The Young man in Online Romance (15): 

The two people from those countries behind Zhou Qinghao had only just approached him.

They had been contacted by Old Master Zhou.

At first, the technology Nuli Tianken gave to Zhou Qinghao was all something the Zhou Corporation could handle, so Zhou Qinghao and Old Master Zhou happily spent money to buy it.

But a few days ago, when Nuli Tianken gave him another set of technology, Zhou Qinghao immediately realized it wasn’t something the Zhou Corporation could keep for itself.

Just like before, he handed the technology over to his grandfather.

He believed his grandfather would make the right decision.

Sure enough, today, the officials came looking for him.

These two people didn’t seem to have any clear background. After they arrived, they simply told him to talk to Nuli Tianken about buying the technology.

After Zhou Qinghao gave Nuli Tianken a definite answer, the older of the two officials said, “Ask him who he wants the money transferred to.”

Zhou Qinghao immediately typed a reply: “Who do you want the money transferred to?”

Gu Juntian received President Wang’s response and immediately said, “President Wang, please wait a moment.”

He had financial dealings with Qingtian Bairi and had added him as a friend on a payment app.

But he didn’t know Qingtian Bairi’s bank account number.

He would have to ask.

Thinking this, Gu Juntian opened the chat with Qingtian Bairi and asked, “Aqing, what’s your bank account number?”

In Qida Technology, in Zhou Qinghao’s office, the two officials were speaking with him.

The older one said, “Last night, after confirming this technology was real, we investigated Gu Juntian. His background is extremely simple — this technology probably didn’t come from him. President Zhou, this time Nuli Tianken asking you to change the recipient account probably means he doesn’t plan to keep using Gu Juntian’s identity.”

Then the younger one added, “Just now, we’ve already sent someone to check Gu Juntian’s bank transaction records. We should be able to find some clues… President Zhou, you just got a message.”

Only then did Zhou Qinghao notice he had received a Feixin message.

He always contacted Nuli Tianken through QQ, so this wasn’t from him.

But taking a look wouldn’t hurt.

Zhou Qinghao considered himself aboveboard; even though people were around, he still opened the message.

Then he saw it was from Tiandi, asking for his bank account number.

Right after that, Tiandi sent a long message: “Aqing, I just closed a big deal with Qida Technology. You know Qida, right? The game company that developed ‘Cultivation.’ With their money, I won’t be short on cash anymore. You’ve lent me quite a lot before, right? Now give me your account, and I’ll have them send you the money.”

Zhou Qinghao felt something was off when he read that.

The two officials standing behind him also felt something was off.

The older one frowned. “President Zhou, this…”

Zhou Qinghao suddenly remembered — Nuli Tianken’s real name was the same as Tiandi’s.

He’d always been quick to react, and now an unbelievable suspicion hit him.

Although waves of shock surged in his heart, he showed nothing on his face.

His bank account was stored on his computer; he copied it and sent it to the other party, adding: “Tiange, you’re amazing!”

Tiandi had always called him Aqing, but before, he, like everyone else, had called Tiandi “Great Emperor.”

A few days ago, Tiandi had asked him to change it to “Tiange.”

At first, he didn’t want to, but Tiandi had said a few sweet words to him, so he called him that.

He knew those sweet words were something Tiandi found online, but Tiandi’s game avatar looked too good, and his voice sounded too nice…

He admitted, he was a sucker for beauty.

“I’m obviously amazing. Aqing, didn’t I tell you before? Lots of companies fight to get me to work for them,” Gu Juntian replied.

He would show Qingtian Bairi just how amazing he was!

Starting with over twenty million after taxes!

Gu Juntian copied the account number and name Zhou Qinghao had just sent him, and sent them to President Wang: “President Wang, send the money to this account this time.”

Zhou Qinghao stared silently at the message from Nuli Tianken containing his own name and account number.

The two officials behind him were also silent.

They never thought the technology came from Gu Juntian and had already arranged for a thorough investigation of him.

When Nuli Tianken said he wanted to change the payee, they were ready to dig deep into the new recipient’s identity as well.

And then they watched with their own eyes as Nuli Tianken messaged Zhou Qinghao, asking him to change the payee to himself.

If they hadn’t seen that someone with the note “Tiandi” had asked Zhou Qinghao for his account, they might have thought Nuli Tianken was aware of their presence and had deliberately switched to Zhou’s account as a warning.

But they had seen Tiandi asking for the account.

At that moment, Tiandi sent another message to Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou opened it and saw three messages: “Aqing, I love you, from dawn to dusk, from dusk to dawn, without stopping.”

“Aqing, you’re my boyfriend. From now on, all my money will go to you!”

“Aqing, are you busy tonight? What time will you log into the game?”

Zhou Qinghao stayed silent, and so did the two officials.

Zhou realized that since he met Tiandi, he had been throwing caution to the wind much more often.

He replied, “I’ll log in at 6 p.m. sharp tonight.”

Tiandi: “Okay, then I’ll take you leveling. We’ll travel the world together!”

