Chapter 21: A Vicious Humiliation

A moment later, Mo Xuan was invited into the screening room on the first floor. This was where the siblings usually watched videotapes, a sort of private screening room. There were some snacks and drinks here, as well as a computer with a frightening number of monitors, giving it both a living and working atmosphere.

"Rope-Wrights, a long-term target of the Public Security Bureau, are skilled at using certain electronic items to gain benefits in the Hollows, often cooperating with Hollow raiders, and are one of New Eridu's cancers."

Mo Xuan said as he took a sip of the tea Ling handed him. The tea was good, it should be said, very good. Mo Xuan usually couldn't afford it himself. It was a kind of hush money, and he was happy to accept it.

"Brother Mo Xuan, you don't actually believe that official statement, do you? Ahahaha."

Ling smiled awkwardly. No matter how you put it, this was the result of her slip of the tongue, and now she could only accept it.

"My female boss really dislikes people like you. If she were here, you'd be in a police car by now."

Mo Xuan said this deliberately to scare Ling, to save her from calling him 'Video-Watcher Bro' in the future. He really didn't watch 'those' videos.

"You didn't arrest us, which means there's still a chance, right?"

Zhe told his silly sister to stay aside and spoke to Mo Xuan himself. The one in charge here was naturally the older brother, who also knew better how to deal with bad people.

"A chance for what?" Mo Xuan asked.

"Uh... for a 'turnaround'."

Zhe was choked by his own words. Facing his sister's curious gaze, he directly pressed down on her head, once again telling her to stay aside.

"I only have one question. Have you ever harmed anyone?"

Mo Xuan was not actually interested in Ling and Zhe's side business, nor did he think of taking them to the Public Security Bureau to sit in jail. But some things still needed to be confirmed. If they were the kind of Rope-Wrights who harmed people, then they could only be brought to justice.

"Of course not! We're good people. We often help lost Hollow raiders find the exit of the Hollow. How could we harm people?"

Ling said with a slightly agitated tone. She hated those Rope-Wrights who did bad things the most. They ruined the reputation of the Rope-Wrights and made all Rope-Wrights a target for everyone. No matter if they did good things or bad things, in the eyes of the Public Security Bureau, they were all bad people who were killed with one shot.

"That's good. I believe you."

Mo Xuan nodded and said. Although there was no proof, he didn't think Ling and Zhe looked like bad people. Mo Xuan was not a detective and couldn't tell if they were good or bad, so he made a decision according to his own code of conduct.

"Eh, just like that? You're not arresting us?"

Ling had prepared a lot of excuses, but Mo Xuan just stopped there. This made her very uncomfortable.

"You haven't broken the law, so why should I arrest you? I want to arrest the kind of Rope-Wrights who use the loopholes in the network and the Hollow to do bad things."

Mo Xuan said very calmly. It was just luck that he ran into the secret of this pair of siblings this time. He didn't need to kill them all. And Mo Xuan also believed that they helped the Hollow raiders.

Hollow raiding was illegal, but Mo Xuan was an earthling. He didn't think that all Hollow raiders were bad people. There were also people who had to go into the Hollow to make a living. You couldn't kill them all with one shot. The Hollow was just there. There was no saying who it belonged to. He would only catch those Hollow raiders who harmed humans.

"No, no, according to the plot of the movie, at this time you should either ask for hush money, or tie me, a beautiful girl, back to your own home and humiliate me a hundred times, turning me into... mmmph."

Ling waved her hand and said. Zhe went up and covered her mouth, not letting her say anything restricted.

For some reason, Mo Xuan felt that this girl Ling seemed to be looking forward to this kind of development. This girl looked like a masochist.

"My sister, she usually watches too many movies. Please understand."

Zhe said with a helpless face. Although there were no restricted films here, there were borderline film reviews. After watching too many films, one's thinking would inevitably become perverted, especially for the grotesque series.

"Now I have a doubt that has been solved. It turns out that the video rental store is just your side business. You have a main business. No wonder you haven't starved to death yet."

Mo Xuan was amused by Ling's strange appearance. He said this with a smile, a look of relief on his face.

"Pfft, ha, what do you mean? Is our video rental store's business bad?"

Ling moved Zhe's hand from her mouth and said with dissatisfaction.

"Who was the last person to rent from your store?" Mo Xuan asked.

"You."

"The one before that?"

"Still you."

Ling's momentum seemed a bit weak. She thought about it. It seemed that in the past month, the only person who had rented a video tape was Mo Xuan. The others were like ghosts and were nowhere to be seen.

"Actually, the business is just a little bit bad. Who can blame it when the people on Sixth Street don't watch movies?"

Ling said with some embarrassment, raising her right hand and making a small gap between her index finger and thumb. This was her last bit of stubbornness.

"Mo Xuan, I know you're a good person, so please keep this matter a secret. In return, if you encounter trouble in the Hollow in the future, you can come to us for help at any time. A 50% discount."

Zhe knew that Mo Xuan really planned to act as if nothing had happened, and he was very moved in his heart. Apart from the rental relationship, they were not very familiar with Mo Xuan. His silly sister even always talked about his embarrassing things when Mo Xuan came to do business, so Zhe was also very understanding.

"Mhm, I will. I just didn't expect the legendary Rope-Wrights Phaethon to be you two siblings. You're the stubborn plaster on the Public Security Bureau's wanted list, the kind that can't be scraped off."

Mo Xuan calmly accepted this bribe. Although the Public Security Bureau's 'radish' program was very good and would not let them get lost in the Hollow, who was not afraid of a 'what if'? The name of the legendary Rope-Wrights was not just for show. If there was a problem that the Public Security Bureau could not solve in the future, wouldn't finding them be an extra choice?

"Eh? Can I hit you?"

Ling said with a cute smile, and also raised her small fist. Mo Xuan, on the other hand, raised his right arm and showed her the arm muscles wrapped in the tight combat suit. Ling consciously gave up. She felt that Mo Xuan could kill two of her with one punch.

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