My Online Friend Can't Be This Cute Chapter 14

If there was anything you weren't satisfied with, all I could do was apologize.

At last! Our protagonist was finally getting ready—emphasis on "getting ready"—to find his beautiful girl groupmates!

Before Crossing Over, Be Sure to Prepare Properly.

"When are you going to find a girlfriend and bring her home?"

Mo Xiangwen had just gotten up and was brushing his teeth while humming a tune when his mother's voice suddenly came from behind him.

The familiar marriage nagging made his whole body shudder. He almost thought he'd crossed back again, and he spat out a mouthful of mouthwash—fortunately, it landed in the sink.

He stared into the mirror for ages, repeatedly confirming that he was still a high school graduate and not the corporate slave he used to be.

It took Mo Xiangwen quite a while to calm down before he reluctantly accepted the reality that he was already being urged to get a girlfriend.

He turned to look at his mother, pointed at himself, and asked in disbelief, "Me? Mom, are you serious? Please act normal. You're scaring me."

Zhou Xiuqin said dismissively, "What's so strange about that? When I was your age, your dad and I..."

"Wait, wait, wait." Mo Xiangwen hurriedly interrupted her combo. "Back then was back then. Now is now."

"I'm only a senior high school student. Dating is still too early for me."

"What do you mean, too early? Back then, senior high school students needed to focus on their studies." Zhou Xiuqin glanced at him. "Now that you've finished your exams, hurry up and find a girlfriend while getting yourself an undergraduate diploma."

"What do you mean, just getting an undergraduate diploma? University studies are stressful too, okay?"

Mo Xiangwen shook his head, unwilling to argue. After slowly finishing washing up, he went to the living room for breakfast.

To his surprise, Zhou Xiuqin followed behind him the entire time. Only after he sat down did she continue, "Going to university and dating don't conflict with each other."

"No, they conflict. They conflict a lot." Mo Xiangwen retorted, "Have you forgotten what you used to tell me?"

"How can senior year of high school and university be the same?"

"They are the same. A good university is only going to be more exhausting than senior year."

"What kind of good university is a Third-Tier Undergraduate..." Zhou Xiuqin looked thoroughly displeased. "You keep making excuses whenever I tell you to date."

Mo Xiangwen hesitated for a moment and decided to stay a little conservative, lest they refuse to believe him again.

"A Second-Tier Undergraduate. At least a Second-Tier Undergraduate." He held up two fingers and waved them. "Could you stop underestimating me?"

Unexpectedly, the strongest reaction didn't come from Zhou Xiuqin, but from Mo Chenfeng, who was watching TV on the couch.

"A Second-Tier Undergraduate? You can really get into one?"

Mo Chenfeng tossed aside the remote, stopped watching TV entirely, and ran straight to the dining table, staring at him gloomily.

Mo Xiangwen's scalp tingled under that stare, but he still insisted, "At least, okay? A Second-Tier Undergraduate is the minimum."

"Xiangwen." Mo Chenfeng selectively ignored that emphasis. "Are you sure you can get into a Second-Tier Undergraduate?"

"Absolutely. If I don't, you can smash my computer when the time comes." Mo Xiangwen declared firmly. "I definitely won't stop you."

Zhou Xiuqin smacked him on the head and scolded with a laugh, "What nonsense are you saying? We paid for that computer. If it gets smashed, won't we be the ones hurting over it?"

"I'm just trying to prove I wasn't talking nonsense."

"Enough. Go play. You're done here."

"Got it."

Knowing he had escaped disaster for the moment, Mo Xiangwen let out a sigh of relief and hurried back to his room.

If he had to choose between being nagged about marriage and boosting someone's account, he'd rather boost accounts. He hadn't forgotten that he still owed the president a thousand yuan.

Still, even though he had been eating and drinking extravagantly this past month, he had nearly five hundred yuan left. After all, his family did give him meal money.

Don't ask why he still had five hundred left. The fact that he had spent five hundred more on food in a single month than his old self already shocked him enough.

This was high school, not university.

There was no bustling shopping street, only a single convenience store.

If he had only been eating snacks instead of proper meals, that would have been one thing, but he had also been eating four meals a day... and he had still nearly ended up malnourished.

Back to the point: he still owed five hundred yuan. He could either boost accounts or think of another way.

But before that, he needed to show his face in the group chat so the president wouldn't think he had run off with the money and didn't plan to repay it.

Without further ado, he turned on his computer and logged in.

Human-Dragon Unity: Bros! I'm alive!

Baibai: Xiao Yi is back, yay.

A Seductress: Congratulations on getting out of prison.

Human-Dragon Unity: Sigh, one month. A whole month! Do you know how I got through this month?!

Flaked Out: Didn't everyone get through it the same way?

Don't Play Holy Slash: How'd the exams go?

Human-Dragon Unity: The advantage is mine.

A Seductress: You sound pretty confident.

Human-Dragon Unity: I'm already thinking about what I'll make you treat me to.

A Seductress: Everything exists in dreams. Talk to me when you get your results.

Human-Dragon Unity: Heh heh, then just wait. Oh, right, President, I'll transfer the rest of the money back to you first.

Don't Play Holy Slash: No rush. It's not like I'm short on that little bit of money. Pay me back all at once after you have enough.

