Chapter 11 Not Being a Simp (2)

Changqing began the investigation.

If your girlfriend cheats on you, you should at least find out who the other person is.

With the system's help, he quickly obtained firsthand information.

The man's name is Li Jiyong. He is in his forties and teaches at a training institution. He claims to be a junior leader in a certain government agency and that he has a relative who is a high-ranking leader, so he has flexible hours.

"They certainly look respectable."

Changqing glanced at the photo. In the photo, Li Jiyong was wearing a suit and tie, and looked quite refined.

"Hehe, too bad he's a scammer."

The system was laughing happily.

Yes.

Li Jiyong is a fraud. He is not a person within the system at all; that's just a persona he creates.

He was just an old test-taker who had failed the exam even at the age of 35, so he simply repackaged himself and became a teacher.

Moreover, he was already married and had two daughters, the older one being over ten years old and the younger one being born last year.

What a jerk!

As Changqing investigated, he discovered that Li Jiyong had more than just Gu Yao as a lover. He had also used his fake leadership position to seduce a female boss, and the two were in a relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, even getting close to discussing marriage.

They're really good at it.

Does his wife know about this kind of behavior?

Changqing created a new WeChat account, which allowed the system to find his wife's number and send her a friend request.

Verification information: Li Jiyong.

Sure enough, we quickly became friends, and the other person immediately sent three question marks.

Changqing posted a message.

"He doesn't love you anymore, you old hag."

Then, I clicked "Delete Friend".

A little while later, the other party sent several friend requests with the following verification information:

"Who are you? Do you know my husband?"

"Are you sick? Explain yourself!"

"Do you believe I'll find out who you are and kill you?"

The other party's verification message became increasingly harsh, clearly indicating that they were getting increasingly angry.

Changqing smiled slightly and put his phone aside.

"It seems Li Jiyong will soon be bombarded with phone calls from his wife."

Indeed, that is the case.

It was just the end of the day's classes. Gu Yao hadn't received an apology call from Chang Qing all day, and she was feeling irritable. The two had dinner together, and with a certain desire for revenge, they went to a hotel.

I was just about to get things done.

Li Jiyong's phone rang. He glanced at it and hung up immediately.

"Hehe, you old hag, you have to come to me for every little thing."

Gu Yao frowned, clearly displeased.

Li Jiyong smiled a couple of times and was about to put his hand inside the other person's collar when the phone rang again, followed by a text message.

"Li Jiyong! Answer the phone! Which vixen are you with, you son of a bitch?"

Li Jiyong's hand trembled.

He made a shushing gesture and pressed the answer button.

"Li Jiyong! You better come back here right now!"

"Honey, I'm still at school. I have a meeting tonight. Let's talk on the phone if you need anything."

Hearing Li Jiyong speak so seriously, Gu Yao became mischievous, leaned over and put her hand inside his pants, giving him a hard pinch.

"Ouch."

Li Jiyong suddenly felt a sharp pain and couldn't help but cry out.

"Li Jiyong!"

The person on the other end of the phone exploded.

"Who the hell are you with? You wait, I'm coming to your company right now!"

Li Jiyong glared at Gu Yao, who was covering her mouth and chuckling, and quickly explained, "I accidentally kicked the curb just now. Honey, you don't need to come to the company. I'll be right back. We can discuss it at home."

"I'm hanging up now, I'll be home in half an hour!"

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Gu Yao, his lust replaced by panic.

"Yaoyao, does your boyfriend know about us?"

He knew his side was clean, and his wife couldn't possibly know anything. One possibility was that Gu Yao's boyfriend found out and told his wife.

Gu Yao curled her lip indifferently.

"How could that be! He would never dare to check my phone!"

Li Jiyong stood up.

"Anyway, I need to go back and deal with things first. My wife might be a little suspicious."

"So you're just going to leave me like this in the hotel?"

Gu Yao raised her head, her voice sounding aggrieved.

Li Jiyong gave her a hard squeeze on her chest. "Don't worry, I'll come over as soon as I've dealt with this. Anyway, you're not having a cold war with your boyfriend, so don't go back tonight. Stay here and go straight to class tomorrow."

As Gu Yao watched his figure disappear outside the door, she felt even more annoyed.

Yang Changqing!

What's wrong with him? Before, whenever she got angry, he would definitely apologize by phone or text within two days. Now, two days have passed and there's not a single word from him!

I remembered that he had driven the car away that morning.

Gu Yao was even more furious!

"Hmph, if you don't apologize, I'm really not going back! Let's see what you do then!"

......

Will Evergreen apologize?

Of course not.

