Chapter 89: 089 First Mission And The Silent Dinner
Wang Heng returned to the dormitory.
He had just sat down at the desk and opened the computer when his peripheral vision caught a small thing crawling out of the cage.
The hamster ran onto his keyboard, opened a blank document, and calmly started dancing.
【Let me tell you something】 Seven characters had just been typed, and right at the moment it was about to step out the eighth character, Wang Heng suddenly had an impulse, a sudden inspiration.
He slapped the hamster with one hand, swatting it off the keyboard.
Wang Heng: “Unexpected? Surprised?”
Wang Ke, sitting behind him, asked upon hearing this: “Teacher Wang, who are you talking to?”
“Nothing, just talking to myself.”
“Oh, talking to yourself…” Wang Ke put his headphones back on and continued looking at the screen.
The hamster got up, one small front paw on its hip, the other pointing at its unscrupulous owner. That tiny body trembled slightly, out of indignation. But it couldn’t speak right now because the roommates were all there.
Wang Heng could explain away his talking as talking to himself, but if its voice was heard by others, there would be no way to explain it at all. And the dancing typing motions on the keyboard could be stopped at any time, plus Wang Heng’s body was blocking it, making it hard for others to see.
Wang Heng lowered his voice and said: “It’s fine, you continue typing. I won’t interfere this time.”
The hamster returned to the keyboard and typed out a line: 【I express strong indignation and condemnation toward you!】
Wang Heng: “Heh, that’s how I’ve been feeling lately too.”
Hamster: 【I have serious business to tell you!】
Wang Heng touched his chin: “The way you’re typing the exclamation mark is kinda funny. You have to hold down shift and the number 1 key at the same time—it’s practically like breakdancing…”
Hamster: 【Shut up and watch quietly!】
Wang Heng shrugged, closed his mouth, and watched the hamster type out a long passage on the keyboard with extremely agile movements:
Hamster: 【The worldline anomaly just observed. A bridge loan fraud case that happened in Kun City. The mastermind fled with the money and arrived in Rongdu yesterday. According to the original worldline, this criminal should have been caught at Rongdu Airport. But due to the butterfly effect, he temporarily decided not to go to the airport and continues to lurk in Rongdu. The probability of him escaping abroad is very small, but letting him stay in Rongdu will trigger more anomalies.】
Wang Heng: “Report him online, doesn’t that work?”
Hamster: 【No, he’s extremely vigilant right now. Online reports require some processing time, and communication between different police departments requires procedures. As it stands, this matter can only be handed to you. You have two choices: one, subdue him on the spot and take him to the police station; two, persuade him not to keep hiding, buy an airplane ticket quickly, and go to the airport to step into the trap.】
Wang Heng still kept his voice down, but his tone had a bit of a pained feeling: “I don’t know this guy, why would he listen to me? And subduing him on the spot… do you think I’ve learned jujutsu or something?”
Hamster: 【If there was an easier way, I could’ve handled it with your computer. Would I need to assign you a mission?】
After typing this line, it stepped on ctrl and A to select all the document content, then jumped to delete to erase it.
Wang Heng pondered silently, then suddenly asked in a low voice: “Does this mission have anything to do with them? It’s just a simple correction of an anomaly, and the criminal seems to be male too—nothing to do with girls, right?”
Hamster: 【Probably, perhaps, should be no?】
Wang Heng: “Holy crap… that wording, that question mark—it’s hard to feel rest assured!”
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The meeting place agreed upon by Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle was an ordinary fast food restaurant.
Han Yixuan, whose family situation was fairly well-off, certainly wasn’t unable to afford higher-grade restaurants. Her family gave her plenty of living expenses, so she could go to mid-to-high-end restaurants a few times a month. But for her struggle plan, she felt it necessary to start saving on unnecessary expenditure from now on. And pretending to be poor in front of Pei Ningle might even have the effect of showing weakness, making her look down on her more…
At 6:30 in the evening, with these thoughts in mind, Han Yixuan met Pei Ningle at the doorway of the fast food restaurant, but she didn’t see the slightest contempt in the other’s eyes.
She also noticed that Pei Ningle wasn’t wearing any designer clothes—just simple long sleeves, cropped pants, and sports shoes, looking natural and full of youthful vitality.
Is this the calm composure of a rich loli? Han Yixuan pondered inwardly.
This fast food restaurant had no waiters serving food; you had to go to the counter to order yourself, and pay before eating.
After ordering their respective set meals, Pei Ningle took out her wallet from her backpack. Though she was a petite girl, she said quite boldly: “I’ll treat!”
Han Yixuan resolutely said: “No no no, I’m the one expressing gratitude—how can I let you treat?”
“It’s fine, I…”
“I said I’d treat, so I’ll treat!”
Han Yixuan hurriedly stuffed the money into the waiter’s hand. But at the same time, she discreetly glanced at Pei Ningle’s wallet.
The wallet was a bit worn, but bulging, and from the gap, bright red could faintly be seen—no mistake, a wallet stuffed full of hundred-yuan bills, the aura of a tycoon.
Tsk, damn rich people.
Soon, the waiter assembled the food, placing it on two trays respectively. The two girls each carried their own portion and found a blank space to sit down.
Throughout, Han Yixuan continued secretly observing Pei Ningle’s movements and expressions. It seemed this rich loli didn’t feel any discomfort at all?
Not only rich, but also very down-to-earth…
While eating, Pei Ningle picked up a lotus root slice with her chopsticks, brought it to her mouth, but the chopsticks failed to hold it steady, and the lotus root slice fell on her pants.
“Ah!” Pei Ningle froze for a moment, then hurriedly looked for a napkin to wipe the oil stain off her pants.
Han Yixuan watched coldly from the side, inwardly chilled—pretending to be clumsy on purpose to win boys’ affection, even arousing other girls’ protective impulses—this acting skill was played so proficiently?
What a terrifying opponent… But Han Yixuan knew very well that she absolutely wouldn’t fall for it.
How could a dumb and cute girl like that find out her school and go there to stalk her? If she hadn’t stalked her and Wang Heng herself, she definitely would have been fooled by this surface-level dumb cuteness!
The meal wasn’t even finished, but Han Yixuan was increasingly convinced of her judgment. This Xiao Le was absolutely the greatest enemy she’d ever encountered in her life—outwardly a loli, wallet full, scheming deeply, and most importantly, she definitely liked Wang Heng too, otherwise she wouldn’t bother stalking her.
What a despair-inducing enemy… But no matter, she wouldn’t surrender so easily!
Han Yixuan inwardly ignited her fighting spirit.
At this moment, she changed her mind again.
Getting rich quick was really too hard, and this enemy calling herself Xiao Le was too terrifying. If she focused on earning money, by the time she got rich, Wang Heng and her might already have kids.
So, she had to return to the battlefield! And she had to be strategic about it—best to flank from the side, from an angle outside Xiao Le and Wang Heng’s expectations…
Han Yixuan viciously bit into a radish, silently pondering.
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