Reborn to Make Games: My Girlfriend is a Game Streamer

Chen Bainian rarely showed a helpless smile of deep empathy: "Same here. In the past, it was 'establish a career first,' but now that the career is only so-so, it has become 'start a family first.' The logic is sound, and there's no way to refute it."

"Right!" Jiang Yiting said as if she had found her people. "And their theories are just the same old ones over and over again."

"You're not young anymore," "It'll be harder to find someone later," "We're doing this for your own good"...

Last time I even said, "You're always laughing and joking in front of the computer, do you think you'll find a boyfriend?"

It's as if my career path has destined me to be alone forever.

She mimicked the elder's tone perfectly, with exaggerated sorrow.

"We're both in the same boat." Chen Bainian understood, smiled, and followed up with her question, "And what about you? What did you say?"

"Me? I said I'm too busy with work. I have to stream games, go to work, and be a free game tester for some people. I really don't have time."

Jiang Yiting poked at the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks, then suddenly remembered something, looked up at Chen Bainian, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity:

"Hey, Professor Chen, with your qualifications, didn't you meet anyone suitable before, whether at school or at a big company like Youlong? Didn't you ever date anyone? That doesn't make sense, does it?"

She asked casually, like gossiping among friends, but deep in her eyes, there was a subtle, almost imperceptible, searching look.

Chen Bainian was silent for a few seconds, as if he was thinking back, then shook his head and said in a very calm tone: "When I was in college, I was focused on playing games and figuring out game mechanics. I felt that dating was a bit... a waste of time and troublesome."

Later, at Youlong, interpersonal relationships were simple. I was busy working overtime all day long, and I almost wanted to sleep at the company. Oh, I even bought a recliner, which is still in my little study there.

After venting his frustrations, he paused and added, "And, I haven't really met anyone who really makes my heart flutter, someone I feel I can't live without."

He was telling the truth.

In his previous life, his life was filled with work and accidents, leaving his emotional world almost entirely blank.

After being reborn, I had no time to think about these things.

"Oh—" Jiang Yiting nodded, feeling a small sense of relief for some reason, but then she felt that this feeling was a bit inexplicable.

She quickly shared her own experience to show fairness: "I was pretty much the same. Back in high school and college, besides studying, I was only focused on playing games and figuring out how to play them better."

The guys either think I'm too awesome, or they think I'm too weak, and we can't connect at all.

Later, after I started working, my social circle actually narrowed even further…

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing in each other a sense of understanding, a hint of helplessness, and a feeling of "So you are one of them too."

This subtle state of mind—being subtly urged on by the family and social clock, yet not being in a hurry, and even somewhat enjoying the present moment—resonated strongly at this moment.

Jiang Yiting laughed for a while, then slowly stopped, looked at the "big brother" rubbing against Chen Bainian's trouser leg under the table, and suddenly said: "But to be honest, sometimes I think being a cat isn't so bad."

Independent, but also needs company. Once you've chosen a place, alone, you can lazily curl up there and feel at ease.

There was a faint, almost imperceptible sigh in her voice, perhaps reflecting on her life working far from home and the estrangement between her and her family.

Then she looked up, half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Teacher Chen, do you think that as people get older, there are fewer and fewer places and people that make them feel at ease?"

Your family's pressure might stem from their fear that you'll be alone out there without anyone to let you "show your true colors" and not be accused of being as demanding as a cat.

"Now that we have 'Big Brother'," Chen Bainian said gently, raising his grass jelly again in a toasting gesture, his gaze fixed on her face, "and... can we have dinner together as neighbors?"

Jiang Yiting chuckled, a hint of mischievousness in her smile, as if she'd been seen through. She raised her glass and lightly clinked it against his: "Well said! Let's toast to our current... pretty good situation!"

Jiang Yiting took a big sip of the grass jelly, the sweetness dispelling the slight annoyance brought on by the previous conversation.

She thought to herself, "It's not so bad now. We eat together, bicker, and use each other as shields."

At least, it's much warmer than being alone in an empty room and being bombarded with nagging phone calls from home.

