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"I missed you," Su Xiaoqiang said in a low voice. "I wanted to hear your voice, so I called you."
"You have such a sweet tongue, it's a pity I can't taste it here."
"Then go buy a candy and lick it a couple of times," Su Xiaoqiang said with a smile.
After a while, she asked, "Gu Ran, are you... going to do anything dangerous lately?"
Gu Ran was taken aback for a moment, then said, "No, it's not dangerous."
“I originally wanted to secretly buy a plane ticket to go to the capital to see you, but Nuwa stopped me. She said something was going to happen there and that my going there would affect you, so I thought... are you on a dangerous mission?”
"It's alright, don't worry," Gu Ran said. "But there's been quite a commotion here lately, so you should stay in Shanghai and not come over."
After a moment of silence, Su Xiaoqiang said, "Yes, whatever you do, you must come back to see me safely."
"Of course!" Gu Ran laughed. "I've never seen my little wife being so flirtatious with me before!"
Su Xiaoqiang laughed and said, "You're so annoying, dream on... But if you want to see it, you must come back safely. When you're doing something dangerous, remember that someone is thinking of you."
Who's thinking about me?
"me!"
"who are you?"
"your wife!"
Gu Ran listened to his future wife's sweet words and grinned foolishly at the phone.
Suddenly, he noticed someone watching him from behind, so he activated his White Eyes and glanced back.
Unexpectedly, it was an old acquaintance.
"Honey, I have something to do. Don't worry, it'll be finished in a few days."
"Okay, I know. Bye-bye, honey."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ran turned and walked towards an old acquaintance, Jiu Demayi.
Mai Shude sat in front of an open-air cafe, opposite a young, innocent-looking girl.
"So, all I have to do is dress up, act like an innocent young girl, and seduce this boy, right?" The girl, wearing a denim jacket, crossed her arms. "And then? Let's get this straight: any intimate scenes will cost extra..."
Before the girl could finish speaking, Mai Shude threw an envelope in front of her. She opened the envelope and counted the money; it contained more than three thousand yen.
Mai said calmly, "This is a deposit. If you can get him out of the internet cafe, I can give you another three thousand."
"Alright, just wait and see. I can easily handle these kinds of young boys. Watch me put on my best acting!" the girl said with a greedy grin.
When Jiu De Mai saw Gu Ran approaching, she sent the girl away.
Gu Ran moved a stool over and sat down next to the long-legged girl, saying, "Sister, you still have time to drink coffee? Have you already found the location of the dragon's lair?"
"No comment." Mai Shude took a sip of her coffee. She had a hermaphrodite hairstyle, and her straight bangs gave her a very elegant look.
"Don't be like that, big sister, I've already let you off the hook twice..." Gu Ran started talking about the past and began to try to build a relationship.
Mai Shude crossed her arms and said, "You don't need to put them down. I can walk by myself. No one can stop me."
"Speaking of which, long-legged sister, how did you get out of the ice cellar? I never imagined you could survive fighting that kind of monster!"
"No comment." Mai Shude recalled her battle with that monster with lingering fear. In fact, the two only exchanged one move before she fainted. When she woke up, she was at the hotel.
"That girl just now, you weren't planning to use her to seduce Lu Mingfei, were you? Let me tell you, she's too worldly, she doesn't have Chen Wenwen's artistic girl foundation, she can't play an innocent girl."
Mai looked at her, puzzled: "How did you know I was going to seduce Lu Mingfei?"
Gu Ran said, "No comment!"
"..." Mai Shude was choked and speechless.
"Isn't Chen Wenwen in Beijing? You could go find her to deal with Lu Mingfei; it might be more effective!"
After thinking about it, Mai thought it made sense, but she said, "I don't need you to teach me how to do things!"
"Long-legged sister is so arrogant!" Gu Ran stood up, saw a convenience store nearby, and said with a smile, "Sister, wait for me here for a while."
Mai was about to refuse, but Gu Ran had already run into the convenience store. A while later, she came back with two shopping bags, which were full of potato chips.
“These are the gifts I’m giving to my sister,” Gu Ran said, handing two large bags of things to Jiu De Mai.
Mai smiled knowingly, took the potato chips, and said, "You're quite amusing. Who gives potato chips to a girl..."
Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt her fair cheek being pinched. Because she was holding potato chips in both hands, she couldn't retaliate immediately.
By the time she realized what was happening, Gu Ran had already run more than ten meters away!
"Sister, you have such a beautiful face, I've wanted to pinch it for a long time. No need for a return gift, I've already received it. Goodbye, Ghana!" Gu Ran waved and smiled at her from a distance.
Mai Shude stood there, stunned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Was I being teased by a young boy?
It had been so long since a man had dared to tease her like that.
"You brat, just you wait!" said Mai Shude with a smirk.
*……*……*
"That long-legged girl's face is so smooth, just like tofu." Gu Ran, still savoring the lingering scent of Jiu De Mai's skin, walked into the internet cafe where Lu Mingfei was.
In the corner, Lu Mingfei seemed to be playing a practice match. When Gu Ran walked up behind him, he won another game.
A guy nicknamed "Dog Bro" said to Lu Mingfei, "Master, you're amazing! How do you do such exquisite micro-management?"
