Chapter 1 Lucky Ones and Unlucky Ones

Ming Mei, one of the lucky ones on the outside, knew that besides herself, there were also Julian and Hu Yue.

Those less fortunate included Lu Xiaoyao, Qi Hai Kui, and Li Yuan, who were in constant danger of "sticking" with the boss—and for two of them, that was indeed the case.

As for the other person… Hey! What’s wrong with a little sticking?

When Ming Mei switched to Lu Xiaoyao’s perspective, she finally understood what it meant to be "chosen by fate."

"Daisy, you’ve been out of it ever since you got back from home this morning. What’s wrong?"

A cute girl with freckles reached out and waved in front of Lu Xiaoyao's eyes. Lu Xiaoyao quickly snapped out of it, but couldn't help staring at the freckled girl's face for a few seconds.

"Daisy" was Lu Xiaoyao’s name in this game. And the girl calling her…

Unbelievable, right?

This girl was actually the boss of this game!

Right now, the boss was Lu Xiaoyao's roommate.

Looking at the porcelain-white skin with those adorable freckles, the fluffy, soft, slightly curly hair tied into low pigtails with butterfly clips, and those innocent, doe-like eyes, anyone would feel an instant sense of trust.

Could this really be the boss, Mona?

Lu Xiaoyao had realized this morning when she left home that the boss was her neighbor, and she felt the deep malice of this game!

She was starting to doubt her life, her luck.

They weren’t just neighbors; they were in the same school, the same class, desk mates, and roommates.

Could she choose to commit suicide and start over?

She had walked right into the boss’s face!

She was supposed to be a passerby!

She was standing right next to the boss. Shouldn’t she at least be a supporting character, like female number two or three?

"Nothing… I didn’t eat much breakfast this morning…"

Lu Xiaoyao lowered her head, avoiding the other girl's gaze. She saw the candies on her desk and found an excuse, unwrapping one and popping it into her mouth.

"Ah, right. Aunt Sheila was home today, which probably affected your appetite."

Sheila was Hu Yue's name in the game.

Lu Xiaoyao was slightly stunned. Because she was playing a random character, many of the details were unclear. All Lu Xiaoyao knew was that the woman Hu Yue was playing was her stepmother.

Hearing what the other girl said, and considering her relationship with Hu Yue, it made sense that the stepdaughter and stepmother didn’t get along.

So Lu Xiaoyao nodded, going along with Mona’s words, and said, "Yeah, every time I see her, I feel like my dad has been stolen."

"Right? I think so too~"

Lu Xiaoyao didn't know what she said that hit a nerve, but she suddenly felt Mona pounce on her. Before she could even react, Mona was hugging her arm, and her scalp instantly went numb!

Back! Back! Back!

No touching! No boss touching!

Someone, save her!

At this moment, Ming Mei, seeing the sudden change in Lu Xiaoyao's expression, really wanted to say, "What goes around comes around."

She, a socialphobe, had been pestered by Lu Xiaoyao in the same way.

Although they eventually became good friends.

But Lu Xiaoyao and Mona, that was… uncertain →_→.

"Alright, I should close up now." After watching what happened to Lu Xiaoyao before class, Ming Mei decided to close the door and wander around, hoping to find some surprises.

However, just as she was about to leave, she received a delivery call for fifty hot dogs to a securities company.

"Seriously? Shouldn't a random character be lazing around in a corner where the protagonists aren't?"

Ming Mei wrote down the address with some skepticism. Then she got busy again, but before that, she learned her lesson and hung up the "Closed" sign on the door.

After packing the fifty hot dogs and carrying them out of the store, Ming Mei looked at the pink scooter by the door, and a strange sense of familiarity swept over her.

Riding it felt even more familiar. Having played a delivery person before, she delivered the food to the given address with lightning speed!

So fast that she delivered the goods in five minutes, and then got pulled over by the traffic police for not wearing a helmet and spent half an hour getting lectured and losing points ＿(：3」∠)_

"So, this world is ridiculously realistic." Ming Mei was a bit dazed by these trivial details…

[Because of the boss’s awakening, as her range of activity increases, the world line, including various details, in the places she passes through is autonomously being perfected, trying to conform to reality as much as possible.]

"She’s a student… range of activity…"

Ming Mei stopped her little scooter and confirmed that she was heading in the opposite direction from where Lu Xiaoyao lived. If what Ghostie said was true, Mona's passing through here was the reason why everything along this road was so real.

Ming Mei glanced around. This area was considered the business center of this world. There were no cram schools, hobby classes, shopping malls, or food streets. The surrounding area was filled with business towers, and the people coming and going were all supposed to be financial elites. Ming Mei couldn't figure out why Mona would be here.

Before Ming Mei could finish analyzing, she suddenly saw two familiar figures not far away.

It was Zhen Hu and Julian.

The two were also pleasantly surprised when they saw Ming Mei. As they walked closer and saw the two insulated delivery boxes in Ming Mei’s hands, they exclaimed in surprise, "So you're the one who runs the hot dog shop I ordered from?"

"Huh? You guys ordered the hot dogs?"

Ming Mei looked at the well-tailored suits the two were wearing and silently asked, "Ordering hot dogs instead of steak?"

Could it be that she misjudged them and they weren't doing so well?

"No, no, no, my management team is all young people, and they wanted to eat fast food, so I ordered it for them."

Zhen Hu smiled sheepishly, helping Ming Mei take the hot dogs. He looked at Ming Mei and asked uncertainly, "Are you… a boxed lunch seller?"

"I'm Ming Mei."

Ming Mei suddenly felt that being a player was great, having a name and a surname.

"I got the role of a hot dog shop owner next to the school in this game."

Ming Mei introduced herself and asked about them.

Ming Mei knew Julian's situation roughly, but she had to pretend not to know and listen for a bit.

Clearly, Julian didn't seem to know about Lu Xiaoyao's situation yet, so he was very aware of his role as a random passerby.

He was even worried that his character seemed to be a 996 office worker. How would he have time to find the hidden Zerg?

On the other hand, when Zhen Hu heard what Ming Mei said, his face instantly fell.

He had been in crazy work mode since the beginning of the game and hadn’t had anyone to complain to until he came out to get some air while ordering lunch for his subordinates and ran into Julian, who was also taking a break.

Actually, they had only met shortly before Ming Mei arrived.

Therefore, Julian didn't know what Zhen Hu's role was like, but his expression was telling.

"I… my character seems to be the boss's dad in this world."

Ming Mei: ??

Julian: ???

What did they just hear?

"Um…" Ming Mei accepted what Zhen Hu said surprisingly quickly. She raised her eyes and stared straight at Zhen Hu, saying, "I remember… it’s not the first time you’ve been a dad to someone, right? You should be familiar with it?"

Zhen Hu, unmarried, single, yet feeling like a dad: ??