My Exclusive Dream World Adventures-Chapter 175 - No way

Chapter 175: 175 No way

Chapter 175: 175 No way

“Chen Xu?”

Chen Xu’s reaction completely took Chen Ziqi by surprise. Seeing him sitting on the ground with a dazed expression, as if he had received a heavy blow, she panicked. Even the usually quick-witted her was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

After a while, Chen Xu appeared to stabilize somewhat, sitting there in a daze.

Chen Ziqi clutched her chest and asked cautiously, “Are you alright?”

Chen Xu, his head bowed, didn’t speak or make any movement, as if he hadn’t heard her at all.

Chen Ziqi felt frantic inside, so she played her trump card, “Otherwise, should I give Sister Xiyun a call?”

Upon hearing that name, Chen Xu finally reacted. He lifted his head, looked at her, and said with a somewhat hoarse voice, “Don’t call.”

“Oh.”

Hearing him speak, Chen Ziqi’s tension eased. Seeing his eyes slightly red, she asked softly, “What happened to you?”

Chen Xu was silent for a while, then asked, “Do you know how to contact Bai Jinxuan?”

Ssss…

Chen Ziqi took a sharp intake of breath. Big brother, you chase a star with such deep emotions?

Immediately after, she felt something was amiss.

Given her understanding of Chen Xu, he didn’t seem like someone who would be so heartbroken over a star he had never met. Thinking about it, whether it was Yang Jinxia or Luo Xiyun, they were both rare beauties. Bai Jinxuan, despite her celebrity halo, wasn’t necessarily better than them.

When it came to Yang Jinxia and Luo Xiyun, Chen Xu had hesitated for a while before deciding to accept. He was a perfect example of someone unfazed by beauty, so why had he become like this over Bai Jinxuan?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.

Damn, could it be?

She was almost about to blurt out the question, but she restrained herself at the last moment. With Chen Xu’s personality, even if she did ask, he definitely wouldn’t tell.

Seeing her standing there without responding, Chen Xu propped himself up with the edge of the bed and stood up from the floor. He pushed her and the chair aside, then squatted in front of the computer with his hands on the keyboard, pondering how to search.

“I remembered.”

Chen Ziqi quickly said, “There’s a QQ number on her Weibo. Try adding it.”

“Weibo.”

Chen Xu muttered to himself as he opened a navigation page. His mouse moved in circles, unable to find the Weibo link.

“This.” Seeing his movements, Chen Ziqi knew he didn’t usually use Weibo. She reached out to the screen and pointed it out for him.

Chen Xu opened the Weibo homepage.

“You just need to type her name in the search box and click search,” Chen Ziqi continued to guide him.

When the search results appeared, Chen Xu flipped through the pages but didn’t see the QQ number. He asked, “Where is it?”

“May I check?” Chen Ziqi took the control of the mouse from him and said, “It was there just now, a six-digit QQ number.”

She scrolled the page to the very top and slowly pulled it down. Today’s posts only contained a few event participation details. “Huh, it’s really gone, strange. Maybe it was deleted.”

Her face showed confusion.

“But, no worries, even if it’s deleted, we can still find it.” She closed the page and skillfully opened a forum, clicked on a post, and said, “On the internet, there’s a method called ‘screenshot magic.’ Once something is posted, it doesn’t just disappear with deletion.”

Chen Xu looked at the screenshot, which indeed was a Weibo post from Bai Jinxuan. The content was very brief, “Add me on this QQ, I’ll wait for you.”

He was about to take out his phone when he glanced at Chen Ziqi and said, “Go out first, I want to be alone for a bit.”

“??”

Chen Ziqi stared at him with wide eyes. Who does that, kick away the ladder after crossing the river?

Chen Xu ignored her. He turned the chair around, pushed her and the chair outside the door, then closed the door and locked it.

Then, he took out his phone, opened QQ, and typed in the number from the post. The search result showed that the nickname was indeed Bai Jinxuan, with a profile picture of her own photo.

He clicked to add as a friend. A verification page popped up.

Question 1: What is the name of the supermarket where we spent our first night together?

Seeing this question, his thoughts instantly returned to that night.

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In the middle of the night, robots attacked, and he went to intercept them. Bai Jinxuan, thinking he wanted to assault her at night, pitifully begged him not to hurt her and suggested they date for a few days first. Her expression while saying “I’m super sweet” was both laughable and pitiable.

His fingers trembling, he typed in the answer box, Xuri Supermarket.

The name of that supermarket included the character “Xu,” so he remembered it very clearly.

Question 2: What is the name of the little girl we found?

