Truth or Dare

"Big Adventure Level 30. Mission: place the locator chip in Mr. Johnson's car! Prize: three million yuan!"

"Big Adventure Level 31. Mission: find Mr. Johnson's private residence! Prize: five million yuan!"

Joanna Gonzalez had been playing Big Adventure to earn extra money for some time but was stuck at Level 31.

According to the comments of the game, dozens of hackers had been struck at that level. People roasted the planner of the Big Adventure for setting up such a difficult mission!

As a worshiper of the golden calf, Joanna would not give up such a handsome prize so easily.

While thinking, she quickly tapped the keyboard and soon saw something through the grapevine.

"Mr. Johnson will return to Imperial City at 4 p.m. and pass through the Stone Bridge and Plank Road!"

The corner of Joanna's mouth curved up in a smirk. She picked up her bag and ran out of the internet cafe.

To get the bonus, Joanna, a woman who had never been interested in men, already spent half a month to analyze Mr. Johnson from every angle!

In the end, she came to a conclusion. This man was extraordinary!

Six years ago, this man suddenly showed up in Imperial City and founded the Empire Group. Six years later, Mr. Johnson became the richest man in the city and was even received by the president last month. This man was a legend.

He had never kept a low profile and often received media interviews. The coverage about him was published in almost all magazines and newspapers in the street.

What was more miraculous was that the publications were often sold out. There wasn't even a single piece of waste paper with his photo on. He was a heartthrob across the nation.

80% of the single ladies in the Imperial City would hold magazines with his coverage to sleep. Imagine the craze!

Rumor had it as long as a woman saw Mr. Johnson in person, whether she was single or not, she would be love-struck.

Oh my, scary!

Joanna's investigation didn't focus on his excellence. After half a month, she found out the man's "disease"!

This man, a racer against time, would never waste a second! In his mind, money was just a figure, and he was willing to give up all his money for time. His 'disease' was occupational!

Facing such a man... she could easily conduct blackmail!

Then she could have an opportunity to place the chip in his car and earn double incomes!

Oh yeah! She was so smart!

Without further ado, she went to an abandoned car lot, bought a cheap car, and posted notice on its back. Driving it on the road, she started to wait for her prey.

As expected, a luxury car from the Empire Group drove into the Stone Bridge and Plank Road at 4 p.m.

Through the rear-view mirror, Joanna saw the approaching car, and the corners of her mouth curved up triumphantly. Losing no time, she drove her car out horizontally and blocked the luxury car.

As to the honk from the car behind, she pretended that she didn't hear.

Suddenly, she reacted as if she just heard the honk. In her hurry, she forgot to veer the steering wheel to make way and even hit the brake. With a bang, a rear-end collision happened as expected!

Joanna laughed inwardly but feigned ignorance on the surface. Opening the door, she got off the car.

"Ah, my car!"

With a distressed look, she rushed over, only to find the luxury car intact, and the rear of her car shattered.

In the car sat Ralph Johnson, who showed a stern look. Because of the rear-end collision, he swooped, then sat back, and pulled a long face.

"Mr. Johnson, rear-ending."

With the knocks on the car window, the driver wiped his cold sweat and dropped the window.

Joanna poked her head in, saw something, and then flinched quickly.

She was shocked inwardly to see Mr. Johnson in person!

He looked even more handsome than in magazine photos. His eyebrows were bushy, the bridge of his nose was high, his lips were thin, and his face looked icy and delicate... No wonder so many women were love-struck...

Joanna shook her head to dismiss the fancy and focus on her business!

"You hit my car and should pay for it!"

Sitting in the back seat, Ralph frowned coldly and glanced at the girl outside the window with his deep eyes. There was a moment when her brilliant eyes reminded him of everything. Even though it was transitory, he abruptly clenched his fists and slightly opened his thin lips, "Give her compensation; I'm in a hurry!"

"Yes, sir!" The driver poked out his head and asked, "Miss, how much do you want?"

Joanna's eyes lit up. As expected, she could easily hustle a racer against time!

"Let me do the math. My car costs 800,000 yuan and is scrapped from the accident. So, you should repay me in full along with mental damage compensation..."

"Just tell me a figure!" The driver became impatient. Mr. Johnson's time was precious and should never be wasted on such a trivial matter.

Joanna immediately softened her tone, narrowed her eyes, and smiled, "Adding it all up, we have an integer: one million."

Next to Ralph sat Quentin Stewart, who immediately wrote a cheque, opened the car door, throw it to Joanna, and lowered his voice to warn her, "Don't let me see you again!"

Just now, when she checked on the collision, she already set up the locator. With the cheque in hand, she secured the double incomes. Therefore, she gladly gestured okay, went back to her car, and drove it to the roadside.

