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Chapter 7 All Forms of Life Part 1

The Sunday that should have been relaxed became serious because of the presence of Rainy Night Murderer. The sky was densely covered with dark clouds, and the few rays of sunlight shining through the clouds on the earth did not bring me the slightest bright mood.

Shen Qing said that Rainy Night Murderer would kill the character with the highest level of Affection.

This setting was originally intended as a test before the final ending. That was, as long as the player could protect the girl, they would get a happy ending. It was a typical saving damsel in distress plot.

However, my instinct told me that protecting the girls from Rainy Night Murderer was not an easy task. Regardless of the game’s refreshing title, the core was an R-18 game that allowed bleeding and slight pain.

The player was likely to have a hard fight with Rainy Night Murderer, because there was indeed an ending where the player was killed and the degree of danger could be imagined.

For normal players, they just needed to find the heroine with the highest Level of Affection-namely Lin Liyu, Bai Qingyue and Yang Jiahui to protect, but it was different for me. Due to the existence of Ying and Shen Qing, the character with the highest level of Affection currently displayed in the Book of Level of Affection was the character Ogiso who was "possessed" by Ying...

The more I thought about it, the more headaches I got. In the end, I decided to find Ying before it rains. In this game, Ying was just an ordinary female high school student, without any offensive power.

Of course I didn't have any attack power in this game as well, but it was better to stay with two or three people than one. After all, the most standard death flag in a homicide case was being alone...

On the other hand, I did not forget that Ying had terrifying destructive power at certain times. This uncontrolled ability could make the entire game collapse from the data level. Even the player may receive damage. At that time, all the previous efforts I made for the mission would be in vain. So I not only wanted to protect her, but also wanted to protect this game.

When I walked out of the residential area, a cool breeze blew on me. If the summer in reality was so cool, it would be very nice. Now the highest temperature has exceeded forty degrees. I really didn’t know how we survived.

I had already given them the notice in advance, so when I arrived at Ying's house, Shen Qing was already in the house, which did not surprise me.

By the way, the NPCs possessed by Ying and Shen Qing didn't have parents in the game, so the game developers were lazy, but this was convenient for us to meet at her house. After all, if she had parents, we would need to explain to her parents.

"Yuan, you are finally here!"

Seeing that I walked over, Ying took my hand and held my arm. But Shen Qing over the other side expressed disdain with a 'tsk' and said, "You are late."

This was a house with two bedrooms and one living room on the first floor. The decoration was all minimalist, and it couldn't be more ordinary. It was just that there were some pink and white flowers in the room for decoration. Presumably Ying added them to the room, but it added a bit of elegance and warmth to the room.

"Ying, I found that you have a talent for decorating houses."

"Really? I got praise from Yuan. I’ll record this in the diary."

Ying held her cheeks and twisted her body in embarrassment. As expected of a female high school student from the "era" of the past. The diary had long been replaced by instant video now.

"I mean, will Rainy Night Murderer really come?"

I always have a hunch that 'things are not that simple'.

"Didn't you read the book of Level of Affection already? Since it will kill the character with the highest Level of Affection, and Ying has the highest Level of Affection, then she is the target."

It was true that Ying’s Level of Affection was the highest. I had repeatedly confirmed this in the Book of Level of Affection, but...

"Rainy Night Murderer will really target the character with the highest Level of Affection?"

"I’ve already told you that all the strategies online are written in this way, then it will definitely be correct."

Shen Qing glanced at me impatiently.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

If I kept suspecting her, her sharp tongued personality would definitely be triggered. At this time, it was better to believe her. Maybe I was really thinking too much... Time passed slowly, the air was so dull that I accidentally yawned.

"I am bored."

To be honest, it was really boring to wait aimlessly from 8 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock now, without doing anything. But I shouldn't be the only one that felt bored, right?

"Shen Qing, what are you doing?"

"Can't you tell? I'm sleeping, don't disturb me."

"Playing a game is equivalent to deep sleep. You are sleeping inside sleep, are you serious? I think you are..."

In the threat of her cold gaze, I did not say the word 'lazy'.

"...Ying, what are you doing?"

"I am reviewing the knowledge I learned this week, and I am also memorizing new words!"

