I will be a boss in the future world

The man was wearing a black shirt with the collar slightly open, revealing his collarbone, and black casual pants and a pair of white sneakers. He kept his head down, with his bangs covering his eyebrows and eyes. His layered brown hair reflected a circle of light from the bar's neon lights.

The tall man with a straight neck and a sense of oppression was looking at Yuying with surprise on his face.

"It turns out that the person who won the arena match was the one who beat Jingxian..."

"It's actually you!?"

"..."

I didn't expect that the "sugar daddy" that Shi Yuan mentioned turned out to be him?

A person who once appeared in Wen Yuying's memory...

Yuying's brain was working rapidly. She couldn't help but frown in confusion and asked a series of questions.

"Who are you?"

"Do you know Ji Jingxian?"

"Why do you want to steal the core database of the NPC arena?"

Hearing the conversation between the two, Shi Yuan had already stood up in surprise, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" He looked at Yu Ying and then at the young man in black, "You two... know each other?"

“……” The young man remained silent.

"..."Yuying nodded in agreement.

Shi Yuan saw her reaction and exclaimed "Wow" exaggeratedly, very surprised, "No way, is it such a coincidence?"

"You always keep to yourself and never like to interact with others. How did you suddenly get to know a rich man? Or an employer? How come I didn't know?"

Yu Ying: "..."

In the original owner's memory, meeting this person was an accident, and at the moment she really didn't know how to explain it to Shi Yuan.

The man opposite had already concealed his initial shock, sat down calmly, and chuckled, "It was just a one-time encounter."

He looked at Wen Yuying who was pursing her lips tightly, then turned to Shi Yuan and said with a smile: "We don't even know each other's names. I guess this gentleman must have misunderstood."

As he said this, he put the suitcase on the table.

"There are four million here, plus the previous deposit of one million."

"It's five million in total, in cash."

!!!

"..."

Shi Yuan secretly glanced at the data disk hidden in his bag, and quickly smiled and said, "Ahem...um...business is not urgent for now."

"Since we all know each other, why don't we sit down and have a drink together? Let's introduce ourselves and chat. This will make us more friends in the future, right?"

The man opposite looked at Yuying, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "Then let's formally introduce ourselves..."

"My name is Sha Feiran, and I don't have any special identity."

He stared at the two people opposite him with an ambiguous smile and asked, "One of you is codenamed Y, the other is codenamed S. What are your real names?"

Shi Yuan blurted out without thinking: "My name is Shi Yuan, her name is..."

"Wen Yuying."

Before Shi Yuan could finish, Yu Ying raised her head and frowned slightly, "I didn't expect you to be the employer."

She seemed to sigh with emotion: "When we first met, I really didn't realize you were so rich."

It was not difficult to hear the suspicion in her words, and Sha Feiran lowered his eyes in amusement.

"You're not a rich man, you just run errands for others. I didn't expect you to be Y, a member of the famous hacker group."

He chuckled: "It seems that we are quite destined to meet each other. Let's just treat this as an official acquaintance."

"..."

Shi Yuan raised his hand to continue to greet the bartender, and pretended to chat with Sha Feiran enthusiastically: "Why did you come to the appointment alone today..."

As he spoke, he looked around and asked, "Where is the guy who followed you last time?"

"He has something to do and can't come."

Sha Feiran slightly restrained his smile and said in an inexplicable tone: "Why, Mr. Shi is interested in my brother?"

"Cough cough..."

Shi Yuan choked on his wine when he heard this, and quickly explained: "I mean, it's not safe for you to carry so much cash by yourself."

"Ah……"

Sha Feiran had a frivolous smile on his face that was inconsistent with his upright temperament. He sneered and said, "No one can take anything away from me. Mr. Shi is worrying too much."

As if he had already seen that Shi Yuan wanted to delay time and was deliberately trying to get close to him, he slowly put away his smile and said directly: "We agreed that one hand will pay the other hand will deliver the goods."

"Would you like to check the cash first and count it?"

As he said this, he opened his suitcase generously.

There were so many banknotes inside that Shi Yuan couldn't help swallowing.

"Well, that data..."

Pressing his hand that was quietly reaching for the data disk, Yuying turned her head seriously and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, we don't have what you want."

"!?"

