My Life Has Been Like Walking on Thin Ice!

After teasing her, Ye Xinxin opened Shen Lang's Moments.

Sleep Till Dawn's Moments.

Shen Lang hadn't set his Moments to be visible for only three days. Any friend could browse them freely.

November 24: Transcendent Master rank, 21 kills. Details determined success or failure; reaching King was no accident!

November 28: New patch, 1,000 points on both servers with Shovel. Feeling proud!

December 21: New Year's was almost here. In the new year, I'd work toward earning a down payment!

December 23: My life had been like walking on thin ice. Could I make it to the other side in this lifetime?

Being socially anxious as a guy was one thing. Staying home every day was fine too, and having no girlfriend was no big deal.

But if he had all that free time to stay home and still couldn't show off any gaming skills, then he really ought to be remade from scratch.

Shen Lang's gaming skills were exceptionally high. He often fought professional players and famous streamers to a standstill.

Aside from his usual writing work, Shen Lang spent most of his time immersed in the ocean of the gaming world.

Shen Lang had entertained the idea of becoming a gaming streamer long ago, but because of his social anxiety and poor speaking skills, he had tossed the thought to the back of his mind.

As a result, Shen Lang's Moments were almost entirely about games, or self-disciplined posts encouraging himself to improve.

Ye Xinxin searched from beginning to end but found none of the so-called availability topics.

"Mm, looks like he isn't one."

Ye Xinxin returned the phone to Su Lexuan, then teased, "Didn't you say before that you liked refined scumbag types? Why do you like this kind of gaming otaku now?"

"Oh, I already said he's just an ordinary friend. I don't even know what he does for a living."

After refuting her somewhat sheepishly, Su Lexuan asked curiously, "Also, can you really tell he's not a scumbag just by looking at his Moments?"

"First of all, he hasn't set his Moments to three-day visibility, which shows he's a guy without much guile. Besides..."

Ye Xinxin could not help laughing. "Have you ever seen a scumbag whose Moments are all gaming content? If that made him a scumbag, wouldn't every guy who helped me rank up every day be a love saint?"

"Still, this guy was pretty good at games."

Ye Xinxin locked in Yuumi, ready to get carried, then turned to Su Lexuan. "If you don't date him, remember to send me his contact info, okay? I want to reach King on my alt too!"

"We've only known each other for a few days. Who wants to date him? I don't even know what he does."

Su Lexuan huffed arrogantly, then crawled under the covers with her phone. Her clear eyes looked at Shen Lang's Moments, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

"It's good enough that he isn't a scumbag..."

Having just moved into his new home, Shen Lang had nothing in the apartment except for a few basic necessities delivered the previous night.

Early the next morning, Shen Lang woke up early and rode his Electric Scooter to the supermarket near the residential complex to buy supplies.

At around nine o'clock, Shen Lang rode his Electric Scooter back into the complex.

This residential complex was more convenient than most. Electric vehicles had a dedicated charging hall, so there was no need to run a wire down from upstairs.

"Shen Lang?"

Just as Shen Lang plugged in his electric scooter, a familiar female voice came from behind him. It was the Landlady, Xia Shuyi.

Xia Shuyi was holding the hand of a little girl with a ponytail, the same little girl from yesterday's photo.

The weather was good today. Xia Shuyi wore a black chiffon jumpsuit, her glossy black hair pinned high. Beneath her long, fair neck, the neckline revealed a large expanse of snowy skin and seductive collarbones. Her graceful, fiery figure, alluring full curves, and mature housewife charm were all on display!

Shen Lang noticed Xia Shuyi was carrying a supermarket shopping bag too. The logo was the same as the one on his bag, and it contained some fruits and vegetables.

Shen Lang smiled and made conversation. "Sister Xia, you went to Baihui too? I didn't see you just now."

Xia Shuyi smiled. "I saw you, actually. But it's Saturday, and the supermarket was too crowded. I was embarrassed to call out to you."

"Quack, quack!"

Just as Shen Lang was about to reply, the duck toy on the scooter's handlebars suddenly started quacking.

The culprit jumped in fright and hurriedly pulled back her little hand. She scrambled to Xia Shuyi's side, hugged her mother's plump thigh, and hid her little head in Xia Shuyi's skirt. Every now and then, she peeked out and curiously examined the tall big brother chatting with her mother.

"See? This little girl is terribly naughty."

Xia Shuyi rubbed her daughter's head, smiling as though exasperated. Her seemingly disdainful words were filled with affection.

It was clear that Xia Shuyi truly loved her daughter.

Shen Lang merely smiled, and then the system options appeared again.

1: Remove the duck toy and give it to Xia Mengmeng. Ask her age or grade and engage in a friendly interaction!

2: Sternly educate Xia Mengmeng, warning her that stealing a needle when young would lead to stealing gold when grown!

3: Squat in front of Xia Mengmeng and tell her with a smile: This duck isn't fun. Want to see big brother's big duck?

"Girls are all mischievous when they're little. You have no idea how much trouble my younger sister caused when she was young."

Shen Lang removed the duck toy from the scooter's handlebars and squatted in front of Xia Mengmeng. He squeezed the duck twice, making it quack.

"Mengmeng, come on. Big brother is giving you this duck."

"There's no need, Little Shen."

Xia Shuyi waved her hand dismissively.

"It's fine. It's cheap junk from PDD, only a few yuan."

Xia Mengmeng stretched out her hand, but quickly pulled it back. She raised her round, wide eyes and looked hopefully at her mother.

"Silly girl, why aren't you thanking big brother?"

Xia Shuyi rubbed her daughter's head, her doting affection impossible to hide.

Xia Mengmeng stepped out from behind Xia Shuyi's legs and timidly took the duck. In a crisp little voice, she said, "Thank you, Big Brother Shen."

"No need to thank me."

Shen Lang smiled and raised his hand to rub the little girl's head. Then, pretending to be curious, he guessed, "Let me guess. Mengmeng, you're in the middle kindergarten class this year, right?"

"No."

The little girl shook her head like a rattle and corrected him in a milky voice, "I'm already in the senior class!"

"Wow, the senior class? Mengmeng is amazing!"

Shen Lang praised her with a look of surprise.

What he did not know was that Xia Shuyi had already told Shen Lang all of the girl's basic information the night before.

The reason Shen Lang had deliberately guessed Xia Mengmeng's grade wrong was simply to let the little girl proudly state her real grade, giving him the perfect opening to praise her.

Most children wanted to show themselves off in front of strangers, even over trivial things.

This was not one of the answers provided by the system options, but something Shen Lang had learned from experience.

Because he had two little girls like that at home.

Unfortunately, they had already grown up.