Looking at the text on her phone screen and realizing her sister had a question, Yan Qi quickly replied.
『Sister Xiao Yu, for the application to learn the cultivation techniques, you just need to explain the situation clearly and send it directly to Daoyan.』
『Send the application to Daoyan? But we aren’t even friends on the app yet.』
Seeing Yan Qi’s reply, Yan Yu—who had always wanted to add Daoyan as a friend but never managed to—couldn’t help but remind her.
Reading her sister’s message, Yan Qi suddenly remembered that Yan Yu hadn’t yet added her “Empress Daoyan” account.
She facepalmed mentally and quickly replied to Yan Yu on the other end of the mysterious chat app.
『So you still haven’t added Daoyan? No problem. Just send her a friend request later. I’ll let her know so she can accept it.』
Seeing Yan Qi’s message, Yan Yu—who had been desperately wanting to add Daoyan but couldn’t—immediately showed a delighted expression and quickly typed:
『Thank you, little sister Xiao Ge.』
『No need to be so polite between us! Alright, you probably have other things to do now, so I won’t disturb you anymore. Let’s chat another time.』
『Okay, let’s talk again another time.』
Seeing her sister’s reply, Yan Qi quickly made the Electronic Songstress account’s avatar turn gray, pretending to have logged off the mysterious chat app.
Noticing the change in the avatar and realizing Yan Qi was offline, Yan Yu didn’t say anything more. Instead, she quickly followed Yan Qi’s earlier instructions, found Empress Daoyan’s account in the mysterious chat app, and sent a friend request.
“I hope I can add Daoyan quickly. That way, I might even have a chance to ask her to hang out together someday.”
After sending the friend request, sitting on her dorm room chair, Yan Yu thought about Daoyan—that powerful and beautiful woman—and couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation.
Just as Yan Yu was imagining possibly inviting Yan Qi (who had transformed into Empress Daoyan) out to play someday…
Sitting on her bed, Yan Qi saw the friend request her sister had sent to the Empress Daoyan account.
Without overthinking it, she quickly accepted Yan Yu’s friend request, adding her as a friend on that account.
After adding her, Yan Qi used the Empress Daoyan account to leave a message for Yan Yu on the other end of the mysterious chat app:
『I’ve already heard about your situation from Ji Zige. I don’t use this account very often, so after you send your application, please don’t wait around. I’ll handle it when I can and notify you later.』
After leaving and sending the message, Yan Qi once again pretended to log off, making the Empress Daoyan account’s avatar turn gray, just like the Electronic Songstress account had earlier.
“Huh? Daoyan accepted my friend request so quickly? Little sister Xiao Ge works really fast!”
Staring at the message Yan Qi had just left via the Empress Daoyan account, Yan Yu showed a surprised expression and couldn’t help but think to herself.
After that, Yan Yu quickly turned her attention to Empress Daoyan’s avatar.
“Already offline? I thought I might be able to chat with Daoyan for a bit.”
Seeing the gray avatar and knowing it meant the account owner was offline, Yan Yu felt a little disappointed.
But before long, she cheered herself up again, saying:
“Anyway, now that I’ve successfully added Daoyan as a friend, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”
With that, Yan Yu fell silent. Thinking of her parents and younger sister back home, she pushed aside the homework she had nearly finished on her desk, took out her laptop, and began writing her application to Empress Daoyan.
After finishing the application and feeling satisfied that there were no errors or omissions, Yan Yu sent it to the Empress Daoyan account.
Seeing her sister send the friend request so quickly, Yan Qi—who had expected this—showed no surprise on her face.
“As expected of my dear sister. Her speed puts mine to shame.”
After saying this, looking at the friend request on her phone screen, Yan Qi didn’t plan to accept her sister’s request immediately.
She made this decision because she had just communicated with Yan Yu through the Empress Daoyan account.
If she accepted Yan Yu’s request too soon after Empress Daoyan had just logged off, it would definitely seem suspicious.
“I’ll just let it sit for now. I’ll accept sister’s friend request tonight.”
After saying this, Yan Qi closed the mysterious chat app she had developed through the Electronic Songstress identity.
She turned over, intending to lie down on her bed and get some proper rest.
But just then, Yan Qi’s mother, Li Caifeng, suddenly called from downstairs:
“Xiao Qi, come downstairs for a moment. There’s something important I need to talk to you about.”
Hearing her mother’s voice, Yan Qi—who had been about to rest on her bed—immediately perked up.
She stood up, opened her door, and responded to the downstairs:
“Got it, Mom. I’ll be right down.”
After saying this, Yan Qi quickly left her bedroom and went down the stairs to the living room.
“Mom, what important thing did you want to tell me?”
She asked with a slightly puzzled tone, looking at Li Caifeng, who was sitting on the sofa, clearly in the middle of texting someone on her phone.
Hearing her daughter’s voice behind her, Li Caifeng quickly put down her phone, turned around, and said to Yan Qi:
“Xiao Qi, do you still remember your Aunt Bai Yuling?”
Of course Yan Qi remembered Bai Yuling—she’d even had several dealings with the Special Affairs Bureau through her. She looked at her mother and replied:
“Of course I remember her. But why are you bringing up Aunt Bai?”
Hearing her daughter’s question, Li Caifeng quickly answered:
“Well, she just called me saying she’s almost finished handling all the troublesome matters on her end. So she wants to keep her earlier promise and invite our family of three out for a big meal together.”
“A big meal? I see. No wonder you mentioned Aunt Bai.”