Chapter 14 Why did you choose me?

Resting her chin on her hand, Jiang Luo leaned against the coffee table, gazing at Yan Zihe on her phone screen.

Yan Zihe was intently typing on the keyboard, his back straight and his fingers fluttering like butterflies.

He looked extremely serious, so serious that Jiang Luo felt embarrassed to disturb him.

This feeling was so wonderful that it instantly reminded her of the top student in her class during her school days.

Even during breaks, they remain motionless, working tirelessly on their problems, almost like robots.

"Coo coo".

My stomach growled.

I glanced at the time; it was 11:30.

Before we knew it, we had been online for almost 5 hours.

No wonder I received the anti-addiction warning.

She stood up, swayed her hips, and stretched her legs out on the sofa.

Spending all day on the carpet, my body feels like it's rusting.

She patted her face and decided to take a break for a while.

I picked up my phone and clicked to exit the game.

-【strict】-

"Clatter".

The timing was perfect.

The moment the program finished running, Luo Luo's avatar in the dialog box turned gray.

Luo Luo has logged off, but the bedroom is still brightly lit.

Everything is as usual.

It was "Yan Zihe" who infiltrated the system and modified the program in this space.

In this way, he can use the room freely even when Luo Luo is offline.

With a slight upturn of his lips, Yan Zihe was completely satisfied.

A piece of cake.

He could have changed even more, but he didn't do so because he didn't want Luo Luo to notice anything amiss.

Before Luo Luo went online, he had plenty of time to study the game carefully.

As a dating sim, players need to win over characters to increase their affection level and unlock more interactive features.

“Favorability rating,” Yan Zihe murmured.

So, Luo Luo said those strange things to him in order to gain his favor?

So, Luo Luo gets up early in the morning to play games in order to gain favorability?

So, is Luo Luo's complete obedience to him an attempt to gain his favor?

With a slight raise of his eyebrows, "Yan Zihe" smiled with a wicked glint in his eyes.

If... he could directly control the affection level, wouldn't this game become very interesting?

—[Game Company]—

Yidingnengxing Network Technology Co., Ltd.

"Warning! Warning! Warning..."

The alarm went off, and the technical team was in an uproar.

"Hackers are attacking 'Love in the Apocalypse'!"

"Damn, even our crappy game is being targeted?"

"Quickly notify the operations team to prepare for server shutdown, and also prepare advance notice of the update patch!"

"Hey, what the heck? This virus seems to be from our own program?"

...

-【ginger】-

"Ding-dong."

Weibo notification: [Your special follow @DoomsdayLove has just updated a Weibo post, come check it out!]

While eating her second bowl of noodles for the day, Jiang Luo scrolled through her messages.

[@ApocalypseLove: To all our ladies, we sincerely apologize. Due to a technical glitch, Love will be undergoing a server maintenance at this time. The end time of the maintenance will be announced separately. As a token of our apology, all ladies will receive a special gold coin lucky bag prepared by Love when you log in.]

Service shutdown for maintenance?

No way.

Jiang Luo pursed her lips.

She had planned to finish Chapter 3 after lunch.

It seems that after lunch, all I can do is wash the dishes.

well.

Her fingers paused slightly as her gaze fell on the search box above.

Since I've already opened Weibo, I might as well check out her official account.

Search for "actress Jiang Luo".

The latest post on the homepage was from last summer, a promotional event before the Magnolia Awards ceremony.

Open the comments section and select to sort by time.

[11 of 11 | 17 minutes ago | The bully probably won't dare to show his face now]

[Lingze Gongzi | 59 minutes ago | What a pity, if it weren't for that incident, he would have been a really good actor]

[Go plant ginger | 2 hours ago | Is my sister never going to be in a new drama again? No way, waaaaah...]

...

Even today, some people still criticize her, but thankfully, some people still remember her.

Holding her phone, Jiang Luo was lost in thought.

Today is a bright and sunny day, with abundant and warm sunshine. A breeze blows, the gauze curtains flutter, and scattered golden fragments on the ground, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Luo came to her senses, picked up her chopsticks, and continued eating her noodles.

The noodles had cooled down, but she chewed them blankly.

After lunch and washing the dishes, I picked up my phone and then put it down again.

There hasn't been a notification for "Love in the End of the World" yet, so it's probably not updated yet.

She stood against the wall for half an hour.

I still haven't received any notification.

Then, she wobbled into her nest, lay down, and stared longingly at the ceiling.

Without Yan Zihe's company, my soul felt like a thatched hut on a stormy night, drafty and on the verge of collapse.

Ah... when will the update be finished?

The official announcement seemed to be asleep; the much-anticipated server launch notification just wouldn't be released.

Unable to resist, Jiang Luo took out her phone and started fiddling with it.

The screen woke her up, and she still tapped on "Love in the End of the World".

Game loading...

She entered the game without any hindrance.

Jiang Luo was delighted.

Why is this game still secretly launching?

Inside the small room, Yan Zihe was still diligently typing on the keyboard.

It looks the same as before.

It's updated so quickly?

Let's start with Chapter 3.

Open the chapter map and click on Chapter 3.

No response.

She tried again, but there was still no response.

It's not updated yet?

Or... during the update, only the cabin is usable normally?

-【strict】-

"despair."

As the run button was pressed, "Yan Zihe" smiled.

Mission accomplished.

He picked up his phone and saw that the profile picture on the screen had already lit up.

Luo Luo is online.

Compared to before, there are two more buttons at the bottom of the dialog box.

One "+" sign.

One "-" sign.

He clicked the "+" sign, and a small window popped up asking him to enter a number.

Raising his eyebrows, he typed in [20].

-【ginger】-

[Favorability +20]

A glint flashed in Jiang Luo's eyes, and she froze.

ah?

Was she seeing things?

Will my favorability rating still increase during the server downtime?

She then clicked on the chapter map, but there was still no response.

Never mind, it must be a system glitch.

I hope there will be more of these random, erratic ways to increase favorability!

Jiang Luo was overjoyed.

In the video, Yan Zihe finally leaves the computer, takes his phone, and walks to the sofa.

The sofa was purchased by Jiang Luo when decorating the house, costing 88 gold coins.

Yan Zihe had never been there before.

Jiang Luo originally thought that Yan Zihe would only sit down if she clicked on the sofa.

Unexpectedly, Yan Zihe was able to go there on his own.

As Yan Zihe sat down, Jiang Luo received a message from him: "Luo Luo, why did you choose me?"

Jiang Luo has always been very clear about this issue.

Jiang Luo: "Because you are so pure, like crystal from the Tianshan Mountains. The vast snowscape and the crystal-clear water can purify everything in the world."

[Favorability +1]

Before Jiang Luo could be happy, Yan Zihe asked again, "What do I mean to you?"

Jiang Luo: "It's like the stars you see when you're walking at night. Maybe you can't help my life in any substantial way, but just having you there makes me feel at ease."

[Favorability +2]

This time, Yan Zihe replied a little slower.