Ita Era

Chapter 200 Searching for the Earring
Question: Is your biological father's widow your biological mother?
Ding Shi nearly smashed his keyboard; he had absolutely no idea how to answer this question. If she was his biological mother, what mother wouldn't claim a share of the inheritance? But what son would claim an inheritance?

Is the only option left being the biological mother?

Ding Shi recalled seeing a photo of his mother, who was in her thirties. Theoretically, she couldn't have given birth to a child as big as him, but these days there are magical tricks. With good makeup, fans can support you in your old age.

Take the boss as an example. She has two daughters, the older one is in her twenties and the younger one is in her twenties, but she looks like she is only in her thirties.

Ding Shi pushed the photos aside, remembering what his boss had said: the lawsuit over dividing his father's estate would be fine, and he would receive 40% of Ding's mother's assets. This statement contained a lot of information, revealing the nature of the lawsuit between mother and son.

If Ding's mother is her biological mother, according to the law, when a husband dies, his wife and children are both first heirs and will divide his estate equally.

Assuming that Ding's mother is not his biological mother, if he wants to file a lawsuit, he will inevitably have to settle his biological mother's estate once again.

Taking 100 million as an example, if the biological mother dies, Ding's father has 50. After dividing the biological mother's 50, Ding Shi and Ding's father can get 25.

However, since Ding Shi did not divide the inheritance, and his father married his stepmother with 100 million yuan, and his father died, Ding Shi can now trace his mother's estate. Ding Shi will first receive 25 yuan, and then his stepmother and Ding Shi will divide the 75 yuan left by Ding's father. The stepmother will initially receive half of the 75 yuan, 37.5 yuan, as marital property.

Ding Shi will split the 37.5 with his stepmother, and Ding Shi will receive 18.25.

According to the law, Ding Shi can receive 25 + 18.25 = 43.25.

The boss said that under normal circumstances, he could get more than 40% of the assets. If Ding's mother is her biological mother, he would only get 25%. If Ding's mother is her stepmother, he would get 43.25%.

Ding Shi answered no.

Correct answer, 3 points.

Ding Shi calls out, "Supervisor, I need to work." Currently, the supervisor's favorability rating is 32, and they will assign more challenging tasks.

Main pipe: "Vice President Zhang's earring fell to the 90th floor. Please find it. Please note that the 90th floor is under renovation. There is no construction today, almost no staff, and a lot of construction materials are piled up."

Is it the 90th floor again? Yesterday, the rule for the 90th floor was that you couldn't look back.

Ding Shi understood; it was now known that floors 90 and 200 were exclusive mission floors.

I wonder what the rules are today?

Forget about the rules. Finding an earring on the 90th floor, which is over a thousand square meters, piled with materials, and dimly lit, is like salvaging a ship from the ocean.

Today's elevator may be very friendly, or it may be unfriendly to Ding Shi. The personal elevator rule given is: do not urinate or defecate anywhere.

But for some reason, seeing this rule always gave Ding the urge to pee.

Rule #90: Please remain still in the dark.

The 90th floor was relatively bright today, with the light coming from recessed lights on the ceiling of the corridor, spaced 1.5 meters apart. The problem is that the 90th floor is under renovation, and the power supply is unstable, causing the recessed lights to go out intermittently.

Downlights are essentially energy-saving bulbs with lampshades; they are energy-efficient and bright. However, their drawback is the limited area they illuminate. They are similar to flashlights in that they illuminate a small, dark area, roughly 20 centimeters in diameter, if one downlight goes out.

If two spotlights go out in a row, a dark area with a diameter of 1.7 meters will be created.

There were quite a few people on the 90th floor today; it was full of gamers. Ding Shi stepped out of the elevator waiting area and saw three people. After walking a while, he encountered another seven or eight scattered people, all of whom were looking for something.

When Ding Shi looks at the system's tasks, he cannot put other people's task items into his pocket or take them away, but he can hide other people's task items.

In theory, this is a task that is very suitable for collaboration.

A man shouted, "Hello everyone, I'm looking for mahjong tiles with the symbols of plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. Shout if you see them."

Upon hearing this, Ding Shi realized he was wrong. What was needed now was a saint, a saint, not a hypocrite. This saint needed to announce any suspected quest items she found to gain everyone's trust and inspire the entire team to adopt a selfless attitude: shouting out any quest items they saw.

What would happen without the Virgin Mary?

