Twisted Dreams-Chapter 285 - 352: Jinmu Cafe
Li Yang no longer paid attention to Suzu, his fingers occasionally tapping on the sofa.
Su Manman intrigued him greatly.
Ma Tao barely learned half of the computer techniques from Su Manman to support the Seven Commandments Platform. How skilled must Su Manman be as a mentor?
Such an impressive person, yet there is no information about her in the police records, not even a registration.
Moreover, Su Manman is twenty-six this year.
Considering the scale and decor of the Hunter Internet Cafe, it must have taken tens of millions to establish.
Of course, this price assumes the property doesn’t belong to Su Manman.
A twenty-six-year-old young woman, without any background, how could she have built such a business?
Did she start her business and learn hacking techniques from her mother’s womb?
Some female-oriented novels often write:
The heroine has billions in assets, along with ace lawyers, top-notch hackers, and super assassins.
In Li Yang’s view, those aren’t urban pleasure novels; they should be fantasy pleasure novels.
The most fantastical part is that such an intimidating woman is bullied by petty women or her in-laws.
Going off-topic.
"I didn’t expect South Sea to have such a peculiar person."
Li Yang extinguished his cigarette, got up, and walked toward the door.
...
Night, a street in South Sea.
A sickly beggar petting a dirty kitten in his arms looked at the passing pedestrians, saying:
"Please spare some change, kind people will be rewarded."
Few pedestrians paid him any mind.
These days, there are too many con artists pretending to be beggars. People’s kindness has long been wearied by the scheming of scammers.
Not reporting to the city management to drive him away is the extent of many people’s tolerance.
The beggar sighed, stroking the kitten’s head:
"Today seems like we’ll go hungry."
A bright and attractive woman approached from the head of the street.
The woman’s name was Su Manman.
The beggar saw hope, raising his begging bowl, hopeful:
"Pretty lady, spare some change."
Su Manman directly passed the beggar and walked toward a noodle shop on the street.
The beggar sighed, rubbing his protesting stomach, pinching the cat’s ears.
About ten minutes later, Su Manman came out of the noodle shop, carrying a takeaway box, and walked straight to the beggar.
She crouched in front of the beggar, opened the takeaway box, and handed him the noodles:
"For you." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
The beggar swallowed, quickly opened the box, picked up the noodles, cautiously blew on them, then set them on his pants.
"Meow~"
The kitten in the beggar’s arms meowed, lowering its head to eat the noodles.
The beggar smiled, ignoring the heat, shoving the noodles into his mouth.
He ate one chopstick full and gave some to the kitten.
Su Manman raised an eyebrow and said:
"You’re hungry yourself, yet you feed a stray cat?"
The beggar shook his head, laughing:
"I’m homeless, but my cat isn’t a stray cat. Thank you, miss."
He’s a homeless person, but he gave his cat a home, so his cat isn’t a stray.
Su Manman stared at the beggar, murmuring:
"Yes, as long as its owner is still around, it won’t be a stray."
Su Manman stood up, pulled out two hundred yuan, placed it in the beggar’s bowl, and walked toward the opposite side of the street.
...
Su Manman walked for a long time, arriving at a desolate place.
Initially, a developer wanted to build a residential community here, but the plan was abandoned due to certain issues.
The shops built to cater to the community were left unvisited because of the halted construction.
This place is barren, largely uninhabited.
At night, it feels like a ghost street.
At the street corner, there’s a new coffee shop, an independent two-story building called Jinmu Cafe.
At that moment, Jinmu Cafe’s lights were off, and the door was locked.
Su Manman reached the cafe’s door, opened it, went inside, and turned on the light.
The cafe’s decor is very cozy.
Once inside, Su Manman relaxed as if she were home.
She prepared a cup of Blue Mountain coffee at the bar, made a fruit mousse cake, and sat by the window.
Su Manman tasted it thoroughly.
It felt like savoring a gourmet feast.
Once, a very important person enjoyed sitting by the window in the cafe, drinking bitter Blue Mountain coffee, and eating sweet, soft fruit mousse cake.
