"Hey, my birthday is the day after tomorrow. I want an iPad. Can you buy it for me?"

"Sure, we can skip next month's rent and sleep on the streets from now on."

"Why don't you just buy it with your credit card? Once you get paid, you can pay off the credit card bill."

"Why should I take such a big risk? What's in it for me?"

"Hehe, on the night of my birthday... I can..."

"What? Can we officially start our 'new' life together?" Liam grinned evilly, with a mischievous look on his face.

"Get lost! Is your mind only filled with such things? Can't you think of something healthier?"

"What do you think I'm thinking? Hmph! Spending thousands of bucks just for you? I'd rather go to a motel for fifty bucks!"

"You have no taste." Emma shook her head, her eyes darting around.

"What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking to see if an iPad will fall from the sky."

"I hope a gold brick falls and smashes you on the head."

"Go to hell!"

As they walked, the two of them continued to bicker. A man in black who had been talking loudly on the phone suddenly stood up from a bench on the roadside and hurriedly ran towards the street. Emma seemed to notice something and quickly ran to the bench, sat down, and took out a small mirror. She then pulled out a lipstick and started applying it to her lips seriously.

"What are you doing?" Liam walked over, looking at Emma with a puzzled expression.

"Just taking a break from walking, is that not allowed?" Emma rolled her eyes at Liam and glanced in the direction of the man who had just been on the phone. She watched as he rushed into a taxi and disappeared at the end of the street.

"We're almost home! Why sit here? Let's go back and cook!" Liam glared at Emma and reached out to pull her up.

"Hahaha..." Emma laughed triumphantly.

"Why are you making a scene?"

"My mom taught me since I was little to pay attention to the ground and surroundings while walking, because I'll definitely find money." Emma excitedly reached behind her.

"Didn't your mom teach you anything better? Like helping an old people who fell down?" Liam shook his head.

"Look at this!" Emma suddenly pulled out something from behind.

"An iPad?" Liam couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's an iPad 11! The guy just dropped it. Luckily, I noticed it! It's fate! I think of something, and it magically appears." Emma was extremely proud, holding the iPad in front of her, and carefully examining the half-bitten apple logo on the back. Then she turned it on.

"Ah!" Emma exclaimed softly, looking at her own finger.

"What's wrong? Return the item to its owner. You can't just take advantage like this." Liam stared at Emma disapprovingly. When someone drops something, you're supposed to stop them and return it, not claim it as your own.

"Hmph! Why do you care if I take advantage? If you don't buy it for me, and I find one myself, it's none of your business." Emma turned around and started studying the iPad intently.

"That's illegal possession. Be careful, someone might report you, and the police will arrest you!" Liam shook his head and leaned back in the chair. The man who had hurriedly left earlier was quite strange. The weather wasn't that cold today, yet he was wearing a black coat. What could be so urgent?

"If I get arrested, then you'll have to cook and serve me meals every day! Hmph!" Emma glared

at Liam.

"Dream on! If you get arrested, you deserve it. I won't bother with you!"

"Let's go back. It wouldn't be good if that person comes looking for it." After studying the iPad for a while, Emma suddenly realized something, quickly put it back into her bag, looked around anxiously, and then stood up, ready to walk towards their rented place.

"Wait, if he comes back, we'll give it back to him." Liam grabbed Emma.

"No! I'm absolutely not giving it back!" Emma struggled free from Liam's grip and quickly walked towards their rented place.

"You... sigh... what kind of person are you? Watch out for karma!" Liam sighed, wanting to say more to Emma, but she had already run far ahead. In the end, Liam could only follow behind Emma and walk back to their rented place.

...

On the way, Emma kept looking around nervously until they entered the door. Only then did she joyfully take the iPad out of her bag again and sit on the worn-out couch, carefully examining it.

"Go buy groceries. We can study it later." Liam walked to the couch and nudged Emma.

"Don't bother me. Don't we still have a potato and a tomato? We can buy more tomorrow." Emma pushed Liam's hand away unhappily.

"Then hurry up and cook!" Liam sullenly went back to his old computer, sat down, and started browsing the internet for some information he needed to look up that day.

"I know!"

