Delivery at the Door

"The total bill is 552 yuan. Thank you for your patronage!"

With a "beep" sound as he scanned the QR code, Fu Luo grinned and looked at Lin Yu.

"To be honest, when I first saw you bring me to this food stall, I thought you were just trying to save me money."

"You look quite slim, how come you can eat so much?"

Lin Yu shrugged. "Born that way."

"Really?"

"Of course I'm joking, it's related to my [Item]."

Fu Luo and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "Then I won't ask any more questions..."

It was already evening when Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo, who had been forced to come to Jiang City without even a change of clothes, and took the initiative to ask her what was wrong.

"You don't have a place to stay yet, do you? Would you like to stay at my place for the night?"

Fu Luo looked at Lin Yu with some surprise. "This... this isn't a good idea, is it?"

"What's wrong with that?" Lin Yu said matter-of-factly. "Although we haven't known each other for long, I feel I can trust you."

Lin Yu patted Fu Luo on the shoulder.

Fu Luo nodded, somewhat awkwardly saying, "That's true, brother, but it's a bit cheesy."

"In short, I'll accept it without further ado..."

Lin Yu nodded, and the two walked towards Lin Yu's house.

The location of this food stall was chosen by Lin Yu, so it's not far from his home.

The two walked slowly, one after the other, along the sidewalk under the streetlights.

As soon as he entered the residential area, Lin Yu stopped walking and suddenly spoke to the other person.

"Fu Luo, as I just said, because we are friends, I want to be honest with you about something."

Lin Yu spoke softly, Fu Luo asked in surprise, "Eh, what is it?"

"I must apologize to you. I Deception you when I first met you," Lin Yu said. "I'm not a medical student; I'm studying acting... My 'Profession' isn't 'Doctor' either; I just have the means to use 'Doctor' abilities, like that 'A'yu'."

"I hope you can understand... At that time, I just didn't want my 'special features' to be exposed and attract targeting."

Lin Yu spoke sincerely, as if he were offering a heartfelt Underground passage.

Lin Yu was well aware that Fu Luo had likely known this information for a long time—he had been investigating him all along.

Lin Yu had been gradually mixing and stitching together his false identity as "May May" with his real identity, so it wasn't difficult to find "Lin Yu" by following "May May".

Lin Yu's decision to "confess" at this moment was also purposeful.

Tonight's rescue of Fu Luo from A'yu and the staged "battle against the Heavenly Artisan" were all for the purpose of further strengthening his relationship with Fu Luo.

From business Partner and friends, they became lifelong friends.

Then, through his "honesty," he got Fu Luo to give the answer Lin Yu wanted to hear.

Sure enough, upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Fu Luo, who had completely trusted Lin Yu and was already feeling somewhat guilty, blurted out in a moment of impulsiveness.

"Ahem, actually I have to confess... I've been investigating you too. I'm sorry, Old Lin, I found some information about you a while ago! I'm really sorry, but I absolutely didn't do it on purpose!"

When Lin Yu heard Fu Luo bring up the topic he wanted to hear, he immediately showed surprise.

"What? You're investigating me... why?"

"Besides... how could you possibly have found out my name?" Lin Yu asked, feigning ignorance. "I have a 'master friend' who helps me conceal my identity."

This is Lin Yu's true purpose.

He wanted to know... what Shen Bingmiao had made Fu Luo do.

Although it was just a suspicion at first, Lin Yu is now quite certain that Senior Sister Shen Bingmiao has privately entrusted Fu Luo with some matters.

Just now, when Lin Yu pretended to use Fu Luo a message as "Heavenly Artisan," he was confirming this point—this guy was caught too hastily by A'yu, so he could see the memo interface in the background as soon as he unlocked his phone.

Although the contents had been cleared, Lin Yu could guess...

This is definitely how you communicate with your Senior Sister.

Sure enough, upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Fu Luo's face showed a conflicted expression. "Although I'm not quite sure who the expert you're talking about is, but... if I'm not mistaken, he should be a very skilled 'Player,' whose abilities are related to electronic products... right?"

Fu Luo spoke, Lin Yu nodded slightly. "Yes, it seems we're definitely talking about the same person—what does she want from you? Has she hurt or threatened you?"

"Well," Fu Luo rubbed his nose, "To be honest, it's because I found out your real identity that they contacted me, hoping I could help them with some things...and these things are indeed related to you."

"The 'twenty' message I mentioned today was actually passed on to me by that person," Fu Luo said cautiously. Noticing that his phone in his pocket hadn't vibrated or discharged anything unusual, he simply assumed the other party had agreed to him and Lin Yu sharing these things. "And according to my latest intelligence, he should already be dead in the [Instance]..."

"Dead," Lin Yu said in utter astonishment. "How could this happen...? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because when I notified you, he might not be completely dead yet, and I was afraid that if I told you this, you wouldn't take it seriously," Fu Luo said earnestly. "Some veteran Player have various ways to avoid their first death, transforming themselves into Life Form in Other Worlds to prolong their lives. If they also leave some backup plans, they can even return to this world."

"But now, I can relax," Fu Luo said smugly. "I blocked his escape route back to the Real World —that's why I was caught by 'A'yu' —and this guy is targeting you because he works for 'The Marauders'!"

As he spoke, Fu Luo even took out his phone to show off.

"Look, this is the altar of the Nian family. I've ruined it with all those scrolls!"

Lin Yu had roughly figured it out.

"So, it turns out that Senior Sister secretly contacted Fu Luo to deal with Nian..."

"And unexpectedly, Fu Luo's 'Tier 1' actually served to limit the 'Tier 3'!"

Lin Yu never expected that Nian would have a backup plan to return to the Real World —this was something he hadn't known.

After all, Lin Yu knew that high-level Player had ways to protect themselves because of Old Zheng and his Senior Sister.

However, Old Zheng was indeed trapped on Mist Island, and the Senior Sister was clearly too special, so Lin Yu never expected that Nian also had the possibility of returning to reality.

"Well, it seems I have to thank you too, for helping me eliminate a potentially major hidden danger."

Lin Yu said with a smile.

Fu Luo waved his hand. "It's okay, we're buddies—just treat me to a meal!"

Lin Yu nodded.

Although he felt there were some details in Fu Luo's statement that he seemed to have overlooked, Lin Yu had generally gotten the answer he wanted, so he didn't think about it in detail.

The two arrived at the entrance of the building where Lin Yu lived.

Just then, a voice came from behind.

"May May —wait a moment!"

Lin Yu turned his head and saw a car door open at the entrance of the building, from which two figures he had met once before stepped out.

"Paper Kite" and "Kres" are the obvious choices!