Marry the NPC with Money, Wife Comes Knocking - Chapter 7

Ye Susheng calmed down and gently kissed the back of Hua Suihe’s hand twice.

Hua Suihe took the chance to stroke her cheek. “Alright, don’t cry.”

Ye Susheng replied shyly with a soft “Mm,” and answered Hua Suihe’s original question: “Sorry, Hua Hua, I don’t know where that room is.”

This was her first time breaking away from the ‘rules’ and acting on her own, but she wasn’t fully autonomous yet. Occasionally, when she heard certain keywords or entered special places, she would experience a brief moment of dissociation, acting purely on instinct.

The director’s office was the key to clearing this instance. When she heard players mention these words, as the instance’s maintainer, her instinctive reaction was to prevent the players from succeeding, which explained her earlier dazed state.

Hearing Ye Susheng’s answer, Hua Suihe was a bit surprised. “You don’t know either? Then why did you say we could go to your office to look for a solution?”

Ye Susheng thought for a moment, then reached into Hua Suihe’s pocket, took out the phone, and handed it to her.

Ye Susheng’s eyes sparkled, full of pride. “I remembered-the clue is here~”

This phone was also an item given to her by the instance.

Hua Suihe took the phone, puzzled, and unlocked the screen.

The phone still couldn’t connect to the internet, and the home screen only had icons for messages and two mini-games.

Hua Suihe tapped into the messages, but it was empty. Instead of exiting, she casually opened the toolbar and found that the spam filter had indeed blocked a message.

‘Room 08 on the 8th floor is where the director works. The director is a very private person, so the elevator doesn’t go directly to the eighth floor. You can reach it by the stairs. Please do not go without an appointment; security will verify your identity at the entrance.’

“Tut tut.” Hua Suihe swiped the screen a couple of times, then turned off the display and put the phone back in her pocket. “Is this director up to something shady? Taking over an entire floor alone.”

Ye Susheng nodded. “Definitely.”

Although Hua Suihe didn’t have a script or many hints from the game system, she still sensed something unusual.

The players and the director weren’t on the same side. Maybe the director had done something, and the players’ task was to expose it?

What about hospital staff like Ye Susheng-were they on the director’s side?

Hua Suihe raised her eyebrows slightly, her gaze landing on Ye Susheng, her eyes unreadable.

Suddenly, she found herself a bit interested in this game.

Ye Susheng grew embarrassed under her intense gaze, fidgeting. “Hua Hua?”

[System Friendly Reminder: You have successfully activated player status. Player perspective live stream will begin. Please name your live stream room.]

A live stream? That’s pretty advanced.

At the same time, a transparent editing box appeared before Hua Suihe, showing voice input in progress.

The game world really was high-tech, but she wasn’t too surprised, since she remembered that in-game characters did have these virtual screens.

Streaming in-game-surely the viewers weren’t her old fans from the real world.

Hua Suihe snapped back to reality and casually said, “Peanut’s Game Time.”

Ye Susheng didn’t understand what she was saying, tilting her head and looking at Hua Suihe with confusion in her eyes.

She couldn’t see the transparent screen in front of Hua Suihe.

Hua Suihe saw the notification that the live stream room was open, and then only the chat section was displayed on the screen, which was currently empty.

Hua Suihe hid the screen that was blocking her view.

“If we want to go to the eighth floor, we’ll need to pass the security identity check. We can’t just go up-looks like we’re still missing something…”
Hua Suihe pondered for a moment. “Ye Zi, I’m going to find some other players to exchange information. Do you want to come with me?”

Ye Susheng nodded vigorously like a little chick pecking at rice, her voice firm: “Yes!”

Hua Suihe wanted to participate seriously in the game. After some deduction, she concluded that the players needed to uncover the director’s secret, while Ye Susheng, as a doctor at the hospital, should be on the same team as the director.

So Hua Suihe changed her mind, “No, you shouldn’t come with me. If we inexplicably lose the game later, it won’t be any fun.”

Ye Susheng’s face fell, looking aggrieved. “I don’t know the director. I won’t let Hua Hua lose. I’ll be with Hua Hua and help Hua Hua win.”

Hua Suihe sighed and cupped Ye Susheng’s face, trying to reason with her. “Baby, you’re a staff member of the Yu Sheng Troupe, and you’re the one who assigns tasks to the players, which means you know the script inside out. If you give me an advantage, won’t that make the game too easy for me?”

Ye Susheng said, “It seems like a pretty good script, and you said during the day that it’s very hard. Now that I’m here, I want to see just how hard it is.”

“If I don’t participate, I feel all restless. Ye Zi, just do your regular work shift, okay?”

“Okay? Please?” Hua Suihe rubbed her face until she saw Ye Susheng’s eyes turn red and watery before finally stopping.

Ye Susheng was in a terrible mood, but seeing Hua Suihe’s look of anticipation, she couldn’t bring herself to ruin it for her wife.

But she really didn’t want to work-why should she have to work when her wife was right by her side?

Ye Susheng stared at Hua Suihe in frustration, then leaned in and kissed her, landing right on her lips through the mask.

Ye Susheng muttered gloomily, “I feel awful…”

Hua Suihe’s hands skillfully wrapped around Ye Susheng’s neck, and sure enough, she was a little feverish. She gently stroked and kneaded.

Ye Susheng was unsatisfied with the kiss through the mask. She pulled down Hua Suihe’s mask and pressed her red lips to hers again, kissing her passionately.

Only when their lips were both flushed and dewy did Ye Susheng reluctantly move back a bit.

Ye Susheng pressed her forehead to Hua Suihe’s, gazing deeply into her eyes for a while, as if struggling to make up her mind.

She slowly put Hua Suihe’s mask back on, covering up the alluring look.

Then she bent down and kissed Hua Suihe’s neck for a while, leaving a hickey.

Ye Susheng took the phone from Hua Suihe’s pocket and slipped it into her own pocket.

“Hua Hua, don’t share information with everyone. There’s a spy among the players, so you have to protect yourself.”

“Okay~” Hua Suihe didn’t mind this tiny spoiler. She had played plenty of role-playing games, and being cautious was just basic common sense.

Ye Susheng held her tightly for a while before letting go, as if it were a parting of life and death.

“Go on, the third floor is big. That’s the players’ activity area.”

“Then I’m off!”

Hua Suihe felt the thrill of immersion in the game.

After leaving Ye Susheng, she headed alone to another pet area.

Distinguishing between NPCs and real people was something Hua Suihe was especially good at.

NPCs followed their programmed routines and generally wouldn’t do anything outside their settings.

So it was very easy to spot people in the crowd who kept looking around and seemed uneasy.

But she had to be selective-not every player was worth approaching.

“Sir, your pet has died. The hospital will offer you some compensation. Do you want cash, or the body?”

Hua Suihe’s ears perked up. The body?

Following the conversation, she saw a pet doctor talking to a young man.

The man looked familiar-wasn’t he the one who had been crying with a python in his arms just now?