Chapter 195: Murong Bufan’s Speechlessness

Morning.

Murong Bufan took Fu Xue away from the Special Management Bureau, intending to expose the Wang Group’s crimes to her.

Driving, he chatted with Fu Xue in the passenger seat.

But soon, he realized that Fu Xue was just responding with “uh-huh” and not really listening.

He couldn’t help but look over and saw Fu Xue staring excitedly at her phone, giggling.

Murong Bufan was curious.

“Xiaoxue?”

“What is it, Murong-gege?”

“What are you looking at?”

“Nothing!”

Although she said that, Fu Xue was practically drooling.

“Hehe, Murong-gege, did you know I sent Sister Ning a ‘good morning’ message?”

“And Sister Ning replied! She said ‘good morning’ to me too!”

“…So?” Murong Bufan didn’t understand.

Just a ‘good morning’ reply, was it worth getting so excited?

Hearing Murong Bufan’s puzzled tone, Fu Xue spoke even more proudly.

“Murong-gege, you think that’s it?”

“Hmph, I’ll tell you, it’s not!”

“Just now, I found out what game Sister Ning is playing!”

Fairy Luoxue plays games too? Murong Bufan was curious, “What game?”

“She’s playing a Feixin mini-game called ‘3D Leisure Farm’!”

“…Fairy Luoxue plays this kind of game?”

The name sounded like a farming and animal-raising casual game. Who would’ve thought Fairy Luoxue liked this!

Feeling intrigued, Murong Bufan listened as Fu Xue continued.

“Of course! What’s the problem? You can even form CPs in this game!”

“Once you form a CP, the two of you can manage a farm together!” Fu Xue laughed happily.

When Sister Ning asked if she wanted to join, she got so excited.

Of course, she wanted to join!

Fu Xue quickly opened the game.

But after a while, her smile froze.

“Ah, damn it! Sister Ning already has a CP!”

“I should’ve known, with that scoundrel Wang Haoran—”

Disappointed, Fu Xue wanted to curse, but halfway through, she suddenly looked pleased.

“…Hmm? Wait!”

Fu Xue immediately looked at Murong Bufan.

“Murong-gege, can I borrow your phone? I’ll help you register a Leisure Farm account!”

“Sure!”

Murong Bufan, driving, handed his phone over with one hand.

He thought, Fu Xue probably wanted them to form a couple in the virtual game too!

What a handful! But he had to indulge her!

As long as she was happy!

Fu Xue, excited, quickly created an account for Murong Bufan and then returned the phone.

“All done?” Murong Bufan asked.

“Mm, all done.”

Fu Xue nodded, then sighed.

“Sigh, this game is something. Sending a ‘CP request’ to a friend requires diamonds! And diamonds can only be earned by inviting new users!”

“This pulling-people tactic is so annoying! Good thing I have you, Murong-gege!”

Saying this, Fu Xue smiled expectantly.

“But the game is interesting. You can have multiple people form CPs and manage a farm together!”

“So, hehe, I told Sister Ning I didn’t know how to play and asked her… to team up with me and guide me!!”

“……”

“So, Xiaoxue, you used my Feixin to create an account just to get diamonds, then send a CP request to Sister Ning?!”

Murong Bufan was speechless.

But Fu Xue had no time for him, she was too excited.

“Ah! Sister Ning agreed!”

Delighted, Fu Xue entered the farm she shared with Sister Ning.

Now, there were three character avatars on the farm.

“Hmph, this ‘Boatman Lao Wang’ is such an eyesore!”

“That Wang Haoran, so young, chooses such an old name. Does he really like boating? Who knew!”

Fu Xue snorted, then moved her character.

“Never mind, since you let me join, I’ll let you stay!”

“Hehe, Sister Ning’s name is so cute! ‘Luoluo’ matches my ‘Xuexue’ so well!”

“Together, we form the ‘Luoxue’ from ‘Fairy Luoxue’! A perfect match!”

“Hehe, ‘Luoluo’ and ‘Xuexue’ are so close!”

“…”

Watching the ecstatic Fu Xue, Murong Bufan was utterly speechless.

He didn’t expect her to be like this!

But it was just a video game, nothing major.

Murong Bufan drove, reaching their destination quickly.

Throughout the drive, Fu Xue played “Leisure Farm” and talked about her Sister Ning.

When the car stopped, Murong Bufan sighed in relief, ready to call Fu Xue out.

But Fu Xue spoke first.

“Damn it!”

“Why is Wang Haoran in the middle, while Sister Ning and I are on the sides?”

“I want ‘Luoluo’ to be with me!”

“Next night, I’ll take the middle spot!”

Seeing the game’s avatars of “Luoluo,” “Boatman Lao Wang,” and “Xuexue” in bed, Fu Xue was displeased.

But she had no choice and had to accept it.

“Sigh! But I’m still on the same bed as Sister Ning! That’s good! Hehe!”

Then, seeing her avatar stuck off the bed, Fu Xue’s OCD kicked in.

She opened the game store.

“The bed’s too small, we need a bigger one!”

“…Damn, just started, not enough coins!”

Finding her personal coins insufficient and not wanting to use shared funds, Fu Xue discovered another game feature.

“…Share a link with Feixin friends to cut prices, even get freebies? This mini-game is like Pinduoduo!”

(tln:  Pinduoduo Inc. is a Chinese online retailer with a focus on the traditional agriculture industry. The business is the largest product of PDD Holdings, which also owns the online marketplace Temu.)

Seeing this, Fu Xue turned to Murong Bufan.

“Murong-gege, our bed’s too small, and Wang Haoran pushed me off!”

“So, I want a bigger bed.”

“I’ll send you a link, help me cut the price!”

Murong Bufan: “…”

He was thoroughly speechless—

Xiaoxue, didn’t I just tell you Wang Haoran isn’t a good person? Didn’t you agree to keep your distance?

What are you doing now!

But it was just a virtual game, so Murong Bufan suppressed his mixed feelings and reluctantly agreed.