Recap
After a while, Teacher Hao came over again.
It is not known where he got a cane from and handed it to Shen Xiuzhe.
“It should be easier to walk with it. Do you want to try?”
Chu Shici noticed that Teacher Hao’s fingers holding the stick were tapping gently. The rhythm this time was different from Dr. Sun’s.
Chu Shici was stunned.
Is he the undercover person they are looking for?
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Shen Xiuzhe didn’t refuse. He really needed a cane urgently.
Although this was just a stick removed from an old-fashioned mop, in this place, he has no choice.
Teacher Hao handed the stick over and kept glancing at him.
Seeing that Shen Xiuzhe had no special reaction, he walked away in reluctance.
Chu Shici heard him mutter, “It really is true.”
Probably affirming that Shen Xiuzhe really is blind.
After Sister Qiu dragged Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang to cook, Xiao Jinzi walked over with small steps and a hunched neck.
As before, she lowered her head and whispered: “Have you found the evidence?”
Seeing her like this, Chu Shici felt a little sorry for her.
He didn’t know how those people threatened her, but this little girl actually overcame her social anxiety several times and took the initiative to talk to them.
Shen Xiuzhe’s attitude was still very cold, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Xiao Jinzi almost cried and asked stammeringly: “It’s the thing that can prove their guilt. You said that only you can find it…”
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Xiuzhe stood up with the stick supporting him.
The stick knocked around on the ground, then on her feet, before finally passing around her with a cold face.
Xiao Jinzi wiped away her tears and stood there without daring to say another word.
Teacher Hao saw it and went over with a glass of water, “Idol is not targeting you, he’s like this towards everyone.”
Xiao Jinzi nodded cautiously: “I know, I just… I don’t know what to do. I’m so scared.”
She seemed to be about to collapse, sitting on the sofa and wiping away tears.
Teacher Hao comforted her, “You are too direct. I will teach you a few other methods.”
The two of them went together and whispered to each other in a low voice. Chu Shici couldn’t hear clearly what they said next. They were probably exchanging experiences.
There is no way to communicate with Zhe-ge right now as there was surveillance, and Chu Shici didn’t know if he had found any clues.
The remaining two women were hiding in the second bedroom.
Shen Xiuzhe heard movements, tapped his simple stick, and walked over slowly.
He raised his hand and tried to push the door open. The bedroom door was unlocked and opened as soon as he pushed it.
Chu Shici took the opportunity to peek inside to see if there were any clues.
After seeing the scene in the room clearly, he closed his eyes silently.
The two women had taken off their clothes and were about to change into their pajamas.
Seeing someone coming, one of them pulled up the quilt to cover herself.
The other scolded her and pointed to his eyes, indicating that the other person was blind.
Shen Xiuzhe felt that the atmosphere in this room was a little strange.
He was silent for a moment and said coldly: “Did I come at a bad time? Sorry, for the intrusion.”
“Yes, it’s not convenient for us right now.”
Shen Xiuzhe can also make a guess. He exited the room and closed the door behind him.
The bedroom door in the public hall he went to before also could not be locked.
Chu Shici held his chin up.
It is not the first time for the two women to come to the public hall. They were very familiar with this environment and knew that there would be no danger.
People will only think of doing this kind of thing when they are relaxed, feel safe and comfortable.
But they obviously didn’t expect that there would be all-round surveillance here.
Chu Shici had noticed it a long time ago.
The ten people in this room were all wearing shirts, suits, or tight skirts.
Everyone’s clothes are fitting and it’s hard to get a good night’s sleep wearing this attire.
Except for Shen Xiuzhe, who didn’t intend to sleep at all.
Being held by Zhe-ge, they walked around the hall several times.
Chu Shici still didn’t see who the undercover was. Everyone around appeared ordinary.
Brother Liu, the fat steward behind the surveillance, definitely didn’t notice anything amiss either.
If nothing goes awry, there should be other activities in the evening.
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There were a lot of ingredients prepared in the public hall, so Sister Qiu cooked a lot of dishes.
