Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

Ten minutes later.

The two men carried the enormous king crab out of the seafood market.

Looking at the heavy bag in his hand, Su Qinghe felt his worldview had been shaken.

Is this still the world she knows?

"Thank you for your concern," Su Qinghe couldn't help but say.

"Um?"

Xie Wang was in a great mood, carrying two bottles of cola in his hand.

"How dare you call it 500 just now?" Su Qinghe asked with a mixture of admiration and confusion. "The boss looked like he was about to chop you up with a knife."

Xie Wang took a sip of his cola, turned his head to look at her, and a smile appeared on his lips:

"My dear lady, this is called asking for an exorbitant price and then trying to bargain. The boss saw how readily you pulled out your phone and knew he had a fat sheep in to fleece. Who else would he fleece if not you?"

He reached out and gently flicked Su Qinghe's forehead:

"Seven thousand yuan for a crab? You really dare to agree to that, Teacher Su. If I don't keep an eye on you from now on, won't you squander all your family's wealth?"

Su Qinghe covered his forehead, feeling a sweet warmth in his heart despite being mocked.

"Okay, okay, okay."

Su Qinghe smiled and took his arm, resting her head on his shoulder:

Xie Wang raised his chin smugly:

"Let's go back and steam some crabs!"

In the sunlight, their shadows stretched long.

I must say, although I got it for 1,500 yuan, the meat was indeed firm and sweet.

On the terrace, the sea breeze was pleasant.

Xie Wang barely touched his chopsticks; his slender fingers were skillfully manipulating the crab claws.

Before long, a small mountain of crab meat had been piled up in the small bowl in front of Su Qinghe.

Open your mouth.

Xie Wang picked up a piece of the fattest crab leg meat, dipped it in a little ginger and vinegar sauce, and offered it to Su Qinghe's mouth.

Su Qinghe didn't stand on ceremony, and devoured it in one bite, his cheeks bulging, his eyes instantly lighting up:

"It's sweet! Xie Wang, this tastes even better than what I eat at home!"

"That's right."

Xie Wang slowly wiped his hands with a tissue, watching her satisfied expression, his eyes full of smiles.

"Your boyfriend peeled this himself."

Su Qinghe swallowed the crab meat, picked up a peeled shrimp, and offered it to Xie Wang's mouth:

"You eat too, don't just peel them for me."

……

Happy times always seem to pass by at double speed.

On this secluded island, they seemed to have stolen three days.

During the day, they rented a jet ski and ventured into the deep sea. Xie Wang was in charge of driving, twisting the throttle to the floor, and the jet ski stirred up white waves several meters high on the sea surface.

Su Qinghe clung tightly to his waist, screaming amidst the jolts and weightlessness, throwing all her stress into the Pacific Ocean.

In the evening, they walked hand in hand on the beach as the tide receded.

Xie Wang picked up a twig and drew a huge heart on the wet sand, with the crooked words "XW & SQH" written inside.

"Tacky." Su Qinghe said with disdain, but immediately took out his phone and took more than a dozen photos of the pattern that was destined to be washed away by the tide.

At night, they sat on the roof of the cabin and looked at the stars.

In the night sky free of light pollution, the Milky Way is clearly visible.

Xie Wang pointed at the constellations in the sky and talked nonsense. Su Qinghe listened to his stories with a smile and finally fell asleep on his shoulder.

The world has shrunk to the point where there are only two people left.

……

[Late night the night before returning home, 23:30 PM]

I'm going back to Jiangcheng tomorrow.

The luggage was already packed and stood at the door.

Su Qinghe was too tired after playing all day, and had fallen into a deep sleep while hugging the doll, his breathing even and long.

Xie Wang gently tucked her in, leaving only a dim bedside lamp on.

He took his laptop and walked barefoot to the outdoor terrace.

The sea breeze was a bit chilly. Xie Wang lit a cigarette, but didn't smoke it. He just held it between his fingers, watching the flickering flame.

He took a deep breath, turned on his computer, and connected to the guesthouse's weak Wi-Fi.

During this period, he has been keeping an eye on Tianlong Group.

Xie Wang's long, slender fingers flew across the keyboard, opening a black code interface.

This is a simple public opinion monitoring script that I wrote before.

"Let me see if there's been any new developments in the last few days."

Xie Wang muttered to himself and pressed the Enter key.

However, it took less than three seconds.

[Abnormal data fluctuations have been detected; a large amount of content related to the target keywords is disappearing.]

Xie Wang's eyes narrowed instantly, and the fingers holding the cigarette stopped abruptly.

"Delete the post?"

He quickly switched to the code interface and opened several popular web page links that the script had automatically saved.

That was a post exposing Tianlong Group's money laundering, and it already had thousands of replies and was very popular at the time.

Xie Wang clicked on the first link.

The webpage redirects.

404 Not Found

Sorry, the page you requested has been deleted.

Xie Wang frowned and immediately clicked on the second, third...

This post is temporarily not displayed due to violation of community rules.

[Content under review...]

All the negative reports about Tianlong Group were wiped clean as if they had never existed on the internet, as if by an invisible hand.

"That's interesting."

Xie Wang's eyes turned cold, and he quickly re-entered "Tianlong Group" into the search engine.

This time, the search results that popped up were just as he expected.

The initial doubts disappeared, replaced by a screen full of recently posted messages:

Industry Benchmark! Tianlong Group Wins Annual Construction Quality Gold Award

Chairman Gu Tianlong visited frontline workers and distributed high-temperature subsidies.

Tianlong's stock price stabilizes; multiple institutions give it a "buy" rating.

Even more prominently, a red official announcement post is pinned to the top of the homepage.

Xie Wang clicked on it.

That's a solemn statement just released by the legal department of Tianlong Group:

Regarding the recent false rumors circulating online targeting our company, Tianlong Group has completed the preservation of evidence. We will file criminal charges against those who fabricate facts and maliciously defame us online, and will not tolerate such behavior!

The statement even included a few scapegoat usernames, which seemed rather pretentious.