" Uncle, how much did you pay her to get her to do it?" Ling Yi asked the greasy-looking Uncle.
" Ling Yi, what do you take me for?" The woman had become hysterical.
Ling Yi slapped the woman across the face.
That slap was quite powerful, causing the woman to stagger.
"This slap is for my past self!" Ling Yi's voice turned icy.
"That brain-dead author, why did he give me something like this? Was he deliberately trying to disgust me?"
"How dare you hit a woman, Ling Yi? Are you even a man?" The woman lunged at him again, baring her teeth and claws.
Ling Yi slapped her again, coldly saying, "That depends on what kind of woman she is."
"I earn six thousand a month, but you dare to spend ten thousand on me. I work hard outside, but you go clubbing every day. I come home very late every night and don't even get a hot meal..."
"You've changed more than a dozen men in the past year, do you really think I don't know?"
While cursing the woman, Ling Yi was also complaining about his predecessor. "This guy, even after all this, he still won't break up with her, still treating her like a treasure?"
This kind of woman is certainly despicable, but her past wasn't exactly pitiful either. A man who doesn't even care about his dignity is truly... pathetic and hateful.
" Uncle, you like this kind of woman? I just don't know how to get rid of her, so I'll give her to you."
"Ahem, it was just a joke, just a joke." The Uncle was Intimidation by Ling Yi's imposing manner, fearing that he would be slapped across the face, so he could only keep smiling apologetically.
"Phew!" Ling Yi let out a long breath, feeling much more relieved of the frustration in his heart.
"You guys... never mind, this place feels a bit disgusting. You guys continue, I'm leaving."
After Ling Yi finished speaking, he turned and left the room.
Ling Yi immediately forgot about what would happen to the woman and the Uncle; they were just minor characters, not worth taking up too much of the plot.
After settling into a random hotel, Ling Yi activated the Aura System to examine the "fat man's" memories.
To Ling Yi's disappointment, the fat man's memories contained no information about the Quantum Universe.
He's just a shut-in who comes from a family with a little Little Qian and spends his days indulging in online games.
Two weeks ago, he bought a very cool VR gaming headset online. After putting on the headset, his consciousness appeared in a futuristic room.
Then, an extremely beautiful woman appeared.
The woman wore a long blue dress and had long red hair; she was so perfect she didn't seem like a normal human being.
Especially those deep blue eyes, they were extremely striking!
She frowned and said with a look of disgust, "How could it be such an ugly fat person?"
The fat man's memory ends here.
These memories were almost useless to Ling Yi, as he knew neither the woman's name nor her identity, nor the specifics of the Quantum Realm she inhabited.
Following the fat man's memory, Ling Yi opened the online trading mall. A VR gaming headset cost 300,000 yuan, which was too expensive, so there weren't many orders, only 3.
Afterwards, Ling Yi recorded and kept all the information about this merchant...
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. That morning, Ling Yi was woken up by a cell phone ringing.
After groggily answering the phone, I heard a soft, weak female voice coming from the other end.
Hello, is this Ling Yi?
"Um, who are you?"
"My Zhao Yanran, and I'm your partner."
" Defense Bureau?"
"Yes, yes, Defense Bureau. Um, is your address Building No. 3 407, Dongyang Residential Complex?"
I'm not home right now!
It looks like your house was... burgled.
Ling Yi was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was most likely that his girlfriend, who was just a background character, had emptied the house.
Ling Yi said nonchalantly, "Never mind it. Where are you? I'll come find you."
There was a long silence on the other end, as if they were looking for a reference point.
I'm in front of a supermarket.
Ling Yi was speechless, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.
He spoke up to remind her, "The name of the supermarket!"
" Tiantian Fruit Supermarket is right next to your neighborhood."
"I'll be there right away!"
After hanging up, Ling Yi immediately called Zhao Hai, who answered almost instantly.
"What's with this partner? Did you arrange it?" Ling Yi asked.
" Yanran, my daughter."
"..."
"She was recruited by the Defense Bureau based on her abilities; I didn't give her any special treatment."
"So what?"
"We're short-handed, isn't that the best way? You and she can team up and investigate that fat guy."
Ling Yi remained silent for a while before saying, "Give me some funds for the activities; I'm very poor right now."
" Yanran has some, besides the activity funds, there's also some equipment and credentials."
"I see."
Ling Yi hung up the phone, curling his lip in disdain. What kind of partner is he? Probably just a surveillance and observation officer.
When Ling Yi found Zhao Yanran, the girl was sitting on the steps in front of the supermarket, happily eating an ice cream cone in each hand.
