The Vanished Wife (15)
Seeing that the old steward was giving irrelevant answers, Jian Tanxi knew that he didn't seem to have recovered.
Xie Wei scratched his head: "That shouldn't be the case. The 'Intelligence Pill' is quite powerful. It can make ordinary people smarter and stupid people become ordinary again."
Jian Tanxi asked, "Isn't one intelligence-boosting pill enough?"
She gave Xie Wei a wink, and Xie Wei nodded to her, indicating that he understood what she meant.
Jian Tanxi brushed her hair against the old butler's nose again, and the old butler felt like sneezing again.
At this moment, Xie Wei simply threw two brain-boosting pills into the old butler's mouth.
The old butler sneezed only after swallowing the brain-boosting pill.
But this time, the old butler remained unchanged.
Jian Tanxi asked the old butler some simple questions, but the old butler could hardly answer them.
Xie Wei, unwilling to give up, fed all the remaining intelligence pills to the old butler.
However, these brain-boosting pills had no effect whatsoever; the old butler remained the same as before, showing no improvement whatsoever.
Jian Tanxi asked, "Xie Wei, are your brain-boosting pills genuine?"
"It's real, all game rewards, it couldn't be more real. Could it be that the old butler's dementia is so severe that the intelligence-boosting pills are ineffective for him? But there's no change at all, is that possible? He took six intelligence-boosting pills..."
Jian Tanxi was also puzzled, so she could only give the old housekeeper a few of her health pills. However, the old housekeeper still didn't change.
The Health Pill was developed by the Ou family, the richest family in City A. It can even restore zombies to normal after eating it, but it is ineffective for the old butler in remote areas.
The old housekeeper had already taken three health pills, and Jian Tanxi felt there was no need to try any more, so she carefully stored the remaining health pills.
She asked the old housekeeper directly, "Where is Jin Mingyue?"
Old butler: "I don't know..."
"You don't have dementia, but rather you've been placed under some kind of strange restriction, right?"
"have no idea……"
Taking advantage of his inattention, Jian Tanxi threw a "good person card" at him and said, "You're a good person. Tell me what happened to you, and all the information about Jin Mingyue."
The old butler looked at Jian Tanxi blankly, his eyes filled with complex emotions and a deep sadness.
But he didn't say anything.
Jian Tanxi waited for several minutes, but the old butler just looked at her.
Jian Tanxi said, "Strange, the 'good guy card' doesn't even work on the old butler..."
It seemed there would be no gain tonight. She winked at Xie Wei, and the two left the old butler's room.
Back in their room, the two recounted what had just happened.
Professor Pan asked in surprise, "The old butler has taken so many brain-boosting and health-enhancing pills, yet he hasn't become any smarter?"
Jian Tanxi said, "Yes. And the 'nice guy' card doesn't work on him either."
Qin Man said, "I remember, your 'nice guy' card worked on the nanny Wu Yaoyao?"
"Yes, I gave Wu Yaoyao a 'good person card' before and asked her to chisel the wall, and she did it right away."
"Do you still have any friend cards? Why don't you use another one on her and let her tell you what changes she's undergone recently? Didn't her family say that Wu Yaoyao seemed a little different?"
Jian Tanxi said, "We can give it a try. We'll go to Wu Yaoyao's house again tomorrow."
Apart from that, there are no other breakthroughs to be found for the time being.
After everyone had figured out their strategy, they went straight to sleep.
The next day, the players got up early and headed to Wu Yaoyao's house.
Wu Yaoyao also got up early and sat on the ridge of the field, gazing into the distance.
She saw the players walking towards her, so she stood up, ready to greet them. However, her expression wasn't good; perhaps she didn't want to see Jian Tanxi and the others again.
No suspect likes it when a detective keeps showing up.
Before Wu Yaoyao could speak, Jian Tanxi stepped forward with a smile, seemingly about to hug her.
Wu Yaoyao was somewhat taken aback, because she didn't know why Jian Tanxi was hugging her.
At this moment, taking advantage of her surprise, Jian Tanxi directly stuck a "good person card" on Wu Yaoyao's back and said, "You are a good person. Tell me what changes have occurred since you came back, where is Jin Mingyue, and are you related to her disappearance?"
Wu Yaoyao said blankly, "My changes... of course I've changed, because I'm not the real Wu Yaoyao, but just using a powerful disguise rouge to impersonate her."
Jian Tanxi was surprised, but she suppressed her excitement and listened to Wu Yaoyao continue.
However, Wu Yaoyao didn't continue. This is very likely because Wu Yaoyao didn't know the answers to the last two questions.
If that's the case, then her connection to Ms. Jin's disappearance is very low; she probably really doesn't know where Jin Mingyue is.
A few minutes later, Jian Tanxi asked, "You're not Wu Yaoyao? Who are you?"
However, Wu Yaoyao didn't continue. This is normal, because a "good person card" only allows the other person to do one thing; it doesn't have the function of dialogue.
Jian Tanxi just asked Wu Yaoyao a question, and she has already answered it, so the "friend card" effect has ended.
Qin Man asked, "Should we use another 'good person' card to find out who she is? Also, Tan Xi asked her three questions just now, why did she only answer one?"
Jian Tanxi suddenly thought of something, and her heart started beating very fast.