Liam, being a freelance handyman with skills in plumbing, electricity, masonry, and carpentry, has met Lily first due to an unexpected incident. Through Lily, he got to know Emma, who came to visit her sister.

Lily attends a university nearby but doesn't live on campus. She rents a two-bedroom apartment in the same neighborhood as Liam, along with two female classmates. Liam, on the other hand, rents a one-bedroom apartment measuring 540 square feet. Sometimes, when Lily finds her place too noisy, she visits Liam's apartment with her own purchased Apple device to use the internet.

Lily is beautiful and proud, and naturally, she doesn't consider Liam, a handyman, as a potential romantic interest. However, her sister Emma has lower standards and fewer aspirations. Emma simply wants to find someone decent to marry, someone who can provide for her and take care of her daily needs, even if it means doing household chores and cooking for others.

Although Liam is just a freelance handyman, he is diligent, charges reasonable prices, and has developed a good reputation in the neighborhood. He can earn around $3,000 to $4,000 per month during good times and around $2,000 during slower periods. While some may consider this income insufficient, in Emma's eyes, it is already quite good.

As time goes on, Lily suggests that Liam and Emma make a suitable couple during a meal together. Liam, although secretly attracted to Lily, knows that she is proud and difficult to win over. So he settles for a second best option and quietly starts dating Emma.

One day, after having a meal together, Emma realizes she has run out of olive oil while cooking at Lily's place. Not wanting to go to the supermarket, which is far away, Emma goes to Liam's place to borrow some. However, as she is about to leave with the olive oil, a sudden heavy rainstorm begins and shows no signs of stopping.

Surprisingly, Liam doesn't have an umbrella. Although Liam believes that the light rain won't drench Emma or make her sick, she insists that she can't walk in the rain. As a result, she ends up staying at Liam's place and takes the initiative to cook a meal for him.

After dinner, the two of them were bored and sat on Liam's broken couch chatting about random things, and in the end Liam kissed her.

At first the two were enjoying themselves, gradually Liam began not to be satisfied with the kiss, and touched her breasts with his hands, but after touching the breasts, Liam still refused to give up, and stripped Emma's pants, and even forced her panties off together.

Emma screamed for help and adamantly refused to comply, even threatening to call the police. Worried that Emma might actually make the call, Liam had no choice but to let go.

After being released by Liam, Emma didn't immediately leave but instead forcefully demanded that Liam take responsibility for his actions. Her reasoning seemed valid to her, as Liam had pulled down her pants and seen her body, and she claimed that no other man had seen her like that before in her twenty years of life.

Although Liam had his doubts and suggested that Emma had definitely worn a bikini before, she adamantly denied it. In the end, Liam succumbed and agreed to take responsibility for Emma.

From that moment on, they officially became a couple, and Emma naturally bid farewell to her old life of sharing a bed with her sister Lily and embarked on a new life of sharing a bed with Liam.

Of course, it was a 'new' life, without any 'sexual' life. Emma was very firm on matters of principle and insisted that Liam would not see her body again until their wedding night.

Despite Emma being much smaller in stature and bulk compared to Liam, she always occupied two-thirds of the bed while sleeping, leaving Liam with only one-third. Furthermore, many of the dirty, tough, and heavy tasks that the sisters used to do now fell upon Liam.

Liam had doubts about Emma's motives for coming over to borrow olive oil that day, but it was true that he had made inappropriate advances towards Emma after dinner. So, he could only blame himself for his miserable life now and couldn't lay the blame on Emma's shoulders.

To say that it was miserable wouldn't be too far off, but Emma was a relatively hardworking girl. Although the clothes she washed weren't very clean and the food she cooked wasn't particularly tasty, at least Liam could change his clothes every day and didn't have to go to the street to buy hot dogs anymore.

Emma wanted an iPad 10 because her sister had one, and she envied the scene of Lily showing her photos on the iPad.

So, starting half a month ago, Emma began talking to Liam about getting an Apple device, especially since her birthday was coming up. Liam did consider buying a cheap tablet for Emma, but she believed that Apple was incomparable to any other brand, both in terms of its internal and external qualities. Lily also shared this view, which only reinforced Emma's firm belief.

The sisters' perspective was scoffed at by Liam. In Liam's opinion, these major brands were just capitalizing on people's vanity to make a fortune.

