The next morning, Xiao Lan got up very early. He quickly packed himself and prepared to return to the real world.

He was previously organized by a player named Samsara to find someone to investigate him, which reminded him of his long-lost father.

This time went back mainly to investigate matters related to Xiao Lan's father Xiao Chengyan. Not just what happened before his disappearance, but also about his previous debts and whether he was a player or not.

There are so many things to investigate in three days, and the time is quite urgent. Of course, it is better to start as soon as possible.

Xiao Lan chose to return to the real world, and then fell into darkness.

The familiar system prompt appears:

"Return to the real world. Players are not allowed to do anything that exposes the world or endangers reality. Violators will be punished."

"All props and skills of the player will be temporarily locked and will be unlocked after returning to the world"

The next moment, what appeared was the living room of the villa where the two were now living, which could also be called their current home.

Xiao Lan was about to go out, but Luo stopped him: "Sir, you haven't had breakfast today. It's not too late to start looking for clues after having breakfast."

Xiao Lan thought about it, it seemed that he forgot his breakfast again.

Luo skillfully took out the mobile phone on the table: "Sir, what do you want to eat?"

Xiao Lan looked indifferent: "Whatever."

Anyway, he's not picky about food, and he can't tell whether it's good or not. The food here is only for the good and the really inedible.

Luo nodded and arranged breakfast.

While waiting for the takeaway, he brewed black tea for Xiao Lan and brought it to Xiao Lan.

Then Luo took out a notebook: "Sir, let me investigate the news about your father first. Can you tell me what you know about him?"

Xiao Lan recalled carefully, and mentioned his company name, resident address, etc., but he couldn't think of more.

It has been years since his father disappeared.

Before his father disappeared, he was busy running the company all day, and always lived in the city where the company was located. Xiao Lan and his mother lived in another city. Xiao Chengyan rarely went home, and they didn't communicate much. Xiao Lan didn't know much about his company or his circle of friends.

But every important festival and the mother and son's birthdays, Xiao Chengyan would always go home to spend with them and prepare very thoughtful gifts. He always remembered the mother and son's preferences and never made a mistake.

This made Xiao Lan feel that although her father was a little serious and indifferent and not good at expressing his feelings, he was a responsible father.

So after his father disappeared, he was also very sad, and ran around, hoping to find his clues, but unfortunately there was nothing.

While waiting, Xiao Lan drank the black tea and turned on the TV.

In the past, he wouldn't have done such extravagant behavior. After all, electricity bills cost money, and most of the time, there is no TV to watch in the small dilapidated house he rents.

There was a piece of news playing on the TV:

"Recently, a rich second-generation teenager rewarded the female anchor with a million-dollar gift."

Then there was the interview with the teenager. The teenager who played mosaic sounded indifferent: "I just like that she is different from those other female anchors. Isn't it just one million pocket money? It's worth interviewing for any matter."

Xiao Lan was feeling the happiness of the rich, it was so unpretentious and boring.

In the next instant, the news screen switched to the legendary million-dollar female anchor.

Xiao Lan's tea almost spat out, because what appeared on the screen was - Wu Ting.

The young man is really good-looking. He is indeed different from all female anchors. After all, they have the same parts as you, and they may even be thicker and longer than you. After all, you are only a younger brother.

Wu Ting really loves women's clothing deeply.

Xiao Lan was very suspicious that Wu Ting's live broadcast was not for money at all, he was just satisfying his hobbies. He couldn't be entertained in the game, and even the live broadcast outside the game was a true love.

Xiao Lan put down the teacup: "Internet anchors are really scary..."

Wu Ting in the news clip is also different from other female anchors.

He was wearing a red coat, still had long black curly hair and exquisite makeup, and was telling a ghost story: "...The voice said: 'You, see my hair?', the voice fell, and I don't know when in the bathroom. A lot of hair appeared, and these hairs slowly surrounded the woman in red..."

Xiao Lan: "I remember he was red as if he was wearing shorts?"

Luo took time to look at the screen: "You remember correctly."

The operation of using oneself as the protagonist of a ghost story is really irritating, and... these ghost stories are so true, isn't this person worried about his identity being exposed?

