Restricted Fantasy Invasion

Chapter 40

Tong Yingtong:

"I fell asleep last night, what's up?" Sitting in that understated yet luxurious black electric car by the door, Yan Huan, enjoying the air conditioning, looked at the plane messages on his phone, pondering the possibility that Tong Yingtong possessed the fourth modifier.

It was originally a very reasonable explanation, but no matter how he looked at it, Yan Huan just felt something was off.

Because this message was sent by Tong Yingtong at 8:28 in the morning.

Given Tong Yingtong's day-and-night-reversed schedule, unless she'd pulled an all-nighter, there was no way she'd be messaging him this early.

Yet she claimed she fell asleep last night and didn't see the message?

What exactly was she up to last night?

"Such a normal sleep schedule, that's really rare."

"Kids are always fussing over rare things."

Well, her way of speaking was still the same as before.

Yan Huan sent a speechless emoji over and didn't reply any further.

As for Bai Yi-

He opened Bai Yi's chat window again, looking at their conversation from this morning,

"Are you Bai Yi?"

And followed up with a kitty emoji.

"Yes~"

The reply Yan Huan got was a chibi-style little girl emoji, nodding cutely.

After that, came her actual words,

"My mom asked me to add your contact, she said if you're coming to Sunday's event, there are internal tickets here."

Then, she sent over a QR code,

"Just show this to them at the time, you won't need to wait in line~"

"Thank you so much!"

"It's nothing."

"Good luck going forward, I'll be there in person."

"Okay, thanks for your support~"

Other than that, there was no further conversation.

Inside the car, Meow-chan, wrapped in a yellow scarf, silently appeared on his shoulder. Looking at the messages on his phone, it asked in confusion,

"Didn't you say you were going to pretend to be her music fan before? Is it really okay to send such bland messages, meow?"

It couldn't understand why Yan Huan would just greet her without starting a topic.

Yan Huan didn't look at Meow-chan, since Ye Shiyu was sitting next to him, also looking at her phone, seemingly messaging Ye Lan.

And of course, there was a reason for how he replied to Bai Yi.

"Meow-chan, there are many types of fans. Distance creates beauty-only fans who maintain the right distance from their idols are good fans."

Since he'd acted enthusiastic offline before, it was better to keep things cool online.

"Meow?"

Meow-chan didn't understand at all, and Yan Huan didn't explain further, just turned off his phone.

Meanwhile, beside him, Ye Shiyu's fingers tapped a few times on her screen, also messaging Ye Lan on plane,

"Mom, Xiaohuan is in the car now. I want to invite him to have dinner together tonight."

If things went on like this, when Xiaohuan returned home, she could privately express her welcome, and her mother could conveniently invite him to stay-wouldn't that all work out perfectly?

Her breathing gradually quickened, and the rationality that was supposed to rein in her runaway desires suddenly lashed out in her mind.

Rationality: Ye Shiyu, you're really too shameless. Don't you know what could happen if Xiaohuan stays at home?

Desire: What could happen? It's not like Xiaohuan will lose a piece of flesh. With Mom and Aunt Chen taking care of him, he won't need to work part-time, he can rest well, and won't look so tired. As his sister, taking care of a beloved younger brother is perfectly normal, right?

Rationality: Is that what you call love? You're just lusting after his body, you pervert! Didn't you promise not to use Hypnosis on him again?

Desire: Come on, isn't it a waste not to use such a convenient tool? It was created to fulfill your wishes, wasn't it?

Rationality: Nonsense! That kind of thinking is fundamentally not the right way to interact with people! Ye Shiyu, calm down. You know using Hypnosis on Xiaohuan is wrong, right?

Desire: Besides, Shiyu, think about it-if you don't do this, that Sakuramiya Hitomi Vice President will snatch Xiaohuan away soon, won't she?

Rationality:

Desire: Xiaohuan's sleeping face, Xiaohuan's smile just for you, Xiaohuan's care for you-all of it! Once he's truly with someone else, all of it will vanish into thin air.

Rationality:

Desire: In the end, you're only cared for because of Xiaohuan's kindness to everyone. You're not special at all, he doesn't belong to you. The moment Xiaohuan falls for someone else, you'll be nothing!!

Rationality:

Desire: Just think about it, that Sakuramiya Hitomi dared to talk to you like that before even getting together with Xiaohuan-was her mom bought in bulk or something?

Rationality:

Desire: If you ask me, you should just use Hypnosis to take Xiaohuan for yourself, take him like you take those dolls. He won't have to think about anything, he'll want whatever you want. Isn't that great?