She said, "There's no need to use the 'nice guy' card anymore; I already know who she is. Also, I asked her three questions, and she only answered one because what she just said was enough to answer all three of my questions."
"you mean?"
"She is not Wu Yaoyao, she is Jin Mingyue."
Qin Man was very surprised: "What did you say? She..."
Professor Pan and Xie Wei were also very surprised.
Jian Tanxi said, "Don't you guys think that Wu Yaoyao's figure is very similar to Ms. Jin's?"
Qin Man nodded: "Yes, they are all on the thin side and of medium height."
"So, as long as they use the disguise rouge, they can disguise themselves as each other. Just now, the fake Wu Yaoyao said that she used 'strong disguise rouge,' which may be an enhanced version of disguise rouge. Ordinary disguise rouge only lasts for 20 minutes, but this enhanced version may last for many days."
Although Jian Tanxi's guess was bold, everyone thought it was very reasonable.
However, one mystery remains: why did Jin Mingyue switch identities with the nanny? When did they begin switching identities? And where is the real Wu Yaoyao now?
These questions may only be asked after the fake Wu Yaoyao has regained consciousness.
Xie Wei said, "Should we summon the referee now? Now that we've found the real Jin Mingyue, we've cleared the level."
Professor Pan said, "Wait a minute, let's ask this fake Wu Yaoyao first before we decide."
"Um."
Although it's not 100% certain yet, Xie Wei cheered and happily ran several laps.
After a while, the fake Wu Yaoyao came to her senses. She looked at the players with some surprise and asked, "What just happened to me?"
Jian Tanxi stared at her and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Jin Mingyue."
The fake Wu Yaoyao panicked and said, "What are you talking about? I am Wu Yaoyao."
"You used a powerful disguise rouge to transform into Wu Yaoyao, didn't you?"
"How...how can you talk nonsense? I don't know where my wife is."
“Ms. Jin, there’s no point in denying it now. The powerful disguise rouge will eventually wear off. We just need to stay by your side and wait for the effect to wear off, and you will return to your original appearance. Whether you confess sooner or later, the result will be the same.”
The fake Wu Yaoyao hesitated for a moment before asking, "How did you find out my identity?"
Jian Tanxi: "It was just the use of some props and superpowers. Ms. Jin, you've made us search for you for ages."
The fake Wu Yaoyao sighed and said, "That's right, I am Jin Mingyue."
At this moment, her appearance changed, and she truly transformed back into Jin Mingyue.
Everyone was stunned.
Qin Man asked, "How long does the effect of the powerful disguise rouge last?"
Jin Mingyue: "About ten days, but the exact number of days is not fixed. Sometimes it's sixteen or seventeen days, sometimes it's thirteen or fourteen days."
"Why did you impersonate the nanny Wu Yaoyao and secretly leave the Jin family?"
"Would you believe me if I said I was tired of the life of the rich?"
Jian Tanxi said, "Being tired of the life of the rich and giving up your property are two different things. You've gone to such extremes, buying android corpses and impersonating Wu Yaoyao. It seems you're determined to leave the Jin family. Why? If you live as Wu Yaoyao from now on, the Jin family's property will have nothing to do with you."
"I know, I just want to give up all my wealth and live a simple life. Besides, Wu Yaoyao has saved up a lot of money over the years, enough for me to live on. You probably can't imagine that I was destined to be the next richest person from birth. I've enjoyed myself enough over the years, and I don't need money anymore."
You might find this hard to understand because you're not me. Imagine what your favorite food is. Let's say it's pizza. If you could only eat pizza every day and nothing else, you'd be happy at first, but after a while, you'd get bored and want to escape that kind of life.
Jian Tanxi said, "But the wealthy have a wide range of choices in terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, which is quite different from eating the same food every day."
"Actually, it's the same. After living the life of a rich person for a long time, it becomes monotonous. In short, I want to experience the life of an ordinary person."
"You don't even want your own husband anymore?"
"He only married me because of my money; this kind of marriage is meaningless."
"However, according to Mr. Liang, you two have a very good relationship."
"I must say, he's very good at pretending. At first, I also thought we had a good relationship. But after all these years, I've discovered his true colors. So, I don't want either the money or my husband."
"Since Mr. Liang's true character is so despicable, why did you leave your property to him? Why didn't you transfer it to your sister?"
"Give it to my sister? Don't be ridiculous. I'd rather give it to Liang Wanhao than to Jin Meigui."
"Why? Don't you like your sister? Have you had a falling out?"
"On the surface, we have a good relationship, but I know that she has always wanted my inheritance since she was a child. She doesn't say it outright, but her thoughts are revealed in her eyes and words. The more she does this, the less I want to give it to her. Moreover, as her older sister, I have also left her a 10 million insurance policy, which is more than enough. As long as they find my 'corpse' when they go to the wine cellar to drink, my sister will be able to get that 10 million compensation."
Besides that, I'm unwilling to give her anything. I don't like either my sister or my husband. But if I had to choose one I dislike even more, it would still be my sister.
Besides, property is no longer important to me. I don't care who ends up with something that's unimportant.
Furthermore, I also feel that my husband inheriting my enormous fortune might not be a good thing; it could bring him a lot of trouble, or even danger. I don't believe he will be happier because of it.
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