I downloaded the app and discovered that my childhood sweetheart's affection level had skyrocke

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Coco looking at him, Lin Zhou was confused when she suddenly hugged him. "Zhouzhou! Let's go to the aquarium together!"

"Wait... just us?" Lin Zhou was hugged by a ball of cotton. Luo Xiaoke's whole body was soft and fluffy, and her skin felt like it could sink into her with the slightest touch.

yoooooooooo~

"Just us?" Luo Xiaoke looked up, tilting her head and giving a cat-like expression. "Of course, it's all of us going together. Let's invite Wanwan, and oh right, Xiaoyu too."

"But the little fishman has disappeared."

"Oh, I see."

Why does your voice suddenly sound a little regretful?

No, I don't think so.

Luo Xiaoke immediately looked at Gu Yuning, "Yuning~ shall we go together?"

"You guys can go."

"Hey, no way!" Luo Xiaoke ran to Gu Yuning's side, hugged her arm, and pleaded, "Come on, come on, let's go together~"

Gu Yuning finally sighed, as if she had no choice but to accept it, "I understand, then let's go together."

"Yay!"

The matter was settled, and Lin Zhou was naturally going along as well, because this way he could complete the beginner quest of going out with Luo Xiaoke and Gu Yuning in one go, thus gaining skills faster.

"But I haven't seen Wanwan these past two days." Lin Zhou took out his phone, also curious about what Wanwan had been doing these past two days.

Character: Bai Wanwan

Favorability: 99+

……

Status: Visiting my grandfather, I miss you so much...

Lin Zhou: "..."

So she went to visit her grandfather. No wonder she couldn't come because she was injured. She came to visit every day when she was hospitalized at the academy.

He couldn't help but glance at Ye Zhiyu again—

Character: Ye Zhiyu

Favorability: 22+

……

Status: Surviving in the wilderness under a bridge, starving, poisoned, just woken from a coma, currently researching how to eat grass to stave off hunger, how to use small stones as bait for fishing, and how to explore the feasibility of eating insects...

No way, you're really having a tough time!

Lin Zhou felt he had to find Ye Zhiyu, otherwise the guy would really starve to death out there.

Soon, Gu Yuning prepared a table full of delicious food. Lin Zhou and Luo Xiaoke ate to their hearts' content. Perhaps because Keke was there, Yuning didn't hesitate to feed Lin Zhou herself. Instead, she ate quietly and occasionally served him some food.

"It feels like we're a family of three," Luo Xiaoke suddenly said.

"Uh... why do you say that?" Lin Zhou was taken aback.

"?" Gu Yuning also looked puzzled.

"It really does look like it," Luo Xiaoke said with a smile, propping her chin up with one hand.

Lin Zhou and Gu Yuning exchanged a glance, looking at each other blankly.

"Who is the mother?" Gu Yuning asked abruptly.

"Of course it's Yu Ning!"

"Okay..." Gu Yuning said, "Alright, Lin Zhou will be a father..."

Luo Xiaoke continued, "We are all like your children!"

Gu Yuning's face stiffened, and she said indifferently, "Is that so?" before lowering her head to eat and remaining silent.

"Did I say something wrong?" Luo Xiaoke looked at Lin Zhou.

"Uh... Yu Ning is still young after all." Lin Zhou felt that Luo Xiaoke's words made Gu Yu Ning sound much older.

We had a simple dinner.

Gu Yuning and Luo Xiaoke then decided to leave Lin Zhou's house.

"I'm getting fat!" Luo Xiaoke raised her hand.

"Then we'll head back now. Take good care of yourself, Lin Zhou," Gu Yuning said.

"Okay, thank you," Lin Zhou said.

After they finished speaking, they glanced at Lin Zhou again, then turned and left.

The door closed slowly.

The house suddenly felt deserted, and Lin Zhou suddenly felt a little uncomfortable—no, he should have gotten used to it.

I'm used to spending a lot of time alone at home, even though that should be the norm.

Just then, his younger sister's voice came through, "Big brother, your relationship with your sisters has improved. You seem very happy."

"Right, that's good. Everyone's relationship has improved again." Lin Zhou smiled and took out his phone to check on Xiaoyu's situation once more.

Let's try to find her first; the longer this drags on, the worse it will get.

It's been several days already, and Lin Zhou guessed that Ye Zhiyu hadn't eaten for days. Now she's lost her phone and has no money.

Lin Zhou walked with a limp, seemingly because his injury had mostly healed. He didn't feel that walking was difficult or painful. After thinking for a moment, he changed into a different outfit, picked up his crutches, and went out.

Ye Zhiyu's status mentioned words like "underpass" and "fishing." Haizhu City isn't very big, so it's possible to roughly pinpoint a certain area.

Lin Zhou limped along and hailed a taxi after reaching the roadside.

After a while, he arrived at the bridge closest to Yinshan Academy.

There is a river and an overpass nearby.

"Hey, Little Fish—" Lin Zhou called out as he walked, looking around.

The only response to Lin Zhou was the sound of a few cars driving by.

Lin Zhou walked slowly, searching for that familiar figure with his eyes as he went. The area here was not small, and with Lin Zhou's limited stamina, he was already panting after walking for a short while.

When he got tired, he would stand for a while. After confirming that there was nothing there, Lin Zhou rushed to the next similar place to continue searching.

"Huff...huff..." Lin Zhou walked with his cane, feeling like he was about to get a cramp.

I wish my body were in better shape.

"Damn body." Lin Zhou's back was already soaked with sweat. He looked around, trying to find a familiar figure. "Little Fish, are you there!"

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Zhou wiped his face with the back of his bandaged hand, considered for a moment, and then took out his phone to call a taxi to his next destination.

At that very moment—

"Why are you here?" a voice drifted over, or more precisely, it drifted over from above.

Lin Zhou was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw a delicate-looking girl with short hair standing on the top of the overpass, sitting on the edge with her legs swinging casually, and a large cardboard box next to her.

"Small fish?!"

"How did you know I was here?" Ye Zhiyu looked at Lin Zhou with some curiosity from her high vantage point. "Could it be... no, you shouldn't be able to."

Ye Zhiyu jumped down from above, landing lightly on the ground. However, the next moment, her legs seemed to weaken, and she swayed and fell backward.

"Oh no... I'm so hungry I have no energy..."

Lin Zhou immediately reached out his hand. He was only supporting his body on one foot, and the moment he pulled the other person, the two of them fell heavily to the ground!