My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 130 Chen Yan, Give ~

Just like what the game indicates, Lu Man was actually a relatively conservative girl.

She didn’t like physical contact with the opposite sex, nor did she like to have more than friendly relations with them.

This was also why, since her debut two years ago, she didn’t do kissing scenes or intimate scenes.

She... resented them.

Sometimes, this even made her doubt her sexual orientation.

Because compared to boys, she felt like she preferred those fragrant little sisters...

Like Jiang Nanxing. Like Yu Qiao Qiao.

Wasn’t hugging them so much more comfortable than hugging a man?

Little sisters are so soft and fragrant.

It was precisely because she was indifferent to contact with men that Lu Man dared to be so silly and teased Chen Yan so much.

Because she knew she wouldn’t fall for him, and wouldn’t be emotionally affected.

This way, she wouldn’t lose.

In the end, the one fleeing in panic would be Chen Yan.

But...

After tonight’s incident, Lu Man felt everything had changed.

When Chen Yan aggressively grabbed her foot, dragging her into his arms, Lu Man’s heartbeat raced.

In that moment, she couldn’t even distinguish why her heart was pounding.

Was it because of panic? Anger? Or was it really because she was moved?

If Yang Nuannuan were here, she would adjust her glasses and tell her this is called "the suspension bridge effect."

A girl’s heart rate increases due to shock or fear, and it may be misunderstood as being heartstruck... leading to genuine feelings...

Therefore, taking a girl to ride the Ferris wheel, the pirate ship, or watching horror movies can effectively enhance the relationship.

But... Yang Nuannuan was not here, and Lu Man did not know of this psychological effect.

So she just dumbly touched her ankle, recalling the scene of Chen Yan’s big hands caressing her legs earlier that night: so strong, so warm. It made Lu Man feel completely weak.

Thinking of this, Lu Man felt really disturbed.

She quickly shook her head and with a fierce expression "encouraged" herself,

"Lu Man! Lu Man! You’re okay! You’re okay!"

"He’s just a jerk! A pervert! Don’t let him deceive you!"

"You’re destined to be a superstar! You won’t be defeated by him!"

"Yes! Definitely not!"

.......

[Yu Qiao Qiao’s Favorability: 111] (Chen Yan so handsome +2)

[Lu Man’s Favorability: 57] (Last night’s hotel revelry +30, today’s dinner table complex emotions +6)

[Wealth Points: 37900] (Breakfast feeding +18 Breakfast feeding +26 Dinner feeding +32000)

[Professional Wealth: 0]

[Cash: 1.972 million+] (Feeding -3200)

[Fixed Assets: 14.925 million]

.......

The next day, as soon as Chen Yan got up, he received a WeChat message from Sister Mei Li.

In the message, Sister Mei Li said she was interested in the film rights to a novel, feeling it would be a great fit for Lu Man if adapted. So she planned to talk to the author that day to see if she could purchase the rights.

After Chen Yan replied with "Got it," he didn’t respond further.

He was not planning to meddle with film company affairs much. It was just a way for him to support Lu Man from afar, his main business was still in his game company.

Two days later, Sister Mei Li reported that she had met with the author and reached an agreement. The author consented to sell the film rights to the novel and was willing to act as the screenwriter for the movie.

This was the first time Chen Yan learned that the novel was called... Breakup Syndrome.

According to Sister Mei Li, she had always been optimistic about low-budget movies aimed at young women, believing there was a strong chance to create a surprise hit.

So after being rejected by the Breakup Syndrome crew, she had started searching the market for a similar movie script or novel and stumbled upon this one by chance.

After carefully reading it, Sister Mei Li felt the novel had the potential to become a hit. That’s why, as soon as Chen Yan had supported her to create her own film project, she flew to meet the author right away.

As for having the author as the screenwriter, Sister Mei Li thought this could authentically recreate the novel while also pleasing the original readers, killing two birds with one stone.

Chen Yan... had no objections.

He flipped through the novel and, realizing it contained no intimate scenes, stopped worrying.

On the sixth day, Sister Mei Li reported that the contracts for several key positions had been negotiated. They were all set at three times the market rate, as Chen Yan had instructed.

Originally, these top figures had joined the project to repay a favor to Sister Mei Li and were somewhat reluctant. But upon seeing the generous salaries, they all became overjoyed, willing to give twelve points of effort.

After all, they could rest for a year after earning from this deal, so how could they not be happy and invest their hearts into it? freewёbnoνel.com

In the days that followed, Chen Yan had to admit that Sister Mei Li’s work efficiency was extremely high, and she handled various matters in an orderly manner.

Sometimes, he even felt that it was a pity for such a woman to be just an agent. She could probably run a company on her own without any issues.

In that moment, he even entertained the idea of "poaching" her.

After all, Chenyu Company was full of gaming nerds and desperately needed someone with executive and management talent.

But thinking about it, Lu Man was already pitiful enough, being blacklisted and frozen out of the limelight because of him and Yu Qiao. She only had a glimmer of hope by clinging onto Sister Mei Li’s coattails.

