Chapter 262
Qiu Chengye made a huge scene in the director’s monitoring room, but he still couldn’t get back the money that had vanished.
Director Niu led the entire staff out through the back door of the monitoring room, leaving Qiu Chengye behind, red-faced and fuming.
Xie Mi suddenly appeared sneakily from behind him, moving closer step by step, and asked in a low voice:
“Need legal aid?”
“Damn it!!”
Qiu Chengye almost had his soul scared out of him and roared on the spot, “Why the hell do you walk so—”
His voice trailed off, “…without a sound.”
[Kitty Bro’s daily panic mission complete (1/1)]
“Sigh.”
Xie Mi let out a long sigh, pulled up a chair with a melancholy air, and sat down like someone who had been through it all. “You lost all your money, right? I get it.”
Qiu Chengye’s expression suddenly changed as if he thought of something, and his lips started twitching violently.
“…It wasn’t you, was it?”
Xie Mi didn’t rush to deny it. Instead, she asked patiently, “How much money did you originally have?”
“Two thousand eight hundred.”
“Oh. I had 60,928.25. You think I’m so bored I’d steal your measly 2,800?”
Qiu Chengye was stumped.
It made sense. He couldn’t argue with that.
“Son.”
Xie Mi only flew into a rage for a second before calming down, stood up, patted Qiu Chengye’s shoulder, and spoke earnestly:
“Two thousand eight hundred may not be much to me, but to you, it’s your entire fortune. Hurts to lose it, right? Truth be told, my money got transferred away too. Now we’re both grasshoppers on the same rope.”
Qiu Chengye’s mouth twitched, seething but not daring to speak.
Who the hell is your son!!
But soon he caught onto the key words. “Wait—your money’s gone too?”
“Yes. And not only that, I also found the culprit who transferred my money. And I have good reason to believe the one who stole ours is the same person.”
Xie Mi narrowed her eyes, her gaze growing dangerous. “So now, I sincerely invite you to form a Victim Alliance with me—to take back the living expenses that were stolen from us! Are you—”
She took a deep breath, channeled her energy, and roared into Qiu Chengye’s ear:
“Willing or not!!!”
Qiu Chengye’s eyes rolled back from the shock.
Lunatic!!!
The Victim Alliance was officially founded.
Two penniless victims, sitting under the big tree in the center of Liancha Town’s square, plotted their revenge.
“So you’re saying Yu Jinzhe completed a hidden mission yesterday, and used the mission reward to transfer away our assets?!”
Qiu Chengye slammed the table and shot to his feet, eyes blazing, ready to storm off and confront Yu Jinzhe.
But Xie Mi calmly stopped him. “Don’t be so hasty.”
“Even if you confront him, you won’t get the money back. After all, he took it from us within the rules. If you want revenge, you have to fight him using the same rules.”
“?”
Qiu Chengye clearly didn’t understand. “What do you mean?”
“We know hidden mission rewards are skill cards, and there are countless types. Once you get a useful skill card, you could turn the tables in an instant.”
Xie Mi gave him a meaningful glance. “Son. This morning at 5 a.m., you picked up a hidden mission, didn’t you?”
Qiu Chengye’s expression immediately shifted, his eyes darting around.
“What hidden mission? No idea, I only got up at ten.”
Xie Mi smiled silently, then slowly pulled a slipper from her pocket. “This your slipper?”
Qiu Chengye’s face turned to sheer terror.
“How could that be—”
“How could it be in my possession?”
Xie Mi got fired up in an instant. “Because I was sleeping on the balcony this morning, and when you fell flat on your face downstairs, your slipper flew up and smacked me awake!!!”
[Puhahahahaha]
[Wait, so even when there’s no livestream, there are still side-shows like this. I’m dying]
[I can already imagine how hilarious that scene was]
[Kitty Bro’s fall must’ve been brutal, a slipper flying straight to the third floor?!]
[No wonder Qiu Chengye’s been limping around today, I thought he was peacocking in front of Sister Liu again]
With evidence that solid, Qiu Chengye had no room left to argue.
Yes, he had deliberately gotten up at 5 a.m. to sneak off to the mission shop for the hidden quest.
Afraid of being spotted, he ran too fast and fell headlong in front of the villa. Not only did both slippers go flying, but one had disappeared without a trace.
“… …”
“Don’t bother hiding it, it’s not even embarrassing. You saw Xiao Jingxi’s hidden task reward was a Bind Card yesterday and got tempted, right? Relax, I won’t expose you.” Xie Mi grinned.
Qiu Chengye nearly cursed her out loud.
[Didn’t you already expose him?!]
[LMAO, not even leaving Kitty Bro a shred of dignity]
[Okay, Kitty Bro’s spring heart has clearly awakened today]
“That’s not the point. The point is how to get our money back.”
Xie Mi brought the conversation back, “Here’s my idea: I’ll help you complete your hidden mission. Once you get the skill card reward, we can use it to reclaim what’s ours, depending on what kind of card it is.”
“Of course, the skill card’s effect is unknown. Maybe you’ll draw something useless like Xiao Jingxi’s Bind Card yesterday, or maybe you’ll pull something powerful like Yu Jinzhe’s Asset Transfer Card.”
“It all depends on luck.”
[So Old Xie’s plan was this all along. Not bad—it might actually work]
[It’s basically like a skill card blind box from completing a mission. If the card is trash, you’re screwed, but if it’s strong, you can flip the game]
[Not gonna lie, I’m excited now]
Qiu Chengye’s mind began racing—clearly he found Xie Mi’s idea doable.
It was perfect timing since he had been worrying about how to handle his hidden task.
“Alright. I accept.”
The father-and-son duo’s first joint battle had begun.
“My mission is to sing a love song to four female guests. I have to sing the whole thing, and they have to listen to the whole thing.”
Qiu Chengye pulled out his hidden mission token, filled with resentment. “This is literally an inhuman task!”
Xie Mi had half-expected something like this.
After all, at noon, when she saw him watching TV in the living room, he suddenly broke into song—his voice like a vengeful ghost demanding souls.
And, just as expected, Lai Bingxuan had slapped him, and even Liu Woxing had cursed him for being insane before storming upstairs.
[Got it—so there’s always a reason behind Kitty Bro’s fits]
[The problem with Qiu Chengye is he’s way too obvious about doing tasks. Yesterday he suddenly whipped out his phone for a forced selfie, and today he randomly started singing. You don’t think people notice?]
[After Soul Singer Old Xie, now we’ve got Death Song Singer Qiu Chengye. Little Liancha Town really is full of hidden talents]
[With Kitty Bro’s voice and reputation, just opening his mouth is enough to drive people away. To sing a full love song in front of a female guest, and four of them at that—it’s harder than climbing to heaven]
