Chapter 60: Execute First and Report Later
Shao Qingbai felt that his sister was treating him like an alien, or was taking revenge on him for not being able to recognize his own sister, such a treasonous act -
After returning from the racetrack on a mission not long ago, Shao Qingbai finally had a sudden realization, faced the reality, and understood that escaping would not solve the problem.
——It’s not wrong to say that it’s too stimulating.
In short, he contacted Shao Qingzhu and questioned her righteously why she involved a stranger, which resulted in him mistaking her for someone else and calling a stranger his sister all day long. He actually did such an outrageous thing that even his own parents couldn't believe it. No matter how he thought about it, it was his sister's fault.
Then Shao Qingzhu responded to him and said that this was a very good suggestion.
What proposal? What proposal?
Are you listening to me?
Shao Qingbai finally realized that something was wrong. He shut up and listened carefully for a while. He heard all kinds of thunder and clanging sounds coming from the other side. He had a bad feeling in his heart. He immediately requested to transfer the video, then raised his voice and asked nervously:
"What's that noise over there?"
Shao Qingzhu agreed to the video request and replied calmly:
"What's all the fuss about? I'm just picking up the things that got away."
Shao Qingbai: ...
Is this something that can be described as "just"? !
Shao Qingbai looked at the messy room in the video, his eyes revealing clear stupidity:
"Why did you run away?"
Shao Qingzhu smiled at him and said gently:
"Of course it's because you don't want to get married, little brother. You don't want your sister to marry a man who indulges in all kinds of vices, right?"
***
"Junior, you don't want me to be forced to marry a man who indulges in all kinds of vices, right?"
In the hotel room, Shao Qingzhu spoke, breaking the eerie silence and looking over with a sad face.
There was no need to consider this kind of question at all. Lin Guantang shook his head without thinking and asked worriedly:
"Is Senior Sister forced to marry this kind of person?"
"I guess so."
Shao Qingzhu sighed, paused, and then continued:
"So I decided to run away, but I need you to do me a favor."
"What's the matter?"
If it is something within his ability, Lin Guantang will certainly not refuse.
Although strictly speaking, this was the second time he and Senior Sister Shao met, the last time they met, Senior Sister took him all the way from District 35 to the academy and took good care of him on the way. Even if it was just a return of favor, now that Senior Sister was in trouble, he couldn't choose to escape.
Shao Qingzhu handed him a terminal and said:
"This is the terminal I used before. There are about 300,000 star coins left in it. You can use it as you like."
Huh? A lucky gift of three hundred thousand dollars had just happened to him.
No, no, you're here to help me get out of this mess. How did you suddenly become an angel investor?!
Lin Guantang couldn't help but widen his eyes, but in the end his rational mind prevailed and he made a sound of rejection:
"No need for this, I'm just helping you. How can I use your money for nothing?"
Shao Qingzhu said:
"This is my payment for your help. Don't stress too much. Your account will probably be completely frozen in less than three days. If you don't spend a penny within three days, then you'll be working for me for nothing."
Lin Guantang: ...
Lin Guantang was silent for a moment and decided to listen to what the senior sister’s entire plan was.
It's very simple to say -
Shao Qingbai applied for the next field mission to partner with Ling Chen. At that time, he would let Shao Qingzhu pretend to be Ling Chen and leave the imperial capital with him. After arriving at the destination, they would move to other places. This part had nothing to do with Lin Guantang, so there was no need to elaborate.
During this period, Lin Guantang would take Shao Qingzhu's terminal and wander around randomly, or make various purchases, in order to create the illusion that Shao Qingzhu was still fleeing and hiding in the imperial capital. Regarding this, sufficient preparations had been made, and someone had been asked to perform special processing on the terminal. Even if Lin Guantang was just wandering around in O Courtyard, the positioning would cover the imperial capital and the three surrounding urban areas. He would randomly wander around in these places, making it impossible to find his specific location.
Shao Qingzhu had prepared his escape plan for a long time. Although the blind date - let's just call him a blind date for now, said that he had turned over a new leaf and would not flirt with anyone again, he spoke so sincerely that he shed tears, and everyone present was moved to tears.
But what does it have to do with Shao Qingzhu - oh, if she really marries this person, then it is quite related.
Shao Qingzhu chose to refuse.
It's not just this one, but if she rejects this one, she will be able to see other blind dates that will be arranged later. She has no intention of continuing to deal with them. She tolerated them in the past, but she just hasn't prepared the material plans needed to escape.
Now, whether it is funds or escape routes, as well as various inhibitors, they are all prepared. What is left is the best way to escape and how to gain more time for escape.
Then Shao Qingbai gave her an idea - she could find a trustworthy person, but someone her parents and family didn't know at all, to disguise her identity and make it look like she was still in the imperial capital, thereby creating a time difference.
Shao Qingzhu easily locked on Lin Guantang as the candidate.
