“No wonder I always felt an inexplicable malevolence emanating from this woman; it turns out the root cause was here!”
He continued reading.
“She was a kept woman in college… Tsk, tsk, tsk,” Lu Xuan stroked his chin, a playful smile on his face. “This truly shows that you can’t judge a book by its cover, or measure the sea with a dipper. On the surface, she’s an elegant, otherworldly orchid fairy who doesn’t seem to touch worldly affairs, but behind the scenes, she’s a socialite who climbed the ranks by relying on her sugar daddy. No wonder she could become the Director of the Network Information Center at such a young age; it turns out she took the easy way out.”
Every single one of these dark secrets was enough to utterly ruin Zhao Mengqi!
Lu Xuan retrieved his nano-drone, which had silently flown back, and placed it back into the interlayer of his glasses case, a cold, controlling smirk on his face.
Director Zhao, I’ve got you by the short hairs now.
Now, it’s time for you to pay the price for your actions!
【Detailed Description: Target individual Zhao Mengqi, born in a poverty-stricken mountainous area in the Northwest. Both parents were farmers who tilled the land. There were five children in the family; Zhao Mengqi was the second oldest, with an older sister, two younger sisters, and a younger brother on whom great hopes were placed. Her original name, Zhao Zhaodi, was quite characteristic of the era—and her precious younger brother was named Zhao Yaozu.】
“Zhao Zhaodi… Zhao Yaozu…” Lu Xuan muttered these two names, a meaningful curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
This combination of names was simply a microcosm of the patriarchal thinking prevalent in that era.
It seemed this Director Zhao had lived in a rather unpleasant family environment since childhood.
【Zhao Mengqi displayed extraordinary intelligence and beauty from a young age, and her academic performance far surpassed that of her peers. However, her impoverished family nearly forced her to drop out in elementary school. Fortunately, her elementary school homeroom teacher, valuing her talent and unwilling to see a pearl covered in dust, generously sponsored her to complete her elementary education. Subsequently, through the teacher’s connections, a kind person named Li Yuan, who wished to remain anonymous, began to sponsor her long-term until she successfully entered university and left the mountain that had confined her for over a decade.】
Upon reading this, Lu Xuan’s brow furrowed slightly.
Logically speaking, one should repay a small kindness with a gushing spring.
This Director Zhao’s early life was quite an inspiring example, so why did she…
【She originally thought that with her own efforts and the help of kind people, she could completely change her fate and achieve great success. However, fate played a cruel trick. During her postgraduate studies, the kind person, Li Yuan, who had been silently sponsoring her, went bankrupt due to business failure and had to discontinue her scholarship. What was chilling was that Zhao Mengqi not only did not feel grateful for the past kindness but instead harbored resentment towards Li Yuan, believing that he had ruined her “bright future.” To continue her studies and maintain her glamorous lifestyle, she connected with an older wealthy businessman online and began living as a kept woman.】
“Holy shit!” Lu Xuan couldn’t help but curse under his breath. This twist came so suddenly, yet it was also within reason.
An extremely selfish person, when facing a loss of benefit, often discards so-called “kindness” first.
【After graduating with her master’s degree, Zhao Mengqi knew that if her past experiences were exposed, it would be a devastating blow. Thus, she meticulously began a series of “whitewashing” plans. The first step was to change her name, replacing the rustic “Zhao Zhaodi” with the poetic “Zhao Mengqi.” Immediately after, she underwent various cosmetic procedures for skin whitening and shaping, and intensely exercised, striving to transform herself into a “Jiangnan talent” with both temperament and beauty. She even painstakingly moved her household registration to the city where Chuan’nan University was located, thereby transforming herself into a genuine “Chuan’nan native.”】
Lu Xuan secretly clicked his tongue in amazement. This woman’s cunning and tactics were even more formidable than those of a palace intrigue champion in a TV drama.
To conceal her origins, she truly stopped at nothing.
