Apocalypse: Everyone Levels Up, I Return to the Time Before the Server Opened-Chapter 47 - Bring Ye Qiu to Our House for Dinner!

Chapter 47: Bring Ye Qiu to Our House for Dinner!

Su Huarui was usually busy with work and rarely paid attention to his daughter’s school affairs.

At this moment, however, he noticed a familiar figure in the class group photo.

It was Xiao Ye… Ye Qiu!

“I never expected Xiao Ye to be in the same class as Tongtong!” Su Huarui sighed at the coincidence.

Beside him, Qin Sisi frowned and said, “Uncle Su, you’re being too superstitious. How can you judge people based on their ‘appearance’ alone?”

She had another purpose for visiting Su Xintong this time — to set her up with Chen Ziheng.

Her boyfriend, Cao Fan, had business dealings with Chen Ziheng’s family’s car dealership. Over time, they got to know each other.

When Chen Ziheng learned that Qin Sisi and Su Xintong were best friends, he asked her for help in speaking well of him in front of Su Xintong.

If she succeeded in matchmaking them, he even promised to gift her the red Porsche Cayenne she had been dreaming of!

But now, things weren’t going as planned.

“Appearance reflects the heart. That’s wisdom passed down from the older generations, not superstition,” Su Huarui coughed lightly.

Some things were better left unsaid.

Qin Sisi quickly added, “Uncle Su, judging people by looks alone is unscientific! Besides, you might not know these two very well. That tall, lean boy is named Chen Ziheng. His family is very wealthy!”

“His surname is also Chen?”

Su Huarui’s expression darkened, and he snorted coldly. “So what if he’s rich? Our family isn’t starving. Whether he has money or not has nothing to do with us!”

Qin Sisi was stunned.

Why is Uncle Su reacting so strongly?

Su Xintong was also surprised.

Though she had no romantic feelings for Chen Ziheng, he was considered one of the best boys in their class — good-looking, academically excellent, and even the class representative.

But the boy her father pointed out?

His grades were average. He was unsociable. He frequently skipped school.

Clearly, appearance alone wasn’t a reliable way to judge people!

Qin Sisi protested, “Uncle Su, I understand if you don’t like Chen Ziheng, but the other boy you pointed at is much worse!”

Su Huarui, however, no longer looked stubborn. Instead, he smiled in satisfaction and pointed at Ye Qiu’s photo. “What’s wrong with him? He’s a handsome young man! He looks pleasing to the eye!”

“…” Qin Sisi was dumbfounded.

What the heck?!

She blurted out, “Uncle Su, this guy’s name is… Ye Qiu, yes, Ye Qiu! He just made Xintong angry earlier!”

“Earlier? But just now, I was—”

Su Huarui instinctively wanted to say something but stopped himself, fearing it would worry his daughter. Instead, he said, “It must have been a misunderstanding. Besides, Tongtong is the class president. She should be more tolerant of her classmates.”

Now, even Su Xintong was stunned, staring wide-eyed at her father.

Good grief!

If someone overheard this, they’d think Ye Qiu was his son instead of me!

How could he not take his own daughter’s side at all?

“Uncle Su, but… but he’s an orphan! And he’s poor!” Qin Sisi blurted out in frustration, speaking without thinking.

At that, Su Huarui frowned and cut her off sharply. “So what if he’s an orphan? So what if he’s poor? Tongtong is from a single-parent household too. She should make friends with people who have shared experiences!”

With that, he stood up and added, “Tongtong, invite this boy over for dinner sometime.”

Then, he turned and walked back to his bedroom.

Qin Sisi’s face darkened.

Su Xintong sighed. “Sisi, please watch what you say. My dad hates it when people bring up others’ painful pasts.”

Qin Sisi glanced at Su Xintong and said, “You really should talk some sense into your dad. It’s the modern age, yet he’s still so superstitious! No wonder he’s just a taxi driver, he doesn’t even know how to network! How could he tell you to befriend some poor orphan? I have nothing more to say!”

She was frustrated.

After speaking, she gathered her things and left.

Su Xintong sat at the table, feeling helpless.

The dinner had started so well. How did it turn out like this?

She was also a bit annoyed with Qin Sisi.

Why bring up dating so suddenly? And why keep praising Chen Ziheng?

Did they know each other that well?

—

Back in her room, Su Xintong picked up her phone and started scrolling.

But the more she scrolled, the more bored she felt.

Right now, the news, short videos, and forums were all flooded with discussions about a brain-implant game.

She wasn’t interested in any of it.

After that, she opened the group chat. As expected, they were talking about games.

However…

It was a local chat group.

“Damn! A real-life martial arts master!”

“One person taking on twenty or thirty guys!”

“Incredible!”

“Thought it was a movie scene, but it turned out to be real!”

Someone in the group sent a video.

