Why are you always thinking about dating me?

She said softly, and Lin An took a few steps back, watching her drive away.

Chapter 99: Little Goblin

After Qin Xueming left, Lin An was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

In reality, getting along wasn't as difficult or awkward as he had imagined. Both of them had changed to some extent compared to two years ago, but there were still many things that hadn't changed. Qin Xueming was still Qin Xueming, and Lin An was still Lin An. They couldn't really change much.

Lin An, holding an umbrella, walked out of the residential area and went to a steamed bun shop next door. He bought two steamed buns with preserved vegetable and pork filling, a cup of soy milk, a tea egg, and a fried dough stick. After thinking for a moment, he also bought a basket of soup dumplings and carried his breakfast upstairs.

Because of the rain today, I can't go out. As for going to accompany Su Yuejin, forget it. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and being together every day is not good for Su Yuejin or him. As for going to see Xiao Chacha, don't even mention it. Lin An still wants to punch himself. How did he let Xiao Chacha break his defenses yesterday?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. When he got home, he decided to continue playing games with Su Yuejin. The AD LeBlanc mode in Infinite Firepower was really fun.

"Lin An... I'm so bored." As she said this, the little vixen was hinting at something again. Her voice was charming, but Lin An suddenly thought of something. "Do you like cats, Su Yuejin?"

"I like it."

Because Su Yuejin always sends cat emojis when she chats with him.

"If you are confident that you can take good care of a little life, you can actually try to get a pet cat. Having a pet can alleviate a lot of loneliness."

"I had thought about it before, but then I realized that I sometimes can't even take care of myself, so I won't keep a cat and let it suffer with me. I'll just look at cat pictures and enjoy cat videos online."

"That's true."

"But I also bought a catgirl lingerie set last time!" She suddenly remembered this, and her voice became sweet. "You like cats, right? I can dress up as a cat."

"? Do you have a tail?"

"You... I'm afraid of that kind of thing. If you like it, it's not impossible." Her voice became timid. Although she was saying she was afraid, Lin An saw a hint of expectation in her voice.

Sure enough, this guy is not normal. Lin An felt that he guessed correctly. Su Yuejin is such a strange guy.

The two played games together until 11 o'clock. Su Yuejin's takeout arrived, and Lin An also made some fried rice. After eating, he had to start writing. Su Yuejin asked him to turn on the screen and share it so she could read it while eating.

Lin An and she were on a voice call, chatting casually.

"What did you do at home on weekends or holidays?" Lin An asked her.

"Playing games, of course. If I didn't work hard, how did I get to Diamond rank?" Su Yuejin answered confidently, leaving Lin An speechless.

"Indeed, a thousand diamonds, that's quite a lot."

Lin An answered while typing. The youth campus stories he wrote were the kind that were a little more complicated, but the stories were still simple and easy to understand. They weren't meant to express any emotions or to criticize any phenomena. He just wanted to attract attention, make some easy money, or leave something behind.

"I tried my best, okay? I played a thousand games every season! A thousand games!"

"Indeed, they worked very hard and endured a lot of hardship."

"I feel like if we play for a few more days, I might reach Master rank. You're so good at support, but there aren't many guys who want to play support. How come you're so good at support?"

"I think I remember telling you last time that my ex-girlfriend also played AD, the one who just said you were bad."

"What about her?"

"I'm leaving," Lin An replied.

"Then what's she doing here? My ex-girlfriend..."

"They were bored and wanted to give me money, but I refused."

Lin An recounted the whole story to her, but omitted Xu Qinghuan's part.

"Hmph, if you don't want it, then don't. Just tell me if you need money, I have plenty."

"If you earned all your money yourself, I'd be happy to say that." Lin An smiled helplessly. He would never talk to Su Yuejin about the future, lest she develop any unrealistic expectations.

“…Okay, I can’t make money, I’m stupid.” Su Yuejin muttered softly, as if she felt a little wronged.

