr. Xiao gave to Fang Jianlin for doing things.

Yan Ai thought about it for a while and soon came up with a new plan.

Once she made the decision, she took action immediately because she had little time left to deal with the matter, only less than four days.

You have to hit the target with one shot.

So her fingertips tapped back and forth on the keyboard again. After a while, she stopped, put on the voice changer, and then called Fang Jianlin through the virtual dialing she had just set up.

After waiting for a while, Fang Jianlin answered the phone.

Yan Ai said through the voice changer, "Fang Jianlin, I know your secret. There is a notebook with a password lock, which records the truth about the online novel you wrote."

There was a moment of silence on the other end. When he spoke, he was indeed a little nervous and wary. "Who are you? What locked notebook? I don't know what you're talking about."

Yan Ai didn't answer him because she had already hung up the phone.

After that, she just had to wait for Fang Jianlin to contact Mr. Xiao.

As long as the two of them make an appointment to meet, she will have the opportunity to take action.

Fang Jianlin received a strange phone call. At first he thought it was a prank until he heard the other party mention the online novel he wrote.

Thinking about it calmly, it was already shocking enough that the other person knew his name and mobile phone number, but that person actually mentioned the novel he wrote?

Could it be that Xingchen’s fanatical readers had exposed him?

Fang Jianlin quickly denied this possibility.

His author account and personal account are separate, and whether it is the author account or his personal life account, he never posts photos of himself abroad on it, nor does he disclose any private information.

At most, he would post photos of food or scenery he took on his personal account to show off to strangers on the Internet that he was rich and had free time.

Thinking of this, Fang Jianlin panicked.

He quickly took out his cell phone and opened WeChat.

He was about to type, but then paused and switched to making a phone call.

The phone rang for more than ten seconds before it was finally answered.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me casually?"

Fang Jianlin quickly asked, "It's urgent. Can we meet to discuss it?"

The other party seemed to hesitate, but finally agreed to meet.

"See you at the usual place at ten o'clock in the evening."

After the person on the other end finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Fang Jianlin's response.

Fang Jianlin seemed to be accustomed to this, and there was no sign of dissatisfaction on his face.

Some are just uneasy.

What he did must not be known to any third person.

Young Master Xiao had promised him that if Xingchen came to him for reconciliation, all the settlement money would belong to him.

He has already set his eyes on a house in the city center and plans to use the million-dollar settlement fee as a down payment as soon as it arrives.