"Or rather, there is nothing in this world that you want."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Sha Feiran's eyes turned cold, and he became obviously more wary of them.

"Yu Ying..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little strange, Shi Yuan frowned at Yu Ying worriedly, as if suggesting that she should be careful with her words and avoid provoking this man.

Yuying patted his restless fingers and said calmly, "Sit down first and don't make a fuss."

She looked back at the man opposite her, and the doubts in her heart had already been answered.

"Before I explain your problem, I want to ask you a question."

Sha Feiran frowned, "What's the problem..."

"If we really handed over the core data, what would you do?"

"...!!!"

Yu Ying stared at him without giving in, her tone steady: "Relively expose the lies, pretend to be deceived, and then walk away?"

"Or just kill us and silence us, then secretly take back the deposit."

"..."

She looked at the suitcase filled with banknotes. It was obvious that she had never believed what Sha Feiran said. "To be honest, such a high reward and such a straightforward attitude."

"It makes me feel that this is not a transaction, but more like a scam."

Yu Ying suddenly relaxed and leaned back on the sofa, staring at Sha Feiran's face, which was no longer as calm as before. She said firmly: "Actually, your goal is not data..."

"It's someone who can sneak into the core of the arena and discover the true secrets of the database."

"Am i right?"

The man opposite didn't say anything, but his facial expressions kept changing, which was very intriguing.

Yuying curled the corners of her mouth, knowing that her words were enough to shock the man opposite her, and the real deal was just beginning.

"Go ahead."

"Who are you and what do you want to do?" She pursed her lips, "I don't believe you are just running errands and don't know anything."

"You never asked about the core data from the beginning, did you?"

Shi Yuan: “…”

Hearing Yuying's series of questions, Shiyuan turned around vigilantly.

As soon as the words fell, no one at the table spoke and the atmosphere quickly became cold.

"Sir, your wine."

The wine that Shi Yuan ordered for Sha Feiran was brought up by the waiter, and the silent atmosphere was broken. Sha Feiran suddenly smiled and picked up the wine glass.

"It seems..."

"I've found the right person, haven't I?"

When Shi Yuan heard Sha Feiran's response, his brows furrowed more and more tightly: "So you really lied to us?" He said indignantly: "You already knew that there was no data in it, only..."

The following words stopped in silence, Sha Feiran smiled knowingly, raised his glass and invited: "Let's have a drink together first."

"If you want to know more, cooperate with me." He looked at Shi Yuan and Wen Yuying who were looking at each other in bewilderment. "This five million will be your betrothal gift. I want to officially employ you."

"What are you hiring us for?"

Shi Yuan curled his lips and snorted, "You don't even know your identity. We won't do anything illegal or criminal."

Sha Feiran asked back: "Is it legal to hack into the NPC network system?"

"They all do things for money..."

He looked at Yuying, and suddenly softened his tone, and discussed with the two of them in a tentative tone: "What I want you to do is just what you have been doing."

"It's like signing a long-term contract, and we will trust each other more in the future."

Yu Ying: "..."

After thinking for a moment, she picked up the wine glass and said, "Okay, I'll cooperate with you."

"However, I want to know your true identity and purpose."

"And of course knowing everything you know."

Sha Feiran smiled and agreed immediately: "Okay... But don't be impatient, you will find out slowly in the future."

Shi Yuan, who had been unable to get a word in, frowned unhappily. He stared at Yu Ying beside him and said through gritted teeth, "As if I am your boss, right?"

"You agreed to cooperate with others without asking me first?"

Yu Ying: "..."

She really didn't realize how Shi Yuan was her boss.

Sha Feiran looked at Shi Yuan, who was sulking with his neck stiff, and Wen Yuying, who was standing beside him with an indifferent look, with amusement. He felt that these two people suddenly became more lively. He said, "What did you mean by that, sir? You don't care about the five million?"

"..."

Shi Yuan held up the wine glass to hide his gaze and coughed awkwardly: "Ahem... not really..."

He shook his head, and said with the demeanor of a senior boss, "Five million is just the signing fee. Future business will be settled one at a time."

Sha Feiran readily agreed to the unreasonable request: "It's no big deal. I won't let you suffer any loss."

"Then wish us..."

He raised his glass and clinked it with the two of them, smiling even more: "It's a pleasure to work with you."

