Chapter 681: I’ll Accompany You
Sheng Xiao looked down at his little one from above. It seemed like she would not stop until gained some new insights today.
Therefore, he took the opportunity to sit down on the sofa and scoop her up onto his legs.
“Tell me, why can’t you figure it out?”
Mu Qiqi wrapped her arms around Sheng Xiao’s neck and told him roughly what they had discovered today, including the fact that they had found out that The Dark Abyss had livestreamed the murder. The one thing that was stuck in her mind right now was how and why the youths were willing to die.
“You spent 100,000 yuan to become a member of the forum. What did you discover after you got in?”
“You can gamble. You can get rich overnight,” Mu Qiqi answered Sheng Xiao’s question.
“You also said before that those eight children didn’t come from good families. If they heard that they could get rich overnight through the forum, what would they do?”
“Go to the forum.”
“But they don’t have the money to register,” Sheng Xiao reminded her. “You spent 100,000 yuan just to register. If you gambled it all away, so at worst, it would be gone. But what about them?”
Mu Qiqi fell into deep thought.
“If they really heard about the forum and wanted to gamble on this opportunity, they would definitely think of a way to raise the money. But the people in the bureau had conducted an investigation on their financial situations and found nothing unusual.”
Sheng Xiao pinched her nose after hearing this. “Seems like I really have to bring you to the casino in the future.”
“If a gambler has nothing, does that mean that he can’t gamble?”
“No, he can mortgage his clothes, hands and feet, kidneys, eyes, and even... life. He’ll give them whatever they want.”
Mu Qiqi was suddenly enlightened.
“I understand now.”
“You understand? Then do you know what to do now?” Sheng Xiao looked at the little one meaningfully.
“Previously, I spent money directly when I registered in the forum. The higher my spending, the more benefits I will get. So after my expenditure reaches a million yuan, I can receive the live broadcast address sent by the system.”
“And what if I have no money but want to spend in the forum?”
Sheng Xiao immediately smiled when he heard this. Giving her a reminder was not in something in vain. This little one was so predictable.
“You’re excited, aren’t you?”
Mu Qiqi hugged Sheng Xiao’s neck and nodded non-stop. “Yes, yes. I really want to test it out.”
“Test it out?” Sheng Xiao directly picked her up. “Do you still have me in your eyes? Hmm?”
Mu Qiqi quickly wrapped her arms around Sheng Xiao’s neck. “Of course there’s you. I’ll always have you!”
Sheng Xiao placed her on the bed and pressed himself against her. He had not ‘fixed’ this little one recently and she had almost forgotten who her husband was.
Mu Qiqi lay on the bed and looked at Sheng Xiao. Soon, she put the matter of the forum at the back of her mind.
While investigating a case was important, it was also important to appease a jealous man...
Moreover, her admiration for Sheng Xiao came from the inside out. His mind was always very clear and he could quickly capture things that ordinary people could not.
Even when it was in a field that he was not familiar with, he could still help her.
It was almost as if this man was born to be a god.
Therefore, in the midst of passion, Mu Qiqi did not hide her infatuation with this man. From the time she had a crush on him until now, her feelings for him had never waned. Instead, they grew deeper and deeper. Sometimes she even felt very guilty because she didn’t think she had done anything for him.
After the joy, there was silence in the room.
Mu Qiqi leaned into Sheng Xiao’s arms and sighed.
“Still not enough?”
“No, it’s just that I don’t think I’m qualified to be your wife.” Mu Qiqi buried her face in Sheng Xiao’s chest. “I’ve always taken things from you and I’ve never returned the favor.”
Sheng Xiao gently stroked her hair and lowered his head to kiss the top of her head. “I don’t want anything. I just want your company.”
“Mm, I’ll be with you. I won’t leave you even if I die.”
Although this sentence was often heard from the little one’s mouth, every time he heard it, it still made his eyes go wide and his chest swell.
..
The next day, everyone in the branch had another meeting.
At this time, Mu Qiqi told everyone about the analysis she had with Sheng Xiao last night.
And as Tang Yan was not a captain for nothing, he had contacted Feng Shanshan’s friend in the wee hours of the morning and obtained the latest link to The Dark Abyss.
This time, all of them tested it in the internet cafe and planned to enter the forum on credit.
Soon, Old Cheng arrived at the payment page. Apart from a fixed bank card, there was also an eye-catching option, which was to pay with a blank slip.
Old Cheng glanced at Tang Yan and entered the blank slip payment page. After clicking on it, the system automatically reminded him that for the first loan, he only needed to fill in his real name and details.
Then, Old Cheng received the loan amount of 100,000 yuan.
He immediately spent all the money in the forum and soon gambled away the loan in full. The system then continued to prompt him to continue the loan.
“Captain Tang, if anything happens, you have to protect me!”
“Continue the process.”
Old Cheng snorted and continued to enter the loan page. This time, the loan requirement was to pay some interest. It wasn’t too much.
Old Cheng once again gambled away 100,000 yuan.
“I understand now. The Dark Abyss treats players with money and those without differently. If you have money to pay, you can go in and spend it, and you won’t be in default. But if you borrow money to get in, there are all kinds of traps.” Mu Qiqi watched from the side, sighing deeply at how terrifying the forum’s founder’s imagination was.
Soon... Old Cheng’s loan amount reached 900,000 yuan.
“I think the truth about those kids committing suicide is getting closer and closer.” Feng Shanshan suddenly had a feeling. “This forum is really crazy.”
Old Cheng’s loan of 900,000 yuan was only the principal. With interest compounding, it was an insane amount.
If he continued to take the loan, it was impossible to predict how much debt Old Cheng would have to take on.
So, this was what The Dark Abyss was about, a few of them thought. However, they did not expect that after Old Cheng took out a loan of 1.3 million yuan, a new page suddenly popped up: Debt Settlement!
Old Cheng looked at Tang Yan as if waiting for Tang Yan to give the order.
Tang Yan nodded, and Old Cheng clicked on the button to pay off the debt.
Then, he entered a task page.
There were dozens of options such as mortgaging a house, a car, and so on. And there was also the last option which was to pay with his body. This must be what Sheng Xiao had mentioned...
However, just as Old Cheng was about to choose the last option, the computer screen suddenly turned black.
When he tried to log in again, the link had already been changed.
“What a pity. There was just one last step!”
“Perhaps they had already detected that this is a test...” Tang Yan said to the crowd. “This also fully demonstrates how powerful the person behind the forum is.”
“Most importantly, even if we already know how this forum works... how do we obtain evidence?” Mu Qiqi raised a question. “Whether or not those eight youngsters really owed money and if yes, how much did they owe that they had to commit suicide... We still have no clue.”