Chapter 89 "The House-Viewing Man" This is a gift for the sexy little wildcat...
At midnight that night, a pair of pale hands opened the door of a low-rent apartment building. Jian Dieda returned to the original owner's home by relying on his memory. In his bag were hemostatic drugs and gauze prescribed by the community hospital.
After turning on the lights, Jian Xiang's doghouse was indeed very small compared to his real home, but they also had similarities, namely, a heavy sense of loneliness. Having worked alone in Hong Kong for so long, this white-collar elite didn't even have a refrigerator in his home. A few steps away, the floor was littered with leftover Asahi beer cans, spreading all the way to the messy bedroom. Jian Xiang didn't seem to care. He took off his blood-stained shirt and went into the bathroom to take a shower. When he came out, the clock had stopped at two o'clock. The flickering streetlights illuminated his mother's portrait in the room. He found a can of draft beer under the bed.
There happened to be a cassette tape on the bed without a singer's name. He put on his headphones and listened to the voice singing an English love song. Then he sat down and started looking at the background information of the case.
"...[Related to fire reports and resident compensation information for the Jiali Building in recent years]..."
Jian Xiang obtained this information by paying money. The source was a client who was a gossip reporter. This client had earnestly told Jian Xiang that there were indeed supernatural phenomena at the Jiali Building, and that normal people should stay far away if they wanted to survive. Unfortunately, Jian Xiang, being a nobody, was perhaps too eager for success and didn't care about such things, not taking a word seriously.
A mechanical voice from the system echoed in Jian Dieda's mind: ["Current case progress 5%. Congratulations on obtaining the main character card. All character relationships are unlocked. You can build affinity and further explore the plot."]
[“Character cards involved in the strange events at Garley Building in Hong Kong include: LinkedIn Real Estate Agent (unlocked), Walled City Resident (unlocked), Sheng Tian Entertainment (unlocked), and Garley Building Original Resident (unlocked)”]
This list is really long. Even someone like Jian Xiang who sells luxury homes might not know this many celebrities. But besides groups and individuals, there are also stakeholders in the building. Why is there an entertainment company included? Which one should I approach first to get information out of them?
As Jian Dieda was thinking, he realized that the cassette tape he was listening to was produced by Shengtian Entertainment, which was mentioned in the background information. The recording location was also on the legendary 15th floor of the Jiali Building. What was the song called? He tapped the cassette case. Oh, the song was called "First Love". It was sung really well.
Jane continued listening to the tape, glanced at the subway map, and her brain, focused on the case, started working rapidly. In the end, she decided to go to Central tomorrow to meet the boss of the company she was supposed to work for. She also put the tape into her backpack.
He thought this would be a simple testimony segment, but to his surprise, the panel displayed: [Task 1: Become Paul's 'dog' to unlock the next part of the story.]
What dog? Jian Dieda was baffled. Did Jian Xiang and his boss have something going on like this? He had a feeling that something was wrong.
The next day, Jane Dieda went to see Paul. He had studied Paul the day before and felt that a calamity was inevitable today. When they met, Jane Dieda, still carrying his briefcase, sat down. The big boss, Paul, took out a cigar, took a deep drag amidst the morning sun shining outside the building, and then exhaled irritating white smoke onto the poor young man's relatively good face: "Did you finish what Uncle Joe asked you to do at the Carrie Building last night?"
Jane looked at the panel and answered honestly, "Brother Paul, I was accidentally hit by a bus and had to go to the emergency room in the middle of the night. By the way, according to the Labor Law, can the finance department reimburse my medical expenses...?"
Paul held back his swearing and grabbed an ashtray. Jane Deda leaped off his swivel chair and caught the weapon in mid-air. He was as agile as a racehorse, and his movements were flawless. The claim that the bus knocked him off the ground seemed like a lie.
Paul was even angrier. He pressed the speakerphone button and shouted, "George! George! Get someone up here right now and clean up Jian Xiang's office desk! Three minutes!! I want all the unsorted trash removed from Central—"
George, a two-meter-tall Indian man, was in charge of building security. Jan Dieda lunged at the big boss, holding the phone with one hand, and at the same time stopped Paul from grabbing the documents and hitting him on the head with a sentence: "But my master has agreed to perform the ritual, and I will go this afternoon."
