The light on the first floor was on. Alex used the key to open the door and found his father sitting on a stool waiting for him.
"Just now... was that Shi Piao?" Mr. Alex asked.
Although he had never met Shi Piao in person, he had seen some photos in Shi Piao's WeChat Moments.
The photos in WeChat Moments are generally beautified and carefully edited, and there is still a difference from the person himself, so at that time Mr. Alex did not recognize Shi Piao at first.
However, he is not stupid. After seeing his son's various unusual reactions today, he guessed what was going on.
"Hmm," Alex nodded.
His previous actions were really obvious, and even if he wanted to hide this, he couldn't.
"Have you made up with her?" Mr. Alex asked again.
His son's life and marriage had always been a matter of concern to him.
"No," Alex shook his head, "Dad, don't mention her again. She and I are no longer related."
Mr. Alex was taken aback, but then he squeezed out a smile and said, "It's good to let go. A man should be able to both take responsibility and let go."
Alex returned to the third floor where he was staying, sat down in a chair, and stared out the window at the night view of the city.
All his hopes were gone...
There was no longer any possibility between him and her, it was completely over.
There was pain, but more of a sense of relief.
Now that he thought about it, the difficulty and pain of being heartbroken was just him torturing himself, and it had no meaning other than making him decadent and sink.
In this world, apart from parents, who else will really care about him and care about him?
Those vows she made were just her acting, but he foolishly took them seriously.
Now in this materialistic age, it is no longer the same as when his parents were young. Sincerity is really worthless.
He dare not hope for love anymore, and he doesn't want to get involved.
Alex just sat on the chair for a few minutes.
Then, he opened his phone and clicked on the World of Spirits icon to enter the World of Spirits game.
The world in the game was also at night.
There was no moon in the game world tonight, and the sky was very dark, just like Alex's mood right now.
Alex controlled the character to get up from the simple bed, then opened the door and entered the equally simple courtyard.
The courtyard belongs to Ethan's family, and Alex has been living in an empty room in Ethan's house ever since he started working with the Yang siblings and got on well with them.
The villagers go to bed early, and usually rest soon after dark, and the Yang siblings are no exception.
In order not to disturb the siblings' rest, Alex gently opened the courtyard door and walked out quietly.
It was quiet outside, with only a few scattered lights.
Having lived in Peace Village for several days, Alex was already familiar with the terrain. He went in the dark to the place where he had previously done his strength training and began to do it.
It was very secluded here, and not to mention at night, even during the day, almost no one would come here.
Alex was prepared to stay up late doing strength training, and he was determined to increase his character's strength value to 100 points tonight!
He can't continue to be so decadent and sink any lower.
He has already resolved his relationship problems.
So, it's time to resolve the game issue.
After all, the game is just for leisure, just an additive to people's lives. He can't rely on it to change his destiny.
As a man, his career comes first.
He doesn't want to continue sinking lower in this game world, and it's time to choose to leave.
Then he will seek inspiration and gather information to prepare for the publication of his new book.
Becoming a martial artist is his last obsession in the game of World of Spirits.
He wants to become a martial artist as soon as possible to get rid of this obsession.
As for what he will do after becoming a martial artist, he has already made up his mind.
If he is going to leave, he will do so decisively and without any hesitation.
After leaving, he will never return.
Two hours later, at 11:07 p.m., the phone vibrated slightly.
Prompt: "Because you have been diligently training, your strength has increased by 1 point."
The character's strength has increased by 1 point, from 97 to 98.
It is correct that it took Alex 2 hours to increase his strength by 1 point.
As the character's strength value gets closer and closer to 100, the time it takes to increase it by one point also becomes longer and longer.
It started at one hour, then one and a half hours, and now it's two hours.
Alex still clicks the screen every few seconds to control the character in the game world and do strength training.
While doing the character's strength training, Alex browses the game's exclusive forum on the computer.
It is now 11:26.
Prompt: "Because you have been training so hard, your fitness level has increased by 1 point."
Time flies, and it is now 11:57 p.m.
Prompt: "You are very hungry and need to eat."
Alex is prepared for this, and pauses his training. He manipulates the character to take out a piece of jerky from his body and puts it in the character's mouth, chewing it.
He then took out a bamboo tube containing clean water and opened the lid.
The character chewed the jerky while drinking the water.
After eating and drinking, he continued his strength training.
At 1:25 a.m., the phone vibrated slightly.
Prompt: "Because you worked hard at strength training, your strength has increased by 1 point."
The character's strength value increased by 1 point, from 98 to 99.
Just one more point, just one more point, and his strength attribute will be raised to 100 points.
After staying up until the early morning, Alex's eyes had a layer of bloodshot.
1:57 a.m.
Prompt: "Because you have been working hard to build up your body, your constitution has increased by 1 point."
The character's constitution has increased by 1 point, but this is no longer important.
The bloodshot eyes of Alex became more and more numerous, and he became more and more sleepy.
2:51 a.m.
Prompt: "You are very hungry now and need to eat."
Alex took out some food and water again, ate and drank, and after he was full, continued with his strength training.
Finally, at 3:58 a.m., Alex's phone vibrated gently again.
Prompt: "Because you worked hard and seriously to build up your strength, your strength has increased by 1 point."
The character's strength value finally reached… 100 points.
Alex rubbed his bloodshot eyes and let out a relieved smile.
Then he logged out of the game, shut down the computer, threw his phone next to his pillow, and fell asleep.
He was really tired.