Six dishes and one soup, three vegetarian and three meat dishes. She is very good at cooking, and the dishes on the table are all delicious and fragrant.
Imprisoned in such a desolate place, these people rarely get such good food, and everyone ate a lot.
Teacher Hao and the Gamer Boy praised each other while eating, while Xiao Jinzi cried while eating, muttering: “My grandma’s cooking is also delicious. I miss my grandma…”
Seeing that Shen Xiuzhe only ate a few bites, Sister Qiu asked him with a smile, “Why do you eat so little, Mr. Shen? Is it because I didn’t cook it well?”
Shen Xiuzhe ignored her, put down his chopsticks, stood up and left.
Chu Shici knew why Zhe-ge didn’t eat.
Surveillance was also installed in the bathroom. He didn’t want to do any private things under the watchful eyes of others.
Drink less water, eat less food and try to survive the next 24 hours.
Fortunately, Zhe-ge didn’t know that the bathroom in his house was completely transparent, otherwise he would have starved himself to death.
Shen Xiuzhe didn’t go far and sat on the sofa.
Chu Shici lay in his arms and carefully observed their performance.
When a bunch of people get together for a meal, it’s easy to see through everyone’s character.
Sister Qiu likes to be in control of the overall situation. She is a social butterfly and quickly hypes up the atmosphere at the table. Unconsciously, she became the central figure in the scene.
Xiao Jinzi and the other two women are relatively introverted. Unlike Sister Qiu like a fish to water, they sat together and kept a certain distance from the strange men.
Teacher Hao seems to be very caring, a gentle and warm person, but in fact he has a voyeuristic desire.
He put on an attitude that he didn’t want to be left out, and went over to talk to them thoughtfully. The questions asked may not sound like much at first glance, but it is essentially encroaching on their privacy bit by bit.
When Shen Xiuzhe first came in, Teacher Hao was also trying to get close to him.
By asking him about the card collections, he can determine the approximate level of his floor.
Complaining that Set Meal A is not delicious to test how he has been treated here.
Sister Qiu glanced at him a few times, while the other three women didn’t notice anything unusual at all.
After chatting with him for more than ten minutes, all the information was given out.
Xiao Jinzi was led by him and took the initiative to talk about her sad past.
The more she spoke, the more sad she became. She covered her face and whimpered, “I didn’t kill those kittens on purpose. I really didn’t see them.”
Teacher Hao took advantage of the situation to comfort her, while others came over to eat melons while watching the show.
Sister Qiu handed her a piece of paper and patted her back comfortingly, “Why are you crying? If you have anything else on your mind, tell me.”
She and Teacher Hao showcased their skills, and Xiao Jinzi revealed her past in just a few words.
Before she came here, she was an ordinary student who had just entered her freshman year. She had a rich second-generation boyfriend, and they have a very good relationship.
After getting her driver’s license, her boyfriend gave her a car.
Xiao Jinzi drove out for the first time. When she passed by an alley, she didn’t see the kitten on the road and ran over it.
After crushing it, she realized something that didn’t feel right, so she backed up to see what was going on.
By the time she got out of the car, the two kittens were so crushed that they no longer looked like kittens anymore, the mother cat was meowing beside them.
Xiao Jinzi panicked and stood there at a loss.
The scene was photographed by passers-by and posted online.
The title is [# I’m very angry! A female driver drove a luxury car and abused the kittens. All the babies are gone, the mother cat is so pitiful. #]
The words ‘female driver’ attracted a group of people who engage in gender antagonistic discourse.
The words ‘luxury car’ attracted a wave of hate against the rich.
The words ‘abuse the kittens’ attracted a crowd of animal activists.
The latter sentence can also make passers-by feel sympathetic.
A simple title, inciting all different types of hatred.
The video only captured the scene of Xiao Jinzi crushing the kittens.
As for the fact that she later buried the kitten’s body and got a bunch of cat food for the mother cat in an attempt to compensate, the person who took the video pretended not to have seen it all.
