Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

The light before her eyes was somewhat dazzling, like a gleaming diamond. Shi Ying closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, she had woken up from her hibernation pod.

"Miss Shi?"

Several staff members came forward and helped her, who was still a little dazed, to sit up.

The uniformed staff member asked, "Ms. Shi, did you encounter any danger in the game? Less than a quarter of the set month has passed."

Shi Ying sat listlessly on the sofa: "Well, something unexpected happened..."

The staff noticed she seemed tired, so they didn't ask any further questions: "Miss, please rest for a day and come back tomorrow so we can record the progress of the task."

"it is good."

When Shi Ying came out of the Transmigration Bureau headquarters, she didn't know if it was because winter was approaching, but the weather in Yun City was not very good, as if it was shrouded in a layer of haze.

Shi Ying didn't take a car; she walked on the empty road, the cold wind making her head a little clearer.

Just then, the phone in my bag rang.

It was my mother, Xu Xiuling, calling.

Shi Ying answered the phone: "Hello, Mom..."

"Yingying, where are you?"

"Outside..."

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat guilty: "It was my fault that day. I shouldn't have argued with you. You child, you haven't contacted me for a whole month and haven't answered the phone. I was very worried."

Shi Ying's eyes welled up with tears. She happened to walk to the entrance of a shopping mall, found a chair, and sat down. "I had something to do, so I didn't contact you..."

"Alright, alright, Mom won't say anymore. Come over for dinner tonight."

"Um..."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Ying felt weak all over. She leaned back in her chair and looked up at the sky. Above her were bare branches with no leaves, and a few sparrows perched on the gray branches.

Shi Ying recalled that when she was a child, every winter and summer vacation, when she went to her grandmother's house in the countryside, her father would secretly take her out to catch sparrows behind her mother's back.

However, her father passed away when she was in elementary school, and her mother's health was never very good. Two years later, her mother also started a new family and had someone to take care of her.

Her uncle was very polite to her, but Shi Ying didn't like going to other people's houses, so she usually lived at school and went back to the house her father left behind during holidays.

Her relationship with Hsu Hsiu-ling was neither distant nor particularly close.

Six months ago, she graduated from university and found a job that her parents considered very respectable.

But Shi Ying wasn't happy with her job. Her boss was a lecherous bald man who always stared at her with lustful eyes and often assigned her a lot of tasks to keep her working overtime.

Exhausted both mentally and physically every day, Shi Ying couldn't help but complain to Xu Xiuling several times. However, the elder seemed unable to understand her pain at work, only saying that everyone was like that, and that she should just bear with it. She said that such a good job was something that others would want but couldn't get.

Shi Ying endured it for several months, but finally couldn't take it anymore and resigned.

Xu Xiuling was very angry when he resigned after only a few months, and the two had a fight.

Shi Ying felt that she didn't understand her. She could just find another job. Even if it wasn't as good as the old one, as long as it could support her, that would be enough. Why stay there and suffer?

Xu Xiuling felt that she had become too independent, quitting such a good job without even discussing it with her.

That day, the two said a lot of angry things. Xu Xiuling said that Shi Ying was raised by her with her own money, so he had to listen to her. Shi Ying said in a fit of anger that he would just pay her back all the money.

That's why Shi Ying signed up for the game mission.

Pulling herself out of her memories, Shi Ying felt her eyes getting wet and took out a tissue from her crossbody bag to wipe them.

While looking for tissues, she accidentally touched something hard.

Shi Ying took it out and saw that it was the ring; she didn't know when she had put it in her bag.

Upon seeing this, she was reminded of a certain man.

Shi Ying pursed her lips, but still couldn't resist taking a closer look at the ring.

But the more she looked at it, the more she felt that this ring really looked like Shang Chenyan's, with an "s" engraved on the inside as well.

Shi Ying frowned, a thought flashing through her mind.

She stood up, saw the shopping mall behind her, took the ring and went inside, finding a jewelry counter.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" the staff member asked warmly.

Shi Ying awkwardly squeezed her ring, then hesitated before asking, "Excuse me, could you help me determine if this ring has a real diamond or a fake one?"

"Yes, please wait a moment."

While waiting, Shi Ying felt a little regretful. She had forgotten when she bought the thing, but if it really was just a fake piece of jewelry worth a few dozen yuan, it would be so embarrassing for her to come here for authentication.

Shi Ying covered her face.

"Miss," a staff member approached and carefully handed her the ring, "this diamond is real."

"Really?" Shi Ying stared in shock.