Bro, You're Beautiful!

(Is my brain broken? I think it is.)

"Lu Yibei! I said I was wrong! What else do you want?"

"I was just joking with Ah Huang! I didn't mean it!"

"Ah Huang's boyfriend gave her a 20,000 yuan necklace. You can't afford one, so can't I even say something?"

Inside the rented room, Lu Yibei's phone blasted nearly hysterical shouting.

The caller was Zhou Zhou, Lu Yibei's white moonlight, who he had been desperately pursuing.

Ah Huang was Zhou Zhou's roommate, Huang Chengcheng.

Like Lu Yibei, they were students at Jiangnan University in Hangzhou. In a few days, summer vacation would end, and they would be sophomores.

Zhou Zhou and Ah Huang were studying International Trade, while Lu Yibei was delving into Computer Science.

Yesterday was Ah Huang's birthday.

Zhou Zhou was invited to her birthday party at a KTV.

After a few bottles of beer, Huang Chengcheng hugged her boyfriend's arm and jokingly asked Zhou Zhou:

"Xiao Zhou, I have finally found my true love, when are you going to accept Lu Yibei's pursuit?"

Huang Chengcheng had met Lu Yibei a few times, but they weren't very close.

Even so, Huang Chengcheng was convinced that Zhou Zhou would eventually get together with Lu Yibei.

Not only did she think so, but her boyfriend thought so too.

Everyone who had met Lu Yibei at the KTV thought so.

Lu Yibei was very good to Zhou Zhou, and they were a good match.

Only one person had a different idea.

That person was Zhou Zhou.

She was very close to Lu Yibei, only a step away from being in a relationship.

But Zhou Zhou managed that distance well.

She liked this feeling of being elusive, of being able to withdraw at any time.

She also liked the little surprises that Lu Yibei prepared when pursuing her, and the envious looks from her friends when they found out.

Lu Yibei was good-looking and willing to spoil her.

When he introduced himself as "not her boyfriend, I'm still pursuing Zhou Zhou" to her friends, they were always jealous.

"The man you can't even dream of dating is just a pursuer in my world..."

Zhou Zhou loved this feeling of being admired, of being high and mighty.

But now, seeing the 20,000+ yuan necklace around Ah Huang's neck, Zhou Zhou felt a twinge of envy.

Ah Huang seemed to have surpassed her.

Zhou Zhou laughed and regained her pride:

"Lu Yibei? He's just my little simp. Does anyone really think I like him? I can't deny he's not bad. But I, Zhou Zhou, am not so easily won over--"

Ah Huang's boyfriend looked alright, but he was still not as good as Lu Yibei.

This was something everyone in their dormitory agreed on.

Zhou Zhou raised her own value by belittling Lu Yibei.

After speaking, she took a sip from her wine glass.

Sure enough, several of the women present showed envious expressions.

They weren't very familiar with Lu Yibei, but they knew he was good-looking.

Zhou Zhou was very satisfied with this.

She wasn't afraid of anyone telling Lu Yibei bad things about her.

Without evidence, Lu Yibei would definitely believe her, not others.

Even if there was evidence, as long as it wasn't enough, she could just pout and Lu Yibei would forgive her.

She was confident in her charm.

But there was a small accident.

Outside the KTV box, the voice of another of her roommates, Chen Dan, could be heard.

She had had too much to drink and had just gone to the bathroom:

"Lu Yibei? What are you doing here?"

Yes, the accident was that Lu Yibei was right outside the door at that time.

He had been dragged to sing K by a friend and happened to hear Zhou Zhou's voice while passing by the box, originally wanting to go in and say hello.

Recalling what happened yesterday, Lu Yibei took a deep breath and said softly into the phone:

"Are you done? If you're done, I'm hanging up. I'm playing placement matches."

"Place... Lu Yibei! What do you mean? You're not accepting my apology? How can you be so petty, you big man!?"

Zhou Zhou's voice was always sweet, but now Lu Yibei found it grating.

Lu Yibei chuckled:

"What big man? I'm just a pure 20-year-old boy, isn't it normal to be petty?"

"What does it have to do with you that someone received a 20,000 yuan necklace?"

"You said you knew you were wrong, but you're just scared."

Zhou Zhou's voice became even sharper:

"Scared!? What do I have to be scared of? Lu Yibei, don't think I need you to forgive me, I have more than one pursuer! You-"

"Okay, good, I wasn't planning on forgiving you either. Let's end it here, hanging up."

Lu Yibei pressed the hang-up button.

Ignoring Zhou Zhou's shrill outburst on the other end of the phone.

He put down his phone, calmly looked up, and looked at the sky through the window, the moon was smiling.

Lu Yibei smiled too.

He and Zhou Zhou were high school classmates.

After experiencing the hell of senior year, their scores were similar, and they were admitted to the same university.

Although they were not officially dating, their relationship had always been good.

Zhou Zhou said that she didn't want to be in a relationship during her student years, and Lu Yibei didn't push her.

Zhou Zhou said that she had high expectations for her future boyfriend, and Lu Yibei worked hard to improve himself.

"Look at Xiao Li's boyfriend, he takes her to fancy restaurants every month."

"I'll take you too."

"Xiao Zhang's man knows karate, so amazing... looks so handsome, why don't you learn it too?"

