The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise

Gu Yanqi subtly told Jiang Jinshu about hiring a gaming streamer.

There were a lot of celebrities in the entertainment industry. As long as they could get a famous celebrity to become their ambassador, they did not have to worry about not getting enough players on Chinese New Year’s Eve. As for Master Fu on Twitch, Gu Yanqi had run a background check on her, yet not only was he not able to find out her residential address, but even her ID card was fake.

Gu Yanqi had a hunch that this Master Fu was not ordinary. Perhaps she was supported by someone with consequences?

In any case, he put her into his backup plan.

At the same time, in the Li Mansion. Fu Zhi pushed the door open and went into the study. There were several black sacks and baskets on the floor.

Fu Zhi couldn’t tell what they were, so she looked at Li Nanli.

Li Nanli was sitting on the couch not far away. He gestured to her to open a random sack and check it out.

Crouching down, Fu Zhi opened up a sack.

The sack proved to be a little heavy for Fu Zhi although she was strong. The tip of her fingers was turning white as she pulled the string on the sack apart. The moment the string snapped, the content of the sack poured out onto the floor.

Setting her jaw tight, Fu Zhi opened up another basket.

All of them were big, shiny diamonds, and there was also a basket of gold.

Fu Zhi did not know what to say. She did not need to check and she already knew all of them were the real deal.

She looked at Li Nanli in confusion and asked, “What are these…”

“Gift from my mother,” Li Nanli replied.

“Are you sure they are not betrothal gifts?!” Fu Zhi asked.

“Young lady,” Nanli put the document in his hand down and glanced at her with a meaningful smile playing at the tip of his lips, “Are you saying that I should propose to you now? But your brother, I, am not ready yet.”

“It’s okay, brother. There’s no need to get so serious about it,” Fu Zhi said.

Although puppy love was not against the law, child marriage was.

But then again, if this was something all rich families could do, then why did Fu Zhao not let her spend her money as she wished in the past 16 years?

The more Fu Zhi thought about it, the more she felt the great fatherly love she had in mind was ebbing away.

Taking advantage of the time when Gu Yanqi came to find Li Nanli to check the IP address, Fu Zhi took a picture of the diamonds and gold on the floor and sent it to Ye Jiu.

[What do you think?]

[I have to say your photoshop skills have improved a lot, but can you be more realistic and stop living in your dream? Besides, today is your turn to buy me a cup of milk tea, so where are you now? The Li mansion? Don’t forget that we have a curfew, and we need to be at home before 8:00 pm. Dad will be mad if he finds out that you’re outside meeting another guy and he will break your legs if you come back home late!]

Before Fu Zhi replied, Ye Jiu’s message came in again.

[By the way, can you add me to the photo? I want to show off on my WeChat Moments.]

[This picture is real and was not edited in any way. I’m thinking why our father, I’m talking about Fu Zhao, has never given us any diamonds before.

[I’m not comparing Auntie Huo Ningxin with our father, the main point is I can’t sell and I don’t wear these diamonds and gold, so I don’t know where I can put them. She bought me a truck of luxurious clothes the last time we met, and now she gave me several sacks and buckets of gold and diamonds. What is our mom going to think about it when she sees these diamonds and gold? She might think I’ve robbed a bank! Why can’t she just give me a dress? Not only is it cheap, but I can wear it out as well. Sigh! Why must my life be so hard?]

Ye Jiu did not know what he should say.

If she was not his sister, if it was not because he could not defeat her, he really wished to slap her in the cheeks to smash some senses into her brain.

‘Your life is hard? Are you kidding me? I have to borrow money from a loan shark in order to stay alive!’

Diamond? Gold? Ye Jiu had never seen so many of them in his life before, so he did not know why Fu Zhi, who got everything from her mother-in-law, still felt unsatisfied.

Besides, if it were not because he knew Fu Zhi was a dense girl, he might suspect she said those to offend him.

After all, she had a good mother-in-law to take care of her, while he did not know any rich women at all.

[Yeah, right. Those diamonds and gold mean nothing if you can’t wear or sell them, but one thing I have to say is that your mother-in-law is nice to me. She gave me a check and I can use it whenever I want. The only problem is that I don’t know how I should spend it as it’s a lot.]

