CH 66

Xiao Lan woke up early the next morning to quickly clean himself up and prepare for a trip back to the real world.

The previous incident of being approached by the player group called Reincarnation to investigate him reminded him of his long-lost father.

The main reason for going back this time is to investigate something related to Xiao Lan's father, Xiao Chengyan. Not just what happened before he disappeared, but also related to his previous debts and whether he was a player.

With so much to investigate in three days, it's a pretty tight schedule, so it's certainly better to get started while you can.

Xiao Lan chose to return to the real world, after which he was plunged into pitch blackness.

The familiar system prompt appears.

"Returning to the real world, players must not do anything that exposes the Advent world or endangers reality, violators will be punished"

"All of the player's props and skills will be temporarily locked and unlocked upon return to the Advent world"

In the next instant, what appeared was the living room of the villa where the two men now live, which could also be called their current home.

Xiao Lan was about to leave the house when Luo stopped him, "Sir, you haven't had breakfast today, so it's not too late to have breakfast before you start looking for clues."

Xiao Lan thought about it, but he had forgotten his breakfast again.

Luo skillfully took out the phone that was on the table, "What would you like to eat, sir?"

Xiao Lan looked indifferent: "Whatever."

Anyway, he is not a picky eater and he can't tell if it's good or not, food is only divided in his case between what is good and what is really inedible.

Luo nodded and arranged for breakfast.

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In between waiting for the takeaway, he made Xiao Lan a black tea and brought it to her.

Luo then took out a laptop, "Sir, I'll start by researching information about your father, can you tell me what you know about him?"

Xiao Lan carefully recalled the name of his company, his permanent address and so on, but could not recall anything more.

It had been years since his dad's disappearance.

Before his father disappeared, he was busy with his company and always lived in the city where he worked, while Xiao Lan and his mother lived in another city. Xiao Chengyan rarely came home and they did not communicate much with each other, Xiao Lan did not know much about his company or his circle of friends.

But Xiao Chengyan always comes home to spend time with his mother and son on important holidays and their birthdays, and prepares very thoughtful gifts for them, always remembering their preferences without fail.

This makes Xiao Lan feel that her father, although somewhat serious and indifferent and not very expressive, is a responsible father.

So he too was devastated after his father's disappearance, and ran around hoping to find clues about him, only to find nothing.

While waiting, Xiao Lan turns on the TV with a cup of black tea.

In the past he wouldn't have done this luxury, after all, electricity costs money and, most of the time, he doesn't have a TV to watch in the small rundown house he rents.

On the television there happened to be a news item playing.

"A rich teenager recently rewarded a female anchor with gifts worth millions."

Then came the interview with the teenager, the mosaic teenager sounded indifferent: "I just like the fact that she's different from those other female anchors, it's only a million pocket money, what a big deal it's worth an interview."

Xiao Lan is lamenting the fact that the pleasures of the rich are so unpretentious and dull.

In the next instant, the news feed switched to which legendary millionaire anchorwoman.

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Xiao Lan's tea almost spurts out as the screen appears - Wu Ting.

The teenager is so discerning, he is indeed different from all the female anchors, after all, they are the ones who have the same parts as you, maybe even thicker than you and longer than you, after all, you are still just a brother.

Wu Ting has a deep love for women's clothing.

Xiao Lan strongly suspects that Wu Ting is not doing it for money, he's just fulfilling his hobby, he can't even get enough of it in the game, and he's even doing it outside of the game.

Xiao Lan puts down his cup of tea: "Web hosts are so awful ......"

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

He was wearing a red dress, still with long black curly hair with delicate makeup, and was telling a ghost story: "...... The voice said, 'You, see my hair?', and at the end of the sentence, many hairs appeared in the bathroom at some point, and these hairs slowly surrounded the woman in red ......"

Xiao Lan: "I remember when he was red, I think it was trousers?"

Luo took a moment to look at the screen, "You remembered correctly."

The operation of using oneself as the protagonist of a ghost story is really quite tawdry, and ...... these ghost stories are still damn true, is this person not worried about his identity being exposed?

