Chapter 35
Mu Yunting couldn't understand why his mother had such an outrageous idea at the time. He could only firmly say that he was heterosexual and just hadn't met the right person.
After Chen Baichuan hung up, Mu Yunting called to address Chen Baichuan's concerns. He finished the call, exactly one minute left before work. Mu Yunting moved his coffee to the back of his computer, clicked the mouse, opened a file, and began his day's work.
Su Qiong stayed in the living room for a while. After the news report on the epidemic ended, she lowered her head to play with her phone.
Su Qiong had been struggling this morning, her clothes still wet, and she hadn't had time to complete all her daily tasks for "Fate." She swiped down her phone's taskbar and checked the time. It was past eight, and she doubted Mu Yunting would be out. She curled her legs, slumped her back, and sprawled out on the sofa, Ge You-style. While the game's cutscene played, Su Qiong grabbed the remote control from the coffee table and turned off the TV.
As soon as she opened the game, she received two emails. Su Qiong received them as usual, but suddenly her eyes paused and she clicked on the envelope with the glittering skin.
[Congratulations on successfully inviting your second player. Please work together to level up and get the ultimate gift!]
What's going on?
Su Qiong double-clicked the volume button. A small screenshot slid out from the top right corner of the screen. She opened her chat history with Mu Yunting and sent him the freshly-cut screenshot.
Su Qiong: [image.png]
Su Qiong: [? ]
As soon as I exited WeChat and returned to the game interface, Mu Yunting's message appeared on the top of the phone.
Mu Yunting: [Someone wanted to play the game, so I gave him the invitation code.]
Su Qiong didn't expect Mu Yunting to reply so quickly, so she quickly switched back to replying. She didn't know who was so interested in the game, but thank you so much. She really wanted to invite someone else for a basic gift! She replied to Mu Yunting with a cat-and-flowers emoji, then happily opened the game and continued grinding for daily materials.
Chen Baichuan was incredibly impressive, reaching level 28 in just three days. Su Qiong watched the other player's level bar rapidly grow on the invitation interface, and couldn't help but sigh, "What a passionate player!"
After Mu Yunting finished the call, Chen Baichuan received a call from Luo Siwen. He listened to her chattering and answered honestly with "hmm" and "oh". Finally, he got to hear his mother speak as he wished.
"Okay, I won't make things difficult for you for now." Luo Siwen hung up the phone.
Chen Baichuan chose not to listen to the word "temporarily" and happily spun around in his office chair, saying, "Oooooh!" He quickly searched for the game. The game store's interface had portraits of several male characters. He felt something was wrong, but he was too lazy to read the introduction and downloaded it directly.
The recent downturn in the entertainment industry due to the pandemic has forced many film and television shoots to be suspended. Unlike Mu Yunting, Chen Baichuan has relaxed a bit on his work. As soon as the game is downloaded, he opens it and prepares to upgrade.
When Chen Baichuan heard Mu Yunting mention reaching level 30, he assumed it was some kind of fighting game. He thought it was so easy. With his years of gaming experience, he knew he could definitely reach level 30 quickly. A mere level 30? In a month?
Soon he couldn't laugh anymore.
Chen Bochuan: Why am I a woman?! Why do I have to be intimate with a bunch of men?!
Chen Baichuan had a deep respect for the game. Although he found it strange, he still followed the plot. He barely made it through the story, hoping to escape by leveling up quickly. He didn't realize there was a stamina limit, and soon his daily quota was exhausted.
Chen Baichuan: ...
Chen Baichuan lost his blind date, but he was able to play the game's heroine and fall in love with the hero. It was a mixture of joy and sadness. A few days later, he called Mu Yunting again.
Mu Yunting was fiddling with the tall bean sprouts and asked in a flat tone, "What's wrong?"
"Is that 'Fateful Game' the game you're playing? I saw they have an event to invite new players. No wonder you wanted me to play the game. Are you really after the reward? Oh..."
Mu Yunting held his cell phone between his cheek and shoulder, fixed two chopsticks in a plastic basin, and said, "Get to the point," while gently tying up the tilted mung bean sprouts with a rope.
Chen Baichuan was speechless after hearing what he said: "You want to take over Nantong?"
Mu Yunting was decapping mung bean sprouts when he heard this, his hands clenched and he cut off half of the large leaf. He was heartbroken, but he said silently, "You've been thinking about it for the past few days and came to this conclusion?" Mu Yunting picked up the half leaf and threw it into the trash can beside him, continuing to listen to Chen Baichuan's rambling.
This person speaks without any reason, saying whatever comes to his mind.
Of course, Chen Baichuan was joking at the beginning, just to lead to the following words: "Then why did you let me play? Oh, could it be that I became your live-in friend? Oh, you are so nice to her assistant~" Before the wavy tone ended, a beeping sound came from the phone.
Mu Yunting hung up the phone.
Chen Baichuan: ...I really can’t take a joke.
Chen Baichuan called again, but fearing he'd be hung up again, he changed the subject: "We're about to lift the lockdown in Shenzhen, when will it be lifted in your place?"
Seeing Chen Baichuan speaking seriously, Mu Yunting paused for a moment and replied, "I'm not sure, but it'll definitely take at least a month. Over 500 new cases were added yesterday." As they spoke, the mung bean sprouts stood upright under the equipment Mu Yunting had skillfully crafted. He rotated the basin, admiring it 360 degrees, to see if any angle looked ugly.
Chen Baichuan responded, then changed the subject: "Hey, your assistant has resigned. Are you finding it hard to get used to the job? Are you reluctant to let him go?"
"I remember that he worked with you about five or six years ago?"
"You have the opportunity to live with someone now, so cherish it~"
"Maybe she'll change her mind and not resign."
Mu Yunting disagreed. "I respect her opinion. There's no need to force her to stay." He could sense that Su Qiong had been quite comfortable and relaxed during the few days she'd been cooped up with him since leaving her job. She looked nothing like the stern, commanding presence she usually had at work, and her lips, no longer painted a demure red, were drawn into a single, solemn line. She seemed to have transformed from a position into a living person.
Mu Yunting rarely saw Su Qiong like this again after she had completely established herself in the workplace. And it took Su Qiong less than a year to be perfectly qualified for her job.
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