Chapter 183 World Seven [12]
The role played by Huo Yi was just a passerby who avoided danger by relying on her reaction. She was only frightened and not injured, so she could leave without even having to give a statement.
Huo Yi could see that the truck was coming towards her, but she also knew very well that she had no evidence.
If the truck driver claims that the death was caused by fatigue driving, then the law cannot convict him or detain him at the public security bureau for interrogation.
But it doesn’t matter. If there is no evidence, you can just give them a taste of their own medicine.
Huo Yi didn't spend three and a half years in the copy world for nothing. She encountered countless dangers and learned countless skills in the copy world.
Relying on the truck's license plate number, Huo Yi successfully obtained the driver's personal information and learned that he was in the late stage of lung cancer.
After following the clues, the truck driver's family members appeared one by one.
After a brief investigation, Huo Yi discovered that the truck driver's daughter, who had just started college, had won 50,000 yuan in cash in an online lottery.
The truck driver's wife accidentally bought the right lottery numbers and won more than 400,000 yuan in prize money.
It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes is very smart. He did not directly transfer money to their accounts, but used this method.
However, spending 500,000 yuan to buy a life is still too much of a loss. Compensation is required if someone is killed. Even if the truck has sufficient insurance, as long as the driver is at fault, he or she must be held responsible.
After typing on the computer for two hours, Huo Yi finally found the person hiding behind the truck driver.
Huo Cheng, his half-brother.
This result did not exceed Huo Yi's expectations, but she did not give up her suspicion of the other person.
With the idea that it would be better to cheat than to lose, Huo Yi found the phone number of his cheap stepmother and called her directly with his own mobile phone.
Eighteen seconds later, the call was connected.
"Hello?" The stepmother's voice came through the microphone.
"Aunt Cheng, you don't seem surprised at all that I would call you." Huo Yi said in a low voice, with anger in his tone very obvious.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" The stepmother's tone was full of confusion and surprise. "We seem to have a good relationship, right? You called me, why should I be surprised?"
"I dodged the out-of-control truck." Huo Yi said, pricking up his ears to identify the breathing sounds on the other side.
"What do you mean? Did you encounter a runaway truck today? You had a car accident. What happened? Are you injured?" The stepmother asked a series of questions.
Huo Yi said nothing, concentrating on listening to the other person's breathing, thereby judging the other person's true emotions and state.
After finding that she didn't get any response, the stepmother also became quiet.
After a brief silence, the stepmother spoke again, "Huo Yi, are you doubting me? Do you suspect that I was the one who did it?"
"I think we have a pretty good relationship, right? Although I occasionally tell your father that you're old enough to get married and it's time to find a partner, I have no ill will towards you."
"At least, I don't think of you... like that. Your father is still in the nursing home, I won't do such a thing." said the stepmother.
"I found out." Huo Yi said suddenly.
"Impossible, I've never done such a thing." The stepmother's voice revealed displeasure. "There's no need for you to stage this drama yourself. Your father and I signed a prenuptial agreement. Your things are your things. I won't take them away."
"Prenuptial agreement?" Huo Yi's eyelids jumped. How come she didn't know about this?
"Yes, your father has said it a long time ago that half of the Huo family's current status is due to your mother's efforts, so Huo Cheng and I will not touch the half that should belong to your mother."
The stepmother said, "As for the assets under your father's name, he will leave a portion to me, and the remaining half will be half for Huo Cheng and you. I won't hide it from you. These wills have been notarized, and I am not the only one who knows about it."
"You know, but does Huo Cheng know?" Huo Yi asked.
The stepmother's tone was a little unhappy. "Of course I don't know. Why should I tell him about this? I'm not the kind of person who wishes your father dead. There's no need to tell him in advance."
"I guess he knows and is very dissatisfied with this distribution result." Huo Yi sneered, "I have already found out that the truck driver had contact with your precious son's assistant before hitting me."
"I checked their bank statements again and found a lot of discrepancies." Huo Yi wasn't too angry at the moment. To be more precise, after completing the second instance, she no longer felt angry at people who didn't deserve it.
"What the private detective finds out may not be brought to court, but what do you think Dad will do after seeing it?" Huo Yi asked.
"Impossible, Huo Cheng is not that kind of person!" the stepmother denied.
Her son was indeed a little spoiled, but he would never become a murderer.
"Huo Cheng doesn't have much ability. He has limited talent in business. I never expect him to take over the company or anything. I just want him to quietly receive dividends from his shares." The stepmother's tone became excited.
The stepmother didn't know whether she was trying to persuade Huo Yi or trying to persuade herself to believe those words in disguise.
