NFBE Chapter 450 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (61)
Chapter 450 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (61)
Having lived with him for so many years, the owner had some experience in how to keep him from misbehaving.
Lu Liruan thought that the mistress had still grasped his arrogant and self-important mentality, and his determination to do his best to maintain his human facade.
"In everyone's heart, he was no longer a person, but the mistress's threat was still effective, proving that at this moment, he was still trying to maintain his pathetic self-esteem."
"Besides this, he has nothing left, or rather, he has nothing left at all," Liao Tingyuan said coldly.
“The mistress wouldn’t let him go back, so he came here. I guess this accomplice doesn’t treat him very well either.” Looking at the room, Lu Liruan felt that she could roughly guess the basic personality of the person living here.
Dark, sleazy, and filthy.
Lacking any compassion, incapable of backing down in the face of adversity, cowardly and afraid of trouble, even unwilling to leave the house, living a life like a cockroach.
Lu Liruan just saw on the computer that Liao Tingyuan quickly closed something.
Although Lu Liruan was young, she wasn't stupid. Of course, she knew what the white images and the sudden sounds were.
I was just trying to crack a joke to lighten the mood.
Lu Liruan noticed that Liao Tingyuan had a furrowed brow and a worried and wary look, like a parent of a teenager worried about their child having an early romance. He turned and glanced at her.
The movement looked like it was about to twist the computer screen to the side.
Lu Liruan decided that she shouldn't make that joke anymore.
Pretend you didn't see anything.
Lu Liruan awkwardly turned her head away, pretending nothing had happened, and continued the topic they had been discussing.
She could guess what kind of person lived in this room...
If the male homeowner gets into trouble, his first instinct will definitely be to get away as quickly as possible.
Like a fleeing lizard, it sheds its tail to survive, afraid of getting into any trouble.
Let alone thinking about sharing the burden with the male protagonist or finding solutions for him, she wished she had never met him at all.
So that he can continue to work, hiding the cockroaches in the house.
The male homeowner certainly wouldn't let him off the hook...
Moreover, his attitude will definitely anger the male homeowner.
The mistress had just threatened him, and this thing, which was nothing in the man's eyes, actually dared to threaten him!
Lu Liruan felt that he must have been very angry at that moment, and even though he suppressed himself, it still put a lot of pressure on him.
Lu Liruan briefly shared her guesses with Liao Tingyuan.
Liao Tingyuan glanced at her with a somewhat strange expression.
"What's wrong? Looking at me like this?"
"I think you're quite good at judging people," Liao Tingyuan said with a smile.
Although this little girl hasn't received any systematic training, she has a straightforward intuition.
"I'm just describing the picture!" Lu Liruan was surprised to be praised and pointed to the messy layout of the room with a smug look on her face.
"A person who lives like this is absolutely impossible. They have no positive or uplifting qualities in their life, let alone any sense of responsibility. They would probably be scared out of their wits by now."
"If the male lead came to him, he would have to say he didn't know him!"
Liao Tingyuan scrolled down to find the time record and clicked on the next recording.
As she listened, Lu Liruan raised an eyebrow: "Hey!"
It was pretty much exactly what she guessed.
This was the first time Lu Liruan had heard the voice of this accomplice, who sounded much younger than the male homeowner.
Although he and the male owner seem to be about the same age in terms of appearance.
But Lu Liruan just saw that his age on the game's authentication page was about seven or eight years younger than the male owner's.
After graduating from university, he had no work record and usually stayed at home doing game boosting.
Before collaborating with the male homeowner, he had already started selling these kinds of videos.
In the beginning, I resold other people's videos and made a profit from the price difference.
They collect all sorts of bizarre, terrifying, and disturbing things that satisfy the perverse psychology of certain groups, compile them into a collection, and then resell them at a higher price.
Lu Liruan and Liao Tingyuan had seen his transaction records.
This person appears very slick online, and even seems to have some sales skills.
