Chapter 133
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This item… was from Brother Yu?
!!!
Lin Xiangyuan almost choked on his breath. The hand braced against the door trembled slightly.
His eyes widened as he looked at Yu Zhi—filled with nothing but disbelief… and awe.
No wonder Lao Shang had said before that one of them was ruthless at heart while the other was ruthless in action. Brother Yu… he was truly ruthless!
Not just ruthless inside—ruthless in action too!
As expected of the older brother… truly the big brother…
Shang Yu also looked dazed.
That the mastermind was Brother Yu—unexpected, yet somehow perfectly reasonable.
For someone like him, it had already felt strange that he’d been so quiet lately, staying obediently by Minister Yu’s side…
So he’d just been holding back for something big.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, then turned to Lin Xiangyuan—who was still frozen—and slapped him hard on the back of his bare head.
“Smack—!”
A crisp, resounding hit.
Yu Zhi couldn’t help glancing over. Both of them wore unfocused, drifting expressions.
They really believed it…
He turned to look at Fu Suxi.
Fu Suxi showed little emotion, his long, dark eyes fixed steadily on Qu Xiaonan.
“Did he hand it to you personally?”
Qu Xiaonan let out a mocking laugh.
“Aside from killing people with your own hands, do you personally do anything else?”
“Why not?” Fu Suxi snorted lightly. He wrapped an arm around Yu Zhi’s waist and said lazily,
“I’m the top. He’s the bottom.”
Qu Xiaonan: “……”
Lin Xiangyuan: “???”
Shang Yu: “!!!”
Yu Zhi’s lips twitched hard.
…What the hell? Is this lunatic sick?!
Expressionless, he bent his elbow and slammed it toward Fu Suxi’s abdomen—but just before it landed, a large hand intercepted him.
Those long fingers pressed against his elbow, sliding ambiguously down his forearm before covering the back of his hand, enclosing it in his palm.
Fu Suxi added,
“Yu Zhi’s exclusive one.”
Yu Zhi: “……”
Qu Xiaonan froze for two seconds. Her stiff expression turned into disbelief.
“You—you’re insane!”
Yu Zhi nodded in agreement.
He tried to pull his hand free. Not only did it not budge—it was held even tighter.
“Take her downstairs,” Fu Suxi said to Shang Yu.
Shang Yu responded and walked quickly toward Qu Xiaonan.
Qu Xiaonan knew she couldn’t escape, nor did she try. She had already done everything she wanted to do.
She stood quietly as Shang Yu cuffed her hands.
Just as the cuffs clicked shut, a shout suddenly rang out from another building—
“They’ve laid hands on her!”
The voice came from someone yelling out a window, echoing through the entire residential area. The previously silent compound instantly erupted into chaos.
Shang Yu’s movements stiffened. She quickly looked at Fu Suxi.
He ignored the shouting voice and merely glanced at her indifferently.
Relieved, Shang Yu pushed Qu Xiaonan toward the stairwell.
Yu Zhi watched them and Lin Xiangyuan head downstairs one after another, then looked at the hand Fu Suxi still refused to release.
With a fake smile, he said,
“Mr. Top, had enough of taking advantage?”
Fu Suxi squeezed his hand.
“What if I said no? Mr. Bottom.”
Yu Zhi: “…I just went to the bathroom and didn’t wash my hands.”
He meant to disgust him.
Instead, Fu Suxi asked with interest,
“When did you go?”
Yu Zhi: “?”
He gave him a complicated look. Just as he was about to speak, hurried footsteps echoed from the stairwell.
Lin Xiangyuan had come back up after seeing they hadn’t followed. He happened to hear them talking about… bathroom matters.
Scratching his bald head, he asked blankly,
“Do you guys need to pee? There’s an empty apartment downstairs.”
Fu Suxi finally let go.
“Someone needs to wash his hands.”
Yu Zhi: “……”
Even more confused, Lin Xiangyuan looked between them.
“Brother Yu… you want to wash your hands?”
Yu Zhi curled his lips into a cold smile.
“Yeah. He touched me. I feel dirty.”
Fu Suxi: “……”
Yu Zhi ignored the unpredictable madman and headed for the stairwell, deliberately keeping his distance.
While going downstairs, he glanced at the chat.
They were all discussing the item given to Qu Xiaonan.
[…User “Electronic Wooden Fish” wonders when you handed over the item and is knocking a wooden fish for your temporary lover.]
[…User “Evil Fleece” asks if you still can’t close the stream and tips 20 coins.]
[…User “Pure Love Warrior” confirms the stream is still on and asks how you gave her the item.]
[…User “Scarecrow Grass” screams that they’ve been watching you the whole time—you never closed the stream—and suspects you plotted something in your sleep.]
