Chapter 31
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Ding Shuang rode her newly bought Honda Africa Twin with Ding Fei to the supermarket for some shopping before returning to their rented apartment. Ding Fei tidied up and washed the vegetables, while Ding Shuang tidied the dining table in the living room.
After clearing the table, Ding Shuang asked Ding Fei, who was washing vegetables in the kitchen, “Feifei, have you decided yet? Spicy or non-spicy?” Both of them had a bit of a problem making a decision; they didn’t have a divided hot pot at home, and they couldn’t buy one at the supermarket either.
“Then let’s have the spicy one. We’ll have the non-spicy one next time,” Ding Fei replied.
Ding Shuang set up the induction cooker and pot, took a spatula and some seasonings from the kitchen, and started stir-frying the ingredients. Hearing the stirring sounds outside, Ding Fei asked疑惑地问道, “Brother, didn’t we buy hot pot base? What are you stir-frying?”
As Ding Shuang stir-fried the ingredients, she replied, “I’ll stir-fry it a little longer; it’ll taste even better.” Ding Fei didn’t ask any further questions. After Ding Shuang finished stir-frying the ingredients, she added water, covered the pot, and started preparing the dipping sauce for the two of them.
Once the dipping sauce was ready, Ding Fei had finished washing everything and brought over the vegetables to be cooked. Ding Shuang started distributing the dipping sauce to the two of them, while Ding Fei lifted the lid of the pot.
“Wow! It smells so good! Bro, where did you learn this method? It smells amazing after it’s cooked!” Ding Fei leaned closer to the pot and took two more big sips.
Ding Shuang brushed Ding Fei’s head aside and said, “Be careful not to burn yourself! Why can’t you ever get rid of this habit of rushing towards delicious food?”
Ding Fei stuck her tongue out at Ding Shuang and made a face, seemingly indicating that she would never change. Ding Shuang was helpless; his younger sister was a glutton, perhaps because he hadn’t given her anything good to eat before.
The two began to enjoy their hot pot meal together. With Ding Shuang’s B-level cooking skills, she could precisely control how long each piece of meat was cooked. Ding Fei exclaimed that she never wanted to eat hot pot outside again and would eat at home from now on.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two watched a movie until around 7 PM. Ding Shuang escorted Ding Fei back to school, and they happened to run into Han Rongbing downstairs at the dormitory.
Seeing Han Rongbing’s exhausted face, Ding Shuang felt both angry and heartbroken, remembering what Rongbing had gone through that afternoon. He wasn’t angry about Rongbing’s betrayal; after learning that Rongbing had approached him because of her master’s mission, his anger was directed at those who controlled Rongbing.
Ding Shuang asked Rong Bing, “Rong Bing, you must be very tired today. Don’t go to these kinds of commercial exhibitions in the future.”
Han Rongbing smiled and said, “These kinds of business events only happen a few times a year. I didn’t really want to go, but they offered me so much. Hehe.”
“How was your day, you two? Don’t hesitate to buy anything Feifei wants,” Han Rongbing asked Ding Shuang, not wanting to continue the topic of the comic convention.
Ding Shuang glared at Ding Fei and snorted, “Hmph, I wonder how she describes me all day. Today was really something, she swiped over two hundred thousand from me.”
When Ding Fei saw Ding Shuang glare at her, she quickly hid behind Han Rongbing and whispered to Rongbing, “Bingbing, please help me persuade my brother. I made him angry today.”
Han Rongbing was stunned when Ding Shuang told her that Ding Fei had spent over 200,000 yuan of his money! Then, when Ding Fei said she had upset Ding Shuang, although she didn’t know what had happened, she still tried to comfort him, saying, “Brother Ding, don’t be angry! You’ve never bought Fei Fei anything expensive before. You didn’t give her any gifts when she got into university either. Consider this a reward to make up for it. What did you buy?”
Ding Shuang was helpless; what could he do now that he had already bought it? He had already compromised. But seeing Rong Bing made him extremely irritable again. When Rong Bing asked what he had bought that day, he took out all his anger on Ding Fei.
