Chapter 4: A Mother’s Doting Love

“Mother, here! Ruoyu, this is yours.”

After Ye Wenyu and the other two returned home, Mother Ye and Ruoyu still looked shaken. They sat on the sofa.

At that moment, Ye Wenyu, in her role as the tactical maid “Esoia,” unconsciously set the tactical AK74M in her hands on the sofa. Then she walked into the kitchen and brought back two cups of hot cocoa for them.

“Thank you, Wenyu. Gulp, gulp, gulp…”

“Thank you, big sister!”

Ruoyu held the cup with both hands and sat on Ye Wenyu’s full thighs. Her slender shoulder leaned against the black bow that protruded from Ye Wenyu’s chest. She drank happily.

“Ruoyu, really. You’re already in middle school, and you still act like a little kid.”

Ye Wenyu gently stroked Ruoyu’s head, her face soft, and smiled from the bottom of her heart.

“What! How can little-sister business be called childish? I’ve always wanted that ‘white-haired, burning-eyed maid, Esoia’ to be my big sister. And such an impossible thing actually came true. Can you pamper me a little longer, big sister?”

Ruoyu looked up at Ye Wenyu with a coy expression. The girl with burning eyes under soft snow-white hair was the big sister she had always wanted to meet.

Her brother had treated her well before, but if that kind brother had become a gentle, caring big sister, and one who was her favorite tactical maid, wasn’t that triple the happiness? Now she could openly cling to her big sister, and even German orthopedics could exist as a matter of course.

‘Big Sister absolutely cannot get married. Big Sister can only be mine! Even if I have to use strange methods, Big Sister can only be mine…’

Ruoyu kept turning such thoughts over in her heart, but on the surface she still looked like a sweet, well-behaved little sister.

“Of course! My cutest little sister!”

Ye Wenyu, who had no idea what her little sister was planning to do to her, said happily. She was a tactical maid; serving someone for life was impossible. Her little sister only saw her as a “gentle big sister next door.” That kind of thing shouldn’t happen, right?

“By the way, Wenyu, how did you become a girl? What did you do last night?”

After finishing the hot cocoa, Mother Ye studied Ye Wenyu’s body carefully. When she was young, she had been called the “Beauty of the Military,” but compared with her eldest daughter, she still fell short by quite a bit.

That waist-length snow-white hair and graceful figure made a lovely, striking girl. There was also a firmness and elegance in her eyes. Now she looked nothing like the slightly frail eldest son from before. But she was definitely her daughter.

“Well… Mother, it’s roughly like this.”

Ye Wenyu told the whole story of last night. She had only taken part in BOD’s global individual finals. Just as the match was about to end, a game accident happened. When she woke the next morning, she had become a girl, and her body was that of her in-game avatar.

Because of her military mindset, Mother Ye listened seriously. But with every sentence, her face darkened a little more. By the time Ye Wenyu finished, Mother Ye’s expression had gone completely dark, and she wore a kind smile.

“Sorry, Mother. It is my fault.” Ye Wenyu set Ruoyu aside, stood before Mother Ye, pressed her hands to the sides of her skirt, and bowed deeply. “If I hadn’t secretly played games last night, this wouldn’t have happened. Please punish me, Mother…”

“Wenyu, come here. Sit beside Mama.”

Mother Ye looked at Ye Wenyu without expression. Wenyu had no choice but to sit obediently beside her, lowering her forehead beneath the white maid headdress.

“Mama, big sister she…”

“No pleading for me, Ruoyu. This is my fault. I am willing to accept… huh?”

Just as Ye Wenyu sank into self-blame, the expressionless Mother Ye suddenly pulled Wenyu into her arms and burst into excited tears.

“Big Sister!”

Facing the sudden mother-daughter hug, Ruoyu cried out in shock, as if her big sister’s body had been “stolen” by some shady person.

“Mother, what are you…”

Ye Wenyu, suddenly held in Mother Ye’s arms, did not know what to do. But the warmth from her mother touched her body in a real way, and she felt a mother’s love she had not felt for a long time.

Only, why did her hair feel wet? Was it saliva?

“This isn’t your fault, Wenyu. This isn’t your fault. As long as the family is safe, that’s enough. Safe is enough.”

Mother Ye released Ye Wenyu’s shoulders, held her fair hands, and gently combed her soft snow-white hair.

