My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 147: Lu Man’s Favorability Hits the Limit

Hearing the vibration of her phone, Lu Man reflexively glanced at it.

But since the screen was locked, she didn’t see anything.

Chen Yan glared at her, then stood up, reached for his phone, and said while looking at it, "Don’t look at other people’s phones when there’s nothing going on; it’s impolite."

Lu Man was not Yu Qiao Qiao. Whatever Chen Yan said, she obediently listened to.

She rolled her eyes, muttering, "Who’d want to look anyway."

Chen Yan ignored her. Standing there, he directly entered the password, unlocked the phone, and checked it.

The notification that appeared was actually a game notification.

Chen Yan felt a bit relieved; thankfully, he had been careful, and Lu Man hadn’t seen it—otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

He opened the game and then discovered a bunch of goodwill points notifications popping up.

"Feeling like the box office won’t reach 500 million, what a disgrace: Lu Man goodwill points -5"

"Acting practice is a bit tiring: Goodwill points -4"

"Touched by what Yu Qiao Qiao said: Goodwill points +19"

"Practice is really tiring: Goodwill points -2"

"...."

It was still Lu Man’s style of ups and downs. The only one that caught Chen Yan’s attention was the third one.

"Touched by what Yu Qiao Qiao said?"

"And added 19 points of goodwill?"

Chen Yan was a bit baffled.

What in the world was Boss Qiao Qiao doing?

Was self-conquest no longer satisfying her, and she was preparing to help him conquer someone else?

For a moment, Chen Yan’s mind was filled with the changes of Yu Qiao Qiao’s pixel character from the beginning of the game...

At first, this cute pixel character, every day eating alone, drinking alone, adding goodwill points alone...

Then, it encountered a key plot point, and even before he as the player made a move, this pixel character had proactively completed it.

Next, when he encountered a second pixel character, this pixel character began to proactively do things for the second pixel character, adding goodwill points for himself...

What kind of spirit was this?

A deeply moving humanitarian spirit!

Typical of Boss Qiao Qiao!

Thinking this, Chen Yan scrolled down to look at more game notifications.

Just when he thought they were all about goodwill points and was about to close it,

Suddenly, he saw the last two notifications.

"Chen Yan writing stuff is really dumb: Lu Man goodwill points +2"

"Kind reminder: Lu Man’s goodwill points have reached 99, the upper limit for friend status. Waiting for girlfriend confirmation of personal feelings..."

When he saw the last notification, Chen Yan was stunned.

Reached the goodwill upper limit?

That was fast?

Chen Yan always felt... it wasn’t long since he had been "cultivating" Lu Man.

Has it been a month?

Seemed... just about a month, indeed.

Turned out, Lu Man’s goodwill points were added even faster than Boss Qiao Qiao’s!

But why did he always feel this goofball was incredibly hard to conquer?

Could it be... because of his preconceived notion that her goodwill was unpredictable?

Thinking this, Chen Yan looked down at Lu Man.

Unbeknownst to outsiders, Lu Man was humming a song, holding her phone, and taking selfies.

At times making a "Yay" sign, at times pouting her lips, she looked foolishly cute, much cuter than when she was being willful.

Thinking of Lu Man’s willfulness, Chen Yan couldn’t help but remember her "poses"...

The "poses" options for Lu Man were much more than those for Boss Qiao Qiao.

After all, this was a person with "two sets of pose systems."

Though her first set of poses required a higher goodwill score. But Chen Yan remembered a game notification he had seen before, due to her belief in his "nonsense," it had led to a significant decrease in the goodwill required for hugging, kissing, and other related poses...

But even with the decrease, it was still in the nineties, close to a hundred. He hadn’t been able to proceed directly before.

But... now it was stuck at 99, should all be unlocked by now, right...?

Thinking this, Chen Yan sneakily glanced at Lu Man, then opened the "Pose" menu to check.

Sure enough...

The earlier poses, including physical contact, hugging, kissing, had all become "Unlocked, Not Learned" status.

And under the "M" menu. Forcing legs apart, forcible embrace were all unlocked.

If his moves were domineering (goodwill required -50), then the following kissing legs, forceful kiss, forceful spanking were also all unlocked.

Chen Yan inexplicably felt... as if he had opened up a new world.

Suddenly found so many things he could do...

Looking at each "Unlocked" option.

Chen Yan looked toward Lu Man, pondering in his heart: should I try it out now...

Perhaps because Chen Yan’s gaze was overwhelmingly "bare," Lu Man curiously raised her head and asked him, "What’s up?"

Chen Yan coughed and said, "Man Man, what do you think about...kiss?"

Chen Yan’s lecherous words directly made Lu Man’s face turn red, a bit panicky in her heart...

’How did it suddenly come to this?’

’Very out of the blue...’

’I’m totally unprepared.’

For a moment, Lu Man’s heartbeats noticeably quickened.

But... who was Lu Man? The kind of person who exudes confidence to the point of being foolish.

Even though she was actually panicked inside, she was unwilling to show her vulnerable side on her face.

