Chapter 22: The Feeling of Falling in Love

  I've completely lost the mood I used to have when joking with her, Xinyu has changed into a completely different person.

  "Lin Fan, your girlfriend is very pretty, isn't she?"

  Xin Yu said something, and my thoughts immediately floated back to memories that seemed like they were from many years ago. Perhaps, Chen Yu was a beautiful girl, also very smart, but unfortunately now all I have left is the lingering pain. For her, I dropped out of school, and Ye Qiu, for being a good brother to me, was also stabbed by someone.

  It's hard to say who was right or wrong, I've never blamed her, everyone has the right to choose, she is also a girl, a girl who needs love and care, things that I couldn't give her but others could.

  I curled up the corners of my mouth and seemed to mock myself by saying: "Still pretty good, a bit worse than you."

  Xin Yu smiled and pushed me away, tidying up her own hair, saying: "You're also very cute when you lie!"

  "Come on, we're all adults here, stop using cute words to insult my intelligence, OK?"

  "If I said Lu Xuehan was very cute, you probably wouldn't have any objections."

  "That's another story, by the way, you should be level 10 now, right? Later when I get back, I'll give you that bow, its attack is very high, 18-32, once equipped, you can easily solo kill monsters up to three levels below yours."

  Xin Yu smiled ambiguously: "Is this considered a gift for me? Do you want me to give you something in return? There's nothing else, so I'll just give you the first kiss of the past six months!"

  "Still, after half a year, you're still holding onto our first kiss? Let me go already, I don't want to be accused by Lin Jie of seducing her fellow sisters."

  "Haha, look at your blushing face!"

  Xin Yu laughed like a happy little girl, if she wasn't a lady, that would be even better...

  "Lin Fan, you said, if I hadn't done this line of work, what would I be doing now?"

  I looked at Xin Yu's delicate face in the moonlight and thought for a moment before saying: "She might still be spoiled by her parents, or busy with her graduation design and job hunting. But according to your personality, you should find a rich husband first, after all, it's better to marry well than to work hard."

  "You're so tacky!"

  "Hehe, maybe! Shouldn't we head back?"

  I took a glance at my watch and found that I had been standing outside with Xin Yu for two hours without realizing it. There were still two hours before the server maintenance, just enough time to catch up on some good sleep.

  Xin Yu nodded, released the hand that was holding my arm, and walked shoulder to shoulder with me on the way back. The two of us were silent, just like a couple in the midst of a cold war.

  When I returned to my residence, Xu Jie was still playing games, while everyone else had gone to sleep. I rubbed my eyes and lay down on the bed. The Xinyu from earlier was so gentle and beautiful, I had never seen her look so fragile before. Some wounds seemed like they couldn't be forgotten even after falling.

  A wave of drowsiness washed over me, and I quickly fell asleep. In my dream, there were my parents, Chen Yu with tears streaming down his face, and the brothers from TOT squad. It was as if I had returned to that deep night which I tried so hard to forget. Ye Qiu's blood stained half of his body red, but his eyes remained stubborn and passionate. No matter what he faced, he didn't want to lose me as a brother. But I retreated, abandoning them, a group of companions who trusted me...

  No blame, no resentment, but my heart is in pain. Countless times I scold myself as a coward, but it's all to no avail. My thoughts of her are like poisonous insects gnawing at me.

  I slept very hard, and when I woke up, I was already drenched in sweat. A white towel was placed beside my pillow, still damp, it was clear that someone had helped me wipe the sweat away.

  At this time, Xinyu walked in from outside wearing pajamas, holding a thermometer: "Good guy, the indoor temperature is only 12 degrees, is it so hot? You're sweating all over your body?"

  I originally wanted to say a "thank you", but after seeing Xin Yu's provocative outfit, I lost the mood.

  "A 34D figure must wear a bra, or it will sag, sister!"

  Xin Yu's face suddenly turned red, and she glared at me, saying: "Mind your own business, I like it!"

  I'm too lazy to argue with her anymore, I touched the watch beside me and took a look, it's already 6 o'clock in the morning, I didn't expect that I slept for 8 hours, wasting two hours of leveling up time.

  "Xin Yu, why haven't you gone to level up yet?"

  Xin Yu smiled sweetly: "Waiting for you, I just made a steamed egg with vegetables, come and try it quickly!"

  I was stunned, has this guy changed his ways? When did he become so diligent...

  Quickly brushed teeth and washed face, on the dinner table there was indeed a poached egg, although some parts were charred, but it did not affect the overall taste.

  "How is it? Is it delicious?" Xin Yu looked at me with wide eyes and a face full of expectation.

  "Not bad at all, very promising!" I lavished praise without restraint.

  "Haha, alright then, I'm going to play games now, remember to contact me!"

  Watching Xinyu Qianli's beautiful figure walk out of the room, I said a word "weird" and then entered the game.

  Appeared at the foot of the mountain in Banbian Mountain, a few 18-level Lone Wolfmen were wandering back and forth not far away. Behind me was the Golden Needle Grass guarded by the Beastman Shaman Nikolai. However, with my current strength, I seemed to be unable to challenge this level 20 or higher quasi-BOSS, whose level couldn't even be seen by a 15-level expert like me!

  I contacted Xu Lin and Xin Yu, they were both online, so we agreed to meet at the east gate of Hurricane City. Then I used a 10 silver coin return scroll.

  First, I went to the armor shop. Smith Suis was busy at work. I immediately took out those 20 pieces of rare copper ore. Suis said excitedly: "This is great! With these materials, we can definitely eliminate all the plague spreaders this time. Thank you so much, young man!" This is your reward!

  "Ding!"

  System Prompt: You have completed the task of bothering the Forging Master, gaining 50050 experience, 2 gold coins, reputation +150, obtaining item Miner's Pickaxe, and learning skill: Mining!

  Huh? The miner's job assignment? This time I'm forced to become a small miner!

  After leaving the armor shop, I headed directly to the east gate of Hurricane City. From a distance, I saw Xu Lin and Xin Yu already there. The two of them seemed quite confident as well, their appearances hadn't changed one bit. After Xin Yu carefully sized me up, she teasingly said: "Huh? How come our Lin Fan seems to have lost some of his manliness?"

  I was too lazy to deal with this female rogue, so I directly traded the equipment to her:

  Wolf Tail Longbow (Green Equipment)

  Attack: 18-32

  Vitality: +6

  Agility: +4

  Required level: 10

  Xin Yu unceremoniously put away the items and then went to repair her equipment with a smile.