Actually, they don't need much sales skill. For these antisocial people and those with niche sadistic fetishes, as long as they have something that the other person is interested in, the other person will be willing to spend money to buy it.
"I have all sorts of resources, domestic and international! As exciting as you can imagine! Let me show you... what do you think of my compiled catalog? Is this price too high? You know these things are illegal, right? It's not easy for me either. If you like it this time, come back to me next time, and I'll give you a discount..."
He acted as if he were selling something insignificant and trivial.
The more I look at it, the more upset I feel.
Among the things he collected, how many small lives had perished here, and how their deaths were even bought and sold by these beasts for profit and pleasure?
Lu Liruan didn't know how deep the water was or how many people had this kind of fetish, but when you see one cockroach on the surface, there are actually countless cockroaches below.
Sometimes, discovering these things can trigger a nameless fear.
What you see is not actually what you see.
What you see is real, but also fake.
What is the difference between truth and falsehood?
Nobody can tell...
There was one layer upon another, and I didn't know where the abyss lay.
Knowing too much about these things makes you start to doubt the environment you live in.
Lu Liruan thought to herself, that saying is indeed true: sometimes you have to just let things slide.
Some professions force people to witness the darker side of life beyond what appears to be ordinary, and those with weak psychological resilience often develop problems.
"What are you thinking about?"
Seemingly noticing Lu Liruan's dazed state, Liao Tingyuan turned down the recording volume and asked softly.
"It's nothing," Lu Liruan waved her hand.
On the bright side, this kind of person has been discovered and exposed, so that his industry chain has been discovered, known, and despised, making it impossible for him to continue doing this in the future.
It's a good thing.
No matter how wide his influence is, no matter how much of a role he can play, no matter how many others remain undiscovered, as long as this one is discovered, stopped, and used as a warning to others, that is a good thing.
Lu Liruan comforted herself, saying that she and Liao Tingyuan were, in a way, forced to participate in doing good deeds.
"If you get caught, that's your problem, what does it have to do with me? I'm hanging up, I'm playing games!"
Judging from what he said, he seemed to be indifferent and unconcerned about anything that didn't concern him.
But Lu Liruan could still hear a hint of fear in his voice.
She probably tried to put on a brave face, thinking that the male homeowner was at his busiest and most fearful time and couldn't do anything about arguing with her.
"Oh? Really? Look what this is."
"You! When did you take my picture! You... what right do you have to take my picture? What are you trying to do! Don't release my picture... I can't take it... don't treat me like this!"
This guy's mental defenses were completely crumbling; before they even started negotiating, he lost his composure.
After rambling on and on, he completely exposed his fears and weaknesses to the other person.
"idiot."
The male homeowner couldn't help but curse.
"I can give you all the money I earn, I don't want a single penny. Just give me your bank account number and I'll transfer the money to you! Let's call it even, okay? Don't bother me anymore, let's pretend we don't know each other!"
"Shut up!"
The male homeowner shouted sternly.
"If you utter another word, I'll release all that stuff! Trying to distance yourself from me... You were calling me 'brother' the other day, how can you distance yourself from me? Since you called me 'brother,' I'll treat you as a brother. We'll share the good times and the bad!"
It seems that the male homeowner has rediscovered the feeling of being able to control others through this person.
This calmed him down a little...
Hearing the other person beg for mercy, apologize, and plead with him, he let out a few cold laughs.
"I'll spare you! Ha, tell me why... this scoop only mentions me but not a word about you. Does that mean you hid it better than me? You're so clever! You're a better liar than me! How could that be? You're just a piece of trash! A good-for-nothing! Worse than pigs and dogs, an idiot! If it weren't for me, you would have been discovered eight hundred times over..."
The male homeowner snapped, "You still want to play video games at home? What a pipe dream!"
"Brother... what do you mean by that?"
Even the dumbest person could understand the meaning behind the man's words.
