Elsewhere, Meng Zhiyuan had brought Jiang Ze to the restaurant, where he was still eagerly asking why Young Master Chen had come to see him.
"Those people I told you about before-you believed me?"
Meng Zhiyuan placed a peeled shrimp in the young man's bowl before replying calmly.
"Yes. I looked into them and found they all had records of embezzlement and other crimes to varying degrees. I simply threatened them into selling me their shares at a low price."
He made it sound effortless, but what he said left Jiang Ze's heart pounding.
Jiang Ze had warned Meng Zhiyuan based on the plot, knowing Shen Yun would use this against him. He hadn't expected Meng Zhiyuan not only to believe him, but to act so efficiently.
No wonder he was the most formidable character in the book.
Jiang Ze's impression of the book had always been that its two leads relied entirely on plot armor and had mediocre abilities, while the powerful villain was actually the most capable character.
That was why he had remained indignant right up to the end, when Meng Zhiyuan was framed and died a horrific death.
Ding! Congratulations, host, on changing an important plot point. You have earned 1,000,000 points!
The system's mechanical announcement no longer stirred any surprise in Jiang Ze. By now, he had accumulated so many points that he couldn't even be bothered to count the zeros.
Still, he remained worried about the dormant state the system had mentioned before. Even this announcement was only an automated response.
He sighed, an uneasiness lingering in his heart.
He kept feeling that the system was hiding something from him.
"Does it taste bad? Keep spacing out and your food will get cold."
The man gently wiped a grain of rice from