Or is this a special advertising channel for the news mongers?

The takeaway finally arrived shortly after the news.

Xiao Lan was eating his own breakfast, Luo tapped the keyboard and announced to him the news of buying a new car: "Sir, I ordered a new car for you, because I have customized a lot of details, it may take some time to get it. arrive."

In the eyes of Xiao Lan's filthy rich man, Luo continued: "Are you still used to living here? I can arrange a more comfortable environment and a better-conditioned residence for you."

Xiao Lan recovered from the blow from money: "No need... It's pretty good here, really."

No wind, no rain, no power outages, it's amazing.

At the same time, he also felt the huge gap between human beings and non-human beings. He wanted to work all day long to barely make ends meet, but Luo was able to buy a house and a car in the short time he came to the real world, and he looked very relaxed. look.

If he is a human, he must be a kind of domineering president who is said to be millions of dollars per minute, and who doesn't bother to pick up money.

Feeling the look in his eyes, Luo stopped the movement of his hands, with a little smile in his voice: "What's wrong? Sir, don't force yourself to be patient, I can prepare an independent manor for you to live in."

Xiao Lan hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, I really think this is very good. I was just thinking that you are really good at making money. You can easily do what I can't accomplish in my whole life."

Luo moved closer to him and showed his computer screen: "I can teach you, it's very simple."

"..." Xiao Lan glanced at the screen, and was dizzy with the dense and rapidly scrolling data on the full screen. This guy Luo was handling several things at the same time. correct.

Well, Xiao Lan felt that he was poor for a reason, who made him just an ordinary and humble human being.

Seeing Xiao Lan's indescribable expression on his face, Luo felt a little inexplicably happy in his heart.

The worried look on the face of Mr. is really... cute.

He showed a reserved smile: "Sir, just leave all the troublesome things to me, and I will definitely do it for you."

In this way, you can't leave me more and more.

Xiao Lan, who didn't know Luo's secret thoughts and plans, nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

——

In the afternoon, Luo suddenly raised his head from the computer and said to Xiao Lan, "Sir, I have found some clues about your father."

Xiao Lan put down his afternoon tea and waited for Luo's next words.

Luo: "A long time before you disappeared, your father, Mr. Xiao Chengyan, should have been a player."

Xiao Lan's eyes widened slightly: "What?"

Luo continued to add: "I investigated his previous whereabouts and found that he disappeared suddenly at a certain point, reappeared about a week later, and then began to live alone on the grounds of work, and alienated his previous relationships. The subsequent whereabouts are also hidden. Now, have you thought of anything?"

Xiao Lan: "I... I've been like this since I entered the Arrival World."

Luo nodded: "He may be a senior player. I have compared a lot of data and found that after he was declared missing, there were several traces that seemed to appear in reality, and they became less and less as time passed. , I guess he may have chosen not to return to reality."

It turned out that his father really didn't die, but why did he suddenly abandon their mother and son? Is it because the game is so stressful that he can't take care of other things at all? Xiao Lan guessed.

"There's another point." Luo turned the screen to Xiao Lan, pointed to the above set of data, and said, "The large amount of debt on your body of unknown origin originally appeared half a year after your father disappeared, not before. There are many organizations and forces involved, and it is difficult to verify the specific situation, but the time can be determined.”

Xiao Lan frowned: "After disappearing?"

Players should no longer need money. His father's hand is like cheating his wife and children. What does he want to do?

Luo turned the screen back again, and he fixedly looked at Xiao Lan: "With all due respect, this debt first went to your mother, and then it was transferred to you when you became an adult."

"As if it were - made just for you."

Xiao Lan's shock is indescribable. How could his father prepare debts for him? Could it be that he already knew that he would enter the game and acquire the skill [Poverty cannot limit my imagination]. Is this really possible?

How could his father predict, and in terms of the control of the world, would it allow players to predict the future?

Moreover, how could the father who was not good at expressing in his impression but cared about his family very much, did such a thing.

After all, although Xiao Lan's mother died of illness, her death was inextricably linked to these debts. Could his father really be so cruel?

For a time, Xiao Lan only felt that a big cold hand was fiddling with the thread of fate, interweaving his original life trajectory into an unusual change.