On the evening of late summer and early autumn, the temperature had dropped considerably. The air seemed to float with some slightly cool water vapor.

In the western sky, several clusters of deep gray clouds silently gathered and expanded. A sudden breeze arose, taking away summer's lingering warmth and bringing autumn's coolness.

The sky rapidly darkened, with gray clouds pressing down on the city. The air seemed to fill with that heart-stopping silence and oppression unique to the moments before a storm.

Of course, Xie Ci, already seated inside Miss Ye Li's Lexus LS sedan, knew nothing of this.

The last rain of summer was about to come.

When Xie Ci got into the passenger seat, his first reaction was how comfortable it was. The pure black body was low-key and restrained, gradually blending into Spring City's deepening night. Miss Ye Li's red top and casual jeans actually formed a contrast with the car.

How should he bring this up with Miss Ye Li? Xie Ci anxiously twisted the hem of his clothes.

This was still his first time telling anyone about this matter.

Xie Ci glanced sideways at Miss Ye Li. She was tilting her head looking out the window, cherry lips slightly parted, looking rather cute like a little girl.

Xie Ci sighed. Speaking of which, his current life perhaps only consisted of the brief four years since high school. During these four years he had been like an insulator, having no interest whatsoever in those who seemed unrelated to his own life.

In real life he had almost no friends either. Only Miss Ye Li could count as one.

Originally Xie Ci could have quietly hidden in his own "safe zone," comfortably being an insulator, repeating the same monotonous life day after day.

Until a month ago when he held up an umbrella and let Miss Ye Li take shelter in his world.

The days of being entangled with Miss Ye Li had gradually become like each ordinary day of the past.

He had long understood that one day everything would disappear completely.

Those times he was immersed in, those days he found unbearable, those dawning lights that stung his eyes, those setting suns and dusks that accompanied him in haste.

He had long prepared himself for Miss Ye Li's sudden disappearance from his life.

But at the moment the countdown appeared, the moment the options appeared, he still felt reluctance.

Perhaps at some point, he had already opened his heart to Miss Ye Li. She had already entered his world.

If most people were just like rainwater slowly sliding across the glass window of life,

Then Miss Ye Li was like the mist left on the window. He still couldn't see clearly, but couldn't bear to wipe it away either.

The night outside the window gradually deepened.

Now, it was time to take action.

Xie Ci hesitated no more, taking out his phone and opening a pink app.

Miss Ye Li was absorbed in looking at the scenery outside, her slender, fair fingers thoughtfully pressed against the side of her pretty face.

Without thinking, Xie Ci touched Miss Ye Li's fair arm, preparing to reveal everything displayed on his phone screen.

"Ah!"

Miss Ye Li jumped like a startled cat, completely flustered. Her pretty face slightly red, she smoothed the hair by her ears, her beautiful eyes darting about, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

Xie Ci was full of question marks. He had never seen Miss Ye Li in such a panicked, at-a-loss state.

Where's the charm and confidence you had when teasing me before? What's this about?

"Um... Miss Ye Li."

"Ah! Little... Little Ci, I see the weather's about to rain, so... so why don't we just find a nearby hotel instead? I, I think we shouldn't go to my place after all..."

A big question mark appeared on Xie Ci's face.

"Hotel? What are you talking about, Miss Ye Li?"

"Ah... well, weren't we going to play adult games?" Miss Ye Li's chest rose and fell, her face growing even redder—red enough that Xie Ci started to feel something was wrong.

"Uh... just asking, Miss Ye Li, what is this adult game you're talking about?"

......

Xie Ci never would have imagined that one day he would be sighing in exasperation, holding his forehead while lecturing his college homeroom teacher.

"Sigh, Miss Ye Li, I really don't know what to say about you."

Miss Ye Li at this moment was like a little cat, pitifully hanging her head with pouted lips, obediently accepting the scolding from this boy four years her junior.

"Alright, Little Ci, I know I was wrong." Miss Ye Li suddenly grabbed Xie Ci's arm, shaking it like a little girl throwing a tantrum. "How was I supposed to know you meant recording horror game streams together..."

At this point, Miss Ye Li seemed to gain some confidence, suddenly lifting her head with a little girl's stubbornness, her large amber eyes fixed on Xie Ci, speaking somewhat petulantly.

"When I invited you to play games before, you were pretending to be bad at them all along! And I was so kind, teaching you hand by hand!"

Miss Ye Li took out her phone, opened the pink app, found a content creator's homepage, and said huffily: "I even recommended this streamer to you before, always praising how good he was at games, how mature his video style was, and how good his pacing was. You rarely agreed with me that enthusiastically, but who knew..."

Miss Ye Li crossed her arms, her fragrant cheeks puffing up adorably. "You ARE that streamer!"

"Sorry, Miss Ye Li, I've been hiding it from you..." Xie Ci said carefully.

"Oh?" Miss Ye Li drew out the ending sound softly, put down her phone and leaned closer, her finger lightly poking his arm. "So when I kept telling you every day 'that blogger really understands games,' you had that look like you were holding back laughter."

She deliberately puffed up her cheeks, like a bullied little kitten, but her gaze was fixed straight on Xie Ci's eyes.

"You were secretly feeling smug inside, right!"

Xie Ci had no choice but to admit it: there was definitely a thrill of playing the pig to eat the tiger.

It turned out that Xie Ci ran a social media account on a certain video website, with content including game reviews, streams, guides and such, sometimes even filming some vlogs.

It was somewhat strange to say. Xie Ci, who kept others at a respectful distance in real life, was willing to express himself in the online world.

Through several years of operation, this account had already gained over a million followers.

"Sigh, you little rascal, telling me all this is really going all out for you. So, you want me to go film horror game streams with you?"

"Yes, after all, Miss Ye Li and I basically like the same games. It's actually quite incredible when you think about it."

For his brief four-year life, Xie Ci had completely revealed his most treasured "secret world."

Miss Ye Li had already entered his world, and now he was inviting her to go deeper.

Xie Ci could really be said to have opened his heart completely to Miss Ye Li.

If this still didn't work, then he really only had the option of tying Miss Ye Li up left.

He looked toward Miss Ye Li, suddenly feeling something was wrong.

The countdown had actually disappeared!

Xie Ci was shocked and carefully stared at Miss Ye Li to look closely. There really was no countdown anymore!

Could it be that his task was complete?

But there were no prompts, and the system interface could still be called up normally.

What was going on?

Just as Xie Ci was puzzled, Miss Ye Li cheerfully spoke: "It's possible, but..."

She revealed a slight smile.

"You have to agree to one condition."

"What condition?" Xie Ci asked in confusion.

"I want to eat your cooking one more time. Like when you took care of me last time!"

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