Why are you always thinking about dating me?

"But I think that such an idea is unrealistic. Life is boring, and if you keep following this trajectory, it will also be very boring. So life needs interesting things, such as love."

"Fortunately, I still have someone I can love. Although she torments my life, I know she loves me, so I'm doing pretty well. That's pretty much my life trajectory. This is me. Actually, I'm quite simple and don't have many complicated experiences. If I had to describe it, I'd say I'm rather boring."

Lin An rambled on and on, softly reciting his words. Su Yuejin listened attentively in his arms, her throat a little sore, so she didn't speak. But when Lin An lowered his head, he went a little too far, teasing her tongue with his finger.

Su Yuejin's cheeks were flushed. After being teased like this for a while, she gently bit him, buried her face in his chest, and this time it was for real. She obediently closed her eyes.

She was a little sleepy.

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P.S.: I woke up from my nap at noon and there's one more chapter.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Rock, Paper, Scissors

"Go to sleep if you're tired, and get some rest."

"I just... can't sleep."

"Because you woke up, I disappeared?" Lin An stroked her hair helplessly.

"Mmm." Su Yuejin responded softly. She liked Lin An's intelligence; he could always guess her thoughts and ideas. Lin An sighed slightly, "Then you should get some sleep. I'll come see you tonight."

"Really?"

"real."

"Then add me on WeChat first." Su Yuejin rested her face against his chest, this time holding him tightly to prevent him from slipping away. Lin An said, "I'll add you on QQ. Because of my social circle, I don't use WeChat as much."

"okay."

"Then you should go to sleep quietly."

"Kiss." She looked up, her face innocent, bright, and gentle.

Lin An lowered his head and kissed her forehead, but she was clearly not satisfied with that. So Lin An had to continue their lingering French kiss for a few more minutes until Su Yuejin's cheeks turned red and she rested her face against his chest, listening to his heartbeat and letting him feel her warmth.

Lin An gently patted her back, and slowly she fell asleep. She slept so sweetly, and the way her lips curled up was adorable. Lin An liked this scene very much, so when he got up, he took a picture of Su Yuejin.

He left it on his phone, then gently pulled the blanket up for the girl. After thinking for a moment, he realized that he should have left immediately after getting up from the living room, but it seemed that it was still early, only a little past seven o'clock. Lin An went to the kitchen, opened her refrigerator, and found it empty, but there was rice.

He cooked a pot of porridge in a pressure cooker, which was actually quite quick, taking only half an hour in total. He added some rock sugar while cooking the porridge, then put the pressure cooker lid on. When he opened it, it should still be warm.

Lin An noticed a lot of takeout containers on the table. This girl was clearly sick; if she ordered something oily and salty after waking up, it would be bad for her stomach. Lin An then tidied up her living room again, left a note by her bedside, and turned to leave.

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The air on the street was particularly humid, probably because it had rained last night. Lin An didn't take a taxi. It was only half an hour to walk home, which wasn't very far. It wasn't just because he was being frugal; he wanted to clear his mind while walking.

Lin An doesn't like letting his thoughts follow his emotions, because it's easy to make mistakes that way. But with Su Yuejin, he's inexplicably influenced by her and becomes sentimental along with her. Su Yuejin is really adorably silly.

He's so adorable that it's hard to let him down, but Lin An knows that this is just the current situation. It's just Su Yuejin's halo effect, her perception of him. Once everything settles down, she'll probably face reality.

It's not that Lin An doesn't believe in romance, but romance is always killed by cruel reality.

But this didn't affect his occasional romantic feelings. After returning home and climbing the stairs, Lin An opened his bedroom door, then walked to his sister's room and gently knocked on the door.

"What do you want to eat for breakfast, sister?" he asked.

The door opened after a short while, but Xu Qinghuan was only wearing a loose-fitting tank top, which looked like it might slip off her shoulders at any moment. Her shoulders were so smooth and white, like mutton fat jade.

"I want to eat fried rice with eggs, the kind with tomatoes."

"Then I'll do it, you can sleep a little longer."

