After Joining the Game, She Came Out as Gay [Infinite] - Chapter 15

Thinking about making breakfast for Qi Cheng, Xia Lin woke up just as the sky was beginning to brighten.

Qi Cheng was no longer beside her.

Xia Lin would never know that Qi Cheng had essentially not slept at all that night.

Qi Cheng was long accustomed to resting in all sorts of harsh environments, and even more accustomed to being alone. Suddenly being held by someone while sleeping—although she had accepted it on a psychological level—her body could not possibly get used to it so quickly.

But despite the awkwardness in her heart and the tension in her body, Qi Cheng did not push Xia Lin away until dawn.

Clearly, as long as Xia Lin was asleep, even if she had pushed her away, Xia Lin wouldn’t have noticed.

Whether it was out of fear that the God might be monitoring them constantly, or simply because she didn’t want to let Xia Lin’s kindness go to waste—or perhaps both. In short, Qi Cheng remained embraced from behind by her, persevering through a night of internal torment.

Feeling the side of the bed, the sheets still had residual warmth, indicating that Qi Cheng had only recently gotten up.

The corners of Xia Lin’s lips curled upward. Knowing that Qi Cheng hadn’t pushed her away while she was fast asleep was enough for her.

She quickly got out of bed, washed up, and walked downstairs.

Qi Cheng was sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching television.

The panda seemed very satisfied with their intimate coexistence throughout the night, as it had returned the sofa to them.

Noticing Xia Lin’s arrival, Qi Cheng skillfully turned off the TV with the remote.

“Morning, Qi Cheng. You must be hungry, right? What do you want for breakfast?” The moment Xia Lin saw Qi Cheng, her mood improved even more, and her smile was incredibly gentle.

“I made simple sandwiches… do you want to eat?”

On the coffee table, two servings of sandwiches were indeed laid out.

It seemed Qi Cheng wanted to wait for her to eat breakfast together.

Did she think doing this fit the “sweet atmosphere of lovers”…?

Xia Lin dithered for a moment.

Immediately, fireworks began to go off in her heart.

Eat!

Of course she would eat!

This was personally and specifically made for her by Qi Cheng (a bit narcissistic), so she absolutely, definitely had to eat it!

“Qi Cheng, you know how to make toast and tomato sauce?” Her tone was brimming with pride for her.

She remembered Qi Cheng saying yesterday that she didn’t know how to cook.

“A lot of ready-made ingredients suddenly appeared in the fridge. The toast and tomato sauce were taken from the fridge. The ham and fried eggs too.”

As for the lettuce, she had gone to the vegetable garden to pick it herself.

Washing the vegetables, heating the toast in the oven, and then sandwiching the ingredients inside—she was still capable of doing something that simple.

“Eh? You got up so early, could it be specifically to pick the vegetables first?” Because she didn’t want to trouble them to do it together.

Qi Cheng looked away, nodding somewhat bashfully as a faint blush quietly crept onto her earlobes.

Watching her like this, Xia Lin’s smile grew even more tender.

As long as the other person was willing to put in effort for her, then it wasn’t just one-sided on her part.

“By the way, I found this on the sofa this morning.”

Qi Cheng handed her a sticky note.

On the paper was a line of text written with vigorous strokes:

To congratulate the first entry of personal points, this God is specially rewarding you with ready-made nutritional ingredients~ No need to lift a finger, you shall be well-fed and well-clothed, so be grateful — The God of Love.

Originally, Qi Cheng had planned to handle the poultry herself.

After all, a bloody scene like slaughtering live poultry was not suitable for a big star. But for herself, such scenes were commonplace.

Qi Cheng had gone downstairs as soon as dawn broke, and then discovered that the sofa had been restored. On the armrest, this note was attached.

Many ready-made ingredients had been added to the refrigerator and storage cabinets, requiring only washing to be cooked directly, which saved them a lot of trouble.

In exchange, the ranch had disappeared.

“The frozen meat in the fridge is enough for us to eat for the next two days. There are also many eggs… even marinated ones,” Qi Cheng said.

“…It seems my deduction last night was correct.”

Xia Lin brought over two glasses of pure milk and sat down next to Qi Cheng, speaking after hearing Qi Cheng’s brief explanation.

