Chapter 157 The Paper "Lover" is a Little Busy (Bonus Chapter)
A little over a month later, a human trafficking chain uncovered by Brother Lian's existence was basically brought to a stop. The higher-ups were still on the run, but they no longer posed a threat.
The shocking images of various crimes revealed by the police have once again brought safety issues to the forefront of people's minds.
Schools across the country have launched safety education lectures, striving to thoroughly analyze the tactics used by human traffickers to prevent them from being deceived.
What is most astonishing about this major incident is the unwarranted protection of their accomplices by the captured criminals. They acted as if they were on drugs, completely brainwashed, and believed that everything they did was a glorious thing.
Police investigations revealed that not only were many of the victims brainwashed and tortured, but the perpetrators were also impenetrable due to their cult-like proselytizing methods.
The final breakthrough point was actually concentrated in a small village!
That village was the one that led the police to discover the root of this major incident: Jinlou Village.
Most of the villagers in Jinlou Village were seriously injured, and the police have yet to find the people who indirectly or directly injured them.
However, during a period of surveillance of the injured villagers, the police discovered something interesting: they seemed to be frequently awakened by nightmares, and while struggling in their sleep, they would mutter things like…
Words such as "paper doll", "black", and "demon" were used.
These factors completely shattered the villagers' psychological defenses, and they revealed everything without any concealment.
This allowed the police to break through that defense line after much effort...
In just over a month of busy work, they managed to completely destroy the trafficking gang that was surviving like a cult raising poisonous insects!
Xie Linglan, as the discoverer of the incident, and who also saved a key witness, has made a great contribution!
The most crucial factor that led the villagers to kill each other seems to be an unsolvable mystery.
But a few people are keeping this secret in secret—including Xie Linglan's current girlfriend, Jiang Lingbai.
She smiled at Xie Linglan, a smile that held a certain enigmatic meaning: "Those villagers said that what made them kill each other was a ghost? No... it's not something so despicable."
Xie Linglan realized something: "Lingbai, do you know something?"
He seemed to have never paid attention to how Jiang Lingbai managed to escape all alone.
She was clearly on the verge of a mental breakdown... so how could she have thought of seizing the opportunity to escape?
Jiang Lingbai smiled faintly and remained silent. She made a shushing gesture and shook her head: "I don't know anything."
She knew that there were several other people who were keeping the same secret, and they had all received favors from the same person.
No…it can't just be referred to as a person; it can also be called “redemption.” A light illuminating their path in life—the light of redemption.
An Nannan returned to university to continue her studies. Although she gained a lot of attention for this incident, the hype didn't last long and was eventually overshadowed by the various assessments and exams that followed.
After this incident, she gained the nickname "Lucky Queen," which subtly increased An Nannan's attention and affection from others.
An Nannan was even luckier because she no longer had to stay in the same school as Yang Muyan.
The Yang family itself is going through a period of turmoil and hardship. The Yang family's affair has severely damaged their reputation. A quick search on trending topics will clearly show how many percentage points the share price of the Yang family group has dropped.
Where would the Yang family find the time or the energy to care about Yang Muyan? They have none!
Yang Muyan lost his safe haven and faced expulsion from the university. His so-called academic fraud did not refer to the low-quality papers published in the college. Yang Muyan manipulated papers for his own advancement, and those were published in well-known academic journals!
This incident caused a great stir, creating quite a stir in the academic world.
Yang Muyan's past misdeeds made the school unable to tolerate the existence of such a tainted student, and he was immediately expelled!
To prevent the Yang family from controlling things inside, the school had security guards clear all his belongings and remove him from the office within a short time after he left the registrar's office!
Yang Muyan appeared to be walking out of the school gate on his own, but anyone with eyes could see that he was being "escorted" by burly security guards!
This is thrown out the door... Hey!
Tang Yunlan, that little rich girl, even secretly bought a trending topic, helping Yang Muyan become a sensation like a rocket in a short time—anyway, everyone in the dormitory was clapping and cheering, their smiles were unrestrained.
readily!
Meanwhile, Cheng Jingliu had reached the end of her "virtual paper lover" app. The little paper lover she raised did not become a noble and beautiful being like a white crane, but it did become a vibrant young man.
When she saw the big "HE" sign appear on the screen, she didn't feel the usual sense of loss she felt after completing a walkthrough.
How should I put it?
Cheng Jingliu rested his chin on his hand, examining the crane white that appeared behind HE. He looked at him with a big smile, but for some reason, the faint upturned corners of his mouth had a slightly wicked feel to them.
"Hmm..." She tapped the screen, as if speaking to the virtual paper figure on the other side, "Are you going to do something naughty?"
"Don't worry about it, I'll back you up." Cheng Jingliu smiled.
