AMRWFA -Chapter 254 The Suspicious Secret Around the Childhood Friend

“And what’s strange is—he doesn’t have much money under his name, yet it seems like he can never run out. Food, entertainment, luxury—he lacks nothing.” Liang Shishi pointed at Wang Yukai’s spending records. The items listed there were clearly beyond what an average middle-class person could afford.

Yet Wang Yukai had no job and no source of income—and still, he could always pay.

“Did he inherit some kind of fortune?” Ruan Yaoyao glanced at the expenses and felt they were indeed quite high. Aside from what he spent on women, the rest was almost on par with her Fifth Brother.

【My Fifth Son can afford that because he has the Xu family backing him. But what does Wang Yukai have?】

【What does he have?】

【Aren’t his parents just ordinary workers?】

【His grandparents only get a few thousand yuan a month in pension. Even if they gave it all to him, it wouldn’t be enough, right?】

【Could it be… he found some money?】

Liang Shishi shook her head. “We’ve already investigated. There’s no evidence that he inherited anything. And he has another peculiar trait—he only uses cash. His wallet is like a bottomless pit, filled with endless banknotes.”

“It’s not the wallet itself?”

“No. We’ve checked.”

As for how they checked, Liang Shishi didn’t elaborate—the methods weren’t exactly aboveboard.

They had arranged for someone to swap his wallet. But even after the swap, nothing changed. He continued eating, drinking, and spending as usual, completely unaffected.

Wang Yukai had another habit: he didn’t buy cars or property. When he went out, he rented cars and stayed in hotels, always paying in cash.

Even when buying gifts for his girlfriend, he used cash.

That was precisely why Liang Shishi came to Ruan Yaoyao—she wanted her to take a look and figure out what exactly was going on with Wang Yukai.

Ruan Yaoyao had already sensed something unusual, but when she finally saw Wang Yukai in person, she never expected the reason behind that “unusualness” to be this—

【Someone is watching you!】

【Who?】

Wang Yukai reacted instantly and turned his head.

Ruan Yaoyao was startled by his sharp perception. Fortunately, she was no stranger to high-pressure situations. Calmly, she nudged Liang Shishi’s arm and asked, “How about that shop? Want to go in and take a look?”

Liang Shishi caught on immediately and nodded in cooperation. “If Aunt Xu wants to check it out, let’s go. I’m free today anyway.”

“Alright, let’s go in.”

Ruan Yaoyao led Liang Shishi, with Ruan Zhihe—dressed like a bodyguard—following behind, and passed by Wang Yukai and his group before entering the shop next door.

Wang Yukai: 【Not looking at me!】

【Maybe I was mistaken!】

Wang Yukai: 【You’re being paranoid again!】

【I can’t help it. Ever since my clone disappeared, I’ve felt uneasy.】

Wang Yukai: 【You don’t even know where your clone went. Maybe it disappeared in a mission world. This is the real world—you’ve checked, right? You’re the only system here…】

System: …Wasn’t that only because it was a fake system? Did it dare deny it?

Wang Yukai told the system to be quiet and not disturb his date with his girlfriend.

He had finally completed his mission and come back—he needed to enjoy himself.

System: …Horny glutton, and you still claim you’re not lustful!

Once inside the shop, Ruan Yaoyao quietly said to Liang Shishi, “I almost got noticed just now.”

Liang Shishi was shocked. “How is that possible? He’s that sharp?!”

“I’m not sure. Maybe there’s something on him that can detect when someone is staring. I can’t look at him for too long—just quick glances. Like earlier, I looked at the shop, and since he and his girlfriend were at the entrance, I only saw him in passing. That way, he wouldn’t notice.”

“Aunt Xu, are you sure? What if he already noticed you but pretended not to, so as not to alert us?”

Ruan Yaoyao shook her head. “My instinct tells me I shouldn’t stare at him for more than three seconds. And just now, I didn’t exceed that.”

【Of course, even if I did, it might be fine—as long as I don’t arouse his suspicion.】

【But I don’t know how to avoid that suspicion, so limiting the time is safest.】

Hearing her thoughts, Liang Shishi finally relaxed. “That’s good. We only asked you to take a look—if something happened to you because of this, we’d never forgive ourselves. We’ll have to be more careful in the future. This is my fault—I let my guard down after what happened with Ma Aotian.”

Indeed, not just her—the whole team had relaxed.

They assumed that if someone like Ma Aotian couldn’t detect Ruan Yaoyao’s gaze, then this time would be the same.

But clearly… it wasn’t.

Luckily nothing had happened to Aunt Xu. If something had, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

“It’s not your fault. I didn’t expect someone to be this sensitive to being watched either. But there’s a reason for that—it’s related to his ‘profession’…” Ruan Yaoyao paused, then said, “I saw it just now—he’s a ‘Calamity Trial Participant.’”

Even though she only got a brief glance, she was certain of Wang Yukai’s identity.

A Calamity Trial Participant—just the name alone sounded out of place.

Liang Shishi froze. “Calamity?”

“Mm. I’m not entirely sure, but it seems like some kind of trial space. He gets selected and is periodically sent there to complete missions…” Ruan Yaoyao explained. “Have you read those infinite loop or apocalypse-type novels? Or things like national destiny battlefields?”

Since she only had three seconds, she couldn’t see much, but that was the general impression she got.

If that was the case, then it made sense why Wang Yukai was so “alert.”

Being in such environments long-term would naturally make someone more sensitive to others’ gazes.

Which raised another question—if he was already so perceptive, did he really not notice when the national team swapped his wallet?

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe: “……”

It suddenly felt like they had dug a hole for themselves.

Ruan Yaoyao sympathized with them for a second, then told them not to act rashly for now. She would first take a look at Wang Yukai’s official girlfriend, Lu Baojing. Perhaps they could find a breakthrough through her.

After all, based on the national team’s data, Wang Yukai’s moral compass was questionable—but Lu Baojing’s seemed fairly sound.

“Then we’ll leave it to you, Aunt Xu!”

“It’s only right to do what little I can for the country.”

【This country has protected me—shouldn’t I do what I can in return?】

Ruan Yaoyao truly didn’t think it was a big deal. She only regretted that her abilities were too “limited,” and that she couldn’t help more.

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe lowered their heads, trying to hide the twitching at the corners of their mouths.

Aunt Xu… if this counts as “limited,” then what are we?

Ants?