Marry the NPC with Money, Wife Comes Knocking - Chapter 158

Chapter 158

All at once, Hua Suihe’s warm body pressed against Ye Susheng’s back. Kneeling behind her, she wrapped both arms around Ye Susheng’s waist and held her tight.

Ye Susheng instinctively tightened her grip on the photo frame, her body going rigid. “Hua Hua?”

“Ye Zi’s wife.” Hua Suihe buried her face against Ye Susheng’s back and murmured as if talking in her sleep, “Do you still remember the first time I appeared in the little cabin?”

Ye Susheng raised her eyes in a daze and looked at the clock on the wall. The ticking of the second hand overlapped with the beat of her heart.

That morning, she had come home from work and opened the door as usual, only to see several beams of light streaming through the window. Sunlight fell across the bed, laying a soft halo over the unfamiliar woman lying there.

She had clearly never met that girl before, yet her heart had spun out of control, pounding so loudly it was deafening.

The moment they first met, she knew that girl was the Hua Hua she had traded with Thriller to obtain.

When the girl on the bed opened her eyes and looked at her, when the girl threw herself at her in delight and called her Ye Zi’s wife, she knew she had succeeded in stealing love for herself.

Hua Suihe knew she had sunk into her memories, so she spoke first, breaking the silence and drawing her thoughts back to that moment. “The first time I tried becoming a digital life, I was actually scared. But the instant I opened my eyes and saw you, all my unease vanished. I ran toward you without thinking, asking for a hug, greedy for the sense of safety you gave me.”

“Ye Zi, I came here to love you of my own free will.”

Ye Susheng shuddered violently. The photo frame slipped from her hand and fell to the floor. As if struck by lightning, she could not move at all. In that brief daze, scalding heat surged up into her face, stinging tears from her eyes.

“Hua Hua… came here on her own?”

Pressed against her back, Hua Suihe nodded softly.

“Hua Hua came for me? I didn’t steal Hua Hua away?” This truth overturned everything she had believed until now, leaving her mind in chaos. She did not know how to react and only murmured those words blankly.

Hua Suihe moved around to face her, sat on her lap, and pressed close. Lifting her head, she kissed away Ye Susheng’s tears, licking them clean before shifting to those rose-red lips to ask for a kiss.

“I love you, so I came.”

After playing the game for half a year, she had truly become hopelessly obsessed with Ye Susheng.

Even when she was not livestreaming, she was always in the game, keeping Ye Susheng company.

Later, she learned from Gu Gu that some wealthy people were researching ways to achieve longevity and had proposed the concept of extending life through digital life. That was when the idea took root in her mind, and she became a volunteer.

She bought the game’s copyright and had her data-life continue within the game. To the outside world, she simply announced that she had died.

As for what methods had been used to turn her memories, personality, and everything else into data, she did not know.

Although at first they had told her that her body in the real world was only in a coma, and that she could return whenever she wanted, she had not known about the livestream at all in the beginning. It was only when the livestream reached level 9 that she learned from Gu Gu how to return to the real world.

At first, she had thought she might be forced to leave this world without warning, so whenever she occasionally promised Ye Susheng she would never leave her, she never felt entirely at ease.

Now she knew the choice was in her hands.

Even though, after missing that window of time, her body in the real world would never wake again.

That was still her own choice. She was not afraid.

As for all this, there was no need to tell this sensitive little crybaby.

Ye Susheng only needed to know that Hua Hua had chosen her, that Hua Hua had come running to her and would never leave again.

Desire stirred restlessly as they drew love from one another.

Truthfully, it had been a very long time since Hua Suihe had endured such an unbearable night and day. Even when daylight came, they did not stop.
Only after her soft, hiccuping sobs had completely died away did Ye Susheng help wipe her clean, then climb back into bed and hold her, calling her Hua Hua over and over again.

It was not until the third day that they could finally leave the little wooden cabin.

The wedding studio had also finished retouching the photos they had taken for them and sent over the digital copies, asking them to pick which ones they wanted printed and framed. The finished products would be mailed to their home afterward.

The smile on Ye Susheng’s lips simply could not be suppressed. Again and again, she kept saying the same thing: “Hua Hua, you love me so much~”

When Hua Suihe was driven helpless by her teasing, she would bite Ye Susheng’s lip to make her quiet down. In the end, the punishment easily turned into a reward, and Ye Susheng accepted the kisses with perfect peace of mind.

Now that the wedding photos were done, it was time to get their marriage certificate.

But Ye Susheng hemmed and hawed, refusing to go.

She had been willing to take wedding photos because Hua Hua had said they could always take more in the future if they wanted.

But a marriage certificate could only be obtained once, and it required a headshot pasted inside. She did not want to appear on that little red booklet looking like this. She disliked herself.

Hua Suihe knew what she was thinking, so she could not bring herself to force her.

For now, she did not know whether Gu Gu had found a way to solve the issue with Thriller for her.

She needed to start a livestream to contact Gu Gu. On the main backend panel, there was an option to exchange points for livestreaming access, and it cost twenty thousand points.

As for the other option-the option to leave the game world-it cost thirty thousand points.

If she spent her points to unlock livestreaming, she would no longer have enough points to return to the real world.

She did not regret it.

The moment she sat down in front of the computer in the gaming room at home and started the livestream, Gu Gu even forgot to send a private message and instead posted a golden scrolling message directly in the public chat.

[Gu Gu: Hua Suihe, do you actually want to die?!]

[Gu Gu: There are only three days left! Are you giving up on living?!]

Just by looking at the bullet comments, Hua Suihe could imagine Gu Gu’s tone and expression as she said those words. She hugged her legs and curled up in the chair, looking relaxed. “I’m alive and well.”

Many fans flooded into the livestream room, curious about Hua Suihe’s surroundings.

[Did she open a new dungeon again?]

[Where is this? The decor looks like Hua Hua’s gaming room.]

[Oh my god, did the area where Hua Hua is turn into a dungeon?]

[Just got here. Why does Gu Gu seem so angry? What happened?]

Hua Suihe continued speaking to herself. “Gu Gu, thank you. Having you as a friend has truly been an honor.”

Brother Zimu sent a string of question marks across the screen, not understanding why the two of them had suddenly gotten so sentimental.

Gu Gu did not send another scrolling message, nor did she send a private message.

But Hua Suihe knew she was definitely listening.

“If you can, help me find a good burial plot. There’s no need to visit some cold gravestone, though. Just open your phone, and you’ll be able to see me.”

[Gu Gu: So you’re dumping your funeral arrangements on me now.]

[I’ve been watching the livestream for so long that I forgot Hua Hua has been dead for ages. She still hasn’t been buried?]

[After more than half a year, I’ve long accepted the fact that Hua Hua has become our Digital Daughter.]

[Honestly, I’m curious how they pulled this off.]

[Brother Zimu: How else? With money.]

[Brother Zimu: The game streamer Hua Hua that all of you miss died a long time ago. This is just a virtual game character modeled after Hua Hua and created with money.]

[Brother Zimu: You people don’t actually think the dead came back to life, do you? Or that she got transported into a game? What, you think this is a novel?]

Hua Suihe did not know whether Brother Zimu was one of the people in the know, but since they were all in the same circle, he had probably heard about it.

Still, his explanation could account for why she existed in the game. Using it to deal with public opinion could not have been more ideal.