Liam has always believed that non-branded products are just as good as Apple, and he thinks that apart from the brand name, Apple has no advantages. Because of this difference in opinion, Liam has consistently refused to buy an iPad for Emma.

"An alert popped up on the iPad." Emma frowned and walked over to Liam.

"What's the message?" Liam absentmindedly replied while tapping on the screen.

"I'm not sure... Is it a game? It says I have two tasks to complete, one in blue text and one in red text. Which one should I choose?"

"The one in blue."

"Blue... alright... I've selected it... Another message just popped up, it says I need to help an old lady cross the street before midnight tonight."

"Well, you could use some moral education, that's for sure."

"Fine!" Emma grumbled and punched Liam's back. "I'll choose the one in red instead!"

"Sure."

"Oh!" Emma exclaimed.

"What's wrong?"

"Guess what the red task is?"

"What?"

"It wants me to break a cat's leg before midnight tonight."

"Who's so twisted? The Cat Torture Society?"

"Yeah! It's incredibly lame. And it even threatens me, saying that if I can't complete both tasks before midnight, my points will go negative, and I'll be wiped out of existence before dawn." Emma pouted, looking unhappy.

"Hahaha! Do you think you're a pencil drawing that can be erased by an eraser? Almighty God! Almighty Jobs! Please wipe Miss Emma away so I can have the entire bed to myself!"

"Get lost!" Emma punched Liam again and then stormed off to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

...

After dinner, Emma sat on the worn-out sofa, continuing to explore her iPad. Liam walked over and kicked her. "Aren't you going to wash the dishes?"

"Not today! I'll do them tomorrow!"

Emma laughed and took a selfie with a silly grin, holding the iPad up. "How many pixels does this camera even have? It's a total scam!"

"You're so ugly! Why would you want a clear picture?" Liam sneered, looking at the not-so-high-definition photos inside.

"Are you sure this is an Apple device?" Liam asked Emma.

"No duh!"

"Let me see." Liam took the iPad and examined the half-bitten apple logo on the back. "Is this really an apple? It looks more like a pear I took a bite out of. Could it be a knockoff?"

"Ugh! You're the knockoff!" Emma snatched the iPad back and focused on the screen again.

Liam had nothing to do, and he didn't want to surf the internet anymore. He was bored after eating, so he reached out and touched Emma all over her body.

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When Liam touched her back and waist, Emma didn't react, but when he touched her chest, Emma gave Liam a blank look, and when Liam tried to touch her under her belly, Emma slapped him on the back of her hand.

Liam unwillingly extended his hand again shortly after, but this time, Emma fiercely pinched him with her nails, causing him immense pain and instantly killing his desire.

"Is this the only thing on your mind all day long?" Emma finally paused and glared at Liam with frustration.

"Shit! I'm tired of it! I'll force you to do it tonight, so what?" Liam glared back at Emma, damn it! The cat is hanging a piece of fish on its mouth, and not allowed to eat, the cat can not not crazy?

Liam considers himself to be a very good man among men, still maintaining a virgin body at the age of twenty-one, and Emma in the same bed, but has not been bad for her body, not even allowed to touch, is not to kill people?

"Forget it! You touch it, but ...... not allowed to touch down ...... before marriage, do that is absolutely not." Emma some afraid to look at the fierce light of Liam, this time finally did not pinch Liam touch in her chest hand again.

"Hey, you can't do that, but you can use your mouth." Liam laughed wickedly.

"Blah blah blah! Don't even think about it!" Emma's little face turned red with shame, probably recalling the time when she was forced to watch av by Liam in bed, and forcibly pushed Liam's hand on her breast away.

"Shit!" Liam was completely enraged, pushed Emma down on the broken couch, mounted her, and then started to forcefully undress her.

"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on?" Emma panicked and quickly reached out to grab Liam, but Liam firmly pressed her hands against her sides, rendering her unable to move.

"What else can I do? Rape!" Liam glared viciously at Emma.

"Haha! Haha! Haha!" Emma burst into laughter three times and then replied to Liam in a playful tone, "Stop messing around. It's so hot today, and I don't want to do laundry with sweaty clothes."

