How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Lost in My Own Neighborhood? How Dare You Question a Ride-Hailing Driver with a Little Money? (1)

Sun Xiaoqun was terrified, hugging her head and shouting, “Who are you people? What are you doing?”

The police officer replied, “We’re from the Municipal Bureau. We received a report that Liu Jiyan is suspected of embezzling public funds for personal use. We need to bring him in for questioning. You’ll need to come with us to assist in the investigation as well. Is your live stream still running? Turn it off and come with us!”

Sun Xiaoqun quickly explained, “I didn’t know he was embezzling public funds! This has nothing to do with me!”

The police officer sternly replied, “We’ve already retrieved your WeChat chat logs. Liu Jiyan explicitly told you that his money came from embezzled public funds, yet you still encouraged him to send gifts. This indicates that you were fully aware and are considered an accomplice. Turn off the live stream and come with us to assist in the investigation.”

Sun Xiaoqun’s live stream instantly exploded with comments.

“Damn! Embezzling public funds to reward a streamer? I thought this only happened in the news. I didn’t expect to see it in real life.”

“Holy crap! This is getting wild. Embezzling public funds to shower a female streamer with gifts? I’ve only ever read about this. I can’t believe I’m witnessing it firsthand.”

“Haha… in the end, it’s all for nothing. All the embezzled money will be recovered, the live stream account will be banned, and she might even be fined and imprisoned. This is amazing! Even a screenwriter wouldn’t dare to write something like this.”

“The platform must be crying in the bathroom. They could have split over ten million, but now they have to return the embezzled money and might even be blamed for lax supervision.”

“So, Smoke Bro is actually a poor guy? He dares to embezzle public funds. He’s really bold.”

“Where’s Star Lord [referring to Yang Chen]? Is his money legitimate? It would be something if both of them went down.”

…

Before the super admin could shut down Sun Xiaoqun’s live stream, the police officers had already handcuffed Smoke Bro and Sun Xiaoqun.

Embezzling over ten million in public funds—if it can’t be recovered, Smoke Bro will definitely face life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Sun Xiaoqun knew that Smoke Bro’s money came from embezzling public funds and still asked him to send gifts. She’s definitely an accomplice and will likely get more than ten years.

Yang Chen, who was lying in bed, was a little dazed. The turn of events was a bit beyond his expectations.

He originally thought Smoke Bro was a local big spender and wanted to cash out the gifts with him.

But he never expected that Smoke Bro would actually embezzle public funds to reward streamers. That’s just too stupid.

Sun Xiaoqun’s live stream was banned, and netizens flocked to Zhou Zhengyi’s live stream to watch the drama unfold.

Comments:

“Streamer, do you think Star Lord is really rich, or is he embezzling public funds?”

“Star Lord, come out and say something so we know you haven’t been arrested.”

“Streamer, are you shaking in your boots right now? If Star Lord’s money also comes from dirty sources, you’ll be taken away and sentenced like Sun Xiaoqun.”

…

Zhou Zhengyi looked at the comments and couldn’t help but feel nervous.

She only met Star Lord once and doesn’t know anything about him personally.

What if he’s also rewarding streamers with embezzled public funds? She’ll be finished too.

However, Zhou Zhengyi also felt that Yang Chen was so handsome that he shouldn’t be the type to embezzle public funds for personal spending.

So, she quickly said, “Don’t talk nonsense. How could Star Lord be that kind of person? I’ve met him in person. He’s young and handsome, and he seems very upright. He would never do something like embezzling public funds. Star Lord, do you still want to listen to songs? If you want, I can sing until dawn.”

Immortal Star: “Tired, going to sleep.”

Then, Immortal Star left the live stream.

Zhou Zhengyi thought, is this what a real local tycoon is like?

He sent so many gifts without asking for anything in return.

Could it be that he’ll make requests via WeChat later?

But, obviously, she was overthinking it.

A night passed, and Zhou Zhengyi didn’t receive any messages from Yang Chen.

As a sensible streamer, she definitely had to greet her top fan in the morning.

“Star Bro [term of endearment for Star Lord], good morning. Are you free today? I’m planning to film outdoors and would like to treat you to a meal.”

