CHAPTER 458: CHAPTER 455: [I, THE CONTROLLER, MAKE IT RAIN!]

Chapter 455: I, the Controller, Bring on the Cash!

"Sofia, look, you have experience serving in the military. As far as I know, if you are running for a local council member, with your society’s values here, this kind of resume is very likely to garner a lot of public support..."

As Seed’s suggestions grew increasingly ambitious...

Sofia coughed forcefully and said with a bitter smile, "Seed! Mr. Seed! I’m not interested in that area, and I don’t have any political ambitions—my personality isn’t cut out for that kind of thing."

"Alright, if you change your mind, you can tell me anytime."

Seed shrugged and looked down the street. "After all, now that I’ve settled down, I should be living here for quite a while..."

After his wedding, Brother Lei gave himself a week off.

Initially, because of the incident, Brother Lei was in a dilemma about whether to go on a honeymoon. However, Chen Nuo repeatedly reassured him that nothing else would happen and eventually convinced Brother Lei to take Zhu Xiaojuan on their honeymoon trip.

Well... the honeymoon destination was the headquarters of The Abyss organization.

There, they were personally received by the Captain.

The best private islands, beaches, luxury yachts...

Afterward, once Chen Nuo personally saw Brother Lei onto the plane, he went back to school.

Yes, back to school.

Strolling leisurely onto the campus of No. 8 Middle School, he returned to his class in the International Department and casually wrote a leave of absence request.

It’s hard to accurately describe the mood among the classmates in that class when they learned Chen Nuo was leaving.

Especially for Zhou Kai.

Once humbled under Chen Nuo’s boot, once forced by Chen Nuo to recite an English-Chinese dictionary every day...

But, when Chen Nuo announced his departure, the most upset was Zhou Kai.

On the other hand, Ou Xiuhua was thoroughly intimidated by her "daughter-in-law"!!

That morning, Lu Xixi asked Ou Xiuhua to take a leave of absence from work.

Then, she dragged Ou Xiuhua along, with Yu Naitang and her daughter in tow, to go out and "buy some things"—well, "buy some things" was Lu Xixi’s exact phrase.

Although, from Ou Xiuhua’s traditional perspective, taking time off work just to shop felt a bit irresponsible, and leave could even cut into her bonus.

But... remembering how much her son had wronged Lu Xixi, Ou Xiuhua accepted.

Simply put, it was a compensatory mindset.

Such a beautiful woman, following her son without proper status, even having his child; meanwhile, her son was fooling around overseas...

How terribly he had wronged her!

Taking leave to accompany this daughter-in-law shopping? Such compensation was nothing!

But... I really didn’t expect that this "going shopping to buy some things" meant buying...

An exquisite sales office, with salesgirls in business suits and stockings, stepping in high heels.

Nearby, a manager was cleaning his glasses with a cloth.

Basically, a whole team of people was revolving around Lu Xixi and her party.

It was a group centered around Ou Xiuhua.

There was no pretense of being poor only to flaunt wealth later, nor any drama of being looked down upon followed by a triumphant reversal.

Upon entering the sales center, Lu Xixi directly had Yu Naitang present a bank card.

"Introduce me to the best unit you have here in terms of location and layout."

With that one sentence, she stunned the sales center staff, who had been observing Ou Xiuhua and the others’ plain attire with some internal reservations.

Some things could be faked, but the color of a bank card could not.

Alright...

Even if a bank card could be counterfeit, Lu Xixi’s beauty was right there!

In today’s society, a beauty of such demonic allure... surely, she wouldn’t be lacking money, right?

In 2002, the commercial housing market was booming, and the people at the sales center were worldly.

This was a so-called affluent area developed beside a natural lake in the central JN district.

Villas, lakeside, with open views, and most crucially, not far from the business district.

They were called American-style villas, but their design actually looked more British—or rather, a hodgepodge of various Western styles.

Ou Xiuhua was pretty much in a daze.

