Then let the witch offer her loyalty

"Qiaoqiao, what's wrong?"

"My...my jade pendant is missing..."

"Is it a very valuable jade pendant?"

Gu Qiaoqiao looked around blankly, her eyes seemingly unfocused: "It's not that expensive... a little over a thousand yuan..."

Seeing Gu Qiaoqiao rummaging through things and making a mess of the originally tidy room, Chen Moxin stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "Anyway, it's not expensive. If it's lost, it's lost. I'll buy you another one."

Gu Qiaoqiao's eyes were glazed over, her lips trembled uncontrollably, and her voice was choked with sobs: "But...that was the jade my parents gave me...the jade they gave me on my 18th birthday..."

Chen Moxin noticed that Gu Qiaoqiao was not in a good mood, so she comforted her, "Well then, I'll call Uncle Gu and Aunt Fan now and ask them to buy you an identical one after get off work."

At that moment, it was as if a taut string had snapped, and Gu Qiaoqiao, who hadn't shed a single tear since returning home, suddenly broke down emotionally.

"The jade is lost..."

She huddled in the corner, tears streaming down her face like broken pearls, sobbing uncontrollably.

"The jade that my parents gave me is lost..."

Why did they take my jade...? Why...?

Seeing Gu Qiaoqiao break down and cry, Chen Moxin suddenly understood.

This has nothing to do with the jade itself.

Gu Qiaoqiao didn't cry when she learned about the changes in her family, she didn't cry when she saw the terrible state of her home, and she didn't even cry when she washed the dirty and smelly quilt with her bare hands.

There are plenty of things in the house that have been broken, including some that are more expensive than this piece of jade.

But this piece of jade, which held commemorative significance, was the final straw that broke her back.

What was taken away was not the jade, but the life that should have been hers.

Chapter 119 Isn't this just a freebie?

(Two updates combined)

Chen Moxin looked at Gu Qiaoqiao, who was crying uncontrollably, and knelt down to hug her, gently stroking the back of her head.

Gu Qiaoqiao cried for more than ten minutes. Towards the end, she stopped crying, but she looked like she had lost her soul, curled up in a ball against the corner of the wall, and Chen Moxin sat down next to her to keep her company.

"Ring ring." Just then, the phone rang.

Chen Moxin answered the phone: "Hello."

Alexander's voice came from the other end: "Brother Chen, I've finished my investigation. The Luo Fei you're looking for is a big loan shark from the border region, with more than thirty men under his command. Everyone in the underworld calls him 'Brother Fei'."

“I also looked up another person named Qian Yan. He is an investment manager at a financial company in the Twin Cities. He has several cryptocurrency projects under his control. I heard that they are quite volatile. Some people who invested in his projects became rich overnight, while others lost everything.”

Chen Moxin asked, "Do Luo Fei and Qian Yan still have contact in private?"

Alexander quickly replied, "Yes, Qian Yan and Luo Fei seem to have nothing in common, but in fact they are in very close contact. The telecommunications company found a lot of call records, and there are also a lot of financial transactions in their bank accounts."

After listening to Alexander's explanation, Chen Moxin was able to connect all the threads.

The cause and course of this matter are as follows.

Qian Yan is an unscrupulous investment manager who recommends cryptocurrency projects that seem highly profitable but are actually entirely under his control.

Because they can control the rise and fall of prices, making them rise or fall at will, Qian Yan often creates a huge upward trend in advance to attract others to invest.

Once the other party's money actually comes in, he will start dumping shares and profiting from it.

Moreover, Qian Yan is very good at understanding human nature. He won't let people lose all the time, nor will he let them gain all the time. He often pulls people back and forth repeatedly.

When prices rise, you feel like you didn't buy enough.

When prices fall, you'll regret not cutting your losses sooner.

If they really cut their losses, the price will immediately surge and take off.

Holding on and refusing to cut losses will trigger an endless downward spiral.

In short, various manipulations are used to control investors' emotions, causing their positions to become increasingly heavy without their knowledge, before finally taking a big cut.

Zhao Guangzheng fell into Qian Yan's trap and suffered huge losses.

Meanwhile, Luo Fei and Qian Yan were secretly in cahoots.

Zhao Guangzheng was eager to recoup his losses and borrowed money through all the legitimate channels. When he couldn't borrow any more money, Qian Yan recommended Luo Fei, a loan shark, to him under the guise of an acquaintance.

Since Zhao Guangzheng didn't have enough collateral, he tricked Gu Qiaoqiao into signing an agreement as a guarantor, and borrowed 2000 million yuan from Luo Fei to cover the shortfall.