Sitting at the desk, Ying, who was immersed in textbooks and notes, raised her head when she heard what I said, and looked at me as if it were a matter of course. In the face of a murderous crisis, she could still study hard...

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"... So why does an AI need to learn this high school knowledge? It's the same for memorizing words. You can just import the data directly, right?"

"Huh? I don’t need to learn it myself?"

"No need."

One of these two people was sleeping and the other was studying, which was not something that should be done in normal games at all!

"I said, since we are in the game, we have to play the game, right?"

"It's so noisy!"

"But Yuan, there is nothing to play here..."

"No, no, no, let me think about... a game that three people can play..."

The games that three people could play were... card games?

"Then..."

Before I even finished, Ying interrupted me suddenly.

"...A dress-up game? That’s great!"

Huh? Dress up? It seemed that her last dress-up experience opened a door to the new world for her, and now all Ying could think about was dress-ups...

"It's just that this time I'm dressing up for Yuan! I bought a lot of clothes for you these days, and now you have to wear them all!"

‘Wait, what! Is she telling me to change clothes? ! Give me a break! I am not interested in changing clothes that look the same! Bedies, there is nothing wrong with my dress now.’

Ying never showed me what clothes Shen Qing helped her to choose at that time, I always felt that something was wrong. After all, Ying didn't understand anything, and Shen Qing was a terrible person.

"Pff… So funny, the look of an 18-year-old virgin."

"Hey, don't underestimate me. If I want, I can get rid of the virgin title at any time.”

I pretended to speak confidently. After all, Shen Qing probably didn't know that Ying did not understand the specific meaning of sleeping with someone.

"Ah. Is it just because a virtual beautiful girl game is willing to embrace you? Then you are happy? You pitiful otaku..."

"Yuan is not pitiful. Having me is enough for Yuan, and I will do anything for Yuan because I like Yuan!”

"It's a pity that even after you spent a night with your virgin girlfriend, you still didn't do anything. Probably, you poor virgin girlfriend still doesn't know what she should do, right?"

My mind went blank instantly and my sore spot was poked by Shen Qing! It actually made me not know how to react for a while. But after I finally reacted, I noticed that something was wrong. How did she know that Ying did not know what to do?

"Didn't I tell you already that... Ying's data is shared between you and me through the cloud. In reality, I can see your girlfriend. Similarly, what you experience in VR will also be uploaded to the cloud."

"You mean you can see it from my point of view..."

Shen Qing nodded. Actually these words had been mentioned by the boss a long time ago. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was indeed such a thing. Shen Qing and I were responsible for Ying at the same time. This was a condition I must agree to before the boss agreed to download Ying’s data into my personal microcomputer.

"Then you have seen all the things I did to resist the impulse!"

"I would not be that boring. What I just said was just inferred from your performance normally and your status. But I didn't expect that you really didn't do anything to Ying."

This damned mocking look of her. What was even more annoying was that I didn't even know how to talk back... I was completely seen through by her. It was so embarrassing that I wanted to go offline immediately...

"So like I said, a virgin will always be a virgin.”

As if seeing through what I was thinking, Shen Qing continued to mock me, and she clearly enjoyed it.

"Yuan? What does she mean by that?”

"Poor virgin."

"Enough, you two!"

……

As a result, under Shen Qing's ridicule and Ying's questioning, I completely forgot about card games.

In fact, it was not that I hadn’t thought about telling Ying not to think too much about 18+ activities, and she just needed to enjoy the time she could stay with me, but I also promised her that I would respect her and treated her like a real girl, so I must respect her opinion as well. In terms of her opinion, she wanted to do it when she turned 18, which would be two years later.

Two years later was a long time, but fortunately, she didn’t say that she could only do it after she married me. Otherwise, I really didn’t know where I could register for my wedding with AI.

"——Yuan! Are you listening?"

"Ah, what?"

"Come on to change clothes. It's weird to wear school uniforms on Sundays!"

"School uniforms are very convenient..."

No, I didn't want to fall into the hell of dress-up, although that was Ying's heaven.

"You clearly promised me just now."

Ying’s face darkened. By the way, when did I agree to her? Did I agree with her when I was thinking about other things?