Lin An nodded slightly and went into the kitchen. He knew that Xu Qinghuan liked to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays, and that she would be unusually lazy on these two days, provided that she had nothing else to do.

But in reality, Xu Qinghuan is a very busy person most of the time because she is very popular at school and knows many people, both capable and not capable, as well as people outside the school.

However, she doesn't qualify as a social butterfly, because Xu Qinghuan has never gotten close to any boy. Lin An knows this perfectly well, and Xu Qinghuan is also aware of it. If she were to actually get close to any boy, Lin An would be devastated, and their relationship would become irreparably damaged.

Xu Qinghuan, of course, would never be interested in other boys. In her eyes, her younger brother was shining and belonged to her alone. She gave him all her affection, although it wasn't much in reality.

Xu Qinghuan enjoys otaku dance and occasionally does cosplay. She works hard to manage her Weibo and Bilibili followers. After all, in this era, monetizing internet celebrity traffic and making easy money from anime is not too difficult for girls, as long as they are smart and hardworking enough.

Lin An disliked her doing this because he felt that anime was associated with softcore pornography. Therefore, every dress she wore for her otaku dances was personally selected by Lin An, and it had to be below the knee. The same went for her cosplay. In the past, it was fine because people would try their best to recreate their favorite anime characters because they liked them. But now? Anime has become more juvenile and commercialized. The small number of true fans can't see the cosplay they want to see because those who truly love it are starving.

People mostly want to see pretty faces, big breasts, and long legs; these are common traits, and there's nothing to mock about them. But Lin An doesn't like that.

So he always mocks himself for being a chauvinist, cursing himself while still looking at erotic pictures and beautiful cosplaying women, and still going to have sex when he needs to.

Fried rice is a very simple dish, but adding tomatoes makes it even better. The sweet and sour taste of tomatoes, the aroma of eggs, and the fresh fragrance of scallions make the dish look beautiful. Lin An fried two plates, then poured two glasses of milk, one for him and one for Xu Qinghuan. He then took the plates and knocked on Xu Qinghuan's door.

Xu Qinghuan opened the door and finally threw on a large white T-shirt haphazardly. However, the more Lin An looked at the T-shirt, the more familiar it seemed. A few seconds later, he realized that the T-shirt was his own.

Why are you wearing my T-shirt?

"Because I was lonely and couldn't sleep last night, I had to wear your clothes while imagining my little brother's scent and him hugging me, and then doing some indescribable things." Xu Qinghuan's loli voice spoke in a lewd tone, creating a particularly wonderful contrast.

"So disgusting, so disgusting, so disgusting." Lin Anke wasn't buying it. She put down the fried rice, sat on the extra chair in her room, nibbled on the plate, and then looked at Xu Qinghuan's computer.

That's probably the film Xu Qinghuan shot a few days ago. She played Teacher Eromangla, wearing a silver wig and a white T-shirt. But Lin An really wanted to complain. She's flat-chested, but you're huge-breasted. Where's the realism? Can't you respect anime fans?

"how do you feel?"

"There are two pictures I don't recommend sending. If you do, I'll call security." Lin An pointed out two slightly suggestive pictures. Xu Qinghuan pouted, but nodded anyway. Before deleting the two pictures, she sent them to Lin An first.

Why did you send it to me?

"I won't show it to others, but I can show it to you, Lin An." Xu Qinghuan winked at him. The tomato and egg fried rice was still a little hot, so she let it sit for a while. Then she crossed her arms and said, "Now tell me in detail what happened last night?"

Lin An remained calm and answered indifferently, "After I left, I called her. She got angry and said she didn't love me anymore, but I still went to wait for her at the bar entrance. After waiting for a long time, she came out alone and was preparing to go home."

"Then I watched her get into a taxi. I was planning to go to an internet cafe to stay up all night, but for some reason, she seemed to see me in the taxi, got out of the car and chased after me. She ran over and bit me."

Lin An raised his arm to show Xu Qinghuan, but Xu Qinghuan was stunned for a moment. Looking at the rows of teeth marks on his hand, her eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light.