Yuying was not surprised at all that Shiyuan agreed to cooperate.

Besides the money...

It has always been his long-cherished wish to crack the NPC system and find out the truth about his parents' murder.

Now that there are new clues and opportunities, he certainly won't miss it.

And she is the same.

Now there is one more thing, the truth about the disappearance of the original owner's consciousness.

She had a kind of intuition that all this seemed to be guiding her to become the “original” Wen Yuying.

Wen Yuying who can awaken and use special powers.

"Do you know about dream creation?"

Sha Feiran nodded and said frankly, "Yes, I know."

Since they were partners, they didn't hide anything. Yu Ying asked directly, "The core terminal of the NPC arena is the brain consciousness of a baby."

"you know too?"

As she guessed, Shafiran shook his head, "No, I don't know. But what you saw just confirmed my guess."

"This NPC consortium that has everything under its control must be hiding more secrets."

Shi Yuan asked, "So who are you? There is very little information about this on the dark web. How did you know?"

Sha Feiran smiled mysteriously, the light in his eyes was delicate and gentle, he slowly said: "Strictly speaking, I am not from the Anos Empire."

"My hometown is far, far away... It was once ravaged by war and is a ruin left over from the old world. But the people there are strong and kind, and they all have beautiful dreams in their hearts."

"It's different from the virtual world of the Anos Empire. It's the last pure land for mankind."

Shi Yuan looked unconvinced and asked suspiciously, "You are lying to us, right?"

He looked at Sha Feiran, who was laughing like a fool, and complained expressionlessly: "The outside world is already barren and desolate. Where is there a place suitable for human beings to survive in the long term? You made up such a childish story. Do you think we are still children?"

Sha Feiran shook his head slightly, slightly restraining the smile on his face, and his eyes became deep: "You can not believe what I say, but now these people, these people who are addicted to the virtual world in the empire, are they really alive?"

"..."

Yuying frowned.

"I believe you are also suspicious and disappointed with this world. Otherwise, you wouldn't go against the NPC system and become a hacker, right?"

During the conversation, Sha Feiran's brain machine suddenly started to ring.

Shi Yuan raised his eyebrows calmly. Sha Feiran's brain-computer was the model used by ordinary citizens of the empire. Unlike Yu Ying and the others' high-end brain-computers, this ordinary brain-computer still required physical human operation. How could a man who could easily spend five million be so low-key?

"..."

Sha Feiran quickly glanced at the message, a scornful smile flashed across his eyes, then he raised his head, quickly finished the wine in the glass, and stood up.

"You will have the chance to find out what you want to know later."

"That's all for today. I should go now."

"I'll call you if anything happens. See you next time."

Seeing Sha Feiran's confident look, Yu Ying couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Do you trust us so much?"

"Are you not afraid that we will take the money and leave, and never contact you again?"

Sha Feiran was slightly stunned, turned around, and said with a smile: "Where can you run to? Apart from the city of Anos Empire, is there any other place you can go?"

"..."

The two were speechless, unable to refute for a moment. Sha Feiran looked at them calmly, but gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"To tell you the truth, there is no place or person I can't find here..."

"Besides..." He suddenly smiled, "I always remember where you live, Yuying."

"..."

Yu Ying frowned as she watched Sha Feiran walk out of the bar door in a cool manner, but when she turned around she met Shi Yuan's surprised gaze.

Sha Feiran's last sentence was too ambiguous. He must have overthought it again.

really--

"How does he know where you live?"

"Can you take him home after just meeting him once?!" He asked anxiously and angrily like a child who couldn't get candy: "Yuying! How on earth do you know him?!"

Headache……

She herself only had a vague memory, how could she tell him???

At least give her some time to reminisce.

Yuying held her forehead with her hand. Since she couldn't explain herself, she could only talk back and block his mouth.

"He's not my dad, why would he care so much?"

Shi Yuan's eyes widened, and his momentum suddenly weakened: "I..."

She seized the opportunity and quickly slipped away: "Okay, I should go back too. I have to go to work tomorrow."

Oh, speaking of work—

She almost forgot to tell Shi Yuan: "Please transfer the share of the money to my account. Bye."

Shi Yuan: “…”

A bunch of heartless guys!