The pretty girl who plays with people's feelings is going to be severely punished.

When Yu Lian broke up with him, Jian Xingyu was picking out a wedding ring.

From selecting the rough stone to designing the ring setting, he personally oversaw every step. He tirelessly flew to overseas auction houses several times, bidding on every ring he could find and locking them in his room.

Used only for design reference.

Whether at the wedding or after, Yu Lian can only wear the wedding ring he designed himself. Any other ring, even if bought with his money, is a betrayal.

He hoped his marriage would be between just the two of them, secluded, without any outside interference, and pure to the point of being untainted.

Yu Lian is already 19 years old. Next year, he can legally and legitimately have her.

next year.

He waited so long and it was agonizing. Every single moment he felt she didn't completely belong to him was agonizing, and he even felt resentful. Why was the legal marriage age so high and so long? Two people who were truly in love could walk down the aisle, even if they were just babies.

It was both regrettable and resentful.

If only her birth certificate were his marriage certificate. If only I could have her whole life. If only he were the first person she saw when she opened her eyes. If only she only knew him.

If if if if if.

Why isn't next year here yet?

"If your child wants to change their age, we can do so a year earlier, and then change it back later."

Let's break up.

I can't understand those five characters no matter how I look at them.

The room was lit, and the colorful diamonds inside the glass case refracted fire, stinging my eyes and making my tears fall continuously.

Jian Xingyu couldn't understand why Yu Lian no longer loved him. He had clearly done everything he could to be good to her.

"Don't say 'break up,' you can't say those two words, it's considered unlucky. Even the most loving couples can be torn apart by those two words, baby, don't say them."

We don't love each other. I never loved you in the first place.

"Love"

"I don't love you. I've never loved you. Can't you understand human language?"

My eyes hurt so much!

"I've never loved you"—is that just an angry outburst? Even across mountains and rivers, the sound of your breath feels so close; without love, how could that reach you?

  

Without love.

Yu Lian's mood was often ruined by various things, and he was always the first to be blamed. The word "breakup" was mentioned by her again and again, like a knife stabbing at him. He still had to coax and beg like a lowly waiter, helplessly shedding cheap, disgusting, and cowardly tears.

Tears worked on Yu Lian. She felt happy when she saw others sad.

That's too much. Good or bad.

Even so, he still loved her. He was grateful that he could still cry and that he still had things that could please her.

His childhood friends said that Yu Lian was degrading himself by dating, so he cut off contact with them. He didn't need friends, he didn't need anyone. A person's life doesn't need so many people involved. He only wanted Yu Lian.

I was incredibly looking forward to our future, so I secretly planned everything behind my family's back. I wanted to give up my past life just to be with her without any worries.

Together forever.

Forever, for a lifetime, until death, they will be together. Even if one of them is decayed, the other will still fall asleep holding the urn containing their ashes.

The beautiful scenes he imagined were pieced together frame by frame in his mind.

But Yu Lian no longer loved him.

I don't love him.

...

Was her love real? Did she ever truly love him, even just when she said those words?

Is there?

His fingers trembled as he typed out a line of text.

"+852 6***8888: Actually, what are you?"

Say it, say you love me, baby.



After finishing her meal, Yu Lian went to her room and closed the door. Then, Pei Shaoyuan's phone call came in again, like a persistent ghost.

"Has rabies: Connect."

After eating her fill, Yu Lian was too lazy to talk or move. After hanging up, she typed a message to appease him.

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: I just finished eating and I'm afraid I'll spit it on my phone if I open my mouth."

After a brief silence, knowing Yu Lian's temperament, they didn't press the matter further.

"He has rabies. Okay, I'll take you there tonight."

"He has rabies: Don't go fight that crappy King of Glory player."

Just as his message bubble popped up, Yu Lian's best friend/brother/buddy from the game "King of Glory"—whose relationship was ambiguous but definitely not romantic—sent a message at the same time.

1: Are you coming or not? I'll bring you a few rounds.

"1: My challenge is over."

"1: I really don't know why I'm always matched with stupid top laners who just keep dying and dying before I can even gank them. It's so annoying."

