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Edited by: kapekopicoffee
The white background of Word created a faint glow in the room.
Li Shuoxing had been sitting in front of his computer for two hours. Facing the blank document, his posture gradually changed, from having his hands on the keyboard with his back straight, to holding his chest with his back against the chair, then raising his legs with his head tilted back, becoming more and more slack and casual.
Time ticked on.
The QQ icon in the bottom left corner of the screen was also constantly beeping.
Li Shuoxing, who looked as if his soul had exited his body, was finally fed up.
He took his legs off the desk, straightened up in his chair, and, with a swipe of his mouse, clicked on the bouncing pink kitty head.
Sure enough, as usual.
Panda:
“Are you there?”
“Ximuzi, it’s been five days since you said you’d give the extras to me last time.”
“It’s been 240 hours since you said you’d give the extras to me last last time.”
“It’s been 35*24*60 minutes since last last last time.”
“Ximuzi, you have to write well and make progress every day to raise a little Li boy, mini Li boy, little Li girl, mini Li girl
”
Li Shuoxing sighed again.
Panda was his editor and had signed his last book. Despite this guy’s love of using pink kitty cats and cute pictures as his avatar, he was actually a big and tall man who could empty a bottle of beer in one go. At that time, several authors and editors met to drink and he was plied with alcohol by them. He got drunk, signed a contract in a muddle, and since then was urged to write every five days
 They were more diligent than his water and electricity bills.
Li Shuoxing silently cursed, put his hands on the keyboard, and typed a line.
“Hello, I’m out getting material and not at the computer, talk later if you need anything. (This is an automatic system reply)”
Panda: “
”
Panda roared, “Caramel Ximu, are you pigeoning again? Cuckooing again? You’re killing me!”
Li Shuoxing was a contract author of Terminal Novels, the largest male literature website on the internet currently. His pen name was Caramel Ximu, and its origin was simple. When he registered as an author, he was eating caramel chestnuts, so he broke apart the chestnut into Ximu <sup>1</sup> æ —ć­ [lĂŹ zi] means chestnut. 栗 [lĂŹ] broken apart is è„żæœš [xÄ« mĂč]. This is also the same Li in Li Shuoxing’s name æ —èŻŽæ˜Ÿ [lĂŹ shuƍ xÄ«ng]. 
 In short, that was not important.
Li Shuoxing continued to reply to Panda:
“Hello, I’m out getting material and not at the com
”
Panda captured a screenshot, taking the negative comments under Li Shuoxing’s last historical martial arts novel Great Dispute :
“Eunuch Ximu is eunuching again.”
“Damn eunuch is eunuching again and again.”
“Some books are completed, but it is actually not completed; some people are still alive, but he is a eunuch.”
“What the hell was that written in the last half of the book? Opening a reverse golden finger to touch Eunuch’s Jack Sue heart?”
“Today, right now, I’ll just let out a roar. Where’re the extras?!”
After sending the pictures, Panda didn’t stop.
He continued, “Look at these messages. Don’t you have a bit of vigilance? Don’t you feel a bit of anger? Don’t you feel like you want to explain yourself?
”
Li Shuoxing: “No.”
Panda: “Sure enough, you’re here.”
Li Shuoxing curled his lips, and followed suit, sending the many long and positive feedback in the comment section under Great Dispute and on Weibo. Who couldn’t post pictures? “Say whatever you want, I don’t care.”
Panda looked at the chat box he was scrolling through.
He obviously cared very much.
Panda said earnestly, “Even if you don’t explain yourself, you could explain to the readers your writing mind and the development of the second half of the plot. Perhaps you’ll get inspiration for the extras in the process of explaining?”
Li Shuoxing: “No.”
Panda didn’t understand. “Why not?”
Li Shuoxing said conceitedly, “Only I can understand my writing mind.”
Panda: “
” This damn delusional middle schooler.
From the day of the earliest reminder, in 35*24*60 minutes of urging, and he had used all kinds of methods. Panda had exhausted his resources. He decided to use his trump card.
Panda slowly said, “Last time we drank together, you signed with your fingerprint.”
