Seven Strategists: [Shen Xiaqing sent people to investigate you more than three months ago, but after you left the world and reduced your presence, both he and his people forgot about it. Now that you're back, your presence has naturally returned to normal. He just received a phone call about investigating your identity.]

Mu Tiantian: [How did he know me?]

Qi Tong: [Mu Xinyan often secretly watches you. He discovered this once, so he sent people to investigate. Now he's found out everything. He might be planning to let you and Mu Xinyan recognize each other, so this should be considered treating you like his own daughter.]

Mu Tiantian sighed inwardly, thinking that such a perfect man was hard to find even with a lantern. How could Mu Xinyan have fallen for that scumbag Chu Wei?

At that moment, she suddenly felt a low pressure around her.

Si Yihan was staring at Shen Xiaqing's back as if he harbored some deep-seated grudge.

"Hey you guys, aren't you going to watch the basketball game?" Wan Jing shouted from the doorway. "Shouldn't you prepare in advance?"

"And Si Yifan and Chen Lintian, aren't you two afraid of being late and disqualified today?" Wan Jing was annoyed to see the group surrounding Mu Tiantian, and her tone was not very friendly.

Si Yifan was getting a little annoyed by her urging. "If you want to leave, just leave by yourself. What's the rush? It's me who's participating in the competition, not you. Nobody knows the competition schedule better than me."

"I'm doing this for your own good. What if it gets late and we implicate Shen Lintian?" Wan Jing spoke hastily, as if she was trying to cover something up.

Shen Lintian quickly waved his hand, "Just tell him what you want to say, don't drag me into it."

Si Yifan scoffed, "You really know how to flatter yourself. You say you're doing it for our own good, but we don't need you being so self-righteous and meddling in other people's business."

He was very sensitive to, and even averse to, the kind of talk that said, "I'm doing this for your own good," so he became much colder towards Wan Jing.

When Wan Jing saw him being so fierce to her, she froze on the spot. Si Yifan had never been so fierce to her before, and for a moment she felt a little wronged.

Chu Qingqing was also surprised by this, not expecting Si Yifan to have such a big temper.

"Little sister, why don't you come with us to watch the game?" Chu Qingqing stepped forward and familiarly took Mu Tiantian's arm.

Mu Tiantian subconsciously pulled it out, and Chu Qingqing's smile froze. "What's wrong, little sister?"

“Your surname is Chu, and mine is Mu. I think it’s better to forget about calling me ‘sister.’ You’re not that much older than me.” Mu Tiantian didn’t want to pretend to be close to her.

"But you're my own sister." Chu Qingqing didn't expect Mu Tiantian to reject her in public, which made her lose face.

But that's fine too. Even if others find out about her family situation, it will be because Mu Tiantian doesn't want to acknowledge her as her older sister, not because she doesn't consider Mu Tiantian family.

"You two are sisters?" Lin Ye asked in surprise. "Qingqing, why didn't you mention this before?"

"The situation is a bit complicated, and I don't know how to explain it," Chu Qingqing said, changing the subject. "Shall we go watch a basketball game?"

She walked towards the door as she spoke, but no one followed.

Even Lin Ye, who often followed her around, stood still and looked at Mu Tiantian.

This made her very uncomfortable, but she couldn't show it, so she could only smile and say, "Then we'll be going now."

After saying that, she pulled Wan Jing and walked towards the stadium.

However, the two walked very slowly, glancing back every now and then.

As Mu Tiantian walked out, they all followed.

Wan Jing was furious. "What's there to pretend about being a mistress's child?"

She hates mistresses more than anything in her life, including the children they have.

When Wan Jing heard Chu Qingqing say that Mu Tiantian's mother had drugged her father while her mother was pregnant, which led to Mu Tiantian's birth, Wan Jing was furious. She felt that Mu Tiantian's mother was the most shameless mistress and therefore loathed her.

Chu Qingqing didn't explain further, but instead said nonchalantly, "Never mind, let's go over there."

Although she appeared calm and collected on the surface, she was actually thinking exactly as Wan Jing had said.

She's just the child of a mistress.

However, since Mu Tiantian is Si Yifan's in-game partner, why is she getting so close to Si Yihan, who usually doesn't interact with others? Maybe there's something between them...

...

At this moment, Mu Tiantian was caught between Si Yifan and Si Yihan, and the atmosphere was very subtle.

Lin Ye was sandwiched between Lin Lin and Shen Lintian, and the three of them followed behind them for a distance.

Lin Ye asked quietly, "Sis, what exactly happened?"

Lin Lin was staring intently at the 3D character on her phone screen, a female elf with no equipment, nicknamed "Sweet but Not Sweet".

She opened the chat window, which was filled with messages she had sent to "Tian Tian Bu Tian".

Shuanglin: You gold digger, why are you sending me anonymous emails? This rare weapon and outfit are exclusive to you, and you've given them to me—what does that mean? Found a sugar daddy and you're showing off now? I don't care! I have plenty of money!

Shuanglin: If you harass me again, I'll block you!

Shuanglin: I've returned it; please accept it quickly.

Shuanglin: Stop playing dead! Speak up!

Lin Lin looked at the messages she had sent in the past, but there wasn't a single reply.

Back then, when she learned that her best friend in the game, "Tian Tian Bu Tian," was about to marry a top player, she secretly posted a marriage advertisement on the game forum, only accepting wealthy men, which nearly drove her crazy.

She had even bought the bridesmaid dresses, but it turned out that she was the one who got married to another man.

Given the game's realism, in her eyes, this was no different from cheating.

Lin Lin messaged 'Tian Tian' to ask her for clarification, but she was quite proud and said that she was a gold digger who just wanted to find a rich man.

Lin Lin was furious; she hated gold diggers who toyed with other people's feelings.

She was decisive and forcibly ended the friendship, then directly deleted 'Tian Tian' from her contacts.

Not long after, I received an email from 'Tian Tian'.

She then realized she hadn't blocked him, which led to the aforementioned conversation.

She had already returned all the rare weapons and equipment, but 'Tian Tian' was never online and couldn't receive emails, so the return wasn't completed.

She eventually forgot about it.

She had heard that Si Yifan had gotten married in the game, but she was so angry with 'Tian Tian' that she didn't even have the energy to gossip, so she didn't pay attention.

Unexpectedly, the rich man 'Tian Tian' found turned out to be Si Yifan!

Lin Lin looked at the profile panel of "Tian Tian Bu Tian" and saw that although the character's appearance was marked as "Initial Skin", the 3D character's facial features and figure were exactly the same as Mu Tian Tian's.

When they met in the game, Mu Tiantian's profile only showed her displayed image; her initial skin and initial image were hidden.

Her exhibition image always featured a half-face mask similar to that of the legendary figure.

Therefore, Lin Lin never knew what her 3D image looked like.

When I first met Mu Tiantian in the dormitory, I didn't think of her as someone who was not only good-looking but also had a nice and somewhat familiar voice.

Unexpectedly, they really are destined to be together!

System: [Lin Lin's rage level is 30.]