Welcome to the Misogyny Game

He couldn't mention the mermaid lady, so he tried to divert their attention: "Siman is right. The second option is to get Sifeng's cooperation, but I feel like she might just confess."

“We need to know why she would have this idea.” Liu Chaoque took a sip of water, his throat feeling much better. “My intuition is that white shark, or to put it more directly, the white shark she once saw.”

"The great white shark that was shot by the crew?" Zhao Yuhan and Zhao Xiaomei asked in unison.

"But what's the connection between these two great white sharks?" she wondered, letting her imagination run wild. "Could it be that something the great white shark said triggered Sifeng's painful past?"

"Or rather... in fact, Sifeng feels sorry for that white shark in her heart," Zhao Xiaomei added.

"Yes! You've hit the nail on the head." Liu Chaoque breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, she thought of the broken mirror. Could it be that besides her, Sifeng also saw the person she longed for day and night, oh no, the fish?

"She felt sorry for the sharks in the aquarium, that they had no freedom, so she broke the glass and set them free?" After Zhao Yuhan said this, everyone was speechless.

"No, sister, the white shark is ignorant, but are you ignorant? You broke the glass, will they gain freedom? No, they will only die!" Zhao Xiaomei said excitedly.

"Then it seems there's no other reason," Zhao Yuhan said dejectedly.

As Liu Chaoque ate, he listened to their argument and suddenly smiled: "Perhaps, Sifeng really does have this reason?"

"Huh?" The two of them looked at her in surprise.

"How so?" Mu Li asked.

"Don't you find this reason interesting?" Liu Chaoque laughed heartily: "Because the white sharks want freedom, the only way is to break this glass and set them free."

Mu Li was speechless: "Let's get down to business."

"Or perhaps... Sifeng is jealous." Liu Chaoque said calmly, "She thought of that innocent white shark that was shot and killed. The wild environment is harsh, and not only is death possible at any time, but they also fight each other for food. The animals in the aquarium are all fed and are plump and strong. What they think about most in this life is what food the zookeeper will feed them the next day. What they fear most is the aquarium losing its temperature."

Sifeng couldn't find the aquarium control panel, but she found a shovel, and then, bang! She made a tapping motion like she was banging on a window, waving her hand: "The glass shattered, and the fish lost their home."

"Sifeng probably wouldn't think that way. Besides, didn't you say from the beginning that Sifeng was innocent?" Zhao Yuhan rubbed her hands together, feeling goosebumps rise on her skin.

Liu Chaoque waved his hand: "I haven't finished yet. She may have had such thoughts, but these thoughts cannot overcome her rationality. So someone fueled the flames. You can imagine that after she saw the great white shark in the aquarium, it stirred up her memories. When she ran out crying, she happened to run into the fish she had been thinking about day and night. Maybe the fish was even reincarnated as a human and happily told her what had happened."

"You're getting more and more mysterious," Zhao Xiaomei said, unsure how to respond.

“Let me finish,” Liu Chaoque continued, “Then he stirred up the Four Phoenixes’ hatred for humans, like a fire that lit a fuse, and then it exploded.”

Well, what Si Man said was absurd, but strangely, it made a lot of sense. Zhao Yuhan couldn't help but think.

“That’s just my guess.” She smiled. “We’ll have to ask Sifeng for the real story, but she won’t tell us. We have to probe her. She’s a young girl, so her defenses are pretty weak.”

"You look like a villain, sis!" Zhao Xiaomei screamed inwardly.

“Perfect timing, I know a lawyer friend.” She took out a card and read it through: “Actually, it would be best to also find a psychologist, to do both.”

Mu Li, with her sharp eyes, noticed the name on it: "He Yanzhi".

That mysterious man? Was Siman on good terms with him? He wasn't sure if this man would agree to help with the appeal.

……

Sitting at his desk in the firm, He Yanzhi was organizing documents when his personal cell phone suddenly rang.

"Hello, this is Anli Law Firm. Who are you looking for?"

"...Hello, is Attorney He Yanzhi here?" Liu Chaoque's somewhat timid voice came from the other end of the phone, and He Yanzhi chuckled.

"Hello, are you listening?" Liu Chaoque asked, puzzled.

"This is He Yanzhi. Is there anything I can help you with?" He Yanzhi replied.

Liu Chaoque felt like he'd been tricked. Was He Yanzhi really this awful in private? "My benefactor, I have something important to discuss with you."

"Okay, is there anything I can help you with?" He Yanzhi asked.

"That Wu Sifeng, oh, okay, she's in Suzhou, right? Is the day after tomorrow okay? No trouble at all. As for the fee, how about I be your tour guide for half a day? Is that alright? Okay, see you the day after tomorrow." He Yanzhi hung up the phone and sighed.