"Does she want to die?! Why did she bite so hard...?!" Xu Qinghuan's chest rose and fell with her breath, and the fierce light in her eyes gradually faded, but Lin An felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at her.

Because he knew his sister was a cunning and ruthless monster.

"Forget it, forget it. Her biting me like that probably lessened my guilt. So I took her home and coaxed her to sleep. I came back when she woke up in the morning, but I didn't go to bed with her. You have to believe me."

Xu Qinghuan crossed her slender legs together. "I believe you."

Lin An smiled gently at her, but Xu Qinghuan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "So what are you planning to do next?"

"It'll be fine once her enthusiasm cools down. I'm now certain she won't like someone like me. She only liked me because of that hazy halo effect that night, thinking I was a gentle person who could understand her thoughts and pamper her. Once that effect disappears, she'll realize the cruel truth: we're fundamentally incompatible and can't be together."

"No way! If we don't take advantage of her passion before it cools down, we'll ravage her body until she gets tired of us. How will we recoup the cost of being bitten?"

"Huh? No way, that's not good, Xu Qinghuan." Lin An shook his head, but Xu Qinghuan's expression was strange. How could she be like this? Her beloved was seeing another girl, and now she doesn't care anymore. What's going on? Is she a cuckold?

"What's wrong with her? I can't give it to you right now, but you seem to be... having a lot of desire lately. I don't want to ruin a pure girl like her. How about I introduce you to two girls who like to have fun? We can get them in two or three days, and then we won't feel guilty about breaking up."

"I find it unacceptable." Lin An shook his head.

"That's more like it." Xu Qinghuan smiled gently. Lin An thought for a moment and changed the subject, "What does that girl who took your photos a few times before really think of you?"

"That guy is a lesbian and wants me to be his girlfriend. Tsk, even if I'm a lesbian, he's still a top/bottom type. He's quite pretty, but he's obsessed with my body and keeps bothering me. But he's also a money tree... Tsk, good little brother, why don't you go and win her over? Once you get her, she won't bother me anymore."

"This is even harder than pursuing Luo Shuishui. I resolutely refused. Also... don't let some girl force you to be gay one day."

"Wouldn't it be better if you turned her gay? You could go out and flirt with girls, then coax them into being with you?"

Lin An thought about that strange suggestion and somehow imagined Xu Qinghuan seducing Su Yuejin, and then the bizarre scene made him shudder involuntarily.

"No, my sister is scary." He said, finishing the last spoonful of fried rice in his bowl, and stood up. "Who's washing the dishes today?"

"Rock, paper, scissors! I'll choose rock!" Xu Qinghuan stretched out her hand towards him, her smile innocent and naive. Lin An looked at her helplessly and rolled his eyes.

He pulled out the scissors.

Chapter Twenty-Four: You Said You'd Marry Me

Lin An still doted on Xu Qinghuan, so he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. After washing the dishes, he put them back in the cupboard, then went back to his room and turned on his computer.

Lin An needs some time to replenish his stockpile of chapters. As a small author with a book that has achieved decent results, stable updates are definitely necessary. He also needs some stockpile of chapters to ensure that he can add extra chapters when there are large donations, in order to appease the wealthy big shots.

When he finished revising the draft, it was 10 a.m. Chacha sent him a smiling face emoji, "So, my An'an, is Ning free?"

"I'm here," he replied, then logged into the game. The two entered the team voice chat and started chatting. He had met Chacha about two months ago. This girl had simply chosen a skilled player to play with, and happened to meet him. He was quite skilled, had a nice voice, and was willing to put aside his pride to coax people. He could even play along with her sarcastic remarks about her teammates and engage in high-intensity interactions to help the opposing team win the game. The two had been playing together for a long time.

The amount ranged from 100 to 150 yuan per day. In total, Cha Cha had spent about 10,000 yuan on Lin An. If she wanted to play after 11 o'clock, she would have to pay more.

Lin An is such a peculiar person. He's incredibly good at calculating money. Even though Cha Cha sometimes jokes around with him, acts cute, and tries to cheat, he still pays her in the end.

