7: Chapter 7 Bonus Received, Money Transferred!

The logic is sound, but it's very unscientific. However, since the country has opened a Taoist university, you can't say this stuff is purely a scam, but you also can't prove it's real.

It would be better to say Lin Ning has a gut feeling; perhaps he could just bluntly chase him away.

Chen Zhi went through all of Lin Ning's information again. There were indeed no suspicious aspects; both the information he had been exposed to and his financial situation were normal.

Moreover, he had reported Wang Lijun.

Although his behavior was suspicious, it was impossible to say that Lin Ning was definitely problematic. He could be kept under observation, but he could not be treated as a suspect.

Chen Zhi felt somewhat helpless. "I can understand your motive (reporting for money), but spying is not as simple as you imagine. You need to be careful."

He wanted to say more, but he opened his mouth and swallowed the words back. After all, Lin Ning wasn't one of his soldiers, so there were many things he couldn't say.

Although they had only met twice, Chen Zhi felt a familiar sense of exhaustion; he was harder to handle than a new recruit...

Lin Ning promised very solemnly. After talking to Chen Zhi about tracking Wang Lijun for the first time, he realized he had been a bit reckless and too impatient. Even if there were no problems for a moment, it was impossible to avoid problems forever.

Therefore, he no longer sought to get results in the shortest possible time. He accepted going slowly, accepted having no results, and would be careful; if it couldn't be done, he would give up.

Lin Ning felt that he should have passed this time. He breathed a sigh of relief and then asked curiously, "What's the situation with the person I followed today?"

Chen Zhi shook his head: "Under investigation, no public information."

"Since you're here, let's wrap up the matter you reported earlier. Based on the timeliness and contribution of your reported information, we have approved an initial case-filing bonus of 100,000 yuan for you."

Upon hearing this, although it wasn't as much as 500,000, as long as there was a bonus, it proved that this path was viable. He couldn't help but jump on the spot with joy: "Yeah!"

Chen Zhi looked at him with amusement. "I haven't finished speaking yet. This is the case-filing bonus. Subsequent bonuses will be issued after the case is fully investigated, and the amount will depend on the case details. Wait for further notice!"

Lin Ning tried his best to control the corners of his mouth that were pulling wildly toward his ears and nodded quickly.

After finishing the procedures, he had just walked out of the small building.

The mobile banking notification sound went 'ding-dong', and a text message confirming the arrival of exactly 100,000 yuan appeared.

Lin Ning looked at his mobile banking with a smile: 151,250 yuan.

This included the 50,000 yuan Yang Weifeng had given him, as well as what he had earned running errands these past few days. There was also over 700 yuan in WeChat.

Unless you have experienced being penniless, you cannot understand his current mood.

After the debt was restructured into installments, he had to pay over 10,000 yuan a month, and Lin Ning had no intention of paying it off early.

He didn't have enough money now. If he used it all to pay off debt and something happened, he didn't want to experience the feeling of having no money in his pocket a second time.

After thinking about it, he first transferred 50,000 yuan back to Yang Weifeng's account.

He also transferred 60,000 yuan to his sister's account and sent her a message: "Sister, check your bank notification."

As soon as the message was sent, Yang Weifeng's call came in.

"Damn, why did you send the money back?" Yang Weifeng, as always, couldn't control the volume of his voice when he got anxious.

"I've negotiated a debt extension. I'll pay a bit each month, and I can handle it. I don't need your money for the time being."

"Just keep it with you. In case you need it for something, I'm not in a rush."

"I have money on me, really. We'll talk when we have time to eat later. I have another call coming in, I won't talk to you for now."

Lin Jing's call was flashing incessantly on the phone screen.

Lin Ning answered it.

Before he could speak, Lin Jing's anxious voice came through: "Little Ning, what's going on? Why did you send me so much money?"

Lin Ning quickly reassured her: "Sister, I sent it. It was me, it's not a scam. It's 60,000 yuan, right?"

Lin Jing was about to cry: "It's 60,000. Where did you get the money? Did you go borrow it again?"

Lin Ning felt helpless, but he understood her state of being a frightened bird; after all, Lin Jing had been one of the main targets of debt collection harassment calls before.

"No, I earned this money. Don't worry, listen to me."

While talking on the phone, Lin Ning took a screenshot of the 100,000 yuan transaction detail page from his mobile banking and sent it to Lin Jing's WeChat.

"I've successfully deferred my debt. I don't need to pay back a large sum immediately; my monthly salary can cover it. So you don't need to worry anymore."

"Look at the WeChat screenshot I sent you. I reported some illegal leads, and the government awarded me 100,000 yuan. I'm paying you and brother-in-law back first. Everything is in the past now, okay, sister!"

Lin Jing couldn't believe it and repeatedly confirmed the transfer account; it had the official government designation, only then did she relax.

"You're reporting crimes, that's too dangerous. Won't you be retaliated against? Also, why not pay off your debts first?" She turned to worry about something else.

"I'm not catching bad guys, I just call to report when I know of leads. Whistleblowers are kept confidential. I can't speak for other places, but in Capital, you can rest assured. Besides, that person is already in jail, otherwise, they wouldn't have issued the bonus."

"The debt is in installments, so I'll just pay it off in installments. There's no point in paying it all off at once. I'll pay you back first so you don't have to suffer along with me."

"You must be careful!"

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry, I'm being careful! I'll send 10,000 yuan to Mom in a bit. You find some time to visit her and tell her everything is fine on my end. I can't explain the whistleblower bonus to her, she'll just worry. Just tell her I found a good job."

"I'm still working, I won't talk for now. Give my thanks to brother-in-law."

Hanging up the phone, Lin Ning let out a long sigh of relief.

He really struggled to handle family ties. Although he had merged with the original owner's emotions, his experiences from his past life still made him unfamiliar with this.

Lin Ning looked up at the sky; it was so blue, like the sea, vast and free.

Lin Ning knew that his future life would be different; it would no longer be the ordinary, predictable life of a babbling spring with no waves.

Instead, it would be like this sky.

There would be clouds, wind, rain, snow, hail, and the sun, moon, and stars.