LRAB Chapter 931 I just didn't want my brother to be in danger | Updated first, revised later
Chapter 931 I just didn't want my brother to be in danger | Updated first, revised later
Do you think Wanyan Xiaowen can be happy?
"Put yourself in Wanyan Xiaowen's shoes. You've been in the detention center for almost three months now. A while ago, because you agreed to be Yin Shisan's double agent, Chen Boxu still considered you to have a tiny bit of value!"
"As a result, not long after, because Yin Shisan and Qin Shang were almost never in Yanjing, and I basically had no chance to contact Yin Shisan, and Chen Boxu was missing, and even Chen Boxu's backer, Grand Secretary Chen, had vanished for almost a week, aren't you panicking?"
Yes, Wanyan Xiaowen's time in the detention center was actually quite interesting.
Initially, Yin Shisan pretended to recruit the woman, intending to make Wanyan Xiaowen a dual-sex slave and spare her life so she could continue to deliberately send intelligence to Chen Boxu. Yes, from beginning to end, Qin Shang and Yin Shisan never expected Wanyan Xiaowen to betray the 'Far Voyage' organization or Chen Gelao and bring them any particularly useful information.
First, as a white glove who can be discarded at any time, she is unlikely to have access to any core or valuable secrets. Second, someone like Wanyan Xiaowen has been almost completely brainwashed into a deadbeat. Either Chen Grand Secretary has absolute leverage over her, or she has really lost her mind. If it is the former, unless Chen Grand Secretary falls, this woman will never open her heart to Yin Shisan. But once Chen Grand Secretary falls, she will have no value to him anymore. What would be the point of recruiting her?
As for the latter situation, she won't show gratitude or be moved when she receives your kindness just because you represent justice and wave the banner of "I am a good person" with some lofty and righteous rhetoric, and she won't be exonerated and go ashore in the end.
This kind of person has only one value: to send messages to Chen Boxu.
She deliberately leaked some information about Young Master Yin and Qin Shang to Chen Boxu, hoping to confuse Chen Boxu and Grand Secretary Chen and create an opportunity for the two to maneuver under cover of darkness. However, ever since Grand Secretary Chen was beheaded by Young Master Yin's single blow of the Void Seeking Enemy, and Qin Shang went to Jiangcheng to fight the "Cultivator's Grudge No. 1" in order to resurrect his superior, Young Master Yin has started to calm down and focus on the case at hand. Wanyan Xiaowen is completely panicked...
She's just a front woman; she doesn't have many useful clues.
Even in Infernal Affairs, one needs to be able to contact both sides to continue the job, right?
As a result, there was almost no news from either side!
When Chen Boxu was taken hostage by Qin Yuyan, representing the three tycoons of Jincheng, he was practically cut off from all contact with the outside world. He was barely able to protect himself, let alone inform Wanyan Xiaowen or issue any other orders. Don't assume that just because the Zheng family head of Jincheng treated Chen Boxu well, he was safe in Jincheng. In fact, if he hadn't later gotten involved with Grand Secretary Lai, it's questionable whether he could have moved freely within the Zheng family. Even if the Zheng family could contact Grand Secretary Lai later, seeing that Grand Secretary Lai had been out of contact for a week and his attitude was ambiguous and unclear, they might have been unhappy and broken Chen Boxu's arm or leg before sending him back!
Yes, Chen Boxu was in such a dangerous situation at the time...
Otherwise, how could one say he was a hostage?
What is a proton?
During the Shang Dynasty, in order to express their submission to the Shang regime, each of the eight hundred vassal states would send direct royal relatives to the Shang capital as hostages. This was a kind of political collateral: your son is in my hands, your bloodline is in my hands, and if you dare to harbor any disloyalty or refuse to submit to me, I can make you extinct at any time.
Of course, the actual explanation wouldn't be so disgusting. Another interpretation of the word "son" could be that the vassal states sent their direct descendants to the Shang king's capital to be his adopted sons. Historically, these hostages also had to call the Shang king, who was at the height of his power, "father."
So, looking at it from another perspective, Wanyan Xiaowen was truly panicked at that time...
Since Yin Shisan recruited her to be a double agent, he hadn't given her any missions or orders. And since that incident, Chen Ge Lao and his son had hardly contacted her anymore. As someone who had always obeyed orders, suddenly having such a free period of time filled her with fear and apprehension!
Worried that one side might disrupt the balance, and also worried that the other side might start to think she was too worthless, the thought of killing her to silence her began to creep into Wanyan Xiaowen's mind. She knew the secrets, quite a few about Grand Secretary Chen and his son. If these things were made public, Grand Secretary Chen would be in deep trouble. Of course, Wanyan Xiaowen was worried that if the father and son thought she was worthless, they would abandon her again. Besides, she was only spared because of Yin Shisan's words, "Why don't you become a double agent in Infernal Affairs?"
But so far, Yin Shisan has not given her any orders or requests.
In other words, could it be that Grand Secretary Chen and his son are gradually losing patience, and seeing that they can't extract any useful value or clues from Yin Shisan, they want to abandon him? That's a possibility!
She's essentially caught between two powerful figures in a power struggle; if the balance is broken on either side, her fate will be dire...
Therefore, out of a desire to protect herself, Wanyan Xiaowen ultimately chose to voluntarily enter the detention center, where at least the Chen family could not reach her.
