Side Story: Shen Lintian

I first saw Chu Qingqing when I was in junior high school, and I thought she was a very pretty girl.

There were quite a few boys surrounding us, including Lin Ye and me.

However, I know that her gaze was actually more focused on Si Yifan.

After high school, we started playing the Dawn game.

I was quite engrossed in it, and she was also quite good at it, so Lin Ye, she, and I often hung out together.

I think I have feelings for her; I think I like her.

I started pursuing her and confessed my feelings to her. She said she wanted to think about it, which I understood, and I agreed.

That's when I found out that Lin Ye also liked her, and he confessed his feelings to her.

Chu Qingqing's explanation to him was the same as her explanation to me.

I gave her a week to think it over, but she didn't respond, so I gave up.

I realized I wasn't feeling that bad.

I even doubted whether I liked her or not.

Later, I asked Lin Ye what it felt like to like her.

Lin Ye looked at me like I was a lunatic. "Are you sick?"

I said, "I'm serious."

Lin Ye said, "Of course you'll feel something when you like someone. For example, your heart will beat faster than you can control, you'll feel shy, and you'll want to hug her, kiss her, and be good to her. Isn't that why you pursued her?"

I thought for a moment and replied, "I think she plays the game quite well, and we have great teamwork."

Lin Ye rolled his eyes at me. "You think you like her? I'm speechless. You might as well just find a gaming partner. There are plenty of people who know how to play games. Find a girl who knows how to play in the game, get engaged, get engagement rewards, and play games together. Fan Ge does that all the time."

I think that makes a lot of sense, and I've been doing it ever since.

When Lin Lin found out, she called me a womanizer.

I protested, "Si Yifan is the same way, why don't you talk about him?"

Lin Lin said seriously, "Who said I didn't talk about him? He's a huge womanizer."

Why "huge"? Because Si Yifan changes his fiancée almost every day, and I really can't compare to him.

As for why, I asked Si Yifan.

Si Yifan said, "We're all from the same tribe. They said they needed an engagement reward, so I agreed."

As Si Yifan said, he would cancel the engagement rewards as soon as the girls received them.

Some women actually have ulterior motives, after all, he's on the wealth list.

However, Si Yifan canceled the engagement so decisively that even if they had the intention, it was too late to do so.

I was shocked when Si Yifan got his marriage certificate later.

He actually got married, and to that gold digger no less.

When I wanted to check, she wasn't online, and her information was completely hidden, so I had no idea what her 3D avatar looked like.

I forgot about it soon after.

Three months later, Si Yifan suddenly instructed Lin Ye and me to call anyone with the nickname "Tian Tian Bu Tian" "sister-in-law".

I remember that nickname belonged to the player who married Si Yifan.

I followed her and finally saw her. I must say, she was really beautiful, but she was too plain-looking.

There were so many good-looking characters in the game at the time, and since she was Si Yifan's marriage partner, I didn't really feel anything for her.

Until I saw a girl in class, my first impression was that she was even prettier than the model's face; her appearance was exactly what I was looking for.

My heart was pounding uncontrollably.

I suddenly understood what Lin Ye meant by a racing heart.

As it turns out, she is Si Yifan's marriage partner, and she is also wholeheartedly in love with Si Yihan, so I felt like I had no chance.

But I'm still a little reluctant to give up. I wonder if Si Yihan, with his personality, would really agree to her request?

To everyone's surprise, she said that if Si Yihan didn't agree to her proposal, she would never marry.

I thought it was an exaggeration, but her serious expression didn't seem like she was lying.

I had no choice but to give up.

Before graduation.

The school is putting on a drama performance.

The script was written by Lin Lin.

The story is about a boy who fell in love with a girl online in a game, but when they met in person, his online girlfriend turned out to be a man. The boy was heartbroken and vowed never to play online games again. In the end, the man came looking for him.

The two had some emotional entanglements, but ultimately they couldn't stay together.

Lin Lin actually asked me to play a man who deceives people's feelings, not only a real-life man but also a woman in a game.

I said, "Why don't you just find a girl to play the role?"

Lin Lin said, "This isn't about realism; it's also about comedic effect. You said it yourself: I can win the intelligent robot competition, so you should listen to me."

I'm at my wit's end. If I had known it was like this, I definitely wouldn't have agreed.

When I came out dressed as a woman, Lin Lin was stunned.

I heard her say with my own ears, "You are so beautiful."

This was the first time she had ever praised me so seriously.

I found it very helpful.

Since the play ended, I've noticed that Lin Lin's attitude towards me has changed a lot.

She actually offered to help me and stopped arguing with me.

It's like the sun has risen in the west!

And it seems I'm gradually becoming inseparable from her...

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Extra? Lin Lin

Actually, nobody knows that I prefer... guys who are a bit submissive.

I met a guy like that in a game, and we even got engaged.

His appearance is sometimes male and sometimes female. He says he is a man, and that he occasionally gets plastic surgery to look like a woman so that he can be my best friend.

I have no doubt that I don't really like being close to the opposite sex in games.

However, I sometimes get closer to his male counterparts.

Later, when Shen Lintian found out, he said I was bisexual, but I couldn't be bothered to talk to that womanizer.

When we finally met in person, my fiancé turned out to be...

It's a woman!

I'm devastated! She betrayed my feelings!

That girl was very beautiful and sexy, but I'm really straight.

The girl really liked my type, and even followed me to school, but I still firmly rejected her in the end.

Just before graduation, I wrote a play script based on my own experiences, which I adapted into a comedy.

So I specifically cast Shen Lintian as the online lover who deceives others' feelings. He has to dress as a woman because he's always going against me.

However, what I didn't expect was...

I actually like him when he's dressed as a woman.

That's too much to bear.

Thinking about it carefully later, I realized that his usual medium-length hair, when let down, gave him a gentle, feminine look, which was actually a bit submissive. But the way he was going against me was something I never thought of him that way at all.

Looking at him now, especially at his embarrassed appearance in women's clothing, he seems even more "endearing".

I love it.

From then on, I couldn't help but pay attention to him, treat him well, and stop arguing with him.

I caught the bouquet when Tian Tian got married.

The person who popped into my mind was him.

I've also realized how I feel...

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End of extra chapter~