If he were to uproot her support as well, that would be too much.

So Chen Yan gradually let go of this thought...

In contrast to Sister Mei Li, who reported to Chen Yan daily, Lu Man seemed to have disappeared these past few days. She hadn’t contacted Chen Yan at all.

And when Chen Yan took the initiative to send her WeChat messages and make phone calls, she still didn’t reply or answer.

This made Chen Yan a bit anxious.

The only thing that calmed him down was when he checked Lu Man’s favorability; it hadn’t changed much.

Occasionally it would increase by one or decrease by one, very much in line with her silly nature.

So, Chen Yan could only assume she was still holding a grudge about that day and might get over it in a couple of days...

In any case, with Sister Mei Li’s various efforts, the early stages of what appeared to be a promising film crew had been assembled. Everything was just waiting for Chen Yan’s initial funding to be in place, and then they could formally establish the crew and recruit personnel.

Actually, Chen Yan was quite looking forward to this day. He was curious to see what the reaction would be in the industry when he recruited staff with salaries double the market rate and made a big deal out of producing a movie for Lu Man.

Would they still refrain from participating because of fear of Director Zhang?

Or... fuck Director Zhang, who wouldn’t take the money when it’s offered?

And how would Director Zhang respond?

But... there were still two days until the stm settlement was due, so Chen Yan had to wait patiently...

....

Qin Island, Jinmao Building, Chenyu Company.

Two days until stm settlement.

Ever since Chen Yan came up with the new game idea of Little Mud Figures, the past half month had seen Chenyu Company in full operation mode, with everyone working overtime.

In addition to their main tasks, several veterans of the company held "brainstorming meetings," "game planning meetings," character design meetings, and so on...

This made Chen Yan realize they were slightly short-staffed.

To become the world’s best game company, relying on just two or three people was not sufficient. He felt that he... perhaps should hire more people.

But... it wasn’t so easy to recruit talents in the game industry.

Gaming was a super cash cow, and a single hit game could earn a gaming company a vast amount of money.

This meant that any talented individual in the game industry who had proven themselves was desperately retained by their company.

And other companies were closely monitoring proven talents from elsewhere, trying everything possible to poach them.

This led to... a real difficulty in finding talents in the gaming industry.

So, recruiting was truly a challenge.

After another game planning meeting, Chen Yan holding a notebook and rubbing his slightly swelling head, made his way to the rest area.

He put the notebook on the table and then poured himself a cup of coffee, intending to perk up.

Having just turned around after getting his coffee, Chen Yan noticed that Yu Qiao had somehow taken a seat opposite him.

Seeing this cutie, Chen Yan’s heart, which had been somewhat irritated due to the busyness, also eased quite a bit.

He smiled and asked her, "Want some coffee?"

Yu Qiao looked up at him, cutely nodded her head, and said, "Yes, please~"

Chen Yan laughed, handed his own coffee to her first, then got another cup for himself before settling back on the couch.

"Chen Yan, here~"

Just when he sat down, Chen Yan heard Yu Qiao’s voice.

He looked up to see Yu Qiao holding a small fist in front of him, which she then opened in his palm before retracting her hand.

In the palm of Chen Yan’s hand lay a piece of Big White Rabbit Milk Candy.

His smile was incredibly tender.

"Thank you."

He thanked her, put down his coffee, and while unwrapping the candy, asked, "How’s driving school been going these last two days?"

Speaking of driving, Yu Qiao was very excited, saying, "It’s going well! Sister Tang is nice. She taught me a lot. I’ve already passed the first test and am learning the second. I’ll be able to take the test soon."

Chen Yan calculated the days; her progress was indeed fast.

He nodded slightly, then popped the candy into his mouth. The sweet milkiness melted in his mouth, spreading its creamy flavor.

When Chen Yan ate the candy, Yu Qiao cautiously glanced at him and then quietly said, "Chen Yan, since you ate my candy, could you do me a favor?"

"Cough, cough." Chen Yan almost choked on the candy.

This candy wasn’t free after all?

There went his moment of being moved.

When did Boss Qiao Qiao start playing tricks?

Asking for his help, and even knowing to "give something good" first?

He looked at Yu Qiao.

Yu Qiao looked pitifully back at him.

Chen Yan’s heart softened, and he said, "Tell me. What do you need?"

Yu Qiao looked around cautiously to make sure no one was paying attention and then leaned closer to Chen Yan, whispering, "Chen Yan. I want you to help me check on Sister Man Man."

"I just feel like she’s been acting strangely lately..."

"Always saying weird things, and..."

Getting to this point, Yu Qiao’s cheeks reddened slightly. "And... always pulling me into playing some weird games..."

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I was dragged out to eat by Lao Hei and Shell Casings, so there’s a 6000-word update today. Tomorrow will be 9000-10000 words. Future additional updates will be 3000 words. Vote for monthly tickets! Subscribe to everything!