Chapter 75 – Now, Let’s Redraw the Board

Lin Xi would never have guessed that Zhao Xinning had planted the miniature listening device she had bought on the black market last night inside her bag.

Lin Xi’s conversation with Brother Dao and Sunglasses Man of the Shock Shark Gang, as well as her conversation with Shi Yu just now, had all been recorded by the tiny device and uploaded to the receiver…

After spending the entire day inspecting rental properties in person, Zhao Xinning still hadn’t found a place with a basement that satisfied her.

She decided she would keep looking tomorrow.

Naturally, the first thing she did after getting home was listen to what the miniature listening device had recorded.

Zhao Xinning plugged the receiver into her computer, put on her headphones, and opened the audio file…

…

“So Xi… isn’t human…” After listening to all the audio, Zhao Xinning slowly took off her headphones. “She’s actually a witch!!!”

The shock crashed over Zhao Xinning like a towering tidal wave, swallowing her whole.

She had planted the miniature listening device because she wanted to know what kind of relationship Lin Xi and Shi Yu had.

She never expected to uncover an absolutely earth-shattering piece of gossip!

Lin Xi wasn’t human. She was a witch!

When she heard Brother Dao threaten Lin Xi and force her into the car, Zhao Xinning had nearly broken down. But then she immediately heard the sound of a building exploding and catching fire, which left her stunned all over again.

Only after she continued listening to Lin Xi and Shi Yu’s conversation did Zhao Xinning finally piece everything together:

The people she had killed last night had belonged to the Shock Shark Gang. They had captured Xi and intended to use her as leverage to force Zhao Xinning to go back.

But Xi, being a witch, had turned the tables and killed them instead…

Also, Xi and Shi Yu were not truly a couple…

“This situation is really a little complicated…” Zhao Xinning paced back and forth in her room.

“It’s not just a little complicated. It’s extremely complicated,” Pluto said. “Xi isn’t as fragile as you imagined. On the contrary, she’s very strong. She’s a witch-a Special-Grade Disaster!”

“Even if she isn’t human, do you still like her?”

“Obviously,” Zhao Xinning said. “No matter what she is, Xi is Xi. I’ll always like her.”

“Mm, good,” Pluto said. “Then here’s the problem. She’s a witch who can burn straight through a building. The rope you bought, the Sleepy Black Tea, your plan to rent a house with a basement-all of it has become meaningless.”

“Right… right. She’s that powerful. There’s no way I can imprison her. Ah, no, I mean forcibly purify her…” Zhao Xinning sank into anxiety.

She was just an ordinary person. What could she possibly do to a witch?

“There’s also a second serious problem,” Pluto said. “Xi isn’t an ordinary person, and neither is Shi Yu. Are you sure you can kill her with just that gun you bought?”

Zhao Xinning: “…”

She had thought she had everything under control, but in reality, Zhao Xinning had discovered that she controlled nothing at all.

Pluto continued, “Among this pile of bad news, the only good news is that Xi and Shi Yu aren’t truly a couple.”

“As for what’s going on with this ‘contract couple’ business, we’ll have to keep monitoring and investigating.”

“And the happiest part is that Xi trusts you. She wiped out the Shock Shark Gang to protect you.”

“Yeah…” Zhao Xinning collapsed weakly onto the bed. “That’s the only good news.”

“But what should I do next?”

Pluto had no ideas either. “It’s not like you can take the gun, march straight over to Xi’s place right now, and blow Shi Yu’s head off in front of her, right?”

“Fine. That’s exactly what I’ll do!” Zhao Xinning got up to grab the gun.

Pluto: “…”

“Calm down!”

“Calm down!”

“The situation hasn’t reached the point where we just charge in blindly!”

“Play it safe and scale. Don’t overextend!”

Zhao Xinning lowered the gun. She truly felt as if she had exhausted every possible strategy and had nowhere left to turn.

Pluto said, “If you really do this, then the angelic image you have in Xi’s heart will cease to exist.”

“She believes so deeply that the person who went to the Shock Shark Gang’s shop to kill people and set fires wasn’t you. If you take a gun over there and kill Shi Yu right in front of her, she will definitely be disappointed in you.”

After calming down, Zhao Xinning took Pluto’s words to heart.

“Taking ten thousand steps back, are you sure you can kill Shi Yu just by going over there with a gun?” Pluto reminded her. “Don’t forget, Shi Yu isn’t an ordinary person either.”

“They mentioned the ZERO Organization just now. You need to investigate what kind of organization that is and find out who Shi Yu really is.”

“The worse the situation gets, the more you need to stay calm.”

“You aren’t completely at a disadvantage. At the very least, they don’t know that you’ve already learned about the side they’ve been hiding.”

“You are indeed an ordinary person, but you have more information. That gives you room to maneuver.”

“I understand all that,” Zhao Xinning said. “But the moment I think about Xi’s relationship with Shi Yu, I want to go kill Shi Yu immediately.”

“I’m so mad!”

“I haven’t even gotten to eat Xi’s cooking every day!”

“I haven’t even gotten to sleep with her every night!”

“I thought I knew Xi so well, but I only just found out now that she’s a witch…”

Pluto had no idea how to comfort Zhao Xinning. All it could do was tell her rationally:

“When you’re playing from behind, the most important thing is patience.”

“Endure humiliation, shoulder the burden, and bide your time.”

“Keep your confidence firm. You can win this!”

Zhao Xinning: “…”

“Fine. If the ‘yuri situation’ between Xi and me really reaches the point of no return, then I’ll go all in.”

“For now, let’s set up the board again…”

…

“For now, let’s set up the board again.”

Zhao Xing, Xia Xun, and He Mingyuan were seated in the conference room. He Mingyuan proposed that, in order to capture the three bank robbers, they needed to set up a new plan.

As the commissioner sent by Shuguang Technology to liaise on the Jinrui Bank bank robbery case, He Mingyuan was under immense pressure after failing to catch those three robbers for so long.

“We need to lure the snake out of its hole and set a trap,” He Mingyuan said. “Put out bait and draw them into making another move.”

“Bait?” Xia Xun asked bluntly. “The thing inside the safe in the vault?”

Xia Xun was honestly quite curious. What on earth was it, and why was Shuguang Technology being so secretive about it?

Would the robbers really make another move for that thing?

“Yes. You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing the child,” He Mingyuan said.

“All right.” Xia Xun had no objections. She was only responsible for arresting people.

In truth, neither she nor Zhao Xing particularly wanted to deal with this mess.

Because there was something even more life-threatening going on-Captain Feng Yuanwei from District 2 had contacted them to say that the Special-Grade Disaster who had once burned through an entire building in District 3 had gone to District 2 to commit another crime.

Capturing or eliminating a Special-Grade Disaster was the Countermeasures Bureau’s top priority.

Unfortunately, Shuguang Technology was the Countermeasures Bureau’s money daddy. The sponsor’s business was important business.

“Commissioner He, go ahead and set up the plan,” Zhao Xing said. “We’ll cooperate fully.”

He Mingyuan said with a beaming smile, “If nothing unexpected happens, they may take action within the next few days.”

“Oh? You’ve already released the ‘bait’?”

“That’s right.”

“Fine. Let’s wrap this up as soon as possible,” Zhao Xing said worriedly. “Captain Feng from District 2 is making a huge fuss about joining forces with us to catch that Special-Grade Disaster.”