A provocative title was created, and the video was paired with underworld BGM, repeatedly playing the scene of the kitten being crushed to death and the mother cat wailing next to the bodies.
The comment section was busy arguing.
‘This has nothing to do with female drivers, don’t take a single example to represent the whole population.’
‘It’s just a dead cat, would you still be angry if it were a pig? Hypocrites!’
The topic had run off track, and everyone was rushing to express their opinions. No one cared whether Xiao Jinzi meant it or not.
The video was too crude, the female cat’s meowing was too pitiful, and Xiao Jinzi’s personal information was quickly leaked.
She was ignored by her roommates and talked about behind her back in school. The news spread around the campus like wildfire and she would be judged wherever she went.
Xiao Jinzi’s parents died early, leaving only her grandparents at home. The old couple’s address was exposed. When they returned home and saw red paint splashed on their door, they were so frightened that they were almost hospitalized.
Xiao Jinzi had no choice but to ask her boyfriend for help.
But her boyfriend, who had always been very good to her, suddenly didn’t believe her. Not only did he not help her, he also asked her to publicly apologize and admit that she did it.
After Xiao Jinzi said this, she refused to go on.
She lay in Sister Qiu’s arms and kept sobbing.
“I really didn’t mean it. If I had seen them, I would have definitely stopped the car. I would have taken the female cat and the remaining kittens to the pet hospital to deworm and vaccinate them. I bought a lot of canned cat food, I wanted to make up for it.”
“But the kittens are dead, I can’t revive them! People on the Internet kept scolding me, and my phone is full of messages cursing me to death. I’ve done everything I can, I really don’t know how to make up for it!”
Listening to Xiao Jinzi’s cries, Chu Shici subconsciously looked up at Zhe-ge.
Shen Xiuzhe pursed his lips tightly, his expression frighteningly cold.
Xiao Jinzi’s words reminded him of his former self.
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A sad atmosphere spread in the hall.
Others were incited and shared parts of their own experiences.
Sister Qiu often attends banquets and is a famous social butterfly. Many rich people wanted to have sex with her, as a result, she was accused of seducing married men and being a vixen.
In the junior high school where Mr. Hao teaches, there is a girl who has a crush on him. In order to show off to her friends, she lied that she and Teacher Hao were in love and that he even kissed her.
Although it was later proven to be false, Teacher Hao was forced to resign and has been unable to find a job.
The remaining people’s experiences were similar.
They were all held on the moral high ground, but were pushed to the ground and squeezed dry.
It ranged from losing one’s job to losing one’s wife to losing one’s children.
Chu Shici discovered that people in this world really like to condemn others with a faux sense of justice.
At this moment, Shen Xiuzhe, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, “Why didn’t you call the police?”
Teacher Hao explained: “I called the police, the police proved that I was innocent.”
“Lawyer?”
“I searched for a lawyer, a lawsuit was filed, and the child’s parents also paid me compensation.”
Shen Xiuzhe stroked the little speaker with his fingers, “Then why are you here?”
As soon as this question came out, the room instantly became quiet.
Everyone had a bit of confusion on their faces, but judging from their expressions, it didn’t look like they were completely unaware.
After a while, Sister Qiu uncrossed her arms and sighed.
She poured herself a glass of red wine, “I don’t know, I was here when I woke up. But thinking about it, it must be because my moral value has dropped to a negative number.”
Chu Shici was stunned.
There was also a hint of confusion in Shen Xiuzhe’s voice, “Moral value?”
Teacher Hao was surprised: “You don’t know?”
Shen Xiuzhe shook his head, “I don’t pay attention to the outside world much. Is this important?”
Xiao Jinzi rubbed her red, swollen eye, “It’s about the same as the credit value in the bank. Although it’s not used much on a daily basis, it’s still quite important.”
This group of people talked over each other and explained to Shen Xiuzhe about moral values.
Chu Shici was stunned.
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Moral values developed because of the New Entertainment Law.
Everyone has an initial moral value of 100 points. When someone commits an act that violates morality and the society notices it to a certain level, the Moral Observation Network will issue a vote.