So she defiantly raised her head to look at Chen Yan, their gazes meeting, and said, "I don’t watch. I go straight to trying."

Chen Yan’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Was this drama queen really thinking this, or was she putting on an act?

Thinking this, he activated the "Inner Headphones."

With the activation of the "Inner Headphones," Chen Yan’s environment gradually quieted down.

The sound of Lu Man’s inner voice also rose to his ears,

"Don’t lose! Don’t lose, Lu Man!"

"Just keep looking at him!"

"You’re panicked, he will be too!"

"You still remember how cowardly he was when you teased him before, he won’t dare!"

"So don’t be afraid!"

"Boldly look at him!"

Chen Yan, seeing her face showing nothing but "disdain" and "provocation," couldn’t help but smile.

As expected...

You’re also just a noob.

Then I’m not scared...

Thinking this, Chen Yan stared into Lu Man’s eyes, then slowly lowered his head, lower and lower, bit by bit...

As the distance between them decreased.

Chen Yan could also hear more of the urgency and intensity in Lu Man’s heartbeat.

At this time, Lu Man was completely panicked inside.

"He... he won’t really kiss me, will he."

"Can’t be. Can’t be."

"Should I hit him with a punch?"

"That’s not appropriate... in the end... he seems quite nice."

"And... we seemed to have already kissed that night? My first kiss was already gone then."

"So... being kissed by him again, seems like I wouldn’t lose out?"

"Eh?"

"Last night when we kissed, I didn’t know what to feel..."

"Maybe, try it this time?"

Listening to Lu Man’s heartbeat, Chen Yan suddenly hesitated.

He blinked, looking at Lu Man’s expression becoming more determined, feeling somewhat dazed for a moment.

Is this goofball’s thinking so off the wall?

She just suddenly agreed internally?

If we really kiss later, won’t she take the lead?

Then...

It kind of seems even more interesting.

The sound in his ears gradually faded away, and the distance between them was also getting closer and closer. Slowly from being able to see the whole face, it turned into seeing only the eyes, and then even nearer until they could almost feel each other’s breath...

The office was incredibly quiet at that moment, and it felt as if they could even feel each other’s warmth...

And just at that moment, suddenly, someone knocked on the office door, "Thump, thump, thump."

The knocking instantly snapped Chen Yan and Lu Man back to reality.

The two of them looked at each other up close, then both frantically tried to move away.

But possibly because they moved too hurriedly, the two people, face-to-face, bumped their heads with a "thump."

"Ouch."

"Ouch."

Two cries of pain echoed in the office.

Moments later, both were holding their heads, sucking in cold air in pain.

The knocking outside continued, "Thump, thump, thump."

Along with the knocking came Yu Qiao Qiao’s concerned voice, "Chen Yan? Are you okay?"

She paused, then hesitantly added, "Why do I also hear Sister Man Man’s voice? Sister Man Man, are you okay?"

Chen Yan looked toward the door. Then he saw Yu Qiao Qiao tiptoeing, peeking through the door window.

Chen Yan, while rubbing his forehead, said, "Stop looking. Come in."

Yu Qiao Qiao responded with an "Oh." The little head at the window slowly dropped, and a moment later, the door opened.

Yu Qiao Qiao walked in, curiously looking at the two still holding their heads, and asked, "Chen Yan, Sister Man Man, what were you guys doing?"

Chen Yan and Lu Man raised their heads and looked at each other.

Then, both simultaneously turned to Yu Qiao Qiao and contradictorily declared,

"Looking at documents!"

"Talking!"

After finishing speaking, the office sank into silence for a moment.

Yu Qiao Qiao looked at them, her head slowly forming a question mark: ?

Lu Man looked at Chen Yan. Chen Yan glared at her, then looked at Yu Qiao Qiao and explained, "We were looking at documents and talking."

Saying that, Chen Yan picked up the list of drama crew members still on the table and said to Yu Qiao Qiao, "I had set the list for quite a while today, wanting to ask for Lu Man’s opinion."

"So just now, we were looking at the documents and chatting here."

Yu Qiao Qiao looked at Chen Yan, then at Lu Man.

It still felt... a bit weird.

She thought for a moment, then asked, "Then... why did I hear two cries of pain just now, and you both are holding your heads?"

Perhaps because he had time to think, Chen Yan also gradually calmed down.

His brain working rapidly, he spun a lie, "Lu Man and I were just looking down at the documents. Hearing the knocking, we both looked toward the door and ended up colliding with each other."

Yu Qiao Qiao visualized Chen Yan and Lu Man’s positions in her head and simulated it a bit, finding it... seemed very reasonable.

She showed a cute smile on her face, "I see. Got it."

"Be careful next time. Don’t bump into each other again."

Chen Yan and Lu Man quickly nodded.

The matter finally smoothed over, and Chen Yan sighed in relief.

But... what he didn’t notice was, while he was desperately explaining to Yu Qiao Qiao, spinning the lie, Lu Man’s gaze was wandering over the two of them from time to time... and then her expression grew increasingly complex.