Chapter 28
Chapter 028 Too Wonderful
As evening approached, when Ling Mo returned, he found Xia Xinyan sitting on the sofa, staring at the television.
Although a program was playing, her gaze seemed completely absent from the screen, as if she were looking through it to somewhere far beyond.
To put it simply, she was dazing out.
That face, which made his heart race uncontrollably, carried a hint of loneliness.
This caused Ling Mo to pause for a moment.
Was she… bored being alone?
Was she waiting for him to come back?
He suddenly felt rather foolish.
Since she considered him her boyfriend, when she previously asked him about his plans, she must have wanted him to invite her to join him, right?
Why hadn’t he thought of this before…
What an idiot.
—This was the first time he evaluated himself like that.
Coincidentally, he and Xia Xinyan had reached the same conclusion in their minds.
However, this time he was genuinely feeling sentimental; Xia Xinyan was simply preoccupied with her previous abilities problem.
She was struggling to accept that the ability that helped her the most in battle and had the most obvious improvements was actually a succubus, and not beast transformation.
Was she going to consider the succubus her main ability going forward?
Just thinking about the future…
—“Nice to meet you, what’s your ability?”
—“Succubus.”
—“Succubus? Like that kind of bujibuji squeezing 【beep——】?”
No, she could not accept that.
Indeed, it was impossible for a person to completely let go of everything while living; even if they had genuinely died once before, as long as they could be pulled back, the world would eventually shove a pile of stomach-churning grief back at you.
Damn fate.
It wasn’t until Ling Mo’s voice sounded beside her that she snapped back from her daze: “Uh… are you hungry?”
Outside it had already darkened, yet the dining table and kitchen appeared quite clean, as if no dinner had been prepared.
Upon hearing this, Xia Xinyan tilted her head slightly to look at him, biting her lip.
She wasn’t sure if feeling jealous of this guy counted as jealousy towards herself.
However, to Ling Mo, her expression looked completely wronged, directly poking at his heart: “I’m sorry.”
“… Why are you apologizing?” Xia Xinyan paused.
Did he see through her thoughts?
Was she that obvious?
“I…” Ling Mo initially wanted to say something, but after considering it, those matters seemed to be unsaid and better understood silently; stating them outright would only make things awkward for both, so after a moment of hesitation, he changed the subject. “Let me make dinner.”
After saying that, he turned and headed towards the bedroom.
Xia Xinyan stared at his back for a few seconds, pursing her lips.
At least he was perceptive.
But thinking that she might have to rely on this guy for direct combat in the future made her inexplicably unpleased.
She didn’t plan to reveal her succubus attribute too early and until her beast transformation ability had grown, she truly had no other choices.
Hmm… she was definitely feeling wronged.
After all, she used to be an independent entity, but now she had fallen to being a mere ornament under someone else’s roof; anyone in her place might struggle to accept such a disparity.
Fortunately, after undergoing training in her past life, her mindset was still pretty good. Even if she had grievances, she would only keep them inside and rarely express them, especially regarding issues that could affect relationships.
Moreover, from another perspective, Ling Mo hadn’t done anything wrong.
Perhaps that was what frustrated Xia Xinyan the most—she couldn’t even find someone to blame; as for Tianji… that guy had no physical form, so blaming it on him wouldn’t provide any outlet for her frustration.
【When the host’s strength reaches a certain level, the external linking form of this system can be unlocked to assist the host in battle, at that time this system can have an extended body.】
【However, the host is not advised to harbor such unkind thoughts towards this system, as violent girls will not be liked by others.】
“…”
Xia Xinyan fell silent for a moment before getting up to head to the kitchen.
What was she really thinking? Even Tianji couldn’t figure it out this time.
During dinner, the atmosphere between the two improved a bit, mainly because Xia Xinyan had more or less moved on from her earlier disappointment and began talking to Ling Mo about today’s events, specifically his club activities.
Ling Mo had joined an esports club during university. To put it plainly, it was a gathering of gaming enthusiasts, and they had participated in several local esports competitions, winning several awards in the process. Ling Mo himself was a deep gaming enthusiast, so he mingled quite well in the club, and he attended events like club gatherings whenever they were held.
There were quite a few friends in the club with whom he had a good relationship. Once the “Realm of Divine Presence” Game Pod was fully deployed, they collectively transitioned into this game, some trying to make money, others out of curiosity, but regardless of their motives, having a group of friends banding together to explore dungeons when individual strength was lacking truly provided Ling Mo with a lot of convenience.
Thus, in this life, Xia Xinyan also wanted to help those friends from the club get into the game sooner, perhaps it could change their destinies.
Although those people could no longer be considered her friends.
Ling Mo felt quite pleased that Xia Xinyan was so interested in his own affairs and happily shared amusing anecdotes from the club with her, but when the conversation was flowing smoothly, she suddenly mentioned donating Game Pods to the club, and he was completely stunned.
“You… want to give our club Game Pods?” He doubted he had heard correctly.
Xia Xinyan smiled and nodded: “Hmm, your friends should be quite interested in this game, right? I have a batch of Game Pods that arrived early at home, but no one’s playing at home, so it’s just sitting idle. I thought I’d just gift them to you, it’s all free anyway.”
“Ah, this… that’s not good, right?” Ling Mo hesitated.
He knew that while the Game Pods were said to be free, getting one from the earlier batches wasn’t an easy task. You either had to spend money or leverage connections; there were scalpers on the market selling Game Pods for hundreds of thousands, and there were indeed people who didn’t mind paying directly for them.
Students like them basically could only wait for who knew how many later batches of free Game Pods.
He hadn’t expected Xia Xinyan to be so generous as to gift them a batch.
This should… have cost quite a bit, right?
“It’s fine,” Xia Xinyan stood up, moved to his side, gently leaning against him and softly said, “Your friends are my friends too. Sharing joy with friends is a normal thing, right? I actually thought about joining the esports club in the past, but I got delayed by a lot of things until now… Just right, can you recommend me for membership?”
Ling Mo was flabbergasted: “I… uh… I…”
He was hit with a fatal blow again.
Did she choose to actively join his social circle because of him?
This was perhaps something he never even dared to think of before.
Maybe having a girlfriend intrude too much into his life wasn’t a good thing, but for a straight guy like Ling Mo, these situations could directly touch his heart—having a girlfriend understand him more and more, no matter which aspect it was, as long as there was something he felt proud of, it would get him excited.
For example, gaming.
Also, it was fortunate that Xia Xinyan didn’t approach him because of him as a person; otherwise, his straight male attributes would’ve probably scared her off.
And when something was too wonderful, it made people worry about whether that dream would shatter.
Especially for someone experiencing such sweetness for the first time.
Perhaps at this moment, Ling Mo had truly fallen for her.
“Okay, I’ll recommend you for club membership tomorrow; they’ll definitely welcome you. At that time, we can also team up to tackle dungeons together.”
“Hmm, good.”
