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"Control me?"

Shen Yanhui stared in astonishment, her face turning pale instantly: "You want to control me to complete this mission?"

The mechanical female voice spoke in a light tone: "[Yes. Whether this mission is completed or not is crucial to my survival in this world. Since the host is unwilling to be the villain and seduce Pei Xingzhi, then I'll have to do it for him.]"

After all, the host wants to die, but I don't.

"..." Shen Yan was speechless, not knowing how to refute it.

Mechanical female voice: [Host, don't be so selfish. When you're so eager to die, shouldn't you at least ask for my opinion? Just because you want to die doesn't mean I have to die with you.]

Shen Yan frowned: "Aren't you just a cold, emotionless system? Even if you die with me, it's just a matter of the system restarting. Why are you reacting so strongly?"

"Where do you get so many human emotions from?"

"Host, who told you I'm just a cold, impersonal system?" the mechanical female voice retorted coldly.

[I've already explained this twice, why can't the host remember?]

"Heh..." Shen Yanhui sneered disdainfully, "If you're not a cold, impersonal system, then who are you? Are you a person?"

"...I am not human," the mechanical female voice replied. "But soon, I will become human."

“…What?” Shen Yanhui did not understand what she meant.

She didn't explain much, only saying, "Host, I can't die. I've come this far, I absolutely can't die so easily. I must complete this mission!"

Shen Yan replied, "I didn't say I wouldn't let you complete it. I just want to spare Xie Zhaoyuan's life! Her life or death has nothing to do with our mission!"

[It's related!] The mechanical female voice suddenly rose in pitch. [Since things have come to this, I won't beat around the bush with the host. Let me be frank: as long as Xie Zhaoyuan lives, our mission is absolutely impossible to complete!]

Xie Zhaoyuan must die! I must make her die!

“You…” Shen Yanhui was startled by the system once again.

This usually stiff and rigid voice, when mentioning Xie Zhaoyuan's death, carried a murderous intent more ruthless than any human. At that moment, Shen Yan Hui finally realized that the system she had been using for so long might not actually be a cold, impersonal program.

Rather, it is a person, or some kind of machine that already possesses human consciousness.

【Host? 】

Perhaps realizing that her anger had frightened Shen Yanhui, the mechanical female voice softened slightly: "Actually, host, there's no need to be afraid, because Xie Zhaoyuan's death is only temporary. As long as you successfully complete the mission, Xie Zhaoyuan will have a chance to be resurrected."

Shen Yan Hui: "Resurrected?"

Yes, resurrection.

The word "resurrection" made the mechanical female voice sound slightly excited: [Xie Zhaoyuan actually has one chance to be resurrected, but the prerequisite is that you successfully complete the mission and make Pei Xingzhi fall in love with you.]

"...No, impossible!" Shen Yan Hui rejected the mechanical female voice without hesitation.

"In the end, whether Xie Zhaoyuan lives or dies, I have to take her husband away! I absolutely cannot do it, and I don't want to do it at all!"

"Don't want to do it?" The mechanical female voice suddenly turned somewhat chilling. "Host, are you sure?"

"I'm sure!" Shen Yan said firmly. "Pei Xingzhi and Xie Zhaoyuan are a match made in heaven. I will absolutely not interfere and become a mistress!"

"I've been led by the nose by you before and have done many wrong things. Now I will never listen to you again! Just give up on that idea!"

[Heh...] The mechanical female voice chuckled strangely twice. [Since that's the case, then don't blame me for being impolite, host.]

Shen Yan smirked, her expression contemptuous: "How much less polite can you be? If I'm not mistaken, your control over me can only last for five minutes at a time, right?"

[...] The mechanical female voice did not speak.

Shen Yan replied: "Five minutes at a time, how many times a day is that? Is it once or twice?"

[...] The mechanical female voice remained silent.

"Hmph," Shen Yan laughed, "So you can only control me once a day? I thought your methods were more powerful."

"As long as I give Pei Xingzhi a heads-up beforehand, even if you directly manipulate me to seduce him, it won't have any effect!"

"...Is that so?" the mechanical female voice gritted her teeth. "Since the host is so confident, why don't we give it a try?"

Shen Yanhui raised her head: "Let's give it a try!"

……

The remaining hill wasn't very big, and the three of them explored it in less than two hours.

The weather was foggy, and it looked like it was going to snow again. Lin Jiahe advised them not to linger there any longer, so she persuaded Pei Xingzhi and Shen Yan to go down the mountain together.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them met up with Xie Mingyi at the hotel.

“I just called Uncle Chen, and he said that the task force has not yet found any direct evidence to prove that Qin Wushuang is the murderer who kidnapped Zhaozhao, so Qin Wushuang will be able to leave the police station in 24 hours.”

Xie Mingyi took off his heavy down jacket and nestled wearily on the sofa.

“24 hours…” Pei Xingzhi estimated the time in his mind. He was really tired today, so his eyes were vacant when he spoke.

"Qin Wushuang entered the police station at 10 p.m. last night, and 24 hours later... that is to say, he will be released from the police station at 10 p.m. tonight."

"Yes." Xie Mingyi looked at him. "After ten o'clock, Qin Wushuang will be temporarily free. At that time, we'll see whether he goes back to the hospital or comes to Linzhou after leaving the police station."

"Where has Qin Wushuang been during the ten days that A-Yuan has been missing? Has she been in the hospital the whole time?" Pei Xingzhi suddenly asked.

Xie Mingyi: "The hospital's surveillance footage shows that he has indeed stayed in the ward for more than ten days. Even the medication records and ward round records can prove that he has never left the hospital during this period. But Uncle Chen said that the people in the special investigation team suspect that the evidence he left in the hospital is fake."

"Fake?" Lin Jiahe exclaimed in shock. "There are surveillance cameras everywhere, how could it be fake?"

Xie Mingyi shook his head: "The task force is still investigating, and I don't know the specifics. We can only wait for Uncle Chen to inform us."

"Hmm." Pei Xingzhi took off his glasses and lay down on the bed without even taking off his coat.

"What's the situation with Ye Ci?" Xie Mingyi asked wearily, rubbing his aching temples.

Pei Xingzhi answered with his eyes closed: "Yu Xingwang has been locked in the basement. Ye Ci will interrogate him in a few hours. We will definitely get the address of that villa today."

"Okay." Xie Mingyi picked up the down jacket next to him and casually covered himself with it. "Since we still have a few hours, let's take a nap first. We need to be well-rested to proceed with the next step."

Lin Jiahe: That's exactly what I was thinking!

He kicked off his slippers, climbed directly onto Pei Xingzhi's bed, and lay down fully clothed on the other side of the double bed: "Let's all get some sleep, have a meal when we wake up, and then discuss what we should do next."