The little girl finally asked him for help. I thought his business card would just gather dust, but... the aquarium glass breakage case...

He thought for a moment, could it be that one of the male leads did this?

Standing beside the roadside trees, the group watched Liu Chaoque finish his phone call, all remaining silent.

After Liu Chaoque hung up the phone, looking at her expression, Mu Li asked, "Did it work out?"

Liu Chaoque nodded.

"Then why do you look like that? You look like you've been rejected."

Liu Chaoque looked like he'd seen a ghost, and was almost in tears: "Wait, this went too smoothly, didn't it? Isn't this guy supposed to be the aloof type?"

So it turns out her persona collapsed. No, Mu Li was speechless: "How many times have you met your benefactor to understand his personality?" Although lawyers can't be all smiles and jokes, a cold face might not attract many clients? Mu Li wasn't entirely sure.

"Alright then." Liu Chaoque looked at her two best friends: "I've found a lawyer for you."

"Let's go try checking the surveillance footage first," the two best friends said.

Liu Chaoque nodded: "Alright, let Mu Li accompany you, but don't act rashly."

The two glanced at Mu Li furtively. Mu Li pointed to herself, frowned, and said, "Me?"

“That’s right.” Liu Chaoque patted his shoulder, moved closer to him, and whispered, “If someone recognizes that I saved everyone, and my two best friends are recognized as well, then my kindness to them will become a given. I’m a backup plan. You guys go and test the waters first, and if it really doesn’t work, then I’ll step in.”

Mu Li was finally calmed down: "Okay!"

"What a childish temper," Liu Chaoque thought to himself.

The four split up. Liu Chaoque used his memory to search for the tourists who were relatively lightly injured, and subtly inquired about the suspect's whereabouts.

"Didn't you see it? Oh, okay."

"You saw her at the sardine restaurant looking like she was talking to herself? Oh, okay, thank you." Liu Chaoque handed over a plush toy.

"Oh, I look like that mermaid lady, haha, you must be mistaken." Liu Chaoque awkwardly brushed it off.

"You saw her come out of the White Shark Aquarium crying?" Finally finding a useful clue, Liu Chaoque quickly continued, "Then did you see where she went?"

The little girl wearing glasses adjusted her glasses, propped her head up as if thinking: "I saw her sit down on a chair and keep crying. I thought something had happened to her, so I wanted to go over and comfort her, but..."

She looked horrified: "She saw someone and suddenly froze, and then... she laughed. It was terrifying. Is she mentally disturbed? No wonder she wanted us all to die with her." As she spoke, she hurriedly walked forward. Liu Chaoque held the squid doll, looking bewildered. Did she not want it anymore?

"Little girl? You seem to be in trouble. Do you need my help?" Liu Chaoque turned her head and saw a man wearing a clown mask. Wait... has this guy wandered into the wrong place?

"Who are you?" Liu Chaoque frowned and looked him up and down, trying to see through his mask to see who was cosplaying.

“No, you don’t need to know who I am.” The man spoke Mandarin with a British accent, sounding even more like the gentleman: “You just need to know that I can help you.”

"You think you can help me? You cowardly coward." Liu Chaoque said unhappily, "You don't even know what I need." She shrugged.

"Wu Sifeng," he said, enunciating each word clearly, "you want to help your friend Wu Sifeng."

“You guessed right, but you could have guessed that from observing me all along. That doesn’t prove your ability.” Liu Chaoque wasn’t afraid; in fact, he was quite at ease listening to what he had to say.

"Then I'll tell you something you don't know," the man said. "Do you suspect that there's another person or group of people involved in this?"

Liu Chaoque nodded.

“That’s right.” The man laughed, then said seriously, “Unfortunately, even if you find him, it will be of no use, after all… he possesses extraordinary abilities.”

Liu Chaoque looked around, leaned closer, and stared into his eyes, saying, "What else do you know?"

“My dear lady, please don’t get agitated. Let me finish. If you want to overcome this difficulty, you need to go to the Wishing Well and exchange your wish. And the key to the Wishing Well… you already have it.” After the man finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot, leaving Liu Chaoque standing in the middle of the road, confused, and being honked at several times by passing cars.

Liu Chaoque apologized repeatedly and quickly walked to the other side.

No, this guy's crazy! If he wants her dead, he should just say so! Liu Chaoque broke out in a cold sweat. She didn't know how long she'd been pulled into this illusion. She was grateful for the driver's good manners and her protagonist's halo, otherwise she would have been taken to another world by the truck long ago.

Liu Chaoque was pulled into an illusion by a strange person, said strange things, and almost died inexplicably. Meanwhile, Mu Li and the others were not having an easy time either.

"No, how can we just let you check the surveillance footage? That's against regulations," the man in charge of the surveillance said firmly.