Speaking of outdoors, Yang Chen remembered something important.

Yang Chen replied to Zhou Zhengyi’s message.

“I’m busy. The video of me you filmed last night is not allowed to be released. Choose other material.”

Zhou Zhengyi quickly replied.

“Okay, I understand. Don’t worry, Star Bro. I’ll definitely save that video and keep it for myself. I will never make it public. You can contact me anytime when you are free, and I will treat you to a meal. Come to my live stream more often when you have time, and I will sing for you.”

“Okay,” Yang Chen replied with a simple word.

At this time, his aunt called.

Yang Chen answered the phone and said, “Aunt.”

Chen Yuyan: “Chenzi [term of endearment], what’s going on? I heard from my middle school classmate that you’re very rich, gave a streamer over ten million, and even caused her daughter to be arrested by the police. What’s going on?”

Although she is his aunt, he definitely can’t tell her the truth.

Yang Chen then bluffed, “This is one of my jobs, to give gifts to streamers. The full amount is returned to me, and I split the rest with the streamer three to seven. To put it bluntly, that money is all the company’s money, but it’s given to the streamer through my account, and the money earned is also given to the company. I receive a regular salary. Sun Xiaoqun colluded with that person to embezzle public funds to send gifts, so she was arrested by the police. This has nothing to do with me, Aunt, don’t worry.”

Chen Yuyan: “Oh, that’s good. I didn’t expect her daughter to be like that, daring to take money when she knew it was from an improper source. How was your blind date?”

Yang Chen: “What blind date! She was in a hotel with that man and didn’t even bother to meet me. But luckily, she didn’t come to see me, otherwise I might have been implicated by her. Aunt, next time you introduce me to someone, you have to screen them carefully in advance. Don’t just introduce me to someone because the girl looks good on the surface. In short, you must be very careful and not introduce me to blind dates casually anymore.”

Chen Yuyan: “Okay, okay. It was my carelessness this time. I will be careful in the future. Okay, I know what’s going on. You just work hard, and I won’t bother you.”

Yang Chen: “Okay. Goodbye, Aunt.”

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen quickly started working.

After the morning rush hour, Yang Chen planned to find a place to rest.

Anyway, he’s not relying on this to get rich, so there’s no need to work so hard.

At this time, the system pushed an order, and the passenger happened to be in his neighborhood.

It was such a coincidence, Yang Chen didn’t rest and accepted the order and called the passenger.

Soon, the phone connected.

Yang Chen: “Hello, is this the passenger with the last four digits of 4038?

I’m a Didi [Chinese ride-hailing app] driver, waiting at the entrance of your neighborhood.”

Passenger: “Driver, hello, I… I’ll be right there, can you wait for me for a little bit, please?”

Judging from the voice, she should be a cute girl, speaking softly and saying “please,” she seems like a very polite person.

When encountering such passengers, Yang Chen would also be generous and wait a while.

After all, respect is mutual. If the other person respects him, he will also give them respect.

“Okay! I can wait a while, take your time, no need to rush,” Yang Chen replied.

Passenger: “Okay, okay, thank you. I’ll be right there, can you wait for me for a little bit?”

She even uses reduplication in her speech, she must be a cute girl.

However, Yang Chen obviously underestimated what she meant by “a little bit.”

Unknowingly, ten minutes passed, and still no one came.

Yang Chen couldn’t wait any longer and quickly called her.

Soon, the phone connected.

Yang Chen: “Hello, where are you?”

Passenger: “I… I don’t know where I am. I’m lost. Wuwu… [sound of crying]”

Yang Chen was speechless. How can you get lost in your own neighborhood?

What’s going on?

Yang Chen quickly asked, “Beauty, do you know where you are now?”

Passenger: “Wuwu… I don’t know. I’ve been walking for more than ten minutes, but I just can’t find my way out. I told them not to live in this kind of neighborhood, but my parents insisted on buying here. Now I can’t find my way out, what should I do?”

Damn, either she’s deliberately stalling for time, or she’s a total airhead.

She’s probably the only one who can get lost in her own neighborhood.