Mini World Game Console-Chapter 618 - 619 My Lover is the Game [Second Update]

December 31st, the last day of the year.

At the same time, today was also Monday.

However, since New Year's Day fell on Tuesday, the academy's Monday classes had been rescheduled to the previous Saturday, so all teachers and students were on holiday today.

After delegating all her work to Yao Fei, Qiao Muyi also sneaked out, in stark contrast to Yu Kuangtu, who was being urged to work by Li Dan every day.

At Ren Suo's house, all those in the know gathered. Gu Yueyan and Ren Suo's slumbering bodies were placed in the center of the living room.

Seven days had passed; they had neither drunk nor eaten, but their complexions were still rosy, and their heartbeats remained strong. Even the permanent dark circles Ren Suo had developed from staying up every night during his four years of college had quietly faded.

According to intelligence, today was the last day of the trial.

This meant that Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan would either wake up today or die today.

Therefore, everyone was very tense.

Leisurely crossing her legs, Qiao Muyi asked, "What's for dinner tonight, Chengling?"

Dong Chengling began to list dishes, "Steamed bass, braised prawns, spicy crab, stir-fried beef fillet, boiled chicken..."

Bai Ji raised a concern, "They haven't eaten for so many days. Wouldn't it be bad for them to suddenly eat such rich food?"

Dong Chengling nodded. "That's why I haven't bought groceries yet, but the supermarket should have what we need."

Ren Xingmei suggested, "If their stomachs are weak, why not make porridge?"

Lin Xianyu smacked her lips, swallowed, and said, "How about seafood porridge? It should have base shrimp and swimming crabs, along with half a bowl of dried scallops and six clams, paired with leftover rice..."

Overhearing their discussion about what to eat tonight, Gu Yuexuan couldn't help but interject with a cough.

Everyone immediately looked at him. Lin Xianyu blinked and asked, "Would you like to order a dish? But we're not very familiar with you, so I don't know if Teacher Dong would invite you to stay for dinner..."

"Of course," Dong Chengling said. "Just say whatever you want to eat, but you can only choose one dish."

"Only one dish, huh? Then I want braised pork ribs… no, wait!"

Gu Yuexuan nearly got drawn into their conversation and said with irritation, "My sister and Ren Suo's lives are hanging in the balance, and here you are discussing what to eat tonight. Is that really appropriate?"

The four of them exchanged smiles, then Qiao Muyi chuckled. "Because we believe the two of them will wake up safely and unharmed."

Gu Yuexuan looked puzzled. He glanced at the afternoon sun outside and sighed. "Facing such a bizarre event, I really don't have as much confidence as you do... You all were so worried about them a few days ago. How come you suddenly became so reassured today?"

They were taken aback for a moment. Then, resting her chin in her palm, Qiao Muyi glanced at Ren Suo and said, "There's no particular reason. We just suddenly felt that they should be safe in the trial... Xiao Suo would definitely avoid all dangers."

Dong Chengling nodded. "Yes, and Suo has many trump cards up his sleeve. This trip will surely be full of surprises but no dangers. Even if he encounters danger inside, he'll surely turn misfortune into a blessing."

Bai Ji commented, "We were too anxious before, but look at their physical condition now; it shows they're thriving and enjoying themselves in the trial."

Ren Xingmei smiled faintly. "My brother once said he would always protect me... so he wouldn't leave me at a time like this."

Gu Yuexuan looked at these four people, who had been anxious just a few days before but suddenly seemed to have seen through the world today, brimming with confidence. He couldn't help asking, "Do you perhaps know something else?"

"No." "How could we?" All four of them shook their heads simultaneously.

Then Lin Xianyu, who had come over eating ice cream she got from the fridge, nodded emphatically. "I've been confident about Big Brother Ren and the class president from the start!"

Since they all said so, Gu Yuexuan had no choice but to try to calm himself.

…But he couldn't calm down!

Why are they so calm!

Gu Yuexuan sighed and muttered softly, "I hope my sister hasn't fallen for the wrong person..."

Lin Xianyu almost choked on her ice cream. She quickly swallowed it and sneakily peeped at the others' reactions.

Bai Ji was unconcerned... well, yes, another woman liking Big Brother Ren didn't really have anything to do with him.

Ren Xingmei raised her eyebrows slightly, but there was no sign of surprise... that's true, the class president had been quite obvious, and Little Star should have noticed long ago.

The most important were Teacher Dong and Sister Qiao!

Both of them must have heard Gu Yuexuan's murmur, yet their expressions remained unchanged. They simply glanced at the sleeping Gu Yueyan and Ren Suo, neither surprised nor angry.

They knew it already?

Lin Xianyu licked the ice cream from the corner of her mouth and glanced at Gu Yueyan, who lay next to Ren Suo as if preparing for a coffin procession.

Whether alive or dead... in any case, class president, you don't have much time left.

...

...

「The Dark Side of the Moon, the seventh lunar phase, New Moon.」

Ren Suo stood on the balcony, watching a crescent moon light up the pitch-black night sky, and called back into the house, "Yueyan, it's time to leave. We're almost out of time."

