Soul Patch

Chapter 181 What murderer is the murderer looking for?

Wenjie strode over to Liu Qingqing and handed her the crispy ice cream: "Here, have some."

Liu Qingqing smiled sweetly, took the ice cream, and tried to tear open the packaging as elegantly as possible, gently licking the ice cream.

But in his heart he was thinking: So what if I can't complete the mission?

Ah Zhi, the swindler and murderer, is about to die and can't harm them at all.

At worst, the mission will fail and some of her basic abilities will be deducted. Since her basic skills are already quite poor, she doesn't really care whether the skill is +1 or -1.

She has now completely moved on from the emotional trauma of being deceived by her boyfriend Zhang Zhipeng, because the man in front of her is practically a diamond in the rough!

If I can figure out how to win him over tonight, I won't have to work hard for the rest of my life.

Wenjie saw Liu Qingqing eating her ice cream in tiny bites, like a well-behaved kitten.

The two of them ate ice cream as they walked towards the residential area.

Looking at Liu Qingqing's radiant smile, Wenjie felt it was about time to ask her the question while she was in a good mood.

"Qingqing, is there someone named Yang Shanshan in your company's registration department?"

Yang Shanshan!

Upon hearing the name, Liu Qingqing's heart sank. That vixen Yang Shanshan had already bewitched the male colleagues at work, and now she'd even managed to swirl her skirt so far—she couldn't even escape her in an online mission!

A fleeting look of jealousy, resentment, and malice flashed in her eyes, but by the time she looked up at Wenjie, her expression had already composed herself.

She blinked her clear eyes, looked at Wenjie with a pitiful expression, and asked:

"Yes, what's wrong... do you still want to pursue her?"

Liu Qingqing blinked her eyes and asked playfully, while secretly plotting a mischievous idea.

Wenjie's heart began to flutter with Liu Qingqing's words; it seemed that many people were pursuing Yang Shanshan.

That's right, she's so outstanding!

Without the system bug, would Yang Shanshan still notice him?

He now lives in a villa and is the eldest son of Huahai International... He has a sense of superiority over others.

This confidence suddenly emerged from him after the butterfly cord buckle was corrected.

To others, even his parents, his confidence seemed innate. Only he knew it was something he lacked when he was pushed down the path of being a poor loser.

But at this moment, when he mentioned that many people were pursuing Yang Shanshan, a slight unease crossed his mind.

He understood that this was because they were worried that Yang Shanshan, with so many suitors, wouldn't notice him.

He actually... felt inferior; he felt inferior when facing Yang Shanshan.

Those scenes of my interactions with Yang Shanshan are etched in my mind; I can never forget them…

Hey!

Wenjie just sighed silently and didn't say anything more.

Liu Qingqing seized the opportunity to be sarcastic: "It's not impossible to pursue her. She changes boyfriends every few days. You could go get a number and get in line..."

She originally wanted to say something to vent her resentment at being ignored by her male colleagues because of Yang Shanshan.

But she sensed the oppressive atmosphere around her, and when she turned her head, she met Wenjie's cold gaze and angry face.

Her incessantly chattering mouth instantly shut up, and she swallowed awkwardly.

"Look there?" She casually pointed forward.

Wenjie completely ignored Liu Qingqing's petty tricks. He stared intently into Liu Qingqing's deep-colored eyes and sternly warned:

"Liu Qingqing, I forbid you from saying bad things about Yang Shanshan! Do you understand?"

Liu Qingqing pouted, stuffed the last bite of ice cream into her mouth, and felt a chill in her mouth. She kept exhaling cold air into her mouth.

Seeing that Liu Qingqing was pretending not to hear, Wenjie grabbed her arm, looked into her eyes, and said, "Did you hear that?"

"..." Liu Qingqing turned her head away, not looking at Wenjie. "Oh! I know, I know! You men are all the same, you can't walk away when you see a pretty woman."

Liu Qingqing was walking forward angrily when she suddenly heard the sound of an ambulance. She stopped and looked at Wenjie.

Wenjie quickly regained his composure. Compared to the emotional turmoil, completing the mission and returning to the real world was more direct and practical.

If Zhang Zhipeng's life trajectory cannot be corrected and he keeps switching between 2019 and 1999, then he's essentially trapped in the system.

“It’s an ambulance,” he said calmly, without a trace of emotion.

"Didn't you say Zhang Zhipeng was sick?" Liu Qingqing said casually.

