Silicon Invasion

When Luo Rui returned home, he sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off.

The evening's afterglow streamed through the windows into the house, making the room's brightness just right—enough to see with or without turning on the lights.

Mom Luo sat silently on the sofa in the living room, her face obscured. If a fitting BGM were added, it would be a scene straight out of a horror-suspense film.

While taking off his shoes, Luo Rui peeked into the dining room.

No dinner made?

What's going on?

"Mom?"

Luo Rui called out softly, his voice filled with deep doubt.

No response.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Luo Rui changed his shoes and quickly walked towards the living room.

Getting closer, he saw her eyes were open.

And her chest was rising and falling.

Luo Rui breathed a sigh of relief. This whole thing had made his heart skip a beat.

"You still know to come back?"

Mom Luo's voice was questioning, her low tone like a volcano about to erupt.

Was it late?

The sky wasn't even dark yet.

Luo Rui was utterly confused.

But, assessing the situation, he decided to keep a low profile.

In this situation, at this moment.

Silence is golden.

After 18 years of living together, he knew his patience was much better than Mom Luo's.

Sure enough.

"Where did you go just now?"

Seeing Luo Rui not speaking, Mom Luo could only ask first.

"Yuexing City."

Luo Rui told the truth, acting like a good boy.

"What did you go there for?"

"To eat."

Luo Rui spoke frankly. It wasn't anything shameful.

"Meiyangyang Buffet?"

"Huh? How did you know?"

Could it be that Mom was following him?

"Hmph, your class teacher called me, did you know?"

Luo Rui shook his head. He really didn't know about this. Could it be that the class teacher was also at Meiyangyang today and saw him?

But eating a meal shouldn't warrant a call to the parents, right?

Could it be because of Liu Yu?

Worried about him having a premature romance?

Isn't that just unnecessary worrying?

Luo Rui scratched his head, feeling a bit of a headache.

Before Luo Rui could even prepare his words, Mom Luo took out her phone, opened a video, and held it in front of Luo Rui.

The video footage looked familiar. Luo Rui recognized it at a glance as an excerpt from Liu Yu's live stream. In it, Liu Yu was constantly talking, while Luo Rui was just eating non-stop, not even glancing at the camera.

The video also had subtitles, the content being roughly the same set of things that stirred up the rhythm that day, obviously from the same group of people.

"This video has been sent to your principal, you know? If Teacher Wang hadn't told me, I would still be in the dark. Tell me, what's going on? Isn't your mom feeding you enough? Acting like a starving ghost reincarnated?"

Luo Rui had always been the 'other people's child' since he was little, and this was the first time a teacher had complained about him. Mom Luo found it hard to accept, her tone gradually becoming stern, even slamming the table with her hand to show her anger.

Wiping the virtual cold sweat from his forehead, Luo Rui felt no emotional turbulence in his heart.

That's it?

It gave him a big scare.

"Mom, just don't worry about it. I'm partnering with someone to make money. Didn't you teach me from a young age to be self-reliant?"

As long as it wasn't a male-female relationship issue, in his opinion, everything else was not a problem.

"I taught you to be self-reliant, but is this how you're doing it? Are you not valuing your life?"

"It's okay, I'm growing right now, I need to eat more."

Luo Rui tried to gloss over it.

"Growing? You're 18 already, still wanting to shoot up again? I haven't seen that at all!"

But Mom Luo was clearly not easy to fool.

"My fingers are growing, look how beautiful these nails are now, especially like yours."

Luo Rui spread his palm in front of Mom Luo, quickly flipping it to show off, the speed so fast that details couldn't be seen.

"Get out!"

Sure enough, no one believes the truth these days. Mom Luo felt mocked and shouted angrily.

"Okay! ~"

But this angry shout was so pleasant to Luo Rui's ears. He quickly agreed and planned to return to his room.

"Come back!"

As a result, before he could take two steps, Luo Rui was shouted back again.

"What's going on with this girl? How did you meet? Where is she from? What do her parents do?"

Luo Rui sighed, still couldn't avoid it.

This is what it's like to be rich and handsome. Luo Rui had two of those qualities. His drawer was often stuffed with small notes, which is why he still had zero relationship experience.

He remembered when he was very young, Luo Rui had a cold, and the female class monitor called to ask about the situation. Mom Luo also asked a lot of questions.

Facing this census-like inquiry, Luo Rui was really annoyed.

But at this moment, heaven is helping me.

"How would I know? When you make friends, do you immediately ask how many people are in their family? Where do they live? What do their parents do?"

Using this momentum, Luo Rui didn't listen to what Mom Luo was saying and returned to his room in a huff.

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut, to show his anger.

"Yes!"

Luo Rui clenched his fist and roared silently, thinking that Mom Luo would be too embarrassed to come over and continue scolding him now.

This is just taking advantage of the fact that his parents are old, otherwise they would create a small account in minutes.

Unfortunately, in order to show that he was very angry, he probably wouldn't be able to mooch off dinner tonight.

Strength: 1.1

Agility: 1.1

Endurance: 1.1

Energy: 261

After the energy points exceeded 200, the three main attributes were shaken again. Taking advantage of this time, Luo Rui prepared to complete the enhancement.

Locking the door and closing the curtains, having had the last experience, Luo Rui stripped down to only his underwear and lay down on the bed.

Without hesitation, he directly clicked on Agility.

In a moment, that prickly feeling all over his body rose again, but having had one experience, Luo Rui's resistance this time slightly increased, but it seemed useless.

Time passed little by little, the door seemed to be gently knocked on a few times, and after not getting a response, it died down.

The flesh covered in sweat kept twisting, relieving the discomfort on his body. Luo Rui's expression was painful, clenching his teeth, not daring to make a sound, in case his parents heard him.

He didn't know how long had passed, finally, that indescribable feeling receded, Luo Rui finally completed the enhancement.

Strength: 1.1

Agility: 1.2

Endurance: 1.1

Energy: 61

As he expected, this enhancement cost a total of 200 energy points, and Agility also caught up to the forefront from the initial weakness.

The body after completing the enhancement was still a bit weak, but the sticky sheets stirred up by sweat made Luo Rui unable to bear it.

Forcing himself to get up, he stuffed the sheets into the washing machine. In order not to dirty the new sheets, he had to rinse this body.

Secretly opening the door, he tiptoed all the way into the bathroom…

Although he did it discreetly enough, it still alarmed the two elders.

When Luo Rui walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, he saw that Mom Luo was already waiting in the living room. This was the only way for Luo Rui to return to his room, he could only bite the bullet and walk over.

"There's still food in the pot, eat a little, get up early tomorrow!"

Mom Luo's words revealed fatigue and unquestionable authority.

"What are we doing getting up early?"

Luo Rui showed a confused expression and couldn't help but ask.

"Take you to the hospital to check your body. You're young, you still have a lot of time in the future, you can't ruin your body for some petty gains."