Li Shuoxing: “
”
He looked at the words in the chat box and subconsciously recalled the last time he drank

Fragments of images flashed through his mind.
It seemed there really was a slip of paper.
Under everyone’s coaxing, he signed his fingerprint without looking. The content was
 was

Panda silently sent an image of a piece of paper, on which was Li Shuoxing’s fingerprint.
I, Caramel Ximu, myself.
I declare that if I don’t finish writing the extras of Great Dispute within three months, I will add another 10,000 words to the end!
I’m betting my dick!
Everyone has witnessed it. If I don’t write them, I’ll castrate myself!
Li Shuoxing calmly said, “What grudge do you have against me?”
Cold text appeared.
Panda: “We don’t have a grudge. Eunuch Ximu, I am a fan of your writing.”
***
This fan’s fighting power was too terrifying.
Li Shuoxing was incomparably depressed, but he couldn’t turn back time after all. The only thing he could do now was to simply stop talking about it. After all, if he couldn’t deal with it, he could always avoid it, right?
He went offline and fell on the sofa, ready to browse Weibo.
He didn’t have inspiration, so, instead of crudely writing extras, he might as well browse Weibo for inspiration. Perhaps after browsing, he’d get a feeling?
Li Shuoxing was absent-minded. When he was tapping on the icon, he accidentally missed, slipping to one side.
The screen went black.
A few seconds later.
A pink heart appeared in the centre of the screen, thumping twice.
Stars appeared in the darkness, then turned into streams of light that gathered under the pink heart, converging into two words.
Love Bar <sup>2</sup> æ‹çˆ±ć§ [liĂ n Ă i ba] may translate to fall in love. 恋爱 [liĂ n Ă i] means love. 搧 [bā] may also mean bar. !
Li Shuoxing was stunned, his heart at a loss as he looked at that very strange picture.
What’s this?
Have I downloaded this?
Could it be from when I downloaded games in bulk last time?
A few seconds later, the logo disappeared and a long liability statement appeared.
“This game is a love nurturing game.
“The player will meet their lover in the game. This is the person who will accompany the player for life. When the player agrees to enter the game, it means that the player agrees to sign a love contract.
“The contract is as follows.
“1: 
”
Too long to read.
Li Shuoxing directly pressed agree.
With a “bang”, a contract seal was placed on the liability statement, and then they both disappeared.
The game officially began.
The darkness disappeared and a cute little room appeared on the screen.
It was very simple, with snow-white walls and a black floor. The doors and windows were frosted, so he could faintly see some things, yet couldn’t see anything clearly.
In addition, there was a table, a chair and a bed in the room.
A chibi little person sat on the edge of the bed.
The little person with long hair and grey eyes, wearing blue and white striped pyjamas, was looking around.
Li Shuoxing had just taken a look when a naming box appeared on the screen, with novice guide text beside it:
“Please name your lover.”
Li Shuoxing typed randomly:
“weotuotuodk.”
Unsuccessful.
Did he have to use Chinese?
“Wang wang wang.”
Still unsuccessful.
“Li Miaomiao.”
Yet again unsuccessful.
After three failures, the naming box turned grey, and a name suddenly appeared in the naming box.
The novice guide beside it also automatically changed:
“You have named your lover Su Mingqian. You have successfully named him and are about to enter the game.”
Li Shuoxing complained, “
What a broken game. If I can’t customise the name, why pop up a naming box?”
The novice guide continued, “Your lover needs your company and care. You can touch your lover. Each touch will randomly increase 1-3 favourability points. When you have reached 5 favourability points, you can unlock the chat system.”
Forget it, let’s go on

Li Shuoxing raised his hand and poked the little person beside the bed.
The little person moved to the side a little, and a number rose slowly from his head.
+0.
Huh?
Li Shuoxing looked at the novice guide suspiciously, raised his hand again, and poked the little person.
The little person moved to the side again, and a new number appeared.
-1.
“
”
Li Shuoxing was silent.
Unknowingly, he had switched from lying on the sofa to sitting on it. He held the phone, staring at the screen with an indiscernible expression for a long time before he raised his finger and poked!
