This was the first time the two met since the blind date ended that day.

——Although I always feel that doing this kind of thing as a player and NPC seems a bit weird.

There was a moment of silence in the air. Qianyue, holding her snakeskin bag, walked up to Qi Feng as if nothing had happened.

Qianyue: "I want to sell something."

Qi Feng lowered his eyes and glanced at the bag in her hand that looked like a junk bag, and said nothing.

At the same time, a translucent panel appeared in front of Qianyue.

In addition to Qianyue's player backpack, the contents of the snakeskin pocket in her hand were also presented in the form of a window.

There was a line of small words written on it: "Player-provided storage (non-binding)"

Compared with the neatly organized system warehouse, the things in the window of the self-storage warehouse were in disarray, just like the snakeskin bag in her hand.

Most of the items inside are fragments of props looted from the ruins. Although there seem to be a lot of them, they should not be of much value.

Do you want to bargain?

Qianyue was putting things into the transaction box. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but secretly glanced at Qi Feng out of the corner of her eyes. Unexpectedly, she was caught red-handed again.

“…”

The man is always taciturn, with deep eyes. If you bump into him accidentally, it is easy to give people the illusion that his eyes are focused.

Qianyue was caught off guard and was burned, and once again lamented in her heart the partiality of the Creator.

Under normal circumstances, most girls would shyly avoid someone after being caught peeking, but Qianyue was an exception.

Since she had been caught, she looked back at him frankly and asked in a chatty tone, "By the way, I didn't have time to ask you that day. Were you also dragged out by your family?"

The word "也" is used quite insightfully.

Qi Feng's expression was slightly stiff, and he seemed reluctant to talk about this in the game.

But Qianyue looked at him without blinking, and Qi Feng couldn't help but answer, so he just said "hmm" softly, which seemed a bit perfunctory.

In fact, he was not only "dragged" out, but also deceived.

At that time, the "Ten-Day Plan" was undergoing research and development and trial adjustments based on the internal testing results of the third round of copies. As a boss who liked to do everything personally, Qi Feng was at his busiest and had no time to think about personal problems - of course, he never wasted time on this, so much so that he had never even held hands with anyone at the age of twenty-five or twenty-six.

When he was called out by his elders, he thought it was just a simple family dinner as they said on the phone. However, he didn't expect that after he sat down, he found out that it was a blind date party.

The woman is still an "acquaintance".

The moment they met, both of them saw an emotion called fear in each other's eyes.

Yes, it’s scary ;)

…

"Okay." Qianyue said, and continued to put things into the transaction box.

There were too many miscellaneous items in her bag, and because it was not a system backpack, she could not select all the same items at once. Instead, she needed to pick them out one by one and stack them up, which was extremely cumbersome.

Seeing her busying herself with her head down, Qi Feng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Qianyue said something shocking the next second—

"So what do you think about this?"

“Cough cough cough!”

Qi Feng was startled and almost couldn't hold it in. He quickly turned his head away and coughed.

Qianyue: “?”

She raised her head and gave him a strange look, her expression calm as if she didn't think she had said anything serious. "Are you okay?"

"It's okay..." That's strange.

Qi Feng gradually recovered, his heart pounding. He lowered his head and covered his mouth with his fist, suppressing the indescribable feeling in his heart, "...Why are you asking this suddenly?"

Qianyue spread her hands: "My mother asked this, you should explain it clearly as soon as possible so that I can report it to her."

She took it for granted that the other party would refuse, so she spoke very frankly.

Although Qianyue had already discussed this with Qianmu, Qianmu would not arrange any new blind dates for her in the future regardless of success or failure, so there was no need to rush.

But since we've met, Qianyue thinks it's better to make things clear as soon as possible. Of course, more importantly...

She wanted to use this topic to discuss the price with Qi Feng.

After all, talking about money hurts feelings, and not talking about feelings hurts money even more.

Qi Feng: “…”

The man was silent for a moment, and seeing Qianyue still staring at him bluntly, he had to turn his face away and cough lightly.

He covered his lips with his fist and said in a very soft voice, "...Let's discuss this issue after we get out."

Qianyue:?

The three words "no feeling" are just a matter of saying it, do we need to wait until we go out to discuss it?

She tutted her tongue and said impatiently, "Come on, are you still a man? Why are your ears red?"

Qi Feng, who is “not a man”: “…”

After being yelled at by Qianyue, Qi Feng's ears turned even redder, as if they were about to bleed.

He whispered something.

Qianyue didn't hear clearly.

"What did you say?"

After the last item was put in, Qianyue simply moved a step towards him. Unexpectedly, Qi Feng subconsciously stepped back and bumped into the broken wall behind him, making a not-so-light sound.

