"From now on, your brother-in-law will always be your brother-in-law. We will always be one family, and you can live the lives you desire. Zhimeng, your online presence, and Zhiwen, your dream of becoming an actress. As for Zhitang and Zhiyuan, although you are still young, your futures are already destined for lives that countless women dream of!"
"Mom, why are you telling my sisters this?" Leng Zhiruo stamped her foot, saying shyly.
"Silly child, Mom is saying this for you too. I know you like your brother-in-law, but you've also made sacrifices. If I don't bring this up, how will your sisters appreciate the sacrifices you've made in the future? Mom doesn't want to see any entanglements between you sisters later on, so I'm clarifying these things for you now. You'll understand Mom's wisdom later!"
The mother-in-law, Zhang Yali, said proudly, "Alright, all of you, say thank you to your sister Zhiruo. In the future, you sisters must support each other and help your sister Zhiruo keep an eye on and hold onto your brother-in-law. Make sure no other woman sneaks in. A good man like your brother-in-law, who can earn money and is kind-hearted, is nowhere to be found in the entire city of Wenzhou!"
"Remember, only if your sister Zhiruo's position is stable, can your futures also be stable and happy..." these words kept echoing in Leng Zhiwen's ears.
"Clearly, I was here first!" Leng Zhiwen muttered to herself.
"What? Zhiwen, what did you say?" Huang He asked. Leng Zhiwen immediately shut her mouth, knowing that the taxi had arrived at the internet café. Huang He led Leng Zhiwen inside.
"Where do you want to go?" Huang He asked tentatively.
"Just in the lobby!" Leng Zhiwen said.
"Oh!" Huang He nodded, pondering in his heart, "It seems Zhiwen knows there are private rooms besides the lobby. Then the person that night..."
Huang He dared not think about it, the more he thought, the more scared he became.
"Boss Huang, long time no see. I heard your business is getting bigger and bigger. The whole city of Wenzhou is singing your praises. You are already the richest boss in Wenzhou, our Wenzhou's number one tycoon!!" The internet café owner saw Huang He arrive again and said with some excitement.
"What tycoon? I think it's negative, I still owe the bank who knows how many billions!" Huang He quickly replied.
"You're really joking. Everyone knows your blind boxes are making a fortune every day. My mother doesn't buy rice from the grain store anymore. She specifically goes to your store to buy blind boxes, saying that not only is it cheaper than the rice store, but she might also get dozens of catties of beef and lamb back. It's a huge profit!" the boss said with a chuckle.
"Not at all, not at all!" Huang He smiled, and at this moment, the boss finally saw Leng Zhiwen behind Huang He, and his expression instantly showed a hint of surprise, but also a lewd smile.
"Boss Huang, my private room is still empty. Shall I open it for you right away?" the boss said slyly.
"No need, we'll stay in the lobby today!" Huang He quickly said. The boss looked at Huang He with some confusion, then at the crowded internet café lobby, and muttered to himself, "This Boss Huang won't be playing that big, right here in the lobby..."
Although he was a little scared, the boss dared not disobey Boss Huang's wishes and obediently opened two adjacent computer terminals for Boss Huang.
Well, the boss also thoughtfully provided two brand new mouse and keyboard sets, mousepads, and even brought two new chairs to replace them for Huang He and Leng Zhiwen.
"Boss, we want new ones too!" Several people nearby immediately shouted.
"This is our super member, who topped up thousands of yuan in one go. If you can top up ten thousand, I'll also specially replace them with new ones for you!" the boss said. The surrounding people immediately shut up.
"What game do you want to play? If they have absolutely no computer experience, I suggest playing some simpler games, like Super Mario!" Huang He suggested.
"I want to check out QQ," Leng Zhiwen said. "Speaking of which, I don't even have a QQ account yet!"
"Okay, I'll create one for you!" Saying that, Huang He began to hand-hold Leng Zhiwen in creating a QQ account.
"You create one first. Tomorrow I'll go back to the company and bind your account to a five-digit QQ number. Unlike now, it's only eight digits!" Huang He said with some regret.
Although QQ registration doesn't require a QQ number, each account is assigned a default QQ number. When the QQ number reaches 8 digits, it signifies that QQ has reached tens of millions of users.
"Only five digits? Can't my brother-in-law give me a two-digit one?" Leng Zhiwen frowned.
"It's no problem to give you one, but two-digit QQ numbers are particularly troublesome. If you actually get one, you probably won't want to use it!" Huang He said.
"Why?"