Looking back on their previous contact, even though it was only two days, she fully understood that this junior had a pure and kind heart and could be trusted.
On the other hand, Shao Qingbai was stunned by his sister's sudden escape plan. He instantly forgot to question her intention of giving the group chat link to Lin Guantang. He changed his tone and persuaded her not to act impulsively.
Then persuasion failed.
Since it is impossible to stop it, I can only settle for the next best thing and personally send the person out of the imperial capital to feel at ease.
But I want to find a method that will not arouse suspicion and will not easily stop me. After much thought, only the military academy mission is the most suitable, and there is also the ready-made identity of "Lingchen" that can be borrowed.
What a genius plan!
Lin Guantang would have loved to applaud if he wasn't part of this plan—and it seemed like a very important part.
Shao Qingzhu also thought of this, and in order to express his apology, he decided to give his younger brother to him as a servant, ahem—
It means that not only during the initial escape, Lin Guantang took Shao Qingzhu's terminal and pretended to be her to chat with Shao Qingbai, creating the illusion that Shao Qingbai was completely unaware of his sister's escape. And if necessary later, he would also convey the message to Shao Qingbai through Lin Guantang.
As a reward for troublesome Lin Guantang, or as an exchange, in addition to the terminal and the more than 300,000 star yuan in the terminal that Lin Guantang can use at will, if he encounters any trouble in the imperial capital, he can unconditionally ask Shao Qingbai to solve it.
Overall, although Lin Guantang's presence is important, in fact all the troubles are not with him, so after careful consideration, Lin Guantang decided to agree to help.
He had only one question—
"Did you tell Senior that I was there in the early morning?"
On the way back to the academy, Lin Guantang asked this question, and Shao Qingbai shook his head:
"How is that possible? I'm not someone who would casually reveal any secrets. You use a code name because you don't want your identity to be discovered. So I just told my sister Ling Chen that he's a ruthless task machine. As long as the mission is completed, it doesn't matter if I use his name. Ling Chen has an extraordinary background and may be another secret weapon cultivated by the empire, so there's no need to worry about leaks or that he will be found out."
Lin Guantang: ...
Although it's comforting that you can keep the secret, what are those adjectives? Don't make up more outrageous rumors just to cover up a secret.
Lin Guantang was no longer able to complain about Shao Qingbai's exaggerated description, nor could he run to Senior Shao to explain. Fortunately, it was just a conversation between the two siblings and would not be spread outside.
Then, Lin Guantang said with emotion:
"But I never thought you could come up with a way to help me sneak out by using the empty code name Lingchen."
It's not that I have any prejudice against Shao Qingbai, it's mainly because his various behaviors in the group don't show that he is good at such strange ideas and tricks.
However, given Lin Guantang's limited understanding of Shao Qingbai, and the fact that he had done something that impressed others, he should have boasted about it. But after Lin Guantang finished speaking, Shao Qingbai fell strangely silent, with only the whistling wind.
Lin Guantang looked towards Shao Qingbai, seeing his slightly evasive and guilty expression, and had a bad feeling:
"Isn't this the way you wanted to react?"
"How should I put it?"
Shao Qingbai rubbed his fingers on the steering wheel twice and said slowly:
"I just borrowed a little from someone else's idea - so if you're angry, don't blame me, blame Wen Tiange because he came here first!"
Lin Guantang: ...
It's not just about borrowing creative ideas, they've even borrowed the bad habit of acting first and reporting later!
It was not until Lin Guantang returned to the dormitory, washed up and prepared to go to bed that Wen Tiange's news finally arrived.
[Wen Tiange]: Haitang, do you want to hear a bedtime story that is thoughtful, thrilling, full of wits and courage, and done out of necessity? [Meng]
[Haitang]: You pretended to be me to carry out the mission and came back?
[Wen Tiange]: Wow~ You're so smart! You even guessed what I did. I admire you so much. Or maybe this is just telepathy. [Starry eyes][Starry eyes]
Lin Guantang: ...
Even if I act cute, it won't change the fact that you stole my account without my consent. Thank you.
In fact, Wen Tiange didn't want to do this, but his mission this time required him to disguise himself and go to another place to sneak into a banquet to obtain information. Unfortunately, his parents would also participate in this banquet.
His acting skills were completely taught by his parents, and even his makeup skills were taught by his mother. To be honest, he did not have enough confidence to hide the truth.
Wen Tiange applied to the Central Military Academy, but his parents did not agree. Although the Central Military Academy was still the top-ranked university in the empire, it also meant undergoing high-pressure training and dangerous missions. At least his parents did not think that the benefits of the military academy outweighed the risks.
It is obvious that you can inherit your parents' career and live an easy and happy life as an artist in the entertainment industry, so why go to military school and suffer?
But in the end, he couldn't change Wen Tiange's opinion and let him enter the military academy. If he witnessed Wen Tiange's mission scene tonight and really recognized him - whether he pretended to be someone else to steal information or was accidentally chased, he would probably be blamed.