"Who's messing around with you? I'm dead serious this time!" Liam continued to glare at Emma fiercely.

He had two hands on each of Emma's hands, and if he had a third hand, he would have reached out and pulled Emma's pants off by now.

But Liam didn't need three hands, he forced Emma's two hands together, then used one hand to hold them above her head, then with his other hand he began to pull at Emma's pants.

Emma resisted, twisting and turning desperately, and was actually bursting out of her with considerable force. Liam took a lot of effort to finally unbutton Emma's pants, then grabbed the edge of her pants and peeled them downward violently.

"Hey, hey, hey! Strong man! Hero! Big brother! I admit that I am not your opponent, let's make peace!" Emma pants were stripped, immediately lost the sense of security, and hurriedly loudly to Liam asked for peace talks.

"Negotiation? Have you ever seen negotiations between the victor and the defeated?"

"Please, don't..." Emma pleaded with a pitiful look towards Liam. They had played this game before, but this time Liam seemed determined to take it seriously.

"Don't play pathetic, you won't fall for it again this time!" Liam hesitated for a moment and put his hand to his waist.

"No! I'll ...... I'll ...... I'll use my mouth ...... okay?" Emma now panicked, and hastily offered Liam a compromise offer.

"Hmph!" Liam hesitated for a moment, considering that forcing things wouldn't lead to a good outcome, especially since Emma had already made significant concessions. Well, he would let her off the hook this time.

After releasing Emma, Liam, Emma rubbed her wrist that had been hurt by Liam.She hurriedly re-buttoned her pants and gave Liam an unpleasant look: "It's all your fault! All my clothes are soaked with sweat! So you're not going to do the laundry, huh?"

"Quit the nonsense, mouth!" Liam smirked and took a step forward, placing his hand on his waist.

"Can we do it at a different time? I just ate... I might throw up... Ahh..." Emma wrinkled her nose and looked at Liam with a pitiful expression, pretending to feel disgusted and nauseous.

"No way!" Liam decided not to be soft-hearted anymore, fearing that she would wriggle her way out of it again.

Just as Liam had just taken off his pants, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Wow! Someone's here!" Emma exclaimed as if she had found a savior. She quickly pushed Liam away and sprang up from the worn-out sofa, rushing to the door and pulling it open.

"Hey! You..." Liam was taken aback. Just as he was about to call out to Emma, Lily had already been let in by Emma from outside the door.

At that moment, Emma, who had always been a bit absent-minded, realized that something was amiss. After casting a glance at Liam, she hurriedly covered Lily's eyes with her hand.

"What are you doing, sis?" Lily forcefully pushed Emma's hand away and tried to look behind her.

Girls are usually like this, curious about something they're not allowed to see, and then... they regret it later...

Fortunately, Liam had quickly put away "that thing," but the reaction had not subsided yet, and it was still noticeable. When Lily looked over in their direction, Liam quickly tried to divert her attention by saying, "Lily, you're here? Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten. It's so noisy over there, I came here for some peace," Lily pushed Emma aside and looked at Liam suspiciously, but she didn't notice anything unusual.

Emma made a silly face at Liam from behind Lily and even stuck out her tongue, looking quite pleased with herself.

"You two can chat. I have something to do," Liam took the opportunity to turn around, cursing Emma in his mind. He decided that tonight, when they go to sleep, he wouldn't let her get away with anything, no matter how much she pretended to be pitiful.

"Wow! The new iPad?" Lily noticed the iPad 10 placed on the worn-out sofa and quickly walked over to it.

"Liam got it for me as a birthday gift," Emma casually lied to Lily.

Sitting at the computer desk, Liam felt a bit guilty upon hearing Emma's words. They had been together for some time, and he hadn't really bought her anything decent. Tomorrow, he would find time to buy her an iPad, so she could return this one to its owner.

In the past two years, Liam had actually saved up some money, although he hadn't told Emma about it. He didn't have high demands for his own future, but he had some small plans. At least... he didn't want to keep renting houses with Emma forever.

"Wow! It's such a beautiful device! Huh? It's frozen?"

"No, it's not. It's working perfectly fine," Liam replied.

"Why isn't it responding when I try to use it?"

