Let's Squander A Billion First!

The relevant department received a report that someone had used a weapon to kidnap a senior member of a company, and they rushed to the scene immediately.

However, when they, fully armed, pushed open the door, the scene inside was somewhat bewildering.

The group that was allegedly held hostage was sitting comfortably, while the purported kidnappers were either lying down or unconscious.

This is...

What’s going on here?

-

Chuzheng handed over those people’s documents and papers to the relevant department.

Seeing such documents, the people who arrived were startled and quickly called their superior.

The superior made a call to ask for higher-ups’ help in verifying.

The verification results confirmed that there indeed were such people, and the names and documents were genuine.

Chuzheng: "..."

How am I going to get myself out of trouble this time?

"But..." the superior took a deep breath, "The people don’t match."

Chuzheng: "..."

Had Chuzheng not been maintaining a tough demeanor, she might have wanted to punch this superior a few times by now.

"So, these are impostors?" What I did wasn’t wrong, right!

"Yes, I also submitted the documents, and after verification, there was nothing of the sort."

No mistakes then.

It scared me.

The group was still in disbelief as they were taken away.

They probably didn’t expect to be caught like this.

Chuzheng stood at the door and watched them leave.

Once everyone had left, the Executor cautiously approached Chuzheng: "Boss, why did these people come to our company?"

Chuzheng casually replied, "How would I know? I just became the boss and don’t know what your company did in the past."

Executor: "..."

These people, undoubtedly, came for Qin Luo.

But where is Qin Luo now?

Chuzheng didn’t know, nor could she guess.

She gathered everyone for a quick meeting, instructing them to guard the company and prevent any incidents.

Chuzheng returned home to find that Aunt Deng had already gone to sleep. She quietly entered her room.

The room was pitch black, and Qin Luo was still not there.

Chuzheng logged into the game to check, but he was absent there too.

She was about to log off when Daring Difficult People sent a message over.

[Private chat] Daring Difficult People: Miss Rich Lady, what are you up to lately?

[Private chat] One Step Loses a Billion: Wasting money.

[Private chat] Daring Difficult People: It’s impossible to chat in this atmosphere.

[Private chat] Daring Difficult People: We’re going on a mission; you in?

[Private chat] One Step Loses a Billion: Busy.

[Private chat] Daring Difficult People: What are you busy with in the middle of the night?

[Private chat] One Step Loses a Billion: Wasting money.

[Private chat] Daring Difficult People: ...

Fine.

He couldn’t afford to offend this rich person.

Chuzheng closed the private chat panel and sat in the Night Return Hall, rapidly organizing thoughts about Qin Luo’s disappearance.

Qin Luo was no different than usual.

So this disappearance might not have been his intention.

Qin Luo’s core server.

Must find it.

Chuzheng logged off and began searching through the game company’s documents.

The game company rented all its servers, and the annual rent cost a significant amount.

Chuzheng had someone contact the company first.

The next day, Chuzheng went over with her team. During the ride, she felt someone was following her, so she had the driver take a couple of detours to shake off the tail before arriving at the company.

The company’s representative greeted her: "Boss Jiang... didn’t expect you to be so young."

Chuzheng politely nodded, "Show me around first."

The representative didn’t expect Chuzheng to be so direct, "Sure."

While observing the server room via surveillance, every corner was visible.

"These are all Boss Jiang’s company’s servers, and we’ve maintained them very well," the representative introduced.

Chuzheng’s eyes scanned all the surveillance, and basically, all servers were running.

"Is there anything unusual here?"

The representative, thinking this new boss was worried, patted his chest and assured, "Boss Jiang, rest assured, even though we aren’t large in scale, we take full responsibility and there won’t be any problems."

Chuzheng: "..."

Chuzheng pointed to the room next to their company’s, "Why are these not operational?"

"Oh, those belong to a research lab that hasn’t renewed their lease, and we couldn’t reach them. I’m not running a charity, you know, so I had someone..."

The representative gave an exasperated expression.

"When did you shut them down?"

"Just in the last couple of days." The representative didn’t know why Chuzheng was asking about someone else’s servers, but it wasn’t a secret, "Around the day before yesterday? We’ve been busy, so I’m not sure when my staff did it exactly, but either the day before yesterday or yesterday."

Chuzheng’s eyes darkened.

The timing was about right.

Research lab...

Chuzheng asked, "What kind of research lab is it?"

Feeling the need to be diplomatic, the representative said, "Boss Jiang, I can’t really say, you know, it’s client privacy."

"Let’s discuss this outside."

The representative followed Chuzheng out.

Half an hour later.

Chuzheng sat in the office, flipping through files.

The servers were leased by a tech research lab.

What exactly they were doing, the company had no clue.

This company wasn’t shady; they had given a grace period of more than two months, and the other side still hadn’t renewed the lease.

Chuzheng was silent for a moment and told the representative, "I’ll pay the lease for those servers; you ensure they run properly."

-

Returning home, Chuzheng looked around; her heart felt a chill.

Qin Luo was still absent.

Chuzheng propped herself on the desk, irritably sifting through its contents.

The more she looked, the more irritated she became.

She kicked the desk, the noise loud in the silent night, then steadied herself and sat down on the side.

She leaned back heavily in the chair.

Great.

I don’t even know where the Good Person Card is!!

The Bastard hasn’t howled yet, which means the Good Person Card is temporarily safe.

Thinking of this, Chuzheng felt a bit relieved.

The Good Person Card is already a mature card and needs to learn to take care of itself. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Chuzheng exhaled, grabbed some clothes, and went to shower.

When she came out, intending to sleep, she caught sight of the gaming helmet in her room out of the corner of her eye. After a moment of contemplation, she put it on and logged into the game.

At this point, it was already late at night, and the world was quiet.

Chuzheng intended to take a quick look and log off but found herself upstairs, standing outside the room where Qin Luo often stayed.

Chuzheng extended her hand to the doorknob.

A minute later, she withdrew her hand and turned to leave.

At the top of the stairs, she turned around and kicked the door open, stepping into the room.

It was nighttime, and the room was dimly visible. Chuzheng hadn’t had much hope but froze when her gaze landed on the bed.

There was someone on the bed.

Chuzheng: "..."

Chuzheng walked over, stooping to take a closer look.

It was definitely Qin Luo’s face.

He lay spread-eagle on the bed, one cheek pressed into the pillow, slightly distorted.

That sleeping pose was truly...

Soul-stirring!

But does an AI even need to sleep?!

"Qin Luo."

Chuzheng gave him a rough shove.

Qin Luo twitched a finger first, then turned his face to one side, his eyes slowly opening.

"Xiao Chu..."

He murmured softly.