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nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nThe dishes were washed and placed on the dish rack to dry.

nZhang Xiaotong turned off the faucet, removed her gloves and wiped her hands. The corners of her mouth showed two shallow dimples as if she had completed something remarkable.

nWhen she came out of the kitchen and saw Liu Zilang sitting on the sofa, Zhang Xiaotong could not help but feel dazed for a while. She then unconsciously bowed her head to pick up her phone.

nLiu Zilang, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Zhang Xiaotong and briefly hesitated.

nHowever, seeing the still indifferent expression she showed him, he could not help but blurt out asking, “Who is Shangshan Xiaxiang? Is he your classmate?”

nWhen she heard Liu Zilang’s question, she cocked her head slightly and blinked in confusion.

nThen, her expression suddenly changed and her body instantly reacted as she went to grab her phone from the table.

nZhang Xiaotong turned on her phone and stared at it before she slowly lowered her hands. With a jerk of her head, she clenched her fist and glared at Liu Zilang furiously.

nOops!

nOnce the words came out, Liu Zilang felt that something was wrong as well.

nHowever, as matters were already out of hand, he could only bite the bullet and explain, “I didn’t mean to peek. When you left your phone on the table to do the dishes, a message suddenly appeared and I accidentally…”

nIt was obvious that Zhang Xiaotong did not believe him as she continued to stare at Liu Zilang. She then questioned him angrily, “You… What gives you the right to look through my phone?”

n“Ah… I said I did not peek… It was incidental… That means it was a coincidence.”

nLiu Zilang scratched his head and stared at the enraged Zhang Xiaotong. He helplessly shrugged. “Besides, I only looked through your phone because I cared for you.”

n“I! Don’t! Need! It!”

nWhile Zhang Xiaotong glared at Liu Zilang, she spat the sentence out word by word.

nAfter that, she paced towards her room.

nSeeing how Zhang Xiaotong was, Liu Zilang hurriedly replied, “Hey! Xiaotong don’t go… Who is Shangshan Xiaxiang? Let me tell you, there are no good guys nowadays, don’t you be…”

nBANG!

n“Fooled…” Liu Zilang’s final word was shut out by the sudden close of the door.

n…

nThis brat, how could she not understand my effort?

nStaring at the closed door, Liu Zilang scratched his head in frustration. Yet all of a sudden, he thought of something.

nOh, right!

nHe had yet to inquire about the identity of Shangshan Xiaxiang!

nAlthough Zhang Xiaotong rejected the guy on QQ, he had made an effort to assist as well.

nHowever, what if that kid really was Zhang Xiaotong’s friend in real life, such as her classmate, senior, or someone else…

nAs the saying goes, ‘good women are afraid of the pestering of men’. Once she had succumbed to it, she would die crying.

nWhen he thought about this, Liu Zilang immediately stood up from the sofa, walked to the front of Zhang Xiaotong’s door and lightly knocked on it. He said in a lowered voice, “Xiaotong, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have looked through your phone. I acknowledge my mistake. Open the door and give brother a chance to apologize, okay?”

nThe room was quiet and not a sound was heard.

n“Xiaotong?”

nStill quiet…

n“Xiaotong-chan?”

nWith a ‘dong’ sound, it seemed as if a pillow or something of that sort was thrown at the door from within the room.

nStartled, Liu Zilang jumped and he rubbed his nose before he helplessly returned to the living room sofa.

nHe thought to himself, ‘Maybe this little brat is still fumed with anger. Now is not the time.’

nSitting on the sofa, his gaze wandered. His eyes then inadvertently wandered to a photo frame set next to the television.

nWithin the photo frame was a family portrait taken three years ago when Zhang Xiaotong and his stepmother had just moved in.

nAt that time, Liu Zilang was still a fourteen or fifteen years old ‘internet addict’. He was dragged out of the Internet cafe by his father in order to take this family portrait.

nHe took the photo with his hands crossed in front of his chest, looking unhappily at the camera.

nWhile Zhang Xiaotong was a tender, fair and lovely little loli, she timidly held her mother’s hand. She stood by the side as she tilted her little head in an attempt to steal a glance at Liu Zilang.