"Because there are only 89 two-digit QQ numbers in total, and when many newcomers add friends, some people particularly like to try adding short numbers to see who is behind them. Therefore, every two-digit QQ number receives hundreds or thousands of friend requests every day. If you actually use it, you'll probably be overwhelmed by countless friend messages."
"It's really a torment to use such a QQ number. My QQ is also a five-digit one!" Huang He said.
"Then what's your QQ number?" Leng Zhiwen asked.
"30001," Huang He replied.
"Then tomorrow when you go back to the company, change my QQ number to 30002. That shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" Leng Zhiwen said.
"Uh, 30002 belongs to Zhimeng," Huang He said weakly.
"Then 30000."
"30000 belongs to Zhiruo..."
"30003 is acceptable!"
"No, 30003 belongs to Mom. When QQ was just created, Zhimeng created a QQ for Mom. Zhiruo's was also created at that time. If Zhitang and Zhiyuan weren't too young and Mom hadn't stopped them from touching computers, they would have occupied 30004 and 30005."
"Why don't I know about this? Why didn't Zhimeng ask me?" Leng Zhiwen became somewhat angry.
"Well, I remember Zhimeng asked you in person back then, during our meal together. But you very decisively said you weren't interested, so Zhimeng didn't bother you further!" Huang He said.
"Then I don't want a five-digit number. I want a six-digit number. Can you give me 300001?" Leng Zhiwen said in utter despair.
"I think you should still take 30004, because six-digit numbers are publicly registered QQ numbers. All six-digit QQ numbers have already been snatched up. I can't give you 300001!" Huang He said with a wry smile.
"Why am I so unlucky? Clearly, I was here first, but even for QQ numbers, I'm ranked last!" Leng Zhiwen was so angry she slumped onto the table, seemingly about to cry.
"Zhiwen, you've been acting very strangely today. Do you have something on your mind, or a secret?" Huang He took a deep breath and said, "If you trust your brother-in-law, whatever secret it is, you can tell me. I promise, I will definitely provide a responsible solution for you!"
"How will you responsibly solve it? My dear brother-in-law!!" Leng Zhiwen almost gritted her teeth as she questioned him on the word "brother-in-law." Coupled with this happy internet café and the strangely behaving owner, Huang He had almost guessed the truth of the matter.
"You can punish me however you want!" Huang He gritted his teeth and said, "Just say the word, and as long as your brother-in-law can do it..."
"Shut up, you can't do it, and I don't need you to. I was the foolish one. If I had stabbed you once, we would be clear of each other!" Leng Zhiwen said, and two tears rolled down her eyes.
"..."
Silence. The entire lobby of the internet café seemed to fall into silence at this moment. After an unknown period of time, Leng Zhiwen finally spoke, "Huang He, do you think we two have no fate at all? I was the first to see you, and that night was me too. But in the end, both my older sisters got ahead of me. Do you think we are the two most fate-challenged people in the world?"
"Two older sisters? Zhiqing and Zhiruo? What does that mean?" Huang He's mind raced, but he couldn't figure out what was going on. After all, this seemed to involve the story of the real Huang He from a few years ago, but the current Huang He couldn't recall those things at all.
"I let go once, and now I'm going to let go a second time!" Tears welled up in Leng Zhiwen's eyes. "Huang He, we truly have no fate, right?"
"I don't know..." Huang He truly didn't know.
"Alright, then I'll test it again today!" Leng Zhiwen wiped her tears and then said with a cold smile, "I heard that you and Zhimeng started a bottle-drifting game. Well, I'll throw a bottle now, and you throw a bottle at the same time. Let's see if we can pick up each other's bottles. This way, we'll know if we really have fate!"
"Okay!" Seeing Leng Zhiwen's attitude, Huang He knew he absolutely could not refuse, otherwise, things would truly explode.
Thus, under Huang He's guidance, he helped Leng Zhiwen activate the bottle-drifting function. Leng Zhiwen wrote only a question mark on a piece of paper and put it into the bottle.
"Let's throw them together!" Leng Zhiwen said.
"Okay!" Huang He nodded, then wrote a question mark on his own bottle, preparing to throw it into the sea.
"One," Leng Zhiwen counted.
"Two!" Huang He followed.
"Three!" Both of them threw their bottles.
[ps: This book's first destiny vote: Readers, you are the gods of this world. You can decide whether Huang He and Leng Zhiwen can pick up each other's bottles. You can vote in the 'comment section' of this chapter. Reply with 1 to indicate they pick up the bottle, and 2 to indicate they miss the opportunity. Each ID can only reply once. Replies other than 1 and 2 are invalid. Votes are valid on Qidian and QQ Reading platforms and will close on August 1st at 12:00 PM, as I need to see the results to write the next chapter.]