The little girl they had picked up on their way to the military camp had at first been somewhat afraid of him, then timid, then affectionate, and eventually, with a naive tone, she asked them, “Will you be my mommy and daddy from now on?”

This little girl had lived with them for several months, so well-behaved that it was heart-wrenching. He had become accustomed to her presence. The three of them living together appeared to others as a happy family of three.

Thinking back on the bits and pieces of the past few months they had spent together, his nose felt a bit sour.

After a while, he entered a name in the answer box, Yaoyao.

Question 3, do you love me?

Seeing the third question, he was stunned, sitting there staring blankly at the screen.

Half a minute later, the screen automatically dimmed.

Still, he did not move.

After an unknown amount of time, with a beep, the screen lit up again, displaying a WeChat message.

Luo Xiyun: What are you doing?

A moment later, the screen dimmed again.

Before his eyes, Bai Jinxuan’s devastated face flashed by, then the radiant smile from Luo Xiyun as she left that morning.

The alternating images of the two faces made him feel like his head was about to explode. He collapsed onto the bed, staring at the ceiling, his face etched with agony, wondering why he had to make such a cruel choice.

Thump, thump.

“Chen Xu.”

“Can you open the door, please?”

“I forgot to take my cherries.”

The voice of Chen Ziqi came from outside the door.

Chen Xu did not respond, and it immediately became quiet outside.

After a while, there was a knock on the door again, “Chen Xu, that, I left my phone inside.”

Chen Xu let out a long sigh, sat up, and went to open the door.

Chen Ziqi pushed the chair in, her eyes stealthily sweeping over the phone he held in his hand, and seeing nothing, she couldn’t help but pout.

Chen Xu ignored her, lying down on the bed again.

She pushed the chair back to its place, picked up the dish of cherries and her phone, dilly-dallying and just wouldn’t leave.

“Why won’t you leave?” Chen Xu, lying there without looking at her, suddenly spoke.

She jumped in surprise, “Uh… Are you hungry? Why don’t we go out to eat something?”

Chen Xu sat up from the bed and asked her, “If there were two men appearing at the same time, one, to whom you had just made a promise. Another, who would give up everything for you. Which one would you choose?”

Chen Ziqi pushed her chair over, sat in front of him, thought for a moment, and said, “Then I choose the first one.”

“Why?”

Chen Ziqi explained, “The second guy, after giving up everything, wouldn’t he be left with nothing? Although I’d be moved, it would feel like I owe him too much, and being with him would be too exhausting. Plus, having nothing at all, what could he give me? So why should I stay with him?”

Chen Xu frowned, thought about it, and felt she was looking at the issue from a woman’s perspective. He rephrased, “What if you were a man? Now, in front of you, there are two women.”

Chen Ziqi thought again for a while, her face twisting with conflict, and she said, “Do I have to choose one? If I were a man, I’d want both.”

Chen Xu looked at her, sighed, and said, “Asking you was useless.”

“How is it useless? You think I don’t understand? Choosing one, at most the other gets heartbroken. Choosing both, if it gets out later, all three people get hurt.”

Chen Ziqi said defiantly, “But have you thought about it? Bai Jinxuan is a big star, and a trend-maker at that. Her contracts are held by her agency, she’s not free. Do you think she can just retire from the circle whenever she wants? Don’t be naive. You can’t fight against the capital backing her, you understand? The capital can teach you a lesson in being human at any minute. The best you can be is her secret lover.”

“Do you know how busy her work is? If you really got together, how many times could you see each other in a year? Have you thought about that?”

“Brother, you are a man, you should be brave enough to take responsibility. For you, she’s put everything on the line. What more do you want? Be bold, if you have to, be a suave heartbreaker.”

Chen Xu waved his hand and said, “Get out of here.”

“On it.” Chen Ziqi hopped off the chair and left the room.

Chen Xu picked up his phone, woke up the screen, opened QQ, took a deep breath, and typed in the answer, “I don’t know.”

He truly did not know, to say he loved her would be lying to her. To say he didn’t love her would be lying to himself.

After hitting send, he switched to WeChat, replied to Luo Xiyun, “I just got back from checking out a house.”

Then, he stood up, walked downstairs to the restroom, washed his face, and as he came out and saw the bustling noodle shop, the frustration in his chest seemed to dissipate.

What would happen in the future? He didn’t know, and he didn’t want to care so much anymore.

PS: This is the second update of the day. I am about to set off, an 800-plus kilometer journey that’s giving me a headache just thinking about it. I definitely won’t be able to write today, tomorrow’s update is uncertain, probably won’t be until the evening.