Lu Xixi sat there nonchalantly, holding her daughter, gently teasing the child with her fingers, watching the little one’s eyes follow her movements, all while listening to the saleswoman’s nervous presentation...

"Hold on," Lu Xixi raised her hand to signal and frowned. "No need to introduce so many useless details. Just tell me how many bedrooms, how many bathrooms, and how large the private area is. That’s all. We’ll go see the rest on-site."

The saleswoman hesitated for a moment. "...Six bedrooms, four bathrooms, and as for the private area... there’s a lakeside yard, about three hundred square meters."

Lu Xixi glanced at Ou Xiuhua and said softly, "Auntie... Wouldn’t that be a bit small?"

Small?

Ou Xiuhua snapped back to reality!

Small?!

A six-bedroom house? Oh, that’s called a villa...

Three hundred square meters of yard, a private garden.

Oh, and it’s by the lake?!

Small?!

Ou Xiuhua’s thoughts suddenly cleared, her only reaction a mix of... fear and absurdity!

This kind of house, could my son afford to live in it?

This kind of house, could my family afford to buy it?!

When I first returned to this home, the over eight hundred thousand Chen Nuo had given me was all the family had, although there was also the shop’s business outside and the annual dividends.

Over this past year and a bit, I’ve been managing the household affairs. Not to say we’ve lived frugally, but we never squandered either.

Daily expenses, over one year, didn’t actually amount to much, maybe just under ten thousand.

In 2002, when the average monthly wage was just a few hundred, yearly household expenses of ten thousand felt like a pretty good life to Ou Xiuhua.

Over a bit more than a year, the family hadn’t spent money unwisely. Now, the savings passbook Ou Xiuhua had hidden under the cabinet, combining the initial over eight hundred thousand from Chen Nuo with the dividends from Brother Lei’s car dealership (received when Chen Nuo was missing earlier this year), had just reached a total of one million.

But even if she wasn’t worldly, she knew that this place, this so-called lakeside villa, this grand American-style or whatever house...

It was definitely not something her family’s one million could afford!

Even if... my daughter-in-law feels we should buy a new house for our future life...

Ou Xiuhua thought it was acceptable.

But it didn’t need to be so extravagant, right?!

Even affording it with a loan wouldn’t do!

After all, people of Ou Xiuhua’s generation, born in the fifties and sixties, now in her forties, held the old belief: if you can avoid borrowing money, avoid it; if you can live without debt, live without debt.

Borrowing a large sum from the bank to buy a house and then paying it off for decades...

She wouldn’t even dare to think about such a thing! Wouldn’t our daily lives be suffocated by this debt?

Seeing Ou Xiuhua getting a bit emotional, she began, "Xixi, our family..."

Lu Xixi was startled, then quickly comprehended. She waved at the sales staff. "We need to discuss this within our family. Could you please give us some space?"

"No problem!" The salesperson immediately took the hint and left. On her way out, she had someone bring over a few more cups of coffee.

"Xixi, our family does have some savings, but Xiao Nuo hasn’t been making money in business for two years, so maybe..." Ou Xiuhua began carefully. Buying a house isn’t the issue. My daughter-in-law is so good and has suffered so much for my son; it’s only right to buy a good house when they get married.

But, a mansion of this level is beyond what our family can cope with.

"Auntie, I was inconsiderate," Lu Xixi pursed her lips in thought. She gently took Ou Xiuhua’s hand, her tone cautious and a bit embarrassed. "Actually... I am quite wealthy."

"Huh?" Ou Xiuhua was taken aback. "You... have money?"

Lu Xixi nodded seriously and whispered, "The card I took out earlier... the money inside it... actually, some of it was Chen Nuo’s from before... he left it with me for safekeeping, sort of, sort of, like household money he gave me."

My son has a secret stash of money?

Ou Xiuhua immediately dismissed the thought.

No, money my son keeps with his wife isn’t a secret stash.

Having savings is always a good thing, anyway.

But... there probably isn’t much there, I guess.