Actually, she didn't think the two were related; she just wanted to find something to talk about so as not to get stuck on that unpleasant topic.

Does Li Shiman live in this neighborhood?

Wenjie's thoughts returned to

Liu Qingqing seemed not to have heard the question; she stared at the entrance of the residential area.

Wenjie also looked towards the entrance of the community. An ambulance entered the community, and at the same time, a florist who delivered flowers also entered the community after registering at the entrance.

"Do you know the person who delivered the flowers?" Wenjie asked, puzzled.

"I don't know him! How could I know him? I just..." Liu Qingqing felt something was swirling in her head, but she just couldn't remember it.

She watched the flower deliveryman enter the residential area and then walked further in... Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she exclaimed, "Birthday! Today is Zhang Zhipeng's birthday!"

Wenjie was stunned: "Are you sure? Why didn't you mention something so important before?"

"I...I don't remember!" Liu Qingqing said, looking aggrieved.

She genuinely didn't remember; in fact, this sophisticated egoist only remembered her own birthday.

Last night, Zhang Zhipeng spent the night in her rented apartment. They copied down the general information about Huahai Group and the personnel information they could find online.

The two of them looked at the information while figuring out how to survive the mission.

"Darling, thanks to you having the right to access the system's task database, we can make some preparations in advance tonight," Liu Qingqing kissed Azhi's cheek and said softly.

Liu Qingqing did not obtain the system database, so her situation was similar to Wenjie's when she triggered the system task.

Zhang Zhipeng, however, was different. He learned about the mission a day in advance, a privilege granted by the mission database.

Information related to a task can be retrieved from the task database.

However, these are all NPC characters and scenes; the patch information for participating in the quest is not visible.

He felt that the information in the system's task database was incomplete, so he went online with Liu Qingqing to search for it.

In other words, the day before the online task released other patches, the two of them were already figuring out a solution.

This is why Liu Qingqing was able to be the first to seize the cover identity of "Wen Tianyi".

Zhang Zhipeng was deeply moved after being kissed by her. He turned to look at Liu Qingqing with affection and said, "How about I treat you to steak for my birthday in a couple of days? Let's go to Kaka Restaurant in the city center. I booked a private room for couples and flowers yesterday."

"Mwah, I love you the most!" Liu Qingqing happily hooked her arm around his neck and gave him a sweet kiss.

At the time, she thought that a boyfriend should have this kind of awareness: no matter whose birthday it is, he should send the girl flowers and an unforgettable couple's dinner.

She cared a lot about these things, and Zhang Zhipeng happened to be very good at it. In the six months since they met, every holiday was celebrated with great ceremony.

Zhang Zhipeng jotted down many dates she never expected in his little notebook: 99 days since we met, our 100th phone call, our first time holding hands, our first trip together...

"How long have you known each other? How many birthdays have you celebrated for him?"

Wenjie felt that this matter was not just a coincidence, so he should ask for clarification.

Don't start by following the birthday idea, only to find out you made a mistake later.

It's either a day or two off, or a complete misunderstanding. No one is celebrating their birthday; they're just looking for an excuse to have dinner together.

"We've known each other for less than six months, and we haven't even celebrated a birthday together yet..." Liu Qingqing whispered.

She thought about it for a while and said with certainty, "He did say it was his birthday. It was the evening of July 5th, and Ah Zhi said his birthday was in two days, which is July 7th."

We received the official mission from the online system on the evening of July 6th. When we entered the system's virtual murder case, the system's time was set to July 7th.

However, once I entered the system mission, my attention was entirely focused on finding the murderer, locating the point in time when my life trajectory would be corrected, and figuring out how to complete the mission. I didn't even think about my birthday.

"What? Say it again?" Wenjie listened to Liu Qingqing's words while pondering them. Suddenly, he felt that Liu Qingqing's words were a bit illogical, so he raised his hand and made a pause gesture.

"What did you say? Say it again?"

"It's that last sentence of yours, the moment you enter the system..."

"Oh," Liu Qingqing said impatiently, but still repeated as Wenjie had instructed, "As soon as I entered the system, my attention was focused on finding the murderer..."

"Yes, this is it." Wenjie made a pause gesture again and asked, puzzled, "Are you sure Zhang Zhipeng entered the system to find the murderer? If he is the murderer, what murderer is he looking for?"

"..." Liu Qingqing was speechless for a moment, then stammered, "But he really is looking for the murderer! Hehe, now that you mention it, it does seem quite contradictory."

(End of this chapter)