"Auntie, please tell Huo Cheng that I'll give him three days to confess to his father what he did. If he can't do that, then I'll ask him to be careful when crossing the road and not get hit by an out-of-control truck that appears out of nowhere."
After making these harsh remarks, Huo Yi simply hung up and blocked the call, thus avoiding his stepmother's frantic phone calls and harassment.
After confirming that the person who did it was Huo Cheng, Huo Yi took out all his cards and various real estate certificates and counted his property.
Converted into RMB, the value is more than 500 million.
Oh, and there are also the shares I got when I was eighteen. Judging from the recent market value, the total value is probably one billion.
Huo Yi rubbed his head, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to flip through his address book, thinking about how he would deal with the property.
Should I give some money to my friends, or donate it all in the name of myself and my mother?
As there were more things to think about, Huo Yi made another mistake. He didn't realize that it was already nine o'clock.
Before Huo Yi could come up with a solution, she noticed that the space around her began to distort. When Huo Yi turned her head, she found Jing Ke in pajamas appeared beside her bed.
"Jing Ke?" Huo Yi's face showed obvious surprise. "Why are you here? Am I in an illusion?"
"Why can't I come here?" Jing Ke tilted her head. "I can let you enter the dungeon world when you are on the verge of death. Of course, you can also come here from the dungeon world."
Huo Yi blinked, reacted, and took a second to accept the reality.
That's right, the people in the safe zone are not from the same world.
The copy world can directly sell props that can reverse life, death and time. As the most powerful boss in the copy world, it is normal for Jing Ke to come to his own world.
But if this is the case, then I don’t need to worry about property issues, right?
Whatever Jing Ke can do, I can do the same.
"How long can you stay in this world?" Huo Yi asked.
Jing Ke: "Until I want to leave."
In order to avoid misunderstanding, Huo Yi asked again.
"If you can do it, can you do it too after I pass the level ninety-nine times?" Huo Yi asked.
Jing Ke thought for a moment, and after noticing that Huo Yi was a little nervous, he shook his head maliciously, "No."
"Isn't it?" A hint of disappointment flashed in Huo Yi's eyes.
"No." Jing Ke reaffirmed, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "You can do it now, you don't need to go through it ninety-nine times."
Huo Yi: ...
"You... are a little childish." Huo Yi said slowly.
As they spent more and more time together, Huo Yi also saw a different side of this big boss.
There is nothing scary about him. In the past, he was more considerate and reliable. As for recently, he has become a little more casual and childish.
"Really? I don't think I'm childish." Jing Ke said, "It's time to go to bed. Do you want to stay here or go back with me?"
"Stay here. I'll deal with things first, then you can consider going back." Huo Yi said.
It is probably impossible for him to stay in the real world forever. In comparison, Huo Yi has more friends in the copy world.
Xiaolu was the closest of the group, but there were many other players who had a life-or-death relationship with Huo Yi. If she could truly become an administrator, she would at least help those friends gain the opportunity to rewrite their own fates.
"Okay, let's go to bed." Jing Ke did not express any opinion, but opened the quilt and lay down.
Jing Ke: "It's nine o'clock, time to go to bed."
"I'll go wash up, quick." Huo Yi moved all the things on the bed to the table on the side, took out his pajamas from the closet, and went to the bathroom.
The sound of dripping water came from inside, and twenty minutes later, Huo Yi came out with his hair dried.
The advantages of short hair are obvious. It only takes five minutes to blow dry your hair, which is convenient and quick.
After walking to the bed in slippers, Huo Yi realized that Jing Ke seemed to be asleep, and her sleeping face looked defenseless.
Huo Yi subconsciously stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Jing Ke. When he found that she had no reaction, he bent down and closed the distance between them.
Is this really falling asleep?
Huo Yi's gaze fell on Jing Ke's eyelashes. Only after she counted them carefully did he confirm his previous guess.
Did the fact that she fell asleep in front of him without any defense mean that Jing Ke trusted him deeply? Or was she just being fearless, confident that he couldn't hurt her?
Well, it seems that no matter what the reason is, it represents Jing Ke’s trust in herself.
It was really ridiculous that what he couldn't get from his half-brother, he actually got from a dungeon boss feared by many people.
Huo Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, gently lifted a strand of hair that was sticking up beside Jing Ke's ear, and after placing it properly, he turned off the light with a click.
Lifting the quilt, Huo Yi lay down in the warm bed.
After squirming twice in the quilt, Huo Yi chose to hug Jing Ke from behind.
"Good night." Huo Yi said softly.
Putting aside other things, it seems that Jing Ke has given me the opportunity to start over.