In her heart, Lu Xixi knew Chen Nuo must have hidden many things from his mother. If she were to mention how much money Chen Nuo had, Chen Nuo himself would later have to find a way to explain it to Ou Xiuhua—though deceiving people was hardly a challenge for that despicable Chen Xiaoguo. But...

Forget it, better not cause him trouble.

"Besides... I actually have quite a lot of money myself. Um... My annual..."

Lu Xixi thought for a moment and used a term Ou Xiuhua was familiar with: "My ’salary’ is actually very high."

No matter how high can a salary be?

Could you possibly make a million a year?!

In her heart, Ou Xiuhua was somewhat skeptical. Besides, Lu Xixi had been living at home for so long without going to work for a single day.

"You... still have a job? Xixi dear... you haven’t worked for so many days. Your company, they didn’t fire you, did they? Or did you take a long leave?"

Lu Xixi smiled. "No, my job doesn’t require going to the office. Um... I’m actually a consultant for a large multinational corporation, a senior consultant. A consultant means I don’t normally go to work. They approach me with problems they can’t solve, and I step in to handle them. When there’s work, I do it; when there isn’t, the money still comes in."

Ou Xiuhua’s first thought was...

What a great job!

Flexible hours, time to take care of the family!

"Then... that kind of job probably doesn’t pay much, Xixi dear. I don’t mean anything else, I just feel our family’s finances might not withstand such a strain. Look, buying a house... you two will get married eventually, and I fully support you buying a house. Even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have talked to Chen Nuo about it.

But... you see, shouldn’t we... consider our actual situation? Such a big house... Look, why don’t we go look at some apartment buildings?

I heard from people at my company that new apartments are on sale over in Dongshan. The complex is quite nice, with three-bedroom, two-living-room units, over a hundred square meters, and they even have elevators..."

As Ou Xiuhua spoke, her fingers gripping the paper cup tightened—she had indeed heard about those kinds of houses.

It was Hou Changwei who had told her.

That guy was always hovering around her, trying to find topics to get closer to her, and he had mentioned this.

Actually, I really didn’t want to flaunt my wealth in front of my man’s mother...

And Chen Nuo himself is quite rich too.

Lu Xixi sighed, gently took the coffee paper cup from Ou Xiuhua’s hand, and placed it on the table—just in case Ou Xiuhua got a shock from what she was about to say and spilled coffee all over herself.

"Auntie, my annual consulting fee is ten million..."

Alright, Lu Xixi decided not to mention other income like commissions, just the smaller amount: the Octopus Monster’s annual consulting fee...

"...How much??!!" Ou Xiuhua shot up from the sofa.

"Ten million... US dollars."

"US... dollars?" Ou Xiuhua looked utterly bewildered.

"One US dollar can currently be exchanged for a bit over eight Huaxia Currency," Yu Naitang added from the side.

Good heavens!

Ou Xiuhua had put down the coffee cup earlier, so luckily it didn’t spill.

But she herself almost slid off the sofa!

Ten million, US dollars?

One US dollar exchanges for over eight Huaxia Currency?

Doesn’t that mean over eighty million Huaxia Currency—annually?!

Annually?!

Over eighty million, rounding up, that’s practically a hundred million!!

Her eyes widened as she stared at Lu Xixi, her granddaughter’s mother.

Lu Xixi had already steadied Ou Xiuhua and took a deep breath. "Auntie, I..."

"Xixi! Xixi!" Ou Xiuhua suddenly grew anxious. "Your, your family, what do they do? I... uh... I mean, your in-laws aren’t in big business, are they? Or some kind of tycoon, top-tier elite?"

Lu Xixi shook her head. "I’ve told you, there’s no one else in my family, just Little Candy and me. All my money is self-earned."

Ou Xiuhua’s heart churned violently.

Then, she bit her lip hard and looked straight at Lu Xixi. "Xixi... I have to ask you something!

How... much money do you actually have? You don’t have to be precise, but can you give me a rough idea?

