Everyone's playing hide-and-seek: This crazy beauty has maxed-out third eyes.

Jiang Lai coughed lightly.

"Little Fish, a major is not a junior principal."

"Huh?" Li Yu looked puzzled.

Jiang Lai slowed down her speech: "Major is a military rank, a level in the army. Above that are lieutenant colonel, colonel, senior colonel, and then general officers, major general, lieutenant general, and general."

Li Yu turned his head to the left to look at Lin Sui'an, and then to the right to look at Jiang Lai.

"So... I'm not the principal?"

"no."

"Then what am I?"

"officer."

Li Yu's eyes lit up immediately: "Then can I wear a military uniform?"

"able."

"Do you have a gun?"

"I'll teach you; you can consider carrying a gun after you've learned it."

"Yes, yes, yes! I will definitely study hard!"

Jiang Lai smiled and said, "The conferment ceremony will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM at the district assembly hall. You and An'an will be together. Is that alright?"

"No! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Li Yu slapped his hand against the seam of his pants.

Jiang Lai closed the folder.

"These are the topics for today's meeting. After the meeting, all departments will get to work, especially the news department. Everything has been arranged, including the distribution of food, communication between the food supply and fire department, and tomorrow's live broadcast."

"yes!"

Meeting adjourned.

The chair made a clattering sound as it was dragged along, and everyone got up and dispersed.

Li Yu tugged at Lin Sui'an's sleeve: "Reassure me! Let's go!"

"Where to?"

"To see my mom!"

Lin Sui'an was pulled outside by her: "Xiaoyu, does your mom know I'm going?"

"I know! I told her I invited you last night! She was so excited she couldn't sleep all night!"

Li Yu pulled her into the elevator, pressed the sixth floor button, the elevator door opened, Li Yu rushed out, and ran with Lin Sui'an to the door of 602, freeing one hand to knock on the door.

"Mom! Mom! I brought the calming medicine back!"

The door opened from the inside, and a woman in her early forties stood in the doorway with her hair tied back.

Li Yu's mother was thinner than I imagined, with fine lines around her eyes, and her smile was exactly like Li Yu's, with two small dimples.

"Take a moment of peace!" Jinli's voice was both surprised and delighted. She rubbed her hands on her clothes a couple of times and then reached out to hold Lin Sui'an's hand.

Hello, Auntie.

"Come in, come in!" Koi invited her into the house.

The living room wasn't big, and there was a middle-aged man in the room who was mopping the floor. When he saw Lin Sui'an come in, he quickly put the mop in the corner and seemed a little reserved.

"An Shen is here!" Li Yu's father chuckled. He had a square face, and when he smiled, the wrinkles on his face squeezed together, making him look even more reserved.

Hello, Uncle.

"Sit down, sit down!" Li's father pushed the things on the coffee table and patted the sofa to make room for her.

Li Yu's mother turned and rushed into the kitchen, quickly washed two cups, poured water, and brought them out.

"For calming the nerves, should I drink it hot or cold?"

"It's hot, thank you, Auntie."

"Don't call her 'Auntie'!" Koi shoved the cup into her hand. "Call her 'Sister'!"

Li Yu chimed in from the side, "Mom, he's twenty years younger than you."

"You call her 'older sister' too!"

Lin Sui'an smiled, picked up her cup, and sat down on the sofa.

Li Yu's mother sat down next to her, feeling both nervous and excited. For a moment, she didn't know what to say. "Family members, netizens, I've met An Shen La!"

After composing herself, Li Yu's mother, Ms. Tang Jinli, stared at her for several seconds before her eyes suddenly reddened.

"An Shen, thank you for taking care of our little fish."

"Ah... Sister, you're welcome. Little Fish is smart."

"I have to thank you." The woman's voice was hoarse. "Xiaoyu has never left my side since she was little. When she entered the game, I was watching the live stream at home. I was so nervous from beginning to end."

Lin Sui'an could feel that hand trembling.

"She's timid. She's been afraid of pain, insects, injections, and everything since she was little."