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: You've finished all three games? How much did you lose?"

"1: It's definitely over. I should have saved one game for tomorrow. You know all the elementary school kids are out of school on Friday nights."

"1: Stop talking nonsense and log in to play ranked matches and stomp some noobs."

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: Someone who doesn't win a single match in the challenge is practically a god who's crushing noobs."

"1: Wow, I got trolled! I don't just play ranked games randomly, do I? I'm not so bad that I can't even beat ranked, right? If I'm not so bad, I really should find a factory job."

"1: I'm telling you, watch out. If I ever deliver food again, I'll deliver to your area and eat all your orders."

Xiao Lian's inner monologue: You're sick.

Yu Lian pondered for a moment, resting her chin on her hand, and then readily agreed to play King of Glory. It wasn't that she didn't want to play, but she was too full to get out of bed for a while.

People with low energy suffer like this: their daily energy bar is less than half that of others, and eating becomes a matter of life and death; if they eat too much, they can only lie on their backs in bed.

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: I'll just play King of Glory."

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: I'm quitting the internet, don't look for me. My mom found out I spent 6 yuan on Honor of Kings, bye. Nice to meet you."

"Has rabies??"

"Has rabies: [Transfer 6666.00]"

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: Automatic payment received, thank you for the donation (˶＞ㅅ＜˶)."

"She has rabies: My husband will pay for it."

Pei Shaoyuan frowned, his expression cold and fierce as he stared intently at the screen, like a wolf eyeing a piece of meat. Wolves don't care about elegance when hunting.

Always going straight to the goal.

"You have rabies: I'll let you play King of Glory."

"Has rabies: Video chat with me tonight."

She didn't receive a reply from Yu Lian immediately, perhaps because her phone was busy playing King of Glory, or perhaps she was hesitating, wondering how to reject him.

They talked for a week, and Pei Shaoyuan only video-called her once, which was because he got annoyed by her pestering him.

She only showed one eye and half of her profile in less than a minute. She leaned against the bed, holding up her phone to find the right angle, not wanting him to see too much.

She looked so nervous, completely unlike her usual aggressive self when typing or speaking to him online. Her eyelashes were trembling slightly, and it was hard to tell if she was even breathing. Within a minute, her cheeks had turned completely pink.

She's so stingy she won't even let him see her mouth.

After greedily staring at the phone for over twenty seconds, Pei Shaoyuan coaxed her in a hoarse voice, "Sweetie, turn the phone to the side so I can see more..."

Still no response. In desperation, she dropped the pretense and became increasingly agitated.

"Show your mouth, hurry up, what are you covering up for? Who are you trying to hide from? Ha, it's just a mouth, you don't think I could do anything to you, do you? If I were going to do anything, I would have done it already. Your photos aren't without mouths..."

It's a mad dog that's gone crazy from hunger.

The girl's face flushed even more upon hearing this, whether from embarrassment or anger, it was hard to tell. Her cheeks looked so plump under the light that one wanted to pinch them, and even with only one eye, she glared at him angrily, saying in a huff, "I'm hanging up! My arm is tired!"

The camera shook, blurring everything. Pei Shaoyuan leaned closer and strained to see, but could only make out a faint, wet pink hue.

It was shut down.

Not only did I not get a full look at her face, but I also had to be subservient and coax her for a long time afterward.

Thinking back to that video call experience, Pei Shaoyuan frowned, clicked his tongue in annoyance, and, ignoring the fact that she hadn't even agreed to the video call, added a harsh remark.

"You have rabies: Show me your mouth this time!"

His bullying image lasted less than a second before crumbling again, fearing that Yu Lian would use it as an excuse to accuse him of being mean to her.

"Has rabies? Don't be afraid, baby, your husband can't kiss you anyway."

Yu Lian had just logged into her King of Glory account when she saw a few messages from Pei Shaoyuan in the background. She twitched her lips, somewhat speechless. Pei Shaoyuan really seemed to have no life of his own; aside from clinging to people, she had never seen him report what he was going to do.