Don’t misunderstand, I don’t mean anything else. I’m just thinking now that I’m afraid my son... really isn’t worthy of you!"

Lu Xixi looked somewhat embarrassed—given her personality, she wasn’t very good at dealing with people.

But, luckily, didn’t she have a little follower?

Yu Naitang smiled and also came to hold Ou Xiuhua’s arm.

"Grandma Ou... my teacher’s house abroad is enormous.

We live in Britain, in an estate of about ten-odd acres. The house has more than a dozen bedrooms, and... the house itself is an antique.

My teacher bought it at an auction for over thirty million British pounds—that’s more than four hundred million Huaxia Currency.

So, please rest assured, money is definitely not an issue."

Ou Xiuhua took a deep breath, but it still felt like there wasn’t enough air in her lungs.

Then she bit her lip fiercely, her expression growing even more resolute!

"No! Then we absolutely cannot buy this house!" she declared decisively. "And if we buy it, we can’t just use your money! Otherwise, wouldn’t Chen Nuo become a kept man?! Our Chen Family cannot take this advantage!!"

Her heart in turmoil, Ou Xiuhua looked at Lu Xixi and suddenly couldn’t help but grip Lu Xixi’s fingers in return.

"My dear girl... you... so beautiful, and so wealthy... How could you fall for our Chen Nuo?!"

Alright, there was actually another sentence stuck in Ou Xiuhua’s heart, but she ultimately didn’t say it out loud.

The sentence was: My dear girl, are you blind?

She had raised her son until he was eighteen...

Handsome, and very popular with women.

And he even learned how to snag a rich woman!

Snagged a woman worth hundreds of millions!

Learned to live off a woman?!

Ou Xiuhua felt that all the experiences of her life couldn’t compare to the shock, the sheer fantasy of this single moment!

Worth hundreds of millions!

An annual salary of over eighty million!

How much money was that?!

Chen Nuo had won a lottery and opened a few car dealerships; in Ou Xiuhua’s mind, that already made him a rich man—and that was only a few million in total.

She earns eighty million a year?!

Back then, she was deceived by that scumbag ex-husband, embezzling tens of thousands of public funds to help him cover his gambling debts.

Tens of thousands in public funds, and she went to prison for several years. And that was after repaying a portion of it.

Huaxia, in the year 2002.

Housing reforms had only begun a few years prior; the era of welfare housing allocation was still fresh in memory.

Just a few years ago, the house her family currently lived in, if bought from her work unit, would have cost only around ten thousand.

Around ten thousand for a whole apartment!!

Eighty million? Wouldn’t that be enough to buy an entire residential complex, no, an entire street, with money to spare?!

Making a woman worth hundreds of millions live in their house that was bought for just over ten thousand?

Somehow, that just didn’t seem right, did it?

Ou Xiuhua found herself facing the greatest dilemma of her life!

If they didn’t buy the luxury mansion, why should a girl with such excellent prospects suffer with their family?

But if they did buy this mansion... why should her son live off her?

Lu Xixi thought for a moment. This wasn’t the place to get bogged down. She smiled and called the sales staff over.

"Show us around first."

During the house viewing, Ou Xiuhua’s heart was a whirlwind of emotions.

The saleswoman beside them enthusiastically introduced the property, and the project manager was diligently attentive, but Ou Xiuhua wasn’t really listening to any of it.

She was led around like a puppet on strings for two tours... Lu Xixi also appeared very calm.

It was Yu Naitang who, while looking around, kept tsk-tsking and shaking his head, either saying a place was too small or too narrow.

He said the garden layout wasn’t good enough.

He said the garage was too small.

The garage was too small?

The garage could fit two cars!

"Grandma Ou, the family will definitely need more cars in the future... Think about it, Chen Nuo will surely want his own car, right?

My teacher will definitely need her own car too.

In a few more years, when I’m an adult, I’ll definitely buy a car as well.

And also, when you occasionally go out, wouldn’t it be more convenient to drive?

