Chapter 151 House

"President Luo?" Cheng Zheng raised his hand and waved it in front of Luo Huayi's eyes.

Luo Huayi suddenly snapped out of her daze. "Um, what's wrong?"

Cheng Zheng slid the notebook in front of him, "The meeting is about to start..."

Luo Huayi's gaze fell on the glass window behind Cheng Zheng, and her thoughts began to wander uncontrollably again.

She hasn't shown herself since Xin Que left the Luo family last time.

When we went to the apartment where she was temporarily staying, the landlord said that the tenant had already moved out, and there was only one empty room left.

Where is she now...?

Xin Que sneezed again.

What's going on? Did those people in the prison break down and start badmouthing her behind her back?

"Thank you, driver." The passenger said politely and closed Xin Que's car door.

She logged off her ride-hailing account and drove straight to the city center.

In the past few days, under the guise of driving for ride-hailing services, Xin Que has driven almost all over the city again.

The temple and Taoist monastery that were previously used to monitor the city have expanded considerably.

Xin Que also clearly noticed that there were many more mechanical eyes in the crowd.

They're probably all here to search for her, the prisoner.

After parking the car near the cross-river bridge, Xin Que leaned against the hood of the car, gazing absently at the surging river.

She has very few cards to play right now.

Although Luo Huayi has integrated the low-quality power copied from King Biancheng, judging from Cheng Zheng's recent monitoring of his performance, Luo Huayi does not know how to use this ability at all.

Cheng Zheng is a hidden card; his identity cannot be revealed until she completely leaves the prison.

Inside the prison, there are the consciousness entities of fellow prisoners, the lower-level programs, the middle-level AI in charge, and above them, the administrator AI that oversees the entire prison system.

Outside the prison were real prison guards and members of the Huo family...

At what point should she make her move to stall the prison's actions?

Xin Que quickly went through everything that had happened since she entered prison in her mind.

"Sister, slow down!" the woman called to the two little girls chasing each other on the grassy bank. "Wait for your little sister!"

Xin Que's gaze fell on the two small figures, one head shorter than the other. After a moment, she turned around, opened the car door, and drove straight to the Xin family home.

...

"Xin Xin, get ready, let's drive there..." The bright and flamboyant woman opened the door of the sports car and walked into the Xin family villa.

Xin Que emerged from the shadows behind the wall and looked at the tightly closed gate of the Xin family.

Zhou Ziyan?

Is he planning to go shopping with Xin Xin?

Following the two glamorous female supporting characters into the mall, Xin Que stayed at a distance, watching them walk and stop.

"I'm so worried..." Zhou Ziyan stirred her coffee cup, her muffled voice sounding somewhat anxious, "You have no idea how chaotic our house has been lately."

"What happened?" Xin Xin asked.

“My brother’s childhood sweetheart…” Zhou Ziyan’s voice drifted into Xin Que’s ears.

From Zhou Ziyan's complaints, Xin Que carefully selected some useful information.

A woman named Qu suddenly appeared in the Zhou family. She and Zhou Zichuan were childhood sweethearts.

Zhou Ziyan said that this person and Zhou Zichuan were only one step away from getting married, but in the plot outline that Xin Que remembered, there was no such character at all.

According to Zhou Ziyan, her childhood sweetheart had broken up with Zhou Zichuan due to some conflicts. She went abroad to study, and the two fell into a cold war. Now she is about to return to China and has started a long-distance relationship with Zhou Zichuan again, and they are entangled together.

What is certain is that Zhou Ziyan looks down on everything about Ms. Qu and is unwilling to acknowledge her as her sister-in-law.

The woman behind her was still rambling on about the annoying details of her sister-in-law, but Xin Que had lost interest in listening any longer. She got up and left the coffee shop.

"Investigate the Zhou family?" Cheng Zheng was taken aback by Xin Que's request and hadn't quite grasped the situation yet. "The Zhou family isn't that male supporting character's family..."

Xin Que and Cheng Zheng stood outside the office building. "A new, unfamiliar person has appeared in his family. I suspect..."

Xin Que lowered her voice, "That guy surnamed Qu is connected to the prison."

Cheng Zheng's expression changed slightly. "Do you think she might have been chosen by the prison guards?"

“The prison can’t just sit idle, randomly placing a useless character here.” Xin Que frowned. “I’ll leave the intelligence from the Zhou family to you. I’m going to talk to Xin Xin.”

Cheng Zheng pondered for a moment, "Why do you suddenly want to follow the female supporting character? Isn't she a prisoner being investigated?"

"Be careful not to expose yourself."

Xin Que waved his hand, "I need to go to the Xin family to confirm some things."

...

Luo Huayi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the conference room, staring at the two little figures on the ground whispering to each other, seemingly discussing something.

Soon, the man and woman downstairs separated.

The woman's figure gradually disappeared in front of the office building.

Are she and Cheng Zheng really that close? She disappeared for several days, preferring to see Cheng Zheng alone rather than come to him?

The more Luo Huayi thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

"President Luo," Cheng Zheng said casually as he pushed open the door and entered, "Is the meeting over?"

Luo Huayi turned to look at his special assistant.

The man worked efficiently, putting away the computer used in the meeting and then methodically contacting the clerk to clean the meeting room.

"Who did you go downstairs to see?" Luo Huayi asked casually. "Why does that person you were chatting with look so familiar?"

"Oh," Cheng Zheng said, seemingly unconcerned, lying through his teeth, "Miss Xin came to borrow money from me."

Luo Huayi: "???"

Borrow money?

Xin Que sneezed again.

Her sneeze nearly caused the car to crash into the guardrail, but luckily she reacted quickly and turned the steering wheel back.

Just as Xin Que hid near the Xin family villa, she received a call from Cheng Zheng.

"Are you crazy?!" Xin Que, who had been squatting in the corner, suddenly stood up after listening to Cheng Zheng's rambling. "Why did you have to say I live under an overpass?!"

Cheng Zheng chuckled, "He saw us meeting downstairs in the office building... This was just a temporary measure I took in a moment of desperation."

Xin Que questioned the meaning of life, "So you're saying I'm so poor I have to live under a bridge? And so destitute that I have to borrow money from you?"

Cheng Zheng said matter-of-factly, "Just tell me, haven't you been homeless and wandering around lately?"

Xin Que: "...Are you kidding me? Isn't it normal to keep moving? Who flees and lives in a big house eating a Manchu Han Imperial Feast?"

Cheng Zheng: "So I was just stating the facts objectively, with only a little bit of artistic embellishment. As for what he imagined... it has absolutely nothing to do with me."

Xin Que spotted a good spot to climb over the wall and said quickly, "I don't care how you explain it to him, just resolve this matter immediately!"

After saying that, Xin Que decisively hung up the phone.

Cheng Zheng "..."

How did he solve it?

He had a headache just thinking about the tasks Luo Huayi had given him.

Who knows what details Luo Huayi imagined, but he was determined to have Xin Que move into his house.

He wasn't wrong. Isn't it normal for an assassin to have no fixed address while evading capture?