I really like your sand sculpture group friends

"Shall I excuse myself?" Yan Nuoya asked casually.

“No need, I’ll just go to the balcony to make it.” Mo Xiangwen shook his head and quickly stopped her: “You do your thing, just don’t call me later, so my mom won’t misunderstand.”

Yan Nuoya nodded, turned her gaze back to the screen, and continued typing.

Mo Xiangwen walked past Yan Nuoya with his phone in hand, went to the balcony, and pressed the answer button: "Hello, Mom?"

"Hey, Xiang Wen, can you hear me?" A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I can hear you, what's wrong with you calling?"

Didn't you say before that you couldn't buy tickets?

"Yes, it should be available in a couple of days. Anyway, winter break is quite long, so a day or two won't make a difference."

[Xiang Wen, a whole semester has passed, do you have a girlfriend by now?]

"So, your dad said if your girlfriend hasn't come home yet, remember to ask her and bring her back to meet us."

Zhou Xiuqin's voice sounded exceptionally warm on the phone.

This year, your uncle's family is raising free-range chickens and also doing some riverside aquaculture. When you come back, Mom will cook you a big meal!

When are you coming back?

"No, I didn't say that. You can urge me yourself, but why are you saying it was me who said it?" Dad's complaints came through the background of the phone call.

Hearing his mother's words, Mo Xiangwen had a better understanding of the situation.

“Mom, it’s not like your generation anymore. These days, if you’re dating someone and you’re not even close to meeting them, you don’t bring them home to meet your parents.” Mo Xiangwen patiently explained, “Besides, I don’t even have a girlfriend yet. You’re thinking about this too early.”

"Oh, then call us again when you're ready to come back and if you don't have the keys."

He had barely finished speaking on the phone and hadn't even had a chance to reply when the line went dead.

[Beep—Beep—Beep]

He hung up...? He hadn't even finished speaking when the call was cut off??

Mo Xiangwen paused for a moment, fell silent, then took the phone away from his ear, opened the call log, and carefully checked it again.

Yes, that's his mother's phone number.

When did his mother become so indifferent to him? He remembered that she wasn't like this before he went to college.

Even during his most depressed times, his mother never treated him like this.

Why is the treatment worse than before?

Mo Xiangwen couldn't help but feel a little doubtful about life. He went back to his room, lay down, and sighed heavily.

He wasn't worried about how to solve the problem, since it was something he couldn't solve anyway.

The thought of being pressured by his parents when he went back suddenly made him reluctant to go back.

Or should we really go to Su Mengli's house and play until the start of school?

Forget it, he's not a relative, just a friend. It would be too strange for him to stay at someone's house for a month or two.

Or should I go on a trip by myself?

It's not that it's impossible; as a child from the south, he hasn't seen much snow.

However, it wouldn't be good not to go back for the Lunar New Year.

“Running away won’t help.” Yan Nuoya suddenly spoke up, as if she were reasoning with him, saying calmly, “If you don’t go back for a whole vacation, they’ll probably only become more suspicious.”

Mo Xiangwen looked up and saw Yan Nuoya's delicate profile. He noticed that she was still looking at the laptop screen, her hands constantly typing on the keyboard, seemingly very busy.

Moreover, for some reason, Yan Nuoya's appearance gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

However, he was already quite used to Yan Nuoya being able to easily guess what was on his mind, so he wasn't particularly surprised.

Moreover, since it wasn't something he particularly needed to hide, he didn't deliberately lower his voice when he was on the phone.

Given Yan Nuoya's understanding of him, it's quite normal for her to deduce his thoughts from this limited information.

"How about we travel together again?" Mo Xiangwen joked. "Yan, I'm actually looking forward to it."

Yan Nuoya paused slightly as she typed, forgetting everything she had just wanted to say, and then remained silent for a long while.

Mo Xiangwen assumed she was reminiscing about their previous encounter at the tourist attraction and didn't interrupt her.

Yan Nuoya composed herself, sighed inwardly, and tried to make her tone calm: "If there's an opportunity, we can travel together."

“That’s true, after all, you’ll be going home for the New Year during winter break.” Mo Xiangwen nodded and chuckled, “However, next time we could organize everyone to go together.” He was just joking.

"No... I don't really need it." Perhaps because she wasn't on guard, Yan Nuoya subconsciously responded softly.

"Huh? What did you say?" Mo Xiangwen asked, looking puzzled. "The wind was too strong, I didn't hear you clearly."

This is a room, where is the wind coming from?

Faced with this obvious lie, Yan Nuoya took it as a small act of concern from him... even though she didn't need it; this fool was being a bit too clever for his own good.

However, this feeling is quite nice.

Yan Nuoya looked at him and sighed softly.

“However, if Noah is willing to come and visit us,” Mo Xiangwen said with a smile, “I would definitely welcome her. I’ll go wherever you want and eat whatever you want.”

Yan Nuoya was slightly taken aback, her ears blushing slightly, and she felt a strange sense of displeasure.

"not going."

Chapter 173 Let's go on a trip before going home. (3K)

The next morning, when he got up, he only saw a message left by Yan Nuoya, saying that she had already gone back to handle some matters.

Sigh, they said yesterday they couldn't buy tickets, but as soon as they got them, they ran away.

I don't know what she's sulking about for no reason, which is quite rare for Noah.

Bored, Mo Xiangwen decided to start the long-awaited extra chapter mode.