Or is this a special advertising channel for newsmongers?

Shortly after the news, the takeaway finally arrived.

Xiao Lan was eating his breakfast when Luo tapped on the keyboard while giving him the news of buying a new car: "Sir, I have ordered a new car for you, as it has been customized with a lot of details, all of which may take a while before you get it."

At Xiao Lan's look of "Fuck you, rich man," Luo continued, "Are you comfortable here? I can arrange for you to live in more comfortable surroundings and in better conditions."

Xiao Lan reels from the blow from the money: "No need ...... It's fine here, really."

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It doesn't leak, it doesn't leak and it doesn't stop the electricity, it's just superb.

At the same time, he felt the huge gap between humans and non-humans, thinking that he could barely make ends meet by working all day, while Luo was able to buy a house and a car in the short time he was in the real world, looking as if he had it easy.

If he were a human, he must be one of those legendary overbearing CEOs who go up and down millions of dollars a minute and don't even bother to pick up the money when it falls.

Sensing the look in his eyes, Luo stopped moving his hands and put a little smile in his voice: "What is it? Sir, there is no need to force yourself to endure, I can prepare a separate estate for you to live in."

Xiao Lan hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, I really think that's great. I was just thinking how good you are at making money, you can easily do what I've been trying to do all my life."

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

"......" Xiao Lan glanced at the screen, dizzy with the dense and fast scrolling data on the window. ...and he really wasn't.

Well, there's a reason why Xiao Lan thinks he's poor, because he's just an ordinary and humble human being.

Looking at Xiao Lan's face, Luo's heart was vaguely happy.

Mr. A distressed face is still ...... cute.

He gave a reserved smile, "Just leave anything you feel troubled about to me, sir, and I'll be sure to get it done for you."

This way, you will be less and less able to leave me.

Xiao Lan, who is unaware of Luo's hidden thoughts and plans, nods: "Thank you."

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In the afternoon, Luo suddenly looked up from his computer and said to Xiao Lan, "Sir, I've found some clues about your father."

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Xiao Lan put down his afternoon tea and waited for Luo to say more.

Luo: "Your father, Mr Xiao Chengyan, would have been the player long before he disappeared."

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

Luo went on to add: "I looked into his previous movements and found that he had disappeared at one point, reappeared about a week later and then started living alone on the pretext of work and distancing himself from his previous relationships. His whereabouts since then have been spotty. Do you have any associations?"

Xiao Lan: "I ...... was the same way when I entered the Advent world."

Luo nodded, "He may be a veteran player, I've compared a lot of data and found several other suspected sightings in reality after he was declared missing, and they've become less and less frequent over time, so I'm guessing he may have chosen not to return to reality."

So his old man really wasn't dead, but then why did he suddenly abandon them, mother and son? Was it because the game was so stressful that he couldn't think about anything else? Xiao Lan speculated.

"There's another point." Luo turned the screen to Xiao Lan and pointed to the set of data above, "The large debt of unknown origin on you initially appeared six months after your father disappeared, and not before. There are a number of organisations and forces involved, and it is difficult to verify the details, but the timing is certain."

Xiao Lan frowned, "After the disappearance?"

The player shouldn't need the money anymore, ah, his dad's hand is almost as if he's specifically screwing his wife and kids, what exactly is he trying to do?

Luo turned the screen back again and he looked steadily at Xiao Lan: "With all due respect, this debt first came to your mother and then couldn't wait to be transferred to you once you were an adult."

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

Xiao Lan's shock was unspeakable, how could his dad have prepared the debt specifically for him, did he already know he would enter the game and gain the skill [Poverty Can't Limit My Imagination], was this really possible?

How could his dad have foreseen it, and given the control of the Advent world, would it have allowed the player to foresee the future?

And, how could the father, who he remembered as an inexpressive but caring family man, have done such a thing.

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After all, Xiao Lan's mother died of an illness, but her death had nothing to do with these debts - could his father really have been so cruel?

For a moment, Xiao Lan felt that a cold hand was tugging at the threads of fate, interweaving his original life path with unusual changes.