Day 900 and Day 1 Are Only a Thought Apart

"Wifey, has that scoundrel bothered you again??"

"Let me tell you, I know these Shrimp Head Men better than anyone. If he's not after your beauty, I'll stand on my head and write my name backward with a pen using my belly button."

"If you're scared, just tell me where you are. Wifey will come over to calm your spirits and warm your cold little toes..."

"?"

Faced with such outrageous words, Hua Xin almost punched through the screen.

"Get lost, you pervert!!"

"Wifey's scolding me, wifey's scolding me! I love wifey the most, meow~."

"..."

Hua Xin, speechless, removed the ice pack wrapped in a towel from her head.

Although there wasn't a large bump, it still hurt...

"I was just afraid you'd leave me. You won't meet me in person, and if some shady scum cheats on me, I'll cry little pearls."

"Wuwuwuwu~..."

Saying this, Xia Yan faked a cry twice.

"For wifey, I've always remained pure. Today, a bad woman tried to get my attention, but I didn't fall for it. I went straight to hang out with my good buddies... Wifey, wifey, can you praise me?"

Lao Shui had turned into a "wifey monster," acting clingy and sweet.

The girl twitched her lips, suppressing the dual discomfort, both psychological and physical. Even after being in an online relationship with this Shrimp Head Man for almost a month, she still couldn't get used to his perverted nature.

Seriously... a bricklayer like you is getting hit on by girls who are throwing themselves at you? You must be hallucinating from all the digging. Why are you so confidently insecure (disgusted face)...

Online, "Lao Shui" had presented himself to Hua Xin as an ambitious Civil Engineering Senior, which explained his prominent abs and muscles.

How can someone be so unappealing (disgusted)...

"Send money, or we break up."

Hua Xin threatened coldly.

"Ding, QQ Wallet received five—ten—yuan—"

"My loyalty in love is unwavering. I will only love one person in my life."

(But who that person is, is another story)

"Don't worry, Lao Shui!!"

The girl suddenly said righteously, her eyes seemingly sparkling as she clutched her phone.

Her balance had increased again. Maybe she could eat rice all month now!!

How is Lao Shui unappealing? He's clearly got character, a charismatic personality...

Suddenly, some messy sounds came from the speakers of the two-yuan earphones the girl had bought.

Lao Shui's voice sounded a bit cautious. He lowered his tone: "Wifey, my coworkers are back. I have to go now. Let's chat again when I have time, mua~."

"Go for it, move more bricks to support me."

The girl's voice was seductive: "If you can't earn three hundred a day, I'll abandon you."

"How can you rest at your age?" (PUA statement)

"I will definitely work hard to earn money to marry..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hua Xin hung up the QQ voice call.

That deliberately lowered, bubbly voice finally disappeared from her ears. Did he really think his voice was magnetic? (It actually was.)

Hmph, marry who? I'm eighteen this year, I'm a boy...

Uh... looking at the fair, tender little hands in her line of sight, the girl silently skipped over that topic.

Leaning back, the gaming chair rolled backward on its base. A pair of slender legs, like white jade, were suddenly exposed to the air from under the desk.

A little less and they'd be too thin, a little more and they'd be too fat.

However, the only flaw was a visible bruise on her lower leg, below the knee.

It was caused by falling after hitting a pillar during the day.

"Our old Shanghai is didididididadaodao..."

Having received the online dating fee, the girl was in a much better mood. Even the pain in her head had subsided quite a bit.

Hua Xin hummed a tune and stretched her legs out straight, then lifted her feet out of her slippers and placed them on the floor. With one hand, she made a V-sign next to her thigh, aiming the phone at her lower body. The screen accurately framed both her hand and her legs.

"Click."

A leg photo, completely unedited and enough to make one's blood boil, was fresh out of the oven.

The girl admired herself.

How to describe it...

It could only be described as making people want to embrace and hold, hate and resent, a pair of... desire...

Hua Xin silently extended her hand and frantically slid her fingers across the skin of her legs for a while.

So good, so firm, so plump…

Why is this me? Crying. If only it were my wife, that would be so good. If only it were my 2D wife!

The girl, with tears in her eyes, clicked send. Then, she leaped onto the bed, hugging a pillow and rolling around happily, as if she saw more and more gold coins appearing in her balance.

Facing such temptation, she didn't believe Lao Shui wouldn't obediently act as her ATM!

Speaking of which, isn't this a bit too wicked…

Uh… didn't I say something about not selling my soul or body?… Ding!

The microwave's sound was like catnip; the moment she heard it, Hua Xin immediately rushed to the kitchen.

Eating rice first!

***

Magic City University Male Dormitory 1225.

Xia Yan hid in the dormitory's private bathroom, sitting on the toilet lid with his eyes tightly shut. He held his phone on his lap, taking slow, rhythmic deep breaths.

He continuously chanted softly, "My heart is clear like water, water is my heart.

"The breeze is still, the waves are calm.

"Sitting alone in the bamboo grove, I play the qin with a long whistle.

"Meditating in Zen, poisonous dragons flee.

"My heart is without openings, the Heavenly Dao rewards diligence.

"My righteousness is awe-inspiring, all ghosts and spirits are startled."

"I am also lustful, sigh…"

Uh… I recited that wrong.

But Xia Yan's handsome and dashing face remained as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened.

If one ignored the large bulge in his shorts.

"Brother Yan, are you done yet?… I'm dying of heat, I need to shower, I need to wash my ass!!!"

"Me too, Brother Yan!! That woman keeps leaning on me, saying I smell so good, I'm practically sticking to her, ahhhhhh!!"

"It's not that you smell good, that woman's nose must be artificial."

"Good boy, go play somewhere else."

"Don't you dare slander me, I'm playing it cool right now!"

Listening to the noisy bickering of Mu Feng and Xiang Guan outside the door, in such a scorching summer, it only made Xia Yan more irritable.

The suppressed heat that he had finally managed to quell with the Heart Cleansing Incantation flared up again.

Xia Yan silently opened his eyes and looked at his brothers, as if they were expressing their unwillingness and grievances, refusing to return to normal.

He couldn't just go out like this…

Today was day 899, and tomorrow was the crucial day to break through the 900 barrier…

How could he be… Xia Yan, as if possessed, opened his phone again.

He tapped on the album, scrolled down, and a connecting line appeared.

After entering the hidden album, the first thing that appeared was a photo of Hua Xin making a 'V' sign with one hand, showing her legs.

Slide.

It was a photo of Hua Xin as a jailer.

Slide.

It was a photo of Hua Xin's legs.

"Gulp."

Xia Yan swallowed his saliva.

For some reason, even though he had seen many beautiful women and countless skirt uniforms in the real world, he couldn't muster any desire.

But Hua Xin seemed to be an exception.

Every part of her body attracted him.

He didn't know if it was because he had suppressed himself for too long, only able to act crazy online. On the 899th day, Xia Yan finally understood what it meant to be consumed by fire.

"Holy shit."

He said calmly.

"Received."

"Ok, not rushing you."

Xia Yan slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened the video software, turning up the volume as he did. "I am Jeremy Wa..."

Seeing his still unsatisfied little brother, he leaned back with a hint of helplessness.

"Hold it in..."

"Xia Yan, you can do it. Recite the Heart Cleansing Incantation, Jade Feet, uh..."

"Hold it in, damn it!"