530: Hidden Mission—Uphold Justice!

Zhang Xiuying wasn't Yu Manzhu's biological daughter. It was only natural that they treated her a bit differently than their biological son.

But they shouldn't treat her like she wasn't human, right?

Ye Su even suspected that back then, the Yu Manzhu couple had adopted Zhang Xiuying through some unknown means because they were worried they couldn't conceive, thinking they would have someone to take care of them in their old age.

However, a few years after adopting Zhang Xiuying, the two of them conceived again.

As a result, Zhang Xiuying became a disposable asset in the family, suppressed until now.

Combining what Zhang Xiuying just said, her younger brother was four years younger than her, but Yu Manzhu was 55 this year, and her father was already 58.

Calculating it, it meant Yu Manzhu was 38 when she gave birth to her biological son.

The more Ye Su thought about it, the more he felt his deduction was correct.

As for Zhang Xiuying's ex-husband, Lin Youjie, who had recently suddenly and firmly insisted on a divorce, Ye Su could only assume he had reached his breaking point because he couldn't stand the endless demands Zhang Xiuying's family made on their small household.

[Ding!]

Just as Ye Su thought he had guessed correctly, the system popped up without warning to slap him in the face.

[Detected that the reason Zhang Xiuying's ex-husband, Lin Youjie, divorced her was that he won two first-prize double color ball tickets three weeks ago. The post-tax prize money was as high as 10.32 million. Lin Youjie wanted to keep this prize for himself, which is why he insisted on divorcing Zhang Xiuying.

During the divorce proceedings, Lin Youjie had already used this prize money to keep a local Female Streamer with over ten thousand followers on a short-video platform account.

As of now, Lin Youde has already spent over thirty thousand yuan on this Female Streamer!]

"Heh, so that's what's going on."

Ye Su didn't expect that the reason Zhang Xiuying's ex-husband was in such a hurry to divorce her was that he had secretly won a big prize.

In her outpouring just now, Ye Su hadn't heard Zhang Xiuying mention even a hint of this matter; most likely, she didn't know about it either.

And judging from the system's prompt, Lin Youjie didn't even wait. He started the divorce proceedings with Zhang Xiuying immediately after collecting the prize.

He couldn't even wait for the few days of the divorce to pass before immediately keeping a minor streamer... "Logically speaking, half of that ten million prize money should belong to Zhang Xiuying, right?"

Ye Su wasn't some kind of righteous good person, and he usually couldn't be bothered with this kind of gossip.

But since Zhang Xiuying was his "prospective sister-in-law," as her prospective brother-in-law, knowing she was being cheated out of such a large amount of marital property by her ex-husband, he definitely had to stand up for her.

Even if he didn't step up, once Yan Ran and Zhang Xiuying recognized each other and Yan Ran learned that her sister had been living this kind of life for thirty years, she definitely wouldn't let it slide.

But with this kind of thing, even if it went to court, it probably wouldn't be resolved for a year or so.

In that time, Lin Youjie might have already transferred the ten million yuan away.

Ye Su didn't have the time or energy to get entangled with Lin Youjie.

So if he wanted to stand up for Zhang Xiuying, it would be best to freeze the money in his bank account as quickly as possible before talking law with him.

Of course, he would need Zhang Fengmao to help out with this.

Otherwise, relying on Ye Su alone, it would be somewhat difficult to freeze Lin Youjie's account first.

"They say it's good to have a godfather to get things done."

[Ding!]

[Since Lin Youjie won the lottery during the marriage, according to the laws of our country, his legal wife Zhang Xiuying is entitled to half of the post-tax prize money. This has triggered a "hidden task - Upholding Justice" for the Host!]

[Task Name: Upholding Justice!]

[Task Content: Help Zhang Xiuying recover her legal property!]

[Task Reward: An amount of cash equal to what Zhang Xiuying recovers, 5 points in the "Charm" attribute, and 5 points in the "Physique" attribute!]

"Oh!"

After reading the suddenly appearing "hidden task," a look of joy flashed across Ye Su's face.

Just as he was planning to stand up for his sister-in-law, Brother System triggered such a task.

"Lin Youjie won 10.32 million. An amount of cash equal to the recovered property would be 5.16 million yuan!"

After calculating the reward amount for this task, the smile on Ye Su's face grew even wider.

Fortunately, he hadn't forgotten that Zhang Xiuying was right beside him, recounting her grievances of the past thirty years.

So after a brief smile, he immediately wiped the expression from his face and acted as if nothing had happened.

With the "hidden task - Upholding Justice," Ye Su had even less reason not to stand up for Zhang Xiuying and get back the marital property.

"I'm sorry."

After venting all the grievances in her heart, Zhang Xiuying felt much better.

Only then did she remember that she had dragged Ye Su into listening to so many messy things, and she hurriedly apologized to him:

"It's so late, and I've kept you talking for so long..."

"It's fine," Ye Su said with a cheerful smile. "I was the one who took the initiative to chat with you, so why are you the one apologizing?"

After saying that, Ye Su checked the time and realized that without knowing it, the two of them had been chatting for twenty minutes.

Looking at Zhang Xiuying's appearance, she probably wouldn't try to take her own life again after he left, so Ye Su hinted:

"But it is indeed getting late."

"Oh!" Zhang Xiuying hurriedly stood up. "It is indeed very late. I won't take up any more of your time!"

"Do you live far? It's so late, you probably won't be able to catch a taxi. Is it safe for you to go back alone, or should I drive you?"

"No need!"

Zhang Xiuying waved her hands repeatedly, not daring to trouble Ye Su any further.

"I told my family I wouldn't be coming home to sleep tonight. They must have locked the door already. I'll just find a place to crash for the night."

"I see..."

After moving into Splendid Mansion, there was indeed one empty room left in the house.

But for one thing, inviting a woman he had met for the first time to spend the night at his home seemed a bit abrupt no matter how you looked at it.

For another, if he really let Zhang Xiuying stay the night, it would be hard to explain to his family when they woke up the next day.

After thinking it over, Ye Su could only give up on the idea of letting Zhang Xiuying stay in the guest room.

"Alright, then just find a hotel for the night. We'll get in touch tomorrow." Ye Su asked worriedly, "Do you have enough money on you for a room?"

Zhang Xiuying nodded hurriedly. "Yes, I'll go find an inn later. At this hour, a few dozen yuan will be enough for the night."

The environment of a small inn might be a bit poor at most, but there shouldn't be any accidents. Ye Su nodded:

"Alright then, I'll be heading back. But don't go doing anything reckless the moment I turn my back. If the DNA test results come out and you really are my friend's long-lost sister, I wouldn't know where to find a sister to give back to her."

Zhang Xiuying nodded embarrassedly. "I won't. I was just stuck in a rut earlier and couldn't see a way out. Now that I've chatted with you, I feel much better. I won't do anything foolish anymore."

[Ding!]

As soon as Zhang Xiuying finished speaking, Ye Su received a prompt from the system.

[Congratulations to the Host for successfully preventing Zhang Xiuying from committing suicide. You have received a "Critical Reward." The probability of refreshing high-level intelligence this week will be significantly increased!]