[…User “Rich Young Master Domineering” admires your mutual destruction and tips 0.1 coins.]
[…User “momo” says your setup is crude and looks forward to your next move.]
[…User “World’s Cutest Girl” wonders how you’ll introduce your bed partner.]
Yu Zhi: “……”
Why did every single one of them believe it was him?
Either Meteorite Biotech did it—or Fu Suxi staged it himself.
To push the next main storyline, Fu Suxi was escalating conflict between the safe zone residents and the Bureau.
Meteorite Biotech wanted to contaminate all humanity. Naturally, they would plant sources of contamination within the safe zone—forcing residents to confront it, making them believe the Bureau’s path was wrong.
At this stage, Fu Suxi and Meteorite were actually aiming for the same outcome.
Except Meteorite didn’t seem to understand Fu Suxi’s intentions yet—so he had the upper hand.
Yu Zhi lowered his gaze, silently cursing.
No matter who gave Qu Xiaonan the item—why drag him into it?!
As soon as he stepped out of the building, he saw Shang Yu and Lin Xiangyuan hesitating at the entrance.
Before he could fully step outside, he felt countless eyes on him.
He paused and looked up.
Behind countless windows, pairs of eyes stared straight at them.
It felt similar to being watched in the previous instance—but this time, the gazes burned with anger.
Yu Zhi raised a brow and glanced at Fu Suxi.
Fu Suxi didn’t pause at all. He walked forward steadily, unaffected.
Following behind him, Yu Zhi felt those gazes sharpen, like blades scraping across his skin. After a moment, most shifted away—realizing he wasn’t Fu Suxi.
The majority of attention remained fixed on Fu Suxi and Qu Xiaonan.
Qu Xiaonan was still alive, walking openly in front of everyone.
Instead of calming the crowd, it was like pouring fuel on the fire.
Soon, people began shouting—
“Let her go!”
“You dare act but not admit it!”
“Let her go!”
At first chaotic—then growing louder, more unified—
“Let her go!”
“Let her go!”
“Let her go!”
By the time they reached the compound entrance, even nearby buildings had joined in.
Her system item was still active—TVs, billboards, radios—all replaying Fu Suxi’s actions from the night before, stirring everyone’s emotions.
“Minister Yu,” Shang Yu said cautiously, “if what she said is true, and the video keeps playing as long as she’s alive… should we—”
She hesitated. “Cut power to the whole district? Or… let her keep streaming?”
The best way to calm things down would be for Qu Xiaonan to speak herself.
Qu Xiaonan sneered.
“Does he dare?”
“The first thing he did after finding me was destroy my computer.”
Shang Yu froze and looked at Fu Suxi.
“Then… cut power temporarily?”
“No need.”
Fu Suxi lifted his gaze toward the incoming armored vehicle.
“Let He Hanhai figure out what’s going on first.”
Moments later, He Hanhai rushed over in a backward T-shirt and flip-flops, followed by a sharply dressed man.
Song Guanyu stepped forward.
“Minister Yu.”
“Minister Yu!” He Hanhai hurried over. Seeing Qu Xiaonan alive, he exhaled.
“Good… she’s alive…”
The interrogation began immediately in the management office.
“Your name.”
“Qu Xiaonan.”
“How did you obtain the system item?”
“Last night…”
She spoke blankly, eyes unfocused.
“Yu Zhi’s lover left a letter and a USB item at my door.”
“How do you know it was him?”
“The letter mentioned the wall inspection incident… said he was forced into the relationship, disgusted with Yu Zhi, didn’t want to be with a man… said he was always under surveillance… and only I could do this…”
“The letter?”
“It burned itself after I read it.”
“The USB?”
“Destroyed by Yu Zhi.”
“Anything else?”
“No… nothing left…”
—
Song Guanyu stepped forward.
“There’s no need to waste more time interrogating.”
“Yu Zhi has both motive and means.”
He explained calmly—access to surveillance footage, teleportation ability…
Shang Yu tried to defend him, but lacked proof.
Song Guanyu pressed further:
“What if the livestream issue was fabricated?”
“And if it’s real… why now? Isn’t that too convenient?”
—
Yu Zhi leaned against the wall, watching with interest.
Honestly… it sounded pretty convincing.
Even he thought he looked suspicious.
Suddenly—
Click.
A lighter flicked.
Song Guanyu stopped mid-sentence and looked over.
Yu Zhi followed his gaze.
Fu Suxi stood there, a cigarette between his fingers.
He exhaled slowly, eyes fixed on Yu Zhi.
His voice was low.
“…Do you hate me that much?”
Yu Zhi: “……”