Ding Shuang sighed and said, “Sigh, I bought a big motorcycle worth over 200,000 yuan. I’ll leave it with her for now, and she can ride it after she graduates.” Rong Bing didn’t know much about motorcycles, so Ding Shuang didn’t explain it to her in detail.
Han Rongbing smiled and said, “That’s great. You two siblings both like motorcycles, so buying a big motorcycle means you can take me out for a ride now and then. Ding Fei, do you mind if I borrow your motorcycle and your brother takes me for a ride?”
Ding Fei quickly shook her head and said, “I don’t mind! I don’t mind! Before graduation, the motorcycle belonged to my brother. You two can ride it wherever you want. Hehe.”
Ding Shuang shook her head helplessly and said, “Alright. You two go upstairs! Ding Fei isn’t allowed to leave the school before the holiday! Study hard and prepare for the exams! Also, help Rong Bing with her studies, don’t let her fail!”
“Oh no, we can’t leave the school gates for a month and a half!” Ding Fei pouted when she heard Ding Shuang’s words. “I’ve been studying hard all the time, so I’ll have no problem with the exams.”
Ding Shuang glared at Ding Fei and said, “Huh? If you don’t get first place in the whole grade, your summer trip is canceled!”
Ding Fei sensed that Ding Shuang was still angry and didn’t dare to argue back. She tugged at Rong Bing, hoping that Rong Bing could persuade Ding Shuang again.
Han Rongbing was about to speak when Ding Shuang stopped her, “Rongbing, don’t try to persuade her anymore. If she doesn’t get first place in the whole grade, she’s staying home this summer and not going anywhere! Rongbing, you keep an eye on her for me. If she dares to step out of the school gate without my permission, everything will be canceled!”
Han Rongbing glanced helplessly at Ding Fei, giving her a resigned look. Ding Fei pouted, said nothing more, and pulled Rongbing upstairs.
Ding Shuang was also helpless; he had no choice but to play the bad guy this time. He couldn’t be by Ding Fei’s side every day to protect her, and he felt that those people wouldn’t dare do anything at school, so they could only use this intimidation method to forcibly keep Ding Fei on campus. Ding Fei had always been well-behaved, at least she hadn’t provoked Ding Shuang when he was angry. Ding Shuang rarely got angry with Ding Fei either.
Ding Shuang knew that getting first place in the grade wouldn’t be difficult for Ding Fei, but she was afraid that if she didn’t take good care of Ding Fei, the bad guys might succeed, and she would regret it for the rest of her life. She couldn’t stay by Ding Fei’s side forever; she still needed to investigate the true identities of those people. Only after they were all dealt with could Ding Fei be safe, and at the same time, she could rescue all her roommates.
“Feifei, what did you do to upset Brother Ding? I’ve never seen him so angry.” On the way upstairs, Rongbing asked Ding Fei about the specific situation.
“Sigh, I just secretly used his bank card! Anyway, he said the money was for my dowry. So what if I used it early? He’s so stingy! Fine, I won’t leave the school grounds!” Ding Fei knew she was in the wrong; no matter how stubborn she was, the money wasn’t hers to earn. But she really wanted to ride a motorcycle with her brother and travel the world. Thinking about setting off during summer vacation, she laughed again, “Hehe, but my brother miscalculated. It’s just first place in the whole grade, that’s easy. But Bingbing, you can’t take first place from me!”
Ding Fei knew Rong Bing was very smart, but she didn’t care much about studying and exams, and intentionally didn’t want to excel academically. She even deliberately controlled her scores in every exam, keeping them in the lower middle range. Ding Fei thought that if Rong Bing studied hard, surpassing her shouldn’t be a problem.
Han Rongbing laughed and said, “Feifei, didn’t you hear what Brother Ding said? He asked you to help me review so I don’t fail my exams.”
Ding Fei shook Rong Bing’s arm and said, “Bingbing, others may not know, but I know how low-key you are. Can an ordinary person control their score so precisely? Please, please, let this little lady off the hook.”
