The hot summer arrived without anyone noticing. The scorching sunlight steamed the earth, and if you looked closely, you could see faint white smoke seeming to rise from the asphalt road. Because the weather suddenly turned hot, there were no pedestrians on the street, only a few bosses sitting inside their own shops blowing air conditioning.
“Swoosh—Bang—”
After a beautiful turn, a gorgeous red Ferrari came to a perfect stop.
Mu Xuefei whistled, the smile on her face deepening a bit.
“Cough, cough, cough.”
Hearing the sound coming from the passenger seat, she regained her focus slightly, turned around, and helped the person beside her unbuckle the seatbelt. “Ms. Lu, we have arrived.”
Although Lu Wangying saw that the servant had already come out, she showed no intention of getting out of the car. “Is Xue Fei interested in finding a girlfriend?”
Hearing this, Mu Xuefei leaned her upper body close to Lu Wangying, stretched out her fingertips to rub the other person’s exquisite chin for a moment before sitting straight again, and spoke with a serious face, “It’s a pity that I don’t have that idea for now.”
Understanding Mu Xuefei’s excuse to brush her off, Lu Wangying was not discouraged. After getting out of the car, she took out a business card and placed it on the passenger seat, saying with a serious expression, “I hope that when Xue Fei does have this idea, I will be the first person you think of.” With that, she turned and left. Even though the other person rejected her, her pride did not allow her to pester her.
Watching Lu Wangying’s departing back, Mu Xuefei’s slender eyes narrowed slightly, and she held the gold-trimmed business card between her index and middle fingers for a long time. Looking at the note on it, “Lu Wangying — CEO of Company,” for a long time, the corners of her mouth hooked up into a meaningful smile.
Tsk, these CEOs are always so arrogant. Thinking of that pair of cold eyes, Mu Xuefei let out a “tsk”—they really are all annoying.
“Swoosh—”
The red sports car disappeared quickly in front of passersby like a red lightning bolt, but as the sports car left, a white-rimmed card floated in the air.
Parking the car in the garage, Mu Xuefei spent three seconds pondering whether she should avoid the storm. Because after returning home, she suddenly remembered a very important matter.
She stood someone up! The blind date arranged by her mother with her prospective match was last night at seven o’clock, and at that time, it seemed she was still accompanying Lu Wangying for psychological counseling?
Struggling in her heart for a moment, she still walked toward the house, thinking uncertainly: Since she is dedicated to her career, her mother should let her off the hook, right?
“Eldest Miss, you are back.”
Mu Xuefei carefully walked into the house, only to be startled by the butler who was waiting nearby and suddenly spoke up.
She instinctively looked around, and feeling a sense of relief when she didn’t find the figure of her own mother, she asked, “Grandpa Bai, where is my mom?”
“Madam is waiting for Miss upstairs.” Grandpa Bai was dressed in a black suit. Although his face showed many traces of age, he always looked full of vitality. Seeing Mu Xuefei’s hesitant expression, he kindly reminded her, “Madam has been waiting upstairs for a long time.”
“Then I will go up first.” Mu Xuefei was startled and hurriedly turned to go upstairs.
Last time she stood up her blind date, her mother didn’t care. Why did she specifically wait for her to come back this time? Could it be that because the person stood up was her best friend’s daughter, her mother was taking it seriously?
As soon as she went upstairs, she saw her own mother standing smilingly in front of her bedroom door.
If she had known, she would have gone out to avoid the storm for a few days before coming back. Mu Xuefei thought to herself with a feeling of laughter through tears, but on the surface, she still attempted to muddle through, stepping forward and acting coquettishly, “Mom, why aren’t you out shopping with the aunties today? Didn’t you say before that you wanted to buy a necklace? Go shopping with the aunties and just swipe my card.”
Mother Mu was just about to nod when she remembered her purpose. “Don’t try to change the subject! Speak! Where did you go last night?”
“Last night?” Mu Xuefei paused, speaking with a calm expression, “I—”
But as soon as she started speaking, she saw her mother’s dissatisfied gaze, so she quickly raised both hands in surrender. “Okay, okay. I went to work last night.”
“Work?” Mother Mu stepped forward and poked Mu Xuefei’s shoulder. “How come I never knew you were so busy? Every time there’s a blind date, you inevitably have work! I could let it go in the past, but the person on this blind date was my best friend’s daughter and our Mu family’s business partner. Do you know how hard this makes things for me?
Even if we don’t talk about that, I wouldn’t mind if you came out of the closet, but why don’t you bring someone back for me to see? You say your job lets you come into contact with so many people, isn’t there even one who is to your liking?
