Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?-Chapter 96 - 93: Did You Swallow the Little Blue Pill?

Outside Li Shuyi’s house, Yu Shujun leaned against the wall, with his head slightly lowered, like a sculpture, motionless, listening to the sounds of heavy breathing, sticky water noises, and the slapping of skin from the room just a wall away.

The new golden imprint on his neck subtly burned.

Yu Shujun raised his hand and gently pressed it on the imprint, feeling the intricate patterns clearly, akin to tiny scars.

In this map, a powerful external force had appeared, which forcibly preserved Li Shuyi’s past personality that should have been overwritten. Yu Shujun sensed this the moment they approached this room—

This wasn’t difficult for Yu Shujun; no player had a bond with the instance as deep as Yu Shujun.

But the matter was extremely tricky.

Yu Shujun’s character account had twenty-eight stars, more than enough to handle characters in a beginner instance. However, if facing an unknown external force capable of causing a bug in the instance, Yu Shujun had no confidence.

At that moment, hearing the character in the room go berserk and knowing that man was about to summon him, Yu Shujun chose to switch player account at the first instance.

However, upon successfully logging out of the character account, Yu Shujun’s player account couldn’t log into the instance that had already been opened.

Never having dealt with such a situation before, Yu Shujun panicked. When the system informed him that he could enter the instance by binding the golden imprinting pattern, Yu Shujun, in his panic, haphazardly clicked confirm.

Thinking back afterwards, this impulsive decision was indeed reckless and rash.

Clearly, he could have chosen to stay outside the instance, sit by and watch, letting the other side fend for themselves. If they unfortunately failed to clear it, Yu Shujun could just use his resurrection card on that person afterwards.

Rushing to send his player account for someone else to pilot was simply foolish beyond compare.

But at the time, the situation was urgent, and a decision had to be made in merely a few seconds, leaving Yu Shujun with no time for careful consideration.

"Ye Jiu cannot die, I must do everything possible to save him."

This thought filled Yu Shujun’s mind at the time and dictated the decision he made.

Once the binding application reached the other party, the decision was entirely in their hands.

That person eventually confirmed it, and from then on, Yu Shujun, or rather the player Jun Wuming, was branded with the golden imprinting pattern. As long as the other party didn’t give up, Jun Wuming would be forced to eternally be subservient to him...

Thinking this, Yu Shujun turned his head slightly, a strange emotion welling up within his heart.

The anticipated feelings of resentment and unwillingness did not appear at all; instead, what Yu Shujun felt now was... unexpectedly grounded.

Yes, grounded.

Yu Shujun didn’t understand why he felt this way.

Ever since following this man named Ye Jiu, many emotions in Yu Shujun’s heart had been uncontrollably affected by him.

This strange bond... was it because of that golden imprinting pattern?

Just as he thought this, a "click" sounded as the door behind him opened.

Wen Nan stepped out, looking radiant and refreshed.

9527: [Congratulations, target ’Ravenous Young Married Woman Next Door’, current strategy progress increased to: 92%!]

Receiving the anticipated system notification, the corner of Wen Nan’s mouth lifted, unsurprised.

Immediately thereafter, he received a message in the chat box with the character—

[Shushu: The point you asked about, take a look behind the lobby on the ground floor of your company.]

As expected, the G. point information extracted this time was yet another new location.

Putting away the system message and looking up, Wen Nan saw a woman with golden hair and blue eyes clad in armor, standing by his side against the wall.

Stopping in his tracks, Wen Nan turned his head and asked, "You... dressed like that, don’t you think it’s a bit too conspicuous?"

Yu Shujun kept a cold face, saying nothing, but in the next moment, the armor disappeared, replaced by a casual long-sleeved tracksuit, with her golden long hair loosely tied into a low ponytail at the back.

Uh, this tracksuit really is remarkably similar to the previous school uniform.

But with such a beautiful face, even if wrapped in a burlap sack, she could probably still pull off the attention-grabbing effect of a Victoria’s Secret Angel.

Wen Nan shrugged, not saying anything further, called up the system navigation, and headed to Crown Cinema, where he had previously arranged to meet Guan Ailin.

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[It’s released!]

[Finally, the shield has been lifted! Damn, this time it was more than four long hours! I don’t believe those guys can truly last this long, did they take those blue pills or what!]

[Not again, why is it in the elevator hall? Nothing left for us to see?]

[Holy crap, the married woman’s strategy progress is as high as 92%? Not to mention, with two backgrounds and two personalities being strategized simultaneously, how did he manage to achieve that?]

[Where’s the star user, come out, speak, what about the highly severe bug, the strong external force, how did the streamer manage to handle it so easily?]

[I said the streamer is a hidden legendary boss; all those of you who bet on the streamer losing, each and every one, are now deeply out-held!]

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At 10:46 PM, Wen Nan arrived at the entrance of Crown Cinema.

On a workday night, at this hour, there weren’t many people at the cinema.

In the empty waiting lobby, most of the lights and screens were turned off, leaving only a few emergency lights in the corners casting dim light, with some movie posters standing quietly on the ground, making the hall appear even more empty and silent.

In such an environment, that lone figure sitting in the corner appeared all the more lonely.

As Wen Nan approached the cinema entrance, he immediately spotted Guan Ailin.

Usually bare-faced at the office, the female CEO had applied exquisite makeup this time, accentuating her already outstanding features even more, but perhaps having worn makeup for too long, her nose and cheeks were a little oily, and her deliberately permed bangs had also become a bit messy.

Sitting alone on the steps in the corner, she held a large cup of iced cola in each hand, with a bucket of popcorn in her lap.

The popcorn remained untouched, and the ice in the cola had all melted to room temperature, with water droplets hanging off the outer walls.

Her eyes were vacant, staring ahead without focus, resembling a toy with its batteries removed.

Wen Nan walked over, stopping in front of her, and softly said, "Sorry, I’m too late."

The man’s low voice seemed to carry a certain magic, instantly reigniting the light in Guan Ailin’s eyes.

She turned her head to look at Wen Nan, the corners of her lips curling up in a genuine smile devoid of any complaint, "Not late, just right, you made it in time."

Wen Nan glanced at the time.

It was now 10:45 PM, the movie had started at 9:45 PM, and it was a 90-minute movie. At this point, what exactly could they catch? Just in time for the end credits?

Wen Nan smiled wryly, taking the warm cola and popcorn bucket from her hands.

Freeing up one hand, he held Guan Ailin’s hand, his thumb brushing against a slender bracelet. Looking down, Wen Nan’s smile froze.