“But Uncle, I really want to know how that woman broke the glass, and how she caused all of us to drown. Just one person could drain the entire swimming pool; I don’t think that’s possible.” Zhao Xiaomei insisted, “Uncle, think about it. If there really was an accomplice, wouldn’t we be in danger?”

“These are not things you should worry about. If we have any leads, we will inform the police,” the man insisted.

“But…” Zhao Yuhan tugged at Zhao Xiaomei and said with a forced smile, “The uncle is just following the rules, don’t make things difficult for him.”

"But we didn't get anything out of them," Zhao Xiaomei said, somewhat unwillingly.

Zhao Yuhan pouted and said, "Let's go find the police officer first to understand the situation, and come back when we have a chance."

That direction was exactly where Mu Li was. He was standing next to the monitor, and when he saw the two of them looking at him, he nodded.

After leaving the monitoring room, Zhao Yuhan let go of Zhao Xiaomei's hand, and Zhao Xiaomei looked at Mu Li, "Who were you two just now?" She made a pursing gesture.

Zhao Yuhan covered Zhao Xiaomei's mouth and pointed outside, saying, "Let's talk outside."

Sitting on a park bench in the afternoon, when nothing was particularly busy, Zhao Xiaomei asked, "So what's going on? Why are you being so secretive?"

"Actually," Zhao Yuhan didn't know how to say it, "you know what a hacker is, right? Mu Li just did something like that."

Zhao Xiaomei thought of where he had been standing. When they first arrived, he was standing behind them, but somehow he had somehow moved behind the uncle without anyone noticing. Sure enough, with a woman like Si Man, whose martial arts skills were top-notch, how could Mu Li, who was with her, be an ordinary person, even though her martial arts skills were also very high compared to theirs?

I never expected him to be an expert in this area.

"So you implanted a virus in that machine? In such a short time?" Zhao Xiaomei still found it amazing.

"No." Mu Li shook her head: "That's illegal. I just transferred all the surveillance footage from today to this USB drive."

Zhao Yuhan and Zhao Xiaomei saw him take off the earring, and the black metal part turned out to be a USB flash drive.

“Dude, tell me honestly, you guys are actually special agents, right?” Zhao Yuhan said admiringly, then she added with a hint of worry, “Now that we know who we are, you’re not going to try to silence us, are you?” She leaned back tactically, standing behind Zhao Xiaomei with a touch of fear.

Zhao Xiaomei: We're scared too.

Mu Li: "No, what are you all thinking?"

"What agent?" Liu Chaoque suddenly darted out from behind Mu Li. At this moment, not only did Zhao Xiaomei take a few steps back and knock Zhao Yuhan behind her down, but the two of them also fell into the bushes. Even Mu Li was so frightened that her ears almost popped out.

"When did you get behind me?" He clutched his chest, looking terrified.

"Just now, when you were saying Mu Li was a special agent, you were all so focused that I called you a few times from a distance but you didn't respond. So I had to give you a little wake-up call. How about that, wake-up call?"

"You're so invigorating! I feel like you scared the soul out of me." Mu Li was speechless.

The two best friends beside her helped each other to their feet, their hair still covered in grass. They looked at Liu Chaoque and asked in unison, "How did you know we were here?"

"Oh, intuition, and it's quite close to the aquarium. I have good eyesight, so I spotted you." Having 5.0 vision in a game is no joke.

Mu Li wasn't concerned about that; he was simply intimidated by Liu Chaoque's mischievousness. He pulled Liu Chaoque aside and whispered, "Why did you come? Weren't you supposed to be a backup plan?"

Liu Chaoque then told Mu Li about the mysterious man in the top hat. When he mentioned that he was standing in the middle of the road and almost got hit, Mu Li gritted her teeth and said, "Damn it, he did it on purpose. Are you alright?"

The reaction was even greater than that of the mysterious person who knew everything but remained silent.

"It's nothing," Liu Chaoque joked. "I did call you guys to come see me at the hospital."

“This joke isn’t funny at all,” Mu Li frowned.

Since they didn't know how to get to that store anyway, they might as well check the surveillance footage first. When Liu Chaoque learned that Mu Li actually knew some hacking skills, he reacted calmly: "That's good."

"Aren't you surprised?" Mu Li's eyes widened, thinking she would receive an amazed look in return. Liu Chaoque, understanding her intention, made an exaggerated expression of amazement: "What? You actually know this skill? You're amazing!" Then he put on a listless look: "You think I would say that?"

Mu Li nodded subconsciously.

"But Mu Li is already very capable. Having a hacking skill is just icing on the cake, which makes me feel naturally unmotivated." Liu Chaoque's words... Mu Li's ears turned slightly red. Was he really that outstanding in her eyes?