CHAPTER 630: 【624】ORPHAN’S COUNTERATTACK 93 (3RD UPDATE)

Yiyi quickly exchanged a glance with Zhou Mo, "What’s wrong?"

The girl handed her phone to Yiyi, and just one glance at the Weibo trending topics made her frown.

[Shock! Popular young actor Lin Mu’s mysterious girlfriend appears, visits the hospital discretely at night, suspected of being pregnant!]

[Lin Mu’s personal assistant handles hospital admission procedures in person, showing nanny-like concern throughout, clearly demonstrating the importance.]

[Digging into Lin Mu’s mysterious girlfriend, she actually lives in an old community?]

...

The photos of her on Weibo weren’t very clear, since they were taken at night, but one profile shot captured as she was getting into a car on the day she was discharged was recognizable to those familiar with her, so that female classmate had pretty sharp eyes.

How could Yiyi possibly admit it? She returned the phone and, smiling, asked, "Who do you think is more handsome, Lin Mu or my husband?"

Zhou Mo timely tilted his head and flashed a charming look, quickening the heartbeat of the girl, who unconsciously replied, "Isn’t that obvious? Senior Brother Zhou of course!"

"You guys have good taste, so obviously it’s not me. How could I possibly have anything to do with Lin Mu, right? We are just from two different worlds!"

***

On the way back, Yiyi sighed again, "Lucky that Lin Mu reminded me to cover up well that day, otherwise I might have really been photographed. Also lucky that although my neighborhood is rundown, the security guard is reliable. Especially after I was stalked before, the community has strengthened its security. Outsiders can’t just enter as they please anymore, or else they might actually find out which building I live in."

"Stalked?" Zhou Mo caught the key point, and Yiyi nonchalantly recounted the incident before looking at him somewhat amused.

"Aren’t you jealous at all? What if I really had something going on with Lin Mu?"

Zhou Mo’s attention, however, remained on the night she was stalked and had to dial emergency services before passing out and being hospitalized. Suddenly hearing her question, he tightened his grip on the steering wheel and reached out to touch her head. "I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. If I had been there for you, this wouldn’t have,"

"It’s okay, isn’t it all in the past? I don’t even think about it anymore, why do you still dwell on it? Although, we owe Lin Mu for this time. He took a huge risk to help me. Now that he’s in trouble, do you think I should step forward and speak out?"

"You’re right, we should indeed go see him. Some rumors debunk themselves."

"Hey, be careful!" Suddenly, an electric bike hit a pedestrian and fled the scene, prompting Yiyi to shout at Zhou Mo.

"Quick, he’s getting away, chase him! There’s a surveillance system in my car, he won’t get far!"

Despite Yiyi’s car being nothing fancy, she, a talented student from the Computer Department of Tsinghua, had designed a surveillance system specifically suited to this car model; an easy task for her which even allowed direct phone connectivity, far more convenient than anything currently on the market.

As Zhou Mo chased the perpetrator, he glanced at the excited woman beside him directing him and suddenly felt a bit nervous.

"Do you always drive this aggressively when you’re alone?"

"What do you mean aggressive? This is called ’seeing injustice and drawing my sword to help’. He hit someone and fled, and we were right behind him. What if the person lying on the ground was trying to scam him?"

Zhou Mo frowned, "That... couldn’t be, right?"

Yiyi pouted, "Don’t think too highly of people. Oh, oh, oh, hit him, force him towards the green belt on the side. Wow, well done, well done, hurry down and catch him, don’t let him escape, I’m calling the police now."

After making the call, the couple stood by the roadside waiting for the police. However, unexpectedly, two groups of police arrived. One was called by the hit pedestrian who vehemently accused them of being the culprits. Zhou Mo was stunned, as he had not anticipated, despite Yiyi having accurately predicted it. When had society become this chaotic?

"As it turns out, it’s not about social morality, but the fact that the bad people have just gotten older. His thinking is simple—people who drive cars are richer than those who ride bikes, right? So by cornering us, he wanted more compensation!"

Yiyi watched as the man in his fifties or sixties was taken away in an ambulance, his family demanding compensation haughtily in front of them. She really didn’t want to deal with them and directly told the police.

"I have the video. It clearly shows who hit who. I don’t want to talk to them; their mouths are too dirty,"

After the whole bunch was taken to the police station in a police van and watched the video, the initially belligerent victim’s family suddenly fell silent. Yiyi looked at them with disgust.

"Facts speak louder than words. We’re not making a big deal out of this time doesn’t mean we won’t next time. Your old man has committed defamation. We’ll sue and we’ll win every case. We don’t ask for your gratitude, but we didn’t expect you to turn and bite us. With such a dark heart, being hit today serves you right!"

"You, how can you, a young girl, talk like that? Why are you so poisonous?"

"Disgusted by what I said? Why don’t you reflect on yourself? Shall I play back your curses so you can hear who’s more foul-mouthed?"

"You..."

It seemed that the original perpetrator, who throughout seemed like a mere onlooker, didn’t receive a single rebuke. Morality truly has degenerated, and societal values have deteriorated.

As the two of them left the police station, looking at their car being towed back, Yiyi was still furious. "See? Next time you see a scam artist, steer clear. Having a car surveillance system is a must; otherwise, you can’t even prove your innocence,

"Alright, alright, calm down. You’re right; you did the right thing. I was naive. I thought it would be safe returning to our country, but I underestimated human greed. Not everyone is kind. You responded perfectly today, and it has completely put my mind at ease. Initially, I was worried about you driving,"

Yiyi had already requested leave from her department, planning to start work after the New Year, as they had errands to run these next few months.

"I got the keys the school provided us. When we’re back, we can set up our new home." Zhou Mo quickly changed the subject.

"What? You’ve got the keys to the house already? Don’t we need to check it first?" Hmm, topic successfully diverted.

"I did check it. Of course, I had to. I chose one you’d like. Ground floor, with a garden where you can grow vegetables."

Yiyi was amazed. "Such good luck? Ground floor houses in such a deep-rooted campus like Tsinghua should be hard to come by, right?" Since there are more older professors, and few young teachers qualify for housing allocation, speaking of which, Yiyi was indeed lucky to have Zhou Mo’s fortune.