Chapter 221

"Having a girlfriend is nothing special?!" "It is." "Empty words are meaningless. How about we go to the bathroom and see who can pee farther?" She was furious! Why was Xia Yan acting like this now?! He wasn't like this when he was joking and talking to her before. Where did that gentle and refined gentleman go? Hua Xin wanted to compare pee distances with Xia Yan, but now she had nothing left!! Why was Xia Yan rubbing salt into her wounds? The girl's boyish voice became slightly distorted due to the Red Temperature, her breath becoming somewhat unstable, leaning more towards a feminine tone: "You can't beat me!" "I'm 15cm, what about you?!" "18?" "Oh, right, I also have a girlfriend." Xia Yan's words ultimately dealt Hua Xin a complete blow, like someone had shot her in the heart with a toy gun. It wasn't fatal, but it was enough to ignite anger and resentment. How could she not even be as long as him?! "Absolutely fake... Anyone can lie! Xia Yan is definitely lying! Aren't people who work out often small-chested?" But just as the girl was about to retort, the incident from the day before the Lunar New Year involuntarily came to mind. It seemed, perhaps, maybe, probably... Xia Yan was telling the truth. The girl silently placed the water glass shakily on the table, her mind still replaying the scene of her pants bulging. "Alright, alright... the game's started." "Let's play the game first, let's leave this topic at that, Hua Xin." "I believe you'll find a girlfriend sooner or later, find that..." Xia Yan hadn't finished speaking, but the phrase "you'll find a girlfriend" was equivalent to "I don't have a penis right now" in the girl's ears, delivering another heavy blow to Hua Xin. [Six Endless 20,000 Critical Hit.] "I'm not envious of you! I'm not looking for any girlfriend..." "Ahhhhhh?!!!" Xia Yan only heard a startled scream, then realized the call had been disconnected, and he stared blankly at the computer. Under the Red Temperature conditions, Hua Xin, not sitting properly, instinctively grabbed the table, accidentally knocking over her water glass, which was only a third full. Given Hua Xin's previous financial situation, her electronic devices couldn't be too perfect or well-organized; the configuration she used to build the computer was naturally designed to save as much money as possible. The case was only protected by a layer of relatively hard acrylic sheet, and the graphics card and motherboard brackets were salvaged from a discarded case found in a trash can. Therefore... this cobbled-together case, filled with wires and dust yet maintaining a strange balance, had no lid. Hua Xin only saw a flash of sparks and lightning; although it didn't catch fire and was now calm, she silently looked at the darkened screen, a wave of sorrow and grievance instantly filling her heart, and a sob echoed throughout the Little Black. "Ugh, ugh, my computer!!!" 166. Clues "Why do you look so listless today?" "Didn't sleep well?" Hua Xin yawned, then looked up at Xia Yan sitting next to her, whispering, ignoring the teacher who was lecturing on the platform, whose abilities were clearly exceptional. "Easy for you to say..." "Get lost." Xia Yan continued to use his powerful multitasking skills, listening to the lecture, taking notes, and whispering to the girl at the same time, almost as if his left and right eyes were assigned to inspect. "Tch, so cold, my heart is broken." Although she sounded aggrieved, her tone didn't reveal any grievance. It's most infuriating when someone lies with a straight face. "?" "You're heartbroken? If it weren't for you... I..." "What about me?" Xia Yan turned his head and looked at her strangely, his eyes appearing very clear and innocent. Hua Xin hesitated, stopping herself from saying what she was about to say. Instead, she Red Temperature slightly and playfully punched Xia Yan's thigh, saying, "You didn't do anything, did you?" Although she was angry, she had to hold back her words. Why was Xia Yan increasingly annoying and despicable? She couldn't very well say that they had been playing games late into the night, which led to their argument, and that she hadn't said Red Temperature, she knocked over a water glass and ruined the computer, could she? Hua Xin paused, recalling the soaked graphics card and the nearly exploding motherboard from the previous night. It already had a tangled mess of gray wires, some unknown snacks, and various strange electrical wires. Perhaps years ago, after building the computer, she had prayed for it to boot up successfully, bowing three times to the computer's spirit, which pleased the machine and allowed it to boot up smoothly, until this unexpected accident. Sigh... she wondered how much more money she would have to spend to replace the computer. Although she now had a substantial monthly income and could eat rice and meat for free every day, a computer was still a huge expense... she couldn't even afford to replace her phone. The girl hadn't forgotten that Xia Yan was a computer assembler. What if she said the reason she'd suddenly disconnected and stood him up a few nights ago was because her computer had been shipped, and then he'd come over to help her? Not to mention... the sight of Chun Qiu's motorcycle and the shoes she'd worn on her date with Xia Yan parked outside her door—everything would be clear then, right? Hua Xin shuddered. The scene of Xia Yan discovering the truth wasn't just terrifying; it was a disaster. When a lie is instantly exposed, it might not be a lie anymore, but a misunderstanding. A laugh it off might be fine, and as long as it doesn't touch on matters of principle, it might just pass. But what if the lie had been going on for a long, long time, and involved serious deception... The girl thought about how she was both Hua Xin and Gu Xin Hua, playing two roles, not only becoming Xia Yan's good friend but also, by some twist of fate, his madly infatuated girlfriend. Uh, suddenly she felt so bad. It seems that compared to Lin Qingyu and Liu Ruoyun, the harm she caused Xia Yan was even more egregious... If they weren't in class, Hua Xin would have grabbed Chun Qiu and instantly melted him into her arms to vent her embarrassment and fear. Xia Yan put down his pen and stretched wearily in his chair. Anyway, sitting in the last row wouldn't get him noticed, so he nudged Hua Xin with a bit of boredom: "The school's going to have some joint activities with the Foreign Languages University in a couple of days, um..." "It'll be like a Japanese high school or university, with some performances and competitions, but it won't be too big, and there won't be too many people attending or watching." "Could it be considered a small club activity?" "How about it, interested in going around with me?" "Forget it..." The girl pouted, her tone full of disdain as she said to him, "Busy guy." "You should stay and help out in the Student Council. I'm either incredibly busy lately, I don't even have time to play games during the day, I'm either busy or tired." "I was logged in... but you can't blame me for the sudden power outage at your place, I'm a victim too." "Your game suddenly stopped, and I ended up seeing you off with tears in my eyes."