Chapter 15

“Do you like guys?”

Seeing this message, Yu Mi was filled with regret. Did Senior Qi catch him staring at his pecs?!

Oh no, oh no…

The next second, the chat box indicated: “Senior Qi” retracted a message.

Yu Mi: …

What does this mean now?

He stared at the chat box, contemplating the other person’s profile picture.

Then, Qi You’an sent another message.

“Good night.”

Yu Mi: …

Is this trying to cover up?

Now, he was in a dilemma about whether to reply or not.

It seemed like the other person didn’t want him to see the previous message, so Yu Mi pretended not to have seen it, delaying his response for over ten minutes.

“Good night, Senior!”

“Sorry, I was doing laundry and just saw this!”

“Good night, good night. [Cute]”

After sending these three messages, Yu Mi pressed his phone against his chest and let out a long sigh.

Alright, let’s pretend nothing happened.

Time to sleep.

But he couldn’t fall asleep, his mind was filled with his own nonsense from the evening.

He didn’t know how he eventually fell asleep… He dreamt of Qi You’an, dreamt of himself snuggling against the other’s pecs.

The other person was very generous, letting him do as he pleased.

The dream was filled with a pink atmosphere, and Yu Mi, like a character in an anime dream sequence, kept letting out light laughs of “hahaha~” “hahaha~”.

The next morning, he didn’t wake up even when the alarm went off; it was his roommate who woke him up.

After waking up, he felt groggy. Due to lack of sleep, he was in a daze all day, lacking energy, until he logged into Sword Roar in the Jianghu in the evening, finally regaining his spirits.

After logging in, he glanced at his friend list, and Shen Gun wasn’t online.

Yu Mi first did dailies with his master and senior sister, and after finishing, he went to the main city to idle, planning to continue drawing his unfinished avatar.

Idling alone was a bit boring, so Yu Mi opened the pet interface, wanting to summon a pet to keep him company. He intended to summon the little cat he received yesterday, but he couldn’t find it in the pet interface.

Yu Mi was dumbfounded.

Where’s my cat???

Where’s my cute little cat?!

He got nervous, leaning closer to the screen to look carefully. Since he hadn’t played for long, he didn’t have many pets, just over ten, with their types and names clearly listed.

But the cat was nowhere to be seen!

Chen Ziming hadn’t returned from the gym yet, so Yu Mi hurriedly sought help from his master in the game.

His master immediately teamed up with him and spoke directly through voice chat.

“What cat? Did you get it from petting a pet? If it was lost accidentally, you can call customer service to help you retrieve it. Don’t worry, they can always find it.”

“No,” Yu Mi said, “I think it was a reward for some task, saying I was helpful or something.”

He opened the mailbox, rechecked the letters, and read them to his master.

Halfway through reading, he realized something was off.

“Wait—” Yu Mi glanced at the sender, why is it “unofficial”?

Then he realized, this email was sent by Shen Gun!

“No way,” he widened his eyes, “this email was sent by Shen Gun, I didn’t look carefully yesterday, I just found out!”

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“What, what?” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun was stunned, “Are you saying that Shen Gun pretended to be the official, sending a task reward email, but actually gifted you a little cat? I get it, open the shop and see if it’s the latest listed hanging pet.”

Yu Mi opened the in-game shop and saw: “Yes! It’s this Ragdoll cat… 388, so expensive?!”

“It is quite expensive, the hanging pets in this game are always priced like this,” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun couldn’t help but laugh, “He really put a lot of thought into it for you, disciple. Let me tell you, hanging pets aren’t in the pet system, they’re in the shop, under your appearance, at the bottom, in the hanging pet category.”

Following his master’s instructions, Yu Mi found the little cat.

Then he felt troubled.

“What should I do? Is it bound? I can’t return it to him? He’s so sneaky! Pretending to be an official email, I was distracted when I received it yesterday and accidentally accepted it.”

“Accepted is accepted,” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “You’ve helped him trigger two opportunities, two! Accepting a little cat from him isn’t too much, it’s what you deserve.”

Yu Mi hesitated, “But he also helped me, when you weren’t online, Master, I got lost in the dungeon and was sweating, he rode with me the whole way.”

“So what?” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “It’s just helping a newbie, many players are willing to do that. In comparison, opportunities are very hard to come by. You don’t need to feel troubled, it’s really nothing.”

Yu Mi understood the reasoning, but still felt a bit embarrassed.

A stranger spending 388 on him, that’s not a small amount.

So he bought three cats, gifting one each to his master and Chen Ziming, and sent the remaining one back to Shen Gun.

After receiving the gift, his master was reluctant to accept it: “You’re still a student, I can’t accept your gift.”

Yu Mi quickly persuaded: “This money is from a lucky draw! I won 8888, it’s free money, Master, just accept it, don’t worry about my money. Really.”

His master said, “Even if it’s from a draw, you can save it for later. I’m working, I can buy it myself.”

Yu Mi persuaded for a long time, and his master finally accepted it.

He finally understood the bitterness of having a gift rejected…

Then he equipped his hanging pet and returned to the game interface. The cat started interacting with him, being all cute, rubbing against him, rolling on the ground showing its belly, pawing at him, it was adorable!

Yu Mi changed his mind, this 388 was totally worth it!

The emotional value was maxed out! For a college guy who can’t keep a cat, it’s the perfect cloud cat-keeping option. It won’t get sick, no need to clean up after it, how perfect!

He was there, staring at his little cat, taking screenshots and recording, feeling completely healed, and forgot all about drawing the avatar.