The door was pushed open.
Su Manman greeted:
"Welcome."
She finished speaking and got ready to welcome the guest.
This cafe belongs to her. She spends the day at the internet cafe, only coming here at night.
Therefore, the cafe only opens at night, and just for a little while.
Once she’s tired, she’ll lock the door and sleep.
Even if it only opens for a few hours, there are occasionally guests.
She’ll greet the guests when they arrive.
The visitor wore a black business shirt, black trousers, black leather shoes, and a round hat.
Li Yang took off the round hat, politely asking:
"Are you still open?"
Su Manman took a good look at Li Yang’s appearance, and her beautiful eyes instinctively shrank a little.
She said:
"We’re open, what do you need?"
Li Yang replied:
"Anything will do, I want something sweet."
Su Manman went to the counter and made a cup of coffee, then looked at Li Yang, completely stunned.
Li Yang was sitting by the window, reading a book.
That look reminded her exactly of her friend, that very important person.
Su Manman put aside her emotions, replaced them with a sweet smile, and placed the coffee in front of Li Yang:
"Enjoy it slowly."
Li Yang took a light sip of the coffee.
As expected, he still disliked the taste of coffee, whether it was sweet or not.
Su Manman sat down in front of Li Yang and asked:
"Today, the lady who was looking for me, is she your person?"
Li Yang knew that Su Manman was talking about Zhang Shi’ai, he nodded slightly:
"Did you guess I would come?"
Su Manman smiled:
"Ma Tao is my apprentice, he told me what kind of website I was supposed to set up.
When your person asked me if I knew what website I was supposed to open, I lied.
Actually, I do know.
However, I didn’t want to talk to her, I wanted to talk to her boss behind the scenes.
I thought, since a website like that needs to be set up, the person behind it must not be ordinary, finding me wouldn’t be difficult."
Li Yang praised:
"You’re smart, my people are stupid."
Li Yang put down the coffee and asked:
"So, what are your thoughts?"
Su Manman shook her head and said:
"With the Spiritual Energy Revival causing such a stir, it’s quite frightening.
I’m just an ordinary woman, I don’t want to get involved in this trend."
Li Yang tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said softly:
"So, you’re unwilling to help me?"
Li Yang’s tone was steady, yet there was an indescribable cold feeling.
As if the next moment, he would devour someone alive.
Su Manman raised an eyebrow:
"If I am unwilling, would you kill me?
Or threaten me in some strange way, even control me?
Would a person of your stature make a move against a woman like me?"
Li Yang looked at Su Manman earnestly.
The answer was self-evident.
He would.
Li Yang wouldn’t let such a mysterious and powerful hacker be out of his control.
Especially since she knew what he wanted her to do.
She knew too much.
She knew this forum was related to Zhang Shi’ai, related to Ma Tao, related to himself.
If she couldn’t be used normally, then use special means, or destroy her.
Su Manman wasn’t afraid, she looked at Li Yang:
"If it’s you who wants my help, I’m willing.
But you have to promise me one condition."
Li Yang asked:
"What?"
Su Manman replied casually:
"I haven’t thought it over, I just feel that someone as important as you can surely help me out in the future.
So I’m willing to help you, and you have to give me a promise, to help me once in the future."
Li Yang nodded:
"Alright."
Su Manman continued:
"You can monitor me in the future, but you cannot interfere with my life.
Hmm... And don’t ask about my past.
I imagine you’ve investigated me already, and I trust you didn’t find anything.
I have the ability to alter my own information."
Li Yang said:
"Alright. I will have people watch over you."
The term ’watch over’ here didn’t just mean surveillance.
It could mean eliminating Su Manman anytime.
After saying this, Li Yang took a cigarette from his pocket and asked:
"May I smoke?"
Su Manman picked up her coffee:
"Go ahead."
In the cafe, one was smoking and reading, the other was drinking coffee and enjoying the night view.
"Why is this cafe open only at night?"
Li Yang suddenly asked.
Su Manman replied:
"Because there aren’t many people at night."
Li Yang said ’oh’ and continued reading.