Paul seemed doubtful.
Jane Dieda continued to assure everyone that he would handle everything, using a mix of Chinese and English in his sales pitch.
After much persuasion, the other party seemed to soften their attitude, but the atmosphere in the office didn't improve much. Paul seemed to have been disciplining his employees like dogs for a long time. After noticing Jane Dieda's attire today, he suddenly rolled his eyes, chuckled, and said, "Alright, prospective house hunter, but if you disappoint me again, I'll punish you severely next time. Not only me, but that fat Liu Sir also asked me about Mike's drinking capacity."
[“Ding! Paul's favorability +10. Paul's current total favorability is 60+.]”
[Congratulations on obtaining "The M Life Under the Corporate Suit." — (Would you like to unlock this card by further increasing your affinity?)]
Jane Dieda: "……………………" Is the system going crazy?
He wouldn't even take such an outrageous card if it were given to him for free. He said he had to leave quickly because if he stayed there for another second, he would blow the fat pig boss's head off.
Paul, unaware of what had happened, assumed the young male employee was embarrassed by his words and felt a surge of satisfaction. He stopped Jane and asked if the company needed to reimburse his transportation expenses. Seeing the ugly capitalist, who had been furious just a moment ago, suddenly show mercy and forgive his lunch break, Jane suddenly had an epiphany. He realized he was right; why had he gone against the system? Hadn't he learned his lesson before? However, he wouldn't be a dog; he would only be the dog's master.
He looked really handsome today. Jian Dieda observed his boss's gaze, then took the initiative to unbutton one of his shirt buttons. He pushed up his glasses and recited his lines with practiced ease: "Paul, there's something I've been keeping to myself for a long time, and I hope you can answer it for me."
Paul admired the employee's physique for a moment, then asked with great interest, "Oh~ what did you say?"
The black-haired youth in front of the middle-aged man coldly fiddled with his glasses, then pulled a leather shoe out from under the table and asked, "Do you think I'm the sexy type when I wear glasses, or the sexy type when I don't? Or tell me, which type do you prefer?"
Paul's expensive cigar fell onto the table: "..."
Jane Dieder: "You look very nervous, sir. Do you need my help?"
Even the system was so startled that it posted a "??????" message.
Jane Dieda, have you lost your mind? He's married, and now that his husband's dead, he's lawless, right? Aren't you afraid the male ghost will come back and catch you cheating? Oh, right, I told him there might not be any suspicious male NPCs in this world…
The more the small system analyzes his inner world, the more frightened it becomes.
Jane Dieda's game of taking bribes and using underhanded tactics to harass her boss is not over yet.
Paul, who had seen his fair share of entertainment venues, was now in a very passive position. He had never seen such a flirtatious man before. This male employee was not exactly a pretty boy, and he sat very upright. His expression, with his bangs covering his eyes, exuded a sense of sexual apathy. However, the contradictory aura about him was particularly alluring. His tone when flirting with other men was also ambiguous. He was all about seizing every opportunity and using all the resources at his disposal, shamelessly and vulgarly provoking all those in positions of power to pay for him.
"So, could the company reimburse my medical expenses? And also reimburse the taxi fare to the Walled City?"
The first act of goodwill shown by the big boss was easily taken advantage of by the junior employee. Before leaving, the capitalist, who was infatuated with the employee, even secretly slipped a pack of women's cigarettes into the left pocket of the employee's trousers.
This is a gift for a sexy little wildcat. — The sleazy middle-aged man, with a half-smile, became Jane Dieda's 'dog'.
Jane didn't care; he could have many dogs, one or two depending on his mood. So he took the bribe, expressionlessly lit a cigarette, walked out of the building, and immediately hailed the most expensive private car to the Walled City.
Next, he needed to win over his master, Liao Wen. Jian Dieda also took a top-notch approach, grimly glancing at the information. He'd heard that his senior sister hadn't gotten married since he moved away?
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Author's Note: [doge] Just because your husband is "dead" means you can do whatever you want, Jane? Are you trying to revive your dead husband and catch him cheating?
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