The game's heroine has come true? The aloof school beauty is in tears.

Shang Qingya has many group chats, including those about tarot cards and divination.

In this era where "the masses are the niche," such niche cultural circles are not uncommon.

The group chat she just opened is a small group for her core fans.

They are all enthusiasts of divination culture.

Three people, there must be my teacher.

Although Shang Qingya is a live streamer, being a live streamer truly tests one's comprehensive qualities, including emotional intelligence, communication skills, and physical appearance.

This does not mean that she is the absolute authority on divination techniques.

In fact, apart from performing basic divination and interpretation in the live stream, she learned a lot of her occult knowledge from people in the group.

After all, group chats are a treasure trove of hidden talents.

Live streaming rooms often serve as a "base for like-minded people to communicate".

Therefore, in this group chat called "Hecate", which has nearly twenty members, there are many enthusiasts who have read through a wide range of literature.

Shang Qingya wrote in this group chat:

What exactly are the effects of love potions?

As a streamer, she certainly wouldn't use her main account to ask questions in a group chat.

This is a pseudonym she created called "Moon," where she pretends to be a clueless fan asking questions.

After she sent the message, a bunch of people responded in the group.

It's clear that there had been discussions about "love potions" in this group chat before...

"Has it been implemented yet?"

"How are the results so far?"

Looking at the questions posted in the group, Shang Qingya wrote:

"He's still somewhat resistant to me, but he'll listen to me as long as we make eye contact."

"This should be right, right?"

What does "should" mean?

"Because according to rumors, only some evil arts from East Asia can achieve immediate results."

After all, both Gu poison and black magic involve certain bloodshed. For example, a Gu poison like the Heart-Locking Gu will kill someone if they change their mind.

"But how can we confirm that the drug has reached its maximum effect?"

Shang Qingya felt that the medicine had already shown some effect.

But she simply didn't have a standard for evaluating the results...

However, her question remained unanswered because no one else had used the love potion either.

Just when she was struggling to find a successful experience.

Suddenly, someone appeared and spoke up, saying, "Do you want to form a band with me?"

This name was a bit unfamiliar to Shang Qingya, because she had never spoken a word since joining the group.

"If love potions truly exist, their effect would probably be an absolute obsession with the physical body, right?"

Her statement was immediately met with much rebuttal.

What does it look like?

What does the physical body have to do with love?

"So, do you like the body or the person?"

Faced with these rebuttals.

"Do you want to form a band with me?" Instead of being overly aggressive, he sent a long string of messages to explain:

"The love potion has one prerequisite for use: the other person must completely dislike you, or even hate you."

"Otherwise, even if you have only a slight liking for someone, you can increase that liking through conventional pursuit methods, instead of searching everywhere for so-called love potions."

"The most direct way to show that you don't like someone is that you're not interested in their body."

"Excuses can be faked, praise can be social etiquette, and even sweet words can be delivered through lies, but absolute obsession with the body is something that can never be faked."

The explanation, "Do you want to form a band with me?" is certainly authoritative enough.

No one responded in the group for half a day.

Only Shang Qingya silently typed a line of words:

"Intimate contact can also be a fling..."

"That's why I'm talking about absolute obsession."

"Do you want to form a band with me?" She continued to explain, "I don't know much about love potions. If, as everyone says, it's a gradual effect, then I prefer to think of it as an oral medication taken in courses of treatment, where the symptoms gradually lessen and eventually heal."

The disease being treated is the other person's resistance and dislike towards you.

Just like the most basic cold and fever, the healing process will start with the relief of sore throat, the reduction of cough, and then the fever will subside... until complete recovery.

So, the love potion must also follow this process, starting from the most basic acceptance of intimacy and enjoying passivity, then moving on to curious exploration, active seeking, and finally to a frenzied obsession.

On the other end of the phone.

Xu Zhixiao was sitting in the airport terminal, idly scrolling through her phone. She was preparing to make good use of her annual leave to go abroad for further studies.

If it is professional training, you need to have a suitable exchange program and form a team.

But this was during her annual leave and she was alone, so it was clearly a private training program.

Waiting at the terminal is boring.

So Xu Zhixiao opened Shang Qingya's group chat, thinking she'd just browse around.

She accidentally stumbled upon this segment, so, already bored, she decided to speak up to kill time.

As for why she was in Shang Qingya's group chat?

Isn't spying on your love rival a very basic operation?

The main problem is that Shang Qingya's work is too easy to spy on; Xu Zhixiao can just open a small account, spend some money, and get into the core fan group.

She just usually only watches and never speaks.

As for the explanation of this love potion?

To be honest, Xu Zhixiao's understanding was just a joke.

It's all just the fantasy of a bunch of otaku girls.

She could tell at a glance, because she was also a seasoned homebody.

She had actually considered whether Shang Qingya would use this love potion.

After all, Shang Qingya had gotten medicine from her before.

But upon closer inspection of the recipe, she discovered that the ingredients were quite ordinary.

There was no prescription drug she wrote... and all things considered, it was a harmless prescription.

The medicinal ingredients are roughly equivalent to the talismanic water used during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and its main function is to fill one's stomach.

She would never know.

Shang Qingya used prescription drugs as ingredients to concoct a sedative, which she used to drug Lu Yuan.

Who could possibly know that?

After all, Shang Qingya does have some problems with insomnia and depression, so there's nothing wrong with her prescribing medication.

So she naturally took the love potion.

It was turned into a fantasy created by a group of homebodies with nothing better to do.

"I wonder how things are going with Lu Yuan and Huang Zhiyi?"

Xu Zhixiao wasn't really interested in spying on Shang Qingya; he was actually more interested in spying on Huang Zhiyu.

However, Huang Zhiyu doesn't post on social media at all, so there's nowhere for her to see her posts.

"What's the point of watching it?"

Xu Zhixiao gave a self-deprecating laugh.

She felt the crux of the matter still lay in Lu Yuan's illness... and Lu Yuan's gaming...

Playing games with Lu Yuan is not an option.

Since Lu Yuan's character doesn't even exist in the game, how can you play it?

"What if we could use hypnosis to tamper with and redesign Lu Yuan's game?"

Thinking about this...

Xu Zhixiao looked excitedly at the plane ticket in her hand, which had Berlin as its destination.

"Lu Yuan, it was you who taught me the courage to bravely pursue my dreams."