I looked at the text message on my phone:

"Dinner."

A simple word, cold and emotionless.

Just like my heart, sad and miserable.

Let me introduce the sender, my younger sister, Lu Yuansheng, 15 years old, and not related to me by blood.

It's not that I am implying anything by saying we are not related by blood, it's just a statement of fact, because my sister is my stepmother's daughter.

As for the sibiling love? In the situation where we live under the same roof, my relationship with my sister has become so distant that we haven't seen each other for two months...

Do you want to talk about the sibling love?

My sister is an ultimate homebody. Because our parents work in other cities, she and I live together, but that's all there is to it.

She spends her whole day locked in her room, never encountering me, and I don't know what she's doing all day.

I often try to meet her, but every attempt is met with scolding:

"Get lost!"

My sister has always been a girl who cherishes her words like gold...

As usual, I prepared dinner and put it on a tray, then brought it up to the second floor.

My sister's bedroom is in the corner, with a shelf by the side, making it easy for us to transfer items on a daily basis.

I sighed, put the dinner on the top of the shelf, and then carried the laundry on the lower shelf - I take care of all the household laundry and cooking.

In order to maintain the harmony of this blended family, I really have a broken heart.

"Xiao Sheng, during these two months we haven't met, your older brother found out that he has a terminal illness, and his life is almost over. How can you bear that?"

"Get lost!"

I hadn't finished my lament, when a scolding came from inside the room.

Not a single word more or less, my sister is always the same to me.

However, you don't need to dislike my sister because you feel sorry for me. My sister was originally a very nice person, but she became an introverted child after our parents divorced.

Before that, she was a popular beauty at school. When she first moved to my house, several boys came to challenge me, saying that I took away their lovely classmate Yuansheng.

Of course, I won't be polite to such guys who care about my sister. I beat them all so badly that even their mothers couldn't recognize them.

How dare you think about my sister?!

After delivering dinner to my sister, I went back to my room to prepare a bowl of instant noodles.

At this moment the phone rang. It was my best friend, Da Xiong.

"Hey, Mingzi, something big happened!"

"What happened?"

Da Xiong always likes to be shocked.

"Remember that game I told you about last time? The one called Mystery Realm!"

"I remember, what happened?"

Of course I remember, the hottest full-dive game in the world right now. Every time it comes up, Da Xiong would be spitting excitedly, but I'm not interested at all.

"The only undefeated player in the arena, the super cute girl with the ID Bone Girl, has challenged a guy to a deathmatch!"

It should be mentioned here that the appearance of the characters in the game is generated based on the player's real-life appearance, plus a psychological test data during registration, using a special algorithm. Generally speaking, the beautiful girls in real life would also be cute in the game.

As if afraid I'd forget, Da Xiong also sent me a photo. The girl in the photo had shiny silver hair, like a 17th-century aristocratic lady, smiling at the camera.

It is said that she is a cheerful and popular idol in the game.

"Wow... why?"

"Your tone is really annoying! It's said that the guy saw Bone Girl's naked body and insulted her!"

Because the character data is generated based on real people, seeing someone's naked body in the game is quite a big deal, especially for those addicted players.

"Wow... that's awesome."

"You're not gay, are you? No girl will like you with that attitude! Forget it. I don't want to talk to you about this anymore, I have to log in. The deathmatch is about to start!"

After commenting on me, Da Xiong hung up the phone.

I really don't understand the thought process of people like this. Why do they come to talk to me when they know I'm not interested? Maybe it's because they're stupid.However, it is indeed almost time for the agreed-upon duel.

I should go and keep my appointment.

I put on my stealth helmet, lay down on the bed, made sure I was comfortable, and closed my eyes...

"Iris verification complete"

"Game ID detected: Night Source Ming"

"Neural connection initiated"

"Welcome back to Mystery Realm!"

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