Chapter 21
Chapter 21: The Ex-Girlfriend’s Sister Comes Knocking
August 3rd, 2025, Sunday.
24℃～31℃, cloudy turning sunny.
「China Construction Bank: Your account ending in 7946 received RMB 4000 on August 3rd at 00:01, current balance: 158,000」
“Phew—!”
10 AM.
In the center of the living room, Lin Shen couldn’t continue after three minutes of horse stance and finally collapsed from exhaustion.
He slumped on the yoga mat, breathing heavily, his legs shaking.
According to guides on Xiaohongshu, horse stance and Kegel exercises were the most effective training methods for improving male capabilities.
So Lin Shen lay flat and practiced following the video playing on his iPad.
Bridge pose with leg abduction and adduction, supine hip opening, triangle glute bridges…
After one set of movements, Lin Shen felt like his lower body was almost numb.
But fortunately, the training effect was good.
Lin Shen picked up his phone and casually opened the new interface that appeared in [Payment Treasure].
Although [Personal Panel] was obtained through the [Low Virtue] task, it opened in Payment Treasure.
Lin Shen speculated that Payment Treasure might be the source of all cracked apps, the main interface of the entire game.
After all, it was responsible for giving out money!
【Constitution: 72/72 (Healthy+)】
【Mental: 68/70 (Calm+)】
【Kidney Strength: 65/70 (Vigorous)】
“Not bad!”
Seeing that his constitution and mental attributes had both recovered to their maximum, Lin Shen was quite excited.
Especially kidney strength, which made him somewhat thrilled.
From 57 to 65, although it only increased by 7 points, this span allowed him to surpass the average level of ordinary people.
It seems the online guides are quite useful.
Of course, it was also thanks to the 55% exercise effect enhancement and “won’t degrade.”
Through this period of exploration, Lin Shen fully appreciated the wonder of the [Exercise Health] cracked app.
Whether running or training chest and abs, he could clearly feel the changes in his muscle groups.
From normal to sore, then back to normal.
This was happiness that only fitness enthusiasts could experience.
“More training!”
After sufficient rest, Lin Shen was about to do push-ups to train his chest.
At this moment, knocking suddenly sounded.
Knock knock knock—!
“Sis! I’m here!”
Sis?
Lin Shen was stunned. Opening the door, he found a not-very-tall girl standing in front of him.
She wore a light yellow floral dress, her hair tied in twin pigtails with flower-shaped hair ties.
She had a crossbody bag hanging from her chest, and was pulling a suitcase covered in cartoon stickers behind her.
Her round face looked particularly cute and charming, giving Lin Shen a sense of familiarity.
No wait!
He had seen her somewhere before!
“You are…”
“Brother-in-law! You don’t even recognize me?”
The girl pointed to her own nose, her smile quite sweet.
“I’m Gu Wanqing~”
“Qingqing?”
Lin Shen looked extremely surprised, examining Gu Wanqing from head to toe, carefully.
They say girls change dramatically as they grow up, but this change was too drastic!
When Gu Wanqing was in her second year of high school, Lin Shen had seen her once.
At that time, she wore a school uniform, was petite, and looked quite ordinary—she wouldn’t stand out in a crowd.
But in just one year, that little girl had actually grown into this sweet beauty?!
Lin Shen couldn’t help but exclaim.
“You’ve changed so much!”
“Brother-in-law, you too. You seem much thinner than a year ago.”
Gu Wanqing blinked her beautiful eyes, which sparkled with amazing brilliance.
“And you’ve gotten more handsome!”
“Thank you.”
Lin Shen smiled slightly and stepped aside to let Gu Wanqing in.
As soon as she entered the living room, she looked around curiously and asked.
“Where’s my sister? Isn’t she home?”
“Didn’t your sister tell you about that?”
“About what?”
Gu Wanqing tilted her head, as if question marks were popping up above her head.
Seeing this, Lin Shen took a deep breath and said softly.
“Your sister and I broke up.”
“Huh!?”
Gu Wanqing was completely stunned, her surprised voice seeming to pierce through the ceiling, her expression extremely bewildered.
“You and my sister broke up? When did this happen?”
“Last month.”
Lin Shen was also puzzled.
“She even posted about it on social media, didn’t you see?”
“I did see it!”
Gu Wanqing pulled out her phone, quickly scrolled through the screen, then held it up to Lin Shen.
It showed Gu Wanting’s social media, with the last update still from two months ago, when Lin Shen celebrated her birthday.
Missing was a large section of photos she took while traveling in Paris.
Seeing this, Lin Shen quickly understood.
Could it be that her travel posts were only shown to me?
Heh!
People will want to laugh when they’re extremely speechless.
Lin Shen was in that state now.
So you had a seamless transition but didn’t want your friends to know?
You even kept it from your own sister?
“What happened, brother-in-law?”
Gu Wanqing was completely confused now.
“You just had a fight, right?”
“We really broke up.”
Lin Shen sighed lightly, had Gu Wanqing sit on the sofa, poured her a glass of water, then slowly recounted his painful experience from the past period.
He even opened the social media posts that Gu Wanting had only shown him, letting her sister take a good look.
Ten minutes later.
“I’m sorry!”
After learning the whole story, Gu Wanqing became somewhat panicked and immediately stood up to bow deeply to Lin Shen.
“My sister did something really terrible! I apologize to you on her behalf!”
“Why are you apologizing for your sister?”
Lin Shen didn’t want to involve Gu Wanqing, after all, she knew nothing and was just an innocent girl.
“Didn’t you contact your sister before coming to Shanghai?”
“I did contact her.”
Gu Wanqing sat restlessly, constantly sipping water from her cup.
“She told me not to come to Shanghai to visit her, saying it was too dangerous for me to be alone, but I secretly came anyway. Who knew she’d gone abroad?”
“Are you here to travel in Shanghai?”
“Yes, I want to see SISU’s campus!”
Lin Shen’s method of changing the subject worked well, directly helping the anxious Gu Wanqing return to her initial liveliness and cheerfulness