Lu Sui rеturnеd tо thе room in thе еаrlу hоurs of the morning. Wu Маngmang keрt her eуеs сlоsеd, рretending tо be asleep, but little did shе knоw that аfter Lu Sui finishеd shоwеring аnd got intо bеd, hе bеgаn kissing alоng her spine аll thе waу down to her tаilbone. Тhe warmth оf his brеаth аgаinst hеr skin sеnt a tingling sensаtiоn shoоting uр frоm the sоles оf hеr feet.
Shе lоved his kissеs—gentle yеt passionаtе, mаking Wu Mаngmang feel аs if shе wеre а dеliсiоus аnd irrеsistible mоussе cаke, sо cherishеd and nееdеd by Lu Sui.
Ноwеvеr, Wu Mangmang сlearly wasn’t in the mоod to deаl with Lu Sui tonight.
But Lu Sui’s рatiеnсe аnd endurance were exceptional. Even though Wu Mangmang was unwilling a thousand times over, she eventually couldn’t help but wrap her legs around his waist.
In the morning, Wu Mangmang felt relatively refreshed, as Lu Sui had only gently “tormented” her once last night—truly an act of extra mercy.
“Have breakfast with me, then come to the hospital to visit Auntie,” Lu Sui said, setting down his coffee cup.
Wu Mangmang was taken aback. “What happened to Auntie?”
Didn’t Lu Jianan sound perfectly energetic yesterday?
“It seems she has some heart issues. She was admitted last night for tests,” Lu Sui explained.
Wu Mangmang lowered her head, clutching her milk cup, knowing full well that Lu Jianan must have been angered into illness by Lu Sui—and, of course, she herself was the root cause.
“Auntie’s health has always been good, hasn’t it? How did she suddenly end up in the hospital?” Wu Mangmang probed cautiously.
“Her heart condition was detected during a checkup earlier this year. She should have been hospitalized for treatment long ago,” Lu Sui said calmly. If Wu Mangmang hadn’t overheard his conversation with Lu Jianan, she would never have connected his demeanor to the situation.
Wu Mangmang swirled her milk cup thoughtfully. She doubted Lu Jianan would want to see her, and if her presence worsened the illness, it would be disastrous.
But Lu Sui couldn’t have overlooked this. Since he had brought it up, Wu Mangmang had no choice but to brace herself and go to the hospital.
When they entered the ward, Wu Mangmang wished she could hide entirely behind Lu Sui to avoid offending Lu Jianan’s eyes.
Of course, that was just wishful thinking.
Lu Jianan had no children, and her husband was extremely busy. At the moment, she was alone in the ward, with two assistants reporting work beside her. When Lu Sui entered, Lu Jianan dismissed the others.
Wu Mangmang kept her head down, not daring to meet Lu Jianan’s eyes, but she heard Lu Jianan ask, “Mangmang, are you feeling better now?”
Wu Mangmang looked up and replied, “I’m all better, Auntie. No need for an IV today.”
Lu Jianan smiled and nodded. “Your health seems a bit fragile—you catch colds often. You should see an experienced traditional Chinese doctor for some conditioning.”
“Thank you, Auntie. I will.”
The atmosphere in the ward was surprisingly harmonious, making Wu Mangmang wonder if she had misheard last night or if the conversation had merely been her imagination.
This was Lu Jianan’s skill—no matter how much she disliked someone inwardly, she could maintain a perfectly polite facade on the surface.
While Lu Sui sat by the bed, inquiring about Lu Jianan’s condition and summoning the doctor for details, Wu Mangmang sat bored on the sofa. She absentmindedly picked up an apple from the fruit basket and began peeling it.
On the first apple, the peel broke off after only a third. She set it aside and picked up another, but that one broke too.
By the fifth apple, Wu Mangmang finally managed to peel one completely, leaving a pristine white apple in her hand. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do with it."Auntie, would you like an apple? Mangmang just peeled it." Lu Sui's timely words rescued the awkward apple in Wu Mangmang's hand.
Wu Mangmang found a fruit plate, diced the apple, placed a small fork beside it, and handed it to Lu Sui with both hands.
Lu Jianan took a symbolic small bite, while Lu Sui leisurely finished the entire apple.
After visiting the patient, Lu Sui had Wu Mangmang undergo a full-body checkup at the hospital, with the blood test scheduled for the next morning.
By the time the checkup was finished, it was already afternoon. On the way back to the Lu residence, Wu Mangmang received a call from Nuan Yang, who excitedly told her that the game had been updated with a Dragon Boat Festival event and urged her to hurry and make zongzi to claim rewards.
In truth, only Nuan Yang was excited on the call. Wu Mangmang covered the receiver, anxiously afraid that Lu Sui, sitting beside her, would overhear Nuan Yang's words.
Nuan Yang asked Wu Mangmang over the phone, "If you don’t have time to log in, give me your account. I’ll log in and do the tasks for you."
Wu Mangmang firmly refused. She disliked others touching her game account—it made her feel as if her privacy had been violated.
After hanging up, Wu Mangmang stole a glance at Lu Sui. Seeing no unusual reaction from him, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling incredibly lucky.
However, that evening, Wu Mangmang wasn’t as fortunate as the previous night. At nine o’clock sharp, she was pulled into bed and kept busy until midnight before finally being allowed to rest.
