Volume 3, Chapter 70 – The “Thief” Who Stole Socks

Anran knew nothing at all about the conversation between Sandi and Heloise.

After Sandi’s figure had completely disappeared into the distance, Anran, still crouching on the ground, finally gave out.

She could not let Sandi see that she was already at her limit.

And now, with the strength supporting her body suddenly gone, Anran’s body went limp and she fell backward.

I’m probably going to hit the ground hard. Just don’t crack my head open.

That was what Anran was thinking when she suddenly realized her head had landed against two soft mounds.

“Are you okay?!” It was Li Zhuying’s voice.

Anran looked up and found some unreadable light in Li Zhuying’s eyes.

So tired.

Anran felt dizzy and lightheaded. All the strength in her body was draining away, and together with the pain from her ankle, she gradually lost consciousness.

“Hey, hey—”

That was the last thing she heard by her ear.

Still, even if the scale was not especially magnificent, they really were soft.

Out…

…

Anran only heard about what happened afterward from Feilian.

This mission had gone fairly well.

They had successfully eliminated nearly thirty Morningstar Resistance members. Apart from Yajin’s squad, the losses of the other squads were still within an acceptable range.

Of course, if Sandi had not appeared here completely outside their expectations, Yajin would not have ended up so miserable.

Every member of his squad was wiped out except for him, the captain. Even he, after being sent to the hospital, was only barely saved after suffering heavy blood loss and multiple injuries.

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Now that he was laid up in a hospital bed, it would take months for him to recover.

Even if he did recover, Yajin, who relied on strength and quick reactions, would be greatly weakened.

After evaluation from higher up, Yajin’s squad was directly stripped of its ranking. Following the rule of replacing the lowest-ranked team, Nine Songs quickly brought in a brand-new squad from elsewhere.

And so, before the new rankings arrived, Feilian’s squad automatically moved up to eighth place, one step closer to the top five.

It was truly hard not to sigh over it.

“I hadn’t even made a move yet, and Yajin already went GG. What a pity,” Daogu sighed at length from the sofa with a gun in his arms, looking deeply grieved.

“Look at you getting smug.” Anna could not stand it anymore. “If you’d been the one fighting, you’d be the one lying in that hospital bed now. With bad luck, you might already be buried.”

“…”

Noisy as they were, everyone was still very happy to see Yajin go GG.

…

Anran forced her eyes open. The first thing she saw was a glaring white light.

She squinted and took quite a while to adjust before finally recovering a bit.

The small lamp overhead looked familiar. Then Anran tilted her head and immediately saw a familiar side profile filling her entire view.

Hm?

So it was Aila.

Her silvery-white hair was scattered beside the pillow, and Aila was currently in sleep mode.

Anran distinctly remembered that she had still been carrying out the mission earlier, so how had she ended up back home again?

She was a little hungry, a little weak, and her ankle still ached faintly.

So it wasn’t a dream.

Lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling for a moment, Anran struggled to sit up.

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That tiny movement immediately woke Aila.

“Anran, are you okay now?” Aila sprang up very briskly.

“Mm.” Anran nodded.

Her clothes had already been changed into pajamas, her white over-the-knee socks had also been taken off, that pair of mechanical footgear was standing firmly in the corner by the wall, and the hat she wore most often was hanging from a hook.

The time was a little past ten in the morning.

Everything was just like waking up in the morning.

“Aila, was it you who changed my clothes?” Anran asked.

But Aila shook her head. “It wasn’t Aila. It was a woman named Li Zhuying!”

The moment Li Zhuying was mentioned, Aila’s tone suddenly turned indignant. “That woman is absolutely awful!”

“When she was changing Anran’s clothes, she actually wanted to chase me out. If she weren’t Anran’s teammate, I would have thrown her out directly!” Aila waved her little fist.

“…”

Somehow, one step in that whole process felt a little off, Anran thought.

“Where’s Li Zhuying?”

“I already drove her away!” Aila smiled. “That person is really awful. She actually wanted to steal Anran’s socks. Luckily I stopped her!”

As if asking for praise, Aila took out the white over-the-knee socks Anran had been wearing earlier from the stool behind her.

“…”

Anran finally realized what had felt wrong.

That pervert Li Zhuying was not trying to take advantage of her while she was unconscious, was she?

After all, stealing socks…

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That was not something a normal person would do!

Anyone who changed her clothes and tried to steal her socks had to be a pervert. Otherwise Anran would take her surname.

Anran added Li Zhuying to her little blacklist.

This person requires vigilance.

She had the pure appearance of a literary young woman, but in truth she was a pervert who liked reading erotic novels, wrote erotic novels herself, and even stole other people’s socks for suspicious purposes.

“Aila, you did exactly the right thing!” Anran said, patting her on the head. “You can’t be polite to weird people like that!”

She took her socks from Aila’s hands. “Have you eaten breakfast yet?”

“Not yet.” Aila shook her head.

“I’ll treat you to a big meal!”

Anran said this as she casually tossed her socks into the washing machine.

This mission had gone very smoothly. Besides the EXP reward, Nine Songs would definitely hand out a batch of supplies too, including some money. It should be fine to splurge once in a while.

Anran did not hurry to check her gains.

After patiently preparing breakfast for Aila, she went out nearby to buy something for herself to eat.

Once all that was done, Aila was about to head out to manage 777.

Before leaving, Aila suddenly turned back and asked, “Anran, why did Li Zhuying want to take your socks? Is she so poor that she can’t even afford socks?”

“Emmm… well…”

The scene instantly fell into an awkward stalemate.

Come to think of it, what could Li Zhuying even do with my socks if she took them home?

Anran sank into thought.

After all, Li Zhuying was also a girl.

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As an ultra-realistic game, Night of the Stars did not allow people to play cross-gender accounts.

Race could change, and appearance could be adjusted slightly, but sex was fixed.

Unless Li Zhuying was actually a cross-dressing guy!

Anran shuddered.

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it felt.

Now that she thought of it, what sex had been shown on Li Zhuying’s status panel? Anran could not remember.

“I don’t know either,” Anran could only answer like that.

“Oh.” Looking curious, Aila left.

Sitting on the bed, Anran thought for quite a while before finally reining in her thoughts.

First, she checked the rewards from this mission.

Mission [Siege on the Morningstar Stronghold] completed.

Base reward: 10,000 EXP, Nine Songs Bronze Medal.

Killed 8 Morningstar Resistance members. Additional reward: 4,000 EXP.

Current Free EXP: 52,900.

Nine Songs Bronze Medal: One of the government-side faction medals of No. 1886, a symbol of honor.

Strength +3, Endurance +3, Spirit +3.

After glancing at her stats, Anran immediately beamed with delight. Morningstar really was a walking treasure vault.

Anran felt that if she carried out a few more missions, then in the eyes of the players, she would fully deserve the title of an “elite monster.”

Still, this time she had effectively exposed her strength in front of Morningstar, so she would have to be even more careful in the future.