It's hard to imagine how Pei Shaoyuan lived before he met her.

Xiao Lian's inner monologue: Shut up.

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: Let's see how much I won. If I win, then it's fine."

"Xiao Lian's inner monologue: If I get beaten up badly, you'd better watch out. I probably won't tolerate having a husband who can't play King of Glory."

Pei Shaoyuan shut up obediently.

He came from a wealthy family and grew up with top-of-the-line computers, so he didn't need to play screen-scrolling games. Later, after meeting Yu Lian, he did consider playing for her, but various concerns prevented him from doing so…

To put it bluntly, he was afraid of being too bad at mobile games and being disliked by Yu Lian.

In short, they're adamant about not playing.

At times like this, Yu Lian's words made him nervous. He was afraid that sending a message would put him in the line of fire and cause her to take her anger out on him, so he obediently typed not a single extra word and switched from WeChat to the SMS page.

Her eyelashes drooped slightly, her gaze fixed on a short message, reading it word by word.

After a long pause, he chuckled. He curled his index finger and gently flicked it, as if he could touch the girl's soft cheek through the cold screen.

[Air China (Z country)] Boarding Gate Confirmation Notice: Dear passenger Pei Shaoyuan, your flight ZH8668 is scheduled to depart at 01:40. The boarding gate is D71. The boarding gate will close 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Please arrive at the boarding area in advance.



Yu Lian had just logged in, and before she could even close the event pop-up, that guy hurriedly pulled her into the team. He didn't say anything, but instead pretended to sigh very loudly, waiting for Yu Lian to ask him something.

"Ugh!"

Yu Lian deliberately didn't ask, and didn't even turn on the microphone. He started sighing again, the sighs getting louder and louder. On the third sigh, he got angry and kicked Yu Lian away.

Before Yu Lian could laugh out loud, he pulled again.

Yu Lian then turned on her microphone, and the first thing she did was click on his all-black profile picture to look at his homepage. She wanted to pretend to be concerned but didn't have the patience, and made no attempt to hide her schadenfreude: "What's wrong? It was a little laggy just now. What happened to you? Did you lose your tags?"

His King of Glory profile showed the Arthur Death Knight skin, but he had played few matches and had few skins, so it looked shabby at first glance. Yu Lian frowned in disgust and went straight to check his peak ranking.

2361.

It's almost the end of the season, and he still managed to drop from 2,400. Yu Lian just wanted to laugh. She didn't feel sorry for him at all. She thought he was bad and spoke in a sarcastic way.

"Stop playing, or it'll be 2100 yuan. I'm just telling you to give up gaming and just help your parents with their farming, that's much better than anything else."

This wasn't meant to belittle him; his family really does own land to cultivate.

The young man from the countryside genuinely reciprocated Yu Lian's feelings, and the online young master didn't hide his family background, only to be met with Yu Lian's occasional witty and sarcastic remarks.

"Well, I'm not that bad. I can play with one hand even if it's 2,000 or 2,200, you know, bro." He was still going through puberty, and his voice was very hoarse, with several words in a sentence distorted in tone.

"I could hit you with just one finger, I don't know what you're so smug about."

"Alright, stop talking. You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. I'll let you score 110 today, I still have to take care of the boss later."

One hundred and one is 110 stars, and Yu Lian's current rank is 107 stars. The rural lad has dropped out of school and no longer helps with farming; he's joined a guild as a gaming companion.

"I didn't realize your product was so popular, Ao Chen." The game started, and Yu Lian pre-selected Yao, casually banning Gongsun Li, her tone making no attempt to hide her disdain.

"Are you duo-queuing with your boss and using mic? Someone actually tagged you?"

"You're such a joke." He was speechless every time Yu Lian mocked his hoarse voice. His muscle memory helped Yu Lian steal Yao on the first floor. "As long as you can rank up, that's all that matters. Do you think everyone is like you, liking big fat guys?"

Yu Lian did not deny this statement.

Ever since her favorite young male anchor was revealed to be a 200-pound pig, Yu Lian has maintained a sense of anger towards young male anchors in this world.