"You get the hang of it after you play a lot," Lu Mingfei replied casually.
"Boss, two more bottles of Nutritional Express, one for this expert!" Dog Brother shouted at the counter, and a waiter from the internet cafe brought over two bottles of Nutritional Express.
"Hey expert, let's play a game!"
"No, fight me."
"I was here first, let's play a round!"
Several StarCraft players wanted to spar with Lu Mingfei and experience what it was like to fight against a master.
Beside him stood a pretty girl in a little black dress, staring at Lu Mingfei with wide, curious eyes.
Lu Mingfei moved to the side a little shyly to avoid touching the girl's thigh.
For the first time in a long time, he found a sense of belonging here.
"Can we share a plate?" Gu Ran asked, turning on a computer behind Lu Mingfei and sitting back-to-back with him.
Just as Dog Brother and the others were about to ask who Gu Ran was, Lu Mingfei had already agreed: "Okay."
"How about we make a small bet?" Gu Ran asked with a smile. "Whoever loses has to promise the other one something."
Lu Mingfei was taken aback, and after a moment of silence, he agreed, "Okay, but no cheating!"
He was afraid that Gu Ran would cheat again using Norma.
"I'm not Nuonuo." Gu Ran deliberately brought up the topic she didn't want to discuss.
When Nuonuo was mentioned, Lu Mingfei's expression darkened further.
At the start of the StarCraft game, Gu Ran immediately launched a strong attack on Lu Mingfei's base. Lu Mingfei initially thought Gu Ran was there to scout, but when he realized that Gu Ran was there to rush, he quickly responded.
This is Gu Ran's strategy. He doesn't play StarCraft much, so his understanding of the game isn't as deep as Lu Mingfei's. Therefore, he can only compete with Lu Mingfei in terms of skill.
But Lu Mingfei's micro-management skills are also impressive. He used to be able to play with a red dot, and now he is even more adept at using a mouse and keyboard.
However... Gu Ran has a cheat code; he has the Sharingan. With the Sharingan's insightful abilities, combined with his own skill, he can completely elevate his micro-management to a whole new level.
At that moment, the sound of keyboard and mouse clicks began to emanate from this corner of the internet cafe.
The onlookers, including Dog Brother, were stunned, unsure of where to look. Both Gu Ran and Lu Mingfei's micro-management skills surpassed those of ordinary people; even professional players probably didn't have such a high level of precision.
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Lu Mingfei was getting impatient because he had figured out Gu Ran's strategy: not to develop his strength, but to launch a decisive attack.
If you can withstand the pressure, you win; if you can't, you're doomed.
But when did Gu Ran's micro-management skills become so much better?
They had played against each other before, but they hadn't realized that Gu Ran's micro-management was this good.
He glanced back and assumed Gu Ran was using the Norma script, but Gu Ran was indeed operating it herself.
It was this moment of distraction that allowed Gu Ran to seize the advantage and destroy Lu Mingfei's base in no time.
"These cheap keyboards are so hard to use, it's really difficult to operate. It would be so much better if I got a mechanical keyboard." Gu Ran rubbed his fingertips; the keyboard in this internet cafe really felt terrible.
"I lost." Lu Mingfei didn't expect that he would lose again in StarCraft, the game he was best at.
Gu Ran stood beside him and said, "Since that's the case, then I want you..."
"Okay, okay, I know. I'll go back and do my mission now." Lu Mingfei also stood up, ready to pay the bill.
"I want you to take a shower, have a proper meal, and then continue hanging out at the internet cafe."
"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was stunned when he heard Gu Ran's words.
Didn't he want me to go back and slay the dragon?
"What are you 'huh' about? You haven't showered for days! You're like some homebody who loves potato chips, your hair's practically fermented!" Gu Ran pulled a token out of his pocket and gave it to him. "This is the token for the bathhouse next door. Go take a shower, and come back to play after you're done. You're such a grown-up, and you don't even care about your personal hygiene."
"Oh..." Lu Mingfei didn't expect that Gu Ran wouldn't let him go back.
"Go on, I'll hold your computer for you until you come back." Gu Ran turned off his computer and sat down in Lu Mingfei's seat.
"Okay." True to his word, Lu Mingfei obediently went to take a shower.
Then, Dog Brother and the others pestered Gu Ran, inviting him to play training matches with them.
The girl in the black dress, seeing Gu Ran's handsome and refined appearance, shyly moved closer to him.
Meanwhile, the girl with the potato chips, who had been monitoring the internet cafe from the hotel, cursed loudly: "You brat, so what if a homebody doesn't like to shower? Did she eat your rice? Did she sleep in your bed?"
"Gu Ran is right! Look at you, your hair's all rotten!" Mai Shude opened a bag of potato chips and said while eating, "I didn't expect that kid Gu Ran would know your habits so well?"
"There must be a traitor among us!" Chip Girl opened a bag of cucumber-flavored chips, angrily grabbed a handful and stuffed them into her mouth, then glared at Mai Shude. "Tell me, was it you? Gu Ran bought these chips too, did you leak our information?"
"I thought you two knew each other in private." Mai Shude was also puzzled, as Gu Ran seemed to know them very well.