Chapter 14
Zuo Bian left the stunned Hu Miaofu and returned to her room, where she took a comfortable bath and lay down on the bed.
“The beds in this world are so soft, and this thing called a phone is just too convenient, much more useful than sound transmission talismans and communication mirrors.” Zuo Bian said as she tapped away on her phone.
【Host, I think you should end this game as soon as possible. It’s time to connect with the female lead and build some rapport(harmonious relationship).】555, which had initially hated that article about the harms of playing mobile games, now just wanted the host to revisit it. Stop playing games! Have you forgotten about the female lead?!
“Oh, okay, I’ll push the tower now.”
Three minutes later, Zuo Bian ended the game and opened WeChat. She skillfully sent four or five emojis.
【Host, you can’t build rapport this way, you need to talk!】
“Oh, actually I just wanted to see these cute little dumplings, I’ll talk now.” Zuo Bian’s fingers just touched the input box when 555 stopped her.
【Wait!】
“What’s wrong?”
【Let me guide you.】
“Okay.” Zuo Bian nodded obediently.
555 felt that letting Zuo Bian handle it herself would probably make it question its existence, so it decided to personally guide Zuo Bian step by step. After all, it was an advanced system, well-read, knowledgeable, and talented.
【First, you need to understand the female lead’s hobbies.】
“Okay.” Zuo Bian typed one pinyin at a time, reading it out loud as she typed: “What’s your favorite color?”
【Ugh, I have a feeling Qin Ai won’t reply to you. This was a mistake, I should have told you to ask her in person, that way the chance of getting a reply is higher.】
Zuo Bian looked at the phone screen, and a blank speech bubble suddenly appeared.
“555, you were wrong, she replied.”
555 took a look and said helplessly, 【But isn’t replying like this the same as not replying?】
“She likes white, I know.”
【???? Host, are you kidding me?】
Zuo Bian said, “555, didn’t Qin Ai wear white when we first met? Even her shoes and phone are white?”
【Yes.】
“She just sent a blank speech bubble, so what’s wrong with her liking white?”
【It seems… seems like there’s nothing wrong… Then ask her what kind of flavor she likes, like salty, sweet, spicy, or sour.】
“Mm-hmm, I’ll ask.” Zuo Bian slowly typed, her speed so slow that it made 555 anxious. It almost wanted to type for Zuo Bian.
As soon as Zuo Bian sent the question, a comma appeared on the other side.
“Mm, I know, she likes spicy food.”
【Huh? I didn’t see that coming.】
Zuo Bian pointed at the comma and asked, “Doesn’t this comma look like a chili pepper?”
【No, no, no, I don’t think this logic is right. How could a cold and aloof person like Qin Ai like spicy food? Eating spicy food seems too down-to-earth, I can’t even imagine it!】
“You like spicy food, right?” Zuo Bian typed these words, not forgetting to add a question mark.
Qin Ai: Mm.
【???? No! No! No! I don’t agree with this logic! Why? Why?! This is completely different from my analysis, why can your completely unreasonable and barbaric logic be right? As the Heavenly Dao said, no matter how perfect the data is, it’s still a dead thing and can’t compare to a living person?】
Seeing its cute little system breaking down and questioning its existence, Zuo Bian weakly revealed the truth, “Actually… I observed it last time when I had dinner at Qin Ai’s house.”
555：……
【Oh, so that’s how it is.】
Despite pretending to be calm, 555 could still feel its data flow slightly trembling.
My heart is so tired, ah, no, it doesn’t have a heart, it’s just data.
“555, you seem a little down. Don’t be sad that you didn’t guess Qin Ai’s taste correctly. You’re still amazing, you wrote such a useful Green Tea Handbook.”
【Hahahaha, I’m not down at all, don’t talk nonsense! Hurry up and continue chatting with Qin Ai.】
“Mm-hmm, I’ll take a look at the Green Tea Handbook first.”
Zuo Bian flipped to a certain page, stared at it for a while, and then immediately started typing. She read aloud as she typed: “Can you come see me? But if you’re too busy, it’s okay. Just think of me when you have time, I’ll be waiting for you to come see me.”
【Mm-hmm, good, good. This sentence is a strategic retreat. If Qin Ai can come, that’s best, if not, at least let her know that you really want to see her. I ask you, who wouldn’t want a beautiful, kind, curvy, and non-clingy girlfriend with a nice voice?】
Qin Ai: I’m busy.
【Sigh, it seems she won’t be coming. I knew it.】
Zuo Bian typed: Oh, okay…
Qin Ai: But tomorrow is Saturday, see you tomorrow.
“Great! She said she’s coming to see me tomorrow!”
Zuo Bian, in her excitement, sent Qin Ai several more Caogenyantuanzi emojis. There were round and soft dumplings shooting out hearts, dumplings hugging hearts and rubbing against them, and dumplings lying in a pile of hearts with the caption “Heaven”.
In the distant Qin family villa, Qin Ai leaned back on the sofa, looking at her phone screen with a smile on her lips.
“Who on earth taught her to chase people like this?”
After laughing, Qin Ai suddenly realized that she had actually laughed, and had even teased Zuo Bian in a childish way.
But this feeling wasn’t bad.
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【Let me analyze this. The reason why Qin Ai agreed to come see you is very likely because of your meaningful ellipsis. Host! You’re very talented! You’re very skilled at using punctuation. This short ellipsis accurately expresses your disappointment and evokes Qin Ai’s sympathy.】
“Your analysis makes sense. I’ll read the Green Tea Handbook more, it’s really useful.” Zuo Bian enthusiastically read the Green Tea Handbook from beginning to end again.
Of course, 555’s analysis was basically nonsense, because Qin Ai had decided to visit Zuo Bian from the beginning, it wasn’t because of the ellipsis at all.
After reviewing the Green Tea Handbook, Zuo Bian turned off the lights and went to sleep, waiting for tomorrow to come, waiting for Qin Ai to come.
The next day, Zuo Bian got up early, full of energy as if she had drunk a potent tonic.
Then, Zuo Bian heard two pieces of news on set. The first was that Xu Ruisheng had taken another leave of absence, this time it was said that he had caught a bad cold from being overly frightened.
The second piece of news was that Chang Wensi’s brother, Chang Wenyan, was coming to the set to see her.
It wasn’t surprising that Xu Ruisheng had taken leave, it would be strange if he didn’t. But Chang Wenyan was different. He was the CEO of Chang Group. Although he had appeared in financial magazines, no one had ever seen him in person.
Chang Wenyan was handsome, young, and rich, and most importantly, single. These qualities alone were enough to make most women fantasize.
Listening to the makeup artist express her excitement about possibly seeing Chang Wenyan later, Zuo Bian felt very confused.
Qin Ai was also very beautiful, very rich, and single, why wasn’t everyone so excited when she came?
She still preferred Qin Ai. The way Chang Wenyan looked at her always made her feel uncomfortable.
555 thought to itself: Of course, in his mind, you’re the little b*tch who stole his future girlfriend.
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草根颜团子: Caogenyantuanzi:
This is the emoji character “base”example.
If you search for “草根颜团子” on Google Images, you’ll indeed find many different variations.
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