Early the next morning, Xiao Lan got up very early. He washed up very quickly and prepared to take a trip back to the real world.
The fact that the player organisation called Reincarnation was investigating him made him think about his father who had long been missing.
This time, the main objective in going back was to investigate Xiao Lan’s father, Xiao Chenyan, not just looking at what happened before he disappeared, but also at his past debts as well as whether or not he was a player.
To investigate so many things in three days was pretty tight, so it was naturally better to start as soon as possible.
Xiao Lan chose to return to the real world, and then sank into the pitch dark.
The familiar system notification appeared:
“When players return to the real world, they cannot act in any way that will expose the Advent World or endanger reality. Violators will be punished.”
“All player items and abilities will be temporarily locked, and will be unlocked when the player returns to the Advent World.”
The next moment, what appeared was the living room of the villa they were currently staying in, also known as their current home.
Xiao Lan was just about to leave, when Luo stopped him. “Sir, you still haven’t had breakfast today. It won’t be too late if we eat breakfast first before going out to search for clues.”
Xiao Lan thought, That’s right; once again, he had forgotten to eat breakfast.
Luo picked up the handphone that was on the table with practised ease. “Sir, what do you want to eat?”
Xiao Lan had an indifferent appearance. “Anything ba.”
In any case, he wasn’t a picky eater, nor could he discern if something was tasty or not. To him, food was either delicious or truly couldn’t be eaten.
Luo nodded and arranged for breakfast.
While they waited for the delivery, he prepared black tea for Xiao Lan and brought it to him.
After that, Luo took out a laptop. “Sir, I’ll look into information about your father. Can you tell me everything you know about him?”
Xiao Lan carefully thought back and gave the name of his father’s company, his permanent address, and so on, but unexpectedly couldn’t remember anything else.
It had already been several years since his father disappeared.
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Before he disappeared, he was busy dealing with the company all day, and had always lived in the city where his company was located. Xiao Lan and his mother lived in another city. Xiao Chenyan rarely returned home, and they didn’t interact much. Xiao Lan didn’t know anything about company affairs or his father’s friends.
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Thus, he was very sad after his father disappeared, and he rushed about everywhere, hoping to find clues on him. Unfortunately, there was nothing at all.
As he waited, Xiao Lan drank the black tea and turned on the television in passing.
If this was in the past, he wouldn’t act this extravagantly. After all, electricity required money, and most of the time, the shabby little apartments he rented didn’t even have a television he could watch.
The television just so happened to be playing the news:
“Recently, a rich second generation young man gave a female livestreamer a gift worth a million.”
After that was an interview with the youth. The tone of the pixelated youth was very indifferent. “I just like that she’s different from other female hosts. It’s just a million. Is such a trivial thing worth being interviewed over?”
Xiao Lan was just about to sigh ruefully over how rich people were truly just this dull and uninteresting when it came to chasing joy.
The next moment, the news cut to the rumoured million female livestreamer.
Xiao Lan nearly spat out his tea, because the one who appeared on screen was — Wu Ting.
The youngster really could pick them; Wu Ting truly was different from all the other female livestreamers. When all is said and done, this one also has the same parts as you, and it might even be thicker and longer than yours. After all, you’re still just a little brother.
Wu Ting truly had a deep love of women’s clothes.
Xiao Lan suspected that Wu Ting livestreamed not for money, but just to feed his hobby. Crossdressing in games wasn’t enough at all, and he even livestreamed outside games; without a doubt, this was true love.
Xiao Lan put down his tea cup. “Internet livestreamers really are too scary…”
The Wu Ting in the news clip was also unlike other female livestreamers.
He wore a red dress, and still had long, black curls and beautiful makeup. He was telling a ghost story: “…The voice said, ‘You, did you see my hair?’ After that, a lot of hair suddenly appeared in the bathroom, and slowly surrounded the woman in red…”
Xiao Lan: “I remember that what was red at that time was his underwear?”
Luo found the time to glance at the screen. “You remember correctly.”
Using himself as the protagonist in a ghost story was truly quite coy. What was more… These ghost stories were freaking true. Wasn’t this person afraid of exposing his identity?
Or was this a special way of advertising his services as an informant?
Not long after the news broadcast, the takeout finally arrived.
Xiao Lan ate his breakfast as Luo tapped on the keyboard and told him about buying a new car. “Sir, I’ve ordered you a new car. Because many details are being customised, it might take some time before we get it.”
Under Xiao Lan’s ‘Fucking hell, you evil rich person’ gaze, Luo continued, “Are you used to living here? I can arrange for an environment that’s more comfortable, or a residence with better circumstances.”
Xiao Lan came back to his senses after being attacked by money. “No need… This place is already pretty good, really.”
It didn’t let in the wind and didn’t leak when it rained, nor was the electricity ever cut. It was simply super amazing.
At the same time, he experienced the tremendous gap between humans and non-humans. He thought of how he worked all day to eke out a bare living, while Luo could buy a house and car shortly after arriving in the real world, and even looked very relaxed about it.
If Luo were human, he would definitely be one of those legendary overbearing presidents whose net worth rose and fell by the millions every minute, and wouldn’t even condescend to pick up money if he dropped it.
Sensing Xiao Lan’s meaningful expression, Luo stopped typing, a slight smile in his tone. “What’s wrong? Sir, no need to force yourself to bear with it. I can prepare a personal manor for you to live in.”
Xiao Lan hurriedly shook his head. “No, no, I really do think this is good enough. I was just thinking that you’re really incredible at earning money ah. You can easily do something that I’m not capable of even if I work hard my whole life.”