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The next day, Huo Yi showed his hospitality by cooking a simple breakfast himself.
"Can you use other abilities in this world?" Huo Yi took a sip of soy milk and asked the question that he had not had time to ask last night.
"Sure." Jing Ke answered casually, "Do you need me to help you with anything?"
"No, not for now. I have a way to deal with him." Huo Yi quickly refused.
I still plan to live a good life in this world and have no intention of destroying my current image as a law-abiding citizen for the time being.
"Okay, tell me if you need anything." Jing Ke finished the last sip of soy milk in the cup. "You are my partner, I will do anything you ask me to do."
Huo Yi responded vaguely.
If someone else said this, Huo Yi would never believe it. But if it came from Jing Ke, it would be a different story.
Huo Yi's idea was simple. After a night of fermentation, Huo Cheng must have lost his composure.
If he was a little more ruthless, he would have killed himself within these so-called three days and made himself the only reliable heir.
But his stepmother also knew about this matter. According to her personality, she would most likely stop Huo Cheng and try to reconcile the two parties.
I just don’t know whether Huo Cheng thinks the so-called company is more important or his biological mother is more important.
"I'm going out to buy some things. Do you want to come with me?" Huo Yi bumped Jing Ke's shoulder with his shoulder.
"Together." Jing Ke, who was cleaning the blender, responded, "But I don't have the currency of this world."
"It's okay, I have money." Huo Yi put the cup upside down on the shelf. "I'll give you a card later, just swipe it."
"By the way, do you not have an ID card in this world?" Huo Yi asked.
Jing Ke shook her head. "No, I only guided some people into the dungeon world in this world. This is my first time in this world."
Jing Ke did not lie about this being her first visit. She just did not tell Huo Yi that as long as she wanted, she could complete a transaction with the world consciousness of this world and obtain a legal and compliant identity.
But Jing Ke didn't want to do that. In the dungeon world, Huo Yi depended on her. In this world, it should be the other way around.
Only by giving to each other and satisfying each other can we cultivate a good relationship.
This is indeed the case. After discovering that Jing Ke was a complete illegal resident, Huo Yi has been basically following her around today.
Getting an ID card is difficult for ordinary people, but Huo Yi is not an ordinary person. He just needs to spend some money and contact someone in the address book.
Jing Ke soon became a person from a backward rural area. He only needed to wait for the production period of an ID card to have a temporary legal identity.
It didn't matter to Jing Ke whether she had an academic degree or not. Under Huo Yi's guidance, she soon got a mobile phone with a bank card linked to it.
Of course, the number and bank card are temporarily registered in Huo Yi's name.
Jing Ke came empty-handed, and the clothes she was wearing were still Huo Yi's.
So after buying the mobile phone, Huo Yi took Jing Ke shopping and bought three sets of casual clothes to change into.
"This is the famous milk tea here. You can try it." Huo Yi ordered his favorite flavor and tasted the long-lost delicacy.
Although there is milk tea in the safe zone, it is made by skilled players according to local conditions. It tastes good, but the taste is very different from the one she is drinking.
Rather than being delicious, this familiar taste obviously carries more special meaning.
"Very sweet, very good." Jing Ke gave an honest evaluation, "Is this your favorite flavor?"
"Yes, I fell in love with her when I was in college, and I still like her now." Huo Yi nodded.
Hearing this, Jing Ke looked at the operating table and thought about whether he should spend money to join a franchise and then open this milk tea shop in a safe zone.
However, after thinking that she could come with Huo Yi at any time, Jing Ke quickly gave up the idea.
"Huo Yi?" A female voice came from not far away, and soon a large group of people wearing high heels and casual coats came over.
"Huo Yi, long time no see." The woman showed a friendly smile on her face and opened her arms towards Huo Yi.
"Han Li, long time no see." Huo Yi didn't think much about it and stretched out his hand for a simple hug. When he found that Han Li was too strong, he immediately pulled away.
"Who is this?" Han Li looked at Jing Ke, who seemed a little unfamiliar to her. After meeting her slightly deep gaze, she couldn't help but take a small step back.
"This is my...girlfriend, Jing Ke." After a brief hesitation, Huo Yi chose an identity that would definitely not make Jing Ke angry.
"Ah?" Han Li was stunned for a moment, "Oh, it's your girlfriend. I didn't expect you already have a girlfriend, haha."
A forced smile appeared on Han Li's face, and the disappointment in her eyes was quickly suppressed.
"Jing Ke, this is my college classmate, Han Li." Huo Yi said, "We haven't been in touch since graduation. It's been a long time since we last met."
