The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

These words made Xu Nian fall into deep thought.

Yes, he and Xu Xi have been together for so many years, their hearts are connected, and they can't live without each other. There's no need for a grand or flamboyant confession ceremony.

All he really had to do was calmly express his feelings and complete the missing piece of the puzzle called "confession" in this relationship. For him and Xu Xi, that would be the best answer.

He thought about it for a while and already had a plan in mind.

.......

A few days later, one afternoon, in the office of the top vice president of Sinian Group.

Wen Yao had a strawberry lollipop in her mouth and was intently staring at the computer screen, operating the game controller in her hands.

But just two and a half minutes later, her computer screen turned gray.

"Keep the monkey head as a snack with the wine, and give the rest to the king."

"Ugh, I'm so angry! Yuko is too much! How could he design such a supermodel boss?!"

Wen Yao instantly bristled, pouting her little mouth, angrily throwing the game controller on the sofa, collapsing onto it, and pounding the little tiger pillow in her arms with her little fists.

Beside her, Xu Xi was holding a bag of potato chips, crunching away while laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight.

"That's really outrageous. A game with only one boss dares to sell for 268? That price is enough for me to eat potato chips for several months."

"Ugh, that's so mean, Xi Bao! Even you're making fun of me?"

Wen Yao instantly became furious and embarrassed, and suddenly grabbed Xu Xi's small foot, scratching the sole of her foot.

Xu Xi giggled and lay on the sofa, kicking her little feet vigorously like a fish struggling on the shore.

"No, Yao Yao, I've been watching you play since this afternoon. You've either had your monkey head taken by Tiger Vanguard, or you're on your way to deliver a monkey head to Tiger Vanguard."

"Look at how fat that Tiger Vanguard is, he's even fatter than my MaiMai. If this is really bad, let's just get a refund and stop playing. I can't stand this kind of treatment."

These words were like sharp knives, precisely piercing Wen Yao's sore spots.

She slumped helplessly on the sofa, looking utterly dejected.

"The big-headed doll game alone took me two hours to complete, and the refund period has long passed. Waaah!"

After a moment of sobbing, she began to wistfully complain, "The designer must have had his head ripped off by an escaped tiger from the zoo while walking home at night after work, otherwise how could he have designed such a grotesque thing?"

Xu Xi listened to her rambling, her little face tense, desperately trying to hold back her laughter. She patted her shoulder seriously, comforting her in a solemn tone: "It's okay, Yao Yao. I believe that with your strength, one year you'll be able to overpower Tiger Vanguard and challenge the next boss."

"Aaaaah! You wretched Xi Bao, you're mocking me again!" Wen Yao was filled with shame and indignation. She immediately pounced on Xu Xi, grabbed the pillow next to her and launched an attack, trying to kill her and silence her.

"Waaah, no, Yao Yao, no, I was wrong..."

Xu Xi giggled, covering her head with one hand and picking up a pillow next to her with the other to retaliate. The two rolled around on the sofa, the down feathers inside the pillow flying everywhere like snow in winter.

......

After a bit of playful fighting, the two of them lay limp on the sofa, panting heavily.

Xu Xi still had a smile on her lips, her eyebrows were curved, and there was a trace of mockery hidden in her eyes.

During their playful fight, a corner of her coat was lifted, and the stockings on her left leg were pulled into disarray, revealing a small section of her fair calf.

Wen Yao's face was still flushed with embarrassment and indignation. She angrily grabbed the game controller next to her, shoved it into Xu Xi's hand, and said defiantly, "If you're so good, you do it. Let's see how good you are."

Xu Xi was intrigued by her, licked the potato chip crumbs off her fingers, and took the handle.

"I've never played this game before, how do I play it?"

"It's very simple!" Wen Yao immediately sat up straight, leaned closer to her, and pointed to the buttons on the controller to explain, "The directional keys control forward, backward, and turn; this button is for attacking, this is for dodging, and this one, hold it down to block..."

........

With Wen Yao's patient guidance, Xu Xi quickly familiarized herself with the key bindings and controls in a few minutes, then slowly walked towards Tiger Vanguard, controlling the Chosen One in the game.

Wen Yao leaned back lazily on the sofa, humming a song softly, her eyes fixed contemptuously on the computer screen. She was already imagining how she would mock Xu Xi after she gave Hu Xianfeng the monkey head.

But soon, Wen Yao was completely dumbfounded.

When Xu Xi first started controlling the Tiger Vanguard, he was indeed hit two or three times because he was not familiar with the attack rhythm of the Tiger Vanguard.

But after only a few rounds, she had completely mastered the technique.

Xu Xi blinked her big, bright eyes, her fingertips flying across the controller, attacking, dodging, blocking, and counterattacking—a series of movements that flowed smoothly and became increasingly agile.

She precisely dodged every swift, accurate, and ruthless attack from Tiger Vanguard.

In the end, Xu Xi, controlling the Chosen One, unleashed a cool chop, and the Tiger Vanguard, who had been so arrogant in front of Wen Yao and had eaten her monkey head all afternoon, turned into a stone sculpture in a pool of blood. The game screen then transitioned into a cutscene.

"Tch, nothing special." Xu Xi curled her lips, put down the handle with a relaxed expression, picked up the bag of potato chips again, picked up a chip and happily put it into her mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound.

Wen Yao froze on the spot, her eyes wide, her hands covering her mouth, staring at the computer screen in disbelief, and exclaimed, "It...it's over just like that???"

Is this still the same Tiger Vanguard that tormented her to the point of near death? How did it become a Tom Cat that could be played with at will in Xu Xi's hands, defeated so easily?

She glanced at Xu Xi beside her, who looked completely calm, then looked at her own hands, and felt like crying but had no tears left.

How can the differences between people be so great?

The chosen ones she controls are like black thugs on the mountain; any random cat or dog can easily bully them.

Xu Xi was playing for the first time, and even the controls were learned on the spot, but the player she controlled, Tianmingren, was like the Monkey King himself, invincible.

After a moment of silence, Wen Yao seemed to have made up her mind. She shoved the game controller into Xu Xi's hands again, hugged her thighs with both hands, and acted coquettishly with a fawning expression.

"Xi Bao, my dear Xi Bao, you're amazing! Can you do me another favor?"

"What are you busy with?" Xu Xi blinked in confusion, looking down at Wen Yao hanging on her lap.

Wen Yao pressed her face against Xu Xi's white stockings and rubbed it gently, looking like she was fawning over her: "Hehe, Xi Bao is the best, can you help me beat the final boss, Yellow Wind Great Sage, in the next level too?"

Xu Xi thought about it and decided that since the game was so easy for her, it wouldn't hurt to help Wen Yao out, so that she wouldn't get stuck on a difficult boss and lose sleep all night.

Just as she was about to nod in agreement, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and a female assistant walked in with an envelope.