Wen Tiange had already had too many arguments with his parents about topics related to the military academy, and he didn't want to have another one.
He thought hard, and then an idea struck him, and he set his sights on "Lingchen". If his identity was really suspected, then he would just have to refuse to admit that he was "Wen Tiange" and was someone else.
He has blue eyes, Lingchen also has blue eyes. Without showing the lower half of his face, he = Lingchen. Does that make sense? It makes sense!
As expected, during tonight's mission, his parents tentatively asked about his identity, but he fooled them.
On the other hand, the information that Wen Tiange needed to steal was also wanted by others. Less than three minutes after he got it, his trace was discovered and pursued. Coincidentally, a new round of group dance performances started in the banquet hall, allowing Wen Tiange to sneak in and finally escape by luck.
After escaping from the banquet hall, before the escort vehicle arrived, Wen Tiange calmly took out the mask that covered the lower half of his face, revealing only a pair of modified eyes. He looked at the group of people chasing after him and introduced himself:
"Countless shadows converge into the eternal night, and then disappear in the rising light of the early morning. Guess as you like, I have shadows that are familiar to each of you, but the early morning is the embodiment of glory and will never be dominated by the shadows in the dark."
After he finished speaking, before anyone could react, a loud bang was heard. Whether it was his parents who were lost in thought because of these words, or the people chasing him, or the other onlookers, they all instinctively turned to look in the direction of the loud noise, only to see raging flames mixed with blown-away ruins dancing in the night sky.
When I turned around to look for him, he was no longer there.
Nonsense, instead of taking advantage of this specially arranged explosion to escape, am I going to just stand there and wait for people to question my identity?
Wen Tiange praised his own wit.
He also felt that he had not done anything wrong to Lin Guantang - at least he did not bring discredit to this code name.
Wen Tiange: "The mission was completed beautifully! The academic credits go to me, the game points go to you, and this mission will also be recorded in your name by Hexi."
Lin Guantang: "Should I say thank you again?"
Lin Guantang listened to the voice message from Wen Tiange. He didn't think it sounded sincere and heartfelt. In the end, he said pitifully:
"Because I was a backup candidate, I didn't tell you. I also didn't want to disturb you. And if something unexpected really happened, I would have come to apologize to you right away. If you were the kind-hearted Haitang, you wouldn't have the heart to be angry and blame me~"
So if I blame you, I wouldn't be myself.
Lin Guantang was so angry that he almost laughed, but his attitude of admitting his mistakes was so sincere that it was impossible to be really angry. So in the end, he could only emphasize again and again that if there was really a need for his help - no matter what aspect or what method, he hoped that he could let him know in advance.
Wen Tiange immediately said happily that he would definitely do it next time.
***
"Is this a provocation to us?"
After the birthday party was over, Sheng Fenghua leaned back in his chair, staring at the candid photos on the screen, then looked up at the person sitting opposite him:
"I didn't expect Ling Chen to be such an artistic young man. However, this confirms that he and Lin Guantang have nothing to do with each other. You guessed wrong this time."
Zhu Hechang rarely feels this kind of frustration anymore.
He instinctively thought that he couldn't be wrong, but he forced himself to suppress this thought.
Believing that you can’t go wrong – if you are gambling, having this thought before placing a bet may be a sign of self-confidence, but having this thought after losing is nothing but impotent anger, and will push you into the dangerous abyss of being controlled by the desire to win.
He has jumped out of the group of ants at the bottom who were being played with, and has become a superior who can control the fate of others. He must not fall because of a small thing.
If you are wrong, you are wrong. There is no need to insist on your own opinion.
Zhu Hechang looked at the screen that was split into two. One half of the screen displayed an "early morning" photo taken tonight, with only the azure eyes exposed.
The other half of the screen displayed the key words that Lin Guantang was thinking about in his mind while participating in tonight's new product experiment in the simulated world.
"Huo Shizhen", "gift", "don't get it wet", "Chi Zhongsu", "is this real or fake", "amazing", "the flowers are so beautiful", "I'm so tired"...
Words of all sizes floated on the screen, but there was nothing related to "early morning".
Apart from that, there was no in-depth thinking about the simulated world. He just walked around in the simulated world as an experiencer. He was not even as good as other players. He would even try to destroy the world to see what the reaction would be.
He was actually seriously worried about whether real objects would be damaged in the simulated world... This level of simulation effect could make him confuse reality and falsehood. It has to be said that Zhu Hechang was a little disappointed.
He began to wonder if he was really deceived by Lin Guantang's appearance, or if his memory was embellished, which was why he thought that Lin Guantang, who had shown his brilliance at the tea party that day, had extraordinary potential.
Now, everything clearly shows that Lin Guantang is just an ordinary O College student who is deeply trapped in the sweet trouble called love.
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