Rationality: I think Desire is right.

Ye Shiyu's struggling rationality completely collapsed the moment she thought of Sakuramiya Hitomi earlier. She'd originally meant to suggest to her mother, "let's eat out."

That way, after dinner, Yan Huan would still have a chance to leave.

But at this point, the message she was about to send was already twisted by her desire into,

"I'll tell Aunt Chen, how about we just eat at home tonight?"

After dinner, Xiaohuan can forget about leaving.

It's a long way from Jinghe District to the southern district at night-if he stays, then-

Wait, didn't Xiaohuan already use Hypnosis once when he fixed my computer on Tuesday?

That means there's only one 15-minute use left this week?

But there's still the whole weekend!

Thinking of this, Ye Shiyu's expression as she looked at her phone turned disgruntled.

If only the number of uses and duration could be longer-

As she thought this, that black mist called desire began to rise again, making Meow-chan, sitting on Yan Huan's shoulder, let out a "meow."

Hearing Meow-chan's voice, Yan Huan turned to look at Ye Shiyu.

Feeling Yan Huan's gaze, the black mist around Ye Shiyu instantly vanished.

She turned to look at Yan Huan too, her blank expression somehow looking adorably dazed, as if silently asking,

"What's wrong, Xiaohuan?"

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Yan Huan glanced at Meow-chan, his eyes saying:

"Meow-chan, don't you think she's acting suspicious?"

"You don't have to think, I think so too, meow."

That was Meow-chan's meaning as it looked back.

Yan Huan smiled slightly and had to take the initiative to ask,

"Sister Shiyu, are we going back to Jinghe District for dinner tonight too?"

Ye Shiyu was just about to nod when the female driver up front, dressed in a suit, suddenly turned her head a little and spoke up,

"Yes, both Shiyu and Yan Huan are in the car."

Someone was calling. The driver was talking on her Bluetooth headset.

"Ah, okay, okay, I got it, Director Ye."

As she spoke, she lightly pressed her left Bluetooth earbud, then turned to Ye Shiyu and Yan Huan and said,

"Director Ye happens to be in the southern district today and was planning to visit Yan Huan anyway. Since you're both in the car, Director Ye said we'll drive to the southern district for dinner."

"Ah, that's great, but I always feel like there's nothing good to eat in the southern district."

Yan Huan said this to Ye Shiyu, and Ye Shiyu opened her mouth but was speechless for a moment,

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Mom?!

Oh right, today is Friday, and Mom is finally free!

When I hadn't returned the clothes before, she kept saying she wanted to see what kind of place Xiaohuan was living in down in the southern district, really concerned about his living situation.

But since Ye Lan had already made arrangements, Ye Shiyu couldn't find any reason to refuse.

There's still a chance-

So, the electric car that was originally heading for Ye Lan's mansion in Jinghe District turned around midway and headed for the southern district instead.

On the way, Yan Huan chatted intermittently with Ye Shiyu, but Ye Shiyu really wasn't good at socializing.

Even when Yan Huan started topics himself, she tried hard to reply, but the conversation would always end after a few sentences.

In the end, they could only play on their phones for a bit.

The big student council group chat was already lively,

"Everyone, I'll introduce you to a few friends from the scene at the game expo on Sunday!"

Yaqiao Mu even sent an anime girl emoji-no idea which game character it was, but the boobs were still jiggling.

The first to reply was Secretary Yuan Lina,

"Sure! It's my first time at this kind of event! Can I go in cosplay?"

"No problem, there are lots of cosplayers there. But there are only two days left, Yuan Lina, do you have time to buy a cosplay outfit?"

"Hehe, I have a good relationship with the school's anime club, so I'll just borrow a few sets from them. What about you guys, do you want to cosplay together?"

She tagged everyone in the group.

Sakuramiya Hitomi: "I'll pass, I don't really know much about this stuff. I'll just take a look when we get there."

Yan Huan: "I think I'll skip it too, there's no character I really want to cosplay."

Ashley: "Hey, did you all seriously not even invite me?! And you're tagging me to cosplay?!"

Yuan Lina sent a 'cracking up' emoji,

"I-I-I-I forgot! I bought two bundled tickets from a scalper. At first, I was going to invite you, because I thought Sakuramiya wouldn't go, but then she actually agreed!"

Sakuramiya usually stays home to take care of her kitten on weekends, so she's generally not interested in these kinds of events.

This silly Yuan Lina probably originally planned to go with Ashley.

She casually invited Sakuramiya Hitomi, but didn't expect her to actually say yes.

Then, she was so giddy about it that she completely forgot about Ashley.