On the other side of the screen in the app, He Bai's smile immediately faded when his back was to Cheng Jingliu, and he pulled Luo Xiao to rub against his clothes and cried.
Although he knew they wouldn't really never see each other again, He Bai still couldn't hide his sadness.
But as soon as Cheng Jingliu's words "I'll back you up" reached He Bai's ears, he immediately let go of Luo Xiao, jumped up, straightened his back, and returned to his cheerful state.
He Bai then walked into the fog that had previously trapped the little paper doll in his full human form. It now seemed that the thick fog was not only a cage, but also a protective measure for them.
He Bai stepped out without any hindrance. The further he went, the larger his figure became, eventually settling at a normal human size.
He glanced at his small house in Jinlou Village, and looked at the village not far away, revealing a sinister, vengeful smile.
He Bai promised to keep you living in nightmares day and night, and he kept his word!
"No... Help! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
"Ah—!" The shadow that had almost subsided recently once again lingered over Jinlou Village. Although some of them had not been punished, from this moment on...
They will see what hell looks like to them!
Continue until they truly repent and take some action!
Luo Xiao's eyes sparkled as he watched He Bai tease those villains, his eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.
"We need to hurry up and transform into humans to go out!" he said to the little paper figure beside him. "The outside world seems very interesting. It feels like... we can see more scenery and resolve more anxieties and injustices!"
"Um."
Anxi answered like this. No, he's not called Anxi anymore. Anxi sounds like "rest in peace," carrying the meaning that he hopes An Nannan can live a good life in the afterlife.
Therefore—
At the time, Luo Xiao suggested, "Anxi is unfriendly, but what about Anxixi? Wouldn't that be much cuter!"
Anxi changed his name to Anxixi. With the name written in this way, it felt like he and An Nannan were one step closer.
*
Time flies, and it's almost time for the postgraduate entrance exam.
Tang Yunlan suddenly said to An Nannan in a mysterious tone, "Guess who I met at the party today?" Her family was well-off, and most of the people she met at the party were celebrities.
"who?"
An Nannan looked longingly at the happy ending displayed on the virtual paper lover game.
"That bastard Yang Muyan!" Tang Yunlan said with a slightly mocking smile. "I just found out he married into another wealthy family!"
It turns out that after Yang Muyan was expelled from university, his father was completely disappointed in him. However, he didn't completely give up on him, since he still had some use to him—?
In order to consolidate the already declining status of the Yang family, Yang Muyan was sold off by the unanimous consent of the Yang family shortly after returning home!
He became the live-in husband of a spoiled rich girl, all to squeeze every last drop of value out of Yang Muyan!
Yang Muyan was not in agreement, but just like Cheng Jingliu had been, he was imprisoned by his family and forced into a wedding!
That's why they say you get what you pay for. Yang Muyan once used vicious methods to force Cheng Jingliu to almost marry a man thirty years her senior, and in the end, she herself experienced the same treatment of being left helpless and alone!
"That's not all!" Tang Yunlan said excitedly. "After the marriage, this man tried to keep a mistress under the guise of love, but the young lady found out."
"She broke Yang Muyan's leg and brought her lover home. She also had her lover slap Yang Muyan from time to time and beat and scold him at every turn—all under the guise of love."
"Yang Muyan looked twenty years older and haggard when I saw him today. His leg has been left with sequelae, and I'm afraid it will never be cured! I still remember how he looked when he saw me. He didn't even have the strength to glare at me. He was just a useless dog with a broken leg."
An Nannan's first reaction was satisfaction, but she only smiled at Tang Yunlan: "He has to bear the consequences of his own actions."
"Don't make fun of him in the future, or you'll lose face."
"That's true." Tang Yunlan nodded. "Focusing on the postgraduate entrance exam is the most important thing right now! Nannan, are you planning to study abroad afterward?"
“Yes, Grandma agrees with my idea.” An Nannan smiled serenely and took a sip of her iced milk tea through a straw.
Just then, An Nannan's gaze happened to fall on a certain spot, and she saw the profile of a man sitting at another wooden table.
Does it look...familiar?
The man seemed to notice An Nannan's gaze, stopped drinking his milk tea, and looked in her direction.
—A face that was strikingly similar to An Nannan's, but with added masculine features, was revealed.
The little paper figure pulled out a chair and walked towards An Nannan, greeting her naturally.
"Hello, An Nannan, I am An Xixi."
“…Pfft,” An Nannan couldn’t help but smile, “This name is kind of cute, Ah Xi.”
Tang Yunlan looked at An Nannan, then at An Xixi, and asked again, looking rather naive, "Nannan, don't you really have an older brother?"
An Xixi gave Tang Yunlan a smile, thinking to herself, "My brother doesn't have one, but there is one..."
Virtual, paper-thin lovers.
This phrase could probably be replaced with "friends who look very alike" nowadays.
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