Chapter 2 — Sweet Parting Fee

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I decided to wait until he finished taking two subjects and then go partying together. Every day, I supervise him and study, in my free time I chat, and I think about cooking some brain-boosting dishes for him.

“I don't seem to miss him much anymore.”

In the middle of the night, I couldn't help but feel sorry for your child. It mumbled sleepily:

“It's normal.”

Not even a minute later, I bit the blanket again and sobbed:

“I still miss him.”

“It's nice to have money, but I want to have money and him at the same time.”

“Am I too greedy?”

His voice was extremely tired: "I can understand."

"So I'll add him again, please come back boldly, is there a door?"

Your child is silent for a few seconds, takes a deep breath:

"Can you have some future? Now you have money, you have time, there is no way to entertain yourself, don't miss the old CEO who never eats the weeds he pulled again."

“Okay.” I snuggled into the blanket, my voice muffled: "Tomorrow I'll download the game again, flirt with ten or eight people at once."

It doesn't speak. A moment later, it crawled closer, gritted its teeth and pinched my cheek.

"Wake up! In the game, there are only elementary school kids and blonde guys in society... Well, wait until your sister finishes the exam, then she will take you to open your eyes!"

Open your eyes? Does he mean the model guys and reception boys? I see. The first year I was with Tham Thieu, I attended a birthday party organized by his friends. In club K, every corner has beautiful boys and girls wearing revealing clothes. The guy is not as handsome as Tham Thieu, and his body is not as good. The only strong point is probably his flexible mouth, every sentence he says is sweet to the heart. But I hadn't heard a few sentences before Tham Thieu dragged me home. After that, he teased me all night, both sour and jealous, hotly clinging to me. But why... is the person who once burned is the first to cool down? Truly cruel. Can't sleep. Finally redownloaded the game. Diverting attention isn't bad either. Under the blanket, the light from the phone screen was blinding. I squinted as I waited for the interface to load, clicked through the series of gifts and events welcoming returning players, and opened my friends list. Just entered and saw a new message. S: “If you see it, answer it.” Message sent six days ago. Before that was the message four years ago, when I said I would seriously live real life and not play games anymore. He only texted back one sentence: "Wish you a happy life." This person… Ah, I remember. In the summer after the university entrance exam, I worked as a gaming service to earn money to make ends meet. S is a jungler that I met through random team-matching, then a friend invited me to play with him. Knowing that I was providing a service, he immediately covered it. After that, I found a part-time job so I stopped working, but sometimes I still duo online with him.

“Sorry, I just saw it now. Is there something wrong?”

I really can't think of any reason for him to text me after four years. Could it be… that you still remember my skills? Or... do you want a refund now? Obviously, at that time, he made him swear that he was old enough and wouldn't get a refund! The next day, as soon as I opened my eyes, I clicked on the chat box. There are no new messages. Probably sent to the wrong person. Just as he was about to exit, the gray avatar suddenly lit up. Almost immediately, new messages appear.

“You disappeared without saying goodbye So?"

I was stunned. Ask me what I've been doing these past few years?

“Study, love, find a job, then single again.”

“Single???”

Looks very surprised. Suddenly it's hard to talk. He said that he once boldly "lived seriously", then seriously stayed with Tham Thieu for three years, but in the end he cruelly broke up with him. … Humiliation will kill you. But I still honestly answer:

"It's normal, when you're bored with love, you break up."

The other party kept texting:

“Bored??? Who's bored? Why are you bored?”

Thinking of myself a week ago, still foolishly dreaming about the future, I sighed.

"There is no forever in this world, I'm just too stupid."

The word "idiot" is blocked by the system and appears as an asterisk. I replied: "I'm a bit stupid." The word "stupid" is also blocked. Continue editing, changing to "funny". After typing those two words, I was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling overwhelmed. Finally, just send one sentence:

“It's me. I'm bored.”

Seeing the other party send a series of question marks, I became even more angry.

“It's nothing strange, who can only be involved with one man their whole life??”

Bite your lip and continue typing:

“There is no shortage of fresh, attractive things out there.”

The other party was silent for a long time, not responding. I buried my head and continued to sleep. When I woke up, I saw him text back a light smile emoji, with four words:

“That's admirable.”

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I don't know what's admirable. But at least the days of studying for exams with close friends are no longer boring. Like three years ago, the two duo gamed together. At that time, I turned on the mic and occasionally chatted, he just silently typed a reply. Now afraid of disturbing my best friend studying, the person who turned off the mic changed to me. S turned on the mic, but said nothing. It wasn't until the third match that the headphones picked up his voice.

“Go get the green buff.”

I stood still in the middle of the river. It wasn't until an assassin suddenly appeared and knocked me out that I woke up.

“Ah… Sorry.”

He was silent for a moment, then chuckled softly:

“Sorry for what?”

This voice. It's so similar. But it seems a bit quieter.

“You sound just like my ex-boyfriend.”

The other party suddenly laughed sarcastically:

“Oh, shall I turn off the mic? Isn't that boring?

“No need, just say it.”

After sending it, I suddenly remembered something. But my typing speed couldn't keep up with the respawn countdown time, so I had to delete them all. Turns out... he's no longer suffering from aphasia. S once had a best friend who became disabled due to an incident. His mind could not overcome that shock, for a long time he could not open his mouth to speak. Now I can speak normally, I've probably come out of the darkness. Thinking that, I decided not to dig up his old scars. In the middle of playing, my best friend studying for exams broke down and ran to hug me and sobbed:

“I don't want to take the exam anymore, huh huh or I should go find a job!”

I was playing and coaxing him, then he pinched my cheek and questioned:

“Is the game important or am I important? Is the guy in the game important or am I important?”

Speechless. Right when the match was being crushed, I decisively clicked surrender.

“Did you just surrender?”

“Yes, I'm off.”

“So urgent? Is there something wrong?

“There's a cat that needs to be comforted.”

“Oh, new lover?”

Why are you questioning this harshly? I frowned and quickly typed a sentence:

“Dark again.”

The other side still refused to give up and continued to ask:

“What time is it? Are not Are you cheating on me? You have to keep your word, I will wait..."

Take off your headphones, the world suddenly becomes quiet. But a strange feeling arose in my heart. Even the tone is similar.

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My best friend and I ate until we were full and then went out for a walk to eat. Passing by an unremarkable store, it suddenly stopped.

“Shall we come here next week?”

“Okay, but where is this?”

“The most high-class clubhouse in H city, the quality is unmatched.”

... When you hear it, you'll understand immediately.