There was a response from the room, and Gu Yueyan emerged from the bedroom dressed in casual clothes, her dark hair cascading over her shoulders. She walked over and handed Ren Suo a hair tie. Ren Suo shrugged. "We don't have much time."

"Then just tie it up casually."

At that moment, rays of moonlight descended around a silver column of light that had just illuminated the distant area, and a rumbling sound traveled from afar, leaving behind an echo reminiscent of fireworks.

Ren Suo had Gu Yueyan sit on the couch and took out a comb to help her straighten her long hair. He gathered the hair around her ears into a small ponytail, leaving the hair at the back to cover her neck. There are many ways to braid a ponytail, and this one just gathers the hair around the ears, making it look less messy than loose long hair but also not as neat and ventilated as a full ponytail—Ren Suo simply liked this hairstyle.

Gu Yueyan checked herself in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction. "It looks much better than when you first started tying it."

"Practice makes perfect," Ren Suo said. "I spent a few days learning a skill that I won't use again..."

"Who says you won't use it."

Gu Yueyan took Ren Suo's hand and led him out the door, asking, "Is it daylight outside?"

By now, the bright white column of light in the distance had quietly dissipated, replaced by a crimson radiance that pierced the night sky, illuminating the entire sky and bathing it in a blood-red hue. Even the high-hanging Silver Moon was overshadowed by its brilliance.

"This is because Luna has gathered 25 Silver Moon Crystals."

"But don't I still have two Silver Moon Crystals?"

"That's why she's only just gathered them; the 27th Silver Moon Crystal just descended."

"Aside from the Silver Moon Crystals I have, does Luna have all the other crystals? Is she that powerful?"

"She is that powerful," Ren Suo said with a hint of pride in his voice.

They walked out of the building, hand in hand like lovers, strolling down the quaint cobblestone street.

"So... the trial is really ending?"

Gu Yueyan sounded somewhat incredulous. She had thought that even if 28 Silver Moon Crystals descended, there would still be a fierce struggle to determine the victor, as one needed to gather 25 Silver Moon Crystals to claim the throne of the Moon Chanter.

She had two Silver Moon Crystals in her possession, but what about the others?

If the 28 Silver Moon Crystals were scattered, then the completion of their descent was merely the beginning of the slaughter; the true hunt would follow.

Even if Gu Yueyan had a Silver Moon Crystal that could hide her identity under a miracle, she had no confidence she could survive that kind of chaotic battle.

So when Ren Suo told her yesterday that the trial would end today, Gu Yueyan was still skeptical.

She had not expected it to end so swiftly.

She thought they would have much more thrilling and heart-stopping time.

"Hmm, we can go back now."

Ren Suo looked around and, holding Gu Yueyan's hand, walked to a relatively open square. "However, we don't know what might happen when the trial ends," he said. "The sky might fall, the earth might split, so let's just wait here."

Actually, it wasn't over yet, because Luna still needed to fight the Slayer Moon God. When I controlled Luna to complete the game's ending, I only saw the scenes within the Silver Moon Crystal Secret Realm, not the situation outside on The Dark Side of the Moon. I knew that back then, the Slayer Moon God was invading The Dark Side of the Moon. If it weren't for Luna's help, The Dark Side of the Moon would have been utterly devastated by the Slayer Moon God.

With the world being invaded, who knew if tsunamis would surge, magma would spew, or skyscrapers would collapse inside? That's why I pulled Gu Yueyan to an open area, to avoid being killed by some 'technical adjustment' from The Dark Side of the Moon at the very last moment. Not going to dangerous places, not mingling with dangerous people, and not getting involved in dangerous matters—these were the best ways to protect myself and the life principles I'd always followed.

"We can finally go back..." Gu Yueyan sighed, then suddenly said, "Luna hasn't shown up at all today."

"Because she's in great danger today," Ren Suo replied. "Yesterday, Luna was found by others using miracles, which is why those Angel Envoys gathered to attack her in the church... She must be constantly hunted by Angel Envoys today, so she didn't come to find us."

Gu Yueyan shook Ren Suo's arm, looking at the lampposts in the square. "I feel a bit sorry for Luna, but... If I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn't have listened to you."

Ren Suo pondered for a moment, then said, "Today, the only thing I told you was not to enter my room..."

"You said yesterday that we would be able to leave today, so there was no need to set up character tags." Gu Yueyan pulled Ren Suo to sit on the bench. "At that time, I thought you were joking. Plus, Luna has been sticking with us these past few days; she definitely would have stayed with us today. Even if I had arranged character tags, in the end, I would just be playing with Luna... so I listened to you and didn't arrange anything."

"If I had known today would be the last day, if I had known Luna wouldn't show up today, I would have made better arrangements..."

Suddenly, all became silent. The residents and buildings on the street distorted and misaligned like an erroneous playback of a tape.

Everything around became a blur, as if hundreds of layers of blur filters had been added. Compared to their surroundings, Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan were like the difference between 4K HDR ultra-high-definition and TXT character art.

"...after all, I don't have much time left."