Ye Jiu thought Fu Zhi should be able to realize he was unhappy and would reflect on herself and gave half of the diamond to her. However, little did he expect that not only did Fu Zhi fail to realize that, but she also went along with him and said, [You should’ve told me that! I would’ve asked you to transfer all of the money to me.]

Ye Jiu was speechless, and he swore to God that he would not talk to her anymore for the next month.

On Fu Zhi’s side, since Li Nanli and she was practically not a couple yet, she planned to return these diamonds and gold to Huo Ningxin.

[What? You want to return the diamonds and gold to her? Why? You can give them to me if you don’t like them! Do you know that I nearly sell my blood in order to put food on the table?]

Fu Zhi did not reply to Ye Jiu. Instead, she asked, [I thought you said you don’t want to talk to me anymore for the next month?]

Ye Jiu had already forgotten about it if Fu Zhi did not remind him about it. However, he felt it did not matter much. After all, the sense of shame was for kids and not for adults like him.

He then withdrew the message and said, [Sis, if you really think you’re cheating on him, why not you don’t come home tonight and have a talk with him in bed.]

[How about our curfew?]

[Do you have any idea how dire our financial situation is right now? If it were in the past, I might need to go to the palace to become the emperor in order to put food on the table.

[How about this, sis? If you’re really afraid, I can join you guys. I can sleep in between you two, and we three can play Fight the Landlord. We can also ask Lu Yumo to join us, then we can play mahjong together!]

[Should we invite Yusheng too?]

[No, no, no. He’s too protective of you, and I don’t want any bloodshed to happen. You haven’t married Li Nanli yet, so we have to protect his safety at all costs. Otherwise, we might not be able to inherit his assets and properties.]

…

What was love for Ye Jiu? In Ye Jiu’s perspective, if someone loved him, then he or she should marry him and kill himself or herself at the wedding ceremony so that he could inherit his or her assets.

Fu Zhi was so stunned that she did not know what she should say to him at all. It was only after Li Nanli had returned and was standing behind her staring at her phone that she came back to her senses and put her phone away. Before she could say anything, she was pulled into his embrace as he tousled her hair, “That’s a good idea.”

Fu Zhi, “Huh?”

Li Nanli planted a kiss on the mole on her collarbone and whispered into her ear. “Let’s go to bed and talk.”

The air in the study was filled with the fragrance of flowers and the moon outside the window was bright. The man’s voice was low and magnetic, and it felt as soothing as the night breeze.

He was now holding Fu Zhi in his embrace, and Fu Zhi felt her heart skip a beat.

Fu Zhi stayed in the Li mansion for dinner. Other than the dishes cooked by the maid, Gu Yanqi also bought some soup dumplings, sweet and sour pork ribs, and a cup of milk tea from a restaurant outside.

By the time Li Nanli and Fu Zhi came downstairs, there was only Gu Yanqi sitting by the dining table as Jiang Jinshu did not want to stay in the same room as Fu Zhi.

Gu Yanqi was holding a cigar in between his fingers, but he hastily chucked it when he saw Fu Zhi. Then, he approached her with an ingratiating smile tugging at his lips as he said, “Sister Zhizhi, you’ve finally come. I heard from Nanli that you like to eat sweet and sour pork ribs, so I bought you some. Come and have a taste of it.”

This was not the first time Gu Yanqi met Fu Zhi, yet every time she would give him a new surprise.

When Gu Yanqi asked Li Nanli to check the IP address of Master Fu, Li Nanli told him that the ID belonged to Fu Zhi. Li Nanli also told him that she had used the ID to do a live-streaming session when she first came to the Li mansion, and she received a lot of gifts like rockets and mermaids from her viewers.

After they had taken their seats around the dining table, Gu Yanqi then asked, “Sister Zhizhi, I know you like to play games. My company is holding a match on Chinese New Year’s Eve, so I wonder if you’re interested in joining or not. Oh yeah, there is a million-dollar prize for the winning player.”

If it were in the past, Fu Zhi would have said yes without any hesitation, but after she had received the diamonds and gold from Huo Ningxin, Fu Zhi felt she had changed.