You said there was no one satisfactory, so I went through all the trouble to find a good kid from an acquaintance whose sexual orientation is the same as yours, wanting you to meet her. And what happened? You stood her up for the entire night! The other person waited all the way until this morning and was only taken away after her mother sent someone over. Do you know that?”
“How could she wait for so long?” Mu Xuefei blinked, feeling a bit incredulous. Normal people wouldn’t wait that long, right? By doing this, it made her look like a heartless jerk. Thinking of this, the slight guilt she initially felt toward the other person faded away. She retorted, “Why would a normal person wait that long? If the person you’re meeting doesn’t show up, it definitely means something came up. Is something wrong with this person’s brain?”
“If there wasn’t something wrong with her brain, how could she have taken a fancy to you?” Mother Mu muttered softly.
Mu Xuefei lowered her head and leaned closer, asking, “What did you say?”
Looking at her unfazed daughter, Mother Mu finally firmed up her plan.
After pushing Mu Xuefei’s head away, she clenched her fists nervously. Waiting until a slight pain came from it, she released them, shook her head, and said, “It’s nothing. You didn’t rest because you were working last night, so go back and get some rest first. However, after you rest, you must come with me to apologize to the other person.”
Looking at her mother, who had suddenly become open-minded, Mu Xuefei felt it was a bit hard to believe. Although she still had to meet the so-called blind date partner to apologize later, she still felt a sigh of relief. “Then I’ll go back to my room first.” After finishing quickly, she turned and opened the door, terrified that her mother would change her mind and come looking to settle scores with her.
“Bang—” The moment Mu Xuefei pulled the door open, she felt a sharp pain in her back, her vision darkened, and her hand slid weakly off the doorknob.
Mother Mu, standing nearby, quickly threw away the wooden stick in her hand, supported the falling Mu Xuefei, and told the people next to her to come out quickly.
“Help support her arm.”
“Be careful, don’t bump her.”
“Put her down gently.”
After everything was settled, Mother Mu was already panting slightly. Looking at the closed game pod, she sighed. “I hope Fei’er can seize the opportunity. After all, she is such a good kid, and she waited for so many years.”
“Madam, don’t worry. Miss is so capable; she will definitely clear the game.” Thinking that Madam was worried about when Miss would be able to come out, the butler hurriedly comforted her.
“That’s not what I mean. Hey, I can’t explain it clearly to you, never mind.”
Mother Mu turned and left, took out her phone, dialed a number, and said, “It’s me, Aunt Mu. I’ve already let Fei’er inside.”
“Why would Fei’er dislike you? She agreed to go in and play very quickly, you should hurry up too.”
“Are you sure?” Thinking of what the other person had been doing in silence all this time, Mother Mu felt heartbroken again. Her own daughter really had a wooden head; otherwise, she wouldn’t dislike such a good wife material.
“Then my daughter is in your hands.” Mother Mu melancholically hung up the phone, but a moment later, she happily updated her forum post.
Forum:
“What should I do because my daughter always likes to flirt with girls? Help! Waiting online!”
As the title says, my daughter is as beautiful as a fairy, drop-dead gorgeous, elegant, and smart (skip N words of praise, please imagine them yourself). The only bad thing is that she always likes to flirt with girls, and she runs away right after doing it! Because of this, our home phone is always tied up with calls from girls!
So now I am asking everyone for ideas. How can I trick—oops, how can I find a lover for my daughter? Waiting online!
1L: If you want your daughter to go for it, just go for it, don’t be a coward!
2L (OP reply): I want to, but the problem is she doesn’t go for it!
3L: I am very curious what OP looks like 🙂
4L: Set her up with a manipulative and cold top, and have her conquer your daughter, who is a popular and playboy bottom!
5L (OP reply): Great idea upstairs, but my daughter looks like a playboy on the outside, yet she is actually pure on the inside. Can I tell you she has not even had her first kiss yet?
6L (OP reply): I am going to set up a blind date for my daughter. Please watch for updates.
7L: Bringing melon seeds and a small bench to watch the results.
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666 (OP reply): What should I do because my daughter did not go to the blind date party! My daughter stood someone up! I am so sorry to my best friend QAQ.
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777L: OP can try the newest dating simulation game. According to the ads, after playing it, you do not need to worry about not having a lover. Mysterious face.jpg
785L (OP reply): Good idea, I’ll go try it.
The latest post was at seven in the morning, and now it was only nine, which was not long ago.
Mother Mu quickly edited the text and sent it.
The post updated instantly.
999L (OP reply): Daughter has entered the game. Praying she can successfully bring her daughter-in-law back 🙂
The butler standing nearby accidentally caught a few glances, and thinking back to what Madam had said earlier, he silently shed a few tears for his young miss while making a decision: he must never let Miss find out that… it was he who taught Madam how to use the forum!