A house this big, you can’t possibly clean it all by yourselves, right? You’ll definitely need to hire domestic staff, a nanny, and such. For daily grocery shopping, you’ll also need a car for that, right?"

Yu Naitang finished his smiling explanation, leaving Ou Xiuhua completely stunned!

One, two, three, four, five...

That’s five cars already?

She was just about to say she could just take the bus when she went out...

"Living here, you at least can’t let others look down on you, right? If all the neighbors drive, and you take the bus... You might not care yourself, but it’s your son others will look down on..."

"This..."

How did it feel...

Like her good-for-nothing son was about to be completely kept by Lu Xixi?!

Giving him a villa to live in, and buying him cars too?

Ou Xiuhua knew she couldn’t resolve this matter herself. She could only make her final stand.

"This matter... let’s go back. When Chen Nuo comes home tonight, we must discuss it with him. Buying a house is such a big decision for the family... We can’t just decide it among ourselves on one outing...

Yes, let’s go back first. Tonight, we’ll talk to Chen Nuo as well, and we’ll all discuss it together before making a decision... okay?"

Lacking confidence, she ended by looking at Lu Xixi and asking, "Okay?"

"Okay," Lu Xixi nodded.

When they returned home, Chen Nuo was already there.

Seeing the group of women return, Chen Nuo got up from the sofa, tossing aside the TV remote. "You’re back? What did you buy? Why are your hands empty?"

What did we buy? Ou Xiuhua thought, glaring fiercely at Chen Nuo. Your wife almost bought a house deed!

Even though he was her own son... and she treasured him dearly.

But now, no matter how she looked at him... he seemed utterly unworthy of that girl!

Was there really something wrong with Lu Xixi’s eyesight?

Ou Xiuhua sighed. Choosing her words carefully, and trying to maintain an impartial tone, she recounted the day’s events regarding the house purchase.

After Ou Xiuhua finished, she looked at Chen Nuo and said softly, "I just feel... this matter, it’s not right for us to just decide to buy it... Let’s come back, discuss it together, and hear your opinion too."

Chen Nuo listened and glanced at Lu Xixi... That Chen Dog, how devious he was!

In a blink, he understood where the problem lay.

Looking at Lu Xixi, he asked, "How big is the house?"

"Around three hundred square meters of floor area, I forget the exact details. The yard is a bit small, the rooms are barely adequate, and the garage is also a bit small."

"How much?"

Lu Xixi thought for a moment. "Four thousand one hundred per square meter. For one unit, it’s a little over a million."

Chen Nuo nodded.

A villa in the central area of JN District, by the lake!

Four thousand one hundred per square meter...

In the era he had transmigrated back from, at this price, even adding a zero wouldn’t be enough!

"You think it’s a bit small?"

"Yes, the rooms are barely enough, but the yard and garage are insufficient." Lu Xixi shook her head. "I’ve inquired about houses in other areas these past few days. There are very few large villas in Jinling City, and even if there are, their locations are a bit remote.

I don’t mind living in a more secluded place myself.

But your sister still has to go to school."

Hmm, understood.

Actually, Chen Nuo knew about and had agreed to buying a house.

It wasn’t for any other reason...

His family had too many demons and monsters.

Continuing to live long-term in this kind of residential building was indeed inconvenient.

There would undoubtedly be many occasions in the future where they needed to avoid people.

Buying was not a problem.

"So you think the shortcomings of this house are that the yard is too small... and the garage isn’t big enough?"

"The rooms are just barely sufficient... If we get a dog, when our daughter grows up, she won’t even have enough space to run around in the yard."

Chen Nuo nodded.

Ou Xiuhua stood by, dumbfounded. How did this turn into a discussion about how big a house to buy?

Isn’t the question whether they should buy it at all?!

But Chen Nuo quickly came up with an idea.

"The house you looked at, is the one next to it vacant?"

"...I think it’s vacant."

"Then buy both of them. Connect the yards, and it’ll be big enough, and the garage space will be sufficient too.

