American homeless people, surviving in the city

What's going on?

Lin Qi was a little bewildered to find that the high-value item scanned by the "Beginner Gold Digger" was actually located in the wall behind the headboard of his bedroom.

However, Lynch, who had played many open-world loot-based games, suddenly realized something:

There might be a hidden compartment behind the bed!

The moment Lin Qi thought about it, his adventurous spirit immediately stirred.

With such a well-hidden ring, it might be possible to steal it without being discovered by the police.

Even if he didn't take the ring, he was still very curious about where it would be hidden!

Lin Qi walked to the bedside with great interest and used all his strength to push the bed back a few decimeters.

Sure enough, just as he had predicted, a small square hole had been chiseled into the wall behind the bed.

Inside the small hole was a safe the size of a cookie box, with several paper documents scattered around it.

According to the system pop-up notification, the precious platinum ring was located in that small safe!

There's...another layer of protection!

Lin Qi felt a little disappointed, but since he hadn't made up his mind to steal anything in the first place, he quickly adjusted his mindset and became interested in the documents scattered next to the safe.

What could be hidden behind the bed along with the precious platinum ring?

With a hint of excitement at uncovering someone else's secrets, Lin Qi picked up the documents and, by the dim light in the room, began to read them carefully:

The document at the top appears to be a letter addressed to someone:

"Dear Jenna,"

"By the time you see this letter, I will probably be dead. I believe you will find this suicide note when you come to collect my belongings after being notified by the police. Because only you know about this secret compartment, and those incompetent police will only treat my death as a simple suicide case and will not bother to thoroughly examine this room."

"No matter how sad you are right now, please believe me, I have always loved you. Even if I am gone, my love will always be with you, forever."

"So, my dear, please don't cry for me. I was planning to propose to you on Christmas Day this year, and I had even bought the ring. But I just couldn't hold on any longer. Despair has been eating away at my heart like a bone-deep wound. Please forgive my weakness."

"Please take the ring from the safe. The combination is your birthday. Sell it and buy a better life. Then, forget about me."

"I have almost no reason left. Now, please listen to a few words of accusation from this poor wretch."

"After struggling to graduate from law school and passing the UBE (state bar exam) with all my might, I thought I had finally escaped my painful past and could become an elite like the protagonist in Suits, reaching the pinnacle of life."

"But I soon realized that the nearly $20 in student loans I was carrying was not something I could easily shake off..."

"I interviewed at law firm after firm, but the competition in this industry is just too fierce. The median annual salary for lawyers is a whopping $8, but I could only get a base salary of $2000 per month."

"To earn more, you have to work your hardest to achieve results. But as a newbie fresh out of school, no one is willing to hire me. I can only work as an assistant for the seniors in the law firm, doing the most complicated and thankless odd jobs in exchange for a meager share of the profits."

"It's impossible to pay off the debts or give Jenna a happy home with just this kind of work."

"Therefore, I made a fatal mistake."

One day, a man came to my door wanting to hire a new lawyer whose qualifications didn't matter, but who had to be full of potential.

"I thought it was a precious opportunity, so I volunteered and got to know that man."

"My dear, please forgive me for not being able to reveal that person's name. If I told you everything, you would also be in danger. Although I have prepared life-saving materials for you, it's best if you know as little as possible about these dirty things."

"To get back to the point, at first, that man was extremely generous. When he heard that I was in a difficult situation, he gave me a large sum of money and hired me from the law firm with a high salary, so that I could work for him alone."

"You should have noticed that for a while, my life became much more affluent. I bought you a lot of new clothes and even bought an extremely luxurious apartment here."

"At that time, I genuinely believed that the man was the best boss I had ever met, and I sincerely wanted to serve him."

"But soon, the first case came, and the man finally revealed his true colors."

"He first lured me to his home under the pretense of throwing a party, then got me drunk and injected me with an illegal drug that is highly addictive."

"Then, through some means that I am ashamed to mention, I was burdened with a huge debt."

"That morning, the moment he threw the debt bill in my face, I knew there was no turning back."

"It wasn't until I left that man with something on me that I saw his true colors. He was one of the leaders of a large gang on the streets of Seattle, and his men were extremely ruthless. My job was to use legal means, to argue and make trouble in court, to solve all sorts of problems for him."

"In short, it's about being a lawyer."

"This matter seems complicated, but it's actually not difficult at all. I soon discovered that, apart from myself, everyone from the court clerk and the jury to the judge had been bribed by that person."

"The entire court was in cahoots, so no matter how heinous the crimes his subordinates committed, they always received lenient sentences, or even acquittals."

"Darling, I'm not trying to portray myself as some kind of righteous person. I have my own desires too, but..."

"But they would even tie an innocent construction worker to a stake and burn him alive!"

"In the 2020s, how could someone still be carrying out such inhumane lynching in the heart of one of America's most vibrant cities!"

"And the worker's daughter was sold into a brothel!"

"I simply cannot accept that such scum can get away with it!"

"However, there is nothing I can do."

"I was just a puppet they placed on the legal bench; I couldn't do anything. In fact, the drug was rapidly destroying my ability to think calmly; I soon couldn't even stay rational."

"My life is ruined, so be it."

"I don't want to be an accomplice to evil anymore, and I can no longer return to a normal life. All I can do is end my own sinful life with my own hands."

Goodbye, Jenna! Goodbye, Mom!

"My God, please forgive me..."

The last letter of the last sentence had a long trailing ink mark at the end.

This messy letter ends here.

Wow...

After reading this long letter, Lin Qi was filled with emotion.

In short, this is the story of a lawyer controlled by a gang who, under the combined influence of a troubled conscience and the effects of drugs, bids farewell to his girlfriend and commits suicide.

However, considering the detailed information in the system pop-up window:

"...his lover Jenna has also been betrothed to someone else..."

This story becomes even more tragic from another perspective.

The deceased must have committed suicide not long ago!

There looks like there are cows!

And you're still saying you'll sell the ring and start a new life...? People haven't even come to collect your belongings, and you're already rushing off to a new life!

Lin Qi's lips twitched slightly. He didn't know how to use this person's experience, so he could only put the letter at the bottom of the stack of documents.

Although Lynch couldn't open the safe for the time being because he didn't know Jenna's exact birthday, he was now more interested in the story.

Apart from the initial suicide note, the remaining documents appear to be professional documents such as drafts and payment slips.

Lynch had no accounting background and didn't quite understand the meaning of the documents.

Perhaps these were the materials the deceased prepared for his girlfriend, "to save her life"?

But what do these few flimsy drafts mean? Why could they be used to save a life?

Lin Qi was a little confused for a moment.

But just as he was lost in thought,

Suddenly, unfamiliar footsteps echoed in the corridor outside the door!