Yu Qingxue, dressed in a maid uniform, stood behind Gao Sijin, gently massaging his shoulders.
“How does the computer feel?”
“It’s fast. Very smooth to use.”
“Oh, that’s good. By the way, what exactly are you doing right now? Are you writing?”
Yu Qingxue’s gaze fell upon the laptop screen. Gao Sijin was not writing.
Yasuo was dashing back and forth through the minions, occasionally flashing his mastery emote. He looked extremely happy.
“This is a test! New computers always need to be tested. Some people like using Lu Da Shi for benchmarking, but I prefer using actual combat for my tests. This really is a great machine.”
“Oh, a test. I get it, I get it. But haven’t you been testing it for quite a while now?” Yu Qingxue’s grip on Gao Sijin’s shoulders gradually tightened, making him feel a faint sting of pain. “Ever since we came back from breakfast at 8:00 AM, it’s now almost 12:00 PM. Shouldn’t my dear Master Sijin get to work now?”
“It’s about balancing work and play. This is called ‘work-life balance.’ Life is short, so enjoy it while you can…”
“Speaking of which, I recently learned a few Muay Thai moves, but I haven’t had a practice partner yet. I wonder where I can find a sandbag to test my skills on?”
“I’ll write if I win.”
“What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly.”
Gao Sijin’s shoulder was pinched hard by Yu Qingxue. He was certain it would leave a bruise.
“I said I’ll write as soon as I finish this match.”
“That’s more like it.”
Yu Qingxue placed a glass of freshly squeezed mango juice on the desk in front of him.
Inside this five-star hotel, Gao Sijin felt every cell in his body relax completely. Because of this, he had become somewhat unmotivated when it came to writing.
And gradually, he was becoming accustomed to being around Yu Qingxue.
Even though she was a bit crazy — like yesterday, when she forced him to go to a bar to drink with her — being with her didn’t feel exhausting. In fact, it made Gao Sijin feel very relaxed.
Most importantly, after Yu Qingxue read his novel, she didn’t look at him with disdain. Instead, she became a fan and even tipped his book 100,000 yuan last night.
When he opened Penguin Software today, the readers’ group had completely exploded. Even his usually cold and distant editor had reached out to him in a private chat for the first time. It scared Gao Sijin so much that he immediately closed Penguin Software and played two rounds of games to calm himself down first.
“You actually won! That last team fight was pretty good. You were so close to a pentakill, but it’s a shame Darius stole all five.”
“As long as I rank up. Winning a match gives me inspiration for writing.”
“Let’s wait a bit. It’s already noon, so let’s go eat first. After we eat, we’ll stay at the hotel for one more day, and then I’ll drive you home on Sunday morning.”
“Okay.”
Sometimes, he felt that it wouldn’t be so bad if he really could marry Yu Qingxue.
Unfortunately, that possibility was extremely slim.
Gao Sijin still didn’t believe that Yu Qingxue would stay with him until the end.
Perhaps she was just full of a sense of novelty regarding his current self. When that novelty faded, she would realize that “Gao Sijin” was actually just an ordinary person found anywhere, with nothing worth noting.
His only difference was that while many people only realized at 30 years old that they would spend their lives in mediocrity, Gao Sijin already knew at 20 years old that he was destined to be disconnected from a life of great wealth and status.
These two days of living were merely a fleeting moment in his life.
After changing her clothes, Yu Qingxue personally wrapped a scarf around Gao Sijin.
This time, Gao Sijin didn’t resist much. After all, through their brief time together, he had already witnessed how overbearing Yu Qingxue could be.
Getting into Yu Qingxue’s car, she stepped on the gas and drove toward the commercial street.
“What do you want to eat?”
“McDonald’s.”
“I happen to want McDonald’s too. The colder the winter gets, the more I want a McFlurry.”
He thought this wealthy young lady would look down on McDonald’s, but to his surprise, she actually agreed.
“Don’t be so surprised. I’ll eat anything as long as it’s delicious,” Yu Qingxue said while accelerating. “In fact, to me, French cuisine isn’t nearly as tasty as McDonald’s.”
“Then we really picked the wrong place for our date last time. If I’d known, we should have just gone to McDonald’s.”
The car’s music player was playing songs that were 80% similar to Gao Sijin’s own playlist, making him unconsciously feel a bit more fond of Yu Qingxue.
The two fell into a mutual silence, listening to the songs playing from the speakers.
Suddenly, Yu Qingxue spoke up first.
“If I still want to marry you after I graduate from university, will you actually say yes?”
“I think I will,” Gao Sijin said softly as he looked at her. “By then, you should be less impulsive than you are now. If you can still remember me, a plain green leaf, after passing through a thousand flowers, it means you truly like me. When that time comes, I won’t be polite with you anymore.”
“You really are a gentleman, refusing a woman who’s offering herself for free.”
“I just don’t want you to complain every day after marrying me about how you must have been blind back then.”
“Sijin, what do you like about me?”
“You’re beautiful. Isn’t that why men like women?”
“How honest.”
“There’s also your lively and candid side. Although I’ve been through a lot because of you during these two days we’ve spent together, I’ve actually had a lot of fun.”
Arriving at McDonald’s, Yu Qingxue parked the car and they got out together.
‘His heart had been lonely for too long.’
Suddenly, he thought of the person who had added him as a friend not long ago, calling herself Xiao Ai’s Fiancee.
If the girl in the photo was really her, what would she think if she found out his heart already belonged to someone else?
“Hey, stop dazing out, come in!”
Yu Qingxue pulled Gao Sijin’s hand as they walked into the McDonald’s together.
After they simply ordered burgers, fries, and McFlurries, they enjoyed the delicious food together.
Looking at each other’s eating habits, they both burst into laughter.
“Right, Qingxue, you mentioned before that your father works for the Tsukiyuki Family. What exactly is the Tsukiyuki Family’s background?”
“The Tsukiyuki Family is incredible. They are the head of the four major monopoly financial groups in J Nation.”
“What does the Tsukiyuki Foundation do?”
“You shouldn’t ask that. You should ask what the Tsukiyuki Foundation doesn’t do. Aside from illegal work like drugs, weapons, and ammunition, the Tsukiyuki Foundation does everything. From ramen to rockets, from eggs to satellites — they do it all.”
“That powerful?”
“Chips smaller than a grain of sand, invisible bioengineering, semiconductors — the Tsukiyuki Foundation has its hands in all of them. Besides those, there are many undisclosed research projects. Once those scientific projects are released, they will completely change the world.”
“Like what?”
“For example, time machines, immortality elixirs, space colonization, and the like. Anything a science fiction writer can think of, the Tsukiyuki Foundation has tried to do.” Yu Qingxue took a bite of her double cheeseburger.