Regarding the existence of hidden rules in the survival game, Qi Cheng had also told Xia Lin.

“The ‘Happy Vegetable Garden’ and ‘Joyful Ranch’ prepared at the beginning now seem very likely to be the fuses meant to catalyze conflict between two people.”

After hearing Qi Cheng say that [Divorce] could be used outside the game, Xia Lin made this judgment.

Slaughtering live poultry was something most modern people had basically never done. Furthermore, taking their Group C as an example, they were either college students or entrepreneurs. Especially a big boss like Xia Lifang—would she condescend to slaughter live poultry herself?

Killing a chicken or a fish might be okay, but what about cattle, sheep, or pigs? How many people could actually accept that kind of bloody scene?

Moreover, for large animals like cows, ordinary people wouldn’t even know where to start.

But if they didn’t kill, they couldn’t just eat green vegetables to get through the days.

Wanting to eat beef and pork was human nature. After all, everyone was used to eating these kinds of foods when they were alive.

The stomach needed them to replenish nutrients.

When the time came, the team would face a substantive problem—who would do the killing?

When two people work together, one person will always put in more effort.

If distributed according to the God’s “love relationship” normal allocation, most would be combinations of one man and one woman. Then this kind of dirty work like slaughtering live poultry would definitely fall on the man’s head.

At first, the men could be generous.

But as the days spent together grew longer?

— Why should I be the one doing this kind of dirty and tiring work?

— Why do you push this kind of thing onto me just by saying you’re afraid of seeing blood?

Furthermore, it was a combination of two girls.

In fact, love, friendship, and family affection were all the same.

When you think the other person is good, everything is easy to say;

When you feel the other person is no longer the apple of your eye, then every fault becomes apparent.

In this half-time break space, they would only live for 72 hours.

In these 72 hours, perhaps the issue of slaughtering live poultry wouldn’t cause the emotions between two people to collapse.

But feelings of dissatisfaction accumulate bit by bit.

There will eventually be a day when it exceeds the load and explodes.

Then, all the various displeasures accumulated in one’s heart previously would be the fuses to kick the other person away.

This “Joyful Ranch” was one of the traps the God had set for humans.

Perhaps the God hadn’t expected that Qi Cheng was willing to take on this kind of dirty and tiring work, and that she was actually capable of it.

Never mind killing a chicken; even if she were asked to slaughter a cow, there would be absolutely no problem.

Perhaps the God felt this trap was meaningless, so he cancelled it temporarily? Xia Lin thought.

“But what are these ‘Personal Points’?”

“I don’t know,” Qi Cheng sighed. “I’ve been trying to contact God since a moment ago, but the other party isn’t responding.”

“I see… maybe God is still busy taking care of others at the first stage venue and can’t attend to us for now. We’ll ask God to clarify later.”

Xia Lin picked up the sandwich on the table and took a big bite.

“Mmm, this is delicious!”

Xia Lin’s eyes were bright, as if stars had moved in.

Watching her like this, Qi Cheng slightly curved the corners of her lips.

It was the first time she had smiled at Xia Lin—even if it was just a small arc.

“By the way, what program were you watching just now?” Xia Lin asked with her mouth full.

“Live broadcast of the lower world.”

To be precise, it was a live broadcast of the lower world regarding Xia Lin.

Xia Lin’s influence in the human world was massive. Not only in their own country, but artists from other countries were also expressing their condolences one after another.

Just now, the report even mentioned that some fanatical fans had even attempted suicide to follow Xia Lin. Fortunately, they were discovered by their families in time and rescued.

Xia Lin’s mother had even fallen into a coma once due to excessive grief. She was currently receiving treatment in the hospital.

And these things, Qi Cheng would not tell Xia Lin, nor would she give her the chance to see them.

She spoke honestly about the live broadcast because she didn’t want her expression to become unnatural.

As for others, Qi Cheng certainly had the confidence to deceive them.

But Xia Lin had seen through her faking illness in the first stage at a single glance.

Clever lies often had a bit of truth mixed in to avoid showing too many flaws.

“I watched some reports about Nie Siya just now.”

This was indeed the literal truth. At the very beginning, Qi Cheng had indeed been watching Nie Siya, it was just that the screen suddenly jumped to Xia Lin.

