The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 94

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"Woof woof woof!"

From the back seat, Gua Gua popped its dog head out from between the seats and rubbed its fluffy head against Yu Yuan's hand.

[Host! We're rich!]

[Guess how many melon coins we made from that livestream?]

Yu Yuan had plenty of spiritual energy in her body, but still instinctively closed her eyes to rest. She didn't sound too interested in Gua Gua's question.

"Ten thousand?"

[Nope nope! Think bigger!]

"Thirty thousand?"

[Nope! C'mon, Host, be bold!]

"...You don't mean fifty thousand, do you?" Yu Yuan's brow twitched.

Fireworks exploded in the back of her mind, along with Gua Gua's excited baby voice. It was all full of cheer.

[Bingo! Fifty thousand melon coins!]

[Host! In just one morning, you did the work of fifty days! You've already racked up 56 days' worth of survival time—that's more than most other taskers can earn in a year! Oh, and I leveled up too—I got promoted to Group E, hehe, my boss said I'm the fastest-promoted system ever!]

Its baby voice was especially chipper today.

[Host, wanna upgrade the system store? Today's upgrade comes with a discount~]

Yu Yuan didn't even hesitate. "No thanks."

Last time the system upgraded, she'd blown all ten thousand of her hard-earned points. The price of survival time went up too. If she upgraded again now, she'd be broke for days.

[Aww...] The baby voice in her head sounded so disappointed. [Host, you really don't wanna upgrade? There's a huge discount today~]

It tried its best to act like a hardworking little salesman, but Yu Yuan flicked it away with a mental bonk.

"Absolutely not. I'm going to sleep. Shut up."

The car drove all the way back to the temple. Zhou Yu took out the keys and unlocked the main gate before suddenly remembering something about the show.

"Master, should we give the director a call or something?"

Gua Gua squeezed through the crack in the door. Yu Yuan glanced at the time. "No need. Your sister already talked to the crew. They left right after we did. The next shoot isn't until next week."

"Oh, that's good." Zhou Yu let out a breath and checked the time too. It was already past 1 p.m. There was no one at the temple today, and Liang Liang, their little junior brother, was still at kindergarten eating lunch.

Thinking about their poor little junior eating lunch all alone made Zhou Yu's heart ache a bit.

"Master, what about the grave of President Xiang's wife?" Zhou Yu suddenly remembered. He scratched at his silver hair, face wrinkling in confusion. "We haven't finished that commission yet, right?"

"The client's already gone in. Doesn't matter if it's finished or not," Yu Yuan said as she stepped over the threshold, leaving Zhou Yu standing there in a daze.

"Gone in? Master... you mean the kind of 'gone in' I'm thinking of?"

"Yeah."

Zhou Yu quickly opened his Dayanzi app and searched for President Xiang's name. The top results were still the same gossip from their livestream earlier that morning.

He frowned and muttered, "Huh? Nothing new..."

As soon as he refreshed the Dayanzi app's search page twice, a new update popped up.

The Baiyun City Police had just released a notice: the suspect in two m*rder cases from twenty years ago had been arrested, and they were currently in the process of gathering more evidence.

Even though the face in the image was pixelated, the man was wearing the exact same clothes President Xiang had worn during that morning's shoot. Zhou Yu recognized him immediately.

"Holy crap..." Zhou Yu stared as his master's thin silhouette walked into the house, the door quietly closing behind him. A strange excitement welled up in Zhou Yu's chest.

Was this... foresight?! If he trained hard enough, could he reach this level someday too?!

"Master!" He was more motivated to study than ever before. He dashed into the house in a few quick strides. "I'm going to read and prep for energy induction now! Just holler if you need me!"

His excited shout echoed from outside. In the next room, Gua Gua sat up on its haunches, front paws resting on the windowsill as it watched Zhou Yu bounce into the room next to Liang Liang's. Its doggy eyes blinked.

[He's so happy. Did he get a raise or something? Wait... no, he's unemployed...]

Yuncheng, Special Incident Investigation Bureau

Hua Nan sat on a worn-out leather couch, the screen of his busted phone more than halfway shattered, but still clear enough to show President Xiang being taken away.

Jin Zhudan had just gotten back from outside. As she walked past him, she caught a glimpse of his phone screen out of the corner of her eye and froze.

"Wait a sec... that Xiang guy looks familiar. Isn't he the one who threatened us last month?"

"What, what?!" The guy with the sunglasses shoved open the window from outside the room when he heard them talking. "That fat bastard—did he die?!"

"Not dead, but might as well be." Jin Zhudan took the phone from Hua Nan. "Look, he got arrested."

"Whoa whoa whoa! Who did that? That person deserves a medal!" Sunglasses Guy exaggerated every word as he grabbed the phone. "Now that's a good person!"

As the other two gawked at the screen, Hua Nan's eyelid twitched. "I went with Consultant Yu this morning to film Strange and Mysterious Tales of the Demon World. You two seriously didn't watch it?"

"Nope." Jin Zhudan was very matter-of-fact. "What's the point? I never watch variety shows."

Sunglasses Guy chimed in, "Me neither!"

"But boss," he grinned like a fox, "anything fun happen on set?"

"There is," Hua Nan shot them both a look, jabbing his finger so hard at his phone screen it looked like he might break it. "This! This is it!"

Jin Zhudan blinked. "Wait, this Xiang guy?"

"Yeah! It was our Consultant Yu who dug this up!" Hua Nan retold everything that had happened that morning. As he spoke, Jin Zhudan's eyes got wider and wider.

"Our Consultant Yu... is that amazing?"

"Well, she was personally assigned by HQ," Hua Nan said, feeling a weight lift off his shoulders just thinking about Yu Yuan's abilities.

With a heavyweight like her around, their chances of getting shut down were way lower now. He was definitely treating himself to a nice dinner tonight!

"But," the guy in sunglasses frowned at the pixelated image of President Xiang, "didn't Consultant Yu just state the conclusion on the show? She didn't show any actual evidence. So why would the police arrest him?"

That snapped both Hua Nan and Jin Zhudan out of their celebration.

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