I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 423

Chapter 423: The Angel Disguised as the Devil

 

My words plunged the entire male dormitory into several seconds of silence.

 

“Wait a moment.”

 

Soon after, the buzz-cut guy behind me was the first to react. He took a couple of steps forward and asked the young man in front of me in a puzzled tone.

 

“Did Nuo’er and Xiamo contact you in advance?”

 

According to the information Xiao Mo and Gabriel found, this “buzz-cut guy” is the dormitory head of this dormitory. People here like to call him “Baldy.”

 

This conclusion was drawn by Xiao Mo and Gabriel based on some social media conversations. For example, the main account of “Grumpy Old Dragon” once referred to the buzz-cut guy as “Baldy” and “dorm leader” on the forum of their school.

 

 

And this strong-built “Baldy” brother is a Buddhist himself. He usually sports a crew cut at school and often plays Buddhist chants in the dormitory. Gabriel found on another roommate’s account in this dormitory that he and “Baldy” discussed dormitory relationships:

 

?You said the Great Compassion Mantra you played yesterday was pretty soothing for sleep.?

?Did I disturb you??

?No, but Brother Liu seems to look down on your bald head, saying it looks like a convict.?

?That little brat, I’ll give him a couple of punches after class.?

 

It’s data like this that Gabriel can crawl from the internet in no time at all.

 

They obtained someone’s account, and based on this account, they found his other accounts, phone number, QQ number, and so on. Then, they traced this person’s social relationships through the historical posts of these accounts, thereby deducing the approximate situation of the people around him.

 

In today’s internet era, big data is indeed formidable. Gabriel and Xiao Mo’s brains function at a supercomputer level.

 

Once they gather data, they can summarize it effortlessly—details like a person’s preferred style of dressing, favorite foods, hobbies, physical appearance—it all becomes clear at a glance.

 

Today, our visit to this school and this dormitory is based on conclusions drawn by Xiao Mo and her team using big data. This place is indeed the best spot for countering adversaries.

 

“Um… ah.”

 

Under Baldy’s probing questions, the timid young man didn’t know how to respond at once. He glanced at the others in the dormitory, then back at Xiao Mo and me. His eyes flickered, his face reddened, and his heartbeat accelerated noticeably.

 

Even though I’m not as sensitive as before, I can tell he’s nervous about being put on the spot.

 

“So why aren’t you saying anything?”

 

Baldy was even more puzzled. “If you had told us earlier that they were coming today, we could have made some preparations at least. Look at… Brother Jie’s pants still hanging outside, Brother Wu’s snacks, and this… this floor, all messy. It’s embarrassing for Nuo’er to see.”

 

When faced with girls suddenly arriving, especially ones they like, almost all guys react the same way. They care a lot about their appearance and image.

 

Whether they shaved today, washed their face properly, used the facial cleanser they bought but never used, if the bed sheets are neatly folded, and if there’s anything embarrassing lying around in the room. That’s a boy’s first reaction.

 

Don’t ask me how I know this. Back when I was in the boys’ dorm, a girl from the next class barged in suddenly, and our roommate, who had a crush on her, had almost the same reaction as Baldy.

 

They want to give the best first impression to the girls, both personally and in terms of their dormitory’s appearance.

 

We suddenly visited, and their dormitory wasn’t prepared at all. Although it’s not particularly messy here, it’s definitely not in its “best state” for this dormitory. So, they feel embarrassed and dissatisfied.

 

Especially… since both Xiao Mo and I are considered close to “idol” level girls, when their idols suddenly visit and they haven’t prepared themselves, most boys will try to “explain.”

 

For example, they might say they’ve been too busy these days with work and didn’t have time to clean their rooms properly, or that they recently did a big clean-up and things got messy, please don’t mind, blah blah blah.

 

When it comes to Baldy’s place, because I immediately gave them an out, “Xiao Mo and I suddenly came, so don’t blame your dorm being messy,” they naturally follow this lead. Then I can smoothly transition this topic to “actually, our visit isn’t that sudden because we’ve already discussed it with your roommate.” Baldy will naturally feel puzzled, confused, maybe even angry, and will definitely question that “Grumpy Old Dragon.”

 

“I… I forgot.”

 

Under the gaze of all four people in the dorm plus Xiao Mo and me, Grumpy Old Dragon lowered his head and retreated to his seat, attempting to put away his phone.

 

“You probably didn’t forget, right?”

 

Seeing this guy trying to back away, I took another step forward: “Hey big brother, did you block us back then?”

 

“Block you?”

 

Baldy was puzzled and turned to Grumpy Old Dragon. “Why did you block them?”

 

“I… well…”

 

Grumpy Old Dragon continued to bow his head like an ostrich, “I didn’t know, I… I thought it was a scam…”

 

“This is our chat record from back then.”

 

I took the phone from Xiao Mo’s hand, opened WeChat, and handed it to Baldy. “This profile picture and name, it’s him, right?”

 

Baldy took the phone, tapped on it a few times. “Yeah, Shang Qiufeng, it’s him… What did you guys talk about?”

