Chapter 99: It’s Actually Her Alt Account?!
After they finished talking, they happened to arrive downstairs at Lin Muqing’s home. She went upstairs by herself to change clothes and take off her jade pendant. When she came back down and stood in front of her good buddy again, she suddenly remembered something.
In the game, she seemed to have added her good buddy as a friend. After all, she hadn’t known before that he also played the same game.
So, on the way to the cafe, Lin Muqing told her good buddy directly where to send the outfit in the game.
“Is this your account?”
“Yep!”
“You sure?”
“Of course! Why, is something wrong?”
The two of them were sitting together in the back seat of a car. Ye Ziming looked at the QQ account she gave and couldn’t help frowning a bit. His expression changed slightly.
Because this QQ account was clearly not the same as the one used by that online friend, which meant this wasn’t the same account.
He quickly checked on his phone and found out that the last time this account logged in was at the end of last month, during summer vacation. Thinking about this, he turned to look at Lin Muqing. Her big almond-shaped eyes blinked at him, clearly confused.
“Your last login was during summer break?”
Ye Ziming squinted slightly and asked, with a suspicious tone in his voice.
He had spent all that time thinking and guessing that his online friend was Lin Muqing. But now this account didn’t match, and it was throwing him off. He stared at her, trying to find any signs she was lying, but couldn’t see anything, she wasn’t lying.
“Yeah, I told you already, I’m not playing it anymore.”
Lin Muqing answered like it was totally normal, because she was telling the truth.
During summer vacation, she had more free time, so she tried playing two accounts at once. Both accounts were low-level and not very developed. But once school started, she dropped one and just played the other.
So basically, nothing wrong here.
At this point, Ye Ziming suddenly felt awkward and started doubting his own theory. Looking at Lin Muqing’s innocent expression, he didn’t know what to say. Could he really have been wrong all along?
In that game, outfits couldn’t be traded between accounts, so it wasn’t like she could transfer something from one account to another.
“Is something wrong?”
She blinked and tilted her head slightly, asking in confusion.
Although Ye Ziming hadn’t said anything, Lin Muqing could tell something was bothering him just from the little expressions on his face, like how he slightly frowned or how his eyes looked kind of serious. Anyway, she could read him that well.
“It’s nothing. Just make sure you check your in-game mail tonight.”
He quickly pushed his thoughts aside, smiled at her, and gave her a gentle reminder.
“Got it!”
When she saw him smile, she smiled too and nodded happily, super excited about the outfit she was about to get.
She didn’t say what her main account was, and the reason was simple, she didn’t want to be that embarrassed.
That account was filled with anime-related stuff from head to toe, even her QQ profile and posts were all filled with it.
So, after thinking it over, she decided it was better to keep real life and online life separate. That way, she could still act freely and have fun online.
“Boss, I’m heading to work now~”
After taking the car to the cafe, she and her good friend went in through the back door. They split up in front of the office. Saying hi to the boss before getting to work had already become a habit.
Then each went to do their own thing. Ye Ziming had his own job to do, while she had to learn how to do makeup and also bake cookies to prepare for tomorrow. Following the suggestion her friend gave last time, she used less sugar this time so the cookies would taste a bit lighter.
But the chef uncle told her not to use too little sugar, or it would affect the color and texture of the final cookies.
“Ohhh, I see!”
While listening to the chef uncle’s little tips, Lin Muqing took out her notebook and wrote everything down. These were all really useful tips. To help keep the cookies fresh, she also prepared airtight containers and a few packets of desiccant she had collected.
That way, she wouldn’t have to worry about the cookies getting soft from moisture, which could affect the gift she wanted to give tomorrow.
There was another issue, when she went out tomorrow, she might run into people she knew. So she planned to ask Sister Yu for help. After hearing the idea, Sister Yu originally wanted to teach her a simple method and let Lin Muqing do it herself the next day. But after seeing her clumsy attempts, she gave up on that idea. It was just too painful to watch.
“I’ll be here all day tomorrow. Just come over then,” Sister Yu said.
“Okay, got it!”
She nodded in agreement. After that, she stayed in the break room and studied for quite a while. Then came the time to go home after work.
To get ready for the weekend trip, Lin Muqing had spent a lot of time preparing. Now, she was actually starting to look forward to it. This would be her first time going to an amusement park with people her age. In the past, she had only gone with her parents.
“Boss, see you tomorrow!”
Just like always, her good friend drove her downstairs, waved goodbye, and she got out of the car to go home.
Watching Lin Muqing leave, Ye Ziming sat in the car looking a bit serious. He felt like Lin Muqing was the same person as that online friend, but he had no proof. How could he find proof? He hadn’t figured that out yet.
Asking directly wouldn’t work, that would be like exposing himself.
After thinking about it, he decided to just buy two sets of the outfit, one for the "Mumu-chan" account and one for Lin Muqing. A simple solution. Money wasn’t really a problem anyway.
Meanwhile, after Lin Muqing got home, the first thing she did was turn on her computer and log into the game.
She wasn’t planning to play right away, but she wanted to get ready in case that message came in. After logging in, she got busy with her real-life stuff, like taking a shower, doing homework, and doing chores.
[Lin Muqing: Wahhh, thank you, boss!]
It wasn’t too early or too late. She guessed that her good friend had probably taken a shower after getting home, then logged in and sent her the mail. So as soon as she got the in-game mail, she quickly grabbed her phone and sent him a message.
[Boss: As long as you like it.]
Faced with all the excited emoji she sent, Ye Ziming only replied with one calm sentence. He didn’t show much emotion. But Lin Muqing didn’t mind, that was just how he was. He liked to keep things short and simple. Totally normal.
[Lin Muqing: Okay! I’m gonna go do homework now~]
After sending that message, she threw in a few more emojis, then turned off her phone and got back to doing homework. Of course, before starting, she had to really take a good look at the new outfit.
She looked at it from every angle, even the “special” camera angles she saw online, also jokingly called the “gentleman’s view.”
“Wahhh, it really is just like people said online… Blue and white striped panties!”