Huo Yi had a reason for adding the last half of the sentence. She wasn't sure if Jing Ke was omniscient or omnipotent. But she was certain that Han Li was interested in her.
This is not Huo Yi being self-indulgent, but Han Li had confessed to her when she graduated five years ago, but she politely rejected him.
"Hello, classmate Han, I am Huo Yi's girlfriend, and we have been together for more than a month." Jing Ke said, with a slight smile on her lips, and stretched out her left hand that was not holding the milk tea.
"Hello." Han Li didn't care about whether it was polite to greet with the left hand. She was still trying to process the fact that her former crush had a girlfriend.
Seeing that the two were silent, Huo Yi took the initiative to speak to ease the atmosphere, "Han Li, are you here to buy something?"
"Well, today is Sunday, and I'm planning to buy some winter clothes in advance." Han Li smiled and quickly adjusted her mood. "Want to go shopping together? The temperature should drop in a week, so it's time to buy seasonal clothes."
Huo Yi did not agree immediately, but turned his head to glance at Jing Ke.
"I'm fine with anything." Jing Ke responded seemingly without any temper.
"We can walk around for a while, but we're going to the movies, and the ticket checking will start in twenty minutes." Huo Yi, who had experienced many copies, was not confused by the performance and gave the correct answer.
Why is it correct? Just look at the changes in expression on someone’s face.
After Huo Yi finished speaking, Jing Ke's expression of indifference changed to obvious joy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve.
"Then I won't bother you. I'll go shopping alone. The movie tickets start checking ten minutes in advance, so you should leave some time to buy snacks." Han Li said.
It was indeed regrettable that the person she had a crush on had a girlfriend, but Han Li was already an adult. Furthermore, it had been five years since the incident, so she had slowly digested the news.
Since we both have started new lives, let’s just be ordinary friends.
"Okay, then we'll go get the tickets first." Huo Yi said goodbye politely.
"Goodbye." Han Li waved with a decent smile on her face.
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"Girlfriend." Jing Ke suddenly spoke after walking up the escalator.
"Hmm?" Huo Yi responded subconsciously.
"What movie are we going to see?" Jing Ke held the milk tea in her left hand and held Huo Yi's hand with her right hand, interlocking their fingers for the first time.
Huo Yi took the initiative to admit their relationship. Since she was his girlfriend, it was natural for them to hold hands when shopping together.
Although it was the first time they held hands, Huo Yi didn't feel much, as if it was supposed to be like this.
They've been sleeping together for over a month, hugged each other countless times, so holding hands seems pretty normal.
"I haven't bought the ticket yet. Let's go to the theater and choose a movie nearby." Huo Yi lowered his eyes and glanced at his left hand.
Jing Ke nodded, "Okay."
It's not the winter or summer holidays, nor is it the National Day holiday. If you really want to calculate the time, it is relatively close to 11.11.
In this kind of artificial festival, there are no big productions released, basically only low-budget works by directors who are not very well-known.
Picking the tallest one among the short ones, Huo Yi finally chose a romance movie with relatively good reputation and ratings.
Because the event was about to start in ten minutes, Huo Yi didn't look carefully. He just glanced at the keywords and the positive comments at the top.
[A beautiful love story, it's worth it! You must watch it! If you don't watch it, you will regret it for a whole year!]
If this is the kind of relationship I'm going to give it a try. (Eager to try) (Roll up your sleeves and get to it)
[It's truly a love story. If the love wasn't truly profound, there's no way such a wonderful film could be produced! The price is incredible! It's so much better than those tedious, standard romance films!]
These are the three film reviews in the relatively front row, and they are also the main reason why Huo Yi made his choice.
They already had milk tea, so they didn't need any drinks. Huo Yi just wanted a super large bucket of popcorn, and he and Jing Ke checked their tickets with one hand and entered the theater.
Although today is Sunday, there are not many people coming to see the movie. After waiting for the movie to start, there are less than ten people in the huge theater, including Jing Ke and Huo Yi.
But this is not important. After the familiar dragon leaping over the Great Wall, the endless sea appeared on the big screen.
As the camera zoomed in, a research base standing five kilometers away from the coastline appeared in front of Huo Yi.
After seeing the beginning with researchers in white coats walking around, Huo Yi couldn't help but have a small question in his mind.
I guess what I chose wasn't some sci-fi blockbuster or a disaster movie? Is this really how a romance movie starts?
After thinking about this, Huo Yi saw the name of a movie that emerged - "Under the Sea Love".
Oh, the background is the seabed, so such an opening is understandable. Maybe it’s a love story between two academic masters.
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