He quickly and loudly denied it, saying, "Brother! This has absolutely nothing to do with me! I don't know anything about it! Brother... you know me... yes! Just like you said, I'm cowardly and afraid of trouble. I'm worse than a pig or a dog. How could I dare to do such a thing? Besides, I've made money from here. How could I harm myself? Right, brother?"
He probably already suspected that the male homeowner had a problem.
Hearing his panicked tone, Lu Liruan scoffed: What good can come of associating with someone like this?
Even just listening to the recording, you can hear the fear in this person's voice.
Actually, when he tried to get away from the male homeowner, his voice already betrayed fear...
Now, hearing the male homeowner suspect him, his fear was immediately and clearly revealed.
"Brother, I really didn't do this, don't scare me..." He was clearly very nervous.
"I didn't say you did it, why are you in such a hurry?" the male homeowner said slowly and coldly.
"Brother, please talk this out!"
"What do I have to say? What else is there for me to say?" The male homeowner chuckled coldly.
The recording was silent for three seconds.
"Hey bro, if you really have nowhere to go right now, why don't you come to my place? My place is a bit small... but you can stay here as long as you want, and I definitely won't kick you out or charge you rent!"
"Look at me, I'm in this state, you have to believe me, it really wasn't me who leaked it! I'm not that careless, you personally reviewed all the videos I handled, didn't you? Not a single piece of information was revealed! Who knew, who knew..."
His voice grew softer and softer, sounding very unsure of himself.
He had already learned the whole story. It was incredibly strange that a person was identified from an old watch and the mole lines on his hand.
Actually, he wanted to excuse himself as soon as he learned about this. But the male homeowner didn't contact him immediately. So he thought he'd just let it go.
I thought this had nothing to do with him!
Now it seems like the more you try to explain, the worse it gets...
But he was truly innocent!
After he finished processing those videos, the male homeowner personally reviewed them and only dared to sell them if he felt there were no problems.
So now that a problem has arisen, we can't blame him!
He somewhat regretted letting the man come over.
But what can be done?
The two of them filmed most of their videos at his home. The other party knew exactly where he lived, and even if he didn't say anything, they could come knocking on his door at any time...
"Brother...where are you now? Is your sister-in-law not letting you go back home? Do you need me to come pick you up?" he asked, swallowing hard.
"What, trying to find out where I live? You idiot!"
At this moment, the male homeowner made no attempt to conceal his aggression and malice, hurling insults at the other party.
Taking advantage of the fact that the other party dared not retaliate, they became increasingly offensive.
"I didn't, I didn't mean that, brother..."
Even the most spineless person would feel bad being scolded like that.
Lu Liruan heard a "bang".
The man stopped cursing: "What, are you throwing a tantrum?"
"No! Brother... I dropped my water glass! Um, when are you coming? I'll go tidy up the other room for you!"
Lu Liruan squinted and looked at the wall next to her.
Sure enough, there was a mark on the wall that something had smashed into it.
Directly below was a pile of uncollected ceramic shards. He probably lost his temper and threw the cup against the wall to barely suppress his urge to turn against the male homeowner.
"Do you think the male homeowner genuinely suspects that he leaked the information, or is he just threatening him?" Lu Liruan was a little confused.
"Not necessarily." Liao Tingyuan turned off the recording.
"He pretended to be calm and in control, but inside he was panicking. He could suspect anyone, or rather, he suspected everyone." Liao Tingyuan continued looking at the recording pen.
"There are some recordings ahead that are quite long and from a relatively early time," Liao Tingyuan told Lu Liruan to look at.
"I think it might be the original audio from some of the videos," Liao Tingyuan guessed, looking at the duration.
Lu Liruan shrugged.
"So... shall we still listen?"
Lu Liruan would never forget the kitten's pitiful cries, and she really didn't want to hear them again.
"I'm not listening anymore," Liao Tingyuan sighed.
He skipped those long audio clips.
"Let's listen to the shorter ones first."
He clicked on one of them, and it sounded like a recording of a phone call.
Between the two of them.
Lu Liruan found this recording even more nauseating than the original audio.