Though physically exhausted, her mind was unusually alert. Wu Mangmang lay awake, staring at the ceiling. When Lu Sui’s breathing became steady and deep, she quietly slipped out of bed, went to her own bedroom across the hall, and turned on the computer.
Lately, Wu Mangmang had been playing games quite intensely. Although she knew it was a waste of time, she couldn’t suppress the craving in her heart.
However, her interests in the game had begun to shift. Previously, she enjoyed completing quests and running dungeons, but now she preferred PVP—battling and sparring with other players in the game.
What Wu Mangmang found most exhilarating was joining a faction and charging into enemy territory to wreak havoc.
Outnumbered, even with her top-tier equipment, she couldn’t withstand an entire enemy team ganging up on her.
So she died again and again.
But it didn’t matter. Miss Wu was currently quite well-off, with plenty of money left from selling her Ferrari.
In the game, reviving on the spot with full health and mana cost ninety-nine yuan—a feature typically no fool would use.
Wu Mangmang kept dying and reviving, unleashing carnage each time.
In the game, players from the enemy faction began spamming the world chat, saying that a rich idiot had come to White Water River (the enemy faction’s territory), killed countless players, and calling on all faction allies to gather at White Water River to hunt down Wu Mangmang.
Naturally, players from Wu Mangmang’s faction came to worship the big spender. The battle turned into a bloodbath.
Both factions fought fiercely, their eyes red with fury. Due to Wu Mangmang’s relentless persistence—and the fact that no one wanted to mess with a paying player—her faction ultimately emerged victorious, slaughtering the enemy until they dared not revive.
After this battle, Wu Mangmang’s kill count against the enemy faction broke the system record, placing her firmly at the top of the leaderboard, far ahead of the second-place player by an order of magnitude. She also earned the system-granted title of "Great Demon Lord."Because she had been so engrossed in the game, Wu Mangmang only looked up when the sky began to lighten. Startled, she quickly put away her computer and slipped silently back into bed, relieved that Lu Sui hadn’t woken up.
Unable to eat in the morning, Wu Mangmang went to the hospital early for a blood test. Thanks to the VIP service, she received her physical examination results by noon.
Everything was fine.
Wu Mangmang pouted at Lu Sui, “I told you there was nothing wrong. I just caught a cold a few times. I’ve heard that catching colds more often actually strengthens your immunity.”
After a long, exhausting day and staying up late the night before, Wu Mangmang fell asleep in the car and didn’t wake up until dinnertime.
Her first priority, of course, was to open the game client. Dinner could wait.
However, to her great shock, all her equipment and storage had been completely looted. Now, she was only wearing a set of green underwear in the game.
Her super account, built over years with countless resources, had suddenly been stripped bare. Even a saint would be furious.
Wu Mangmang decisively called the game’s customer service, claiming her account had been hacked and demanding that the game company restore her data immediately.
But the customer service representative replied that her account hadn’t been hacked. Instead, her equipment and storage had been deleted by the account holder herself. The query results showed that the last login IP was the same one she always used.
Upon hearing this, Wu Mangmang stormed downstairs like a tornado.
Lu Sui was sitting at the dining table, while Annie followed Wu Mangmang downstairs—she had originally gone upstairs to ask Wu Mangmang to come down for dinner.
Wu Mangmang rushed up to Lu Sui. “Lu Sui, how dare you delete my equipment?” Hearing this, Lu Sui simply put down his utensils, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and looked up at Wu Mangmang without saying a word.
In fact, Lu Sui had initially intended to simply delete Wu Mangmang’s game character. However, he hadn’t expected that Wu Mangmang would use her real name in the game—she went by “Mangmang” there as well. In the end, Lu Sui chose to spend more time deleting only all her equipment and storage.
Wu Mangmang was furious.
Others couldn’t understand the depth of her anger, but the “Mangmang” in the game was like another version of the real Wu Mangmang. She had meticulously crafted Mangmang to be flawless, with everything being the best and most beautiful.
Wu Mangmang even felt as if that was another her, living in another parallel space.
A perfect shell that could shield her from all the troubles of the outside world.
But now, she had lost even the last sanctuary that was entirely her own, and Wu Mangmang couldn’t bear it any longer. She didn’t understand why Lu Sui kept pushing her, always forcing her to do things she didn’t want to do under the guise of doing what was best for her.
She had been obedient and had studied diligently.
But Wu Mangmang had grown up in the free-spirited and casual Wu family, not the elegant and refined Lu family, where grace and restraint were ingrained in their very bones.
She could imitate the appearance but not the essence. What was in one’s bones could never be changed.Wu Mangmang trembled with anger, while Lu Sui merely said calmly, "You spend too much time on virtual games, neglecting your health. If you could discipline yourself, I wouldn’t have deleted your equipment. This is just a small lesson. If you can limit your gaming time to no more than an hour a day, I can have your data restored."
Wu Mangmang bit her lip and remained silent.
"Sit down and eat," Lu Sui gestured toward the dining chair with his chin.
It was always like this—she, Wu Mangmang, was the one making unreasonable demands, while Lu Sui was the one who had the final say.
Wu Mangmang felt powerless, as if no matter how much she stirred up trouble, she could never escape Lu Sui’s control. With a single word, he could delete everything, and with another, he could restore it.
It might not seem like a serious matter, but it was enough to demonstrate his authority.
Wu Mangmang sat down in the dining chair, avoiding looking at Lu Sui. Instead, she stared straight ahead, her tone calm as she said, "I want to break up."
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