She had become a lot richer lately, so she did not want to work so hard to earn money anymore.

Gu Yanqi poured a glass of red wine for Li Nanli, signaling him to put in some good words for him.

Fu Zhi put her milk tea away and pushed a glass at Gu Yanqi. “I’ll have one too, thank you.”

“Sister Zhizhi,” Gu Yanqi said, “You have to call me Brother Yanqi first so that I can work for you with all my heart.”

Li Nanli then went nearer to Fu Zhi and said, “Just call him Gu Yanqi. You don’t have to listen to him.”

Fu Zhi had too many brothers already, so Li Nanli did not want her to gain any brothers anymore.

He paused for a moment, and since Gu Yanqi had offended him, he added, “The game he said is boring. It’s a waste of time, so it’s okay if you don’t want to go.”

Fu Zhi nodded and said, “Okay!”

Gu Yanqi became speechless.

****

It was already 7:00 pm when Fu Zhi got back to the Lu mansion. Xu Wei had accidentally broken the cup that Lu Yushen made, so Fu Zhi used the diamonds that Huo Ningxin gave her and made a new one for Lu Yushen.

It was then Song Fang’s call came.

“Sister Zhi, I have something to tell you, but you’ve to promise me first that you won’t get angry.”

Song Fang sounded anxious, and Fu Zhi was now eating the pomelo that Lu Yushen peeled for her.

“Okay. Just shoot it.”

“Do you know about the gathering that is hosted by the Mu Family?”

“Yeah,” Fu Zhi replied as she scooped a big scoop of pomelo for Lu Yushen, who was peeling a pomegranate now. Lu Yushen shook his head and said, “I’m fine. You can have it.”

“I bumped into Mu Chenxi this afternoon, and you know what? Her skin is so fair that I thought a bulb was walking on the street. I don’t know if that’s the reason, she’s so full of herself and she’s bad-mouthing you to her friend, saying that she will show everyone that you’re not Pure Feather after the gathering. Also, she said you’re as ugly as a toad.”

“So?”

“Here’s the thing,” Song Fang continued, “Yumo and I were so angry with her that we went up and confronted her. Then, our emotions got the best of us and we took the invitation card that she’s going to give to you and told her that you will certainly go to the gathering and show her who’s the boss.”

Fu Zhi did not know what she should say.

“Hello? Sister Zhi? Are you still there? In my opinion, why don’t you just go to the gathering? After all, you’re really Pure Feather, and if you don’t show yourself at the gathering, who knows what Mu Chenxi will say about you in school…”

The more Song Fang said, the lower his voice became.

Lu Yushen looked worriedly at his sister.

“Don’t worry,” Fu Zhi said as she smiled at Lu Yumo. Then, she asked Song Fang, “When is the gathering?”

“This Saturday.”

‘That means the day after tomorrow’

“I’ve gotten myself an invitation card as well, so let’s go together. The main theme of the gathering is something like expressing their gratitude to Pure Feather for cooperating with them. I really want to see how they would humiliate themselves.”

‘That’s the reason you sold me out?’

In any case, Fu Zhi felt she could not let Song Fang down. After all, putting everything aside, Song Fang was one of the few students who were truly nice to her.

Fu Zhi said something to Lu Yushen and went back to her room to take a shower.

Lu Yumo knew what he had brought Fu Zhi into, so he did not have the face to look at Fu Zhi right now. He waited until she came upstairs only then he went downstairs to drink water.

However, by the time he reached the kitchen, Xu Wei had emptied the warm water in the kettle.

Lu Yumo then looked towards the diamond cup beside Lu Yushen and said, “Brother, I’m thirsty.”

Lu Yushen became speechless as he looked at Lu Yumo’s puppy eyes.

He was torn between the devil and the deep blue sea. The cup was a gift from his sister, but he was worried that Lu Yumo might eat Fu Zhi’s pomelo if he did not let him drink from the cup.

After a long bout of rumination, Lu Yushen hesitantly handed the cup to Lu Yushen and said, “Okay, but first, you have to drink in a gentle manner, and second, you have to make sure your mouth doesn’t touch the cup.”

Lu Yumo was stunned.

‘I just want to take a sip, and I have to follow a protocol?’