Life Game In Other World-Chapter 76 - The Commission Please Favorite Follow and Vote for the Monthly Ticket
76: Chapter 76: The Commission (Please Favorite, Follow, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket)
76: Chapter 76: The Commission (Please Favorite, Follow, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket)
When the morning light streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office and spilled onto the soft sofa, the slender woman lying on the sofa stretched lazily.
She glanced at the blanket draped over her and then at the cute red-haired girl beside her, who was chubby with baby fat and soundly asleep.
The woman took the blanket off herself and placed it over the girl.
In front of the sofa was a desk made entirely of a single screen, cluttered with various drawings and writings—the results of the discussion she and the red-haired girl had had all of last night.
It was a plan on how to use the one million federal coins to establish a Homeless Children School.
The woman gathered her black hair, letting the mess of tresses neatly slide down her shoulders to her back, and then she stepped out from the gap between the desk and the sofa.
She filled a cup with hot water and made herself instant coffee.
After adjusting her coffee, she carried it back to the desk, slid her fingers across the screen, and admired last night’s work.
Then she walked over to a smaller desk, pulled open her bag, and took out the books one by one.
“Ah~”
A content sigh came from behind her.
The red-haired girl Annie rubbed her eyes and shuffled against the back of the sofa, “Jiali, what do you think we should name our school?
What are you looking for?”
“Looking for a book,” Yi Jiali held her coffee and flipped through her bag with a puzzled look, “I’m sure I brought it back yesterday.”
“What book?”
Annie rubbed her eyes, still groggy as she stood up and walked toward where Yi Jiali was standing.
“‘Dauntless Dawn,’ an autobiography by the Mayor.”
Yi Jiali said slowly.
“Since when have you read that sort of book?”
Annie yawned and brought her head close to sift through the books Yi Jiali had taken out, looking for ‘Dauntless Dawn.’
“It’s not for me,” Yi Jiali set her coffee aside, “remember the commission case from before?
They asked for my help to investigate his parents’ cause of death.”
“Oh,” Annie opened her mouth wide, struggling to recall, “the Mayor’s foster son?”
“Right, he’s the Mayor’s adopted son,” Yi Jiali explained while searching, “His parents died in an exotic beast attack.
At that time, Mayor Wente hadn’t been elected yet; he adopted the boy on the spot when he visited the site.
Now that he’s grown up, he wants to investigate his biological parents’ cause of death.”
“Didn’t you say the cause was an exotic beast attack?” Annie blinked in confusion, “And now you’re taking private detective cases too?”
“That’s the official cause of death, but he seems to have a different opinion,” Yi Jiali yawned, “He’s paying a hundred thousand federal coins for the legal fees, according to the progress of the case, and he will pay the balance in full even if the investigation confirms the official result.”
“Whoa,” Annie’s mouth fell open in surprise, “you’re able to get such expensive cases with your skills?”
“What do you mean ‘my skills’?!” Yi Jiali raised an eyebrow, “I have a Doctorate in Law from Dawn Law School, you know.”
“A Doctorate in Law who took seven cases in two years, earned sixty thousand federal coins, and managed to get a former employer sentenced to twenty years in prison?”
Annie rattled off quickly.
“What do you mean ‘got the employer sent to prison’?
He wasn’t my employer when I sent him to jail, okay!
And I didn’t personally send him; I just informed my prosecutor friend of his crimes.”
Yi Jiali argued.
“So I said former employer.”
Annie nodded.
“Annie, when did you get so sharp with your words?”
Yi Jiali reached out and pinched Annie’s mouth.
“Mumble mumble,” Annie wriggled free of Yi Jiali’s ‘claws,’ and then she cast her gaze on the bag and books in front of her, “Jiali, could you have forgotten the book in the car or left it in the library?
Also, what’s the relation between that book and the Mayor’s foster son?”
“It’s possible, I’ll go look for it,” Yi Jiali nodded and then began to answer Annie’s second question,
“It’s not much, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but that young master always felt like someone was watching him.
So, he made an arrangement with me that if one day something were to happen to him and I couldn’t find him, I should go to the library and take a look at the only copy of ‘Dauntless Dawn.’ He might have hidden a clue in that book.
I was supposed to meet him yesterday, but he didn’t show up, and I couldn’t contact him, so I went to the library to see if there were any clues in the book.”
“So, was there any hidden clue in that book?”
Annie’s eyes widened, like a child who had discovered a treasure hunt game.
“I flipped through it several times, nothing, just a regular book,” Yi Jiali shrugged, “He only said it might be hidden inside, it’s also possible that he’s just grounded or his phone was confiscated.
I was intending to borrow the book and take a close look at home.
If that didn’t work, I planned to go directly to Mayor Wente’s estate to ask about the situation.”
She yawned, “Alright, I’ll go down to the car first and see if I left it there.”
——Ten minutes later——
“Nope…
Could it have been left at the library?”
In the underground parking garage, inside a dark sedan, an old and authoritative man quietly watched the live feed from a huge car-mounted screen showing the black-haired woman searching inside the car.
This was real-time surveillance from a miniature camera installed inside her car.
“Boss, for the past four days, she’s either been reading in the library or looking for clues about the exotic beast attack from years ago.
She only tried to contact the young master from the Mayor’s family yesterday.
After failing to reach him, she didn’t seem to make any more moves.
It looks like she’s unaware, and the item lost by the Mayor hasn’t ended up in her hands.”
The driver, sitting in the front, turned his face and slowly explained.
After listening to the driver’s account, Najia closed his eyes slightly and leaned back in his seat, “Then, get rid of her.
Let this matter end here.”
“Alright,” said the driver, nodding and placing his hand on the steering wheel to start the sedan, “Should the old librarian be dealt with as well?”
“Together.”
Najia’s voice was old and low.
Meanwhile, on the car-mounted screen showing the surveillance footage,
the black-haired woman, who had found nothing after searching, got into the driver’s seat, started the vehicle, and picked up her bracelet.
——
“Chenghui, that’ll be 1,800 federal coins.”
Roger picked up the bill, smiling broadly. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
“One thousand eight?” He Ao stood up abruptly, “You’re ripping me off, why don’t you just rob me?”
“Look at what you’re saying,” Roger shrugged, “Does robbing make this much money?”
“Knock off a zero,” He Ao put on his jacket he had just taken off, “How about one hundred and eighty?”
“Deal!”
Roger agreed without hesitation.
He has overcharged again.
He Ao sighed, picked up his cane, and tapped on the bracelet to prepare the transfer.
Meanwhile, Roger, out of boredom, picked up the bag he had brought over and took out the copy of ‘Dauntless Dawn,’ casually flipping through it,
“Old Geezer, this book cover is a bit thick, isn’t it?”