Besides, we, as a young couple, can’t always live with my mom. My mom can live in one house with Ye Zi and Little Candy.

We two can live in the other with our child...

That way, Little Candy won’t always be a third wheel."

Lu Xixi smiled. "Two houses? Great!"

Beside them, Ou Xiuhua’s face turned pale!

It was over!

Her scoundrel son was going to make being a kept man a reality!!

"About the house, I’ll ask Luo Qing later. His dad knows the ins and outs of houses here in JN. I’m not worried about other things, just want to ask about the quality of the house.

We can also let Luo Qing’s family handle the renovations.

Hmm... and cars. Since we’re buying the house, let’s buy the cars at the same time."

Chen Nuo said this and then casually added, "You guys can choose whatever cars you want. As for me... don’t buy anything too flashy."

Ou Xiuhua listened... Thank goodness... he knows not to be too much of a kept man when buying cars, not to buy anything too flashy.

But then Chen Nuo continued, "Don’t buy a supercar, I don’t like them. Get me something comfortable. Hmm, just buy me a Mercedes, something low-key."

Buy a Mercedes... low-key?

Is that even something a human would say?!

So, just because you’ve captured the girl’s heart and she’s had your child, you’re going to recklessly spend her money, is that it?!

Ou Xiuhua couldn’t bear it any longer!

Even if he was her own son, she couldn’t watch him become a scumbag!!

"Chen Nuo!" Ou Xiuhua gritted her teeth. "You..."

Chen Nuo glanced at Ou Xiuhua, then suddenly smiled and asked Lu Xixi, "Did you tell Mom you’re rich?"

"Yes, I told her... about the Octopus... um, the annual consulting fee that company gives me."

Chen Nuo nodded and turned to Ou Xiuhua. "It’s alright, buy it if you want to.

I actually forgot to tell you...

The company Lu Xixi mentioned, I’m also a consultant for them. My annual consulting fee is about the same as hers."

Ou Xiuhua felt her vision go dark, and blood rushed to her head!

Eighty million a year?!

My son too?!

What kind of consultant is this?

This job... is it legal?

This consultancy... is it legitimate?

Beside them, Lu Xixi, trying to suppress her laughter, quickly went to support Ou Xiuhua.

The couple each used a bit of spiritual power to calm Ou Xiuhua’s nearly exploding blood pressure.

"You two... let me... let me catch my breath..." Ou Xiuhua swallowed hard. "Chen Nuo... tell me the truth, what you said..."

"I’ll definitely give you an explanation. Don’t worry, this money is safe, clean, with no future troubles, and no one will come after me for it. Moreover, it’s not illegal... It’s hard to explain in a sentence or two, I’ll explain it to you later."

Yes, it didn’t violate Huaxia’s laws. Anyway, the commissions Chen Nuo was willing to take as a consultant for the Octopus Monster were all outside Huaxia.

After calming Ou Xiuhua down, he even used a little trick to get her to lie down and rest for a while.

When only Chen Nuo, Lu Xixi, and Yu Naitang were left in the room, Yu Naitang finally smiled and said, "Chen Nuo, I remember you’re not a senior consultant for the Octopus Monster yet."

Chen Nuo pursed his lips. "Is it that difficult?"

He directly took out a laptop, plugged in a USB drive to log in, and quickly changed his ID to: Yama!

He went to the public area and quickly posted a new thread.

[I, Yama Chen, the Controller.]

One minute later...

More than a dozen replies had appeared below!

[My God, has a new Controller emerged?!]

[Worshipping the great one! Big Bro, take me under your wing in the future! Any good missions? Need a follower?]

[Those above, don’t rush to worship! What if he’s a liar? Let’s wait for verification or endorsement from another Controller!]

[Haven’t you all felt that the Underground World has been too quiet lately? Many veteran Controllers have been silent for a long time: the Wizard, Diamond Queen, and of course, the eternal Star Sky Empress, Her Majesty. We haven’t heard from them in ages.]

[The "Captain" who appeared last year has also been missing for a long time.]

