"...I need to deal with the modifier, and the purpose of dealing with the modifier is to restore the worldline to normal, to let my life continue on smoothly. I can't put the cart before the horse, nor can I throw out the baby with the bathwater. Moreover, even though Ye Shiyu's personality seems bizarre, it doesn't necessarily mean she's the host of the modifier..."
Speaking thus, Yan Huan's eyes gradually became vacant. He placed his left arm on his forehead, and in a soft voice, seemingly thinking of something, said,
"Plus, Aunt Ye is a very gentle person."
Miao watched Yan Huan, feeling his continuous strokes with his right hand, not responding with words, but rather slightly straightened its body, and suddenly began to gently press its soft pink paw pads against Yan Huan's solid chest.
One forward, one back, one forward, one back...
"Purr purr~"
Yan Huan was slightly startled and looked down at Miao, who was making the purring sound, and asked,
"What are you doing?"
While continuing with the kneading, Miao looked at him with a gaze that seemed to say,
"I'm a cat, what else can I do but knead?"
Yan Huan took a deep breath, about to reach out to pick up this fat cat by the back of its neck, when suddenly, a knocking sound came from outside the door.
"Knock knock knock~"
Yan Huan and Miao looked at each other and then he sat up, asking,
"Who is it?"
"..."
No response.
But Yan Huan seemed to already have an answer. He gently put Miao down and whispered to it,
"Hide and don't let anyone see you."
"Meow~"
It nodded its head, wormed into the space under the bed, and then seemed to completely disappear.
Yan Huan straightened out the white shirt he was wearing, put on slippers, and headed to the door,
"I'm coming."
"Click..."
He cracked the door open a bit, the hallway outside was lit by a lamp, but since Ye Lan had already returned to her bedroom to rest, the main lights in the living room were off, making the second floor rather dim.
And there, in the dimness, stood the tall black-haired girl at the door.
It was Ye Shiyu.
She was clad in dark hues from top to bottom, only her skin was as white as snow.
Her features were exquisitely beautiful as if crafted by proud genetics.
Seeing the silent girl outside the door, Yan Huan's face first registered surprise, then he put on a smile and opened the door wider.
The bright light from the room spilled out, stopping right in front of her slippers, forming a stark line between light and darkness.
"Sister Shiyu, what's up?"
Yan Huan's voice prompted Ye Shiyu to move; she took out her phone and said softly to Yan Huan,
"Mom asked us to add a contact."
So she came to add a friend.
Sure enough, the other party wasn't necessarily the owner of the modifier; perhaps she was just a bit reticent.
Yan Huan let out a sigh of relief and also took out his phone,
"Ah, right, I almost forgot. Just a moment Sister Shiyu, shall I scan you or you scan me?"
"You scan me."
"Okay."
Ye Shiyu took out her phone, and with the light from the room, Yan Huan clearly saw that her phone case still had her name on it.
Without further thought, Yan Huan opened the scanning interface on PhonePlane, and she unlocked her phone, handing it towards Yan Huan.
"..."
The phone camera lined up with the screen, but the screen she handed over wasn't showing any QR code for adding a contact. Instead, it was a vortex swirling with a sinister purple glow, resembling the interface of some app.
The vortex kept spinning, getting faster and faster...
Eh, what's this?
Yan Huan was stunned for a second, but quickly he realized something, his pupils dilating sharply.
Not good, this darn thing is...
In the next second, as the vortex spun, Ye Shiyu's eyes seemed to sink a million times deeper in darkness together with the hallway outside, pulling Yan Huan's consciousness into an abyss-like depth,
"Beep!"
Her app emitted a sound symbolizing some sort of signal, and at the same time, Yan Huan also heard a ethereal voice coming from her,
[APP activated]
[Effect: Individual Hypnosis]
[Duration: 15 minutes]
[Countdown, begin.]