Chapter 349: 165: Hunting at Both Ends
When Qian Ji first began letting people swap lives, Qian Ji was like a golden finger in a novel.
A dying mother reborn through her daughter's body.
It was like something out of a popular Korean drama, where a deceased company employee is reincarnated as the grandson of the company's chairman.
This was an irresistible temptation. Stealing a body younger and healthier than one's own, usurping all of the other's social relationships, and then restarting life with one's original memories...
For this mother, she had a young body and a future full of limitless possibilities...
But she unfortunately didn't read Qidian novels and didn't know one of the taboos for transmigrators, which is revealing one's identity.
Stupidly, she attempted to recognize her husband, and like someone infatuated in love, she put on a scene in public where her daughter's past life memories awakened, and she rekindled her relationship with her husband, who had become her father.
She felt thrilled, truly delighted and moved. Wasn't this the kind of life that moves people in TV dramas?
Indeed, she moved many people. This matter went viral on a certain short video platform.
Then...
It caught the attention of a certain taxi driver, who then informed Zhou Baiyu.
Zhou Baiyu asked for help from Guang Tongchen, who had successfully accomplished his mission and earned an S-rank rating.
Guang Tongchen then contacted Tian Xia Wu Er at the transfer station, a man of great power.
Soon, Tian Xia Wu Er sent Guang Tongchen all sorts of information about that couple... or rather, father and daughter.
For Tian Xia Wu Er, this kind of assistance was something he was very happy to provide.
He aimed to be the pioneer among his peers, naturally needing to build good relationships with those at his level.
Guang Tongchen did not ask further questions; after confirming that Zhou Baiyu could handle the situation, he and Constantin began investigating another source of contamination.
According to Constantin, this case involved the Pantheon.
So, the Linxiang Strange Tales Eradication Team split into two groups, Zhou Baiyu and Ling Hansu one group, Duan Kun, Ye Yu, Constantin, Nina the other group, both teams started investigations in two different directions.
Zhou Baiyu had to marvel at Tian Xia Wu Er's efficiency after receiving the target information; the entire process took no more than two hours... The father and daughter's active trajectory, all kinds of social relationships, were all thoroughly investigated.
According to what Guang Tongchen heard, one of Tian Xia Wu Er's businesses was in telecommunications equipment.
Phones always have pop-ups like "Do you agree to allow the program to access your current information?"
Thus, Tian Xia Wu Er knew a lot of people's whereabouts as long as the phone numbers could be traced.
Zhou Baiyu must say... technology changes life. The world of cyberpunk in human literature is quite magical.
But in fact, the human world at this stage is already very cyberpunk.
All records can be found on the internet, and many netizens joke that one must delete their browser history before death to prevent their deviant sexual preferences from being exposed after death.
Moreover, social stratifications are becoming increasingly clear. If it weren't for the pioneers at this level, he might never meet a powerhouse like Tian Xia Wu Er in his lifetime.
To get back on track, after getting the information, Zhou Baiyu contacted Mr. Zhang, the father who "rejoiced at gaining a former wife but seemed to have lost a beloved daughter."
Zhou Baiyu invited Mr. Zhang for coffee.
Although inherently disliked by Mr. Zhang due to his own nature, and despite Mr. Zhang being at the peak of his popularity these days with many seeking him out,
Zhou Baiyu, nevertheless, being a person with the characteristics of an orator, went straight to the point as soon as he started speaking—
"Your daughter has disappeared, and I can help you find her."
This statement led to their meeting in the cafe.
Next, using his oratorical skills, Zhou Baiyu successfully evoked Mr. Zhang's longing for his daughter.
Thus led to the recent scene.
After the conversation with Zhou Baiyu ended, Mr. Zhang's longing for his daughter grew stronger, to the point where he would even see her figure at work, standing in the corner of the corridor, watching him with lonely eyes.
This resolved Mr. Zhang's decision to inquire about his daughter's whereabouts.
Everything was going as Zhou Baiyu had planned.
Soon, Zhou Baiyu received a call from Mr. Zhang.
"What should I do? Should I just ask her?"
"Mr. Zhang?"
"It's me."
"Alright, it seems you are a competent father. Rest assured, I will do my utmost to bring your daughter back. But first, we mustn't alert them prematurely."
"Continue."
"The best way is for you to also fall critically ill."
"What do you mean?"
"Your daughter has already lost her mother, so now, she can't afford to lose her father, especially since your ex-wife is indulged in a TV-like romantic affair; she definitely won't easily reveal how she took over your daughter's body."
Zhou Baiyu continued:
"At this time, if you become sick and are about to die, whether it is to continue maintaining that romantic affair or to have someone to take care of her, she should try to keep you alive."
"So, she might just reveal how she 'survived.'
"But remember one thing, you should mention your daughter less in the coming days, the more you miss her, the more you should show affection to your ex-wife. You must make her feel that you care about her more than your daughter, remember, this point is very important."
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