章 4: Chapter 4
編集者: Dragon Boat Translation
"Last night, I went to Yan City and had a few drinks. I ended up staying at a friend's place."
Jiang Moxi's heart nearly stopped, feeling as if the man had already figured out that she committed such an audacious act with him last night.
"Uncle, what are you suspecting me of?"
"Nothing, you're overthinking it."
The man glanced at Jiang Moxi again, noticing her attire in overalls, making her appear bulky and uninteresting.
Her face was heavily caked with makeup, thicker than fortress walls, and her eyes were lined so heavily. She failed to embody the essence of true beauty.
But the woman from last night had graceful curves, truly deserving the title of a stunner.
So, it shouldn't have been her.
The reason for the suspicion was that he had beaten Ye Chen so severely that his face was unrecognizable, and Ye Chen couldn't remember who the woman from last night was.
According to Ye Chen, he had arranged a woman for Fu Youhan last night, but she never showed up in the designated room, leaving him waiting all night. Consequently, Fu Youhan asked Chi Jing to investigate.
However, Chi Jing's investigation revealed that around five hundred women entered Yan City last night after midnight, but only ten successfully reached the VIP floor. Only three of them were alone, including Jiang Moxi.
So, he had asked her, but after asking, he felt he was overthinking things.
Fu Youhan didn't probe further, and the two had no further interaction until he dropped Jiang Moxi off at the bus stop at the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Moxi barely had time to thank him as Fu Youhan's car sped away.
Watching the car drive off, Jiang Moxi's anxious heart returned to its place...
On the other side, after Jiang Moxi got off the car, Chi Jing glanced at Fu Youhan through the rearview mirror. He saw Fu Youhan furrowing his brows while tidying the newspapers on the back seat.
When Fu Youhan stacked the newspapers neatly, the crease on his forehead disappeared, and Chi Jing started reporting the latest progress of the investigation.
"Third Master, all the surveillance footage from after midnight at Yan City has vanished."
Fu Youhan's gaze darkened. "When we retrieved it in the morning, it was still there, right?"
"Yes, but when we checked again just now, it was gone. Even the copies we made earlier have disappeared without a trace."
Chi Jing added, "Our tech team says it resembles the work of hacker X."
"Hacker X?" Fu Youhan's sharp eyes suddenly took on a trace of perplexity.
Hacker X was once a legend in the hacking world, and his name still ranked first on the hacker forum.
They had been both rivals and allies in the game, and Fu Youhan had even sent him a friend request, attempting to arrange a meet-up.
However, after sending that meet-up message, Hacker X seemed to vanish from the face of the earth.
But he couldn't remember how long it had been since he last received any news about Hacker X.
Four years ago, Hacker X disappeared suddenly, and the hacking community speculated that he might no longer be in this world.
"Probably not him."
Setting aside the fact that Hacker X had gone missing, just based on Fu Youhan's understanding of him, he usually handled international big deals. Why would he bother with such a trivial matter?
Seeing Fu Youhan so certain, Chi Jing skipped the topic.
"The surveillance on the other side was lost, so the tech team grabbed footage from the other side of the road. They found a woman named An Xueluo who left Yan City during that time period."
"Where is she now?"
"She's currently working part-time at a restaurant called Starlight."
Thirty minutes later, Fu Youhan arrived at the restaurant and saw An Xueluo through the window. She was wearing a pure white dress, her long hair cascading down her shoulders, sitting by the black piano, playing for the restaurant's guests.
She had an exquisite appearance and seemed pure and elegant.
The moment Fu Youhan entered, the entire restaurant fell silent as if time had frozen. All eyes were drawn to him, including An Xueluo, who was playing the piano.
Because this man was truly stunning, especially with an aura of nobility and charisma that couldn't be imitated by anyone else. Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair, he exuded a regal presence that made it impossible to ignore, like a king.
Everything seemed to freeze as if someone had pressed the pause button, and all eyes turned to him, including those of An Xueluo, who was playing the piano.
A few minutes later, An Xueluo was directed to Fu Youhan's private booth.
This was her first time seeing Fu Youhan up close, and even though he was in a wheelchair, his presence made her feel much smaller by comparison.
"Was it you last night?" the man asked in a cold voice.
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