Qianyue: "...Do I look scary?"

Qi Feng: “…”

He silently pulled up the hood of his jacket, covering himself completely to ensure that no one could easily see his face. Then he whispered, "I'm working."

Qianyue raised an eyebrow, "So?"

Qi Feng: "...The whole process is recorded."

Qianyue paused.

Qi Feng glanced at his interface and found that Qianyue hadn't added any new items in a long time. He quickly brought the topic back to normal: "Is that all? Click on the trade button if you're sure."

Qi Feng has never been a talkative person. Although his expression was as calm as ever, Qianyue could clearly feel from his words that he was panicking.

Is it because of her problem or because of the video?

Qianyue didn't think the other party had any thoughts about her.

From the first time she met Qi Feng, she could feel that he was a very restrained and upright person, who was very serious about everything he did.

On the other hand, Qianyue had never been disciplined since she was a child, and she was very casual and free-spirited. In comparison, the two of them were completely opposite.

So it's because of the video?

Although the two had no intention of going on a blind date, it was inevitable that the elders from all sides would dig up each other's secrets at the blind date banquet. Therefore, although Qianyue could not say that she knew much about Qi Feng's affairs, she had heard a little about them.

The Qi family was a military family. Although they weren't within the main planet's sphere of influence, they were no less powerful than any other family. Almost everyone in the family was from within the system; even the current head of the Galaxy Headquarters was a Qi family member.

But Qi Feng was obviously an outlier.

Since he was a child, he behaved differently from other brothers and sisters in the whole big family. His interests and hobbies were too broad, but he had a strong learning ability and found it much easier than others to do anything.

Although there was no such thing as jealousy or exclusion in the family, it was true that his peers gradually fell behind him.

Qi Feng knows what others have just started to learn, and they have never even heard of what Qi Feng wants to learn, so Qi Feng can only spend a lot of time figuring it out on his own, and finally developed such a serious and twisted look.

Later, he left his family's sphere of influence and traveled all the way to the main planet to establish a gaming company. "Ten Day Plan" was their first game to be released to the public, and its importance was self-evident. Therefore, while the boss's participation in the internal testing as an NPC was unusual, it was understandable.

But since it is an internal test, we need to proactively explore the deficiencies and discover as many problems as possible so that we can make timely improvements.

Just like how he'd called up the backend program to submit error feedback in the previous instance, the reason the game was open for beta testing was because sometimes experiencing it firsthand was completely different from checking a pile of cold, hard numbers in the backend.

Qi Feng would also record the entire process while he was in the game. Even if he didn't encounter any bugs along the way, he would hand the video over to the professionals on the team after work to analyze and discuss what areas needed improvement.

In this way, his every move in the game is exposed to the eyes of his colleagues.

Qianyue immediately figured out the connection.

No wonder he was so angry after she accidentally embarrassed him twice before, she thought. Some people may appear calm on the surface, but they may have been "socially frustrated" many times in private - like now.

The man's face remained impassive, as if nothing had happened. But the blush on his cheeks and the tips of his ears, red and dripping with blood, betrayed his truest thoughts. As if noticing Qianyue's gaze, he pursed his lips and pulled the brim of his hat down even further.

He urged: "Players, please complete the transaction as soon as possible."

Are you starting to panic now?

Qianyue looked at the man in front of her who was seriously covering himself completely with a hood, with only the tip of his chin exposed, and suddenly she felt a sense of mischief.

She asked, "You're pushing me to complete the deal quickly... because you don't want anyone to know about us? But what was supposed to happen has already happened."

Qi Feng: ???

However, before Qi Feng could figure out what was wrong with this sentence, Qian Yue suddenly took another step forward. Qi Feng had been wary of her and subconsciously wanted to retreat - but he bumped into the wall before that and had no way to retreat.

With a soft "snap," Qi Feng's back pressed against the wall, his entire body stiff as wood. Qian Yue leaned forward at the same moment, fitting right in front of him. Taking advantage of his moment of distraction, she suddenly reached out and grasped the tiny bit of his chin that was visible from beneath his hood.

Qi Feng:!!!

The moment their skin touched, it was as if a tiny electric current suddenly ran through his whole body, and it was as if a string in his brain broke with a "clang", and Qi Feng was completely stunned.

Qianyue narrowed her eyes, looking like a pervert trying to molest a decent woman. She leaned closer to Qi Feng and said with a frivolous smile, "Well, if you don't want anyone to know about our relationship, that's fine too."

"Raise the purchase price, or lower the prices a bit. Be good, and I promise I won't do anything."

This time, not only his ears turned red, but Qi Feng's entire face turned red.

——Being angry.