"Maybe you're not doing it right?"

"Sis, could this iPad still recognize its owner?"

"Really? Does it have that feature?"

The two sisters chatted on the sofa, whispering to each other. It was indeed strange that Emma had no problem operating the iPad, but Lily couldn't make it work at all, as if it was frozen.

"What's wrong with this thing? Hey! Liam! Come and take a look!" Lily shouted to Liam.

Liam, who was told to find Emma, responded without even turning his head. Every time he saw Lily and talked to her up close, his heart would race, but now that he was with Emma, he didn't want to get too close to Lily.

"Hmph! You dare to treat your future sister-in-law like this before my sister is even married to you!" Lily was not pleased and charged towards Liam, twisting one of his ears.

"What are you doing? Trying to rebel?" Liam grabbed Lily's hand as she attempted to twist his other ear. They ended up holding each other's hands.

In that moment, Liam and Lily's eyes met,

and Liam couldn't help but tremble inside. His hand also trembled involuntarily. This little girl, she was too much of a troublemaker. Liam almost lost control and had the urge to embrace her.

Of course, it was just a passing thought.

"Emma! He's harassing me!" Lily's face turned red, and she shouted loudly to Emma.

"Who dares to harass my Lily?" Emma shouted back, swiftly rushing over and circling behind Liam. In one swift move, she jumped and wrapped her arms around Liam's neck, choking him.

Liam was caught off guard by the sudden impact, causing him to lose his balance. Instinctively, he found himself embracing Lily in his arms.

Liam could swear to the heavens that it was completely instinctual, not intentional in any way.

In an attempt to maintain balance and prevent any harm to Lily's delicate body, Liam quickly extended one leg forward. However, unexpectedly, his leg ended up positioned between Lily's legs. Lily instinctively moved backward, causing Liam, who had just managed to stabilize his body, to be propelled forward. As a result, all three of them lost their balance. Lily ended up being pinned beneath Liam, with Emma lying on top of him. Fortunately, Liam reacted quickly and supported himself with his arms, preventing any harm to Lily's body.

Liam has not yet subsided something, also do not know what soft place against the soft touch of Lily's body, so it suddenly jerked his body as if losing control.Feeling uneasy, Liam quickly tried to lift his body away from his Lily's soft figure, but Emma was still sitting on his back, making it impossible for him to get up,and something down there was even more rigid at the moment.

Lily, feeling either pain or sensing something unusual, furrowed her brows and angrily scolded Liam, "You big jerk!"

"Beat you up, you big jerk!" Emma, half-straddling Liam's back, had a triumphant look on her face, completely oblivious to the fact that her sister was still underneath Liam. Taking advantage of the situation, Emma reached out and pinched and twisted Liam's body with all her might, seeking revenge for earlier.

"Crushing me!" Lily protested loudly, finally catching Emma's attention. Emma quickly got off Liam.

"Hmph!" Lily, now standing, glared at Liam fiercely.

"Hmph!" Emma also sneered at Liam, not understanding the situation.

Liam looked at his sisters with an innocent expression. He didn't intend to take advantage of the situation, but holding Lily just now did feel nice. As a result, his heart was still racing.

For a man, the feeling of holding a woman's body is always pleasurable, but there's a world of difference between holding the body of a beautiful woman you're attracted to and holding the body of any other woman. Holding any woman might bring instant pleasure, but holding a woman you genuinely like creates a lasting impact that makes your heart race whenever you reminisce about it.

After the tussle and exchange of glances, Lily seemed to harbor some hostility towards Liam. She whispered a few words to her sister Emma, and then bid farewell, leaving for her own place.

Liam returned to his computer, pretending to continue browsing the internet, but he couldn't help but reminisce about the feeling of holding Lily moments ago. Judging by her blushing and angry reaction afterward, it was highly likely that she realized what had pressed against her during their collision.

The little spitfire was probably angry.

It was a pity, though. Someone as alluring as her could only be casually touched and brushed against during playful encounters like today. Sooner or later, she would belong to someone else's embrace.

Although Liam liked Lily, he didn't feel any heartache or agony from being unable to have her. Liam had a nonchalant attitude towards such matters. He wasn't a sentimental fool, and he was even a bit rough around the edges. His fondness for Lily was just that, a simple liking. He wouldn't lose his appetite or lose sleep over her.