Suddenly, the game discussion shifted to the video content.

Out of curiosity, Su Xintong clicked on the video.

Then…

“Dad?!” Her eyes widened in shock.

Because in the video, the familiar figure was none other than her father, Su Huarui!

She saw her father accompanied by a reporter and a cameraman, arriving at a car dealership and engaging in a heated argument.

At that moment, a memory surfaced: Her father had mentioned wanting to buy a car.

He had already prepared the money!

Yet, until now, she hadn’t seen any new car.

As the video continued, she watched in horror as the people at the dealership surrounded her father, wielding metal batons and making vicious threats.

Her father’s helpless figure made her heart ache!

If she hadn’t already seen her father safely return home, she might have broken down in tears on the spot!

But then, Su Xintong clamped her hand over her mouth, her eyes turning red, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

In the video, a BMW arrived.

A man who looked strikingly similar to Chen Ziheng stepped out of the car.

Then, he walked straight up to her fatheraAnd kicked him to the ground!

That man, arrogant and aggressive, led a gang of thugs, seemingly intent on doing serious harm to her father!

“Dad!” Su Xintong gasped and sat upright in shock.

She held her breath.

Her eyes remained glued to the screen.

She couldn’t understand how her father managed to escape unharmed from such a terrifying situation.

A chilling thought crossed her mind.

What if…

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What if her father had actually died?

What if the one who came home earlier was just his ghost?!

Just as a thug raised his baton, about to strike her father, the scene shifted.

A familiar figure appeared on the screen.

“Ye… Ye Qiu?!”

She saw Ye Qiu kicking the thug away, shielding her father. However, more and more enemies gathered.

There were at least twenty or thirty men!

But what shocked Su Xintong even more was that Ye Qiu fought like a superhero.

All by himself, he took down the entire gang!

He even forced that so-called “Young Master Chen” to return the money her father had been struggling to get back for over a year!

When the video ended, Su Xintong sat there in a daze.

It took a while before she wiped her tears.

Then, she rushed out of her room.

She saw her father, calmly tidying up the dishes outside.

Hearing her approach, Su Huarui turned his head.

With an apologetic expression, he said, “Tongtong, I was too harsh earlier and upset your friend…”

“Dad!” Su Xintong ran forward and hugged him tightly.

She couldn’t hold back her sobs.

Her father was always like this, never telling her about the hardships he faced in life.

He didn’t want her to worry.

But this time, Su Xintong was truly scared!

If not for Ye Qiu’s appearance, she…

She might have lost her only family forever!

Seeing his daughter’s reaction, Su Huarui immediately understood.

She must have found out about what happened at the car dealership.

So he chuckled and reassured her, “See? I’m fine. Look, I can lift you up with one hand!”

As he spoke, he playfully grabbed her arm and lifted her slightly off the ground.

But within seconds, his strength gave out, and he put her down.

“Huh, strange. Ye Qiu looks so skinny, yet he lifted that Young Master Chen like a ragdoll. Tongtong, has he put on weight lately?” he joked.

Finally, Su Xintong burst into laughter through her tears.

Now, she understood why her father disliked Chen Ziheng so much and why he had taken such a strong liking to Ye Qiu.

“Dad, I… I’ll find Ye Qiu tomorrow and invite him over for dinner!” she declared seriously.

This was their family’s savior!

Su Huarui nodded approvingly.

“We must repay kindness. I’ve known Xiao Ye for a long time. He’s a good kid, very kind… and very unfortunate.”

In her mind, Su Xintong pictured Ye Qiu’s vague silhouette.

To be honest, after three years in high school, she had a good understanding of all her classmates, except for Ye Qiu.

She barely had any impression of him!

But she couldn’t be blamed for that.

Ye Qiu had always been average in everything. His personality was reclusive. He never fit in.

During class activities, he was always the one others ignored.

—

At this moment, Ye Qiu had already logged into the game.

He brought all the materials into the game world and started crafting Molotov cocktails.

This way, he wouldn’t waste time!

“Finally done!” Ye Qiu stretched.

Then, he headed to the novice village.

He first found the Herbalist Shopkeeper.

Then, he took out the Polluted Spring Water

“Huh? Immortal Spring Water?” The Herbalist Shopkeeper’s expression changed in shock upon seeing it.

Ye Qiu asked, “Madam, can this water be purified?”

He hadn’t forgotten what his Heavenly Eye had revealed information about the Polluted Spring Water.

Before contamination, drinking or applying it externally could increase a character’s attributes slightly!

Even a small boost was still a boost!

The Herbalist Shopkeeper regained her composure, nodded, and said, “You’re lucky. If you had found this water any later, it would have been too contaminated to purify.”

Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow.

So having high luck really paid off!

The purification process took about half an hour.

Once completed, the information about the Polluted Spring Water changed…