Chapter 87: 87. Chapter 87: Pissing Off the Male and Female Leads

87. Chapter 87: Pissing Off the Male and Female Leads

On the other side.

It was just as the Baby System had leaked.

After the video was exposed in the afternoon, the phone of Sheng Tinglan's assistant was blown up with calls, all of them complaints and interrogations.

Why were videos being exposed one after another? How much more of their privacy had been recorded by devices? They had paid such a high price to go to the club, yet it couldn't even protect client privacy; they demanded the club provide an explanation and compensation!

"President Sheng, it's bad. That club in the South District has been sealed off. Many members inside are saying they must be given a reasonable explanation, otherwise, they won't let the club be unsealed. What should we do now?"

The assistant reported the situation to Sheng Tinglan in a panic.

Sheng Tinglan's face was gloomy to the extreme at this moment, the veins on his forehead constantly bulging, and his deep, ink-like pupils were brewing a terrifying rage.

And at the same time.

In his mind, the Help You Reach the Peak of Life System also began to spam notifications frantically.

【Warning! Host, your career is facing a major crisis. Today's public opinion storm has already affected the club. The mission to expand your business territory has failed, achievement points have dropped from 85 to 80, and current progress has fallen from the original 68% to 60%.】

This was the first time.

He had actually failed a mission!

A fire of rage was brewing in Sheng Tinglan's heart, almost burning everything to ashes.

Originally, according to the plan, he was going to drag Suna into the water first. Once that woman died, public opinion would immediately reverse and target Luo Xixi, and then he would drag the Luo Family into the water to successfully annex them and complete the expansion of his business territory once again. As a result, a single video had completely disrupted his entire plan, and not only that, it had also caused his club to be implicated.

The club managed by Sheng Tinglan was specifically for entertaining the powerful and wealthy, and it was filled with a large amount of power-money transactions. But now that a privacy leak incident had occurred—and twice in one day—it was a huge blow to the club's reputation; being shut down was just the start.

What gave Sheng Tinglan an even bigger headache was that offending that group of people would inevitably affect the progress of his business expansion.

Damn it!

Who on earth posted that video?!

【System, can you find out for me who is messing with me behind my back? Who posted the video this afternoon? Who is the mastermind? Find out for me!】

The Help You Reach the Peak of Life System said: 【Host, the relationships behind this incident are intricate and complex, the investigation difficulty is extremely high, and it also involves confidential funds. Are you sure you want to investigate?】

【Of course I want to investigate!】

【That will cost you 50 points.】

【What? It actually costs 50 points?】

Hearing the system's reminder, Sheng Tinglan was somewhat surprised and puzzled: 【It's just investigating the person behind the scenes, how could it require so many points?】

It was no wonder Sheng Tinglan hesitated.

After all, Luo Xixi had only saved up 2 points by slacking off until now.

Now, investigating a mastermind required spending 50 points; if it were any other host, they wouldn't be able to afford it at all.

The Help You Reach the Peak of Life System replied: 【Generally speaking, investigating a mastermind does not require points, but this time the mastermind set up obstacles in this incident. To break through those obstacles, a large amount of points is required.】

【They can even set up obstacles? Someone like this is specifically making me their enemy. If I don't know the other party's identity, I'm afraid I'll be passively taking hits from now on.】

Sheng Tinglan gritted his teeth, then made up his mind and said: 【Then spend the 50 points, find the mastermind for me!】

【Received, please wait a moment.】

About half an hour later.

The Help You Reach the Peak of Life System came back online and reported to Sheng Tinglan: 【Host, the mastermind has been found.】

【Who is it?】

【It is the second male lead in the story, Yan Yu.】

On the other side.

Luo Shiqing, who had been waiting for the entire Luo Family to collapse after Suna's death, was bewildered.

She had been happily browsing the internet looking at comments trashing Suna, but after the afternoon, the situation immediately reversed. By the evening, not only had Suna's reputation not worsened, it had even climbed to a new height.

【System, what is going on! Why has that bitch's reputation gotten better? Who posted that video? Is there something wrong with their brain? Do they not understand respecting people's privacy? Wasn't it said that you aren't allowed to bring phones into that club?!】

The Heartthrob System came online, also finding it inconceivable, and said: 【Host, I'm sorry, I cannot find the mastermind for the time being.】

【Why?! How can you not find this?! Was it Luo Xixi who did it?!】

Now, whenever anything happened, Luo Shiqing felt it was Luo Xixi causing trouble.

The Heartthrob System remained strict, as everything relied on evidence. It said: 【It is temporarily impossible to conclude that Luo Xixi intervened. The mastermind set up obstacles to prevent us from continuing the investigation. Only by breaking the obstacles can we continue to trace the source and find the person behind the scenes, but this requires points to break.】

【Such a trivial matter requires points? How many?】

【50 points.】

【Are you robbing me!!!】

Luo Shiqing was furious, 【How can investigating a mastermind require so many points?!】

The Heartthrob System was helpless: 【Because the obstacles are very high-level and cannot be broken by ordinary means.】

【That still shouldn't require 50 points!!】

Unlike Sheng Tinglan, who was wealthy and had already accumulated hundreds of points, Luo Shiqing only had a few dozen points accumulated from completing missions. If she used them to investigate the mastermind, it would wipe out all her accumulated points!

The Heartthrob System also felt it wasn't worth it, saying: 【Host, why don't you just let it go? Anyway, this matter doesn't affect you, it's not worth wasting precious points on something like this.】

Accumulated points could be exchanged for items; to clear obstacles, these points had to be used where they mattered most in order to successfully clear the game.

Luo Shiqing was also reluctant.

But thinking about how she had been in high spirits in the morning, waiting for the Luo Family's ruinous ending, only to be told in the afternoon that nothing had happened and to go cool off somewhere, Luo Shiqing felt her teeth itch with hatred.

She couldn't help but roar in her heart: 【Ahhhhh!!! Who on earth is the one trying to spite me!!!】

On the other side.

After Luo Xixi finished her call with Suna, she felt she should also give Yan Yu a call to thank him, so she dialed Yan Yu's number.

It was the same as in the morning.

Yan Yu's phone was answered quickly, and the man's smiling voice rang out.

"Xixi."

"Um, A-Yu, I saw the things on the internet; it was you, right? Thank you," Luo Xixi said politely.

Yan Yu, like a dog asking for a reward, smiled and said, "Why say thank you? You already asked me for help, how could I not handle it well for you? As long as it is something you want to do, I can do it for you."

The Baby System heard Yan Yu's words and shrieked with excitement, 【Ahhhhh, Host, did you hear that? The second male lead, he really—I'm crying to death! Sob, sob, sob, he is really so partial to you. With the second male lead's help, won't your mission be completed just by lying down?!!】

As for Luo Xixi—