"Where's your sister?"
When Lin Yu saw the little girl step out of the elevator, he didn't react at first.
It wasn't until the elevator doors closed again and began descending that he finally couldn't help asking.
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Xiangxiang's sister be here too?
Why was it only the little girl?
"My sister is already here, quack~! Brother Lin Yu, didn't you see her?"
Xiangxiang looked confused, scratching her head, clearly not understanding why he was asking.
"Your sister is already here?"
Lin Yu froze.
He had been waiting for ages and hadn't seen her at all.
"Besides, Brother Lin Yu, even if my sister didn't come, it wouldn't matter. I can come too."
"I can even pretend to be your girlfriend…"
Xiangxiang said with a giggle.
Lin Yu was completely at a loss for words.
"Wait!"
"Could it be that this little brat failed to persuade her sister, so she just ran over here by herself?!"
Suddenly, something clicked.
Lin Yu's lips twitched.
He had to admit—
This little girl was unreliable, but when it came to boldness, she really had guts.
That said…
There was absolutely no way he'd let her pretend to be his girlfriend.
If they walked in like that, his blind date would probably call the police on the spot.
"I'll do the talking once we go in. You don't say anything."
"Got it?"
After quickly coming up with another plan, Lin Yu hurriedly gave her instructions.
"Okay, Brother Lin Yu…"
Seeing her nod obediently, Lin Yu finally let out a small sigh of relief.
Then he took her hand and knocked on the private room door.
"Please come in."
From inside the room came a cold female voice.
For some reason, Lin Yu felt that voice sounded oddly familiar—but he didn't think too much about it.
The moment he heard the response, he pushed the door open.
"Sorry, I'm late. I had to pick up my daughter from school just now."
He delivered the line smoothly, exactly as he'd planned.
Since Xiangxiang's sister hadn't shown up, he decided to make full use of the situation and let Xiangxiang pretend to be his daughter instead.
There was no way his blind date would still have a good impression of him after hearing that.
"Daughter?"
"Brother Lin Yu, when did you have a daughter?"
But then—
Something completely unexpected happened.
As soon as he stepped inside, a woman's shocked voice rang out.
The woman sitting at the table stood up instantly, staring at him in disbelief.
"Xiangxiang… your sister really came?"
When Lin Yu saw who was inside the room, his expression froze as well.
Apparently, Xiangxiang hadn't been joking earlier.
Her sister had actually arrived.
But the question was—
Why was she already sitting inside the private room?!
"You're… my blind date, aren't you?"
In the next second, Lin Yu and Xiangxiang's sister spoke at the same time.
The moment the words left their mouths, both of them fell into awkward silence.
"Xiangxiang!"
"Explain yourself. You knew this all along, didn't you?"
Lin Yu and Chen Xiaoqin turned to look at Xiangxiang simultaneously.
"Uh… if I say I didn't know, would you believe me?"
Backed up against the door, Xiangxiang spoke with an innocent face.
...
"I'm going back to tell Grandpa! You two bullied me!"
Inside the sixth-floor private room of Bright Moon Restaurant, Xiangxiang clutched her forehead, looking utterly wronged.
"Hm?"
Chen Xiaoqin's face darkened immediately, and she let out a cold snort.
"I—I was just joking! I won't tell Grandpa, I promise!"
Xiangxiang instantly panicked and hurriedly explained.
"So awkward…"
Lin Yu only had one word in his mind right now: awkward.
He never would've imagined that the blind date Grandpa arranged for him…
would turn out to be his own granddaughter.
No wonder the old man had gone on and on about how outstanding the blind date was, praising her endlessly as if he were afraid Lin Yu might find fault.
Turns out he was just praising his own granddaughter.
Classic case of selling your own melons while praising them yourself.
"So basically, Xiangxiang took benefits from both sides…"
Lin Yu looked at the little girl who didn't even dare breathe loudly and spoke while suppressing his laughter.
Not only Lin Yu—Chen Xiaoqin's eyes were full of embarrassment as well, mixed with a hint of shyness.
"…Mm."
She nodded slightly after hearing him speak, then turned to look at her younger sister.
"Sister, I suddenly feel a bit hot. I think I'll go sit next to Brother Lin Yu."
Sensing something off in her sister's gaze, Xiangxiang felt a chill run down her spine and tried to retreat strategically.
"What? Do I look scary right now?"
Chen Xiaoqin was both annoyed and amused.
Back when she first heard her grandfather was arranging a blind date for her, she had rejected it a hundred times.
But in the end, she had no choice but to temporarily agree—just like Lin Yu.
Her solution was also the same as his.
Out of embarrassment, she sent her younger sister to find Lin Yu, planning to have him pretend to be her boyfriend.
And the result…
Well, it was obvious.
"Alright, Brother Lin Yu. Since we're already here, let's just treat it as having a meal together."
"The food here may not be as good as yours, but…"
Seeing how awkward the atmosphere had become, Chen Xiaoqin quickly spoke up.
"Sure."
Lin Yu didn't refuse.
"Xiangxiang, today's bill will be deducted from your allowance."
Chen Xiaoqin said with a gentle smile.
"Huh?!"
Xiangxiang froze.
So did Lin Yu.
"Did I hear that right?"
"She said the bill will come out of Xiangxiang's allowance?"
"Is this kid really that rich? No—wait. Is her family really that rich?!"
Lin Yu looked at the gloomy Xiangxiang and her sister, completely stunned.
"By the way, Brother Lin Yu—what do you think of me?"
At that moment, Chen Xiaoqin suddenly looked at him and asked teasingly.
"Huh? Think of you how?"
Lin Yu was caught off guard, his face full of confusion.
"Brother Lin Yu, my sister means whether you think she—"
Xiangxiang tried to explain, but before she could finish, a hand covered her mouth.
Then she met a pair of warning eyes.
...
That night.
At Lin Yu's home.
"Hahahahahaha—"
"Lin Yu, are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my property?!"
In the living room, a cute flat-chested loli clutched her stomach and laughed wildly, completely ruining her image.
"Huang Yiyi, if you laugh one more time, I'm throwing you out."
Lin Yu said expressionlessly.
The next morning.
"hhhh…"
The socially anxious, sweet-but-dumb Su Su covered her mouth while laughing nonstop, her other hand scribbling rapidly on a sticky note.
[Sorry, Lin Yu, I really couldn't hold it in (.?︿?.)]
[Please forgive me~ (＾▽＾●)?? (●´▽｀●)?]
[Am I laughing a bit too much? (●′?`●)]
[I swear this is the last laugh, trust me!! ,,,???,,,]
Watching her laugh while frantically writing apologies, Lin Yu didn't know what to say.
The following few days passed peacefully, with nothing special happening.
And Lin Yu soon迎来了——
his second dungeon instance.
Once again, he appeared inside the horror game space and pressed the matchmaking button.
[Instance loading…]
[Instance loaded…]
...
[Welcome to Red Moon Restaurant]
[Current Instance Mode: Roleplay Mode!]
[Instance Description: The food at Red Moon Restaurant is extremely delicious, resulting in ghosts filling the restaurant every night]
[Instance Reminder: Remember your identity. Do not do anything you shouldn't]
[Main Quest Activated!]
[Main Quest: Successfully survive three days as an employee of Red Moon Restaurant]
[Welcome to the Horror Game!!!]
...
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