Chapter 1

August 4th was a very tangled day for Feng Bujue.

Whether it was coincidence or calculation, he got a free luxury gaming pod, but lost his room...

Whether it was good luck or bad, he lived under the same roof with a great beauty, but he was no match for her...

That night, he sat in front of the computer, opened a document, and typed the first line: "The furthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death, but you are in the bedroom and I am in the living room."

After typing, he saved the sentence with a smug look, probably planning to use it in a novel later.

"I'm going to take a shower." At nine-thirty, Ruo Yu came out of the bedroom and greeted Brother Jue, who was sitting in the living room.

"Oh." Feng Bujue responded casually, his eyes moving away from the computer screen for two seconds to look at Ruo Yu.

At this time, Ruo Yu had changed into a loose short-sleeved t-shirt, with pure cotton shorts on her lower body, and slippers on her feet. Looking at her attire... she really treated this place like home, very casual.

"I brought some toiletries over." Ruo Yu walked towards the bathroom with a basin full of things, saying as she walked, "Besides towels, toothbrushes, and bathrobes... you can use the rest if you want."

"I have my own shampoo and soap." Feng Bujue's eyes quickly returned to the screen, "I don't need them."

"I know." Ruo Yu turned her head and said, "I just think the ones you use are too bad, that's why I made this suggestion." After saying that, she entered the bathroom, closed the door, and bolted it from the inside.

"Tch..." Feng Bujue tilted his head and muttered, "As long as it's clean and comfortable, why be so particular..."

"A woman's body needs to be carefully maintained and cared for, nya~" Asahi on the sofa interjected at this moment, "How can we be like you... using that kind of inferior stuff all year round, nya~"

"Oh... so that's why you stole my citizen ID a while ago and ordered top-brand hair conditioner online?" Feng Bujue turned his head and glared at Asahi.

"I'm already being polite by not asking you to take me to get a manicure, nya." Asahi responded calmly.

"Do you know... the price of that bottle of yours is enough for me to buy a year's worth of shampoo and soap." Brother Jue continued, "If I wasn't afraid of getting a skin disease, I would have wanted to try some..."

"It's not that the things I buy are too good, it's that you use too bad things yourself..." Asahi's tone changed slightly as she said this, and she hesitated.

Two seconds later, she sighed, "Sigh... never mind, you're just like that. Some things... maybe you'll never realize them, even if you're smart."

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a second, "What do you mean? What things?"

"Nothing, I'm just saying it casually, nya..." Asahi said, and turned her head away, "I'm going to sleep a little longer, don't bother me, nya."

Feng Bujue stared at the cat for a few seconds, then shrugged and muttered, "Inexplicable..." Then, he refocused his attention on the computer.

Actually, what Asahi wanted to say to Brother Jue just now was--"You are too hard on yourself on weekdays, but you are very kind to the friends around you."

However... she didn't say it in the end.

Her task was only to monitor and protect this human being. If she established bonds like friendship or even family with the other party, it would be extremely detrimental to the execution of the task. So... these words should not be said by her.

...

Twenty minutes later, Ruo Yu came out of the bathroom.

She had a towel wrapped around her head and was wearing a bathrobe. As soon as she came out, she looked at Brother Jue and said, "Bujue, are you going to log into the game later?"

"Yeah." Feng Bujue replied without raising his head, "Anyway, I have to spend the night in the gaming pod (generally speaking, Brother Jue plays games in the first half of the night, leaves the pod to go to the bathroom in the second half, and then goes back to bed to sleep). It would be a waste not to log in."

"Oh, good. Then please help me tell Xu Huishang that I have something to do today and can't do a team instance with her." After Ruo Yu said that, she turned around and went to the bedroom.

"Eh?" Feng Bujue turned his head to look at Ruo Yu and said, "When did you two get together?"

"After leaving the sandbox, we added each other as friends." Ruo Yu replied, "During the half month that you were Afk (away_from_keyboard, literally translated as "away from the keyboard", generally understood as "temporarily leaving the game"), we played a few scenarios together and felt quite compatible."

"Uh... then why do you want me to pass on the message?" Feng Bujue asked again, his expression looking a bit nervous, "I don't get along with her..."

"Because you and she have also added each other as friends." Ruo Yu said, "Besides, you're right in front of me, do I need to specifically contact someone else?"

"Oh... I see." Feng Bujue seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "I understand, what time do you want me to pass on the message?"

"No hurry." Ruo Yu continued, "She has to complete the studio's quota before she can move freely, so we agreed to meet at two in the morning." She paused, "You just need to log in before two o'clock... if it's convenient, contact her, if it's not convenient, send her an email. She has already set up 'Friend Email Reminder (new feature of the v1.10 version of the social system)' in the login space, so she will definitely receive the message."

"Understood." Feng Bujue replied, "I'll sleep in at most another hour and go online at midnight."

"Then..." Ruo Yu's speed suddenly slowed down, "I'm going back to my room..."

"Well, you should rest early too. We have things to do tomorrow morning." Feng Bujue replied.

"Good night..."

"Good night."

Seconds later, the bedroom door closed.

The living room returned to silence, with only the faint whirring of the computer host fan.

"God..." Asahi flicked her tail, breaking the brief silence, "I'm watching from the side... and I'm getting anxious for you..."

"I don't understand what you're saying..." Feng Bujue replied with narrowed eyes.

Asahi ignored Brother Jue's sophistry and continued, "Since you two fucking want to spend more time with each other, why are you going your separate ways?"

"I feel like there's nothing to say for the time being... Are we just supposed to sit face to face, staring blankly at each other?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Is that not allowed?" Asahi retorted, "Who said you two can't sit together and stare blankly at each other?"

"Don't you think that's a bit silly..." Brother Jue replied without confidence.

"Hmph... silly?" Asahi said with a sigh, "You are a 'person', Feng Bujue, you are born 'silly'... The only ones in this world who aren't silly... are just a few, and they... are the most pitiful..."