Suppose Ding Shi discovers the mahjong plum, Ding Shi would think, why should I tell you?
Alternatively, Ding Shi might find the man and ask if he saw the earring. The man might ask why he should tell him, and Ding Shi would say he saw Mei. The man might not have seen the earring, but he might demand Ding Shi reveal Mei's location. Ding Shi wouldn't tell him, because there's nothing in it for him.

A conflict ensued, resulting in minor injuries and serious death. If someone with nothing better to do calls the police, the security department will teach them a lesson in no time.

Another possibility is to cooperate with someone, but how? You find the ring, I find the earring; I help you find the ring, and you help me find the earring. This is the only feasible way to cooperate. However, the drawback of this method is obvious: the person who finds the quest item first will gradually become impatient, while the person who hasn't found the quest item yet may become resentful.

If everyone is looking for the same item, such as 99 toothpicks, they can cooperate by dividing them equally.

That's not the case. In addition, some people have a dark mentality and like to cheat others. If you don't cooperate, you might be able to get along peacefully. But if you cooperate, you might have to be wary of your teammates.

For example, Ding Shi saw a female player stuff a puzzle piece into a pile of sand, and then look for her companion, comforting her, "The puzzle piece is small and hard to find, don't worry."

The companion was touched: "You're so kind."

The female player hugged her companion: "We're friends."

A fight broke out on the other side. One guy noticed someone had kicked his quest item into the cement dust and immediately started punching them. There were no NPCs around, so no players would call security for them. They fought for five minutes until one of them was knocked unconscious by a brick.

Suddenly the lights flickered, and everyone stopped. Five seconds later, seven spotlights went out. Three seconds later, the lights came back on, and five spotlights in another location went out.

This situation lasted for two minutes, during which time one guy was caught red-handed. He was in the lit area, hesitating whether to continue searching, when the lights went out, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. When the lights came back on, he was nowhere to be found in the dark area.

Five minutes later, the light returned to normal.

One player said, "Floors 90, 120, and 180 are all quest zones for players."

Another player chimed in, "The same goes for floors 30 and 60."

另另外一名玩家：“30、60、90、120、150、180，这几层是专属任务层。要么是NPC会想尽办法让你违反规则，要么是引导玩家自相残杀。”

Ding Shi called out, "Hello everyone, I know the locations of the puzzle piece, mahjong bamboo, green marbles, and USB drive. If anyone needs any of these items, they can exchange them for an earring or 100 dollars."

"Are you playing mahjong?" the male player asked as he walked over.

Ding Shi asked, "Money, or earrings?"

The male player said, "No. Brother, helping others helps yourself."

Ding Shi said, "It's inconvenient."

The male player stepped forward, violating social distancing: "I think it's convenient for you."

Besides the Virgin Mary, violence is also a cornerstone of cooperation.

Ding Shi could fight whether he had the Force or not, and he quickly took down the male player. He then picked up a steel bar and engaged another male player wielding a stick.

The two clashed, and three seconds later, Ding Shi pierced the male player's abdomen. Knowing he was no match for Ding Shi, the male player didn't utter any threats and hurriedly took the elevator to find the Ita BUG doctor for treatment. The female player walked up to Ding Shi and said, "Hello, I know where the earring is. I need a puzzle piece."

Ding Shi pointed to a sand pile 6 meters away, on which was a white porcelain shard, and said, "Dig with the white porcelain shard facing down."

The female player quickly received a puzzle piece and said, "Hello, I need five more puzzle pieces."

Ding Shi made his move, striking the female player on the head with a steel bar, knocking her unconscious. He then kicked the puzzle piece into the muddy water.

I hate people who don't keep their promises, and I hate people who nitpick over the wording even more.

No one looked at Ding Shi or spoke; everyone went about their own business.
Five minutes later, Ding Shi shouted, "SpongeBob, peanut brittle!"

"I want SpongeBob." A girl ran up to Ding Shi, afraid that he would hit her, and pointed back, saying, "The earring is on top."

The earring was stuffed into a gap in the bricks more than two meters high by a bad player.

Ding Shi and the girl each got what they wanted, but Ding Shi didn't leave immediately. If I'm not mistaken, the earrings that Vice President Zhang wanted were probably a pair.

"Brother, I saw the earring, but I want the tangram puzzle."

"I know about tangrams, I want chocolate."

"I know chocolate, I want marbles."

After the four met, they should have discussed whose quest item to take first, since everyone was worried that the others might lie. However, because Ding Shi was there, this step was skipped.

