Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1358 - 1257: Playing Unconventionally

"How would I know? This is my dad’s ID, you dare not add it and see!"

The transmission through the drizzling rain was full of warnings, and she reiterated uneasily, "This is my political mission, if you don’t add me, I won’t be able to complete my assignment, did you hear that?"

"Alright, alright, as soon as I’m done with this mission, I’ll definitely add you!"

Su Ran closed the chat box after speaking and muttered to himself, wondering what Yu Jing’s dad would want with him. So strange!

Could it be...

Did Yu Jing leak her own identity?

Impossible, if it had been leaked, there would be no point in adding me as a friend; they would go straight to my family instead. Why would they use such roundabout tactics?

The horrifying thought had just surfaced in Su Ran’s mind when he immediately dismissed it. As for what trouble Yu Jing’s dad could stir up, one question would reveal all.

"Damn! Why did it refresh so quickly!"

Before Su Ran could pick up all the equipments on the ground, the system had already forcibly reclaimed them, leaving behind only the bare ground, a sight of utter desolation.

"Seriously, they could at least let me finish collecting the equipments before telling me. What a waste!"

Su Ran was somewhat annoyed, but the equipments on the ground were just some common store items, unexpected windfalls that one couldn’t insist on.

Heaving a sigh, Su Ran obediently added his future father-in-law as a friend.

"Su Ran, what an excellent strategy, using two identities to play everyone around, impressive."

As soon as he added him, Father Lin delivered a blow to Su Ran, revealing his real-life identity.

What?

Like a bolt from the blue, the revelation exploded over Su Ran’s head, causing his ears to buzz and his head to spin.

Then, Su Ran regained his composure, pinning all his hopes on Yu Jing, that as long as she didn’t speak, no one could possibly know the secret of his identity!

He checked Yu Jing’s character and saw that she wasn’t online; Su Ran felt a chill in his heart. But then, he recalled the tone in which Drizzling Rain had spoken to him earlier, which didn’t sound like someone who knew his secret. That could only mean one thing: this middle-aged man was bluffing!

If he wasn’t psychologically strong, such suspicious words might have already made him collapse, right?

Such strong mental tactics!

He came at me with an offensive move and nearly threw me off my game, truly insidious!

Thankfully, neither of his daughters are like him, or he’d truly be unmanageable...

"Su Ran, why aren’t you speaking? I need an explanation from you!"

Since Su Ran remained silent, Father Lin felt even more certain that his conjecture was correct and pressed him to admit it verbally.

"Bro, can you stop nagging? You’ve already messed up my mission, a hidden task I managed to pick up, and now, what a waste of an opportunity! If it wasn’t out of respect for the fact that you’re Drizzling Rain’s dad, a friend of the guild leader, I wouldn’t bother with you!"

Su Ran’s ability to blabber on casually had reached new heights of proficiency, his tone so natural it would be impossible to tell he was lying.

There was no other choice, for survival in this game meant mastering the art of concealing one’s identity.

"Big bro? You brat, do you not know who I am?"

Caught off guard by Su Ran’s counter, Father Lin was momentarily stunned, his prepared arguments rendered useless.

"You’re quite the character. Why should I care who you are? Can you give me money to spend or what? Speak up if you have something to say, or buzz off! I’m still busy with my mission!"

Su Ran took control of the conversation, the only way to avoid being put on the defensive during a dialogue.

"Heh, Su Family kid, you think you can fool anyone with these tricks?"

Father Lin had grappled with society for decades, so how could he not understand Su Ran’s intentions? He let out a laugh that carried a deeper meaning, intending to continue speaking, but to his surprise, he discovered that he had been blocked.

Damn it!

Right then, Father Lin really wanted to curse with a "MMP." It was the first time someone had dared to treat him like this, and it was certainly infuriating!

However, Su Ran’s unusual move made Father Lin doubt his own intuition. If the real identity behind Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained was indeed Su Ran, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to do such a thing. Could it be... he was wrong?

"Cough cough, Tingting, ask Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained to add me as a friend again."

When Father Lin said this, his former dominance was gone. He felt somewhat unable to save face, but he had to clear things up for that matter.

"Ah? Dad, Spilt Water didn’t add you?"

As soon as Yu Jing finished speaking, she realized what had happened and asked with an odd expression, "Dad, did he block you?"

"That little rascal has no manners at all. Tell him to add me back."

Father Lin’s face was dark the whole time. It was the first time he had lost face in front of his daughter like this, but thankfully it was just a game, which didn’t affect his real-life image too much.

"Pffhahaha, Dad, you actually got shut down by him, that’s so hilari-... I mean, I was just expressing my emotions just now, father, please don’t take offense."

Yu Jing took a deep breath and tried to calm down before continuing, "I’ll get the task done; don’t worry."

...

"You dare act high and mighty in the game too? Serves you right to be blocked!"

Su Ran didn’t feel it was a big deal at all. He had completely immersed himself in the character of Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained. If anyone was to blame, it was Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained, not him personally. It was because of this thinking that he dared to act this way.

"Ding ding."

The friend notification rang out, and Su Ran didn’t need to guess to know it was from Yu Jing.

"Huh?"

To his surprise, the message he received was from Qing Qi, whom he had met not too long ago.

"Are you there?"

"Here."

Only then did Su Ran realize that hiding all his character information had a downside too; his friends couldn’t tell if he was online and would start with some unproductive remarks every time.

"The martial arts tournament is over, when are you going to take me to Elf Forest?"

"I’ll get you some unbound Teleportation Scrolls, you can fly over yourself. Don’t rush; I’ll let you know when I have them."

"Are you sure you’re not just stringing me along? You can’t find those kinds of Teleportation Scrolls on the market!"

"Don’t worry, I’m tight with the Elf Queen. I’ll just ask her for some, and it’s a sure thing!"

"That won’t do, you have to come with me. It’s good to have someone you know in a strange map, you can’t possibly refuse this small favor, can you?"

"Let’s talk about it when I’m done with my current tasks."

It wasn’t hard to tell from Qing Qi’s reply that she was eager to head to Elf Forest, wanting to set off right that moment. Unfortunately, bro here didn’t have the time – too many things to deal with and the big smoker was still trapped in Celestial Realm. As for something minor like finding the way, it could wait.

As expected, before he could close the chat window, a message from Yu Jing came through quickly. When he opened it, he couldn’t help but laugh.

"Spilt Water, you’re the first guy to ever make my dad back down, nicely done!"

"What you mean? From the way you talk, I did the right thing blocking your dad? In that case, I might as well block him for good and let him try to boss me around again!"

"No, don’t do that. If you did, your sister here would have no more good days. Just add him back and see what he really wants to say, and remember to update me."

"You Xiao, I’m starting to seriously doubt if you’re really his biological daughter. Your neighbors are the Wangs, right?"