My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS

When she returned home, the living room lights were out, and the surroundings were shrouded in darkness. Only the floor near the curtains flickered with mottled afterglow, but that sliver of light couldn't illuminate the area.

Thus she groped around the circuit board in the dark, intending to turn on the lights. Suddenly, with a "snap," the living room was aglow with flickering candlelight.

Gu Qiye, holding a birthday cake, peeked from behind the sofa, his bright eyes fixed on her, a smile hanging at the corner of his mouth;

Gu Wenyu was hiding next to the refrigerator, one hand in his pocket, moving sideways like a crab. Begrudgingly, he shuffled over, cleared his throat twice, and placed a freshly woven paper flower crown on her head.

"Happy birthday, sis. You're a year older now."

"Happy birthday, Xiaomai."

The two simultaneously offered their congratulations.

Su Zimai paused for a moment, then set down her school bag and slowly looked up, her gaze fixed on the flickering candlelight in the darkness and the gentle, graceful smile on Gu Qiye's face.

She curled her lips into a smile, sweeping away her gloomy mood.

The candles burning on the birthday cake at that moment were like the electric glow flickering in the darkness, warmly illuminating their faces.

At this very moment, Su Zimai's eyes were shimmering brightly from the dancing electric arcs, but her gaze was empty and lifeless.

After being in a daze for a while, tears started to squeeze out from her eyes, streaming down her fair cheeks and dropping onto the living room floor.

The darkness was so quiet that even the sound of the tears hitting the floor was clearly audible.

Gu Qiye froze for a moment, seemingly surprised by her reaction: "Why are you crying?"

"Brother... you're so silly," she said softly, burying her head in Gu Qiye's chest, "Why are you so silly, really so stupid, so stupid, so stupid..."

She kept repeating the same phrase, and with each word squeezed out from her throat, her crying became heavier.

Tears spilled uncontrollably down her graceful cheeks, soaking a patch of Gu Qiye's T-shirt.

Gu Qiye laughed helplessly and dryly, and after a moment, raised his hand to gently touch the top of her head.

"Alright... don't make me sound like Mrs. Xianglin," he said softly, "I'm not stupid at all. Aren't we just the same...? These are our own choices, aren't they? Since we made the choices, we must pay the price."

"If I hadn't become an Exorcist, would you have planned to keep it a secret from me forever?"

"No, once I join Rainbow Wings and investigate mom's affairs, I will tell you... Of course, now this matter has been brought forward."

"Are you trying to persuade me not to become an Exorcist?"

"No, I'm not that unreasonable. I know Xiaomai is working hard too, Xiaomai is serious too, and doing this would be denying your efforts, wouldn't it?"

After a pause, Gu Qiye lowered his voice, "I just want to tell you, no matter when, your brother is always around... as long as you need me, I will come to help you."

"After all, it's only natural that the Electric Mouse runs fast..." Su Zimai muttered softly after a long silence.

Gu Qiye laughed, then self-deprecatingly quipped, "Even my little sister calls me by my nickname, I'm such a failed Mutant..."

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Meanwhile, in the corridor on the second floor.

Ji Minghuan stood against the wall in detention, clicking his tongue. At this moment, he felt somewhat perplexed.

He sighed lightly, resting his forehead on his hand, and muttered, puzzled:

"Darn... why does hearing your brother is Blue Arc make you cry like mad, tears flowing like there's no tomorrow, while hearing your brother is Black Cocoon makes you curse and start punching? We're all part of one family, how can you treat us differently? What happened to loving each other being one family?"

Just now, through the Restraint Sensing, he had observed the entire scene downstairs. The sight before his eyes... it moved him as if a Refrigerator Demon and a Blue Electric Mouse Demon, long lost, were finally reunited as siblings, the Refrigerator embraced the Mouse and cried profusely.

And Ji Minghuan... couldn't stand this warm atmosphere being ruined. So he decided to be a good person, adding fuel to the fire, and at this critical moment, giving his prepared birthday gift to his sister, certainly making her night unforgettable.