[I bet 100,000 M-dollars that this Lord Yanluo is the real deal. Any takers?]

[Person above, I’ll take that bet! Go to the mission area and post a contract. We’ll make a wager. I bet this guy will soon be crushed by a real Controller.]

Then, one minute later, that wager was dead in the water.

One minute later, a new post appeared.

[Welcome to the ranks of Controllers, Mr. Yanluo is the most powerful Ability User I have ever seen.] —Posted by [Captain].

[F**K! The Captain has shown up! The Captain clearly knows the inside story; he knows this Yama!]

Then, another new post appeared.

[Motherf**king cookies! You finally decided to show your face, kid! You’re the most cunning and shameless Controller I know!] —Posted by [Son of the Sun].

Two legitimate Controllers posting with their main accounts instantly completed the Controller verification!

(Alright, the Captain’s status as a Controller was actually a bit inflated.)

But soon, a third one appeared.

[Is it official? You’ve finally stopped holding back, kid.] —Posted by [Electric General].

That guy from The Fourth Seed... actually showed up?

Three Controllers now!

The public forum section instantly erupted. Many IDs were wildly speculating about the origins of this newly emerged [Yama Chen].

To appear and immediately have three top Controllers vouch for him!

Then...

Lu Xixi smiled, turned, walked into the room, and logged into her main account on the computer.

Right under Chen Nuo’s post "[I, Yama Chen, the Controller.]", she replied.

If Chen Nuo’s declaration was a depth charge...

Lu Xixi was tantamount to dropping a nuclear bomb on the Octopus Monster website!!

[He, Yama Chen, is a Controller. And, my husband.] —Replied by [Star Sky Empress] (Gold Account)

And then, the thread exploded!

[F**K! What am I seeing!! Is the Star Sky Empress above a fake?! A high-quality imitation account?!]

[Idiot! Look closely, that’s a Gold Account! IDs can be changed, but account levels can’t be faked! Worship Her Majesty the Empress!]

[You’re the idiot, guy above! Don’t you know that in the Octopus Monster’s backend, the names of top-tier Controllers like Star Sky Empress are locked? Others can’t use the same name! And yes, bow down to Her Majesty the Empress!]

[My God! The Star Sky Empress is married!! Who is this Yama?! Are there any intelligence agencies that will sell information on this new powerhouse? His track record?]

[Husband! Husband?? Husband?!!!! Oh my God!!! The Star Sky Empress is married?!!]

[Heartbroken! I’m going to take on assassin missions! Thirty percent off!! All I want right now is slaughter!!]

[A new Controller powerhouse bursts onto the scene and marries the most beautiful Star Sky Empress. It’s almost like a dream—the only difference is the protagonist isn’t me. (dog head, dog head, dog head)]

Chen Nuo casually closed the laptop and tossed the USB drive aside.

Then, his phone beside him immediately rang.

When the call connected, it was Kamisou Ichiro’s voice on the other end.

The Octopus Monster sounded somewhat helpless and tired.

"Mr. Chen, what is your intention in doing this?"

Chen Nuo thought for a moment and smiled. "I used to hide because I was afraid my identity would be exposed. Now that everything’s out in the open, why bother hiding? By the way... when are you going to pay my consulting fee?"

"What?"

"Cut the crap. I, the Controller, pay up!"

"......Do you really want it?"

"Of course. The one opposing you is Seed, not me. I’m just an innocent, weak, and pitiful Chosen One."

On the other end of the line, Kamisou Ichiro suddenly laughed. "No problem. It will be transferred to your bank account—I can find your account details.

Also, a Gold-level USB drive will be mailed to you."

After hanging up, Chen Nuo glanced at Lu Xixi, who had walked out of the room and was smiling at him.

He sighed. "I suddenly feel that this Octopus Monster fellow is actually quite likable...

I’m almost reluctant to team up with The Fourth Seed to destroy him."

[To my brothers and sisters in Shanghai, I wish you well! Please take care!]