I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"Do you know how our family worships our ancestors?" Gu Yuqing asked him not to mention it, but she herself became quite enthusiastic about it.

“Our hometown is in a rural area of ​​northern Hebei. We have a very large ancestral hall. During the Qingming Festival, we hold a three-day feast at home. Everyone in the Gu family goes back. Every day is just eating and playing.”

What to play?

“Playing mahjong,” Gu Yuqing said, “and the stakes are incredibly high, some people lose hundreds of thousands a day.”

After a long pause, Chen Ya could only utter one word: "6".

“There are many rules when worshipping ancestors,” Gu Yuqing said. “How men enter the ancestral hall, how women enter the ancestral hall, what clothes to wear, which foot to step over the threshold first, who is in charge of the ceremony, which person to worship first… In short, there are many troubles and a lot of trivial matters.”

After a fierce rant, Gu Yuqing let out a sigh of relief: "But my sister really likes those kinds of occasions. She thinks they satisfy her vanity. I just think they're exhausting."

"Then can you not go?" Chen Ya asked.

“Okay,” Gu Yuqing said. “It’s not the first time I’ve refused to go. At most, I’ll protest a bit, but I won’t break any heavenly rules and get heavenly soldiers to come down and arrest me. They don’t really care about women going back to worship there anyway, since they’ll eventually get married.”

"Yes." Chen Ya nodded with a pained expression. "Gender equality is a long and arduous task."

"It's a long and arduous task, a long and arduous task," Gu Yuqing echoed. "But let's not favor women over men in this matter, so I can relax. By the way, how do you plan to thank me?"

Chen Ya asked, "How should I express my gratitude?"

"I had planned to go to the beach with Wu Qiutong during the holiday, but I'm using it to accompany you now. Shouldn't you thank me?"

Chen Ya said, "Then I should thank Wu Qiutong even more."

"Why are you thanking her? She doesn't want me to stay with you and hold on," Gu Yuqing said, rolling her eyes.

Chen Ya said, "Why don't you just invite her along? I'm afraid you'll get bored if I'm with you alone."

"Heh, why don't you try to improve yourself?"

“It can’t be improved; it’s already the final version,” Chen Ya said. “Let’s call her over.”

Gu Yuqing probably felt insulted and hung up the phone without saying a word.

About a minute later, my WeChat buzzed with a message from Gu Yuqing: "I invited her, but she doesn't want to come with us."

Chen Ya smiled.

Who knows if Gu Yuqing actually asked?

It's kind of cute.

……

After much anticipation, the holiday has finally begun.

As the words "Approved" appeared in red on Chen Ya's computer screen, "Sheep is Sheep" was officially launched.

Chapter 335 The Dragon Raises Its Head

On Qingming Festival, Qin Sulan rested at home. This year was a leap month with a second intercalary month, and according to the customs of her hometown, one cannot visit graves during Qingming Festival in a leap month with a second intercalary month.

Although she had finished her work, she was still very interested in the first game she had worked on, and would occasionally open the company group chat to take a look.

Around 10 o'clock, Ishikawa Dong suddenly sent a link in the group chat, along with a message:

[The animated series "Sheep is Sheep" is now available on the WeChat mini-program platform.]

The group chat exploded instantly, with the chat history flooding the screen.

Qin Sulan clicked on the link immediately.

She had only been in charge of art assets and had no experience with the actual game, not even playing the demo.

So she was very curious about what kind of game it was.

Upon opening the game interface, a flock of sheep immediately jumped onto her face, their expressions silly and adorable. Since she had drawn them herself, Qin Sulan smiled knowingly, feeling a sense of warmth and familiarity.

Below is a large icon with the words "Join the Flock" written on it, instead of "Start the Game".

This puzzled Qin Sulan, but it was clear that this was what starting the game meant, since there were no other icons to click if she didn't click this one.

Qin Sulan clicked on it.

A notification immediately pops up on the screen:

[Today's level difficulty is 5 stars. Clearing this level will add you to the Sheep Team (only one level available per day).]

"Only one level per day? What... what's this all about?"

Qin Sulan was a little puzzled.

What kind of puzzle game only lets you play one level per day? Do you pass one level today and then move on to the next one tomorrow?

Is this the legendary... scarcity marketing?

Qin Sulan had heard of the term "hunger marketing," but she had never heard of a game using it.

She didn't pay any attention to the "5-star game difficulty" label above the dialog box.

She's played a lot of match-3 games on the market and is quite an expert in this genre; difficulty is no problem for her.

Upon opening the game, a familiar melody immediately filled her ears. Despite having almost fallen asleep to it in the past few days, Qin Sulan still swayed to the rhythm of the music.

This music is incredibly catchy and addictive, and it has a wonderfully unique characteristic: you never get tired of listening to it. The melody is simple, but you just can't get tired of it.

Qin Sulan felt that this song had the potential to become a square dancer the first time she heard it.

