The page flickered and arrived at the final page.
On the last page, the profile picture was just a blurry outline plus a black shadow, like the ‘little black figure’ suspects in detective movies.
The name field was blank.
Note: Actually, I don’t really like preserved fruit.
【Blank? How do you even read a blank name?】Ethan Foster was stunned.
Could it be that the name is literally ‘Blank’?
Before he could think further, the page automatically jumped back, returning to the black-and-white homepage where little crabs crawled around.
Was the last page skipped because the game wasn’t set up yet? Like when a movie leaves a cliffhanger at the end, making people look forward to a sequel?
“It’s over.” Ethan Foster closed the e-reader with lingering interest and put it back in the drawer.
No matter how fun something is, you can’t binge it all at once, or you’ll lose a lot of enjoyment in the future.
It’s best to play a little at a time.
……
After confirming the name ‘Chloe Sullivan’, Ethan Foster started wandering around his own house, getting familiar with the current state of his ‘home’.
The third floor was where he and Chloe Sullivan lived their daily lives—kitchen, living room, storage room, bedroom, all fully equipped. This was the floor the couple spent most of their time on. There wasn’t a nursery set up yet, so it seemed the two hadn’t planned on having kids anytime soon.
The second floor was for working out. Ethan Foster saw all kinds of exercise equipment arranged on this floor, and the decor was similar to a gym. He’d bulked up quite a bit, and this floor definitely played a big part.
The fourth floor had some bookshelves, with his printed art drafts on them, and even a few computers... It felt a bit like another studio of his. Judging by this, maybe he had an ‘assistant’?
Just as Ethan Foster was wandering around the fourth floor, his phone rang.
He took out his phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number with no name attached.
Ethan Foster answered the call cautiously—since he had a three-year memory gap, every unknown call had to be handled carefully to avoid giving himself away.
“Hello, is this Mr. Xiong Ba? We’re from Harvest Express, your package has arrived. Are you home? Please sign for it.” After the call connected, a rough man’s voice sounded.
It was a reassuring voice.
“I’m here, just a moment, I’ll come downstairs right away,” Ethan Foster replied.
Was it those ‘mechanical parts’ that Mason Reed helped him order yesterday?
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……
There were five boxes in total, looking heavy.
From the photos that ‘Mason Reed’ had sent him before, he couldn’t tell the exact size of those ‘mechanical parts’.
He hadn’t expected them to be this substantial.
What exactly was Chloe Sullivan planning to assemble?
In his mind, he pictured Chloe Sullivan holding a big wrench or something, face smudged with grease, climbing a ladder and assembling some large machine.
That image was kind of cool.
Well, no matter what she was going to assemble, he could always help out by handing her tools or something.
“The goods have been delivered. Please give us a good review later, bro.” The delivery guy helped Ethan Foster move all five boxes inside, collected the signed receipt, and grinned brightly.
“No problem.” Ethan Foster made an OK gesture.
Everyone works hard for their money—he might have to go do manual labor himself tomorrow, so he could sympathize with working people.
After seeing the delivery guy off, Ethan Foster squatted down and opened the five packages one by one, took photos of the parts with his phone, then opened his chat app, found the account labeled 【Wife】, and sent the photos over.
He added a message: “Dear~ all the mechanical parts you ordered have arrived, please give a five-star review~”
On the other end, Chloe Sullivan replied instantly.
But her reply was just a string of question marks: “???”
And she even added a 【giant hamster with a head full of question marks】 emoji.
“Huh? Did I send it to the wrong person?” Ethan Foster wondered after seeing the reply.
A scumbag, labeling someone as ‘wife’ in his chat app, but it’s not his real wife?
He tapped on the 【Wife】 profile picture and checked the personal page.
Hmm, no mistake, it was Chloe Sullivan’s account.
There were selfies of Chloe Sullivan in the feed, and photos of the two of them together.
Their chat history also proved that this was indeed Chloe Sullivan.
So why did she seem so confused?
Wasn’t she the one who asked him to help order the mechanical parts?
Wait a minute...
If these parts weren’t for Chloe Sullivan, then there was only one possibility—they were for himself!
But because he was embarrassed to tell Mason Reed, he used his wife Chloe Sullivan’s name and had ‘Mason Reed’ help him order them?
Maybe he even secretly used his own stash of money to place the order, hiding it from his wife the whole time?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
So now, did he just out himself, delivering his own secret right to Chloe Sullivan’s doorstep?
A full-service package, from ordering to delivery?
Ethan Foster felt a little nervous inside.
“Aji, I didn’t order these things, and I don’t know anything about machinery. Did someone send the wrong package? Was the delivery a mistake?” Chloe Sullivan quickly replied again.