A pink dress, pink sandals, a pink backpack, and adorable brush-shaped hair... who would guess that this kawaii girl is actually a special agent of the Defense Bureau?
" Zhao Yanran?"
"Ah, yes, you're Ling Yi? Hello, hello!" Zhao Yanran hurriedly stood up, seemingly wanting to shake hands with Ling Yi, but she had two ice cream cones in her hands and didn't know where to put them.
Then, to Ling Yi's astonishment, he directly put one of the ice cream cones in his mouth.
Ling Yi looked at the small hand that the other person was extending and gave it a slight squeeze.
The girl took the ice cream cone off her lips, seemingly a little embarrassed, and said with a blush, "Could I finish this before I get your documents and equipment?"
"Fine!" Ling Yi said blankly.
Ling Yi waited a full five minutes before watching Zhao Yanran finish the ice cream cone, looking like she still wanted more.
"Where's your car?" Ling Yi asked.
"I can't drive, I took a taxi," Zhao Yanran said softly.
Call your dad and have him send a car over.
"Oh no, I can't do that, or the people at the station will gossip about me."
"The mission requires it."
"But I can't drive!" Zhao Yanran blinked and said.
"I can!"
Ling Yi wondered if the girl was pretending to be confused or genuinely confused; all he could think was, "Are the requirements for becoming a secret agent really that low these days?"
Zhao Yanran took out a pink cesium-plated cell phone and dialed Zhao Hai's number.
My dad asked, "What kind of car do you need?"
"Keep a low profile, but be durable."
My dad asked, "How about an SUV?"
"Can!"
My dad asked, "Why don't you just call him directly?"
Why? Of course, he wanted special privileges. Ling Yi refused to believe that the car Zhao Hai arranged for his daughter was just an ordinary one.
A dozen minutes later, a black SUV appeared in front of the two. The man in black who was driving saluted Ling Yi Ling Yi, handed him the car Key, and then... hailed a Little Lan car and drove off.
I don't know why, but watching the man in black ride away on the Little Lan bike gave me a strange sense of amusement.
Is your dad usually very stingy?
After the two got into the car, Ling Yi asked Zhao Yanran.
How did you know?
"Your dad's salary must be pretty high. Even if he doesn't embezzle or take bribes, he must make tens of thousands of yuan a month, right? But he smokes cheap cigarettes and wears cheap clothes. Don't you think that little kid riding the blue bike is pitiful?"
"Hehe, no, my dad said they're all national resources and shouldn't be wasted."
Ling Yi suddenly had nothing to say and lost the will to continue joking.
"Let's go!" Ling Yi started the car and drove straight out of the city.
Where are we going?
" Dabin Province!"
"Ah, why?" Zhao Yanran exclaimed in surprise, " Dabin Province, it's over 600 kilometers away."
"That fat guy bought a VR gaming headset online. It was because of this headset that the Quantum alien invaded his consciousness. And the company that manufactured this VR gaming headset is located in the Dabin Province."
"Impossible? I checked all of that fat guy's browsing history and didn't find any recent online purchases."
"If you were Quantum being, after taking over the fat man's body, would you leave no trace?"
"That's true. How did you know all this? Are you a hacker too?"
"Secret!"
Zhao Yanran pouted, seemingly angry, and stopped talking.
Ling Yi pushed the car's capabilities to the limit, and once on the highway, he drove it as if he were in an airplane.
Zhao Yanran's face turned pale when she saw the speedometer reading 320 mph.
More than three hours later, the car entered the Dabin Province and finally slowed down.
Following the navigation, Ling Yi quickly found the factory and parked the car right at the factory gate.
"You stay in the car and don't get out no matter what happens."
"No, we're partners." With that, Zhao Yanran stubbornly got out of the car, but held onto the car door and didn't move for a long time.
Ling Yi knew that her legs were numb because she had been sitting for a long time and was under a lot of Director Zhang.
"Your job is remote support. Do you expect me to carry you around and Combat on my back later?"
"But my dad said..."
"Your dad is right, but you have to listen to me now, or we're going back right now."
Is this supposed to be a partner? This is just asking for trouble, Ling Yi wondered. Could it be that Zhao Hai simply didn't have time to take care of his daughter and had abandoned her with him?
But thinking about it, it was impossible. After all, he and Zhao Hai had only just met, and it was impossible for Zhao Hai to trust him so much.
Zhao Yanran pouted and returned to the car. After Ling Yi entered the factory gate, Zhao Yanran giggled, took out her phone, and dialed Zhao Hai's number...