So be it, a cold war is fine. At least he doesn't have to see Gu Yao and get annoyed.

Enjoying a leisurely life.

He turned on his computer and checked the data for his novel. Daily revenue had increased slightly, and there were also many more comments.

The system is still reliable.

The comments were also quite interesting.

"Holy crap, did the author hire a ghostwriter? The transitions are fine, but the writing style feels a bit different."

"Hurry up, hurry up! Even the oxen in the production team don't dare to rest like this!"

"Hey upstairs, have you ever seen a ghostwriter write better than the original author? I bet it's not a ghostwriter, the author must have been transported to another world!"

"Time travel? I bet the author got a literary master system, hahahahaha."

Readers have very vivid imaginations. Although it was meant as a joke, who would have thought that this casual joke was actually true?

Hahahaha.

The system, seeing this, burst into laughter, "I'm not a literary genius system, I'm an all-powerful system!"

In the following days, he continued to update his blog as usual, without any intention of contacting Gu Yao. Gu Yao, on the other hand, was in a huff and didn't come back at all.

It's not that she went to a hotel with Li Jiyong every day.

Instead, she continued to stay at her best friend's place.

After Li Jiyong went back last time, he didn't know what he said, but his wife was half-believing and half-doubting. However, she started checking up on him more frequently. She even came to the training institution many times. Seeing the students acting suspiciously, Li Jiyong was so stressed that he had no heart for her anymore.

"Ugh, this is so annoying!"

Gu Yao grabbed the water glass on the table and raised it.

Her best friend, Wang Xinxin, quickly stopped her.

"Hey, sister, this isn't your house, don't smash things!"

Gu Yao was taken aback, then smiled sheepishly.

Damn it.

I can't just smash things when I'm not at home, so I really can't vent my anger.

The two gave each other the cold shoulder for a week.

In the end, Gu Yao contacted Chang Qing first. The reason was simple: her parents and younger brother wanted to come and look at the house.

"Yang Changqing, you've won. Come to Xinxin's place and take me back."

Gu Yao's commanding tone came through the microphone.

Changqing frowned.

Is this the first time Gu Yao has taken the initiative to back down? We'll have to see what she's up to.

His novel's sales have been booming these past few days.

The comments were all saying it was about to take off, and he had almost forgotten about Gu Yao.

However, Gu Yao didn't have that much influence over asking him to pick someone up.

"If you want to come back, then come back yourself! My car is in the maintenance room."

"If you don't want to come back, then just continue staying at your best friend's place..."

Changqing didn't offer any way out.

After saying a few words, he hung up the phone immediately.

Changqing thought Gu Yao would be more assertive, but she returned home dejectedly that night.

Upon asking, I learned that her parents were coming in a few days.

"You need to behave well. We've been dating for two or three years now. If you want to get married, you'll have to get past my parents first."

She put down her bag, her expression natural.

Changqing had to admire this woman; she really had a thick skin.

Just a few days ago, he had a hotel room with a teacher from a training course.

Now, he can bring up marriage without batting an eye.

An excited smile spread across his face as his gaze swept over Gu Yao. "Yao Yao, since we're talking about marriage, shouldn't we take it a step further—"

Gu Yao's expression changed, and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Don't even think about it!"

Perhaps realizing that her attitude had become a bit harsh, she then smiled again.

"Changqing, you know I'm a traditional person. Marriage is sacred. I want to save our first time for our wedding night. Do you understand my thoughts?"

Our first time?

Surprisingly, the wording was quite precise. Her virginity was long gone, and with the "we" qualifier, it wasn't exactly a lie.

Changqing couldn't help but admire Gu Yao's wit; she really was a student of essay writing.

"Alright, alright, my parents are here, so behave yourself!"

Gu Yao leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek, then seemed shy as she ran into the room.

Changqing immediately went into the bathroom and washed his face thoroughly.

The Gu family arrived the next afternoon, and Changqing picked them up in his car.

The original owner had met the Gu family before, but this was Changqing's first time meeting them; he had just seen a few people at the train station entrance.

Gu Yao's younger brother, Gu Ou, stared at his car repeatedly.

"Wow, brother-in-law, your car is a BMW! It's so beautiful."

The original owner was young and had a desire to show off. When buying a car, he looked at BMWs, but it was a 3 Series, which wasn't that expensive. His parents helped him pay for it, and with some of his own savings, he managed to buy it.

"Your sister isn't even married yet, why are you calling her brother-in-law? Call her brother!"

Gu's mother patted her son on the head, but her eyes were scanning Changqing all over.

To be honest, the original owner had a good appearance. He was 1.8 meters tall and inherited the best features of his parents. He looked refined and scholarly.

