LGSG Chapter 50

Chapter 51: Game Cleared, Little Xia Wants Her Husband So Badly She’s Crying

The card pool emitted a soft, gentle light.

Gu Qiufeng, dressed in a suit, stood still and drew a character card.

“Huh?” Gu Qiufeng said, “Why him?”

He quickly guessed some of the changes that had occurred.

However, Gu Qiufeng had only made a single deal with Xie He, and the rest was beyond his concern.

Countless giant eyes suddenly appeared in the sky.

The red pupils were filled with smiling infants.

Among them, a bloody giant hand stretched out to snatch the card from Gu Qiufeng’s hand.

Gu Qiufeng quickly took out props to defend himself.

“This already counts as an additional unexpected risk fee!” he said, “It has to be increased!”

Despite saying that, Gu Qiufeng firmly blocked the giant hand.

However, since it wasn’t his home turf after all, he still felt a bit strained.

His painstakingly trimmed hair grew longer inch by inch again.

Soon, cracks appeared in the defensive props.

A red mark scratched Gu Qiufeng’s cheek.

Gu Qiufeng cursed inwardly.

He hurriedly sent the tarot card in his hand back.

[Ding—Six-Sided Dice game severely damaged… 10%, 20%…]

[Replacing memories…]

The full-sensory helmet was pulled off.

“Xia Ran, do you want to die! Playing games for 48 hours without eating or drinking?”

A clear, moist male voice was full of anger.

“I almost called the police!”

Xia Ran sat up suddenly.

Only then did he realize that he was sitting on the sofa playing a game with a helmet on.

What happened in the end…?

He couldn’t remember clearly.

He was a little dizzy from hunger.

A trace of confusion flashed across the black-haired youth’s face.

Then he suddenly clutched his stomach.

His stomach problem had flared up.

Xia Ran’s stomach problem wasn’t serious. It was just that he often didn’t care about his physical condition and abused it.

Now that he hadn’t eaten for two whole days, it was bound to hurt.

A piece of maltose bread was stuffed into his mouth at just the right time.

Xia Ran chewed a few times and barely felt alive again.

He looked at the man next to him.

Wearing a hoodie and sweatshirt, black cargo pants, and a neat, refreshing hairstyle.

His appearance was handsome and his features were sharp.

Xia Ran said, “Gu Zhuo, are you very popular with students at school?”

Gu Zhuo was Xia Ran’s tutor when he was in junior high school. He was originally just a college student’s part-time job, but Xia Ran’s state scared Gu Zhuo.

While helping Xia Ran out of the shadows, Gu Zhuo gradually discovered that he loved this profession of being a guide.

As soon as he graduated, he became a teacher.

Now, it was impossible to tell that he was already thirty years old.

Gu Zhuo shuddered: “Can you wish me well? Do you know how difficult it is to pass the teacher’s exam now?”

Xia Ran nibbled on the bread, his eyes curving.

Gu Zhuo: “…”

Gu Zhuo frowned: “Why do I feel like you’ve changed somewhere in the few days I haven’t seen you?”

Xia Ran: “Really?”

Gu Zhuo: “Yes!”

He carefully looked Xia Ran up and down.

But after all, it had only been a few days since they last met, and Xia Ran’s appearance hadn’t changed much.

Gu Zhuo felt a little jealous as he looked.

Damn, how can someone stay up all night for 48 hours playing games and still look so good!

Gu Zhuo said, “I feel like you’re… a bit more talkative? And…”

“You actually made a joke to me just now?!”

Gu Zhuo’s tone suddenly increased.

Although Gu Zhuo and Xia Ran’s parents had been working hard to help Xia Ran get rid of the shadows of his childhood. However, Xia Ran’s personality had inevitably become more introverted and silent.

Like a sluggish little robot.

He would only grunt after others had said two or three sentences.

In Gu Zhuo’s view, taking the initiative to make jokes was completely unlike Xia Ran.

Gu Zhuo quickly touched Xia Ran’s forehead.

“No fever? Were you possessed by someone?”

Xia Ran was still not used to other people’s touch and quickly dodged.

He said, “Mr. Gu, you should read less novels.”

Gu Zhuo: “…”

Gu Zhuo muttered, “You can actually complain now.”

Xia Ran: “…?”

Xia Ran thought, he wasn’t a robot.

Just then, the robot vacuum cleaner came over, and Xia Ran kicked it back.

Fortunately, the changes that had occurred in Xia Ran were all positive aspects, Gu Zhuo only sighed twice.

His attention quickly turned to the full-sensory helmet that he had taken off Xia Ran.

The reason why Gu Zhuo and Xia Ran were able to maintain contact for so long after ending their tutoring relationship was that in addition to Gu Zhuo’s almost saintly sense of responsibility as a teacher, Xia Ran’s rare interest was playing games. It was Gu Zhuo who led Xia Ran to establish this interest.

Gu Zhuo said, “What game can make our little Xia classmate forget to eat and sleep?”

This apartment was bought by Gu Zhuo before. His family was rich, and Gu Zhuo already had several properties of his own when he wasn’t working. Because Xia Ran didn’t want to continue living in the dormitory after being recommended for postgraduate studies, Gu Zhuo rented this place to Xia Ran.

It was rare for Xia Ran to maintain long-term contact with Gu Zhuo. Although for Xia Ran, teachers and friends were different existences. Xia Ran’s parents still felt that Gu Zhuo was Xia Ran’s rare and relatively close peer. They felt that children were unwilling to tell their parents about some things, so they asked Gu Zhuo to care more about Xia Ran. Xia Ran had been out of contact for the past two days, and Xia Ran’s parents were worried and contacted Gu Zhuo. Gu Zhuo said that he still had a set of keys to Xia Ran’s apartment and would come over to see the situation first.