"Mom!" Li Yu cried out anxiously from the side, "Don't say these things!"

Tang Jinli ignored her and continued, "If you hadn't been with her in the game, I can't even imagine what would have happened."

The woman released her grip, took a half step back, and bowed deeply. Seeing this, Li Yu's father quickly went over and bowed as well.

Lin Sui'an had never dealt with this situation before and was a little flustered. She stood up, took a step forward, and put her hands on her shoulders.

"Sister, Li Yu is amazing. It wasn't me protecting her; she got through it all on her own."

At this point, Lin Sui'an smiled sheepishly: "You all saw it in the live stream, right? I ran out after the game started, and Xiaoyu got through it all by herself~"

The woman straightened up and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand: "Thank you. Besides helping Xiaoyu, An Shen, you yourself deserve our gratitude. Because of you, we have seen hope."

Lin Sui'an scratched his head: "Sister, you don't need to call me An Shen anymore. Just call me An'an like Sister Jiang Lai does."

Tang Jinli smiled through her tears: "Okay! From now on, we're family, and you'll be my little sister!"

Li Yu came up from behind and put her arm around her mother's waist: "Mom, don't cry, it's embarrassing!"

"You're the one who's embarrassing." The woman slapped her on the back of the head.

Lin Sui'an watched the mother and daughter bickering and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

While everyone was enjoying themselves, Jiang Lai was sitting in her office reviewing documents when her phone suddenly rang.

Jiang Lai put down the document and saw a call from the U.S. Strategic Command Center.

She pondered the purpose of the call at this time. Could it be to "beg"? With so much food, other countries around the world would have already posted sarcastic comments, attempting to morally blackmail her.

Suppressing my thoughts, I answered the video call. On the other end sat a man in his fifties, whose uniform was adorned with the American flag.

"Chief of Staff Jiang." The other person's Chinese pronunciation was surprisingly accurate.

"General Hamilton."

"I'll be frank." Hamilton crossed his fingers on the table. "Alex obtained the A-grade item, the Magic Mirror, in the dungeon, and he's already used it."

Jiang Lai's expression remained unchanged.

"We asked a question—how can we end the game?"

Hamilton paused for a moment, observing Jiang Lai's expression.

"The magic mirror answered."

Jiang Lai's finger bent slightly under the table.

"As for the content of the answer," Hamilton said, looking at the screen, "we are willing to share it with you, but that depends on your sincerity."

"What sincerity?"

"Two things." Hamilton held up two fingers. "First, food. You've brought out a lot of supplies this time, and our country needs them too."

Jiang Lai didn't respond, but she really was eyeing the food, though she was trading information for it.

"Second, an alliance: China and the United States have formally formed a strategic alliance."

Jiang Lai leaned back in her chair, her hands resting on the armrests.

"General Hamilton, your country has imposed numerous sanctions on us since modern times, and even spread the 'China threat theory' through various channels. You haven't forgotten that, have you?"

The expression on the other side of the screen froze for a moment, but quickly recovered: "Officer Jiang, let history be history. Our enemy now is the game, and we are on the same side."

"Are you aware that one of your players pushed others to block monsters in the dungeon? Incidentally, that player's country was destroyed because of it. I would like to hear your opinion on this."

Hamilton: ...So what if I'm dead? In a game where if I don't push you to take a hit, I'll die. Anyone would do the same!

Hamilton cleared his throat: "We deeply regret this, and during the final fifteen minutes of our evacuation, we actively accepted immigrants from that country."

"Officer Jiang, we're talking about the answer the Magic Mirror gave us. Don't you want to know?"

"Your magic mirror is a stripped-down version; it can only ask one question before shattering, right?"

"Yes."

"Then how can you be sure the magic mirror is telling the truth?"

Hamilton did not answer.

Jiang Lai leaned forward: "An item that can only be used once, an answer that can't be verified, you're using it to talk about an alliance?"

"Besides, if it's a censored version, can you guarantee the answer isn't censored?"