nSeeing that photo, Liu Zilang’s heart gradually calmed down. His long, narrow eyes narrowed into a slit.

nShangshan Xiaxiang?

nHehe, how dare he has any ideas about my sister!

nKid!

nYou are dead!

n…

nAfter taking a shower, he returned to his room.

nLying on the bed, Liu Zilang picked up his phone and opened QQ. He then entered “Shangshan Xiaxiang” into the friend search.

nThe search results showed quite a few people, but there was no avatar in which he was familiar with.

nThat did not seem right!

nMeanwhile, as he tried very hard to recall, Liu Zilang slapped his forehead all of a sudden!

nHis anger had really turned him silly!

nHe re-entered, Shangshan Xiaxiang in different words.

nClicked ‘search’.

nThe list refreshed and it listed out an entire bunch of results. Liu Zilang looked at them one by one and he finally found the familiar avatar.

n‘Add as friend.’

nHe left a message saying, “Hello, can I get to know you?”

nThe account that Liu Zilang used was a secondary account. After changing a few details, his avatar was now a cute girl in an anime and the gender setting was also changed to a female. The username of that account was called ‘Intracloud Mei’.

nAfter adding him as a friend, Liu Zilang tossed his phone down and waited for a while.

nSince the friend request had been sent for less than two minutes, who would have thought that his phone would ring with a ‘drip’ sound?

nYou have successfully added the other person as a friend!

n…

nWhat the f*ck, that’s so fast!

nLiu Zilang was stunned for a while before it was immediately followed by silent swearings.

nOne f*cking look and he could already tell that this person was not of decent character!

nCalm down, calm down…

nFirst, he was to obtain that boy’s trust and then talk.

nLiu Zilang mentally contemplated it for a bit. Enduring his repugnance, he typed, “Hello brother, judging from your avatar, it seems like you like animes too.”

nThe other party was quick to respond, “Yes, are you a little missie?”

nLiu Zilang continued, “That’s right, that’s right! I looked at your address just now and you’re a native of Jianghai too. Brother, this must be fate.”

nLiu Zilang is a straight man, so it was an obvious fact that he would not have any experiences in flirting with a guy.

nHad it been a normal individual, that sentence would trigger one’s awareness on whether it was an internet scam.

nHowever, this person seemed abnormal.

nFollowing Liu Zilang’s message, he actually responded and replied by saying that he felt that this was a fateful encounter as well.

n…

nFate? Not my problem!

nLiu Zilang succumbed the discomfort in his heart and carried on in his conventional verbal exchange.

nHowever, he did know as to why the other party suddenly became vigilant, refusing to disclose any more real information.

nAfter a while, the other party suddenly mentioned that there would be a ‘firefly’ anime and video game convention. Since both of them were situated in Jianghai, they would be able to meet and share their thoughts in anime.

nF*ck, meeting up so soon?

nDo kids nowadays treat this seriously?

nLiu Zilang was a little flustered now.

nYet as he thought about it again, it occurred to him that it would be alright to meet. When that time came, everything would be made clear by asking.

nIf the ‘actual conditions’ allowed it, maybe he would even be able to hold down the kid and give him a beating!

nJust as he was about to ask where the ‘firefly’ was and the details of the meeting… A video chat was requested by the other party.

nF*ck!

nLiu Zilang suddenly panicked.

nHad it been a voice chat, he would still be able to deceive him with a voice changer.

nHowever, the same would not work for video.

nEven if he were to dress in female clothing, Liu Zilang would never be able to transform into a cute girl with big X like how burly men on the internet do.

n…

nCan’t answer!

nLiu Zilang decisively chose to decline.

nThe other party was unwilling to resign, sending another video request.

nOnce again, decline!

nAfter two attempts, the other party had finally calmed down.

nWhile he pondering on whether it was okay to strike a child’s ‘enthusiasm’, he had to find some excuse to console the other party.

nHowever, when a message was sent out, the system displayed ‘the counterpart is no longer your friend!’

nDeleted!

nWhat the f*ck! What kind of f*cking person is this!

nLiu Zilang was so infuriated that he started to laugh in exasperation. ‘Determined’, he thought, ‘but don’t let me catch you at the ‘firefly’ convention tomorrow, otherwise, it’ll spell trouble for you!’

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