So this girl must really be a little rich. When she first started playing with Lin An, she was stuck in Silver and couldn't climb up or down. Now she's in Diamond III. This girl has good talent and likes to play champions like Camille, Zed, Irelia, Jayce, Yasuo, and Vayne. She's quite skilled, but she lacks brains, so she can't climb the ranks. Lin An plays some stable, meta-strong champions that are good for climbing. When he teaches her how to play, he can also chat with her.

The chat skills book he bought was basically never used, because he would say many things unintentionally. Perhaps he could be considered a good conversationalist, as he could always ramble on about strange topics, from the quality of the latest anime to whether you knew that his dog had quit the game six times yesterday. He knew a bit about all sorts of odd things.

In the current online environment, Chacha is just like the old abstract kid and pxj. He's similar, a strange high school student who's a pianist from Zuan and has a wide range of strange knowledge. After all, his reading is very diverse, and the scope of reading determines the framework of the conversation. The more you interact with people, the more you can learn to lead different conversations with different people.

The two of them do have one thing in common: they don't like to communicate with people who are not clear-headed or have limited perspectives, because it's exhausting. So they can probably find common ground in conversation.

Cha Cha is probably more intelligent than the average person in conversation because of her family environment. Lin An, on the other hand, is more sensitive and empathetic because of his childhood experiences. He needs to be able to take care of other people's feelings and make the interaction less awkward.

If he could, Lin An wouldn't want to either.

The two played until 1 p.m. Cha Cha said her takeout had arrived and she wanted to eat and rest for a while. Lin An also said he wanted to eat; he had washed the dishes in the morning and his sister had cooked lunch.

As he stepped outside, he smelled a spicy aroma. It was Xu Qinghuan's authentic twice-cooked pork, only the meat was stir-fried a bit drier, so it wouldn't be as greasy, but it was still a dish heavily seasoned with oil and salt.

There was also a seaweed and egg drop soup, and a stir-fried loofah. The loofah must be salted a little late, and it should be taken out of the pot just when it's done. That's why Xu Qinghuan's stir-fried loofah was bright green and very appetizing.

Twice-cooked pork was made to cater to his taste, but stir-fried loofah was what Xu Qinghuan wanted to eat.

Xu Qinghuan had already served him rice, and then, as he sat down, she massaged his shoulders. The strength of her small hands was just right, neither too light nor too heavy, but very comfortable.

"If you sit in front of the computer for long periods every day, you should take a break and move around every hour."

"Yes, I know." Lin An nodded gently. Xu Qinghuan massaged him for a while longer, then she sat down opposite him, and the two began to eat. The portion she made was just right, and there was half left over, which could probably be eaten for dinner.

The two of them usually didn't talk while eating, but halfway through the meal, Lin An thought of something and said, "I'm going to see Su Yuejin tonight."

Xu Qinghuan silently put down her chopsticks, then looked up at Lin An. Her eyes seemed to flash with a fierce light, but her expression was exceptionally gentle.

“She’s sick. She wouldn’t let me leave this morning, so I promised her I’d go see her tonight,” Lin An replied without changing his expression. It was the truth, and he knew that if he didn’t prepare in advance, it would be difficult to fool his sister with his expression.

"What time are you going, and what time are you coming back?"

"Let's go at six and come back at eight...?" Lin An drafted a rough plan. Although he didn't know what he was going to Su Yuejin's house for, he was sure it wasn't to do anything indescribable.

"Go ahead, but remember to bring a tube of toothpaste when you come back. We're almost out of toothpaste at home."

"Okay, I got it." Lin An nodded and continued eating. This was a common occurrence when the two of them were together. Lin An rarely went out on Saturdays and Sundays because Xu Qinghuan was at home, so there was no point in him going out. It was better to stay home and play with Xu Qinghuan... no, to play with Xu Qinghuan.

Then the two continued eating with their heads down. Lin An's phone vibrated, and Cha Cha asked him what he had for lunch. Lin An simply took a picture and sent it to her, while also asking her what she had eaten.