Ren Suo shook his head. "We'll be able to go back soon. We still have lots of time."

"Really?" Gu Yueyan tilted her head and looked at him. "Do we really still have lots of time? Will you still help me braid my hair?"

Without using Desire Resonance, Ren Suo could now discern the underlying meaning in Gu Yueyan's words. He sighed softly.

Seeing Ren Suo fall silent, the expectation on Gu Yueyan's face gradually faded. Her lips tightened, and her eyes became soaked with tears.

Since yesterday, Ren Suo had been hiding in his room alone and had only just now been willing to come out. He hadn't responded to her, and she had been holding back so many things she wanted to say, but now, seeing him, she couldn't speak.

She found herself so strange. If it had been before, even if I disliked Luna following me, I wouldn't have said it. If it had been before, I wouldn't have regretted missing something, nor would I have spoken about it. If it had been before, even if I felt like crying, I definitely wouldn't have shed tears in front of someone else.

At that moment, a giant luminous sphere suddenly appeared in the distance, nearly as large as the Silver Moon in the sky. Ugly, vein-like blood streaks appeared on the surface of the Silver Moon, and even the moonlight that fell to the ground was tinged with a faint red.

"Oh dear." Ren Suo scratched his head and suddenly asked Gu Yueyan, "What color is blood?"

"Red," Gu Yueyan replied, her voice a bit hoarse.

"Then, if a person doesn't have anything blue on them, nobody has told them what blue is, and they have never seen blue, would they know what blue is?"

Although Ren Suo was talking nonsense, Gu Yueyan still earnestly replied, "They wouldn't know, just like you wouldn't know about Taylor series expansion without studying it."

"How do you know I haven't learned that... never mind." Ren Suo clicked his tongue, shook his head, and said, "So, I am that person who doesn't know what blue is."

"What does that mean? Are you colorblind to blue and green?"

"It's just..." Ren Suo struggled to find the right words. "You like me, right?"

Facing such a direct question, Gu Yueyan's face flushed slightly, but she nodded firmly nonetheless.

"That's just it. I don't know what liking someone is."

Ren Suo glanced at the Silver Moon, about to be completely embraced by the blood light, and said, "Or rather, I don't know what 'like' means in the context of personal relationships."

"Do I like my parents? I don't know, but I do know that I'm willing to care for them when they're old, willing to make sacrifices for them, willing to go out and have fun with them from time to time... although whether they want to or not is another matter."

"Do I like my friends? I don't know, but if something were to happen to Zhao Huo, I'd definitely handle his affairs. If Yu Kuangtu is out of money for cigarettes in the future, I'd lend him some... up to 250 yuan."

"So, do I like you?"

Ren Suo looked at Gu Yueyan and said very seriously, "I won't deny that I have impure thoughts about you, but I also have impure thoughts when I look at Zhao Huo's phone wallpaper. I also feel a profound sense of responsibility towards you. If we encountered danger, I can't be certain what my first reaction would be, but right now, my thought is—I will protect you."

"But, if it were someone else—if it were my sister, if it were Cheng Ling, if it were Young Master Mu, if it were Xianyu, or even if it were Luna—I might still have this same thought, although many on that list probably don't need my protection."

The city became even more illusory and distorted; even the bench they were sitting on was almost bending into an S-shape.

Ren Suo turned his head, reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of Gu Yueyan's eyes, and asked curiously, "What about you? What kind of 'like' do you have for me?"

Ren Suo's serious tone was reminiscent of a language teacher asking, 'What thoughts and feelings do you think the author is expressing?' Gu Yueyan couldn't help but smile. After thinking for a bit, she said in a hoarse voice, "My 'like' is that I want to show you the lunatic hidden in my soul, the idiot lurking in my mind, the coward concealed in my self-respect, and the dimmest star in the Milky Way."

"I am only willing to show you my foolishness; I want to see your naivety that only I have discovered." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"It can only be you. I only hope it's you. I'm only willing for it to be you."

Gu Yueyan pursed her lips, looking at Ren Suo. Her eyebrows and eyes curved like the moon, her gaze swirling with tender, unripe affection.

She asked, "What about you? Have you never genuinely liked anything? Are you willing to show all your emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure—in front of her, willing to strive for her, willing to do anything, with the only unwillingness being to lose her... Have you never felt that kind of like?"

Ren Suo pondered seriously for a moment and replied, "If we're being strict... there is something."

Gu Yueyan immediately felt drained of all strength and asked blankly, "Who is it?"

Could it be Teacher Dong? Teacher Dong is fair, beautiful, with a good figure, and she's already a Fourth-Stage Cultivator with a great future... Or is it Sister Qiao? Sister Qiao is witty and clever; life with her would surely be colorful, and she's already the Deputy Director of the Tactical Bureau, also very promising...

However, Gu Yueyan noticed that Ren Suo seemed embarrassed to answer and also hesitant, which kindled a spark of hope in her heart.

"Could it be that you like..." Gu Yueyan parted her scarlet lips, inquiring cautiously and full of anticipation.

"That's right," Ren Suo nodded. "If we go by what you just said..."

"Then my lover is gaming."