When Xu Mingyang occasionally came to visit her at the detention center, she would deliberately say some ambiguous things. Her purpose was not to really change her mind or fall for Xu Mingyang, but to play with his feelings and use psychological manipulation to continue to probe his honest nature.
Unfortunately, Wanyan Xiaowen overestimated her importance in the eyes of both powerful figures, and underestimated the speed at which a man can evolve after cutting off all emotional ties. In the past six months, Xu Mingyang had almost completely transformed from a simp into a fierce warrior. He downloaded almost every dating app imaginable, including Tantan, Momo, and AiChat. He did encounter some scammers, but aside from the first time he was scammed out of 200 yuan for a pre-arranged meeting where he was required to undergo a male health check at a location designated by their clients, requiring a deposit, Xu Mingyang had hardly been scammed...
As for the previous scam!
Ha ha!
It was quite popular around 2010; it's an old scam, but it seems to be gaining popularity again in recent years...
Back then, you could still find advertisements in some real-world publications if you could find them at home. For example, in the early years of "Story Club," there were advertisements on some of the title pages that said "Seeking a Son for a Large Sum of Money." In fact, the advertising techniques of UC Shocking Series originated from that period. For example, there was an ad that said, "Shocking! A Hong Kong tycoon is unable to have children, and his second wife is having sleepless nights. In order to fulfill her dream of being a woman, she has secretly entered XX city in mainland China and is seeking a son for a large sum of money without her husband's knowledge. She hopes that all healthy men will fulfill her dream of becoming a mother."
Of course, the advertisements would never mention which wealthy couple is seeking out sperm donors because their husbands are infertile, but the whole thing is not real anyway.
Nonsense. If a wealthy family's second wife needs to borrow sperm, she probably wouldn't go through social media ads to find a strong and healthy man to borrow sperm, right?
what is this?
Posting online that my husband is no good and I want to be a mother is embarrassing for both of us. What rich family would do something like this?
However, quite a few people believed it at the time. It is worth mentioning that these advertisements usually included some revealing photos of beautiful women, with their private parts blurred out. They would then claim that if they could help her get pregnant, she would receive a reward of 50,000 yuan, and if she could help her give birth and the child was born safely, she would receive a reward of 150,000 yuan.
Look, even the subsequent thank-you tokens and payment methods are specified. Doesn't it seem like a real mother who wants a child, but her husband is genuinely unable to fulfill her dream? In reality, it's all just for the sake of making the show more convincing!
Those con artists back then were truly cunning...
What single, sexually frustrated young man could resist this? A beautiful, mature, and stunning young woman offered me a night of passion with her, not wanting my salary or any responsibility from me, and even willing to pay me afterwards.
To put it bluntly, for many people, they would be willing to accept just the first two options...
What's more, they even gave me money afterward!
If you've come this far and believe these ads, and are truly prepared to generously donate money and have this 'unknown Hong Kong Ms. X' lining the streets to welcome you, then after calling the number above and finally meeting in person, the first meeting will most likely be at a Western restaurant. But don't misunderstand, it's not to get to know you beforehand. You won't even see the person in the photo, because one or two people claiming to be Ms. X's agents will come over and declare, 'Our Ms. X is, after all, the wife of Mr. XX's wealthy family. Since it's about sperm donation, we naturally need to verify your health status. It wouldn't be good if you had a family history of hereditary diseases or sexually transmitted diseases, so we need to conduct a comprehensive medical examination on you.'
The brilliance of this scam at the time lay in the fact that her story actually aligned with the common perception of wealthy people, and the pretext was still to conceive a child through artificial insemination.
After all, nobody wants their child to be born deformed or have a congenital genetic disease, right?
Then you'll fall into their trap...
"Sir, it's like this. Ms. X's advertisement offering a high reward for a child has received about three to five applications. The others all have some health issues, so we've raised our medical requirements. Of course, I see you're in excellent health, and I estimate Ms. X will likely choose you. However, because the previous applicants' medical examinations weren't up to par, you'll need to pay a 5,000 yuan medical examination fee. We'll take you to a very professional hospital for a thorough examination. Don't worry, this money will be refunded to you after the examination. It's at one of our designated medical institutions, which has a partnership with Ms. X's company, and this fee is reimbursable..."
Of course, the other party won't make such a direct request. They will most likely lay the groundwork and compliment your figure and physical features. If you're not good-looking, they'll say that their wife likes a handsome young man like you.
When encountering someone handsome but short, they'll say it's okay, because Mr./Ms. XX's husband isn't very tall either. If their child were a towering 1.8 meters tall, they might actually dislike him more.
If they encounter someone who is overweight, they will say, "Our Ms. X's husband, Mr. XX, is actually quite chubby. Our wife got married because she liked Mr. XX's physique and found him cute. Your physique is similar to Mr. XX's, so it's likely that your wife is the one she'll be most comfortable with!"
No matter what it is, the other party can always turn black into white...
Incidentally, to lower your guard, I'll have you do a series of very basic tests that any normal adult could do.
For example, they might give you a bunch of color swatches and ask you to identify the colors.
Or they might bring you a foam mat and make you do a dozen sit-ups to prove your physical fitness, or something like that...
From beginning to end, their purpose was simply to scam you out of the cost of that 'comprehensive physical examination at a professional hospital'!