Then.
-1-1-2-1-3-3-3-3-3-3

When his finger finally moved away from the screen, the little person’s favourability towards him had become -24.
A full 29 from 5 favourability points.
Li Shuoxing sobered up, no longer absent-minded. He sat slightly upright on the sofa, rubbed his chin with his fingers, and began to study the game.
The display on the phone screen was fresh, with no buttons similar to a system interface. They probably weren’t unlocked yet.
There was an empty heart in the upper left corner, with a -24 inside. That should be the favourability pool.
Li Shuoxing first tapped on the heart.
Nothing happened.
His finger moved around, tapping on the table, chair, bed, floor
 When his finger crossed the kettle, it tilted and a cup of boiled water appeared on the table.
Finally, he found an interactive object.
Li Shuoxing tried to move the boiled water and found that he could move the new cup of water. So, he moved it to the little person and watched as the cup of water appeared in his hands and was drunk by him.
He waited patiently.
It was about a minute.
+1.
Barely, sluggishly, numbers floated out of the little person’s head and plunged into the favourability pool.
So that’s it.
Li Shuoxing had found the right thing and, without delay, began to continuously poke the kettle.
One poke, two pokes, three pokes—
+1+0-1.
Huh?
Li Shuoxing slammed the brakes and helplessly watched as the little person walked from the bed to the table with the cup of water in his hand and placed the cup on it.
Then, a bubble appeared above the little person’s head, which read:
“I’m full. I don’t need it.”
Li Shuoxing gazed at the little person.
You’re a little unreasonable acting like this, aren’t you?
But the little person was ignorant and moved as usual.
Three seconds later, Li Shuoxing was the first to take back his gaze.
Waste of time.
He didn’t bother with the little person. He remembered his lesson and pondered silently:
Eating should be after drinking water. Next, should I find where the pots and pans are?
Li Shuoxing scanned the game and didn’t find any food-related props on the table, but there were half-frosted glass doors on the left and right of the screen, which seemed to be able to access other places.
He tapped the one on the right.
The game popped up with narration:
[You found the bathroom.]
Next, an option box appeared.
[Do you want to clean Su Mingqian?]
[Yes/No]
Little people in games all need to be cleaned to maintain cleanliness, right?
Li Shuoxing didn’t think much and, following the general rule, chose yes.
The next moment, the frosted door opened, a translucent light path appeared in the game, and a palm-like icon appeared next to the little person. A new prompt appeared in the game:
[Please long press to select your lover and move him to the bathroom.]
Following the prompt, Li Shuoxing pressed on the little person, directly lifted him from the bed and slid him to the bathroom. While dragging him, he found that the little person had been struggling the whole time, looking like a panic-stricken turtle dangling by its shell, very cute.
He put the little person in front of the bathroom, and, feeling a little pity, touched his body a little more. The little person staggered and seized the bathroom door.
However, the next second, the little person holding the door suddenly became hostile. He didn’t enter the bathroom, but heavily pulled the door shut!
“Bang!”
Li Shuoxing was taken aback.
But that wasn’t all.
Immediately after, -50 favourability flashed out of the little person’s head, and he turned and trotted back to the bed. He pulled up the quilt and wrapped it around his body, facing the wall with his back to Li Shuoxing.
Game narration:
[Su Mingqian slams the bathroom door and rolls his eyes at you coldly.]
Li Shuoxing was dumbfounded.
Me?
Him?
That’s okay?
Is this game retarded?
He was baffled for a moment, and, completely impatient, he decisively returned to the home screen to drag the app and delete the game.
1
æ —ć­ [lĂŹ zi] means chestnut. 栗 [lĂŹ] broken apart is è„żæœš [xÄ« mĂč]. This is also the same Li in Li Shuoxing’s name æ —èŻŽæ˜Ÿ [lĂŹ shuƍ xÄ«ng]. 2
æ‹çˆ±ć§ [liĂ n Ă i ba] may translate to fall in love. 恋爱 [liĂ n Ă i] means love. 搧 [bā] may also mean bar.