Lin Yue barely slept that night.
By morning, the system interface still hovered clearly in her mind, proving it hadn't been a hallucination. The first reward sat quietly in her account, very, very real.
She stared at the numbers for a long time before letting out a slow breath. "So this is how you want to play," she murmured.
The heartbreak from last night hadn't vanished — but it had changed shape. Sharper. Colder. More useful.
Her phone suddenly lit up with Hao Ran's name.
Lin Yue looked at it… then calmly turned the phone face‑down on the table.
Because for the first time in seven years, she wasn't in a hurry to answer him.