Chapter 58
Instant Revenge
Su Yun scooped out the noodles for the three siblings, then gazed at Wen Qiao, looking hesitant to speak.
“I did receive the money.”
“Mm.” Her mother nodded in response.
“I’ve made an appointment with the psychiatrist for Xiao Chi and Xiao Mo. She’s the best in this field and her rates are very expensive. Mom, I’m not going to lend the money no matter who asks.”
Su Yun nodded again. “I’m not asking you to lend them the money. I just want to tell you not to take their words to heart.”
Wen Qiao raised her eyebrows. “I know.”
Although it had only been a quick glance, Wen Qiao had always had a good memory, allowing her to retain whatever her eyes came across. Regarding the person who sent that message to her aunt, although she did have a suspect in mind, she needed to verify it first.
This phone number clearly wasn’t registered under the user’s real name, but came from an unregistered sim card bought at a small roadside store or newspaper stand.
After Wen Qiao was reborn, she suddenly mastered advanced computer skills without anyone having taught her. With her newfound skills, deciphering and decrypting the firewall password was a piece of cake. Finding out the venue from which this sim card was sold from only took her… half an hour.
First, she found out that the location where the sim card was sold was a newspaper stand not far away from her home. As Wen Qiao was familiar with the place, she knew there was a traffic camera there.
The computer screen turned black and strings of green code rapidly flashed by as it deciphered the firewall password on that street. Half an hour later, Wen Qiao retrieved the relevant snippet of video and carefully wiped off all traces of her involvement in retrieving and decoding the video.
After the format of the video was converted, Wen Qiao saw the culprit she was looking for.
It was just like she had expected—Xu Lu.
Moreover, looking at the timestamp, it happened 15 minutes after she made her sign that contract. It was apparent that she couldn’t wait a moment longer, instantly heading to buy the unregistered sim card and tipping her aunt off about that two million yuan Wen Qiao just received.
It was clear that Xu Lu was aware of the sort of people Wen Qiao’s uncle and aunt were, and she knew very well that they wouldn’t possibly let slip such a good opportunity to take advantage of them.
Wen Qiao leaned against the back of the chair as she stared at the girl on the screen, her lips curled up coldly.
There were voices outside and Lu Youyou could be heard outside the door. Seconds later, the door was abruptly pushed open and the girl in question had a face filled with righteous indignation.
Wen Qiao immediately closed the video.
“What’s the matter?”
With clenched teeth, Lu Youyou said, “I ran into Hu Zhulin and Zhang Peini in the mall toilet today.”
These two people were famous in Nine Middle School for being bullies. Smoking, fighting, dating… they participated in whatever students were forbidden from doing.
“And?”
“I heard them saying it was Xu Lu who bribed them to spread rumors of you sleeping around back then. Qiaoqiao, I recorded their conversation.”
Wen Qiao smiled at her. “Clever girl.”
Lu Youyou played the video recording for Wen Qiao. The disdain those two girls felt towards Wen Qiao was evident in their tones. They ridiculed her for being too dumb, for never having suspected Xu Lu before.
Wen Qiao asked Lu Youyou to send the recording to her phone. She then sent it to her PC and created a new WeChat account with a hidden IP address, before sending the video to—
Zhuang Yan.
Giving someone a taste of their own medicine was something she was pretty skilled at. Her fingers flew across the keyboard and Lu Youyou couldn’t at all understand what she was doing.
“Wow, Qiaoqiao, you seem like a computer expert. When did you master this skill?”
“Recently,” Wen Qiao said with a smile as her fingers continued to tap at the speed of light.
As Lu Youyou cupped her face with her hands, her voice was filled with wonder. “Qiaoqiao, I really feel that you’ve become way different than before. The current you is so charming.”
Wen Qiao raised a brow. “Don’t fall for me. Nothing is going to come out of it.”
Lu Youyou let out a soft snicker as she retorted, “Don’t worry. I only love handsome young dudes.”
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When Zhuang Yan received the video, he was baffled. He was very certain he had never added this sender as his friend. That person’s profile picture was completely black and his ID was a string of random alphabets. Was his phone hacked and did he get some kind of virus?
He opened it and saw that it was a video that lasted for less than a minute, with no images and only sound.