The book "The Junior Girl Development Plan" has been in development for a semester and a winter break, and it is finally nearing its end.

If we put in a little more effort now and finish it as soon as possible, we can have one less thing to do and focus more on game development.

This project is a visual novel-like game, and visual novel-like simulation games place the most emphasis on original artwork and text.

Okay, actually it doesn't matter if the copywriting is a little weak. As long as the original artwork is good, everyone can tolerate a slightly poor copywriting.

Well, just don't suddenly feed the players a huge amount of stuff.

But ultimately, well-written copy is a plus.

Not to mention, in addition to the copywriting, there is also the development aspect that needs to be researched and designed.

Therefore, he still has to shift most of his energy to games.

However, typing on a mobile phone is somewhat inconvenient, so I should consider buying a laptop.

Come to think of it, didn't he initially plan to buy a laptop? How come he ended up buying a desktop instead?

He was typing away on the screen, lost in thought, when he suddenly noticed a message in the group chat he was following.

A seductive question: @HumanDragonUnity, @Pigeon, did you manage to buy a ticket home from Wen Nuoya?

A seductive suggestion: If you come back, come play games, I'm so bored.

I'm stuck on the high-speed train; the signal is intermittent, so I can't play games.

A seductive approach: "Then when you have time, what about Xiang Wen?"

He's still in your apartment, I think. He wasn't awake when I left.

Human and Dragon as One: Noah just ran away without saying a word, without even waking me up.

"Didn't get up": Hmm, what can I do if I wake you up?

Human-Dragon Integration: We'll help you carry your luggage downstairs.

I missed it: I only took one bag, thank you for your kindness.

Using a seductive approach: If Xiang Wen can't go home, why don't he come here?

Human-Dragon Unity: Please forgive me for refusing.

A seductive ploy: Why, why, why? My sister and I are so bored being locked up at home. Come and play with us!

Human-Dragon Unity: Why am I under house arrest?

A seductive trick: Mom said my sister wasn't allowed to go out until her foot injury healed.

You're not allowed to play the Holy Slash: It's not like I'm not allowed to go out, it's not like you're not allowed to go out. If you want to go out and play, then go out.

I tried to seduce her: No, I can't leave my sister home alone, I'd feel guilty.

You're not allowed to play the Holy Slash: Then you can go practice. Didn't Mom tell you to practice calligraphy and painting properly?

A seductive move: This is when you should play dumb.jpg

Human and Dragon in One: If you're bored, you still have Mengli and Baibai, why don't you go play with them? I can't play without a computer right now.

To put it another way: Sister and Shishi are here, but without you and Nuoya, it always feels like something's missing when the three of us play together.

Using a seductive approach: "Hey Xiang Wen, how about you come to my room to play?"

To entice others: I also have a computer in my room, with specs no worse than the one in the studio.

To lure you in: "Or if you come and stay here, I'll order a new Taiwanese-style apartment for you right away, and it'll arrive in a couple of days."

Human and Dragon in One: Is the next set coming soon? That's obviously boring.

A seductive thought: Waaah, it's so boring.

What a temptation! And there's a small anime convention at the nearby convention center tomorrow, but I can't go! I'm so angry! *thumps the floor*

Comic convention? Are there comic conventions at this time of year? But since Su Mengyao said so, it probably isn't false.

However, he had been to similar small anime conventions before.

Probably because the venue was small, and the organizers were aware of the limited visitor capacity, there was nothing to see and it was quite boring.

If he was planning to wear a cosplay outfit to play, there might be another explanation, but he's just a lazybones, and it's already quite an achievement for him to go out and take a look.

BaiBai: Comic convention? Is it the place where lots of cosplayers go, like in those videos?

A seductive gesture: Hmm, that's pretty much what you're thinking of.

To put it another way: Aren't there lots of videos on websites too? It's something like that, but on a much smaller scale, so it's not as lively.

Use a seductive approach: Is Shishi interested?

Bai Bai: Yeah, I am quite curious.

Bai Bai: Because there are probably a lot of people with white hair at the anime convention, my hair won't attract attention.

Human-Dragon Unity: That's true. At comic conventions, you can see all sorts of people with hair, from white to red, yellow, green, and blue.

Human-Dragon Fusion: There are even people wearing Ultraman and Knight suits, which is not unusual.

A seductive suggestion: Let's go together next time; the studio is organizing a team-building activity.

Bai Bai: Okay, okay.

He was quite surprised; he hadn't expected Bai Shishi to be interested in comic conventions. Because of her personality, he had thought she wouldn't dare to go to such events.

So, even though everyone in the group was an anime fanatic, he never considered organizing a trip to a comic convention together.

Since Su Mengyao and Bai Shishi are both interested, there's no problem with them going on a trip.

However, he also had some doubts about whether Bai Shishi could adapt to such crowded occasions.

If it were just shyness, that would be fine, but Bai Shishi's health isn't very good either, and these two factors combined make him very worried.

As Mo Xiangwen was pondering this, someone immediately asked the question on his behalf.

You're not allowed to play the Holy Slash: I didn't really want to spoil the fun, but even at a small anime convention, there were still quite a lot of people.

You are not allowed to play the Holy Slash: and because the venue is small, the phenomenon of too many people will be amplified.

To put it simply: what my sister said is true, but it's still less crowded than famous large-scale comic conventions.

You're not allowed to play the Holy Slash: That's true.