Zhou: “Mm, Tiange, you’re so good to me!”

Tiandi: “If I’m not good to you, then to whom?”

After chatting a bit more with Zhou, Gu Juntian went to talk to President Wang: “President Wang, once the money comes through, I’ll send you the follow-up for the previous technology. By the way, I’ve got another tech here — want to take a look?”

Gu Juntian didn’t actually want to keep milking the same buyer, but finding new ones was a hassle.

He was busy losing weight and writing down the tech in his head; he didn’t have time to look for new buyers.

Zhou replied, “Of course. Once you send it to me, I’ll immediately have someone appraise it.”

“Alright.” After replying to President Wang and sending him a file, Gu Juntian went back to Zhou: “Aqing, even though I ran into financial trouble in the past half year, lately I’ve been earning more and more.”

Among the two officials, the younger one couldn’t help saying, “President Zhou, you really know how to play.”

Zhou cleared his throat lightly.

The older official asked, “President Zhou, you’ve known Nuli Tianken for a long time? He sold the tech to Qida because of you?”

They had heard rumors about Old Master Zhou choosing an heir.

So Zhou had known Nuli Tianken all along? And Nuli Tianken sold the tech to Qida on Zhou’s orders?

Judging by how Nuli Tianken acted with Zhou… he was clearly a lovesick fool.

Before Zhou could answer, the man’s phone rang.

He picked up, and the voice on the other end said, “Captain, we’ve finished checking Gu Juntian’s account.”

He thought for a moment, then put it on speakerphone.

The person continued, “Captain, Gu Juntian’s parents left him over ten million. In the past two years, he spent 90% of it on Qida’s online games and live-streaming platform. About six months ago, Zhou Qinghao, grandson of Qida’s chairman, started sending him money — over 13 million in total. He left over 4 million untouched, but over 8 million he again spent on Qida’s games and live-streaming platform. Recently, from the payment Qida made for his tech, he put another 300,000 into the game. The rest is just scattered expenses… I’ll send the detailed data to your email.”

Zhou Qinghao fell into deeper silence.

The two officials also didn’t know what to say.

They had thought Nuli Tianken had someone powerful backing him, but it turned out that person was Zhou Qinghao.

What were these two doing? Contributing to national tax revenue?

The money kept going back and forth between them, and the state collected a lot more tax that way.

Okay, that was a joke — the officials figured Zhou did it to strengthen his position in the Zhou family.

From the look of it, Gu Juntian had no idea that the “Tiange” he called by that name was actually Qida’s general manager.

This guy… was being scammed hard.

Meanwhile, Gu Juntian’s heart melted when Zhou called him Tiange.

His Aqing was so cute!

Just a bit too innocent — to have been scammed so badly by the original person in this body!

Luckily, he wasn’t that original person!

Come to think of it, Qingtian Bairi’s family must be wealthy, and getting their approval wouldn’t be easy.

So, when would Qida hand him over to the state?

Once he proved his worth and impressed the authorities, Aqing’s family wouldn’t be able to stop them from being together!

One reason Gu Juntian didn’t look for other buyers was because he had his eyes on the state as the ultimate buyer.

He figured Qida would hand him over sooner or later.

When Gu Juntian’s identity was exposed in front of Zhou Qinghao, Zhou Lin thought the timing was right.

By now, most “Cultivation” players knew the famous rich second-generation Tiandi was dating his disciple Qingtian Bairi.

It was time for Tiandi and Qingtian Bairi’s real identities to be revealed!

Thinking about how his grandfather had been treating Zhou so well this past month, constantly praising him and ignoring himself, Zhou Lin couldn’t suppress his anger.

He knew his grandfather wanted Zhou as heir.

But if Zhou was just a love-struck fool, would his grandfather still choose him?

On the “Cultivation” forum, the air had been thick with the smell of romance for the past month.

Thanks to the water army Zhou Lin had hired, many people knew about Tiandi and Qingtian Bairi’s romance.

More and more players started shipping them, with some even editing videos and writing fanfiction about them for the forum.

After all, the two of them looked amazing!

And Tiandi was super rich… definitely worth shipping!

“I wonder where they’ll go on a date tonight.”

“The Great Emperor used to be a leveling maniac, but now he’s stopped leveling. Love makes you lazy.”

“Yesterday, the Great Emperor bought flowers from the mall and arranged them into a heart shape. After they left, a lot of people picked up the flowers. I wonder if we’ll get that lucky again today.”

“Those are flowers you have to recharge to buy — they increase NPC favorability. The Great Emperor actually threw them away after using them. So extravagant!”

…

As they were chatting, a post suddenly appeared on the forum: “Digging up the Great Emperor I know — with pictures and proof!”

The poster was Little Lamb, said to be someone Tiandi once liked, who had received tens of millions in tips from him.

Many people clicked on the post, but as soon as they did, they wanted to exit.

Ugly guy shock!

Little Lamb had put an ugly man’s picture right at the top!

Still, they didn’t leave, because over the photo were five big words — This is Tiandi!

So Tiandi actually looked like this?!