Until the system channel in the bottom left corner prompted: [Your friend [What Are You] is online.]

Yu Mi stopped admiring the cat, instinctively waiting for the other person’s message, and soon received a return message.

He immediately sent a private chat.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: #Knock Knock, I didn’t notice when I received the mail yesterday, I just accepted it, it’s bound, I only realized today it was from you! #Awkward

[Private Chat] What Are You: Plan succeeded. #Sunglasses

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Is it fun to trick newbies? #Angry

[Private Chat] What Are You: Fun, extremely fun.

Yu Mi wanted to punch him, but knowing he couldn’t argue with him now, he quickly changed his tone.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: #Cute, the cat is very cute, thank you, Divine Calculation Brother! I’ll send you one too, it’s super healing~

[Private Chat] What Are You: No need, I bought one myself.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Then give this one to your friend.

[Private Chat] What Are You: I have no friends.

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[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Ghost believes that.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Isn’t that Meow Brother your friend? Called Pet Love, or Pet Spoiled? I can’t remember… Give it to him.

[Private Chat] What Are You: I don’t know him.

Yu Mi couldn’t help but laugh, thinking doesn’t this guy worry about his roommate breaking up with him for saying this? Then he remembered hearing last time that the roommate seemed to want to copy his homework, so it’s fine…

He continued to persuade the other person.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Give it to your other friends. Aren’t you good at divination? Don’t you have a lot of people lining up for your readings every day? Surely many people like playing with you.

[Private Chat] What Are You: No. Our Star Picking Tower is set as a lone star, very unlucky, no one wants to play with us.

Yu Mi thought he must be lying, there are often people in the world channel mentioning this guy, and everyone calls him “Divine Calculation”, he has a well-known nickname in this server.

He firmly believed this person was very popular.

Yu Mi’s current goal was to make the other person accept the little cat.

He didn’t want to owe him.

Since he insisted he had no friends, Yu Mi suddenly had a bright idea.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Then I’ll be your friend, okay?

This way, he could return the little cat to him under the guise of friendship.

[Private Chat] What Are You: What kind of friend?

Yu Mi’s eyes sparkled with the confusion of a newbie.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Are there different kinds of friends in this game? 0.0

[Private Chat] What Are You: Yes.

Is this a game setting?

Yu Mi then asked him: What kinds?

[Private Chat] What Are You: Be right back!

Yu Mi blinked, is he idling again?

He turned his head to look back, Chen Ziming was taking a shower, and his master was offline…

So he politely asked in the world channel.

[World] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Dear seniors, newbie seeking advice, what kinds of friends are there in this game? #FistBump.

Immediately, a bunch of kind people answered.

[World] A Yu: Friends are divided into those you can kiss and those you can’t.

[World] Tai Xu Dao Ren: Friends are divided into those you can kiss and those you can’t. [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Feeling lonely? Want someone to kiss? I can. #RedLips

[World] Na Ni Hen Diao O: Friends are divided into those you can kiss and those you can’t. [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Feeling lonely? Want someone to kiss? I can. #RedLips

Yu Mi felt completely off.

Get lost!

At this moment, Shen Gun suddenly sent him a private chat.

[Private Chat] What Are You: Hahahahaha! You actually asked in the world channel?? You’re so brave.

Yu Mi came to his senses, so this guy was pretending just now?

He pretended to be idle?

He got tricked again!

Too despicable!

Yu Mi was almost furious, bombarding him with a bunch of knocking emojis, even stuffing a few piles of poop in the emojis.

[Private Chat] What Are You: You’re so cute.

[Private Chat] What Are You: You’re too cute.

[Private Chat] What Are You: Haven’t seen such a cute newbie in a long time, feels like the corpse spots have faded a lot.

Cute my foot?!

Yu Mi felt a sense of powerlessness, unable to punch through the screen.

At this time, the world channel had already sparked a trend of expanding friend lists.

[World] Qing Meng: Expanding list, looking for friends who can be kissed. #RedLips#RedLips

[World] Xiao Xiao: Expanding list, looking for friends who can be kissed. #RedLips#RedLips

[World] Shi Yu Ya: Expanding list, looking for friends who can be kissed. #RedLips#RedLips

Damn Shen Gun, making him embarrass himself again.

Yu Mi swore he’d never be friends with him in this lifetime!

Better to remain enemies!

He immediately launched his revenge.

[World] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Helping friend [What Are You] find ten friends who can be kissed, regardless of gender. No nonsense, kiss him!

Just thinking about Shen Gun’s screen being flooded with friend requests, and his private chat buzzing non-stop, Yu Mi couldn’t help but laugh.

He laughed as he went to wash some fruit, and when he came back to the screen—

[World] Jian Yi Qi Lai Nan Ren: Added, told me to get lost. #Crying#Crying, [Sweet Nuo Nuo] you should kiss him yourself.

[World] Ge Ye Zha Ji: Added, told me to get lost. #Crying#Crying, [Sweet Nuo Nuo] you should kiss him yourself.

[World] Yun Zhui: Added, told me to get lost. #Crying#Crying, [Sweet Nuo Nuo] you should kiss him yourself.

Hey, what’s up with this guy?

Yu Mi immediately sent a private message.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Didn’t you say you had no friends? Your brother is helping you find some, why aren’t you grateful?

Just after sending it, the other person replied with one word: Get lost.

Yu Mi burst into laughter, it seemed like a lot of people were messaging him! So funny.

A few seconds later—

[Private Chat] What Are You: Sent to the wrong person. Not telling you. You don’t need to get lost.