The people will vote to decide whether the person should be punished.
If a thousand people voted ‘yes’, the moral value will drop by one point.
If ten people voted ‘no’, the moral value will increase by one point.
When the moral value drops to a negative number, the person who was voted will face fines, jail or other forms of punishment.
After reaching a level for the display of heroic acts of righteousness, they can also recharge themselves with moral values.
The higher the moral value, the more social conveniences one enjoys.
People with low moral values have problems finding jobs and partners.
Although, many people’s moral values may not change much throughout their lives.
Only people who are able to cause heated discussions in society will be affected.
Teacher Hao looked solemn, “It was only when my moral value dropped to single digits that I became a homeless person.”
Chu Shici wanted to speak very much, but it was not convenient for him to speak.
It was Shen Xiuzhe who took the initiative to ask, “Since you were wronged, why can’t you get your moral points back?”
Teacher Hao sighed and did not answer.
Sister Qiu explained to him: “Because it did not cause a sensation large enough to open a second vote.”
“What happens to people who are wronged then? Are there no compensations at all?”
“There are. You’ll get back the moral points lost, but you’ll need to send out an apology video. But the damage is already done, and our personal information has already been circulated online. It is difficult for others to change their impression of us.”
Shen Xiuzhe changed his sitting posture and leaned forward slightly.
“Since it can be added back, why are you still here?”
Everyone present shook their heads in confusion. Sister Qiu seemed to know something, but she has no intention of saying it.
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After the small episode at dinner, everyone was in low spirits.
The two women wanted to go to bed. Sister Qiu looked at the time and said it wasn’t time yet.
It is estimated that Brother Liu, the fat steward, has arranged a mandatory mission for them.
Sister Qiu suggested playing some multiplayer games, and the others rummaged around the hall for a while, trying to find something to play with.
After a while, Xiao Jinzi came over with playing cards and suggested that everyone play poker together.
The poker card game is unique to this world. Several card decks are mixed together, with a maximum of ten people.
One person selected at random deals the cards, and after the cards are exhausted, each person chooses a card from their own deck and plays it.
In the first round, those who play the same cards are eliminated.
In the second round, those who play cards of the same suit are eliminated, while the third round has other rules.
Part of it depends on luck, and part of it depends on guessing other people’s thoughts. The rules can be formulated by players twice, and it is particularly random.
Shen Xiuzhe is blind and should not be playing with them.
But when his face showed a disappointed and lonely expression, it was really hard for people to reject him.
Teacher Hao felt that he was bound to lose every bet, so he voluntarily abstained and offered to help Shen Xiuzhe read the cards.
Xiao Jinzi couldn’t play, so she asked for a role as a card dealer.
She shuffled the cards clumsily and dealt them out one by one in order.
When Shen Xiuzhe received the first card, he paused imperceptibly.
There are inconspicuous undulations on the back of the card. This is a special poker card.
Chu Shici was very sensitive to Zhe-ge’s emotional fluctuations. After discovering Shen Xiuzhe’s unusual behavior, he subconsciously looked at others.
Their reactions were all normal, it seems that their cards were fine.
As Xiao Jinzi dealt the cards, Shen Xiuzhe had more and more cards in his hand.
Teacher Hao kept whispering in his ear, telling him all the cards he had.
Shen Xiuzhe stroked the cards with his fingertips, and a very faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Before Xiao Jinzi had finished dealing the cards, Shen Xiuzhe had already found out the cipher on the cards.
These codes can be combined into a single message.
[# Another you is about to appear, Brother Liu has changed your identities. Contact him before the cycle ends. #]
Chu Shici, who was deep in thought, was suddenly knocked on the head.
He looked up and saw that Shen Xiuzhe seemed to be tired from sitting, so he raised his head slightly.
Chu Shici immediately understood his hint and looked at Xiao Jinzi who was dealing the cards in surprise.
The undercover is actually this little girl who always cries?!
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T/N: Don’t look at me, I have no idea what on earth is going on either.
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