With this thought, Ji Minghuan hummed twice, silently raising his right hand, shedding a piece of restraint belt from his sleeve.

The restraint belt spilled onto the floor like black liquid, accumulating gradually and assembling into a distorted human figure.

The Restraint Incarnation slowly straightened up, stepped into Ji Minghuan's room, and retrieved a delicately packaged parcel addressed to Su Zimai from beneath the bed.

Then it leaped gracefully out of the window, using the restraint belt to bind a streetlight, swung in a circle, and the incarnation accurately landed on the window sill of the first-floor living room.

Upon hearing the commotion, Su Zimai and Gu Qiye turned their heads simultaneously and, under the moonlight, clearly saw the intruder's figure.

"Black Cocoon." "Big Fluttering Moth!"

The two exclaimed the name of the dark figure, speaking in unison.

Black Cocoon extended a restraint belt and waved to the siblings: "Oh, hello, hello... I'm sorry to disturb your tear-jerking reunion. Actually, I didn't intend to interrupt you."

He paused, raised a finger: "It's just that I'm forced to disrupt your moment due to work needs."

"Work needs?" Su Zimai wiped her tears, raising her eyebrows with alert suspicion.

Gu Qiye also arched an eyebrow, not knowing what antics this mysterious guy was up to.

"Yes, work needs." With those words, Black Cocoon lowered his head to look at the parcel in hand, "Uh... is this Miss Ke Zinan? To be honest, being a gray character isn't enough to support myself, so I've taken up a part-time job recently, currently working as a courier."

"Ke Zinan, the alias Xiaomai used during an operation?" Gu Qiye reacted.

"What brings you to us?" Su Zimai asked.

"It's obviously work-related, haven't I already explained it?" With that, Black Cocoon started unwrapping the package with a restraint belt, handing it over to Su Zimai.

He then stated solemnly: "Miss Ke Zinan, this is the product you ordered at 00:10 AM on July 21. I'm sorry for the delay in delivery, but I believe you will definitely need it..."

Su Zimai frowned deeply, contemplating the trick this guy could be playing, and meanwhile looked up at the parcel. Just then, it was unwrapped by the restraint belt.

Inside... was a BabyBus brand baby diaper.

Staring at the diaper extended by Black Cocoon's restraint belt, both Su Zimai and Gu Qiye froze.

The two were dumbstruck, unable to react for quite a while.

Following a moment of silence, Gu Qiye finally lifted his eyes from the diaper, turned to Su Zimai, and asked in disbelief:

"Uh... diaper?"

But Su Zimai seemed unwilling to respond, her face obscured by her hanging hair. Gu Qiye could see her fist clench slightly.

Hard.

Her fist tightened.

At this moment, a deathly silence enveloped the living room.

Black Cocoon and Su Zimai both understood the implication behind the diaper, leaving only Gu Qiye in the dark.

Confused, he pondered internally: "Diaper? Why would Black Cocoon deliver a diaper to us, and a baby's at that? What cryptic message is this, what is Black Cocoon implying? Could it mean..."

With that thought, Gu Qiye's heart skipped a beat, as two Chinese characters struck him like a shocking revelation:

——"Early, pregnancy?"

Undoubtedly, he couldn't think of anything else to decode the present diaper but "early pregnancy."

These two words undeniably stirred a storm inside him, keeping him uneasy for a long while.

No, even if there is such a possibility, who would it be?

Ke Qirui? Could only be her... but she is a female, did she cross-dress as a male?

Gu Qiye suddenly boiled with rage, took a deep breath, shook his head to clear the chaotic thoughts, and, with a complex expression, raised his head. Seeing his sister silent, he turned his gaze from her face towards Black Cocoon.

"Which beast knocked up my sister?" His eyes seemed to be questioning.

Black Cocoon kept his solemn expression silent.

He just slowly raised his hand, firmly making a gesture of salute, distinctly showing the demeanor of doing good without leaving a name.