Chapter 495: Funeral Expenses

Upon hearing this, Mu An was about to speak.

But Gu Qingyu spoke first.

And what she said slightly surprised everyone present.

“No need.”

After a pause, noticing many eyes on her,

Gu Qingyu’s delicate and pretty face remained as expressionless as ever, calm and unflustered. She then briefly explained:

“What I mean is, if you’ve done something wrong, you have to pay for your mistakes.”

“This lesson… Cao Han should suffer it, and he must suffer it.”

‘To avoid bigger trouble in the future, it’s actually good for Cao Han to suffer some losses now!’

‘It’s all for his own good!’

Gu Qingyu silently thought in her heart.

Poor Cao Han was still locked up in the interrogation room, waiting for his sister to ‘rescue’ him, completely unaware that he had already been ‘abandoned’!

Mu An raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly.

“Fine, suit yourself!”

He had been pondering how to approach this.

If he helped, it would not fit his interests as a villain.

If he did not help, it might chill Gu Qingyu’s heart.

This woman was a secretary he had a hard time finding and was quite satisfied with, young, beautiful, hardworking, and highly capable.

She was basically a star employee among the workforce!

Now, Gu Qingyu had made the ‘choice for him.

Mu An no longer needed to waste energy thinking about it.

He decided to just go with the flow.

In reality, whether to help or not didn’t have that many concerns.

If Cao Han was not released, he would just suffer a little inside.

If he was released early, perhaps he could trigger some more plot.

Then… Mu An could farm a few more rewards?

Both options had their pros and cons!

The only slight regret was that Gu Qingyu wasn’t the kind of ‘brother-supporting fanatic’ who loses all reason when it comes to her own brother.

She was astonishingly calm and rational, leaving no extra leverage for others to use against her.

Regarding this, Mu An’s evaluation was… Gu Qingyu could also be considered someone quite capable!

“Thank you, boss!”

Having worked in the professional world for a while, Gu Qingyu was very perceptive.

She knew the one who really made decisions was never herself, but Mu An, who was ‘not present.’

Without his approval, no one else’s words would carry weight.

So, she was grateful Mu An gave her this opportunity!

[Grateful emotional fluctuation from Gu Qingyu +20. Congratulations, you have obtained the reward [Proficiency +3000]!]

With just a few words, Mu An and Gu Qingyu decided Cao Han’s ‘fate’ for the next few days.

What else could Li Lanfeng say?

Naturally, he did not dare say anything. He only kept slapping his own big mouth.

Mu An had not said stop, so he did not dare stop either.

It was rather pathetic.

Li Lanfei usually worked out and trained his muscles often, but in the end, they were all used on himself.

“Ms. Gu, there’s also some medical fees to be paid here. I wonder if you…”

The female police officer, who had watched the whole drama unfold, finally found a chance to assert herself.

But as soon as she heard the words ‘compensation fees,’ Li Lanfeng shuddered and quickly jumped up.

His right hand kept slapping his big mouth, while his left hand waved repeatedly, firmly refusing.

The combination looked oddly comical.

“I’m not injured, why would there be medical fees?”

“I would never ask for medical fees, not in this lifetime!”

In order to show that he was not injured, he even took the time to flex the strong muscles on his left arm.

The so-called ‘medical expenses’ here were just a way to scam that brat Cao Han.

Now that Mu An, this big shot, was around, how could Li Lanfei dare to mention the words “medical expenses”?

If he really dared to ask for it, maybe besides the “medical expenses,” he could even demand an additional fee.

What fee?

Funeral expenses!

Afterward, after Li Lanfei slapped himself until both cheeks were swollen high like a pig’s head, Mu An finally relented.

The main reason was that he did not want to waste any more of his time on a minor character.

One had to know that his time was valuable, worth several million every minute (referring to the rewards gained from ‘exploiting’ the protagonists and female heroines)!

Li Lanfei was extremely grateful, didn’t dare to complain, and repeatedly promised he wouldn’t provoke Gu Qingyu again.

In reality, after experiencing this matter, the idea of ‘escaping’ this city, or even escaping this country, had already sprouted in his heart.

There were so many blonde, blue-eyed foreign girls abroad, and his family wasn’t short on money. He could live freely and comfortably anywhere.

Why risk provoking Mu An by staying here?

As the saying goes, of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best!

Maybe things weren’t exactly like that, but the principle was the same!

With Li Lanfei’s departure, this little episode was finally over.

“Keep an eye on things over there. It’s almost time to draw in the net. Remember not to drop the ball.”

After turning off the speakerphone, Mu An gave Gu Qingyu a brief reminder.

The ‘things over there’ he was talking about were naturally the matter regarding the online novel Wang Zhe was writing.

That guy had recently been pushed to the limit, working crazy hours, reading obsessively, updating 100,000 words a day.

By the calculation, he was close to completing the one million words mission from the Entertainment System.

Mu An certainly couldn’t just watch him finish the task.

Standing by and doing nothing wasn’t his style.

And the best method was naturally to make him ‘fall short at the last step”’

That feeling of exhausting every hardship to walk ninety-nine steps, only to fail just before the final step……

He would let that kid Wang Zhe properly savor it!

An ordinary person’s life is full of ups and downs, right?

As the protagonist in entertainment, his life should be even more dramatic, isn’t that reasonable?

The man’s lips curled slightly, as if plotting some secret mischief.

“Got it, boss!”

Gu Qingyu’s ability to read the situation was top-notch; she naturally caught some ‘clues.’

But as an excellent ace employee, she would not deliberately point it out, nor would she make wild guesses.

All she had to do was complete the tasks assigned by her boss as perfectly as possible!

Why Mu An targeted that guy wasn’t her concern.

At most, she might feel a moment of sympathy for the poor guy who unfortunately provoked someone as big as Mu An, and that was it.

…..

Inside the interrogation room.

With a loud bang,

Cao Han slammed both fists heavily on the table, looking extremely furious.

At this moment, he looked miserable, with a bruised and swollen face and abrasions all over.

No need to guess, he had definitely been through a ‘thorough and intense’ battle!

“How many times have I said it already… Before my sister calls a lawyer here, I won’t say another word!”

Just then, a female police officer walked in from outside and communicated briefly with the male lead investigator.

Then Cao Han heard news that shocked him deeply.

“After communication, your sister Gu Qingyu has just left the police station.”

Cao Han instinctively widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

‘Have I been… abandoned?’

He was stunned.

How did the long-awaited ‘rescue’ turn into ‘being abandoned’?

Could it be that the guy who mysteriously beat him up was someone powerful?

Even his sister did not dare provoke him easily?

Cao Han sank into deep thought, agitation, anger, fear……

His expressions changed rapidly, looking extremely dramatic, like a clown with a changing mask.