Chapter 4 August 4th

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

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

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

That night, he sat in front of his computer, opened a document, and typed the first line: "The farthest 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 it, he saved the sentence with considerable satisfaction, presumably planning to use it in a novel later.

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

"Oh." Feng Bujue replied casually, his eyes shifting from the computer screen for two seconds to look at Ruoyu.

At this time, Ruoyu had changed into a very loose short-sleeved t-shirt and cotton shorts, and she was already wearing slippers. Looking at her attire... she really treated this place like home, very casual.

"I brought some toiletries." Ruoyu walked towards the bathroom with a basin full of things, saying as she went, "Besides towels, toothbrushes, and a bathrobe... 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." Ruoyu turned her head and said, "I just think the ones you use are too bad, so I made this suggestion." With that, she went into 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 careful maintenance and care, meow~" Assas on the sofa interjected again, "How can we be like you... always using that kind of inferior stuff, meow~"

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

"I'm already being polite by not asking you to take me to get a manicure, meow." Assas 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." Jue-ge continued, "If I wasn't afraid of getting a skin disease, I would have tried some..."

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

Two seconds later, she sighed, "Oh... 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 something casually, meow..." Assas said, turning her head elsewhere. "I want to sleep for a while longer, don't bother me, meow."

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

In fact, what Assas wanted to say to Jue-ge just now was—"You're too harsh on yourself on weekdays, but you're very generous 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 with the other party, such as friendship or even kinship, it would be extremely detrimental to the execution of the task. Therefore... these words should not be said by her.

............

Twenty minutes later, Ruoyu 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 Jue-ge and said, "Bujue, are you going to log into the game later?"

"Yeah." Feng Bujue replied without looking up, "Anyway, I have to spend the night in the gaming pod (usually, Jue-ge plays games for the first half of the night, goes to the bathroom after midnight, and then goes back to bed to sleep), so it's a waste not to log in."

"Oh, good. Then please tell Xu Huai Shang for me that I have something to do today and can't do the dungeons with her." After Ruoyu said that, she turned around and went to the bedroom.

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

"After leaving the sandbox, we added each other as friends." Ruoyu replied, "During the half month that you were AFK (away_from_keyboard), we played a few scenarios together and felt like we got along quite well."

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

"Because you and she have also added each other as friends." Ruoyu said, "Besides, you're right in front of me, so is it necessary for me to specifically contact someone else?"

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

"No hurry." Ruoyu continued, "She has to complete the studio's quota before she can be free, so we agreed to meet at two in the morning." She paused for a moment. "You just need to log in before two o'clock... if it's convenient, communicate with 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 an hour at most, and go online at midnight."

"Then..." Ruoyu's speed suddenly slowed down as she said, "I'm going back to my room..."

"Yeah, 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, only the faint whirring of the computer case fan could be heard.

"God..." Assas flicked her tail, breaking the brief silence. "Watching from the sidelines... I'm getting anxious for you guys..."

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

Assas ignored Jue-ge's sophistry and continued, "Since you two are both meow-ing wanting to spend more time with each other, why do you have to go your separate ways?"

"I don't feel like there's anything to say for the time being... are we supposed to just sit face to face and stare at each other?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Can't you?" Assas retorted, "Who says you two can't sit together and stare at each other?"

"Don't you think that's a little silly..." Jue-ge replied without confidence.

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