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Chapter 82: Logging in to Xiao Mingyue Once More

Lu Li had planned to go to the bank and transfer the Courageous Act bonus check into his online account, but when he arrived he found the bank had already closed.

After thinking for a moment, he went to the supermarket, bought strawberries, yogurt, Lu Yao’s favorite snacks and cupcakes, and then headed straight home.

Lu Yao had returned from school earlier than Lu Li; when she saw him come in carrying bags of desserts and fruit, she bounded over to him.

Lu Yao asked curiously, “Dummy brother, what day is it today, why did you buy so many treats?”

“I don’t feel like cooking tonight, so just eat these yourself,” Lu Li replied.

“Long live my brother! Yay!” Lu Yao took the strawberries, walked to the kitchen and quickly washed them. “Eh, eat by myself? Brother, aren’t you having any?”

Lu Li shook his head. “It’s fine if you eat; I’m not hungry.”

Lu Yao was puzzled; her dummy brother loved strawberries, so how could he not eat any?

Could it be like last time, and he had bought those really sour strawberries again?

She checked the label and gasped, “Wow, these are cream strawberries; they’re really expensive, right?”

Lu Li nodded from the living room. “They’re pricey, but my beloved little sister likes them, so as her brother I have to buy them for her.”

“Brother, you’re the best!” Lu Yao’s almond-shaped eyes sparkled, but when she finished washing the strawberries and brought them out she found that Lu Li had already gone into his room and closed the door. “Brother? You really won’t eat?”

Lu Li said, “You eat them, you eat them; I have something tastier.”

“Brother…” Lu Yao was moved; he must have said that only because he couldn’t bear to eat them himself.

“Brother, I’ll save half for you!” she said earnestly.

“If you dare save any I’ll whack you!” Lu Li warned sternly. “Finish them all; they’ll spoil by tomorrow. If I catch you leaving any, I won’t buy you a phone tomorrow!”

“O-okay then.” Lu Yao sighed softly; her brother was just too gentle and considerate.

Once she finished college and made big money, she would definitely repay her brother well!

Hearing nothing from outside, Lu Li snorted quietly: Cream strawberries were nothing; compared with the premium strawberries from Xiao Mingyue’s house they were worthless.

It had been days since he tasted fruit from her place, and he really missed it…

Lu Li lay on the bed, found the most comfortable position, and with a thought he awakened the dating game in his mind.

[Generating love-interest panel data…]

[Love interest: Xiao Mingyue

Constitution: 5 (hereditary asthma)

Charisma: 9 (human beauty at its peak)

Intelligence: 8 (any cheating will be detected)

Wealth: ¥999,999,999 (maximum reached)]

“Dating game, start! I choose you, Xiao Mingyue!”

[Love interest selected successfully…]

[Entering the love interest’s body…]

…

Inside the Xiao family estate…

Xiao Mingyue wore a moon-white hanfu and sat at a rosewood table; her jade-like right hand supported her smooth forehead, her brows arched like distant mountains, and her starry black eyes lifted slightly, flickering with shifting light.

Her fingers tapped the rosewood, and her starlike gaze fixed on the white-haired old man in hanfu before her.

“Uncle Bai, how are things over at the company now?”

Xiao Mingyue parted her cherry lips; her clear, bright voice chimed like jade pendants, pleasing to the ear.

However, her tone carried a hint of interrogation and sounded quite authoritative.

The white-haired elder avoided gazing at the girl’s fairy-like face; he bowed slightly and reported, “Miss, through interrogating the suspects the police have already traced a traitor.”

“Oh? They actually found one?” Xiao Mingyue showed mild surprise and gave a cold laugh. “I thought they would just pass the buck, so this is beyond my expectations.”

The old man coughed. “They say they received help from a high-school student…”

Xiao Mingyue waved her hand. “Skip the irrelevant details and tell me who the traitor is.”

The old man said, “Li Chuyi.”

“Oh, it’s him? He is indeed a key figure; the police did well this time.” Xiao Mingyue tapped the tabletop with a fingertip, “But although Li Chuyi’s position in the group is not low, he still isn’t high enough to steal the newest secrets; there must be someone above him.”

The old man’s face darkened. “That person hides very well; I’m afraid we can’t catch him for now.”

Xiao Mingyue snorted. “So you stop because you can’t catch him? If we leave that scourge alone, the company will suffer even more!”

“This old servant will do his best, but with the information we have, it will be difficult in the short term…”

Xiao Mingyue rubbed her forehead in frustration, took a deep breath and asked again, “Uncle Bai, what did my father say about this?”

The old man looked uneasy and sighed. “Mingyue Group suffered heavy losses this time; the board has seized on our weakness and will move against us soon… If we cannot catch the traitor quickly, we will face severe censure, and the master… may strip you of the right to inherit Mingyue Group.”

Xiao Mingyue let out a cold laugh. “That old codger really is like that, intent on leaving the family fortune to his bastard.”

“Forget it, let’s drop this.” She interlaced her fingers, her dark eyes narrowing slightly. “Uncle Bai, have you found a solution to the question I asked you before?”

The old man’s expression grew odd as he said hesitantly, “According to you, your body suddenly lost control as if another person were manipulating it… If you were not dreaming or hallucinating, then in all likelihood it is dissociative identity disorder.”

“It cannot be dissociative identity disorder,” Xiao Mingyue refuted before he finished.

“This old servant has consulted the best neurologists in Yongning City; they say modern medicine cannot explain your symptoms…”

How could someone’s body suddenly be controlled by someone else?

The old man sighed softly; he felt she must have been under too much stress lately and had started hallucinating.

Seeing the sympathy in his eyes, Xiao Mingyue felt irritated. “If there’s nothing else, you may leave.”

“Yes, Miss.”

As soon as the old man left, the room felt instantly empty.

“Could what happened three days ago really have been a hallucination?” Xiao Mingyue took a deep breath. “Forget it, dwelling on it is meaningless; that thing has disappeared anyway.”

She set the thought aside, raised her hand and began reading the documents, but after only two pages her fingers froze and stopped moving.

Not only that, she realized her limbs were immobilized, as if she had been bound and could not move at all.

Her eyes stared blankly in one direction, the pupils unable to shift.

At the same time, she suddenly felt her mouth open slightly and emit a mechanical voice:

“Are you satisfied with your life?”

“Do you want to try a different kind of life?”

“System loading, requesting host authorization…”

“Yes or No!”

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