【However, what was most outrageous was that to completely erase her unbearable past and leave no future troubles, she actually planned and carried out two “accidental” incidents! The first time, she lured the wealthy businessman, Liu Feiyu, who had kept her, to a remote mountainous area, creating the illusion of a vehicle losing control and plunging off a cliff, brutally killing him. Because the incident occurred in a remote area, lacked surveillance, and the wealthy man’s family did not pursue the matter deeply, the case was ultimately closed as an accident.】
【The second time was against Li Yuan, the kind person who had once helped her in her time of need and sponsored her to complete her university studies. After learning that he was impoverished after going bankrupt, she feigned a visit, similarly lured him to an uninhabited mountainous area, and used the same method to run him over! Both of these cases, due to their concealed methods of operation and remote locations, remain unsolved to this day!】
Upon reading this, Lu Xuan felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!
“This… Is this even human?!”
He gasped, thinking that Luo Xiaoran’s scheme of faking an accident was disgusting enough, but compared to this Director Zhao, it was like comparing a small witch to a great one!
This was no longer simple moral depravity; this was thorough anti-social personality, a demon in human skin!
“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!”
Lu Xuan murmured, his eyes turning incredibly cold.
He had only suspected that Zhao Mengqi had taken bribes and turned a blind eye before, but now it seemed this woman had two lives on her hands!
And one of them was her benefactor!
“To conceal her identity as someone from the mountains, to package herself with the persona of a ‘family of scholars’ and a ‘Jiangnan talent,’ she could run over her benefactor to death? How dark and hardened must her heart be?”
Lu Xuan suddenly recalled the footage his drone had secretly captured earlier, where Zhao Mengqi was bargaining with the mastermind for her mother’s surgery. Now, it seemed that the facade of a “filial daughter” was probably also a meticulously performed act!
How deep could the affection of someone who could mercilessly run over their benefactor be for their own mother?
Most likely, it was just to create a perfect persona of being “filial”!
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and continued to flip through the PPT.
The subsequent content was even more shocking.
All the evidence, spread out, amounted to over two hundred pages!
Among them were detailed copies of receipts from her elementary school homeroom teacher for her tuition fees, bank transfer records for every single scholarship payment from the kind person, and even some transfer receipts for daily living expenses and warm greetings—every single transaction was clearly traceable.
There were also all the large transfer records, luxury item purchase records, and hotel check-in records at various five-star hotels during the period when the wealthy businessman kept Zhao Mengqi, detailed down to specific dates and room numbers!
Most crucially, there was a scanned copy of Zhao Mengqi’s original household registration book under the name “Zhao Zhaodi,” and records of all official document procedures for her step-by-step name change, household registration transfer, and identity forgery!
And the final straw that broke the camel’s back was two videos!
One video was clear footage captured from various angles by a reconnaissance satellite high above the sky years ago, in an inconspicuous corner: Zhao Mengqi driving a car on a winding mountain road, ramming another car off a cliff!
The other video used the exact same method, only the location and victim were different!
“System, you’re awesome!” Lu Xuan silently praised the system in his heart.
Such old cases, occurring in remote mountainous areas with scarce surveillance, would probably have remained unsolved forever if not for the system’s incredible power!
All this evidence, interconnected, formed a complete chain of evidence, enough to send her to prison for life!
“Phew…” Lu Xuan let out a long breath, the shock in his heart lingering.
However, he quickly calmed down.
Zhao Mengqi certainly deserved to die, but now was not the time to act against her.
She was just a pawn.
The real target to expose was the mastermind hiding behind the scenes, manipulating everything!
“Director Zhao, oh Director Zhao, your myriad dark secrets are truly a great gift to me.”
A chilling, sinister smile curled on Lu Xuan’s lips. “It shouldn’t be difficult to use you to lure out that big fish behind the scenes, right?”
He put away his phone, his eyes glinting with cunning.
When the time comes, both old and new scores will be settled! No one will escape!