The night outside the window gently enveloped the city, while the lights inside the house were warm and inviting.

The jokes about cats and the complaints about being pressured to get married were like a gentle breeze, leaving no trouble. Instead, they subtly strengthened an invisible sense of alliance between the two.

"Big Brother" meowed contentedly under the table, its tail tip gently brushing against the two people's ankles, as if echoing the conclusion that "the current situation is not bad."

Dinner ended in a relaxed atmosphere.

The two worked together seamlessly to clear the dishes, the sound of running water and the soft clatter of the dishes blending into a familiar homely melody.

Jiang Yiting wiped the water droplets off her hands and said to Chen Bainian, who was wiping the stove, "By the way, Teacher Chen, you don't need to prepare my meal tomorrow."

"Hmm? You have plans?"

"A good friend of mine came from out of town and invited me to dinner."

Chen Bainian paused in wiping the stove, looked up at her, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, then smiled: "What a coincidence? I also have a friend coming over tomorrow, I guess I'll have to go out and entertain him too."

The two looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes a sense of amusement that "life is full of coincidences."

Night had completely fallen outside the window, and the lights in the neighborhood twinkled, reflecting the ordinary, everyday life in this small space.

"Alright, we'll all go our own way tomorrow." Jiang Yiting picked up her half-finished cup of grass jelly, walked towards the door, and waved crisply, "Let's go, little brother!"

The light footsteps disappeared outside the door.

Chen Bainian wiped up the last bit of water in the kitchen, the sound of running water stopped, and the room immediately became quiet.

The faint aroma of food lingered in the air, blending with the quiet night outside the window to create a comforting warmth.

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Meanwhile, in a double room at a hotel near Lin'an University of Technology, the scene was quite different.

Chen Xu tossed his phone aside, sprawled out on the large bed in the room, and let out a long sigh of relief.

On the other side of the screen, Chen Bainian had just replied to his message: "Want to pick me up? Then come to Mingchun Garden."

Almost simultaneously, the bathroom door opened, and Ji Siyu, wrapped in a bathrobe, walked out while drying her wet hair and holding her phone, her face beaming with barely suppressed excitement: "Tingting replied to me. She said she'd pick me up at Mingchun Garden."

"Your friend also lives in Mingchun Garden?" Chen Xu suddenly sat up in bed, his eyes wide open.

He picked up his phone and opened the location information that Chen Bainian had just sent.

Ji Siyu was taken aback by her sudden excitement and subconsciously looked down to confirm again: "Yes, Mingchun Garden, the one in the west of Qianjiang City."

She also specifically emphasized the location to avoid mentioning that there are other residential communities called Mingchun Garden in Lin'an.

"What's wrong? Don't tell me your friend did too...?"

"The address my second brother gave me is Mingchun Garden in the west of the city." Chen Xu's voice suddenly rose as he handed over his phone, the screen almost shoving in front of Ji Siyu's eyes.

The above is the detailed address sent by Chen Bainian.

The two looked at each other, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes. Then, a sense of excitement at discovering a great secret quickly spread through them.

The two, who had come to "visit the set" with gossip in their hearts, now felt their inner flames burning even brighter.

In the hotel room, the two quickly huddled together, heads touching, and began excitedly plotting how to meet up "naturally and without being deliberate" the next day, and how to "skillfully and politely" interrogate the two main characters about their relationship.

Suppressed chuckles and excited mutterings echoed in the room.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, on the twelfth floor of Unit 3 in Mingchun Garden.

Chen Bainian from 1201 had just finished serving his "big brother" a late-night snack and was watching the cat eat contentedly; Jiang Yiting from 1202 was facing the bathroom mirror, diligently performing her pre-sleep skincare routine according to Bai Yun's instructions.

They were completely unaware of the "surprise" that was about to happen tomorrow, and the gossip that had already spread like wildfire in their friends' hearts.

As night deepened, the lights of Lin'an flickered gently, as if quietly awaiting tomorrow's meaningful gathering, brought together by coincidence and friendship.