“Did you know, Wenyu? Mama always wanted a cute baby daughter with long white hair. You know, we Chinese are all white-hair lovers. When you were little, you really looked like a girl, and you were super cute! Cuter than Ruoyu is now. But after you grew up, you became manlier…”

As Mother Ye spoke, before Ye Wenyu could react, she pulled Wenyu into her arms again. This time Wenyu’s face pressed directly into Mother Ye’s soft embrace. Two huge peaks pressed against her small face, making it hard for Wenyu to breathe.

“But now Wenyu is a cute girl, isn’t she? White hair and burning eyes are the best! The past is the past. The most important thing is the future. What do you think, my dear darling daughter, Wenyu?”

“Mmmph… pwah! You’re going to suffocate me…”

“Huh? Sorry, Wenyu.”

…

A while later, Ye Wenyu straightened her rumpled skirt in front of the living room mirror. A neat appearance was part of a maid’s image, and that could never be sullied. Mother Ye, the culprit, stood behind her with a comb and a smile, helping fix her hair. Ruoyu watched everything with a grave look, afraid the earlier “big sister stealing” incident would repeat.

Once Ye Wenyu had tidied herself, she sat back on the sofa with Mother Ye. Ruoyu took the chance to sit on Wenyu’s lap again, wearing a blissful expression.

Earlier, Mother Ye had asked Wenyu if she wanted to change clothes, but Wenyu refused. However, under all sorts of pressure from Mother Ye, her measurements had been taken. She had no idea what they would be used for.

Surely her own mother wouldn’t do anything to harm her daughter? That was what Ye Wenyu thought at that moment. Probably not, right?

“Right! Mother, let’s turn on the TV and take a look!” Ye Wenyu suddenly remembered the TV. “Something this big happened, the news has to be saying something. What if it’s about something important that happened today?”

“Mm! You’re right, Wenyu. Turn it on.”

Ye Wenyu picked up the remote and turned on the TV. Sure enough, just as she expected, every news channel was reporting on today’s events. No matter the station, a big headline was playing: “Our world has actually merged with the game world?”

“This… does it mean I’m not the only one who transformed? All BOD players have become their avatars?”

Ye Wenyu voiced the guess she had been holding in. The live footage on TV was very familiar to her. Wasn’t that a low-level monster farming area in the BOD world? She had farmed monsters there before. But now, the people appearing there were not so-called players, but proper PLA soldiers. And the next shot, New York City, was that not the place she had fought yesterday? Maybe her shell casings were still there!

“The two worlds have merged? This is no ordinary problem. Wenyu, Ruoyu, your father’s trouble is going to be huge.”

Mother Ye said while watching TV.

“That’s true. Father’s trouble is huge. After all, he belongs to a special unit, and we usually can’t even contact him…”

Knock, knock, knock!

A hurried knock came from outside the door, giving Ye Wenyu and the other two a real fright.

“Who’s knocking? Mother, you two stay here. I’ll go take a look.”

Ye Wenyu took a tactical M1911 from under her maid skirt, released the thumb safety, and rested her finger lightly on the trigger, ready to fire.

Seeing her daughter’s actions, Mother Ye also picked up the tactical AK74M on the sofa. She took a shooting stance, eyes on the red dot in the optic, and aimed the muzzle at the door.

“Mother of our kids? Are you there? It’s Ye Yue! Are you there?”

A man’s deep voice came from outside, sounding like a soldier’s.

“You scared me. So it’s your father back home. Wenyu, open the door!”

Mother Ye relaxed and put the AK’s safety back on.

“Mm! Mother, I know.”

Ye Wenyu walked to the door and opened it. A handsome middle-aged man stood at the doorway. He wore blood-stained military uniform, held a Type 92 military pistol, and his eyes were bright and piercing. Behind him in the corridor sat two panting guards.

“Mother of our kids! Are you all right? Wenyu and Ruoyu, they didn’t… huh? Who are you?”

As soon as Father Ye entered, he stared blankly at the white-haired, burning-eyed maid girl before him. He had never met this girl, but for some reason she felt so familiar, as if she were his own daughter.

“Welcome back, Father. Would you like some tea first?”

Facing the father who had not yet recognized her, Ye Wenyu lifted the hem of her maid dress and gave an elegant maid bow.

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