Han Rongbing was taken aback, not expecting Ding Fei to guess that she had deliberately scored low. She smiled at Ding Fei and said, “Don’t worry, I didn’t intend to get a high score.” This was a tacit admission that she had manipulated her score.
Ding Fei said happily, “Thank you! You’re like my own sister-in-law!”
Han Rongbing smiled and said nothing more.
Previously, Ding Fei harbored some hostility towards Han Rongbing, feeling that Rongbing had stolen her brother away. Last night, when Ding Shuang dragged Rongbing back to her room, Ding Fei knew what they were going to do. Ding Fei didn’t peek or eavesdrop. Jinshui Residential Area is old, but the soundproofing is really good! Lost in thought, Ding Fei didn’t hear any noise from the opposite room until three or four in the morning.
The silence doesn’t mean nothing happened. A man and a woman alone in a room, mutually attracted, how could they possibly just sleep together? Ding Fei had figured it out last night. It seemed impossible for her to marry her brother, but she didn’t want to be separated from him either. She’d just stay by their side from now on; she didn’t believe they could possibly kick her out.
This summer vacation might be the first and last trip just for the two of them, just the two of them. From now on, her brother will definitely bring Rongbing on every trip. To give herself a perfect trip for two, Ding Fei took Ding Shuang’s bank card the next day and bought that Honda Africa Twin. Luckily, they actually had one in stock!
Ding Shuang returned to Jinshui Residential Area and lay down on the sofa. He first called Yu Xingwen to inquire about Brother Yu’s condition and learned that Brother Yu was feeling better. Then he followed up on the payment. Brother Yu promised to settle the bill in the next couple of days and told Ding Shuang not to worry. Ding Shuang wasn’t worried that Brother Yu would renege on the debt, but he had other thoughts and was afraid of forgetting about it, so he made the call.
Ding Shuang wanted to continue his journey through time, deeply aware of his insufficient strength and the need to further improve it. This afternoon, Ding Shuang helplessly witnessed Rong Bing being penetrated in the next room; he was powerless to do anything about it. Although he still had one more chance to use hypnosis, it could only hypnotize one person, rendering it completely useless.
Finally, Ding Shuang hypnotized Dongzi, instructing him to kill the doctor the next time he saw him!
Ding Shuang asked the system, “System, now that I’m back in Dou Qi Continent, does this limited-time return period end?”
“Yes, host. If you return to the Battle Through the Heavens sub-world, your limited-time return will end.”
“By the way, you said before that you can only travel to other sub-worlds in the present world. Can I go to other sub-worlds now?”
“Yes, host, you can now travel directly to other sub-worlds. However, since you returned to the real world using a timed return card, there is a very small chance that unknown effects will occur when you travel to other sub-worlds.”
What are the chances?
“Host, according to calculations, the probability is approximately one in 36.7 billion.”
“Holy shit, what the hell is the difference between this and no accident at all?”
“Host, anything with a probability of happening is likely to happen, which is very different from a probability of zero! Please respect science!”
Ding Shuang complained, “Your system is fucking unscientific! And you still talk about respecting science?! Science my ass!”
“System, I’ve always had a question: for competitive games with basically no storyline, like Overwatch, is it possible to travel between them? What level of secondary world would that be?”
“Host, the Overwatch you mentioned belongs to an F-level sub-world, which is traversable, but the traversal mode will be somewhat different. You will enter Overwatch just like a player and can fight against other players. After you traverse, the flow of time will be the same as the flow of time in the real world.”
“Wouldn’t that be like wearing a virtual reality headset like those in online games or novels?”
You can understand it this way.
How many portals are needed to enter Overwatch?
“Host, Overwatch is an incomplete secondary world, so it only requires 100 travel points. If it were a complete F-rank secondary world, it would require 1000 travel points to travel through.”
“Let’s go in and take a look! The system has been transported into Overwatch!”
Please link your account first!
“Damn it! Is this necessary?! Is this necessary?! And can’t you even detect my account?!” Ding Shuang thought to himself, but still obediently bound the account in his mind.
The next moment! A flash of white light! Ding Shuang entered Overwatch!
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