What she didn't know was that her every move, including her cunning eye expression, was caught by Ralph.

The luxurious car continued to dash on the road. Quentin couldn't straighten his mind, "Mr. Johnson, that girl is a fraud. She got one million yuan too easily! Anyway, she was lucky to run into us. If it was someone else, she should have been beaten for her poor acting skills!"

Ralph slightly pursed his thin lips as if in deep thought. His hands on his knees were tightly clenched, and he suppressed some strange emotions in his eyes.

Getting no response, Quentin turned his head, saw Mr. Johnson's sullen face, and realized that the man was once again thinking of Monica White, his lost fiancée. His boss often called her Mona.

Everything Mr. Johnson had done was to find Mona.

He spared no effort to found the Empire Group so that his photos and name could appear in every corner of the empire. He spent every second as he could in the company, waiting for Mona to come and see him.

But Mr. Johnson's followers knew that the chance was slim. When he lost Mona, she was only two years old. Now 16 years had passed. However strong her memory was, it was very difficult for her to remember that she was born as Mr. Johnson's fiancée.

The car ran into the underground parking lot of the Empire Group and pulled off at his VIP spot. After getting off, Ralph didn't get into the elevator directly but walked around the car. At a point, he saw something and bent to pull off the locator with his slender fingers.

"Darn it! That girl is a player of the Big Adventure!"

Quentin regarded it as an insult to his intelligence!

Ralph spoke in a deep voice.

"She's a hacker." He paused, "I need detailed info about her."

Quentin stiffened and thought of two possibilities for the reason why Mr. Johnson needed detailed information about that woman.

First, Mr. Johnson doubted if that woman was the lost Mona.

Second, that woman was a diamond in the rough who boasted extraordinary skills. Mr. Johnson wanted to invite her to join the Empire Club and recruit her.

In Quentin's view, it should be the second possibility!

The girl was bold and smart enough to think of setting up the locator through blackmail. Two windfalls fell into her pocket. No doubt that she was a veteran player of the Big Adventure!

And the planner of Big Adventure was none other than Mr. Johnson!

Joanna certainly didn't know that her petty tricks had been seen through. Overjoyed, she logged into her account and claimed her three million yuan bonus after accomplishing the mission.

She checked her balance that she had saved for a long time. It was not even enough for the down payment for a villa near the Imperial City University! The new semester was only a month away!

What should she do?

Continue to play the Big Adventure, of course!

After all, she regarded that man as rich and dumb. It was easy to chisel him out of a fortune!

It was too easy to swindle him!

While thinking, Joanna checked on the locator. He was still at the headquarters of the Empire Group.

Determined to check again at midnight, she didn't believe the rich dumb-ass would still stay in the office. By then, he should be in his private residence.

More than delighted, Joanna turned off the computer and went home.

As soon as she reached the door, she heard joyful laughter inside, of course, before she got in.

As soon as she entered the room, all voices stopped. Susan Sanders rolled her eyes at her, coldly, "Remember your home now?"

Susan was her stepmother ever since she came to this family at about two years old. Back then, her dad and stepmother already had twin children. Because of that, she had been pushed aside.

"Joanna, you're the third lady of the Gonzalez Family but hangs around in such cheap clothes. Such a disgrace!" Ember Gonzalez scorned.

"Your dad is busy at the company and won't come home today. I already let the nanny go, so remember to clean the dishes and chopsticks piled up in the kitchen. If you dare to slack off, you'll get zero allowances this month!"

Following her cold remarks, Susan turned her head sideways and smiled at Ember tenderly.

"Emmy, come upstairs with me. I went shopping today and bought you a set of jade jewelry. Come take a look..."

Standing there, Joanna rolled her eyes. Same old trick. Whenever her dad was not at home, the pair of mother and daughter would try all means to bully her. They aimed to kick her out of Gonzalez's house.

She would not fall for it!

Washing the dishes?

Whatever!

She would show them what she had got!

She came to the kitchen and saw dirty bowls filling the sink. Rolling up her sleeves, Joanna picked up a bowl and 'accidentally' dropped it.

With a crash, the precious bowl shattered.

Followed by the second bowl!

And then, the third!

The fourth...

Until the noise alarmed Susan, rushing to the scene, she was pissed off, "Joanna, I need you to wash not break the bowls!"

Joanna blinked her eyes innocently, "I've tried very hard to wash them, but it looks like they don't like me and my touching."

"Joanna!" Susan looked at the broken bits on the floor with distress. Her favorite bowl was among them!

Since Susan didn't believe her, Joanna hurriedly picked up the woman's precious porcelain plate and demonstrated it to her. Unexpectedly, as soon as the plate was picked up, it slipped off her fingers and crashed on the floor.