Heartbeat Hide and Seek, Game Over if Discovered

"Little Yao, or are you that little Su girl in disguise?"

In front of Su City Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn's entrance,

As Lin Zhongtian cheerfully asked this casual inquiry,

At this moment, Su Mo felt her breathing become irregular with some urgency, her little heart in her chest beginning to pound non-stop.

With her little heart's fluctuations, Su Mo could even faintly feel the chest binding cloth restraining her two little white rabbits making 'rip rip' tearing sounds.

Feeling these various physical and mental feedbacks,

At this moment, Su Mo's little brain CPU began spinning frantically.

What to do?

Where exactly did she look somewhat inconsistent?

How should she dispel father-in-law's suspicion now?

Just as Su Mo faced father-in-law, somewhat panicked and at a loss,

An electronic synthesized voice timely rang in her mind.

[Ding, detected host showing nervous emotions, heartbeat index reaching 160%. Challenge System suggests host can try using some props. For example: Time-Stop Ring, Twilight Price Ring, etc. (Note: This system is only suggesting.)]

Hearing this prompt from her little sister system,

Su Mo first was stunned, then felt warm inside.

Being stunned was because since binding the system, Challenge System rarely gave her suggestions or subjectively guided her.

Now her little sister actively reminding her clearly meant caring for her, standing on her 'brother's' side, really warming Su Mo's heart.

Silently reciting in her heart: Sister is brother's little cotton coat.

Although Su Mo felt this phrase seemed somehow wrong.

Normally, shouldn't sister be mother's little cotton coat?

However, Su Mo quickly stopped dwelling on this.

After all, the current situation was how to pass father-in-law's test.

With her little sister system's reminder, Su Mo calmed down considerably.

After calming down, through careful observation of father-in-law's reaction, Su Mo discovered

She should only be suspected now.

After all, if father-in-law really saw through that she was 'Su Mo,'

Given father-in-law's personality and precedent, a pink sack would definitely already be on her head.

Now Su Mo faced two solutions to resolve suspicion: first was using the Time-Stop Ring to escape openly.

The other was using the 'Twilight Price Ring' to directly imitate her wife Muyao's speaking style.

But if using the 'price ring' to imitate Lin Muyao, there was a problem.

Using the Twilight Price Ring could completely imitate that person's personality and speaking style, but correspondingly consumed luck points. The more Su Mo overlapped with that character, the less luck points consumed.

But the problem was Lin Muyao's personality was very cool, somewhat aloof and strong. Su Mo's personality was more soft and cute, with a soft fluffy little white rabbit feeling.

This meant Su Mo imitating Lin Muyao consumed tremendous luck points.

With 41 luck points, Su Mo discovered trying it for one hour required 10 luck points.

This consumption was large, but after careful consideration, Su Mo finally decided to use the twilight ring.

After all, there were still nearly 95 hours before Heartbeat Hide and Seek ② challenge ended.

Variables were too many. Time-Stop Ring, no matter how you looked at it, was a trump card that should only be used as a last resort.

Having decided in her heart, Su Mo first recalled Lin Muyao's interactions with Lin father when visiting the Lin family, then silently used the twilight ring, beginning to imitate her wife Muyao.

Facing father-in-law's question, Su Mo first rolled her eyes, then said.

"Fath... Dad, can't you even recognize your own daughter?"

As a daughter-complex, Lin Zhongtian paid close attention to everything around Lin Muyao.

Su Mo, Lin Muyao's cute little 'boyfriend,' was naturally also Lin Zhongtian's focus.

The recent daily events caused by the little girl and those summary posts, Lin Zhongtian naturally saw them too.

Today after finishing business talks, from the first glance at Lin Muyao, Lin Zhongtian felt strange.

Although appearance was no different from Lin Muyao's usual look, there were still subtle differences in temperament and body shape.

In Lin Zhongtian's view, his daughter's legs, though still very white and perfect, somehow felt slightly shorter.

But Lin Zhongtian couldn't be completely certain about this.

After all, 'father and daughter should maintain proper distance,' plus Su Mo wore high heels, making these tiny differences very hard to detect.

Moreover, although Su Mo recently imitated many people with photographic evidence,

How to put it?

Old-generation Lin Zhongtian still didn't believe Su Mo was really that capable.

Therefore, the currently puzzled Lin Zhongtian was just testing.

Now seeing his 'daughter' familiarly show a slightly disgusted eye roll,

Look at this eye roll—still the familiar feeling, still the familiar taste.

Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but smile, the big stone in his heart finally falling.

"Hahaha, Little Yao, I was just teasing you. How could I not tell if you're real or fake! If Su Mo disguised as you, I'd immediately give her one and put another sack on her."

Speaking, Lin Zhongtian even waved his fist, making a sack-putting motion.

Seeing Lin father make this gesture, Su Mo silently shivered.

Uh... if father-in-law saw tomorrow's summary post, things would be very bad!

Storm approaching!

However, tomorrow's problems could be left to tomorrow's self.

Seeing the current crisis with father-in-law's suspicion resolved, Su Mo breathed a long sigh of relief.

