Chapter 98: You guys failed, what a pity

The three toured for nearly an hour before heading back.

Mu Youyu leaned on her wheelchair and asked Mu Xi, "Brother, is Chu Ge's birthday banquet still in Y Guo in a few days?"

Because Lu Yuchu got into Y Guo International Film Academy last year, he spends most of his time there.

Moreover, Lu Yuchu's birthday falls during her summer break, and she is always in Y Guo around this time each year.

So, Lu Yuchu's birthday banquet is basically held in Y Guo every year.

She asked just to confirm; if it were domestically or in another country, she could rush over in advance.

Mu Xi nodded, "Yeah, this time it's also a gathering of his family and close friends; Youbao, if you want to bring any friends, you can bring them."

Lu Yuchu dotes on his only sister, Mu Youyu, and welcomes whoever she brings.

Mu Youyu had brought Lin Ning before.

He added, "However, this time Grandpa deliberately set the banquet venue at the Duke's Mansion banquet hall, saying he wants it to be lively."

Mu Youyu showed she understood, then turned to Jiang Liangjin and asked, "A Jin, how long can you stay here?"

Jiang Liangjin replied without hesitation, "One week."

That timing is just right!

Mu Youyu's eyes lit up, and she lightly poked Jiang Liangjin's arm with her fingertip, saying, "I'll pick you up for Chu Ge's birthday banquet; then we can also see Cen Cen—she just said last night she'd come to Y Guo on Saturday to hang out with me!"

Lu Yuchu's birthday on July 19 happens to be a Saturday.

Jiang Liangjin lowered his gaze to look at her, then placed his hand over the back of her hand that had poked him, saying, "Sure, I'll follow your lead."

He had heard her mention Feng Cen before and knew this person, like Liu Wanwan, was also a friend she met in A City.

Mu Xi noticed their hands overlapped: "……"

The three went out to a few places and wandered until evening before returning home.

After Jiang Liangjin arrived at his place,

he took out his phone, skillfully opened the topmost pinned chat, and replied: 【Youbao, I've arrived】

His fingertip paused on the screen; instead of exiting the chat box, he opened the album.

The newest photo was taken just earlier in the castle garden.

Mu Youyu was squatting in front of a flower bush, her side profile facing the camera, her hair tips lightly lifted by the wind, and she was still holding a freshly plucked petal in her hand.

Youbao: 【A Jin, I've arrived too!】

Jiang Liangjin had just sent his reply when another chat box labeled "Third Uncle" popped up, accompanied by several identical smile emojis.

Third Uncle: 【【smile】【smile】【smile】【smile】】

Third Uncle: 【A Jin, are you bored of playing? The company needs you 【smile】】

Jiang Liangjin typed absentmindedly: 【No, Third Uncle, you said you'd help me manage for a week and can't go back on your word—this is only the third day】

He seemed to think of something, lowered his head, and added friendly: 【Third Uncle, if you ever get bored, remember to message me; I can show you the scenery here】

Leaving other matters aside, he is actually quite busy too.

Being able to find time to send a message to this Third Uncle is already good enough!

Third Uncle: 【How could I be bored 【smile】】

Third Uncle: 【Didn't you say you only needed to make a decision? Why are there piles of documents stacked up almost as tall as me! And why are there so many meetings!】

Jiang Liangjin's lips curled up.

Of course there are more!

Those are the documents he has piled up for nearly a month.

Because when the Special Assistant first submitted them, they said they'd be signed within two months, so he wasn't in a rush to sign.

Normally he just comes to hold meetings and make verbal decisions; he had originally planned to sign slowly after a few days…

Now the deadline is approaching; the Special Assistant is surely urging Third Uncle Jiang Yuan to sign.

As for those meetings…

They're the ones he had postponed several times before, so naturally they've all piled up to now.

Moreover, several of them are international meetings; just adjusting for time zones is already exhausting, so the duration naturally runs longer.

Third Uncle: 【My eyes are about to see flowers, my hands are smoking from signing!】

Jiang Liangjin stared at the few words on the screen, his lips curving, and tapped the keyboard: 【Third Uncle, don't rush; you can wear reading glasses, the file's lower right corner has page numbers marked in red—just sign those first】

After sending, he also added a 【leisure】 emoji pack.

Third Uncle: 【I'm old, not like you young whippersnapper; I can't hold up after just three days, from now on…】

Jiang Liangjin couldn't be bothered to read his long string of words, and typed: 【Oh, the old guy ages fast】

At that moment, a message popped up above: Youbao: 【A Jin, let's play a little game】

He immediately clicked into it, and incidentally crossed out the message Jiang Yuan had sent.

At the Duke's Mansion side.

Mu Youyu saw Jiang Liangjin's game avatar light up, dragged him into the team room, and directly clicked to start the game.

She also turned on the mic in the game.

After the game loading screen, the view switched to a snow‑capped high mountain.

Mu Youyu noticed a new background track had been added—it was a fiery‑type song sung by Lu Yuchu.

The BGM's strong drumbeat mixed with a clear voice, like a campfire burning into the ears.

Listening to it made her blood boil.

She moved the directional keys, humming the melody, and said, "A Jin, you go left, I'll go right… uh‑oh!"

She speechlessly looked at the screen that read, "Your luck is terrible—you got crushed by a stone."

"What the heck! How did the mountain collapse?"

Just as she finished speaking, Jiang Liangjin's low laugh came through the phone earpiece, carrying a soothing tone: "It's fine, I still have a revival medicine in my backpack; I'll send it over right away."

"Okay, be careful."

Mu Youyu watched on-screen as Jiang Liangjin's character, dressed in black martial attire with a long sword at his waist, trudged through the snow toward her fallen character.

Soon after, a bottle of potion flashing with green light landed at her character's feet.

She tapped the potion, and it began to be absorbed.

But just as she was about to finish absorbing the potion, a tiny anonymous character wearing a black mask suddenly darted out from the corner of the screen!

The opponent moved extremely fast; before either could react, they snatched the revival medicine lying on the ground.

Immediately drawing the short dagger at their waist, they viciously stabbed at Jiang Liangjin's character.

They even assassinated Jiang Liangjin's character, causing the swordsman to collapse instantly.

Mu Youyu: "……"

To make matters worse, the anonymous character proceeded to dance a mocking jig beside their corpses, twisting and turning twice.

Mu Youyu: "……"

This mini-game is the official release version of Mu Xi's game.

Previously, she had been playing the beta version.

Although it's become much more polite, ……

Staring at the screen, a black little figure popped up after the defeat, dancing contemptuously, alongside the black bold text reading "You guys lost, what a pity".

Accompanied by bleak background music.

Mu Youyu fell completely silent; only her faint breathing could be heard through the earpiece.

After a few seconds, she managed to blurt out: "I'm not playing anymore! This little game my second brother made—how is level ten getting darker and darker!"

Jiang Liangjin's laughter still lingered in the earpiece; hearing her angry words, his smile softened a bit: "I'm not upset—it's just that this level's design is too tricky."

Still, the pose when collapsing is pretty amusing.

First there's a twitch, then they fall.

Mu Youyu agreed, clicked to try again, and said, "I think so too!"