 

Baldy’s actions drew the other three boys around to gather closer, with the skinny small guy even leaning his head right next to Baldy’s, seemingly eager to find out.

 

At this point, almost everyone present could roughly guess one thing: Xiao Mo and I had some kind of connection with this Grumpy Old Dragon.

 

?Hello classmates, I am Yin Nuo’er, the current manager of the Shangjing Cat Maid Cafe in Shenzhen City…?

 

Under the watchful eyes of the other three boys, Baldy read through the conversation between me and Grumpy Old Dragon.

 

?What does this mean… How did you know my WeChat ID??

 

?We found out… you’ve been continuously posting misinformation online in the past few months, that video, and…?

 

“Huh? You’re the one who posted that video claiming the cafe uses substandard ingredients?”

 

Halfway through reading, Baldy lifted his head and looked at Grumpy Old Dragon, “Wasn’t that slander and smear deliberately spread by competitors?”

 

“No, no.” Grumpy Old Dragon still kept his head low. “I… I thought it was a scam, so I made it up…”

 

“Nuo’er and her team have been working tirelessly for the cafe these past few months, we’ve all seen it. I even went with the third brother to visit in person. Didn’t we discuss it when we came back that day?”

 

“……”

 

Grumpy Old Dragon remained silent. Baldy continued to read through our conversation on the phone:

 

?You dare to add me without showing your real face online? And those videos of yours, probably all heavily edited with beauty filters, right??

 

?Sir, we are discussing the allegations you made against the cafe…?

 

?Yes, I posted those videos. So what? I don’t owe any woman a smile. Get lost…?

 

Baldy remained silent for a good three seconds after reading this.

 

“Sixth Brother, what do you mean?”

 

You could sense he was restraining his anger.

 

“Did you say all these things?”

 

“No, no.”

 

Grumpy Old Dragon still kept his head low, “I… I don’t know about those photoshopped images.”

 

“Baldy” bit his lip, “Photoshopped images? I’m reading your chat messages!”

 

“Yeah.” The skinny little guy frowned. “Sixth Brother, what do you mean? Did you really post those videos?”

 

One of the guys couldn’t help himself and reached out from behind to scroll down the chat messages on the phone: ?Oh, I’m so scared! I won’t delete the videos. If you dare, come to the school and kneel down to me.?

 

The bespectacled guy continued reading: “Here Nuo’er says she hopes you delete the videos and apologize because they’ve badly affected the cafe’s reputation… There’s also a cute cat emoticon.”

 

The earlier guy raised his head to look at Sixth Brother, “Then Sixth Brother apologized too? Who do you think you are? I’ll beat up any woman like you who comes. Come on, if you dare.”

 

“Later Nuo’er sent a few more messages, but they all show ‘add friend first,’ so she must have been blocked.”

 

After finishing reading the messages, the guy with glasses clapped his hands. “Sixth Brother, not bad. Normally you seem so refined, but when talking to other girls, you’re so tough? That’s gutsy.”

 

“Baldy” clenched his fist and then relaxed it.

 

“Did you say all these things to Nuo’er and them?”

 

Walking two steps closer to Sixth Brother’s computer, Baldy’s voice increased significantly. “Do you have concrete evidence of hygiene issues at the cafe?”

 

“No… no, I don’t.” Sixth Brother shook his head repeatedly. “I don’t know, I never said those things… maybe I added the wrong person on WeChat.”

 

“Earlier you said I and Third Brother are star chasers, said we’re lolicons or something. I could take that as a joke, and now I’m reiterating here, I have no interest in chasing stars or being a lolicon. I know Nuo’er and their cafe just popped up in my feed when I was watching their promotional video, then saw these girls are optimistic and work hard every day, really positive vibes, watching their videos helps me relax.”

 

“I wanted to learn more about them when I had free time, just like how we come back from class and play a few games every day. I admit I was attracted by their hard work and excellence, but I haven’t been creepy enough to want to do anything to them.”

 

Baldy spoke with a very serious tone, “If you really have their dark history or any dirt on them, okay, it’s fine, you can expose it to warn the public. I support that, just like the recent online trend of calling out deceitful practices. If you really go to their cafe, find evidence of them shortchanging customers, I support spreading the word online to warn others. But if you’re really like they’ve recently said, using any means for traffic and tarnishing others’ reputations, I look down on you, truly.”

 

“Brother Baldy, I, I really didn’t…”

 

Under Baldy’s serious expression, “Grumpy Old Dragon” also became anxious.

 

“At that time, I really thought they were scammers, just wanted to tease them. Generally, girls like Nuo’er wouldn’t possibly be interested in an ordinary guy like me, right? And I didn’t post any smear videos either. You guys know my Childhood Dreams account… I didn’t do anything. When I saw them accusing me like that, I naturally thought they were scammers…”

 

Baldy’s mouth twitched, and he fell silent for a while, seemingly verifying the truthfulness of this person’s words.

 

“Um, Nuo’er, Xiao Mo.”

 

Then, he turned to me and Xiao Mo. “Um… could you have mistaken this? This brother here, he’s usually quite honest, doesn’t seem like someone who would do such things.”