"But I know how to save money. I still have so much New Year's money left to spend. Even Xiao Chacha doesn't have as much as me. She spends money lavishly and never cares. I'm different. Can you praise me?"

"Wow, that's amazing."

"What a perfunctory response."

Lin An continued typing, while Su Yuejin ate her meal obediently. After Lin An finished writing, Su Yuejin invited him to continue playing games.

"Go! Go! Go! A master is just around the corner!"

"You're not planning to spend the next few days playing video games with me to reach Master rank, are you?"

"Do you really want to go out with me? If you do, I'm available anytime, anywhere. But you definitely won't tell me, humph, I knew it."

"Do you want me to praise you for being smart?" Lin An said helplessly.

"Do you even slightly want to go out and have fun with me? We can go shopping, buy clothes, eat delicious food, go to an amusement park, go to a haunted house, go to the movies... Do you want to? Lin An, do you want to?" Her voice seemed to carry a hint of expectation.

"I do not want."

"So, I knew you didn't want to." Su Yuejin's voice then turned to disappointment.

“But it seems like whether I’m at home with you or we’re going out, it’s still the same thing. So if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, shall we go to the amusement park?” Lin An suddenly asked.

"Really?"

"Really, Miss."

"Charge!!!" Su Yuejin's voice sounded especially excited, and this excitement seemed to last all night, making her unable to sleep tonight. But it was still early, only noon.

"When can I visit your home?" Su Yuejin seemed to have been thinking about this for a long time.

"There's nothing fun at my house, why are you so fixated on this?"

"Because I really want to see your house. Once we meet again, we'll get used to each other. Next time after school, can you take me straight home?"

"No." Lin An refused decisively. What a joke! He was still keeping Xiao Chacha's matter a secret from Xu Qinghuan. If Su Yuejin came home, Xu Qinghuan would skin him alive if she found out.

Su Yuejin always has strange ideas, and those strange ideas make her want to do strange things.

Lin An played with her for a few more hours, then Su Yuejin suddenly thought of something and asked Lin An to wait a few minutes. A few minutes later, she sent Lin An a video of herself dancing to otaku dance.

It's the completely unedited version. She's wearing a tank top and hot pants, and she seems to be dancing a popular otaku dance on Bilibili recently. Those who know what's going on know, but even in the unedited version, her skin still looks porcelain white and smooth, and her movements are especially graceful. You can definitely feel some of the charm of the dance.

Lin An felt a strange itch to try it.

"What I learned recently, hehe, how is it?"

"It looks pretty good, are you planning to post it?"

"I don't really want to post this... I'm only posting it for you to see. If you want me to post it, I will, and then you can share this video and tell everyone that it was your girlfriend who danced it."

"...No, I don't recommend sending it."

"Hehe, that's just what I was planning to do, so I'll only show it to you, and I'll only show it to you from now on. I'll learn whatever you want to see; I learn things very quickly."

"Oh." Lin An indicated that he understood. It was evening, and it seemed like he was going to drift through the day in a daze again. Every day was spent in a daze. But as evening approached, Lin An got up and stretched, and then he saw the message Luo Shuishui had left for him.

"What are you doing?"

Lin An was playing a game, so Luo Shuishui saw the automatic reply. She then asked, "Playing a game? League of Legends?"

"Yes, with Su Yuejin."

"I'm a little bored, wanna join me?" she asked. Lin An asked Su Yuejin, who said it was up to him, so Lin An invited Luo Shuishui. He didn't even know Luo Shuishui would do this.

Then Luo Shuishui entered the room.

Su Yuejin was a little stunned when she saw her skill level, and Lin An also twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

The highest rank is 1862 points, and the ID is "是洛依哟".

"You typed this yourself...?" Lin An asked over the voice message.

"No, it's my aunt's account. She happened to have an account in this district, so she used it. Anyway, she's on vacation," Luo Shuishui replied, and Lin An breathed a sigh of relief.

