Upon hearing the voice, Chen Bing was slightly taken aback, but then immediately realized that the voice must belong to Liu Xiaoxiao's stepmother.

In the brief moment he was lost in thought, Liu Xiaoxiao's voice came through his earphones again.

"You eat first, I'm going to play games for a bit longer."

The stepmother fell silent, gently closing the door behind her. Liu Xiaoxiao then continued playing PUBG with Chen Bingchang. Ten or twenty minutes later, Liu Xiaoxiao's door was pushed open again.

"The food is getting cold; it won't taste good when it's cold."

"knew."

"..."

The door was closed again, and this time the silence lasted for a longer period of time.

"Uh...it's already past eight o'clock, haven't you eaten yet?" Chen Bing asked Liu Xiaoxiao with a slightly admonishing tone during a break in the battle.

"Whatever, we'll talk about it after this game."

Hearing this, Chen Bing felt that as Liu Xiaoxiao's cousin, it would be somewhat unfair to keep the young girl from going to dinner just because he needed to help her get points.

After considering it for a while, he said, "Why don't you go eat first?"

After a moment of silence, Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly said, "Okay, I'll log off now."

After saying that, the unconventional character she was controlling stopped moving, and the teammate icon in the lower left corner immediately showed a disconnection icon.

Huh? He/She went offline?

Chen Bing circled Liu Xiaoxiao's figure twice, still not quite understanding what had just happened.

I meant for you to go eat first, and then come back and continue playing, but you just logged off?

After reflecting on his words, Chen Bing didn't think he had expressed anything inappropriately or that could easily lead to misunderstandings. After pondering for a while, he could only attribute it to his lack of understanding of women's hearts.

Luckily, I'm the one hanging out with Liu Xiaoxiao. If it were someone else, how could they tolerate her headstrong personality? But you never know, after all, society is all about looks these days. If you're good-looking, there will always be a lot of people willing to hang out with you, protect you, and care about you.

A person with a withdrawn personality is called aloof, a person with a warm personality is called cheerful, and a person with eccentric behavior is called unique. Even if someone has bad character, they will still have a bunch of fans who are crazy about their looks.

I've had enough of this appearance-obsessed era, haven't I? Frost Trolls and Fire Goblins?

Alright, alright, everyone, let's all go home. We've been out having fun for quite a while now, it's about time to head back to our hideout.

After fantasizing for a while, Chen Bing put away his weapon, punched his teammate to death, and then tearfully looted the bag before heading to the final circle to deliver the loot.

The employer in this bureau was very satisfied with Chen Bing, this conscientious courier. Not only did he accept all the packages, but he also performed a striptease next to his corpse as a sign of gratitude.

Damn it! After being humiliated, Chen Bing angrily quit the game and then lay on the bed sulking for a while.

Fortunately, Chen Bing's greatest strength is that she is open-minded and can swallow her pride on various non-principle issues.

After a sigh, he thought to himself that he should consider his equipment as a gift to his son. A father equipping his son is a natural order, established since ancient times. The thought that the once-impressive and powerful young expert was now his son brought Chen Bing a sense of relief.

After using the "spiritual victory method" to improve his mood, he stretched and then picked up his phone from the bedside table to send a message to Liu Xiaoxiao.

Chen Bing: Have you finished eating?

Liu Xiaoxiao: Yeah, I'm taking a shower right now.

Chen Bing: Did I say something that made you angry? Why did you go offline all of a sudden?

Liu Xiaoxiao: No, I just felt it was time to eat.

Looking at the dialog box above, Chen Bing pinched her chin with her fingers, adopting a deep, thoughtful expression. What does this woman mean? Is she angry or not?

To test the other party's thoughts, Chen Bing tentatively extended another invitation.

Chen Bing: I'll most likely be going to Shangping around September 7th or 8th, which is next Saturday and Sunday. Do you want to go to the gymnasium to play badminton together then?

Liu Xiaoxiao: My dad is taking me to my mom's house on the 8th, so the 7th is fine.

Chen Bing: We'll talk about the specific time later?

Liu Xiaoxiao: Okay

After chatting with her for a while, Chen Bing put down his phone with a sense of relief. Through his earlier probing, he could roughly tell that the girl wasn't upset about anything.

Furthermore, the fact that she can say "my mother's house" so easily indicates that she gets along fairly well with her stepmother. That petite, seemingly timid stepmother must also be easy to get along with.

Yes, yes, everything is fine.

Meanwhile, in Liu Xiaoxiao's bathroom, she simply wrapped her hair in a towel and quietly soaked in the bath, tossing her phone aside. After hugging her fair knees and remaining silent for a while, a soft sentence floated from her rosy lips.

"Silly brother."

These words echoed in the enclosed bathroom, like a hand gently patting a cedar tree, eventually shaking down a drop of water hanging from the ceiling.

As the crystal-clear water droplets fell from the sky and finally landed in the bathtub at a speed of four and a half to six seconds, ripples spread outwards in concentric circles. The undulating arcs expanded calmly outwards, their ripples far more tranquil than the echoes of a torrential downpour striking puddles on the uneven pavement on September 1st a few days later…

It's raining.

Chen Bing stretched his hand out the window and carefully felt the weather. To be honest, he was quite shocked.

In his memory, September 1, 2017, the day he registered for the first day of school at Baishi No. 1 Middle School, was a scorching hot, sunny day. Because he had worn all black clothes on the day he registered in his previous life and had been under the blazing sun for nearly half an hour, he had a very deep impression of the weather that day.

Today should clearly be a sunny day.

But as time went by, when memories revisited this place, Chen Bing was surprised to find that the weather had gone from one extreme to another.

When he got up around 7 a.m., he noticed that the strong wind outside the window, carrying huge raindrops, was fiercely pounding against the balcony window, with a menacing aura as if it were coming to collect a debt.

Meanwhile, the temperature on the morning of September 1st plummeted, dropping from the usual summer high of over 30 degrees Celsius to around 20 degrees Celsius.