Chapter 145 Love (End Countdown 1)
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"Ding-ling——" A shrill ring sounded suddenly, breaking the silence in the room.
The person lying on the bed with his eyes closed never closed his eyes, not even frowning. This person was Chi Dong.
These days, his cell phone has been ringing non-stop, and he has gotten used to it. As for why he doesn't turn it off or mute it, it's because he doesn't want to be informed by his classmates again when his father got into trouble.
He didn't know who was calling, but he was sure it wasn't Dad or Mom. After he was in the hospital, he set up a special ringtone for his parents, so he would know immediately if either of them called.
At this moment, he didn't bother to guess the identity of the caller. Maybe it was the people who harassed him, maybe it was his roommate, or maybe it was... Abu Chisato.
The ringing lasted for a long time, so long that even when Chidong slowly got up from the bed, went to the bathroom to wash up and came out, the ringing was still going on.
Chi Dong reached out and pulled a dry towel from the hanger. While wiping his wet hair, his eyes involuntarily looked at the cell phone on the table that was still ringing. There was no other sound in the air except the ringing sound.
In the end, he still couldn't overcome the throbbing in his heart. He slowly stopped what he was doing, walked to the desk, and picked up his phone.
What appeared on the top of the screen was not the person he thought of, but an unfamiliar number.
He wanted to hang up directly, but his finger somehow slid towards the answer button.
Unexpectedly, the voice coming from the other end of the phone was not the harassing voice he expected, but a familiar female voice.
The call came from "Dinner Time." Before the post was deleted, she and several people in the gang saved Chidong's phone number in case anything went wrong.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy today.
"Hello? Hello, is this Dongdong hiding? I'm here to eat."
Chi Dong lowered his eyes and was silent for a few seconds before he responded in a low voice: "...Yes, it's me."
When Chifanla heard his voice, her heart finally dropped. She patted her chest subconsciously and breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.
You know, what she was most worried about was that Chidong would not answer her calls or pay attention to them, and that he really intended to break up with them and completely disappear from their world.
Both ends of the phone suddenly fell silent, and a subtle stillness filled the air. Just when Chi Dong thought she had nothing to say and was about to hang up, her hesitant voice came slowly from the other end of the phone.
"Dongdong, we have always believed that you are not that kind of person. You quit the gang too quickly before, and before we had a chance to speak up for you, you announced to the entire server that you would delete your account and quit the game... Will you come back? We all miss you so much, especially... the great god."
"Dongdong, we have always believed that you are not that kind of person. You quit the gang too quickly before, and before we even had a chance to speak up for you, you announced to the entire server that you would delete your account and quit the game. Will you come back? We all miss you so much, and the great god...he misses you too."
Hearing those two familiar words, Chi Dong unconsciously clenched his already hot phone, his palm resting on the cold tabletop. The warm sun seeped in through the window slits, shining on his slightly pale face, even the fine hairs were clearly visible.
"Master, he..." Chifanla's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became a little dull, "The night after you deleted your account and quit the game, Master came online the next day. We wanted to explain to him about your withdrawal from the gang, but he only said one sentence, he knew. After that, we never saw him again. However, someone saw him at the place where you last logged off. I heard that he stood there motionless for the whole day."
"It wasn't until the bounty was announced that we found out that he had put up a high-priced bounty on all the players who had scolded you that day, and it was an unlimited time and unlimited number of times. The assassin who took the lead even opened a special thread on the forum to post screenshots of their hunts."
Chi Dong listened to the explanation from the other end of the phone, walked out of the dormitory without saying a word, and stood in the deserted and silent corridor. His eyes wandered aimlessly, as if he was looking for something, but only he knew that he didn't want to find anything.
The voice of Chifanla continued to reach my ears, "Dongdong, don't blame the master. I heard from the leader of the Poying Gang that someone in the master's family was sick and was hospitalized, so he was unable to speak for you in time." As she spoke, she suddenly lowered her voice, with a sad tone, "That night, he summoned all the online helpers, turned on the voice, and only said two sentences. You don't know, at that time, the atmosphere was so serious that no one dared to say a word, not even to type on the public screen. We were really scared. It was the first time I saw the master get so angry."
"He said he knew you were a man a long time ago, you were not a liar, and you had never lied to him about anything. After that, he kicked out some of the idiots who had scolded you and called you a disgusting shemale from the gang on the spot."
Chi Dong's ears suddenly rang sharply, and his fingertips unconsciously drew winding mist on the glass. The person on the other end of the phone was still talking, but he could no longer hear clearly.
His eyes were fixed on the downstairs. At some point, a familiar black car stopped on the first floor of the dormitory. A familiar figure was leaning against the car, tall and slender in a white shirt, with a cigarette between his fingers, the scarlet light flickering in the sunset.
The man seemed to have noticed his gaze and suddenly raised his head to look over. Chi Dong had no time to dodge and hung up the phone subconsciously in panic. Their eyes met directly, tightly entangled, as if time had stopped at this moment.
After a long time, the phone dinged and a message came in.
"Dongdong, I want to talk to you, can I?"
It was a text message from Bu Qianli.
Chi Dong stared at the words on the screen for a while, feeling a little hesitant. Then he couldn't help but glance at the figure downstairs, and once again met the pair of inky black eyes, and his mind trembled slightly.
Finally, he agreed to meet.
