Chapter 109: A Man's Heart
After exiting the instance, Xing Ye took a bath first, changed into a fresh set of clothes, and lounged on the sofa while waiting for Ji Ning's reply.
After thinking it over, he peeled off the loose T-shirt and switched into a snugger one. It outlined his well-defined pectorals and bulging arms.
He was just running a hand through his hair when a notification popped up on the light panel.
Xing Ye couldn't help the corner of his lips curling up. He opened the panel.
What greeted him, however, was not a reply from Ji Ning…
【Player No. 1 Jiang Ting requests to add you as a friend. Accept?】
Jiang Ting didn't add him earlier or later, but chose this exact moment to send a friend request?
Xing Ye's smile slowly faded. Question marks filling his head, he accepted Jiang Ting's request.
After they connected, Jiang Ting quickly sent a message.
Jiang Ting: Xing Ye, I'll be direct. Has Ning-Ning ever called you husband?
Xing Ye stared at that sentence, his brows knitting tightly together. He had no idea why Jiang Ting was suddenly acting crazy and didn't really want to reply. After weighing it for a moment, he still sent back a question mark.
Xing Ye: ?
Jiang Ting: So that's a no.
Xing Ye: ?
Jiang Ting: A strong newcomer named Sheng Churan has appeared by Ning-Ning's side. She called him husband. I admit I can't compete with him, so I'm leaving this man to you.
Xing Ye quietly gazed at the message, at a temporary loss for words. Seeing Jiang Ting tattle that Ji Ning called another man "husband" made his heart positively green with envy.
He wanted to trap the little girl in his embrace and spank her bottom, wanted to hear her call him "husband" too.
Just then, Ji Ning's reply to his message came through.
Ji Ning: Brother Xing Ye, I'm out! I missed you so much!
Seeing her message didn't make Xing Ye feel any better; it only deepened the yearning. His good girl was this adorable; it had to be Sheng Churan who forced her.
After replying to Ji Ning, Xing Ye still answered Jiang Ting.
Xing Ye: Okay.
Jiang Ting: Mm.
…
In the previous instance, Jiang Ting had been a CEO and Sheng Churan a celebrity. Ji Ning secretly wondered: if Xing Ye had been in that instance too, what role would he have had?
From the first time she met Xing Ye, Ji Ning sensed an aura on him that ordinary people lacked. Very mysterious, and very somber. Those profound eyes seemed to have witnessed too much life and death.
After getting her wish and starting a video call with Xing Ye, Ji Ning stared fixedly into his eyes. She realized that those eyes—which used to be indifferent to everything—now not only held a steady focus when looking at her, but also a layer of tender light.
"What are you looking at? So entranced?" Xing Ye spoke first, his voice low and richly magnetic.
Ji Ning blushed very slightly. Borrowing an ad slogan, she joked in a bright tone: "At the handsome guy across the screen, fresh and dashing." Then she added in her normal voice, "Brother Xing Ye, how do you keep getting more and more handsome? Did you eat some kind of immortal herb?"
Xing Ye wasn't about to tell her he'd fixed his hair and was wearing a strategically chosen shirt. He coughed and said with a perfectly straight face, "No, you just missed me too much."
Words like that, coming from Xing Ye's mouth, especially delivered so deadpan, made Ji Ning burst into laughter at him.
Watching her laugh so happily, Xing Ye swallowed the words he had been about to ask regarding Sheng Churan.
Next time we meet in person, I'll bring it up face-to-face, he thought to himself.
…
The twelve-hour rest period rapidly counted down until only minutes remained.
Ji Ning mentally calculated. She had experienced six instances by now. The first time she met Xing Ye, he'd been through five, so Xing Ye currently had eleven instances total. He only needed nineteen more to reach the New World.
While she still had twenty-four left.
The chances for the two of them to end up together were dwindling. She hoped that before Xing Ye completed his run, she could run into him a few more times.
And Song Weiyang, Jiang Ting, Sheng Churan—every one of them had more under their belt than her.
She wondered, after they all left the world of the Survival Game, what would become of her?
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