Because Xia Ran had played games to the point of being unable to eat or drink before, Gu Zhuo had a number in his heart and had brought bread for the child from the convenience store downstairs in advance.

Xia Ran: “Uh, a little-known indie game.”

For some reason, he subconsciously didn’t want Gu Zhuo to know the name “Six-Sided Dice.”

Although Xia Ran’s memory of how he cleared the stage was a bit vague. He guessed that his body couldn’t handle it and he almost fainted in the full-sensory helmet. But Xia Ran always felt that this game wasn’t very good.

Gu Zhuo said, “Then why can you stay up all night playing?”

He obviously didn’t believe it.

Xia Ran: “The NPCs inside… are very handsome!”

Gu Zhuo: “…?”

Gu Zhuo rarely glanced at Xia Ran.

He said, “Although I know you’re obsessed with looks, have you actually become obsessed to this point?”

Obviously, Gu Zhuo had misunderstood something.

He thought that Xia Ran was playing a super, invincible, terrible game, but was obsessed with it because of the looks and art style.

Gu Zhuo disassembled the helmet and wanted to take out the card.

As a result, he saw a charred mess.

Gu Zhuo: “…”

Gu Zhuo carried the card and hopped in front of Xia Ran, roaring, “Don’t stay up all night playing games next time! What if it explodes?”

Xia Ran didn’t expect that playing a game could burn the card.

He murmured, “Is the quality that bad?”

Xia Ran was afraid for a while.

He felt very guilty towards Gu Zhuo: “I’m sorry, Teacher, I almost burned your apartment.”

Gu Zhuo: “The house is a small matter, if you were gone, your parents would hunt me down to the ends of the earth.”

Gu Zhuo then casually wrapped the card in a paper towel and threw it to the robot vacuum cleaner next to him, asking him to dispose of it in the trash can downstairs.

“Huh?” Gu Zhuo said, “It seems like something fell.”

The robot vacuum cleaner shook the card, turned around and left.

Gu Zhuo had sharp eyes, bent down and picked up the card.

“A… damn, so handsome!” Gu Zhuo handed it to Xia Ran, “Damn Xia Ran, you actually ate so well behind Teacher’s back!”

Xia Ran subconsciously took it.

Gu Zhuo said, “Is this a peripheral given away with the game? The craftsmanship is good, and it’s in the form of a tarot card, I like it. This NPC is too handsome, is the art style inside all like this?”

Gu Zhuo’s words were like a string of beads.

His personality was actually a bit like Shen Hua, whom Xia Ran met in the game.

He was especially familiar with people.

And he was very good at taking care of people.

Xia Ran couldn’t stand this type of person the most.

He was cold on the outside and warm on the inside, and could be entangled by persistent pestering.

But at this moment, Xia Ran stared blankly at the tarot card, and it felt like a piece had been cruelly hollowed out of his heart with a spoon.

On the tarot card, the white-haired youth was wearing a black Tang suit, smiling and looking straight ahead.

But this was just a card.

Xia Ran didn’t remember how he exited the game.

It might have been that he fainted and triggered the privacy protection mechanism, or it might have been broken by the external force of Gu Zhuo.

Because Xia Ran still remembered that he was on the way to find Mr. Xie.

Alas, there wasn’t even a farewell.

And the card was burned out just like that.

Xia Ran’s tears suddenly fell on the card.

Gu Zhuo next to him was dumbfounded.

“Hey, why did you suddenly start crying?”

Gu Zhuo had received enough shocks today.

First, he suddenly discovered that Xia Ran had a bit more humanity, and then he witnessed Xia Ran crying with his own eyes.

Xia Ran’s emotions had always been very stable, hiding all his joys, sorrows, and joys in an introverted way.

Even Gu Zhuo, who had been trying to guide Xia Ran, found it difficult to fully understand this child’s thoughts.

This was the first time that the youth’s emotions were so exposed.

Obviously, he was extremely sad.

Gu Zhuo quickly pulled out a few tissues and gave them to Xia Ran.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Zhuo said, “Did you get sand in your eyes?”

Xia Ran: “…”

The full of grievances and reluctance were interrupted by Gu Zhuo’s sudden straight man’s question.

He couldn’t help but take a look at Gu Zhuo.

Xia Ran didn’t interact with many normal human beings.

Besides his parents, Gu Zhuo counted as one.

Because there were few reference samples, Xia Ran had always thought that Mr. Gu was quite perfect.

He studied well, looked handsome, had money at home, and was optimistic, and could live a full life or be a shut-in. He was simply Xia Ran’s life ideal model.

Gu Zhuo was getting older, and his family urged him to marry. He himself wanted to find a girlfriend. But he could never find one, or the blind dates would break down after meeting once.

Gu Zhuo was so worried that he would sometimes pull Xia Ran, a child who had no understanding of love, to complain.

But now, Xia Ran realized that some people’s single status was not without reason.

Xia Ran couldn’t help but compare Gu Zhuo and Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie would first wipe his tears, then gently take his hand, look at Xia Ran with those smiling eyes, and then say “Can I help you”.

Alas.

Xia Ran wiped his face.

Gu Zhuo even tried to ask, “Did you get an eyelash in your eye?”

“It’s nothing big,” Xia Ran said.

Gu Zhuo: “That’s good.”

Xia Ran: “Mr. Gu, I just lost my love.”

Gu Zhuo: “Hey, that’s definitely not… wait…”

Gu Zhuo: “That’s not right.”

Gu Zhuo: “…”

Gu Zhuo collapsed: “Xia Ran, what the hell are you talking about?!”