Xia Lin’s eyes turned cold.

Qi Cheng really was quite concerned about that Nie Siya.

“I wonder if the other two groups have made their decisions yet,” Xia Lin said jealously.

“Then why don’t we try to guess.” Qi Cheng suddenly became interested.

Actually, she also wanted to divert Xia Lin’s attention from the lower world broadcast.

“Who do you think among the remaining people might form a group with whom? And who will be eliminated in the end?”

…Is she testing me? Xia Lin thought.

No, more than that, what surprised Xia Lin was that Qi Cheng said this while looking her straight in the eye.

One must know, Qi Cheng had always intentionally avoided Xia Lin’s gaze; it was the first time she had actively met her eyes like this.

“…Will there be a punishment for guessing wrong?”

Qi Cheng was amused by her apprehensive tone: “How could there be any punishment? It’s just to pass the time.”

Xia Lin was stunned for a moment.

Qi Cheng, who had swept away her restraint and was laughing frankly, was as radiant as a bright moon emerging from the mist.

I see… as long as she returns to her “domain,” she immediately blooms with light.

After thinking for a while, Xia Lin analyzed: “To be honest, the remaining two groups are not easy to guess. I feel that both Mr. Kuang and Mr. Yu have the possibility of being invited by Miss Nie to form a team, and neither of those two has a reason to refuse. Miss Ni is very easy to guess; based on the results of analyzing her personality traits, only one person can satisfy the conditions—but that is based on the premise that the object of her affection hasn’t been invited by someone else first and successfully sworn the oath.”

Xia Lin swallowed the last bite of her sandwich and continued: “As for Mr. Kuang and Mr. Yu, as long as these two don’t plan to give up the competition, they will definitely choose Miss Nie; it just depends on who can obtain her favor first. Ms. Xia’s ending is the easiest to judge; if nothing unexpected happens, she will be eliminated by everyone.”

She looked at Qi Cheng, “So the final two groups will either be Nie & Kuang and Ni & Yu, or Nie & Yu and Ni & Kuang—it depends on how they each take action.”

“Mm.” Qi Cheng’s eyes were deep, staring firmly at her, “Then assuming it’s the Nie & Kuang group and the Ni & Yu group, who do you think will clear the first stage of the game a step ahead?”

Xia Lin shrugged and replied: “You’re giving me a difficult problem… guessing must be based on making deductions from a certain factual foundation, and currently those things that can serve as a ‘basis’… eh?”

Xia Lin suddenly realized something and looked sharply at Qi Cheng.

“You…”

Qi Cheng had said: the Nie & Kuang group and the Ni & Yu group.

Why did she specifically only mention this kind of grouping situation?

“…Do you already know that Miss Nie will team up with Mr. Kuang?”

“Nie Siya has been aiming for Kuang Liao from the very beginning. You’re so shrewd, yet you didn’t even see it.”

This way of speaking, which leaked a sense of superiority, was really… and she mentioned Nie Siya again.

A vein popped on Xia Lin’s forehead.

That was because Xia Lin had been aiming for Qi Cheng from the very beginning, so she hadn’t paid too much attention to others.

But… forget it, since they were lovers, then of course she chose to forgive her arrogance.

Xia Lin controlled her emotions, not letting her jealousy explode: “…I see, compared to Mr. Yu, Mr. Kuang is easier to control. It’s no wonder that she, who is usually low-key, would suddenly go to comfort Mr. Kuang.”

Qi Cheng nodded, “And with Ni Qian’s personality, she can only choose Yu Feihang. So these two groups will be set from the start.”

A person as self-opinionated as Xia Lifang would definitely be eliminated by everyone.

Originally, Yu Feihang was still wavering.

But yesterday, before Qi Cheng and Xia Lin [Swore the Oath], Xia Lifang had spoken to Yu Feihang in such a mean tone that she completely lost the last vote.

Xia Lin’s eyelashes trembled slightly, “Qi Cheng, could it be… that you’ve even guessed the order in which the remaining two groups will be decided?”

Qi Cheng smiled confidently, “The Nie & Kuang group will be second, and the Ni & Yu group, if I’m not mistaken, will follow closely behind the Nie & Kuang group. I think, by tonight at the latest, the last group will [Swear the Oath].”