Chapter 17 This is just a game...
After hanging up the phone, Qi Ying couldn't calm down for a long time.
She looked at her phone for a long time before she came to her senses and realized that what the customer service said was correct. She was playing games, not really cultivating. Xing Xiaochu was just a game character, and she was generated by code, not cells.
Fortunately Xiaochu is not a human being, so there is no need for Qi Ying to care so much about her.
Even if the child was worried that he would run out to look for her in the middle of the night, that was the data implanted by the programmer. Without these, Xing Xiaochu was just an ordinary number. There was no need for Qi Ying to get up in the middle of the night to enter the game and then go crazy looking for someone.
But the clearer this awareness was, the more uncomfortable Qi Ying felt.
The well-behaved and pitiful Xing Xiaochu always appeared in her mind: Xing Xiaochu wearing loose pajamas, Xing Xiaochu wearing an apron and cooking for her, and Xing Xiaochu dropping little pearls in front of the desk because of making too many wrong answers.
And he was worried that he would come home late, so he ran out in the middle of the night to look for his beloved Xing Xiaochu.
All of this is game data, a program set by a stranger, and emotionless code.
Qi Ying felt very uncomfortable.
Maybe the customer service was right, she was a little too concerned about Xing Xiaochu, this was clearly just a game...
The next morning, when Xing Xiaochu woke up from her bed, she heard the sound of a kitten. She immediately got up and ran to the study. When she opened the door, she saw the milky orange kitten crawling towards her feet, meowing, and its voice became hoarse as it crawled.
Xing Xiaochu hurriedly held it in her arms, and the kitten immediately stopped crying so miserably. It whined and tried to get into her arms. Xing Xiaochu smiled gently, coaxing the kitten as if she were a child.
After the kitten stopped meowing, Xing Xiaochu wanted to go to the kitchen to find something to eat for it. She remembered that kittens can eat egg yolks, so maybe she could boil an egg for it.
But when he got to the kitchen, Xing Xiaochu saw a note on the refrigerator with Qi Ying's handwriting on it.
[I'm going to work, so don't run around at home alone. If you want to keep the kitten, keep it, but remember to take good care of it. Your phone broke, so I bought you another one. I left a bank card on the coffee table with your pocket money in it, so you can spend it as you like.]
Finally, Qi Ying left a sentence: [Call me if you have anything].
Xing Xiaochu stared at the note in a daze. It was already 6:50 in the morning. What kind of job required him to go out before 7 o'clock?
I also have a newly bought mobile phone. Which business hall opens at 6 am?
Xing Xiaochu pursed her lips. She knew that she had run out yesterday and caused trouble for Qi Ying. The other party was wearing pajamas and there was sweet peach-scented pheromones on his coat. Now he was out again early in the morning.
What was she doing?
Fortunately, Xiaochu didn't dare to ask.
She clutched the note tightly and felt very sad, but she knew she couldn't ask anything. If Qi Ying didn't say anything, she could only pretend she didn't know.
Just go to work if you want to, and don’t come back if you don’t want to.
Qi Ying is just my mother's friend, and it is she who my mother asked to take care of her. She should have her own life instead of always revolving around Xing Xiaochu.
But...why is she still so sad?
Xing Xiaochu's eyes were red. She raised her arm to wipe the wet corners of her eyes, looked down at the confused little kitten, and forced a smile. She reached out and touched the little guy's wet nose, and whispered to it: "Kitten, it seems that no one wants both of us, but it doesn't matter, I can take care of you."
The kitten reached out its hand and pressed Xing Xiaochu's chest, letting out a small "meow".
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"...Aying, Aying!"
Xia Ruoxin pushed the person next to him and said with a frown, "Did you hear what I just said?"
Qi Ying came back to his senses, glanced at Xia Ruoxin and asked, "What?"
Xia Ruoxin looked at her in confusion: "What's wrong with you today? I just said that the shirt you designed before is selling like hot cakes. We have sold 100,000 pieces this month. A factory wants to discuss cooperation and the price is very good. What do you think?"
Qi Ying took a sip of the iced Americano in her hand and said, "The factory we cooperated with before was pretty good, and we also made a profit, so there is no need to change the factory."
Xia Ruoxin smiled and said, "I knew you would say that, so I rejected it directly."
Qi Ying nodded.
"But the factory we cooperated with before has been revived because of your designs, but their machines are very old, and they can't make many of your designs. I'm thinking about trying another one next year after finishing this year's work." Xia Ruoxin also said while holding an iced coffee, "You can raise the price a bit and try to cooperate with some good manufacturers. Anyway, your designs will sell well."
Qi Ying responded with a lack of interest: "Just do it as you see fit."
Xia Ruoxin was curious. Qi Ying had been looking worried since early this morning, which made Xia Ruoxin very curious.
"Aying, what happened to you?" Xia Ruoxin asked her, "Did something happen to you?"
Qi Ying wanted to deny it, but after hesitating for a while, he turned around and looked at Xia Ruoxin with clear eyes, and asked: "Ruoxin, I have a question for you."
Xia Ruoxin's heart tightened: "Don't be so serious, what is our relationship, just ask if you have any questions."
Qi Ying nodded and said, "I have a friend."
Xia Ruoxin: “…”
"My friend is addicted to games. She is so addicted that she can't even distinguish between the real world and the virtual world." Qi Ying frowned and asked her, "What do you think she should do in this situation?"
Xia Ruoxin scratched his head, raised his eyelids and glanced at Qi Ying, wondering: "Aren't these questions usually about relationship issues? You...my friend, how come you are addicted to the Internet?"
Qi Ying blinked, not quite understanding what Xia Ruoxin meant.
Fortunately, Xia Ruoxin did not pursue the matter and said to her: "Internet addiction is not a problem now. Who hasn't played a few games? It's just an addiction. It's not a big deal. Life is already so troublesome, so what's wrong with sinking into the virtual world for a while?"
After that, she asked Qi Ying curiously: "What game are you addicted to? Is it really that fun?"
Qi Ying's face turned red, and he pushed away Xia Ruoxin who was approaching him and said, "It's not me who is addicted to games, it's that friend of mine."
Xia Ruoxin laughed: "Okay, okay, what game is your friend addicted to? Is it really that fun? I want to play it, too. Let me try it too!"
Qi Ying felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, but Xing Xiaochu was just a game. Besides her, there must be many people in other parallel worlds interacting with Xing Xiaochu. There was no need for her to feel uncomfortable.
But she doesn't care about others, at least for her, Xing Xiaochu can only belong to her.
So Qi Ying said to Xia Ruoxin: "Only I can play that game. I won't tell you even if you ask me."
Xia Ruoxin laughed out loud, mocking Qi Ying for being the internet addict girl. When Qi Ying hit her with a tape measure, Xia Ruoxin hit her back, and the two of them laughed especially happily.
'jingle--'
The door of the store was pushed open, and Shi Yu smiled at the two people playing and joking. He stood at the door and greeted them with a gentle smile: "Aying, Boss Xia, hello~"
They both turned around and saw Shi Yu, who was wearing beautiful and cute clothes. Xia Ruoxin glanced at Qi Ying and took a step back to leave space for the two of them.
Qi Ying coughed awkwardly and called out to Shi Yu, "Miss Shi, you're here."
"Yeah." Shi Yu walked up to Qi Ying and looked up at her. From Qi Ying's angle, she could even see her fair and soft chest. She couldn't help but look away. Shi Yu saw that her eyes were full of smiles and said softly, "Is my birthday dress ready? I want to try on my fishtail skirt."
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