Chapter 73 She will never see Xing Xiaochu again...
Qi Ying went out as agreed. She looked at Xing Xiaochu who was standing at the door to see her off, and for some reason she felt inexplicably uneasy.
When the elevator door closed, Xing Xiaochu waved goodbye to her, still holding the melon seeds in his paw.
Sitting in the car, Qi Ying dialed Xia Ruoxin's number.
"Have you gone out yet?"
Xia Ruoxin said in a lazy voice on the other end of the phone: "Let's go, we'll be there in about half an hour. Are you here?"
Qi Ying held the steering wheel in his hand and said softly, "I'll wait for you in the store in half an hour."
The weather is very sunny today. It is a rare warm day after the temperature has dropped for many days.
Qi Ying drove quickly to the restaurant. She looked at the beautifully decorated restaurant and pushed open the door with a heavy heart.
"Hello, do you have a reservation?" The waiter standing at the door came over and greeted me.
Qi Ying nodded: "I have reserved a seat, table 32."
The waiter flipped open the record card in his hand and checked the orders for this afternoon.
To be honest, Qi Ying was in a very complicated mood. On the one hand, she hoped that her name could not be found, but on the other hand, she wanted to know whether it could be found.
Soon, in just a few seconds, the waiter looked up and asked, "Did Ms. Xia Ruoxin order this?"
When Qi Ying heard the familiar name, her heart sank.
She confirmed again and again that she came to this restaurant in the game, but the person who booked table 32 was Xia Ruoxin, which meant that when Xia Ruoxin and Shi Yu came here to eat, the person they saw was indeed her.
How is this possible?
This is ridiculous!
She had felt that there was something really wrong with this game at first, but she had never expected it to be so outrageous.
"Hello?" The waiter looked at Qi Ying, whose face suddenly turned pale, with concern and asked, "Are you okay? Do you need to rest for a while?"
"...No need." Qi Ying was confused. She turned around and was about to leave, but the next second she saw Xia Ruoxin walking towards her.
Xia Ruoxin even greeted Qi Ying happily: "Aying, have you just arrived?"
"I……"
【bite--】
A familiar prompt sound rang out, and Qi Ying felt dizzy. When she stood firm with the help of things beside her, she found that this was the alley near the studio, the place she often went to log into the game.
Qi Ying was kicked out of the game.
She frantically took out her phone and saw a prompt from the system: [Due to a game malfunction, you are currently unable to log into the server. We will compensate the players for the losses incurred when the server is opened next time. The server maintenance time is expected to be 24 hours.]
Before Qi Ying could read the entire message, Xia Ruoxin called.
Xia Ruoxin on the other end of the phone screamed in fear: "Aying, I saw you disappear in front of me in an instant!"
Qi Ying pinched his brow with a headache and asked, "Are you still in that store?"
“Yes, yes.”
"Okay, then wait for me, I'll come find you now."
Qi Ying hung up the phone and called a taxi without saying a word and left. When she arrived, Xia Ruoxin was already sitting in the seat she had reserved, holding a cup of hot cocoa and staring blankly.
"Ruoxin."
Qi Ying walked behind her and watched her slowly turn her head around, still with a look of shock on her face. He couldn't help feeling a little heavy.
"Aying, what's going on?" Xia Ruoxin asked her, "Don't tell me, do you have some superpowers?"
Qi Ying: “…”
This is a long story.
There was no need for Qi Ying to hide anything. She explained that she had played a game, but did not go into detail about the situation in the game. She just briefly described the protagonist in the game - Xing Xiaochu.
"So, the girl you keep saying you're dating is actually just a paper girl?" Xia Ruoxin finished the hot cocoa in her hand and asked in confusion: "No, why didn't you tell me earlier? I really thought you were seducing a minor."
Qi Ying was also embarrassed: "I'm already that old, it's not nice to tell others that I'm addicted to games."
Xia Ruoxin looked at her: "Does it sound good now?"
Qi Ying didn't say anything.
"But then again, since you were playing games, why were you able to meet me in the game?" Xia Ruoxin said, "And it's the same store. Isn't that weird?"
"It's really strange." Qi Ying said to Xia Ruoxin very seriously: "I also called the game customer service on the way here, but the call didn't go through. Moreover, the game server is currently under maintenance and I can't log in for 24 hours."
Xia Ruoxin came over curiously: "Let me see, let me see."
On the login screen, Xia Ruoxin looked at Xing Xiaochu, who was wearing a white dress and had only her back visible in the reflection on the water. She had no idea what she would look like.
Xia Ruoxin tapped the screen and the system prompted [The server is under maintenance...].
"It's really amazing." Xia Ruoxin said with deep emotion: "This looks like a very ordinary love game."
Qi Ying sighed: "I thought so at the beginning."
