The two had a meal today, arranged by the landlady, to connect emotionally and also finalize their cooperation.

As for the money, it will have to wait for some time until Wen Jingqi’s people come over for the handover; there won’t be any on-site transfer, otherwise the landlady’s role as the intermediary guarantor would be meaningless.

It seems like a trade of interests, but in reality, it’s all about human relations. Although Su Qing can discern whether a project will be profitable or risky, he doesn’t understand the specific process involved. This is something he relies on Shen Yi for.

Having a girlfriend who runs a business is advantageous in this regard; he can trust her with these matters and just make the decisions himself.

From this perspective, he seems more like the boss than Shen Yi, the actual president, who instead resembles his secretary.

At this moment, Secretary Shen was at home massaging his legs.

"President Su, how’s the pressure?"

Su Qing, upon hearing this, remained lying on the sofa, eyes closed, and stretched his leg: "Hmm~~~ not bad, Secretary Shen’s skills have improved!"

"Really, President Su? Any rewards then?"

"What reward do you want?"

"Considering you were dealing with billion-dollar deals today, could your little sister have one percent?"

"Ahem, looking at it now, your skills aren’t so good after all!"

Shen Yi: ...

"You cheeky brat, you’re something now, huh? I skipped work for you today and still have to run post-processing for you, and you won’t even give me a point!" As she spoke, Shen Yi gave him a punch.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing rolled his eyes at her helplessly: "It’s meaningless to talk about money between us, it ruins the feelings!"

"What? You want to freeload? I’m not Sister Qing!"

Su Qing: ???

"Hey hey hey, don’t slander me, I’ve never freeloaded from her!"

"Right, you didn’t freeload, you paid her, 1.5 billion, wasn’t it? My boyfriend’s money, and as his girlfriend, I haven’t even had a chance to spend it, yet someone else took half!"

Shen Yi felt a sting knowing he would invest half his assets, even though she understood it was an investment opportunity. Still, she felt a bit upset.

She also owns a company, so why couldn’t he invest in her instead?

Of course, it’s not exactly impossible, it’s just a different nature. Wen Jingqi’s project has many investors who earn together, whereas her company belongs to her, the landlady, and Tang Nan.

There are only so many shareholders, and it wouldn’t be proper to add others rashly, especially since it’s her boyfriend. She knew it was impossible, but it didn’t stop her from feeling a bit down. It felt like her man wasn’t doing business with her.

They avoided going public to steer clear of complications; adding new shareholders wasn’t a big deal to her, but what would others think?

Upon hearing this, Su Qing rolled his eyes at her, then took out a bank card and tossed it over: "The money’s all in here, you know the password, it’s all yours!"

Seeing this, Shen Yi quickly picked up the card: "Really? You really gave it to me?"

"As if I’d lie to you, President Su’s reward for you!"

Shen Yi: ε≡٩(๑>₃

"Cheeky brat, I love you to death, mua~" She planted a kiss on his face, and Shen Yi’s mood visibly improved.

Of course, it wasn’t about the money itself but Su Qing’s attitude, and in this aspect, he never let her down.

If this money were for someone else, he’d be reluctant, but for Shen Yi, he trusted her enough that even if she spent it all or lost it, it wouldn’t matter.

After all, where he stood now had a lot to do with Shen Yi’s support. Without her financial backing, he would’ve considered it lucky to have fifty thousand; even with tenfold leverage, a million would’ve been a stretch.

Shen Yi accelerated his progress; otherwise, despite his foresight, reaching this level would’ve required more time and effort.

She trusted him when he had nothing; now that he has money, why couldn’t he trust her?

He had an open mind about this, and it proved how accurate the prompt was when they first met at the accident scene – it saved him twenty years of detours!

Just as the two were being affectionate, his phone suddenly rang.

"A joyful pond has a little frog, dancing as if possessed by... a prince!"

Upon hearing the ringtone, with one hand supporting Shen Yi’s waist, Su Qing retrieved his phone with the other. Seeing the display, he found it was a 110 call, though clearly not from Jiangcheng.

Noticing this, he exchanged glances with Shen Yi and then pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Su Qing?"

"Yes, it is. Is there anything I can help with?"

"We’re calling from the Su City Public Security Bureau, are you the author of the account [Qing Huang Bu Jie]?"

Upon hearing this, he exchanged a knowing look with Shen Yi, recognizing it as a scam, but replied: "Yes, that’s me. What’s up?"

"We’ve received a report that you’re involved in a criminal case, and we need your cooperation to understand the situation."

By this time, they both were sure about encountering an online scam. Before the caller could respond further, Su Qing spoke:

"Yep, I killed the person, buried the body, what are you going to do about it?"

With this, the other side fell silent immediately.

"Well? Aren’t you big and bad? Trying to scam me? Don’t you know I’m a police consultant? Tell me where in Su City you’re at, I’ll contact you!" Su Qing laughed coldly.

Even before joining the police, Li Zijun and his mom promoted the anti-fraud app. Given his position as a consultant for Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau’s criminal investigation department, if he ever fell for such tricks, he might as well resign.

After such an incident, he’d have no face left to be a laughing stock!

Hearing this, the woman on the other end quickly explained: "Mr. Su, we really are the Su City Public Security Bureau, not scammers, I..."

"What do you mean, me? Have you ever seen a scammer admit they’re a scammer, or a drunk admit their drunkenness? You’re young, why get into scams? Aren’t you human? If I were your parents, I’d be ashamed."

Then Su Qing didn’t give the other side a chance to speak, unleashing a tirade with everything he knew, finally able to practice all he’d learned from the anti-fraud app.

Five minutes later, he hung up the call, taking a deep breath: "So satisfying~~~"

"You’re amazing, little brother!" Shen Yi gave him a thumbs-up from the side.

After all, Su City was in a different province; even if he truly committed an offense, he wouldn’t be taken there—it was clearly a scam.

Just as they were treating this as a joke, another 110 call came in, except this time from Jiangcheng, their local city.

This left the two puzzled, wondering if scammers were advanced enough to change locations freely now?

"Hello?"

"Hello, we’re Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau; is this Mr. Su Qing?"

The two of them: ...

"Yes, it’s me!"

"We received a report that you are involved in a criminal case..."

Upon hearing this, Su Qing furrowed his brow, glanced at his phone and then retorted: "Are your scamming methods so advanced now? Don’t you know I’m the consulting detective for Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau? Always so daring, huh? Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, is it? Quit the nonsense, do you dare meet face-to-face?"

Hearing this, the other party, possibly surprised at his aggression, paused before saying: "Advisor Su, it’s really us. I’ve seen you before, shall I get the criminal investigation department to speak with you?"

With this, it was Su Qing’s turn to be stunned, stuttering: "Wait... wait, are you really from the Public Security Bureau, not scammers?"

"Truly, or shall I have Sister Li call you? I heard she’s your sister!"

There, it was confirmed; a scammer couldn’t have known Li Zijun, nor addressed her as Sister Li. At this realization, his heart skipped a beat.

"Wait, there was just a call claiming to be Su City’s public security, could that have been real too? Their script matched yours!" Su Qing asked nervously.

Since this wasn’t a scam, then the previous one... oh no, he couldn’t imagine what he’d done.

[With fame comes trouble, your name and reputation as the Stock God bring significant interests into play, and leaked photos gave some an opportunity to exploit.]

Su Qing: -_-||

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