The final result was obvious. As soon as the funds came in, Qian Yan immediately dumped the shares, directly breaking through Zhao Guangzheng's leveraged positions, thus reaping the profits and making a killing along with Luo Fei.

All of this originally had nothing to do with Gu Qiaoqiao, but because she was soft-hearted and signed something she shouldn't have, and now that Zhao Guangzheng is dead, all the consequences have fallen on her head.

[Current task: Investigate the changes in Gu Qiaoqiao's family (Completed)]

[Reward Obtained: Gu Qiaoqiao obtains "Mental Interference - Chaos"]

[Reward Obtained: Acquire Gu Qiaoqiao's spiritual power "Refraction"]

[Refraction: When this psychic power is activated, it makes the user invisible. The psychic can selectively apply "refraction" to objects they come into contact with, giving them the same effect.]

With the investigation concluded and the system task completed, Chen Moxin also gained Gu Qiaoqiao's spiritual power, with the effect basically consistent with his previous expectations.

This psionic ability is not just an ordinary "invisibility spell." Its greatest strength lies in the fact that it not only makes the user invisible, but also makes everything the user touches invisible.

If used properly, this effect can produce remarkable results in certain situations.

Chen Moxin blinked and continued looking at the subsequent tasks.

[Exclusive Task Progress Update]

You are already aware of the misfortunes in the witch's family; not only she, but her entire family is unable to repay such a huge debt.

If the witch remains troubled by this and constantly worries about her parents, she may very well go astray for money and become a destabilizing factor.

To ensure the absolute stability of the witch, such potential problems should be eliminated.

[Next task: Resolve Gu Qiaoqiao's debt problems]

[Task Reward 1: Gu Qiaoqiao obtains "Mind Interference - Emotion"]

[Mission Reward Two: Awakening to Second-Tier Psionic Power, gaining even greater strength]

When Chen Moxin saw the task "[Solve Gu Qiaoqiao's debt problem]", she was stunned for a moment.

Then I almost burst out laughing.

What?

Asking this super-rich second-generation heir to help someone pay off their debts?

What's the difference between this task and giving it away for free?

You might as well just sentence me to completion.

Chen Moxin put her arm around Gu Qiaoqiao's shoulder, gently flicked her nose with her other hand, and said with a smile, "How old are you? Why are you crying like this? It's just a low-interest loan, I'll pay it off for you!"

Gu Qiaoqiao looked at Chen Moxin with a blank and confused expression.

Although they had been classmates for seven years, they still maintained a certain social distance, and Gu Qiaoqiao had never been to Chen Moxin's house.

Chen Moxin used to be a very low-key person who never flaunted his wealth. He would work to earn money to buy whatever he wanted and would never spend Chen Wenzhe's money, which sometimes made him live a very frugal life.

Gu Qiaoqiao couldn't possibly associate him with the word "rich" and thought he was joking.

Gu Qiaoqiao wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and said softly, "Xiao Chen, thank you for comforting me, but please don't tease me like this..."

"Who's teasing you?" Chen Moxin chuckled. "You didn't notice before, but I'm not pretending anymore. I'm actually a super-rich second-generation heir. My family lacks everything, but we don't lack money."

After saying that, under Gu Qiaoqiao's stunned gaze, Chen Moxin directly dialed Chen Wenzhe's number and turned on speakerphone.

"Hey."

Chen Wenzhe's voice came through the loudspeaker, and you could also hear several people laughing and cursing, as well as the sound of many hard objects colliding.

"Old Chen, are you having group sex again?"

"Go away, I was playing mahjong with my buddies, and I lost over a hundred yuan this afternoon. I'm so angry... What's up with you?"

“I had a high school classmate named Gu Qiaoqiao, do you remember her? You should have met her at the parent-teacher conference.”

"Yes, I remember. She was a very pretty young girl, and very polite. What happened to her?"

"Here's the thing, she's been tricked and is now in debt to loan sharks. I want to help her pay off her debts, so please transfer some money to me."

"Hey! Great!!!" Old Chen's excited shout came through the receiver, "You brat, you've finally figured it out! You know how to be a hero and save the damsel in distress! So, how much do you want?"

Chen Mo thought for a moment and said, "Give me 3000 million yuan first, including all the miscellaneous interest. It'd better be quick so I can pay it back as soon as possible. Those loan sharks smashed up her house this morning."

Chen Wenzhe was silent for a moment, then his tone became displeased and domineering: "You son of a bitch, you smashed up that young girl's house, didn't you? Well then, I'll give you 5000 million."