Xia Ruoxin became curious again. She propped up her chin with sparkling eyes and looked at Qi Ying and said, "Tell me what kind of game this is."
Qi Ying spent the entire afternoon talking to Xia Ruoxin about games. It was also the first time she told others about Xing Xiaochu.
It wasn't until the waiter came over that I realized they had been chatting for several hours and afternoon tea time was over.
On the way back, Xia Ruoxin drove the car while Qi Ying sat in the passenger seat, watching the hustle and bustle of traffic passing by outside the window. She thought that it was only a 24-hour maintenance and she would be able to log into the game by this time tomorrow.
I hope Xing Xiaochu doesn’t worry about herself.
When they got to the store, Shi Yu was helping the two of them look after the store. She was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, playing games. When she saw the two of them coming, she said without even looking up, "I asked the customers who came this afternoon to leave their contact information. Who of you will contact them later?"
Qi Ying said, "Let me do it."
After she finished speaking, she winked at Xia Ruoxin. Qi Ying had reminded her on the way here not to tell anyone about the game for the time being.
Xia Ruoxin made an OK gesture to show that she understood.
"Honey, are you playing online games? Take me with you~"
"Call on."
"Okay!"
Qi Ying opened the registration book at the front desk and called all the guests who had come to the store this afternoon. When she finished, it was almost dark and Xia Ruoxin and Shi Yu were ready to pack up and go home.
Shi Yu helped to look after the store all day today, and Xia Ruoxin planned to take her out for a delicious meal in the evening.
As soon as she got in the car, Shi Yu cried out "Ouch!" Xia Ruoxin thought she was hit by something and asked in confusion, "What happened?"
Shi Yu turned to look at her: "This afternoon, a little girl with a cat came to see Aying, and I forgot to tell her."
Xia Ruoxin wondered: "A little girl with a cat? What's her name?"
"I don't know." Shi Yu said while fastening his seat belt, "She asked if Ah Ying was working here. I said she was out. I asked her name and if she needed to leave her contact information. She ignored me and left."
Upon hearing this, Xia Ruoxin said, "She must be someone Aying knows. She will come again if she has anything else to do."
Shi Yu nodded: "You are right."
***
the next day.
The first thing Qi Ying did when she woke up was to open her phone and try to log into the game, but the system still reminded her that the server was under maintenance, and this time the maintenance time was no longer shown as 24 hours, but waiting for an announcement.
In other words, it is already unknown when the game will be available.
Qi Ying was very anxious. She still remembered that Xing Xiaochu greeted her with a cat's paw before she left, saying that she would always wait for her at home. But now, she couldn't even log into the game.
No, I haven’t been home for a day. If I don’t go back, Xing Xiaochu will be worried!
Qi Ying called the game customer service again, but no matter how many times she called, she could not get through.
"What a crappy game!"
Qi Ying's eyes turned red with anxiety. She threw her phone on the quilt in annoyance and walked around barefoot on the floor anxiously, looking like an internet-addicted teenager who couldn't play games.
Qi Ying tried many times throughout the morning, but still couldn't log into the game. She also searched for information about the game online to see if anyone else had the same problem as her.
But perhaps the game is still in internal testing, and there is no information about this game on the Internet.
It was as if Qi Ying was the only person in the world playing this game.
"A Ying."
At about 11 o'clock, Xia Ruoxin came up from downstairs, knocked on the door and asked the person inside: "We will order takeout later. What do you want to eat? I'll order it for you."
"I don't want to eat." Qi Ying's irritable voice came from the room. She said to Xia Ruoxin, "I'm taking a leave of absence today. Don't come up and knock on the door."
Xia Ruoxin said "Oh" and came down from upstairs with her phone in her hand in a dejected manner.
"How is it?" Shi Yu stood at the stairs and asked curiously, "Is Ah Ying willing to come out?"
Xia Ruoxin shrugged.
Shi Yu sighed: "What should I do? What on earth has happened to her? I've never seen him like this before."
Xia Ruoxin said meaningfully: "Maybe... he broke up with his girlfriend."
Shi Yu: “Ah?”
Xia Ruoxin couldn't explain it too clearly to Shi Yu, so she just said that she didn't quite understand it and let it go.
Qi Ying locked himself in the room for the entire day, called customer service, searched for information online, and tried to log into the game again and again, but all failed.
Qi Ying sat at the table, clutching her hair, wondering if she would never see Xing Xiaochu again in this life.
At the beginning, Qi Ying really only regarded her as a character in a game, but the more he interacted with her, the more he liked her. Such a well-behaved and sensible girl would smile as long as she looked at him, and Qi Ying would feel satisfied even if she didn't say anything to him.
She even promised Xing Xiaochu that she would introduce her friends to her if she had the chance.
But now, everything seems impossible.
She will never see Xing Xiaochu again...
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