"Has the news of Yang Lie's death spread already..."

Hearing this, Yun You lightly nodded her head.

She knew this matter couldn't be hidden for long, so she had already mentally prepared herself.

"Frost Moon, you should retreat for now. I'll handle the rest of this matter."

With that said, she quickly walked to the chairman's office on the top floor of the building, and under Frost Moon's guidance, found an unregistered bank card. On it, several digits were illuminated—54.1 million Yabi.

Perhaps due to his confidence in his abilities, Yang Lie did not set a password for this card, making it convenient for Yun You to transfer the money directly, sparing her the effort of cracking the account.

"It's truly a huge sum."

The young girl weighed the bank card, sighing with some emotion.

The bank card only weighed 50 grams, as light as a feather.

But for some reason, Yun You always felt that the card was heavy, each digit inside dripping with fresh red blood, heavy as a thousand pounds...

Yun You had never seen so much money before, so she didn't know how to handle it for the time being, and could only put the card in her pocket, holding Aurora's hand as they walked step by step out of the building.

The night was already deep, yet the mine was still as bustling as it was during the day.

The miners' families, who were causing trouble, were brandishing pickaxes, digging vigorously in the mine, and almost every few minutes, they would unearth a ghastly white corpse amidst cries of surprise.

Among them were those beaten to death alive, those buried alive due to collapses in the mine tunnels, and some who were simply worked to death... yet not one of them met a good end.

Seeing those dazed family members and the silent mine supervisors, Yun You understood that, in fact, over the past year or more, the civilians who died at Tiger Head Heavy Industries probably numbered significantly more than the 5,000 that were claimed by Taishan.

That was just a part of it.

Looking at those elderly parents wailing in front of their lost children's bones and hearing the low sobs of still-underage children, Yun You felt a sense of unease in her heart.

She couldn't help but think again of Jack's ideals. If a community of great unity could form, then these tragedies wouldn't repeat themselves.

The young girl shook her head and used a chip transfer method to move the money from the bank card in her palm to her Ethernet account.

"Frost Moon."

Yun You knocked on her earphones, instructing, "Later, I'll transfer all the money to our team's public account, and I'll give you a share of the transfer rights."

"Take your own reward first, then take out... take out..."

At this point, the young girl paused slightly.

"Take out 10 million and transfer it all to Jack's sister, Soya."

"I promised Jack that I would take good care of his sister. So from now on, Soya is my sister... I know 10 million might not be enough for treatment, but at least it can give her another ten years of stable life."

"After we handle all these matters, I'll transfer more over to her."

"..."

"..."

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

After talking for a while, Yun You suddenly realized that Frost Moon had been silent all along.

The signal was good, and the faint breathing sound in the headphones also proved that their communication had not been cut off.

But Frost Moon just didn't speak, as if he had some unspeakable difficulties...

"What's happening?"

Yun You frowned slightly.

She sensed something was wrong, her heart pounding, but she still wanted Frost Moon to speak.

"Boss lady..."

After a long time, the little hacker finally spoke slowly.

His tone was somewhat downcast, but he tried his best to maintain calm, and there was even a slight comforting meaning.

"I... I better be honest with you..."

"In fact... Soya passed away more than a year ago..."

"...!"

Yun You's pupils slightly contracted, and her heart skipped a beat, as if tightly gripped by an invisible hand, halting her breathing.

Frost Moon hadn't noticed the young girl's abnormality and just continued speaking...

"Blood AIDS is a troublesome disease. Even in a completely sterile environment, it can potentially destroy the host's genes."

"Around March last year, Soya's body suddenly couldn't take it anymore, tumors, and cancer cells destroyed her organs. To save her, she could only be put in a nutrient tank for chemotherapy..."

"But the nutrient tank was extremely expensive. Jack and I used up all our savings and could only delay for another half month..."

"After Soya's departure, Jack became depressed, his mental state turned somewhat abnormal, often believing that Soya was still alive, which led him to make money by any means necessary... even using insurance fraud methods that he once despised."

"But sometimes he was sober, and after getting the money, he would always follow Soya's wishes before her death to give all the money to the homeless children in the Bottom City's welfare house."

"I was afraid of triggering him, so I always echoed his words, saying Soya was still alive..."

"But now, Jack is gone too, and there's no point in continuing the pretense."

"No meaning..."

She understood.

Yun You thoroughly understood.

She finally knew why Jack could use his death to exchange for her life, Yun You.

Jack once said that in the first half of his life, he was a prisoner trapped in a birdcage.

Because of the birth of his sister, Soya, he briefly escaped the cage... however, after his sister's death, he closed off his heart again, willingly becoming a confused prisoner.

In truth, he and Yun You were the same kind of people.

But later, perhaps because he saw Soya's shadow in Yun You, or maybe even his own, Jack chose to break through the birdcage, just as he did when betraying his family.

He didn't want to watch helplessly as the girl who called him brother died, nor did he want to let Soya's tragedy happen again, so he did what a big brother should do.

This had nothing to do with profit, nor did it fit the behavior of mercenaries. It was purely... coming from the purest emotions within the heart.

"So that's... that's how it is..."

The young girl murmured to herself, as a tear involuntarily fell from her slightly sore eyes.

"Plop... plop..."

A few drops of ice-cold water fell onto Yun You's shoes.

The young girl blankly looked up, and the raindrops fell into her eyes, mixing with the tears.

It had started to rain.

The rain pattered down, first as a few cowhair-like fine droplets, then unreasonably turning into a heavy downpour.

Yun You's clothes quickly became soaked, the coarse, drenched fabric heavy and cold, clinging tightly to her skin like a stubborn plaster, causing utmost discomfort.

But the physical discomfort never made Yun You move her feet.

She just felt a void in her heart, not painful, but always feeling like something was missing. She thought for a long while and finally understood what it was.

It was the hope she had been pursuing, longing for, but didn't dare to have.

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