After relaxing slightly, watching continuously declining luck points, worried about complications from delay, Su Mo actively said.

"Fath... Dad, do you have other business? If not, I'll get a room. I'm feeling somewhat unwell today!"

But after saying this, Su Mo regretted it.

Cheerful Lin Zhongtian, who had just performed military boxing, hearing his precious daughter was unwell,

Looking at the approaching golden car, directly waved it away, then concernedly said to Su Mo.

"Daddy happens to be free today. Where does it hurt? Should I find a doctor for you?"

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's response, watching the dismissed golden car,

At this moment Su Mo felt like crying without tears.

Uh... why is father-in-law so persistent!!!

...

[Ding, detected host using 'Twilight Price Ring,' current luck points 34. (Note: Lower luck points increase probability of bad events. When luck points fall below 30, many dangerous accidents will occur.)]

Moments later, in Crowne Plaza hotel restaurant area,

Dozens of expensive ingredients were placed before Su Mo: bluefin tuna, sea urchin sashimi, king crab leg meat... etc. Looking at these dazzling, glamorous foods,

In the past, Su Mo would definitely have bright eyes and great appetite, joining the eating army.

But at this moment, Su Mo's second visit to this restaurant area felt exactly like her first experience here.

The environment was elegant, service excellent,

But it was just very torturous.

Yes, that's right, torturous.

Because currently Su Mo faced chattering father-in-law Lin Zhongtian across from her.

"Little Yao, these are all your favorites. By the way, we haven't dined at this hotel for so long. Do you remember when I first brought you here, your excited look... blah blah blah..."

Watching father-in-law's excited reminiscing appearance…

Hearing continuously declining luck points in her mind.

Although the ingredients were super delicious, Su Mo currently found them tasteless, completely unable to enjoy their flavor.

After all, if father-in-law continued dragging down her luck points below 30,

That would cause dangerous bad events!

The previous rideshare experience was still vivid in Su Mo's mind.

As if Su Mo's prayers worked, Su City's sky gradually began drizzling.

With this light rain falling, chattering father-in-law's phone suddenly rang.

"Mm... ah... can't it be delayed? Sigh... alright, I understand."

Su Mo sitting across heard auxiliary information from the phone.

Roughly that there were client problems requiring Lin Zhongtian to negotiate.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, then said.

"Dad, go handle your business. My stomach feels somewhat unwell. After eating, I'll go upstairs to rest."

Watching father-in-law's reluctant departing figure completely leave, Su Mo couldn't help but cancel using the 'price ring,' with luck points finally settling above 32.

Looking at this luck point number, Su Mo couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Although 32 luck points was already very low, only guaranteeing lottery draws,

But overall, as long as it didn't drop below 30, it was fine.

After briefly relaxing, considering she'd need to disguise as her wife Muyao all day,

If she came down to eat again, exposure risk would be high. Su Mo ate tremendously this meal, consuming two bowls of fried rice alone.

Just as satisfied Su Mo patted her little stomach, received the 1603 room card she'd previously stayed in with Lin Muyao from the lobby manager, and took the elevator upstairs, Su Mo didn't know

In front of Su City Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn,

Not long after the golden luxury car left the entrance, a red BMW drove up to the front.

This red BMW's owner was none other than Lin Muyao.

Lin Muyao's reason for coming to her family's hotel today was related to the passengers in her car.

Having searched unsuccessfully for Su Mo these past days, Lin Muyao drove out as usual today to search.

Coincidentally encountering sudden rain in Su City, Lin Muyao happened to see Father Su, mother, and sister Su Su searching for Su Mo roadside.

Seeing all three had water stains, considering autumn's chill and fearing they'd catch cold, Lin Muyao actively invited the three into her car.

As host, plus her special relationship with Su Mo, to improve relations with Su family,

Coincidentally near Crowne Plaza hotel, Lin Muyao thought to let Su Mo's family have a good meal first, then take hot baths.

As Lin Muyao entered the hotel, having searched for Su Mo morning and noon without eating,

Lin Muyao also accompanied Su family to sit and eat in the restaurant.

While Lin Muyao ate, she noticed today's service staff seemed strange, frequently looking at her and occasionally whispering.

After finishing the meal, when Lin Muyao brought Su family to the hotel front desk wanting four rooms for good baths and warmth, she saw the lobby manager only handed out three room cards.

Seeing this scene, Lin Muyao couldn't help but ask puzzledly.

"Manager Zhang, one room per person—why are you giving me three cards? Are there no rooms available?"

Hearing Lin Muyao's question, Manager Zhang looked at the four people before him, then respectfully said.

"Miss, aren't your friends just these three people? Didn't you already take your room card 1603 just now?"

Hearing Manager Zhang's statement,

Lin Muyao first was stunned, then thinking of the restaurant service staff's strange looks while dining,

Lin Muyao quickly had a bold guess, her almond eyes shining with bright light.

Hehe... her naughty little husband seemed to have shown his hand!

And room 1603 was really quite coincidental!