He said it himself, such a high score couldn't have been achieved by Luo Shuishui, at least... it shouldn't be.

However, Luo Shuishui's repeated mention of "auntie" and "going on a trip" made Lin An vaguely feel that he seemed to have figured something out. He seemed to have a general outline of the mystery surrounding Luo Shuishui, but it was not clear, and he did not want to ask, because it was really unnecessary.

The group played a few games together. Luo Shuishui was quite skilled, on par with Lin An, but she played the jungler role and was very good at it. She said she had been playing this game for a long time and that her father had taught her.

"so good."

"No, my dad's skills are terrible. I surpassed his rank after playing for a year, hehe." Luo Shuishui seemed very natural when complaining about her father, and Lin An could tell that her family atmosphere must be very good.

She's the type of person Lin An admires, not because he envies her powerful background, but because of the family affection Luo Shuishui has.

He seems to have been unlucky since childhood. He grew up in an orphanage. Back then, Xu Qinghuan was the king of the kids in the orphanage, and he was her little tagalong, always calling her "sister." On the day his adoptive parents came to the orphanage, he held onto Xu Qinghuan's hand and refused to let go.

Even though Xu Qinghuan wanted to push him away and tell him... if you go with those two people, you'll have a mom and dad, lots of good food and fun things to do, and people who love and care for you, Lin An stubbornly refused to let go.

At that time, his adoptive father asked him a very interesting question: why was he unwilling to let go?

He told the middle-aged man that he had said he would marry her.

Then, a few days later, her adoptive father came with another person. That person completed the adoption procedures for Xu Qinghuan, but in the end, Xu Qinghuan still lived with her adoptive father, adoptive mother, and Lin An.

Lin An and Xu Qinghuan are not registered in the same household and have no blood relation whatsoever. If they want, they can get married in a few years.

Lin An's adoptive father was a very kind middle-aged man, though he could be a bit frivolous at times. He would pat Lin An on the shoulder and laugh heartily when talking about this, saying, "You're quite the clever one, you knew how to bring a wife home when you were young."

Lin An just smiled. Those were words he said a long, long time ago. Who knows what he was thinking back then?

At that time, Xu Qinghuan didn't mention this matter for a long time, nor did Lin An, and then there was Qin Xueming in junior high school... There were many entangled and recurring things, but that's all in the past and can be left unmentioned.

The three of them played until seven or eight o'clock, then Luo Shuishui logged off, and Su Yuejin also logged off. After all, they had been playing all day. She went to take a shower and then made a video call to Lin An, but Lin An promptly hung up.

This little devil!

Chapter 100 Amusement Park (Part 1)

In the end, Xu Qinghuan did not ask Lin An to pick her up and take her home. She returned in the afternoon. When she came back, Lin An was cooking. Hearing her footsteps, he thought for a moment and cooked an extra dish.

"Is it resolved?" Lin An asked her.

"Huh? There's no solution to this kind of thing. Stupid people will stay stupid if they don't understand, or they'll open their eyes after this experience. Some people will die if they don't have love, but is her love really that real? It's just self-deception."

"Speak like a human being," Lin An retorted.

"Oh, so I just had hotpot with her and vented about her boyfriend, who is now her ex-boyfriend. Here's a piece of absolutely true life advice: when your friends are arguing in a relationship, advise them to break up, not to get back together. Otherwise, you'll be the one who feels awkward if they get back together later."

"That's true." Lin An nodded. Lin An was still cooking when Xu Qinghuan walked into the kitchen, looked at the loofah being stir-fried in the pot, and smiled sweetly. Lin An put a little sugar into the pot, and then remained silent for a while before suddenly saying, "Um, I have to go out tomorrow."

"Hmm? With whom?"

"Su Yuejin, let's go to the amusement park."

Xu Qinghuan paused for a second, then smiled and nodded, before turning her face away. "It's fine, go ahead."