Luo came a little closer and showed him the computer screen. “I can teach you. It’s very simple.”
“…” Xiao Lan took a look and got a headache from the densely packed data that was scrolling rapidly over the screen. Luo, this guy, was actually dealing with several things at once. He simply wasn’t human… Indeed, he wasn’t a human.
Alright ba, Xiao Lan felt that there was a reason why he was broke. Who told him to just be an ordinary and lowly puny human?
Looking at Xiao Lan’s complicated expression, Luo felt an indescribable happiness in his heart.
Sir’s distressed appearance is really… cute.
He revealed a reserved smile. “Just leave whatever you find a hassle to me. I will absolutely sort it out for you.”
This way, you’ll become increasingly unable to leave me.
Unaware of Luo’s secret intention and plan, Xiao Lan nodded. “I’ll have to trouble you.”
In the afternoon, Luo suddenly lifted his head from looking at the computer and told Xiao Lan, “Sir, I found some leads related to your father.”
Xiao Lan put down his afternoon tea and waited for the rest of what Luo had to say.
Luo: “For a long period of time before he disappeared, your father Xiao Chenyan was probably a player.”
Xiao Lan’s eyes widened slightly. “What?”
Luo continued, “I investigated his whereabouts and noticed that he once disappeared suddenly at a certain point in time, and then reappeared approximately a week later. Then, he began living alone on the grounds of work, and became estranged from the people he knew. He also disappeared on and off after that. Does that sound familiar?”
Xiao Lan: “That… That’s like me, after entering the Advent World.”
Luo nodded. “He might be a veteran player. I compared a lot of data and discovered that after he was declared missing, there were still some traces that could point to him still appearing in the real world. As time passed, however, these instances decreased; my guess is that it’s possible he chose to no longer return to reality.”
It turned out that his father really wasn’t dead. But why did he suddenly abandon his wife and child? Did the game put so much pressure on him that he was completely incapable of caring about anything else? Xiao Lan came up with all sorts of guesses.
“There’s also another point.” Luo turned the screen to face him, and pointed to a bunch of data as he said, “That large unknown debt of yours first appeared half a year after your father’s disappearance; it wasn’t a prior debt. There are a lot of organisations and influences involved, and it’s very hard to investigate the specific details, but we can verify the timeline.”
Xiao Lan frowned. “After his disappearance?”
Players probably didn’t need money anymore ah; it was like his father was just specifically trapping his wife and child with this move. What on earth was he thinking?
Luo turned the screen back around. He fixed his gaze on Xiao Lan. “Forgive my bluntness, but this debt was first left to your mother, and after you became an adult, was promptly transferred to you.”
“It was as if — it was created especially for you.”
Xiao Lan’s shock couldn’t be put into words. Why would his father specifically prepare a debt for him? Could it be that he long knew that Xiao Lan would enter the game and obtain the skill 【Poverty is unable to restrict my imagination】? Was this possible?
How could his father have foreseen that? Moreover, given the control wielded by the Advent World, would it allow players to foresee the future?
Also, how could his father, whom from memory was bad at expressing himself but cared very much for his family, do such a thing?
After all, while Xiao Lan’s mother had died from illness, the debt wasn’t unrelated to her death. Was his father really so callous?
For a while, all that Xiao Lan could feel was just a large, ice-cold hand fiddling with the threads of fate and weaving a different and unusual change to his initial life trajectory.
Why would he assume he would enter the advent world as well? How are people chosen to enter?
The plot thickens!
Thanks for the chapter <3
Questions questions. So many questions.
Thanks for the chapter~
Haiz…I have so many questions about this…
Thanks for the chapter~
I always hate the causal transphobia that occasionally pops up in these novels 🙁
Maybe Wu Ting wants to be seen as a woman? And use feminine pronouns for here a la drag queens
And the fact that every time she is mentioned the characters immediately go but she has a dick! Sighhh
But omg I can’t wait to find out what happened with his father.
Thank you for the chapter!
Wah didn’t mean to reply!!!
No matter the reason his father leaving him would still be traumatic :)))
Calm down Luo. No need to show your yandere side XD
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
Yandere Luo~
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
Luo, if you want… but just if you really want, you can buy me a house xDDD (Yeah, I know, that won’t work QAQ)
Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/
That’s…pretty messed up, I hope we get to hear the reason. It’s pretty forgiving already that he skipped straight to “maybe it was so I could get this skill”
Thank you so much for translating! <3
It could be his father’s skill. Or maybe, he’s creating the situation to meet the requirements for his son or his wife to enter the world. Maybe his wife dying was not part of calculations. But that’s mess up still.
Hmm… the plot just became thicker…
I’m years and years late, but why does the MC think his father is still alive? Or at least was still alive when he disappeared? Because if he was already a player, and then he stopped coming back… lol, that doesn’t sound like your Dad abandoned you, dude, it sounds like he died in an instance.
I think this is one of those things where the authors’ knowledge of the plot colors the main characters’ thought process a little too much, hah.
When whenever they mention Wu Ting they mention his ‘length’ and ‘size’ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
no… don’t say i called it… i had a little feeling…
his father better have a good bloody reason for doing his BA!
hahahaha Luo... watch it gege! he be more gentle, let him relay on you more and more and then he'll feel like he can't do anything without you hehe, you've already done so much, i feel if you disappear he'd feel lost in this new world of his because you've always been by his side!
ah~! this is only okay in books QAQ no one fall for this in real life ah!