Having Emma as his girlfriend, a future wife, was already enough to satisfy Liam. Lily, on the other hand, was beyond Liam's means to support according to his current lifestyle, and he had no complaints about his situation. He had no plans to strive for more.

As long as Emma was his wife, even if Lily married someone else, they would still frequently cross paths. After all, the bond between the two sisters was strong, and they couldn't be separated.

With these thoughts in mind, a faint smile curled up on Liam's lips as he gazed at the computer screen before him. Contentment brings joy, and Liam, who had lost his parents at a young age and struggled at the bottom of society, was a contented person. He had a clear understanding of his capabilities and didn't indulge in unrealistic dreams.

At night when he went to bed, Liam was a little overexcited because his mind was imagining Lily and therefore completely forgot about making Emma use her mouth. While shamelessly recalling the feeling of bear hugging Lily, he pushed his hard object against Emma's body through her clothes and pants. In the midst of Emma's struggle and resistance causing her body to squirm, Liam was content to dirty his own clothes and pants, and after hurriedly washing and changing them, he fell into bed and fell asleep.

Emma would be furious if she knew that Liam was thinking of her sister Lily when he was so excited about her, but what she couldn't imagine was that Liam would not only think of Lily when he was holding her, but sometimes he would even think of his landlady, Mrs. May.

The next morning, when Liam woke up, he realized that Emma wasn't in bed. He was taken aback because she had a habit of being a bedhead, and Liam believed that her main motive for clinging to him was to have someone provide her with food, a bed, and the luxury of not having to wake up early for work.

"Did the sun rise from the west today?" Emma actually got up early?

After getting out of bed, Liam went to the bathroom to check but didn't find Emma there, which puzzled him even more.

After wandering around the room for a while, Liam noticed something strange—all of Emma's belongings, including her clothes, towels, toothbrush, and toothbrush cup, were gone, except for the Apple iPad 2 she had picked up.

Did she get mad and go back home?

That's not like her... Emma was quite carefree, a person without much temper. Even if Liam got angry with her, she rarely got upset. Occasionally, she might pout, but Liam would quickly soothe her, and she would never do something like getting mad and running back home.

However, she took all her things with her. It seemed like she wanted to break ties with Liam.

Could it be that this carefree person becomes extreme when truly angered?

Liam felt uneasy, checked the time, quickly freshened up, and rushed to Lily's place, where she rented.

Normally, he could have just called Lily to ask, but Lily's place was not far from Liam's rental, and he thought it would be better to ask Lily face-to-face about Emma's sudden departure after packing her things. So instead of calling Lily's phone, he went there directly.

At the entrance of Lily's apartment building, Liam bumped into Lily and her two classmates, Ava and Hannah, who were coming downstairs. Ava greeted Liam with a cheerful smile, "Up so early?"

Lily seemed to know that Liam had come to see her and asked, not very pleased, "What's the matter?"

"Where's your sister? Isn't she with you?" Liam looked behind Lily, speculating that if Emma got mad and came to Lily's place, she would probably be lying in Lily's bed, enjoying her morning sleep. For Emma, a lazy morning was more important than anything else.

"What's wrong with you?" Lily frowned.

"Don't joke around. Your sister disappeared early this morning. She packed her belongings and left. I don't know what made her so angry," Liam explained seriously to Lily.

When Emma was around, Liam didn't feel much, but once she was gone, he became very anxious. Liam believed that Emma, with her somewhat absent-minded personality, wasn't very strong in terms of survival skills and taking care of herself.

"You're insane! I don't have time for jokes early in the morning. I need to hurry," Lily glared at Liam and walked past him towards Ava and Hannah.

"Hey, wait!" Liam became a bit anxious and grabbed Lily's arm, stopping her.

Lily's words and her blushing face, as she took a quick glance around, perplexed Liam.

He let go of her arm, thinking, We were just cuddling last night, and now she's blushing because I held her arm? What's going on with these sisters? One runs away, the other has a sulky face. What did I do to deserve this madness?

"Seriously, your sister didn't come to you? She disappeared early this morning, taking all her belongings with her. I don't know why she's so upset," Liam explained with a serious expression to Lily.

