Chapter 198: The Ones Who Can’t Be Shaken Off (17)
Bring you to see her, and then have you stab her?
Rong Rong felt a headache at the thought of that outrageous scene. What made her even more of a headache was that, she didn’t know if she had been messed with by these perverts for too long, but she actually had a bold idea: Why not invite all five of them to the rooftop at the same time and let them fight each other like dogs?
Anyway, no matter who lost in the end, she would be very happy.
But given how easy it would be for her to lose control of the situation by doing that and cause herself to be caught in the crossfire, Rong Rong decided that she wouldn’t use this plan B unless it was absolutely necessary.
Right now, it was most important to break up with these people peacefully—
[System,] she said to the system, “Since she’s still related to me as a relative, there’s definitely no such thing as a breakup. So Rong Si should also be counted according to the mechanism of Wei Shang, right?”
The system quickly gave her an answer, “Congratulations, player, you’re only one step away from your goal.”
Oh, and there was still that top star.
Rong Rong thought that she would be able to leave this perverted world soon and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. She even forgot what the person in the wheelchair in front of her had said. It was only when she saw her slender neck turn and her pale face tilt that she belatedly replied, “Mm… okay, if there’s an opportunity.”
This sentence had left herself plenty of room to maneuver.
Not paying attention to Rong Si’s reaction, the woman happily hailed a car for her. When she helped her into the car, she was very careful to pay attention to the other person’s actions, so that she wouldn’t end up delivering another headshot to someone. Fortunately, until the taxi had disappeared from view, this distant cousin hadn’t shown any signs of doing anything.
She breathed a sigh of relief. When she turned around, she noticed that the night had already darkened. The streetlights around her had all turned on. The vendors who set up stalls at night were all pushing their carts around the side of the road. Especially the smell of roasted sweet potatoes was particularly tempting and could waft for ten blocks.
Rong Rong put her hand in her pocket. She belatedly remembered that it was time for dinner. And she hadn’t even left Rong Si to eat with her. This really didn’t fit her usual persona of being a gentle, kind, and understanding confidante.
But—
Who cared?
They weren’t her breakup targets anymore. What was the point of doing all of these superficial things?
Thinking about this so nonchalantly, Rong Rong’s gaze swept around, trying to find that familiar face. After a while, she suddenly remembered that Su Mingxiu’s pixels seemed to have stabilized. She wouldn’t be a pixelated person anymore. How could she be as easy to spot in a crowd as she had been before?
“Looking for me?”
A hand reached out from behind her and landed on her shoulder.
When Rong Rong suddenly turned around, she fell into her gaze. When she saw her own reflection in the other person’s eyes that were illuminated by the bright lights, she felt her breath catch in her throat.
…Rong Rong felt that her conclusion was a bit premature.
The reason why she hadn’t seen this dazzling woman earlier was probably because the other person wasn’t in her field of vision. Otherwise, how could she have not noticed someone so beautiful?
Even, in the time that they were looking at each other, many gazes from around them, whether they were obvious or hidden, were directed toward them. She didn’t know if they were looking at either of the two of them in particular… or at both of them.
“Were you… always nearby?”
“You could say that.”
Su Mingxiu actually didn’t want to follow her like this, but she didn’t know why. Since she had given Rong Rong that fruit tea that afternoon, when she tried to randomly click on a location on the map to leave, she found that all the white dots that had been on the map in front of her had disappeared.
She could still instantly go to any place on the map, but—
Su Mingxiu no longer had the ability to randomly transform into any passerby. The various passerby badges that had always appeared on her chest had also disappeared.
When Rong Rong had gone into the hospital earlier, and she had been planning to stroll around nearby, many passersby had taken the initiative to talk to her.
It was as if she had originally been a pearl covered in dust, and in one night, the dust had been wiped away, and the dazzling radiance she had been emitting had attracted everyone’s attention.
Her intuition told her that this matter was related to Rong Rong.
She could also clearly sense that Rong Rong’s gaze towards her recently had been a bit off… It was as if she hadn’t noticed how beautiful she was before. The time that she spent looking at her was getting longer and longer, and she needed a very strong sense of self-control to move her gaze away from her.
Although Su Mingxiu liked her reaction to her, she still had to ask her about it clearly, “Have you had dinner? I saw a restaurant nearby that was decorated quite nicely.”
Reason was constantly telling Rong Rong that she was only one step away from going home, so she had to hold on to herself and not give up now!
“Okay.”
But her mouth answered like that.