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"You did promise, and you also said that instead of saying it is inconvenient, there is no need to take off your school uniforms at all when sleeping in the game at all."

Shen Qing nodded without hesitation after seeing my questioning eyes, and her words kicked me right into hell.

"No, I still don't want to change..."

I did not know why I didn’t like to change clothes, but I still resisted.

"Don't assume that you are a man so you don't need to change clothes. This is one of the reasons why you have not been able to find a girlfriend."

"Why, why did you talk about finding a girlfriend suddenly? Don't I already have Ying?"

Shen Qing actually knew what I was thinking. I suddenly didn't know how to refute it.

"Hmph, you are just lucky. Without the incident of "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms", your life would still be no different from ordinary people. Ying is an AI, but there are not so many damsels in distress in the normal world, and no girl will marry you just because you saved them. If you don’t change yourself, you will become a virgin forever.”

"What you said makes sense, but..."

"That's all an excuse, an excuse for being lazy."

"Okay, okay, but saying change is easy, I don't know how to change it."

"Then start with changing clothes."

For the next hour, I tried on all kinds of clothes, and shoes, watches, and even glasses.

"Wearing this trench coat is very handsome, Yuan, you look completely different from normal times!"

"Uh? Really?... I, I actually felt that it was the same as usual..."

Wearing a black suit and being praised by Ying like this, it was impossible to say that I was not happy.

"Ah, right, the cake for everyone seems to be almost ready, I'll go take a look."

Cooking and dressing, this was really the interest of ordinary girls...

I walked out of the bedroom door, and Shen Qing who was sitting there 'sleeping' opened her eyes and glanced at me.

"Mhm, not bad."

If I heard correctly, Shen Qing just praised me, it was really rare to get her praise...

"It would be better if that face could also be changed."

As I expected, I shouldn’t change my impression of her, she was still that terrible.

"The cake is ready!"

Ying signalled me to eat the cake. I went go to see what kind of cake she made. Speaking of which, I had brought too many cakes to Fei Fei recently, I was now a little bit sick of cakes...

"It's a chocolate lava cake. I learned it the last time I helped in a cake shop. I have always wanted to do it, and I hope Yuan likes it."

Did she learn how to make a cake in a short time as a helper in a cake shop?...

Ying picked up the cake and put it on the table carefully, and then cut a piece of hot cake for me. The thick chocolate sauce flowed out from the center and exuded a sweet smell. It seemed good.

I put the chocolate cake into my mouth--

"It’s delicious!"

Ying's cake did not have the common problem of most chocolate lava cakes, which was too sweet and greasy, but had a moderate taste and a soft texture. Even if I had seen too many cakes, I would not feel the slightest nausea.

If she opened a cake, her business would definitely be successful. Of course, as an AI, it was not completely impossible. It was also a good choice to be a casual player who opened a cake room in an online game.

After I finished eating the cake Ying cut for me, I looked at the cake pan again. I only to find that the cake there was missing a piece besides what Ying himself ate—

"I said, aren't you sleeping? Why are you eating Ying's cake?"

I didn’t know when Shen Qing came to the dining table, but she didn’t respond to me. She stretched out her hand and wanted to cut another piece...

"Hey, didn't I say that this is the cake my girlfriend made for me!"

I immediately cut a large piece of cake from the cake pan.

"Stingy."

Shen Qing did not want to lose to me, and cut about a quarter of the cake. The cake that was not big now only left with a small piece.

"Are you a pig?! You actually eat so much at once?"

Obviously, it was the cake made for me, but she actually ate half of it!

"It's hard to come across the chance that I can eat as much as I can without getting fat, of course, I will….”

She chewed gracefully and quickly while taking the time to answer my questions.

"Ha, you finally exposed your heart!"

"--And I've had enough of eating your unpalatable meals."

"So if my food is unpalatable, you should cook it yourself! This is the cake Ying made specially for me!"

"Does it matter, stingy."

"The rest of the cake is mine, don't even think about it."

I quickly reached out my hands, wanting to take the last piece of the cake.

"——You are too greedy if you want to swallow them all?"

Shen Qing also reacted instantly.

"Greedy? This cake was originally made by Ying for me? What right do you who steal the food have to say about me?"

I knocked away Shen Qing’s fork and said.

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