"I'm the only daughter in my family. Where would I have a sister?" Lily took a few steps back, giving Liam

a look as if he were crazy, then quickly ran away.

"What the hell? Is there any need to be like this when you're angry? And I have no idea what you two are mad about!" Liam muttered, feeling frustrated, as he watched Lily's retreating figure.

There was no way he could force his way into Lily's place, so Liam stood outside the reinforced door, staring blankly.

After Emma's phone broke last time, Liam had taken it to get it repaired. Emma had said that since no one would be looking for her, and she wouldn't be at the rental place, she didn't need a phone. She believed that as long as she was with Liam, there was no need for it. Now that she had suddenly disappeared, Liam couldn't even contact her.

After returning to his own place, Liam contemplated Emma's possible whereabouts and suddenly thought of Ava, their mutual roommate who lived with Lily. Ava was not very talkative, but she was honest and Liam had a decent relationship with her. If Lily refused to admit that Emma was with her, Ava wouldn't lie to Liam.

With this in mind, Liam quickly picked up his phone and dialed Ava's number. As soon as the call connected, Ava's voice came through, "Liam, what's going on between you and Lily this morning?"

"Forget about her! I have a serious question for you," Liam said sternly to Ava.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Ava also became serious.

"Did Lily's sister Emma come to your place this morning?"

"Liam, Lily said you have issues, and now it seems like you really do. I've known Lily since we were kids, and she is the only daughter in her family. Where would this sister come from?" Ava sounded surprised.

"What day is it today? It's not April Fool's Day, right? Are you two conspiring against me?" Liam was getting angry.

"What happened between you and Lily? Who is this Emma you're talking about?" Ava seemed even more confused by Liam's words.

"Is Emma with you or not?" Liam raised his voice.

"Who is Emma? Does Lily have a sister named Emma? Is she a cousin or something? Is she your girlfriend? And what's going on between you and Lily?" Ava seemed completely bewildered. If she was acting, she was doing a remarkable job.

...

"Yeah, it's really boring. And on top of that, they threatened me, saying that if I don't complete the task before midnight, my points will turn negative, and I'll be erased from the world before dawn."

"Hahaha, do they think you're written in pencil? Can they just erase you with an eraser? Oh, Almighty God! Oh, Almighty Jobs! Please erase Miss Emma so I can have the whole big bed to myself!"

...

After placing his hand on the iPad, a scene from yesterday suddenly appeared in Liam's mind, sending a chill down his spine.

To be erased from the world? Are they kidding?!

Subconsciously, Liam reached for the power button on the iPad, but to his surprise, his hand felt a sharp pain as if pricked by a needle. He quickly pulled his hand back and examined it, finding a small spot of blood, as if it had been pierced by a needle.

However, the blood spot quickly vanished, and the pain in his finger completely disappeared.

"What was that?" Liam wondered in astonishment as he inspected the area around the power switch on the iPad. He couldn't find anything unusual and touched it again, but there was no more pricking sensation.

Just as Liam was examining the power button, some words flashed on the screen of the iPad. They appeared for an instant, very quickly, and if Liam hadn't instinctively caught a glimpse, he might have missed them.

There were some words displayed, mentioning DNA scanning, identity lock, and similar things, but they disappeared in a flash and then entered the normal startup screen.

Liam looked at his finger again, doubting whether he had imagined it. How could a tablet computer have DNA and identity lock during startup? Was it possible to use such advanced technology on a regular consumer-grade iPad?

Shortly after startup, a prompt message popped up on the Apple screen: "Dear owner Liam, the previous owner Emma has been completely erased from the system due to negative points. You have become the new owner of this computer. How would you like to handle the previous owner Emma? Complete erasure will commence in ten seconds."

Below the prompt message were two options: "Complete Erasure" and "Rescue Recovery."

Liam was startled and quickly selected the "Rescue Recovery" option before the ten-second countdown ended.

The iPad displayed an error message: "Rescuing the previous owner Emma requires a minimum of 100 points in the account. The current point value is negative, making rescue recovery impossible. Please attempt again within one year from the day Emma was erased, otherwise, the original owner will be completely erased."