Looking through so updates on Er Miao’s account, you can see there were days when she was online arguing with people from 8:30 PM until 10 AM the next morning.
She would retort with a ssage almost every few minutes.
For several consecutive days.
Looking at her ntal state, she didn’t seem like soone who would be driven to suicide by online harassnt.
Then, just a few days later, news spread that she was stabbed to death by a man.
It was a video posted by Zhang Xiaoi, tearfully accusing Guan Wenshi of suddenly breaking into their ho in the middle of the night, rushing into Er Miao’s room, and stabbing her viciously many tis, then fleeing after killing her.
This area already had bad security, so even though there was a homicide case, the local authorities were slow to act and reluctant to deal with it, which allowed Guan Wenshi to disappear without a trace.
Since Er Miao’s death, Guan Wenshi has been missing and has not been found.
On Er Miao’s account, you would occasionally see updates from Zhang Xiaoi, completely abandoning her previously arrogant attitude. She looked haggard, crying and pleading for justice, asking the wider online community to help find the murderer.
Not only that, but she often shared snippets of Er Miao’s daily life at ho, letting more people know that Er Miao was actually a kind, obedient, and lively girl.
The internet always tends to be exceptionally forgiving of the dead, and thus Er Miao’s reputation was restored.
While Zhang Xiaoi did not directly monetize her death by live-streaming in the mourning hall like Banban’s mother and brother, she was smarter. She updated short video platforms with stories about her and her daughter’s daily life, letting everyone deeply understand Er Miao’s past.
This account surprisingly amassed several million followers.
Zhang Xiaoi even opened a shopping window, selling various small items like Er Miao’s mobile phone cases, phones, earphones, clothes, jewelry, computers, etc.
Josh frowned slightly.
Rob’s eyes flashed with disgust: "I thought she was very sad, but she’s just profiting from her daughter’s death."
Nobody understood better than him the pain and despair of being used as a tool for profit by one’s closest relatives.
He felt heartache for these girls and couldn’t help but feel grateful that these things happened after their deaths so that they wouldn’t have to face such inhuman family mbers.
Josh looked at Yuze: "What do you think?"
Yuze: "This Zhang Xiaoi is very problematic."
Josh nodded: "I think so too."
Yuze continued: "Also, there’s a very crucial point. During the entire online harassnt ordeal, only Zhang Xiaoi appeared in person."
Rob had a sudden realization: "Right! Neither Er Miao nor that Guan Wenshi ever appeared online. So, the initial claim that Guan Wenshi publicized things online and incited everyone to harass Er Miao is a lie."
Josh: "So we can’t really know the truth of the whole situation. After all, it’s just Zhang Xiaoi’s side of the story."
She paused for a mont and continued: "I think we can start with Luo Zengsheng."
"Him?" Rob seed startled: "I feel he seems a bit simple, can he do it?"
Yuze glanced at Josh with a knowing smile: "It’s easier with a simpleton; they’re the least likely to hide things."
Josh picked up a pen and circled Luo Zengsheng’s na.
*
"God, they’ve already traced things back to Er Miao." The butler stood respectfully nearby, placing a cup of freshly brewed strong black tea on the coffee table.
Upon hearing this, the man slowly opened his eyes, the gray, glassy pupils shimring with a deep light: "So fast? As expected of my new toys."
He smiled, took a gentle sip of the black tea, looking quite pleased: "So, have they been chased by those people yet?"
The butler nodded: "The harassnt has already spilled over into the real world."
"Real world?" God R raised an eyebrow at this notion, "What is real? What is virtual? Are you so sure their world is reality?"
The butler hesitated: "This..."
God R extended his long, elegant fingers: "Tell , do you think my new toys will like this new world?"
The butler respectfully lowered his head: "As long as it’s a world created by God, no one will dislike it."
God R nodded with satisfaction: "Then she’s bound to like it."
*
Josh stood behind the building where Luo Zengsheng lived. Rob, hovering in mid-air, gestured an okay to her.
Josh nodded and used Spider Silk to climb up, stopping outside the Luo family’s window.
It was past three in the morning, and almost everyone in the alley was asleep.
Josh silently climbed to the window outside Luo Zengsheng’s room using the Spider Silk. She moved the window, but it was locked tight.
She drew out a strand of Spider Silk from her palm, extended it inside through the gap, and managed to unlock the window lock.
Luo Zengsheng, who was a light sleeper, was soon startled awake by the sound of Josh sneaking in through the window.
He sat up groggily and saw Josh’s upper body leaning inside while her half foot dangled outside.
Her long hair was draped down, tousled by the night wind.
Josh’s eyes t his, her body instantly freezing.
Luo Zengsheng’s face turned ashen, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Josh: "..."
Either way, at least she wasn’t so ugly as to faint at first sight, right?
She jumped in, hoisted Luo Zengsheng over her shoulder, and leaped out.
They returned to the hotel across the street.
Yuze raised an eyebrow in surprise when he saw the unconscious Luo Zengsheng: "Did you knock him out?"
Josh’s mouth twitched.
Beside him, Rob choked back a laugh and leaned over: "He fainted when he saw the Little Tactician crawling through the window."
The plan was to interrogate him in his room and leave once done. Now, since he passed out, they’d have to wake him up, question him, and then send him back.
They initially planned not to alarm Luo Zhiwei and Zhang Xiaoi.
The two of them are suspicious; alerting them isn’t suitable.
Josh roughly woke him up.
When Luo Zengsheng saw the three of them, he had a brief mont of daze, then finally reacted in Rob’s embrace: "Brother..."
Rob hurriedly avoided him: "Stay away, I have a phobia of n!"
The two thrashed around in the room.
Josh raised an eyebrow: "Weren’t you pretty straightforward when hugging the captain before?"
Rob ducked to the side while disdainfully avoiding the other’s touch: "How can the captain be the sa as anyone else?"
Yuze smiled warmly at her: "I’m good-looking."
Josh: "..." Asking was redundant.
Yuze wanted to subdue Luo Zengsheng with force, but Josh stopped him.
"His intelligence seems low; let’s not scare him. It’ll be harder to get information then."
Yuze had to withdraw his hand.
Josh looked over at Luo Zengsheng: "Look, I’ve got cartoons here!"
Luo Zengsheng paused at the ntion of cartoons and looked towards Josh.
Josh turned on the TV to the cartoon channel that was showing the story of two little dinosaurs.
Luo Zengsheng’s eyes lit up: "Little dinosaurs."
Josh smiled and nodded: "Yes, you see, we’re not bad people."
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