August 3, 2025. Sunday.
24°C–31°C, cloudy turning to clear.
[Construction Bank: Your account ending in 7946 received a deposit of RMB 4,000.00 on August 3 at 00:01. Current balance: 158,000.]
"Haaa—!"
10:00 AM.
In the center of the living room, Lin Shen collapsed from exhaustion after holding a horse stance for just three minutes.
He slumped onto the yoga mat, gasping for breath, his legs trembling uncontrollably.
According to guides on Xiaohongshu, horse stances and Kegel exercises are the most effective ways to enhance male performance.
So, Lin Shen lay flat on the floor and followed the exercises in a video playing on his iPad.
Glute bridge abductions, supine hip openers, triangle glute bridges...
After one set of the routine, Lin Shen felt like he was about to lose all feeling in his lower body.
But the good news was, the workout was quite effective.
Lin Shen picked up his phone and casually opened a new interface that had appeared in the ReceivePal app.
Although the [Personal Panel] was obtained through a GoGo Maps quest, it opened inside ReceivePal.
Lin Shen deduced that ReceivePal was likely the source of all the modded apps—the main interface for the whole "game," so to speak.
After all, it was the one in charge of paying out the money!
[Constitution: 72/72 (Healthy+)]
[Spirit: 68/70 (Calm+)]
[Kidney Power: 65/70 (Virile)]
"Not bad!"
Seeing his Constitution and Spirit Attribute both restored to their maximum, Lin Shen felt a little thrilled.
The Kidney Power stat, in particular, made him quite excited for a moment.
Going from 57 to 65 was only an increase of eight points, but that leap had already pushed him beyond the average person's level.
'It seems those online guides are pretty useful after all.'
Of course, the 55% boost to exercise effectiveness and the "no degradation" perk also played a big part.
After figuring things out over this period, Lin Shen had come to fully appreciate the wonders of the modded Sports Health app.
Whether he was running or working out his chest and abs, he could clearly feel the changes in his muscle groups.
From normal, to sore, and back to normal again.
It was a kind of bliss only fitness enthusiasts could understand.
"Time for an extra set!"
After resting enough, Lin Shen was about to start some push-ups for his chest.
Just then, a knock suddenly came from the door.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—!
"Sis! I'm here!"
'Sis?'
Lin Shen froze for a second. When he opened the door, he found a rather short young woman standing before him.
She was wearing a pale yellow, floral-print long dress, her hair tied into two pigtails with flower-shaped ties.
A crossbody bag was slung over her chest, and behind her, she pulled a suitcase covered in cartoon stickers.
Her round face was exceptionally cute and charming, giving Lin Shen a sense of déjà vu.
'Wait, no!'
'I have seen her somewhere before!'
"You are..."
"Brother-in-law! You don't even recognize me?"
The girl pointed to the tip of her nose, her smile incredibly sweet.
"I'm Gu Wanqing~"
"Qingqing?"
Lin Shen's expression was one of utter shock. He scanned Gu Wanqing meticulously from head to toe.
'They say a girl changes dramatically by the time she's eighteen, but isn't this change a bit too much?!'
Lin Shen had seen her once before, back when Gu Wanqing was a sophomore in high school.
At the time, she was in her school uniform—petite and with an ordinary appearance that wouldn't stand out in a crowd.
But in just one short year, the little girl from back then had blossomed into this sweet-looking beauty?!
Lin Shen couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"You've changed so much!"
"You too, Brother-in-law. You seem a lot thinner than a year ago."
Gu Wanqing blinked her beautiful eyes, a surprising sparkle shimmering within them.
"And you've gotten more handsome!"
"Thanks."
Lin Shen gave a small smile and stepped aside to let Gu Wanqing in.
As soon as she entered the living room, she looked around and asked curiously.
"Where's my sister? Is she not home?"
"Didn't your sister tell you about... that?"
"About what?"
Gu Wanqing tilted her head, a dozen imaginary question marks popping up above it.
Seeing this, Lin Shen took a deep breath and said softly.
"Your sister and I broke up."
"Huh!?"
Gu Wanqing was completely dumbfounded, her shocked voice loud enough to pierce the ceiling. Her expression was one of utter disbelief.
"You and my sister broke up? When did that happen?"
"Last month, I think."
Lin Shen was also a bit confused.
"She posted about it on her Moments. Didn't you see it?"
"I did see it!"
Gu Wanqing pulled out her phone, quickly swiped through the screen, and held it up in front of Lin Shen.
It showed Gu Wanting's Moments feed. The last update was from two months ago, which was when Lin Shen had celebrated her birthday.
A whole chunk of photos from her trip to Paris was missing.
Seeing this, Lin Shen quickly figured it out.
'Don't tell me she deliberately set her travel Moments to be visible only to me?'
'Heh heh.'
When a person is rendered utterly speechless, sometimes all they can do is laugh.
And that was exactly the state Lin Shen was in right now.
'So you moved on seamlessly and didn't even want your friends to know?'
'You'd even hide it from your own sister?'
"What's going on, Brother-in-law?"
Gu Wanqing was completely bewildered.
"You guys just had a fight, right?"
"We really did break up."
Lin Shen sighed softly. He motioned for Gu Wanqing to sit on the sofa, poured her a glass of water, and then slowly recounted the painful ordeal he had been through recently.
He even opened up the Moments that Gu Wanting had posted just for him, letting her younger sister take a good long look.
Ten minutes later.
"I'm so sorry!"
After learning the whole story, Gu Wanqing became flustered and didn't know what to do. She immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Shen.
"What my sister did was just too horrible! I apologize to you on her behalf!"
"Why are you apologizing for your sister?"
Lin Shen didn't want to drag Gu Wanqing into this. After all, she didn't know anything; she was just an innocent girl.
"Didn't you contact your sister before coming to Modu?"
"I did."
Gu Wanqing was fidgeting, able only to keep taking small sips from the glass of water in her hands.
"She told me not to come to Modu to visit, saying it was too dangerous for me to be here alone. But I sneaked here anyway. Who knew she'd gone abroad?"
"So you came to Modu for a vacation?"
"Yeah, and I want to check out the Shanghai International Studies University campus!"
Lin Shen's attempt to change the subject was very effective. The once-uneasy Gu Wanqing immediately reverted to her initially cheerful and lively self.
She rummaged through her backpack for a moment before finally pulling out her acceptance letter from Shanghai International Studies University to show Lin Shen, a proud smile on her face.
"Ta-da! I'm a freshman in the class of 2025 at Shanghai International Studies University, you know. Impressive, right?"
"Very impressive!"
Although Lin Shen already knew about this, he still gave her a thumbs-up in praise.
"If I remember correctly, your high school's acceptance rate into Tier 1 universities is less than fifty percent, right? With your scores, you must have been one of the top students in the whole school."
"Yep, top ten."
Gu Wanqing said with a grin.
"Number one was my best friend. She got into a school in Modu, too—she's studying accounting at Shanghai Jiao Tong University."
"Then why didn't she come with you?"
"She's taking driving lessons, so she hasn't had any time lately."
Gu Wanqing felt very happy chatting with Lin Shen, but as they talked, she suddenly realized that she didn't really have a connection to him anymore.
So, she stood up, intending to take her leave and not disturb him any further.
"Brother-in-law... uh, Shen, I'll get going now! If it's okay, I'll try to convince my sister to come and apologize to you in person."
"Where are you going?"
"To find a hotel and drop off my luggage."
"It's too dangerous for a girl like you to stay out there alone."
Lin Shen pointed to the master bedroom and suggested.
"If you don't mind, why don't you stay here?"