Su Mingxiu acted as if she hadn’t noticed her gaze that was fixed on her. After Rong Rong had agreed, she turned around and led the way forward. But when she passed by the roasted sweet potatoes, she stopped, looked at them, and then told the owner that she would buy one.
Rong Rong finally managed to move her gaze away from her face. With a small protest from her stomach, she looked at the sweet potatoes in the heated box. Under the thick cotton cloth, the outer skins of each sweet potato were all a charcoal black color. But from the glimpses of the golden yellow core, people could imagine the sweetness that would be released on their tongue.
She raised her hand and pointed at Su Mingxiu, then pointed at herself, and blinked her eyes, “One, two. There are two of us.”
Was it too stingy to only buy one?
But Su Mingxiu didn’t even look at her. She only replied lazily with an “mm,” “So I can share half with you.”
It was clearly such a stingy answer, but when Rong Rong actually saw that the sweet potato had been split in half and the small spoon had been handed to her along with it, she felt that this option was a bit more intimate than just buying two directly.
It gave her an unparalleled sense of sharing.
She felt that her brain had probably been polluted by this breakup game.
So in the time that followed, Rong Rong focused all of her attention on using the small spoon to try and scoop out more of the flesh from under the sweet potato slice, and didn’t look at the person next to her at all.
Until they were sitting face to face in the restaurant—
After placing the sweet potato peel and the plastic bag that she had finished eating in to the side, Rong Rong had just looked up when she saw Su Mingxiu handing her a wet wipe. It was perfect for her to wipe the marks that she had accidentally gotten on her fingers.
The other person flipped through the menu and asked her which dishes she wanted to choose. But in reality, it wasn’t up to Rong Rong to choose at all, because after hearing Su Mingxiu say a few dish names, she felt that they were all suitable.
“Do we have the same tastes? Or did you just remember what I liked after only seeing me once in the cafeteria?”
Su Mingxiu propped up her cheek with one hand. The way she was gazing at the menu with her eyes lowered made her profile fall into the range of the light that was hanging down from the booth. The hazy light didn’t make her face blurry. Instead, it had given her a soft focus, making her even more unforgettable.
“Mm…” The voice that had been so special when it was being projected on her ordinary pixel face had become even more charming under this stunning beauty, “Your tastes aren’t hard to guess.”
Rong Rong felt like her reason was going to be eroded by her beauty again.
Fortunately, her phone’s timely vibration diverted her attention.
When she looked down and saw who the message was from, Rong Rong completely sobered up.
It was Yu Wu.
The other person was asking her why she hadn’t seen her on her recent flight schedules.
Rong Rong looked at her phone and focused on typing on the screen. She replied, “Because your radiance is too dazzling, and it’s attracting many, many people. There are many people who like you now. I’m just an insignificant one. You don’t need me anymore.”
Yu Wu sent her a “?”.
Then, she sent her an emoticon that was made with her own expression. She didn’t know where the screenshot had come from, whether it was a program or an interview, “What kind of nonsense are you talking about.jpg”
“You will always be the brightest star in the sky for me.”
Rong Rong: “…”
No way.
She carefully flipped through the chat logs, and after confirming that the split-personality original owner had just been attracted by Yu Wu’s face and her status, she thought for a moment and continued to reply perfunctorily, “But I’ve been seriously reflecting on things recently. As a qualified fan, I should stay away from my idol’s life. I can’t let myself become an obstacle on your flower path.”
Yu Wu was worthy of being a celebrity. She probably spent most of her time in her own fan forums, and she wasn’t even embarrassed when she talked about love. She was miles ahead of the other players in the same field, “How could you be an obstacle? You’re the flower that adds to my glorious crown, and you’re an indispensable existence in my life.”
Rong Rong: “…”
Crap, was she going to be caught here?
She started frowning as she looked at her phone. Su Mingxiu, who had taken in her expression changes, appropriately added some tea for her and reminded her, “The cold dishes have arrived. Try them if you have time.”
“Oh, okay!”
When Rong Rong heard her voice, she felt a bit embarrassed, as if she had been reminded that she wasn’t being respectful enough to the other person while they were eating. After all, she was the only one who was playing on her phone.
But if she explained… this matter would become very troublesome.
So she opened her mouth several times, but she couldn’t find a suitable reason. She could only focus on picking up the dishes. Just at that time, she caught a glimpse of Yu Wu’s new message on her phone, “Has something happened recently? Why do I feel like you’re not enthusiastic towards me anymore? Has my charm decreased?”
That wasn’t it.
Rong Rong glanced at Su Mingxiu across from her and thought very empathetically. It was just that she had seen a woman who was more beautiful and more charming than you.
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