Yan Huan didn't even need to guess to know exactly how her brain works.

Yaqiao Mu sent a black-and-white shocked loli emoji,

"I also bought a bundled ticket from a scalper, gave one to the President."

His phone was filled with these kinds of anime girl reaction images.

At this moment, Sakuramiya Hitomi sent a message,

"Ashley, you should go. I'm not that interested in this stuff, and I thought Yuan Lina had extra tickets, so..."

Ashley also started making excuses,

"Vice President, it's fine, you guys go ahead. I actually have something to do this weekend anyway."

"You're just making excuses! How could you both... Sakuramiya, Ashley! Boohoo! You guys go, I'm not going anymore! You're both just making excuses!!" Yuan Lina, that idiot, actually sent a voice message!!

Ashley: "Are you stupid?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi: "She really is an idiot."

Yan Huan was amused by Yuan Lina and sent a "stop fighting" kitty sticker,

"Sakuramiya, I have an extra ticket for you. Let's all go together."

"President?! Where did you get a ticket?"

"Yeah, it was so hard for all of us to get one! This game expo is super popular, the prices online have been jacked up by scalpers."

Yan Huan thought for a moment and decided to explain,

"A friend gave it to me. Anyway, I have an extra, so the five of us can go together."

"Hehe, awesome, we can cosplay and have fun there~"

"Where should we meet up?"

Looking at Ashley's reply, Yan Huan thought for a bit and said,

"Let's meet near the subway station. Yaqiao Mu and I will take the subway over, and Ashley probably will too, right?"

"Sounds good."

Carefree Yuan Lina was instantly satisfied, Yaqiao Mu also breathed a sigh of relief, and honestly Ashley didn't really care about the ticket.

Only Sakuramiya Hitomi, sitting behind her phone in the student council office, suddenly sat up straight.

She blinked, quickly opened her laptop, and started searching for the price of Linmen Game Expo tickets.

Scalpers had already raised the price of bundled tickets to over two thousand, and now even those were sold out.

Thinking carefully, it was Yaqiao Mu who gave the President the ticket in the office this Wednesday, and her Room Barrier had recorded it perfectly.

The President accepted it at the time, which means he didn't have this extra ticket then.

So, he must have gotten this new ticket in the last two days.

Was it given by Ye Shiyu's sister?

No.

The President is taking the subway, and if Ye Shiyu were going, she'd definitely go with him.

So, who else could have given the President the ticket?

Who else could it be?

She knew the President's every move like the back of her hand.

She knew exactly when he left home, came to school, entered the classroom, went into the student council office, or went to his part-time job-everything!

When did the President suddenly get a new friend who could give him this kind of ticket?

Staring at the computer, Sakuramiya Hitomi opened the security camera footage one by one, following Yan Huan's movements.

Why did a desk get splashed with paint out of nowhere?

Who did it? Who's got such guts?!

Sakuramiya Hitomi frowned, rewinding and reviewing the camera footage, but didn't find a single clue.

She only saw footage of police coming in and leaving the school entrance quickly. Later, she found out from Yuan Lina that they were apparently looking for a student named "Bai Yi."

A supernatural incident?

It was oddly similar to what happened last Friday, when someone drew a turtle on the math teacher's face.

But suddenly, inspiration struck her.

On Monday, when she used the Room Barrier to trap the President and herself, he also suspected something supernatural had happened.

Although the President had forgotten because of the memory correction after leaving the barrier...

Is it possible that the person behind these "supernatural incidents" is someone like herself?

In other words, maybe she isn't so unique-there could very well be others like her, with some kind of superpower!

Sakuramiya Hitomi's heart skipped a beat, and she felt relieved that she'd been careful not to recklessly use her barrier.

That Spencer, who could kick through her barrier in one blow...

The mysterious person who drew on Zhou Bin's face and splashed paint on the President's desk...

Could they all have some kind of superpower?!

And could they be targeting the clueless President?!

At this thought, Sakuramiya Hitomi's breath caught.

Even with her barrier, all she'd done was monitor the President from every angle, trap him with herself to confirm their feelings, and nothing outrageous!

But there's no guarantee others wouldn't do something to the President!

No, I have to protect the President!

At this moment, Sakuramiya Hitomi seemed to have fallen into a kind of "dark forest dilemma."

Her hands moved even faster as she pulled up the camera records, her eyes darting along Yan Huan's activity path.

On Wednesday night, outside the bar where Yan Huan worked part-time, her mouse suddenly stopped.

She saw several police cars, unusually, pull up in the southern district, right in front of the bar.