“Go and make that loan shark kneel down before Xiao Gu. When he kowtows, count the kowtows. For every kowtow, throw 1 yuan in his face.”

"I'll keep transferring money to you after I've finished throwing it all away. Let's see if that idiot smashes his head in first, or if our family goes bankrupt first."

Chen Moxin's eyes lit up after hearing this.

Wow, Old Chen's trick is pretty interesting!

Wasteful and lacking in manners—can such a perfect combination really exist?!

Chen Moxin was somewhat eager to try.

But then I thought, given Gu Qiaoqiao's gentle personality, she probably wouldn't appreciate such exquisite skills.

So he could only regretfully refuse: "I'll let it go this time, but I'll definitely do it next time."

Chen Wenzhe grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Tch, what a waste of my good idea... 3000 million, right? Small transfers don't require an appointment, it'll arrive in a bit, check it out."

Not long after hanging up the phone, Chen Moxin received a text message from the bank informing her that 3000 million yuan had been deposited into her account.

He pointed his phone screen at the stunned Gu Qiaoqiao and said with a light laugh, "Look, I have money now. I'll go help you pay off your debts right away."

Chen Moxin was on speakerphone when she made the call, and Gu Qiaoqiao heard the entire conversation.

The progress was just too fast. In the midst of a few jokes and banter between Xiao Chen and Uncle Chen, tens of millions of yuan that her family couldn't scrape together even by selling everything they owned were deposited into her account... This left her completely stunned.

After recovering from the shock, Gu Qiaoqiao stood up from the ground, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness, unsure of what to do with her hands: "Xiao Chen, this won't do, I..."

Chen Moxin clicked her tongue: "Here we go again, just like in those melodramatic TV dramas, always saying things like 'That won't do,' 'I can't spend your money,' 'I'll figure it out myself'..."

"I'm just asking you, can you raise this money yourself? If you don't want my money, what are you going to do?"

"Sell your house and car? Drain all the savings your parents have accumulated over a lifetime? So that your whole family will have to sleep on the streets and count how many coins you have left to eat a steamed bun?"

"Is this the life you want? Do you want Uncle Gu and Aunt Fan to live this kind of miserable life? Hmm? Answer me! Look in my eyes!"

Gu Qiaoqiao bit her lower lip lightly, looked at Chen Moxin with a wronged expression, and gently shook her head.

"That's settled then." Chen Moxin waved her hand dismissively. "I'll handle this. Don't be so dramatic, young lady. Just listen to me."

Whether it was due to overwhelming shock, emotion, joy, or a mixture of various emotions, Gu Qiaoqiao burst into tears and tried to kneel down and kowtow to Chen Moxin on the spot.

Chen Moxin pulled her up: "That's enough. Crying and kneeling like I'm dead."

Gu Qiaoqiao kept wiping away her tears, her eyes filled with endless gratitude. She choked out, "Xiao Chen, thank you, thank you so much... Consider this money a loan from you. I will pay you back slowly when I have an income!"

"Okay, okay, I'll pay you back." Chen Moxin didn't argue with her and agreed immediately.

If I were to argue with her any further at this point, she would probably just launch into a bunch of rambling, pointless arguments, so it would be better to just agree.

If you want to pay it back, then pay it back.

Anyway, she'll be my witch from now on, so it's all the same.

Chen Moxin glanced at the time and said, "It's getting late. I'll take you back to the station first, and then I'll go find Luo Fei for you."

Gu Qiaoqiao stepped forward and grabbed Chen Moxin's sleeve, shaking her head firmly and saying, "I'll go with you. After all, I'm the person involved, so it's better for me to be there."

Chen Mo thought about it and agreed, then walked outside: "Let's go, take everything we need."

...

The warehouse was filled with the smoky smell of tobacco and sweat. The dim light bulbs swayed on the ceiling, illuminating the ashtrays piled high with cigarette butts on the green velvet tablecloth.

Beside the mahjong table, a burly man with a face full of scars and a thick gold chain around his neck threw down a domino and cursed, "Damn it, you're really unlucky. I finally made some money and you bastard won it all."

A well-dressed young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses next to him laughed and said, "Brother Fei, you're the kind of person who makes big money every day. I'm just taking a bite out of your fortune, it's easy."

"Damn it, Qian Yan, what kind of gibberish are you spouting? I can't understand a word you're saying." Luo Fei picked up a wad of banknotes from the table, counted out a dozen or so, and slapped them in front of Qian Yan.