Ding Shi first got the earring, and then supervised everyone to get the marbles, chocolates and tangrams.

Afterwards, the four briefly introduced themselves and shook hands, signifying that they had room for further cooperation in the future.

After finishing his business at Ding Shi, he needed to return to the 80th floor and wait for the elevator on the 90th floor.

The elevator doors opened, but it was completely dark inside with no lights on. Ding Shi almost stepped inside, and only managed to steady himself by spreading his arms and holding onto the wall.

Theoretically, the elevator does not belong to the 90th floor, but once the elevator door opens, it connects to the 90th floor. Ding Shi cannot determine whether the elevator is subject to the rules of the 90th floor at this time.

Safety is paramount, and Ding Shi is patient. But Ding Shi's patience isn't all that fun for elevators, so another elevator arrives, this one with lights inside.

Ding Shi took the elevator back to the 80th floor, took out his phone, and waited for new clues.

The phone call came as expected: "This is Lin Yuan."

Ding Shi: "Hello, I am my stepmother's husband."

Lin Yuan: "Stop joking. I can intervene in your lawsuit with Ruyan to mediate, but I can only give you 20% at most."

Ding Shi: "20% and I'm still going to sue?"

Lin Yuan: "There's no need to give 20."

Ding Shi asked with a smile, "Did you send me the finger?"

Lin Yuan: "I'm a parasite who lives off women, so I definitely have to show my value to rich women."

Ding Shi said, "40% is what I deserve. If you don't give it to me, I'll make sure neither of you has a good life."

Lin Yuan retorted, "Do you think that just because you didn't kill anyone, you're not the murderer?"

Ding Shi was startled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lin Yuan said, "You did not kill anyone, but the evidence shows that you did."

Ding Shi said, "Even if I go to jail, I will not lose a single penny of the money I am owed. But you will be kicked out by my stepmother."

Lin Yuan said, "It's a tragic ending. No one has a good outcome. What if we each take a step back? You won't go to jail, I can continue being a parasite, your stepmother will keep most of the property, and everyone will be happy."

Lin Yuan said, "20%, that's the maximum I can give you. Otherwise, your stepmother will think I'm useless, and I'm not willing to suffer a loss alone."

Ding asked, "How much is 20%?"

After calculating, Lin Yuan said, "200 million."

Ding Shi was tempted. Look, even in games, let alone life, it all depends on your birth. He could get 200 million for free without doing anything.

But nothing comes for free, not only before the pre-era but even more so after. In his impulsive moment, Ding Shi was unaware that the system had set a trap. Even if he agreed to an out-of-court settlement now, he wouldn't receive the 200 million until next week, and Ding Shi only had seven days in his instance.

Ding Shi calmed his racing heart and asked, "I'm very curious now, how will you frame me for the murderer?"

Lin Yuan chuckled: "No comment."

Ding, an experienced veteran of the underworld, knew that even 20% wouldn't be easy to obtain. He was confident he could get the money, but he knew that once he did, he would inevitably face retaliation.

The first possibility: Will his stepmother retaliate against him? After all, he's already lost two million, so why would he care about spending another million to save another life?

If the first possibility is still a possibility, the second is certain. If Lin Yuan is telling the truth, once the lawsuit between him and his stepmother is settled, he will send him to jail.

To break this deadlock, we need to know about the body first. Who killed him? How did they frame him?
The good news is that I already know 80% of the story background and am confident that I can answer the Clones Investigation Bureau's questions correctly.

Supervisor's favorability rating: 34.

Cloning Administration Question: What is Happy Company's main business?
Damn it! I've memorized three hundred Tang poems, and you want me to translate Latin?

Ding Shi immediately went to inquire and asked many people. The answer he received was: Kaixin Company is a financial consulting and business service company.

Ding Shi was quite familiar with these types of companies because the Dragon Gang had a similar one, officially called Erxia Financial and Tax Consulting Co., Ltd. On the surface, it appeared to be a company providing financial and tax consulting services to other businesses, helping them legally avoid taxes. In reality, it was a company that helped other businesses, companies, or individuals evade taxes.

Two-shrimp Company alone can evade four small targets a year. The operation, simply put, involves setting up shell companies and then using them to issue false invoices to evade taxes. Simple, crude, but highly effective.

Of course, there are many legitimate financial and tax consulting firms in the market. At least until proven otherwise, they are legal.

Ding Shi replied: A service company that provides financial and tax consulting services to other companies and enterprises.

Correct answer, add two points, current score is 5 points.

(End of this chapter)