And Yan Huan was escorting a girl out, handing her over to the police and a middle-aged woman.

As the girl left, she kept looking back at Yan Huan.

Sakuramiya Hitomi was slightly startled, then scrolled the mouse wheel to zoom the camera in closer.

She had bought only the highest-quality cameras, so even at night the image was perfectly clear.

So she clearly saw who that pretty girl was, head down and eyes still glistening with tears...

Sakuramiya Hitomi frowned and narrowed her eyes.

Then, as if to confirm her suspicions, she opened the drawer and took out the ticket Yuan Lina had given her.

In the sunlight, her eyes quickly scanned the list of guest invitees on the back of the ticket.

Finally, she stopped at a certain name in the "VIP section."

"Bai Yi."

Sakuramiya Hitomi murmured the name softly.

Everything suddenly made sense.

She instinctively guessed that the so-called "friend" who gave the President the ticket was Bai Yi.

Sakuramiya Hitomi put down the ticket, fell silent for a moment, then looked at the folder full of camera files.

Then, she tapped the keyboard and created two new folders outside the main one.

One called "Aria Spencer," and one called "Bai Yi."

After that, she dragged both folders into another folder.

This folder was named:

"Key Surveillance Targets."

"Xiaohuan, I haven't seen you in so long! Have you lost weight again?!"

In a spacious private room of a luxury hotel in the southern district, Yan Huan saw Ye Lan, who stood up from the main seat as soon as he entered.

She was dressed in a women's suit, looking both capable and dashing, but as soon as she saw Yan Huan, her expression softened into the same delicate look she'd had a week ago.

Her expressions were even more vivid than her daughter Ye Shiyu's.

"Aunt Ye, we just met last week. How is that a long time?"

Yan Huan smiled helplessly, then spread his arms and looked at himself, saying,

"And not only have I not lost weight, I think I've even gained a little. Maybe it's the clothes-last week's school uniform was just looser."

Ye Lan sized up Yan Huan with a smile. Seeing that Yan Huan still had the same sunny demeanor, she let out a sigh of relief and sat back in the main seat.

In the spacious room, there were only the three of them.

"I was originally planning to go check out the place you're living at tonight, but I didn't expect your sister would actually invite you home for dinner first~"

Yan Huan knew it was Ye Shiyu who had invited him, but he was coming anyway.

The main reason was that he saw her phone light up.

Ye Shiyu sat down, a bit embarrassed as she tidied her black hair, not daring to meet Yan Huan's gaze.

Yan Huan sat down generously, gave Ye Shiyu a smile, and then said,

"Whether it's Auntie or Sister Shiyu inviting me, I'd come all the same."

"Hehe, you really do have a sweet tongue."

Ye Lan covered her mouth and laughed softly.

"But Aunt Ye really shouldn't go see the place I live in. I hardly ever clean, it's a mess like a doghouse, honestly it's pretty embarrassing."

"How could that be? Even boys need to pay attention to cleanliness, you can't be so sloppy. Otherwise, Xiaohuan, what will you do if you want to invite friends over?"

"To be honest, I've never really had any friends in the southern district since I was little."

Yan Huan smiled and was about to speak, but suddenly a petite girl, head lowered, trailing behind him, popped into his mind.

Usually in the afternoons, she would reach out her little hand and grab the back of his shirt, always holding on, showing Yan Huan she was there.

Like she was afraid of getting lost, she would obediently follow right behind him.

And whenever he turned around to look at her, she would instantly blush and quickly pull her hand away from his shirt.

Then, in a soft, sticky voice, she would say to him,

"Xiaohuan, do you want to come play at my house? Mama bought popsicles, she said they're really sweet. I left them in the freezer, didn't eat them-I wanted to eat them with you."

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Thinking of this, Yan Huan was momentarily stunned, and even the words he was about to say stopped in his throat.

"Xiaohuan?"

Ye Lan asked in confusion, pulling Yan Huan's thoughts back to reality.

"Sorry, Aunt Ye."

"What were you thinking about?"

"Oh, just about a friend I used to play really well with back in the orphanage."

Ye Shiyu suddenly looked up, a sharp glint in her eyes as she gazed at Yan Huan.

Ye Lan covered her mouth and asked,

"Eh, childhood friend? Are you still in touch?"

Yan Huan gave a helpless smile and shook his head,

"She moved away from Linmen a long time ago. Maybe I'll never see her again."

Ye Shiyu lowered her head in relief, but Ye Lan cupped her chin regretfully and sighed,

"That's such a shame."

"Yeah, it really is a shame."

(End of this chapter)