My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 117 Chen Yan... You want to study again? (1200 votes bonus!)

Chapter 117: Chapter 117 Chen Yan... You want to study again? (1200 votes bonus!)

Chen Yan looked over the introduction for the "Inner Ear Headphones" again and found that they were precisely what he needed.

With this gadget, even if he had only one chance per day, he’d be able to know what Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man were thinking!

Once he knew what they had on their minds...

Whether it was earning money, boosting affection, or "learning," he wouldn’t be in the dark anymore!

But...

Could this damn Game Store really have whatever one desired?

Was it that magical?

As he pondered, Chen Yan purchased the item.

A mere five happiness points—nothing for Chen Yan, who already had two Virtual Girlfriends.

Especially considering it was a Permanent Item.

A one-time investment for unlimited returns. Only five points? An incredible bargain, right?

After purchasing the "Inner Ear Headphones," Chen Yan didn’t use them right away; he wanted to conduct some more experiments...

He turned off his phone screen, slightly turned, and began muttering to himself, "Ah, lately I really lack the inspiration to make games."

"Making a game is too hard these days."

"It would be great if there were an item that could spark game development ideas."

With his feeble acting skills, Chen Yan played his part while sneaking glances at his phone with his peripheral vision.

He wanted to see if the Game Store was indeed "ask and you shall receive."

But... the phone showed no reaction...

Chen Yan: ...

He started to wonder.

Was he not triggering it correctly?

Should he talk about his Virtual Girlfriends instead?

After all, it seemed like the Game Store’s updates tended to involve the Virtual Girlfriends...

With that thought in mind, Chen Yan cleared his throat, turned to the side, and began his self-directed monologue,

"Ah, it’s so difficult to have a Virtual Girlfriend nowadays. I finally got the ’Pose’ feature, but only unlocked one or two poses."

"It would be great if there was an item to unlock poses faster."

"That way, I’d be more motivated to continue with my virtual relationship!"

As Chen Yan talked to himself, suddenly, the phone on the desk began buzzing.

"Could it be?!" Chen Yan turned around with a look of delight and grabbed his phone.

But... he discovered... it was a WeChat message from Yu Qiao Qiao.

Chen Yan: ...

Do you know that feeling when you’re waiting for an important notification, and then someone messages you privately instead?

That feeling...

Chen Yan took several deep breaths to calm his irritation.

He checked the WeChat message and saw Yu Qiao Qiao had said, "Chen Yan, I didn’t ask in the office, but did you upset Sister Man Man?"

Had he upset Lu Man?

That wasn’t once or twice...

But since Yu Qiao Qiao asked this way, she was probably referring to the incident at noon.

Thinking this, Chen Yan replied with a tentative "Maybe..."

Then he typed out a summary of the incident and sent it to Yu Qiao Qiao.

After sending it, he also replied, "I didn’t feel like I said anything wrong. Lu Man is so strange..."

Then, Chen Yan stopped receiving replies from Yu Qiao Qiao.

He waited a while and, having nothing better to do, decided to try out the "Inner Ear Headphones." He took a mirror, looked into it, and placed the headphones on the inside of his earlobe.

The Inner Ear Headphones felt as light and thin as a sticker. Once stuck to the earlobe, they automatically changed color to blend in perfectly.

If Chen Yan didn’t know the headphones were there, he doubted he could locate them with his eyes alone.

He touched his ear while looking in the mirror and satisfied that they were invisible, he set the mirror aside, left the office, and went to see what Yu Qiao Qiao was doing since she hadn’t replied to his messages.

Arriving in the office area, Chen Yan saw Yu Qiao Qiao being summoned by Fat Phoenix, seemingly engaged in a conversation.

That was probably why she hadn’t been responding to Chen Yan’s messages.

Walking over to them, Chen Yan asked, "What are you talking about?"

Yu Qiao Qiao and Fat Phoenix looked up at Chen Yan.

Fat Phoenix smiled and said, "Nothing much, boss Chen. We’re discussing new game ideas."

Chen Yan, curious, asked, "Any leads?"

Fat Phoenix shook her head before nodding, "Well... just a bit, I guess."

"We think we’ve almost settled on the genre."

Chen Yan had been so busy dealing with both Virtual Girlfriends lately that he hadn’t realized there had been any progress on the new game.

He inquired, "What genre?"

Fat Phoenix said, "We’ve discussed it several times and feel that our second game should bridge the past and future."

"So, we should continue what we are good at—making indie games."

"Only this time, we can invest more and make it even more polished. If possible, we might even use the Unreal Engine 4, which Master Tian Xiang specializes in."

"As for the... direction of the game," Fat Phoenix said, "we haven’t really nailed that down yet."

"I was just talking with Qiao Qiao because her clay sculptures are cute and round, and we thought maybe they can inspire our new game?"

Hearing Fat Phoenix’s words, Chen Yan stroked his chin and began pondering the possibility of merging clay sculpture with the game.

It seemed quite interesting...

He felt like he was onto a bit of inspiration, but it always felt just out of reach.

Fat Phoenix had not expected that her casual remark would cause Chen Yan to stand beside her, holding his chin in thought.

She glanced stealthily at Yu Qiao Qiao.

Yu Qiao Qiao pouted and shrugged, unsure of what to do.

However, both of them knew that a brilliant idea could be crucial for a game planner.

So, they didn’t dare to interrupt Chen Yan and quietly returned to their own desks to keep working.

Time ticked by.

Chen Yan couldn’t grasp that inspiration all the way until the end of the workday.

But he had... a strange feeling: that maybe... integrating the element of clay sculpture into the game might actually work...

However, in order to figure out how exactly to integrate it, Chen Yan needed clay sculpture expert Yu Qiao Qiao to help spark his inspiration.

So, after work, Chen Yan asked Yu Qiao Qiao to stay for a bit, saying he had something to discuss with her.

The other veterans, by now quite aware of the young pair’s budding feelings, tactfully did not interrupt and left with smiles on their faces.

Once the others had gone, Yu Qiao Qiao, clutching her purse and with a flushed face, carefully said to Chen Yan, "Chen, Chen Yan... do you want to ’learn’ again?"

Still contemplating the direction for the new game, Chen Yan uttered, "Huh?" taking a moment to realize what "learn" meant.

But as soon as he did, he hastily corrected the misunderstanding, "No, no. I have something else I want to talk to you about."

After speaking, he coughed and added, "But we do need to ’learn’ some other time. We must keep working hard."

After all... he had just checked, and the progress of "Embrace" was at a mere 20%.

What did that imply?

Was there some great wisdom hidden in a simple "embrace"?

Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t know what Chen Yan was thinking but hearing him mention "learn," she blushed and said, "I don’t want to ’learn’ anymore. It always feels a bit odd."

After saying that, she added, "Didn’t you say you had something to discuss? I do too. Shall we walk and talk?"

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There were still 2 updates owed from last month. This month, the story reached over 600 votes, so I owe another update. I’ll continue to add more updates tomorrow. Either 4 or 5, depending on inspiration. Probably will update around 10 or 11 PM!