The weather in September was unusually hot, as if being trapped in a furnace, with heat waves permeating the air, making one feel suffocated and uncomfortable.
This sweltering weather posed a fatal threat to shut-ins with weak constitutions.
The air conditioner in Shen Lang's room never stopped, working diligently 24 hours a day. His fridge was also stocked with a large supply of cold drinks, so he wouldn't have to venture out under the scorching sun for more.
Shen Lang had no plans to continue writing novels. He wasn't sure what to do next, with over a million in savings sitting idle.
He was originally a rather ordinary shut-in, completely clueless about investments and the like.
Shen Lang planned to interact with Xia Shuyi more in the future, max out her Favorability, see what good items that so-called treasure chest could yield, and then make a decision.
Around five in the evening, in a room as cold as an ice cellar.
Shen Lang was about to play a few rounds of games when Su Lexuan's exclusive WeChat notification sound popped up.
Female Elf: [Piggy peeking emoji {What are you doing?}]
Female Elf was the nickname Shen Lang had given Su Lexuan.
Su Lexuan had a special aura, much like a White Moonlight from school days. When Shen Lang first met her, he was quite socially anxious and introverted.
For Shen Lang at that time, Su Lexuan was like a lively and cheerful Female Elf, bursting into his gloomy Goblin world.
Sleep Till Dawn: "Just got up, about to start writing soon."
Under the System's guidance, Shen Lang had learned a lot about interacting with girls.
At times like this, when a girlfriend asks what her boyfriend is doing, she simply wants to chat and relieve boredom.
The boyfriend can find any excuse, but he absolutely cannot say he was about to play games.
Otherwise, the girlfriend would think, You'd rather play games than chat with me? Do I even matter to you anymore?
Since his girlfriend messaged him, Shen Lang wisely closed the game.
Sleep Till Dawn: "I remember you're about to start military training, right? Have you prepared everything you need for it? You're going to get tanned, you know."
Female Elf: "Of course I'm ready! Look at the magical items I bought, they're all for military training."
Shen Lang clicked on the screenshot of items Su Lexuan sent. It included: sunscreen, a water bottle, heatstroke medicine, insoles, cooling spray, and even Band-Aids?
Sleep Till Dawn: "I understand everything else, but what are the Band-Aids for? You won't get seriously injured during military training, will you?"
Shen Lang remembered that when he had military training, there were also many girls in his class who mysteriously bought a lot of Band-Aids.
But until the training ended, he never saw any girls get injured, and those Band-Aids were never used.
The other side was typing. A few seconds later, she played coy: "Hmph, I'm not telling you~"
"Hmm? Something's fishy!"
His intuition told Shen Lang that these small Band-Aids were definitely not simple. He immediately searched the keywords in his browser: Why do girls buy so many Band-Aids during military training?
"Holy crap, there's even this use?"
After reading the online explanation, Shen Lang exclaimed in admiration.
He couldn't believe these small Band-Aids could be so useful. He was so damn envious!
Just as Shen Lang was lost in thought, Su Lexuan sent another Douyin video.
Shen Lang clicked on it and saw Su Lexuan singing in a green uniform, with a group of military training students sitting on the grass around her.
This was the performance segment during military training, which Shen Lang also had during his own training.
It was simply the instructors picking a few students to perform, to liven up the dull atmosphere and also allow the freshmen to get to know each other.
In the video, Su Lexuan was half-coaxed and half-pushed by several girls to stand in the middle of the crowd.
When introducing herself, Su Lexuan took off her military training hat, revealing a delicate and beautiful face.
Although the oversized military uniform concealed Su Lexuan's slender figure, this face, full of first-love charm, still stunned the male onlookers, who whispered and marvelled.
Su Lexuan sang "A Little Happiness" a cappella. Her voice was beautiful, making the boys' faces show a dreamy, lingering expression.
This video had over a hundred thousand likes, and most of the comments were asking which school the girl was from.
Female Elf: "How was my singing? Was it good? {Little bear with hands on hips}"
[1: Baby, you sing so beautifully. To have a girlfriend like you is truly a blessing I accumulated in my past life!]
[2: It was alright, about one-third as good as my singing in the shower!]
[3: What's going on? It's not New Year's yet, so why do I hear a pig squealing?]
He rejected option three. If it were the old Shen Lang, he might have chosen reply 1, which reeked of being a simp.
But the current Shen Lang felt an inexplicable dislike looking at that sentence. His brows furrowed into a knot.
Indeed, simps truly are a damned species!
Sleep Till Dawn: "It was okay, just so-so, about one-third as good as my singing in the shower."
Su Lexuan clearly understood the meme: "Hahaha, you're such a braggart, I don't believe you!"
Ding! Su Lexuan's Favorability toward the Host has increased by 2 points. Current Favorability: 32 points. Please keep up the good work.
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