 

“Ah, of course,” Baldy added. “If there’s really evidence showing that this guy has done so many unethical things, I support you guys. Do whatever needs to be done, even take him to the police station!”

 

“That’s easy to handle.”

 

I maintained a polite gesture with folded hands and gestured towards Xiao Mo beside me, “Xiao Mo is set as Miss Grim Reaper in the café, right? To be frank, this time we found out that apart from Miss Grim Reaper’s supernatural abilities here, we also received help from a mysterious expert. This expert informed us that recently, someone has been smearing the café on various platforms, illegally profiting thousands of yuan from the traffic generated by defaming us… and it’s him.”

 

“This…”

 

Baldy scratched his head, “But Sixth Brother said he thought you guys were scammers, so he said those things to tease you.”

 

“The mysterious person who helped us also mentioned—”

 

I smiled and took Xiao Mo’s phone back from Baldy’s hand, “The person defaming us online goes by the ID ‘Grumpy Old Dragon’. ‘Grumpy’ as in angry, ‘Old’ as in elderly, and ‘Dragon’ as in dragon. Does this ID ring a bell to you?”

 

“Yeah,” Baldy nodded. “I’ve seen the videos that person posted. It stitched together scenes of those gangsters causing trouble at the café earlier, with a few photos, claiming there were issues at the café, but there was no real evidence. I reported it at the time, but it didn’t do much.”

 

“Today happens to be a perfect opportunity for us to witness this.”

 

I took out my phone, which was currently live streaming, from the bow on my waist. I aimed it at Sixth Brother’s computer where he was still playing games.

 

“The mysterious informant revealed to us some information: the person using the account ‘Grumpy Old Dragon’, due to frequently switching accounts, has the browser remember the password for ‘Grumpy Old Dragon’. As long as they click ‘Switch Account’ on their commonly used browser or find ‘Account Management’ on the desktop version, they can directly log into ‘Grumpy Old Dragon’s’ account.”

 

I glanced discreetly at someone whose face was turning paler by the moment. I maintained a cute smile like a “little bunny” on my face, allowing the phone camera to clearly capture the computer screen ahead.

 

“So, Mr. Dorm Leader, how about… you verify this?”

 

“Alright.”

 

Upon hearing my words, Baldy decisively walked towards Sixth Brother’s computer.

 

“Sixth Brother, let me see your browser’s account management.”

 

“No, don’t…”

 

At that moment, Sixth Brother completely panicked. He scrambled to shut down the computer, but Baldy grabbed his hands firmly.

 

“You—”

 

Seeing his reaction, Baldy wore a knowing expression. He shouted to the other guys behind him, “Hold him down!”

 

“You’re such an idiot!”

 

One of the guys rushed over, unable to restrain himself from swearing, forcefully grabbing Sixth Brother’s hands. “Do you know this is illegal? And you’re profiting from this… Do you… want to end up in jail?”

 

Sixth Brother struggled, but he couldn’t match the strength of the three guys who held him down firmly on the ground, unable to move.

 

Meanwhile, Baldy took the mouse from the desktop, closed the game window, opened the browser, and accessed various major video websites like Tongmeng and Xigua. He found options like “Switch Account.”

 

“Grumpy Old Dragon, heh, indeed it exists. This is the account. I really didn’t expect this.”

 

In less than three minutes, Baldy confirmed the account information on the browser and showed us the uploaded video lists of “Grumpy Old Dragon” on several video client apps on the desktop—

 

?Recently popular Shangjing Café suspected of collusion with the underworld? Watch now before it gets deleted!?

 

?Shocking! Shangjing Café not only uses expired ingredients but also suspected of animal abuse!?

 

?Beware of capital scams, Shangjing Maid Cat Café in Shenzhen exploiting employees with 996 work hours!?

 

?Shangjing Café discriminates against males, employee Ai Luodi exposed for feminist remarks!?

 

……

 

Such videos were clearly displayed on the computer desktop, striking and shocking.

 

“And this… creation incentive, right?”

 

Seemingly knowing what I wanted to capture, Baldy opened the backend of these software.

 

“These videos earned 80 yuan, this one 120 yuan, the video stirring up gender conflict made nearly 800 yuan across all platforms… adding up these hundreds of videos… it totals three to four thousand yuan.”

 

“Sigh, Sixth Brother, let me remind you, Ai Luodi is a lesbian, she and Lan Jiajia are an openly known couple, and their family owns five houses. What kind of feminism are you pushing? Do you have a conscience?”

 

After roughly examining the evidence on the computer, Baldy sighed softly, “Forget it, I won’t argue with you. Let him go.”

 

“I don’t know what crime exactly he committed, but defamation, spreading rumors, and profiting from it is certainly illegal.”

 

The boys released their grip on Sixth Brother.

 

Baldy took out his phone and handed it to Sixth Brother—

 

“Two choices: first, call the police yourself, surrender, and hope for leniency.”

 

“Second, I call the police, and we brothers send you in.”

 

“……”

 

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