On the other side, after a sharp pain in the back of her neck, Mu Xuefei found her vision turning pitch black. By the time she regained consciousness, she found herself appearing under a vast starry sky?
“Welcome player to the romance simulation game ‘Catch Me If You Can’. Please get ready, player.”
“Romance game?”
Mu Xuefei looked dazed, staring uncomprehendingly at the elf that suddenly appeared in her field of vision?
Looking at the other person’s slightly pointed ears, delicate appearance, sunny golden wavy curly hair, and blinking large eyes that seemed to be dotted with a starry sky, she couldn’t come to her senses for a moment.
“That’s right. If you didn’t know this was a romance game, how did you get in?”
“How would I know? I was clearly at home…” Mu Xuefei suddenly realized some possibility, and her voice grew weaker.
“You didn’t know you entered through a game pod?” The elf connected to the Main God to query whether an error had occurred. The result obtained was naturally that no accident had happened, and it noticed that this player’s game pod was one of only two Supreme-level game pods belonging to the company, while the other naturally belonged to the owner of the research and development company.
“I am the game elf responsible for introducing the game to you. You can call me Zero.” Confirming there were no problems, a friendly smile instantly hung on the elf’s face. “This romance game of ours breaks the boundaries of human-machine gaming. Just like a holographic game pod, we will enter different worlds and then conquer a character. As long as you clear the game, you can leave.”
“Then what if I can’t clear the level?” Mu Xuefei suddenly frowned.
“Then you will stay in the game forever. If you fail, the game will reset, and you will start conquering from the beginning. However, players don’t need to worry either; the time flow rate inside the game pod is determined by the game pod’s level. You are using one of the company’s only two Supreme-level game pods. As long as you aren’t brain-dead enough to deliberately slow down your progress, once you successfully clear it once and come out, it will probably only take a few days or ten-odd days.”
“What counts as clearing the level?”
“Obtaining one hundred percent affection value from the target.”
Target? Did she mean the romance target she needed to conquer? Mu Xuefei pursed her lips and suddenly smiled. Thinking back to the scene before she fainted, the only one capable of doing such a thing was probably her mother.
Not knowing what Mu Xuefei was thinking, the elf dutifully said, “Shall we begin the conquest now?”
“Start.” Mu Xuefei’s expression began to turn serious.
“Ding, welcome to the first world—’Return to Showbiz’. Please confirm whether you wish to receive the plot?”
There would be a period of dizziness right after crossing over, so before Mu Xuefei could regain her composure, she heard a series of sounds by her ear without being able to distinguish what was being said.
“3, 2, 1. Player did not choose to accept, automatically defaults to ‘No’, plot not issued. Proceeding to the next step, please confirm the target (determination method: the first target touched by your right hand).”
Once her head stopped throbbing so much, she heard the words spoken beside her. Wait, what did she choose not to accept? The plot?
While she was feeling puzzled, the elf appeared before her again. Before she could question the other party, she heard the elf rattle off a stream of complaints.
“I’m dying of anger! Why didn’t you accept the plot?” The newly appeared elf puffed out its cheeks and glared angrily at Mu Xuefei. If the system settings didn’t prohibit it from attacking players, Mu Xuefei might have been killed by it long ago and the game restarted. “Forget it, you listen to me right now: from now on, choose to accept everything related to the plot! Accept! Accept! Accept! Do you understand?”
Swallowing hard and looking at the little elf that seemed to have transformed into a tyrant dragon, Mu Xuefei spread her hands helplessly. “My head was dizzy right after crossing over, and I didn’t hear what the system said at all. Didn’t your company consider this kind of situation? And why is it only a three-second window? Don’t you guys think that’s unreasonable?”
The elf was slightly speechless, but it calmed its anger. “I will give this feedback to the company.” With that, it disappeared from in front of Mu Xuefei, reappearing just a few seconds later.
“Not knowing the plot is very unfavorable for our conquest right now. But don’t lose heart either; with my decades of experience reading novels, I can definitely help you complete the mission. Not having the plot is no big deal anyway, since we are a romance-oriented conquest game, not a loser-turns-the-tables game. Not knowing the plot will just make things a bit more troublesome.”
Saying this, the little elf patted Mu Xuefei’s shoulder consolingly, completely forgetting how great its strength was.
“Bang—”
Blown away by the pat, Mu Xuefei flew through the air in an elegant arc for a short while before making intimate contact with the ground.
No, that wasn’t the main point.
After crashing to the ground, she lay there in silence, feeling like crying without tears as she looked at the boot touched by her right hand.
What was the probability that a boot would walk on its own without human force? Mu Xuefei wanted to deceive herself, but the system ruthlessly shattered her illusions.
“Ding, target confirmed: Yun Yongjun.”
Mu Xuefei: “…”
Heh heh.