"I'll learn it, I can learn anything."

"Xiao Wang's boyfriend is so amazing on the basketball court."

"It's okay, I'm much better than him."

And this time it became that Ah Huang's boyfriend gave her a necklace worth more than 20,000 yuan.

A necklace worth 20,000 yuan was luxurious, but Lu Yibei could still buy it if he gritted his teeth.

But he was just a pure college student, not a god.

Compared to so many "other people's boyfriends", how could he be better than all of them?

"I wasn't someone else's child when I was young, and now I'm being asked to become someone else's boyfriend when I grow up, life is really hard."

Lu Yibei shook his head mockingly, not to mention he wasn't even her boyfriend.

Zhou Zhou was the one who said those things, but he was the one who got scolded.

All his love was wasted on a dog.

Oh no, he was the dog.

Simps are dogs, how laughable.

He thought that after hearing such words, he would argue with Zhou Zhou.

He never expected the reaction to be so calm.

It really did inherit his mother's good genes.

Not to insult, it was Lu Yibei's biological mother.

Ms. Lu Chaoxi always had that calm look when arguing with people.

"Worthy of being my mother's good son, not bad."

Lu Yibei muttered to himself, and then thought of the things Zhou Zhou had said, he said to himself: "Forget it, Lu Yibei, let's just forget about it, okay?"

After speaking, he sighed and leaned back in his computer chair.

Zhou Zhou's roar disappeared from his ears, there was a sense of tranquility he had never felt before.

Lu Yibei suddenly wondered, why did he like Zhou Zhou in the first place?

It seemed like one afternoon in high school, she was standing under the sycamore tree at school, and the dappled sunlight shone on her round face, her smile was pure and lovely.

"How did it become like this?"

Lu Yibei asked himself, but got no answer.

He shook his head again, swiped the mouse twice, and relit the screen.

Placement matches were still important.

He was about to continue fighting with guns.

But it was already over, he had been AFK for half the game.

The result of being AFK was being banned for 72 hours.

Lu Yibei stared at the ban notification box: "...shit."

He also glanced at the Penguin icon in the lower left corner, the avatar was jumping around.

[Qingqian: What's wrong with you? Disconnected?]

Qingqian was Lu Yibei's longtime bro and good teammate in the game.

They met online.

Although they had never met, they had deep feelings after experiencing the battlefield together.

As the ID suggested, Qingqian had a cool personality, and even the avatar was a default penguin.

[All The Way North: White Moonlight called, we had a fight, and broke up completely.]

[Qingqian: I hope you're okay.]

[All The Way North: I'm okay, but my account is banned, I'm afraid I can't carry you today... sorry.]

[Qingqian: Play something else? Don't play shooters, I'm afraid your hand will shake and screw me over.]

[All The Way North: Shake my ass.]

[Qingqian: Then you need to see a urologist.]

[All The Way North: How about farming?]

[Qingqian: 1]

[All The Way North: Stardew Valley, let's go!]

Stardew Valley is a simulation farm-type farming game, the gameplay is mainly leisure.

Lu Yibei originally wanted to confide in his good bro, and even used the pretentious word "White Moonlight".

But the person didn't take the bait at all.

As expected of Qingqian, she didn't listen to things outside the window, and focused on Steam.

Lu Yibei didn't force it.

Although he and his good bro had fought side by side, mined together, robbed banks, and farmed together, Qingqian basically didn't interfere with his family and life.

Lu Yibei told himself to learn from Qingqian, quickly put down his love affairs, and become a game master as soon as possible.

Qingqian sent a QQ call.

Lu Yibei:?

He quickly typed ["Wait, do I need to report the points for farming?"], while clicking to answer.

Qingqian has always been a man of few words, not just typing.

His mouth was even quieter.

When playing shooters, only Lu Yibei would be chattering, and when Qingqian had time to free his hands, he would reply with text.

Qingqian said that the computer had no microphone.

Lu Yibei said, then I'll send you one.

Qingqian said, are we that familiar?

Lu Yibei said, it's just ordinary stuff, not expensive, just as a reward for you for tirelessly carrying me over the years, don't be polite.

Qingqian said, but I don't want to tell you my home address.

Lu Yibei: "..."

So it wasn't because he was embarrassed.

Lu Yibei adjusted the volume, and was about to open his mouth.

There was a rustling sound from the other end.

Qingqian turned on the microphone?

Damn, will the sun not rise from the west tomorrow?

"Hello hello hello... huh? No sound? Can't hear me? It shouldn't be broken... hmph, how could it be so coincidental?"

Lu Yibei heard his good bro's voice for the first time.

The voice was clear, like the sound of cool stream water hitting the pebbles on the river beach in the summer months of July and August.

Lu Yibei: "..."

Fe-female voice?

Not hearing Lu Yibei's reply, Qingqian was still a bit coquettish: "I haven't used it much since I bought it, wouldn't it be broken... hmph, how could it be so coincidental?"

Lu Yibei twitched the corners of his trembling mouth, he still didn't speak, but pressed the keyboard and typed frantically.

"Qingqian, does your family have a younger sister?"

Qingqian was silent, and then said coldly: "Didn't you hear it?"

Silence did not disappear, it shifted to Lu Yibei's side.

Qingqian: "No younger sister, I am the younger sister."