Human-Dragon Unity: I'd better transfer this first. I'll pay back the rest after a while.

Mo Xiangwen picked up his phone and tapped the screen several times with his right thumb, transferring the remaining money back.

Human-Dragon Unity: President, have there been any orders lately?

Don't Play Holy Slash: No. If you're short on money, why are you in such a hurry to pay me back?

Human-Dragon Unity: Is it possible that I'm short on money precisely because I need to pay you back?

Don't Play Holy Slash: Then don't rush. You can pay me back later.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Honestly, I think account boosting is a waste of time. I never do it. I only took orders because you asked me to, otherwise I wouldn't accept them at all.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Instead of wasting your time on account boosting, I think you'd be better off tutoring kids.

Mo Xiangwen froze for a moment. He had always thought she did this for a living. He hadn't expected her to be taking orders for his sake.

No wonder he had never seen her boosting accounts unless she was duo-queueing with him.

Human-Dragon Unity: Then forget it. You don't need to ask around for me anymore. As for tutoring, with my level, wouldn't I just be leading people astray?

Human-Dragon Unity: Still, you did remind me of something. Account boosting really does make money too slowly.

Baibai: Is Xiao Yi really short on money? Want me to lend you some?

Human-Dragon Unity: Borrowing money from groupmates to pay back groupmates would be way too weird, but thanks anyway, Baibai.

Baibai: Hehe.

Now that he thought about it, he was a transmigrator, after all.

If he had been reborn only to earn money by boosting accounts, that would be far too ridiculous.

If people found out, his fellow transmigrators would laugh themselves to death.

Even becoming a streamer would be better than boosting accounts.

For example, while virtual streamers hadn't become popular yet, he could commission an artist for an avatar and start streaming?

It wasn't impossible. His gaming skills were quite good, and if he got a voice changer and pretended to be a Japanese girl, wouldn't he make a killing in no time?

...Though it was theoretically feasible, he had the feeling that doing so would make him lose something important. Better forget it.

But what opportunities were there in 2017 that could let him rise from nothing?

After thinking for a long time, he felt sorrow for the first time over being such a hopeless shut-in.

He searched through his memories and found not a single useful piece of information.

What exactly had he done during that entire summer vacation after graduating high school?

Played galgames? Played games with his groupmates? Caught up on anime? Never mind, then.

Couldn't you have done something useful for once? You could've at least paid attention to the lottery!

Mo Xiangwen really wanted to slap himself twice. If he had known he could transmigrate... well, no, that still wouldn't have been possible.

Could he possibly go back to being an unsuccessful webnovel writer? That might as well be becoming a virtual streamer. At least that actually made money.

Wait, how much did an avatar cost again?

Uh... should he just become an unsuccessful webnovel writer after all?

The Time to Check Results Had Arrived.

A Seductress: 650 points?!!!

A Seductress: Hurry up and tell me, where did you steal that screenshot from? You actually dare use it to deceive your groupmates.

A Seductress: Your groupmates treat you sincerely, and you're playing tricks on them? Is one meal really worth it?

The days spent stockpiling chapters as an unsuccessful webnovel writer always passed quickly. Even if he wanted to become a virtual streamer, he first needed the money to commission an avatar.

Of course, he still wasn't particularly eager to do that for the time being.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to check his results.

After checking his results, the first thing to do was naturally chat in the group, just like grown-ups liked to post on social media at the first opportunity.

All one could say was that young people had their own version of social media.

Human-Dragon Unity: I hope you'll face the fact that you need to treat me to a meal.

Baibai: I hope you'll face the fact that you need to treat Xiao Yi to a meal.

A Seductress: Baibai! Aren't we the closest of friends?! Why?!

A Seductress: Have you forgotten the days we spent denouncing Pigeon for showing off card pulls?

Baibai: Cutting ties. Cutting ties hard.

Flaked Out: I suggest you don't bore yourself by challenging the extent of Baibai's dependence on Xiao Yi.

Baibai: Exactly, exactly.

Don't Play Holy Slash: It really is unexpected.

Don't Play Holy Slash: We all watched you improve, but I never expected you to reach this level in the end. Even I think it's a little too exaggerated.

A Seductress: If this isn't exaggerated, what is? In one month, you went from not even being guaranteed a Third-Tier Undergraduate to getting into a Project 985 university. I can't accept this.

A Seductress: Anyone there? I want to report someone for cheating.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Pigeon is also a senior high school examinee, right? How were your results?

Flaked Out: About the same as Xiao Yi's. I performed pretty well this time too.

Honestly, he was still a little dizzy from the sudden surprise.

Originally, he had thought getting into a First-Tier Undergraduate would definitely not be a problem, and then he could try challenging a top First-Tier Undergraduate.

He just hadn't expected the final result to be far better than he had imagined.

It seemed he had really performed well that day... perhaps with a little bit of luck added in.

Human-Dragon Unity: Then congratulations to Pigeon on getting such good results too.

Flaked Out: Hahaha, likewise.

Human-Dragon Unity: Being able to get this score, the predicted questions you gave me were crucial, Pigeon. Of course, the books the president helped me borrow also gave my fundamentals a ruthless boost.

Flaked Out: Is that so? I didn't pay much attention to it.