She looked closely at the game interface and saw neat, square 3x3 bricks on the screen, with a row of food troughs below.

She was quick to learn and didn't look at the tutorial. She diligently searched for bricks on the screen and soon passed the first level.

"That's it? This is 5 stars?"

The thought popped into Qin Sulan's mind.

Where does the difficulty lie?

The first level was so easy that she didn't even remember it. If it was like this, with one level every day, she doubted whether she would even want to play the game tomorrow.

Qin Sulan frowned, beginning to worry about the fate of the game.

But her worries didn't last long, because the moment she cleared the level, a dialog box popped up on the screen with the words "Difficulty skyrocketed".

Then, the second level appeared.

"Wasn't it supposed to be one level per day? Is there a second level?"

Qin Sulan muttered something to herself, but immediately looked at the second checkpoint again, not taking it to heart.

Players generally have this mentality: I don't know what I'm going to do, or why I'm doing this; all I know is that I'm going to go on a killing spree!

Who cares why there's still one more level to play, just keep eliminating the enemies!

...an hour later.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Qin Sulan ruffled her long hair and threw her phone onto the sofa.

She played 5 games in the past hour.

They suffered crushing defeats in all five games!

At first she thought it wasn't too difficult, but now her opinion has changed. This game is very difficult!

Not only is the number of bricks astonishing, but the interface is pitifully small, with only 7 food troughs at the bottom, leaving absolutely no room for error!

More than a dozen kinds of bricks were stacked on top of each other. At first it was fine, but later on, the number of bricks exposed on the surface became less and less, and it was impossible to find enough for the three-way elimination!

Most importantly, she drew these bricks herself!

It's like making things difficult for yourself.

Qin Sulan started another game.

She didn't believe in superstitions.

She didn't use any props during her previous failures. She felt that using props would make her seem foolish, as it required watching ads or sharing with friends.

This time, she decided to make a sacrifice and watch the advertisement.

After all, given the difficulty of this game, it seems impossible to complete it without using items.

...Another hour passed.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Qin Sulan grabbed her hair and started tearing at it.

I just played a few more rounds, and I lost them all!

She started by using only a few items, but eventually went on to use them like crazy, desperately squeezing every opportunity to obtain them.

There are three items: one for sharing, one for watching an ad to revive after death, and an additional random item for sharing once more.

However, even after using all the items, she still couldn't beat the game!

And every time, it feels like we're just a little bit short, just one brick short, and we're about to survive, but the food trough below is always missing one!

What's most infuriating is that after each failure, a flower pops up on the screen and says to her:

"I was so close to beating the game, can't you believe how frustrating that is?"

"This game is so infuriating, why don't you share it with your friends?"

That's absolutely humiliating!

Just as she was getting angry, Qin Sulan's stomach started growling.

I'm hungry.

When Qin Sulan checked her phone, it was already 12 o'clock! She felt like she hadn't done anything, and before she knew it, it was lunchtime.

The precious holiday has already passed by in a flash!

Qin Sulan quickly ordered food through Ele.me. After ordering, she held her stomach and stared blankly for a while.

Since we're just killing time anyway, let's play another round of "Sheep's Goat".

...When the deliveryman arrived, Qin Sulan opened the door, picked up the food, and sat down in her room, her eyes never leaving her phone screen the entire time.

"Cabbage, radish, corn, wool gloves, brush, bucket, torch, bell, grass, yarn, forklift, forklift, forklift, forklift..."

Qin Sulan looked up with a livid face and suddenly shouted, "Dung Fork!"

She was driven almost mad by the torment.

This was the first time in her life she had been tormented by a game like this.

To be honest, this game isn't hardcore at all; it's just about not being able to match threes. Mechanically speaking, there are no difficulties at all.

It's not that it's easy, but this game has a huge element of luck. If you're unlucky, you'll fail in no time.

Although Qin Sulan had ordered lunch, she couldn't eat anything at all; it tasted like nothing at all.

This game is so annoying!

While she was eating, a message popped up on her phone; it was from her best friend.

Best friend: [I've put up with you for so long.]

Best friend: [Do you want to see how many messages you've sent me?]

Qin Sulan closed the game, opened her chat with her best friend, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle as soon as she saw the chat interface.

She was engrossed in the game and kept trying to get items by sharing them.

And the person she always shared it with was the same person—her best friend.

Her best friend, or more accurately, her closest confidante, is someone she talks to about everything. They share information about coupons and promotions without caring about anything else.

My best friend is very easygoing. After seeing the posts she shared, I know she's just participating in the event and I won't pay her any attention.

But she went a bit too far today: she scrolled the screen for over 30 seconds, all of which were the sheep games she had shared with her.

It was a barrage of messages; the fact that her best friend didn't block her means they're practically inseparable.

Best friend: 【What the hell is this thing you sent me?】

While eating, Qin Sulan typed on her phone: "[The game our company made.]"

Best friend: [Does your company still require you to reach a certain number of reposts?]