However, Gu's mother was clearly not satisfied.

"A bit too thin, a bit too thin."

Changqing: ......

It's like buying a pig.

Gu Yao was engrossed in playing on her phone, chatting away with someone.

Changqing stopped caring.

He took the group to the hotel where he had made a reservation for dinner.

Gu Ou was very excited on the way.

"Brother, how much did you pay for this car? Did you take out a loan?"

"More than 300,000 yuan, without any loans."

Gu Ou then looked at his parents and said, "Mom and Dad, I want to buy this kind of car for my wedding. The ones that cost 50,000 or 60,000 yuan are too embarrassing."

His mother tapped him.

"What are you buying! We don't even have enough money to buy you a house! If you need a car for your wedding, just borrow one from your brother Changqing. He's not going to refuse!"

Gu Ou then came closer.

"Brother Changqing, I'll borrow your car to play around with after I get my driver's license."

Changqing nodded noncommittally.

Upon arriving at the hotel and sitting down, Gu's mother sighed inexplicably.

"Wow, this hotel is really nice. I think Xiaolin from next door held her wedding banquet at a hotel like this last time."

Gu's father nodded as well.

"A three-star hotel, of course, is good."

Aunt Gu added, "Xiaolin married really well. I heard the groom gave a dowry of 200,000 yuan. Hey, we've watched her grow up. She was never as good as our Yaoyao. She only scored a little over 200 points on the college entrance exam and didn't even go to university."

Mr. Gu nodded again, "Yes, she can't compare to our Yao Yao."

Gu Ou kept picking at the cold dishes and eating them.

Gu Yao kept her head down, playing on her phone, seemingly distracted.

Changqing watched the two old people perform their charade, and when they mentioned that their neighbor scored over 200 points on the college entrance exam, he almost burst out laughing.

Please.

Your daughter only scored around 300 points and went to a vocational college.

How come you describe this as being on par with attending Tsinghua University?

He also picked up a piece of cold dish with his chopsticks, and then he saw Gu Ma looking at him.

"Changqing, to be honest, when I first heard that you were dating Yaoyao, I wasn't too happy about it..."

Okay, okay, you want to hit someone with a stick first, huh?

Changqing looked flustered and glanced at Gu Yao.

Aunt Gu continued, "You don't have a stable job, and your family isn't super wealthy. I'm not being materialistic. In our area, people who come to propose marriage for Yao Yao come from families that own real estate companies, families where both parents are leaders, and families that run their own businesses and earn millions a year..."

Changqing's face seemed to turn red, and he nodded with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

At this moment, Gu's father coughed.

Then, Gu's mother changed the subject, "But you two are in a free-love relationship. Yao Yao has taken a liking to you, and as her parents, we still have to consider our daughter's happiness."

Changqing feigned being touched, glanced at Gu Yao, and, with his sharp eyesight, immediately noticed her WeChat screen.

Um?

The person they were chatting with seemed to be Li Jiyong.

That's going too far.

Gu's mother didn't notice her daughter's absent-mindedness. When she saw Changqing glancing at Gu Yao from time to time, she simply assumed that he was infatuated with her daughter.

"Changqing, let me tell you something today. It wasn't easy for your uncle and me to raise Yaoyao. According to our local customs, the bride price should be at least this much."

She held up three fingers.

Changqing blinked, "Thirty thousand?"

The expressions of everyone present changed.

Gu Yao also raised her head and looked at him with great dissatisfaction.

"Three hundred thousand!"

Gu's mother was a little angry. "Yaoyao will be a civil servant in the future, earning 200,000 yuan a year. She's much better off than Xiaolin next door, who earns 200,000 yuan a year. You can't just not contribute anything, can you?"

Changqing frowned.

"I remember that here, only civil servants at the level of section chief or above earn 200,000, right?"

His attitude was clearly very unsatisfactory.

Gu's father, no longer caring about maintaining his image as a silent patriarch, slammed his hand on the table.

"Kid! Do you want to marry my daughter or not?"

Changqing really wanted to say, "Who the hell wants to marry your daughter? But now is not the time."

So he smiled.

"Uncle and Aunt, don't worry, we're discussing it, aren't we? Let's discuss it."

Gu Ma's expression softened a bit, and she snorted, "My daughter, a virgin, marrying you for 30,000? You think you're picking up cabbages?"

I couldn't hold it in any longer.

Still a young, unmarried woman.

"Auntie, Yao Yao had a boyfriend in college, didn't you know?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yao couldn't hold back any longer and stood up abruptly.

"Yang Changqing! What do you mean?!"