The voice-activated lights in the corridor flickered. Bu Qianli stood downstairs in the dormitory. The cool breeze of early autumn blew gently, and a few fallen leaves quietly fell on his shoulders. He looked at Chi Dong, who deliberately kept a distance from him. His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and the deep and magnetic subwoofer became particularly gentle at this moment.
"Dongdong, are you... okay?"
Hearing this familiar voice again, Chi Dong realized how stupid he was at that time. He was so stupid that he couldn't even tell the difference between such similar voices. These two people were clearly the same person.
Thinking of this, Chi Dong's face lost its rosy color as it did upstairs, and turned pale, avoiding his question. He lowered his eyes, avoiding the other person's gaze, and said in a stiff and distant tone: "... President Bu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Hearing this, Bu Qianli couldn't help but frown slightly, and a dark color flashed in his eyes. He didn't want Chi Dong to continue to misunderstand him, so he inconspicuously shortened the distance between them and explained in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, I'm late. I have already checked the matter clearly. Someone is taking advantage of the situation to force you to quit the game..."
Before he could finish, Chi Dong interrupted him. He looked straight at him, stubbornly wanting an answer: "Who is it?"
"...Su Nisheng."
When he heard the name, Chi Dong was stunned. He had thought that there might be someone behind this matter, but he never expected that this person would be Su Nisheng.
This is Su Nisheng, who has played several dungeons with him.
"...I have no grudge against her, why would she do this?" Chi Dong just thought it was ridiculous. He and Su Nisheng rarely even had the chance to talk to each other. The two of them only had interactions a few times when they teamed up to go to the dungeon, and he had never provoked her.
Why force him to quit the game?
Is it because she can't stand him? Or... is it because he plays a female character that annoys her?
"I'm sorry, this matter actually came to me and involved you. It's my problem."
Chi Dong was surprised and asked, "What...do you mean?"
At this time, Bu Qianli had walked to a distance of less than one meter from Chi Dong. A familiar clear breath blew over his face, and Chi Dong was surprised to realize that the distance between them was so close.
"Su Nisheng is Po Ying's biological sister, and Po Ying is Jiang Ying."
Broken Shadow? Jiang Ying?
Chi Dong was stunned. He really didn't expect that the gang leader would be Mr. Jiang from the company. This shocked him a little, but then he thought that Bu Qianli and Po Ying were very familiar with each other in the game, so it was not strange that they knew each other in real life.
But...what does this have to do with Bu Qianli?
As if seeing through the doubts in his heart, Bu Qianli continued: "Jiang Ying and I are friends, and Su Nisheng has met me."
When he heard this, Chi Dong suddenly remembered a post he had seen on the forum before. The post mentioned that the heroine was a beauty recognized by the whole server, and she had a man she loved very much. This man not only had first-class operating skills, but was also a very rich young man.
The post also said that the man had already proposed to the woman in real life, and the two were planning to become a chivalrous couple in the game.
The heroine has a brother who happens to be the matchmaker for the two of them. On the night of the marriage, the heroine was online for an hour because of something, but the hero ended up with another woman.
As for how the post ended, Chi Dong didn't know. He just thought it was a fun post and didn't follow the post specifically, so he didn't see the final outcome at all, let alone associate it with himself.
What's more, the popularity of that post was not very high. It only used "female lead", "supporting female role" and "male lead" as references throughout, and there was no specific signature or allusion. However, there were many players in the comment section guessing who the post was referring to.
Now that I think about it, it turns out that everything has a traceable origin.
"You mean, Su Nisheng likes you? And my existence hinders her, so she wants to use this to force me to quit the game?"
Facing Chi Dong's question, Bu Qianli was silent for a few seconds and did not answer directly. Instead, he whispered: "Dong Dong, this matter was my negligence. I didn't expect it to be her. Don't worry, I won't let this happen in front of you again."
"Did you and her... really have a relationship?" Chi Dong didn't want to listen to his explanation at all. At this moment, he had only one question in his mind, which was whether he had become a third party without knowing it and interfered with their relationship?
Seeing that he was trembling with fear, afraid that he would say "yes" and would immediately draw a clear line between them, Bu Qianli's heart sank.
Bu Qianli took a deep breath, trying to suppress the annoyance in her heart, and looked at him seriously: "She and I have nothing to do with each other. She is Jiang Ying's sister, and we have only met twice. The person I like from beginning to end is only you."
"Whether you are a man or a woman, I like you as a person, not your gender." Bu Qianli took a step forward, stretched out her hand and gently held his shoulders, her eyes so gentle that they could drip water: "Dongdong, what I said is true, you..."
"..." Chi Dong was shocked by his words. His mind went blank for a moment and he couldn't remember what to do or say.
"Dong Dong."
Hearing the call, Chi Dong raised his head in a trance and met Bu Qianli's deep eyes, with complicated emotions in his heart.
The person he has liked for such a long time is now standing in front of him, looking at him tenderly and saying sweet words that make him feel unreal.
Looking at the handsome face so close to him, Chi Dong's eyes were shaken for a moment, but he soon regained his composure. He gently shook off Ayumi's hand and whispered, "I need some time... to think about it."
Bu Qianli did not stop him, but nodded. The tenderness between her eyebrows made anyone feel that she was not fake. "Okay, I'll wait for you."
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There is also a final chapter, which is quite long and will be posted during the day.