So sweet! She's pampered like a precious gem in her little world.

Huo Zheng's mind went blank for a moment.

He stared at the text on the screen, looking at it over and over again, as if trying to decipher its meaning.

The man's crimson eyes were reflected in the dark background screen. He struggled to control his trembling fingertips and closed the notification box.

When I opened my account, it was completely blank; all the information had been cleared.

Including—her.

"Chu Chu!?"

Where are you, Chu Chu?

He frantically searched for any trace of the baby in that simple, initial room.

However, nothing was left.

The account has been reclaimed, and the game is now in a state of server downtime for maintenance.

Everything has been reset to zero.

Aside from switching perspectives to view the initial room, he was unable to perform any other actions.

A wave of panic overwhelmed him instantly.

He couldn't believe that his little one had just vanished into thin air. Just last night, she was lying obediently in his arms, acting all cute!

Huo City!

Yes, he must have a way!

Huo Zheng forced himself to calm down and quickly dialed Huo Cheng's number.

"Hey bro, what's up with today...?"

What's going on with my game account?

Huo Cheng was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

He heard his brother's voice and suddenly felt a pang of regret.

He knew Huo Zheng's temperament and character all too well.

In the past, Huo Zheng would never really get angry with him, at most he would kick him a couple of times when he was in a fit of rage.

But just from that one sentence, he could tell how angry Huo Zheng was.

Oh no, oh no.

Did he do something really awful?

Huo Cheng forced himself to remain calm and delivered his prepared explanation: "Brother, it's like this, the closed beta test for our game has ended, and all the test accounts will be taken back."

He was so nervous that his words sounded like an AI voice.

Huo Zheng watched him grow up and knew him all too well.

"Huo Cheng, I'll give you one more chance. If you can't explain this clearly, neither you nor your company can continue working."

The man's tone was cold and deep, with a hint of ruthlessness.

Huo Cheng shuddered and almost fell off his chair.

"Brother, don't be angry. I'm telling the truth. All the beta test accounts have been taken back."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone. Huo Zheng seemed to sigh, and then his tone became somewhat low, "Is there any way for the technical department to help me recover the data? I don't want anything, I just want my baby."

The man paused, his voice trembling slightly, his posture extremely humble, as if pleading, "Is it alright?"

Huo Cheng was shocked. He knew that Huo Zheng cared a lot about this game, or rather, he cared a lot about his villain.

But he really didn't expect Huo Zheng to become like this because of that villain.

Is this still the same calm, composed, and decisive older brother he used to be?

My brother, as I remember him, was always the best person in the group from childhood to adulthood, and he always achieved the best results in whatever he did.

It seems I've never seen him look defeated.

Even after retiring and returning home due to an accident a few months ago, Huo Zheng has never lost his composure in front of them.

He hid all his emotions very well.

There was no reply from the other end for a long time.

Huo Zheng's heart plummeted, as if sinking into an endless abyss.

"Well, I can let them try, but since the characters are randomly generated, there's no guarantee they'll be able to find the original one..."

"I'll go over now."

Huo Zheng hung up the phone, got up, changed his clothes, grabbed his car keys, and hurriedly left.

On the way, he suddenly remembered what the little girl in his dream had said.

[If I disappear, please don't worry.]

We will definitely meet.

Did she know something in advance?

She said they would meet in the real world, what does that mean?!

Huo Zheng's mind was in complete turmoil, and his self-control, which he had always been proud of, was of no use at this moment.

He tried to force himself to calm down, but he couldn't.

The thought of never seeing his beloved child again felt like a knife had been ripped from his heart, blood gushing out, the pain almost suffocating him.

"My dear, where are you?"

Has it completely disappeared?

Or were they imprisoned in some unknown place, enduring endless darkness alone?

Will she be cold? Will she be scared?

With him gone, will anyone be able to take good care of his baby?

……

When Huo Zheng arrived at the technical department, Huo Cheng had already instructed the technicians to begin restoring the data.

"how's it going?"

Huo Cheng looked up at the man in front of him, who hadn't even had time to shave his stubble, and finally realized something.

He was too arrogant.

My brother has finally found something to hold onto, so what if he gets addicted to it?

Isn't everyone, throughout their lives, searching for a place where their heart can find rest?

Why on earth is he?

Huo Cheng didn't even dare to look his brother in the eye, hanging his head like a child who had done something wrong. "The data recovery is already being expedited, but we'll have to wait a little longer."

"Ah."

at the same time.

Back in the system space, Chu Yu was watching everything that had happened through Xiao Nai Gao's projected screen.

So when can I go back?

The man's distraught appearance just now deeply stung her.

She couldn't wait to get back to him.

Hmm, you'll have to wait a little longer, it'll be here soon.

What are you waiting for?

Just waiting for Huo Cheng to get beaten up...

But Little Milk Cake didn't dare say these words out loud.

The Supreme God's anger has reached its maximum; even it can sense it.

It just didn't understand that this was something that was about to happen, and that it and the Supreme God already knew about it.

Why are adults still so angry now that it has actually happened?

not understand well.

Chu Yu had no choice but to obediently wait for the right moment to be teleported back.

The entire technical department worked overtime urgently and finally restored all of Huo Zheng's account data in the shortest possible time.

"Brother! Go log in and take a look, all the data has been restored."

"Ah."

Huo Zheng's hands trembled uncontrollably, and his heart leaped into his throat when his fingertips touched the "Enter Game" button.

Back in that familiar luxury apartment, "Zaizai" was sitting on the sofa watching TV, wearing the floral nightgown he had bought for her.

"Chu Chu?"

The little figure on the sofa looked up and smiled, its voice sweet and clear: "Hello, Huo Zheng!"

Not her.

They look exactly alike, with identical voices and even eyes.

But Huo Zheng immediately sensed something was wrong.

Until "she" spoke her first words to him, he was 100% certain that this was not his child.

Huo Cheng didn't notice any problem at all and thought he had already made amends in time.

"Brother, we've found him, so don't be angry with me anymore!"

Huo Zheng lowered his head and stared at his phone screen, saying softly, "It's not her."

It's not her, so nothing else matters.

Despair overwhelmed him instantly, and his heart plummeted to the bottom.

Huo Cheng was stunned. "Not her? How could it not be? Isn't this your Chu Chu?"

After saying that, she asked into the phone again, "Are you Chu Chu?"

The little girl in the picture smiled and replied, "Yes, I am Chu Chu."

"You are not, you don't deserve to have that name."

Huo Zheng suppressed his anger and shouted a low voice, then threw his phone away violently, grabbed Huo Cheng by the collar and slammed him against the wall.

"She's just entered the university of her dreams, her life has just begun, what gives you the right?! Huh?!"

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