My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 150: Special Creature: Shining Firefly

Watching the reward prompt,

Chen Yan felt a bit happy.

Although it was just a "trivial" special item,

it was, after all, free.

You have to understand that each special item produced by the game has a great use.

But sadly, you can’t buy special items with money; you need Happiness Points to purchase them. Chen Yan’s Happiness Points were too few; he could only buy two or three items each month. freēnovelkiss.com

So, now having a new way to acquire special items, Chen Yan thought it was a good thing.

You never know when a valuable special item might randomly appear!

So, Chen Yan decided... even if he risked a dangerous confrontation, he should at least have a meal once a month with Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man.

What’s the worst that could happen? Get knifed? Compared to special items, that’s nothing!

Thinking this way, Chen Yan clicked on the reward.

Immediately, a spinning wheel popped up on his phone screen.

The wheel was divided into sixteen equal parts, each one painted a different color.

Starting with red, orange, yellow, green, to black, white, pink, and so on.

It looked like a rainbow.

A pointer extended from the middle, pointing straight up.

After glancing at the wheel, Chen Yan tapped it.

The wheel began to spin quickly.

After a few seconds, Chen Yan tapped the wheel again.

The wheel started to slow down, then gradually came to a stop. In the end, the pointer landed on a pink area.

"Pink..." Chen Yan muttered, scoffing at the color, "How effeminate."

Then, remembering that the game "stimulated" him to buy a car, and the villa he won had red and pink decorations, Chen Yan couldn’t help but speculate, "If this game had a gender, it must be a woman."

And while Chen Yan was making wild guesses, the pink area slowly expanded, covering the entire screen. Eventually, something that looked like a glowing little cage appeared on the screen.

Having had previous encounters with the game’s gifted items, Chen Yan fantasized for a moment: Could it be... that this time the game would give him a prop to solve his current predicament?

But... what use could a cage be?

Lock Lu Man in a cage, carry her around, and then she belongs to me completely?

The thought of such good fortune brought a smile to Chen Yan’s face.

Sometimes... it’s nice to daydream.

Cough cough.

While daydreaming, Chen Yan tapped on the special item.

Suddenly, an introduction to the prop appeared on his phone:

[Special Creature: Shining Firefly]

Creature Characteristics: This creature has a tough body and a docile nature. If you pinch it, it will emit a kind of light that the human eye can’t see but will find pleasing. Anyone who is within the range of the light will feel that you are glowing and can’t help but want to look at you.

The degree of influence of this light is affected by the other person’s level of attention toward you, the degree of love or hate, as well as their own self-control, among other factors.

Note: This creature cannot glow continuously for more than 24 hours; it needs to rest for one hour every 23 hours. Also, the firefly has a fondness for White Phosphorus. Please feed it on time.

Price: 2 points

Remark: Sir, you truly shine.

Looking at the "cage’s" introduction,

Chen Yan blinked his eyes.

For a moment.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Isn’t this clearly a cage on the screen! Why does it come with an introduction for a creature?

You young item, you don’t play by the rules, do you?

And... this broken firefly, it’s of no help with my current situation!

Carry this firefly around so that Lu Man can look at me whenever she wants?

What’s the use of that?!

Better to give me a few items to boost goodwill.

Like a perfume or something, a spritz, and instantly Boss Qiao Qiao and Lu Man would be at full goodwill!

That would be thrilling!

"Alas..." Chen Yan sighed, feeling like his debut was off to a bad start.

He didn’t immediately retrieve the firefly, planning to take it out later that night and study it more.

Now, at Lu Man’s house, if this little thing caused any trouble, it would be a hassle.

While pondering this, Chen Yan exited the item interface and opened the statuses of the two Virtual Girlfriends, ready to execute his plan as he had previously thought, to see what their feelings toward him were really like.

And then, according to their goodwill, adjust his strategy.

Looking at the results, Chen Yan was a bit surprised.

Because whether it was Yu Qiao Qiao or Lu Man, neither’s goodwill had decreased at all!

[Yu Qiao Qiao Goodwill: 113 (Fond)]

[Lu Man Goodwill: 99 (Confirming feelings for the player)]

Could it be?

After all that had happened tonight, their hearts remained rippleless?

In that moment, Chen Yan even wondered if the game had glitched.

He quickly checked the goodwill prompt.

It turned out that he was overthinking.

He first looked at Yu Qiao Qiao’s goodwill.

Boss Qiao Qiao had just two prompts.

[Hesitation: Goodwill -5]

[The meal was so yummy: Goodwill +3]

[Chen Yan was silly tonight: Goodwill +2]

The goodwill was reduced by "five," then it added "five" on its own. So there was no change at all.

But Lu Man’s goodwill was interesting...

There was no change in her goodwill, but there was a new [Feeling Confirmation Meter].

According to the game’s instructions,

if a Virtual Girlfriend is hesitant during the feeling confirmation stage, this would appear.

It’s a semicircular scale, a total of 180 degrees.

The left side says [Friendship], and the right side says [Romance], with each side being 90 degrees. (An illustrative concept diagram is provided at the end of the Chapter for those who feel confused.)

The needle originally pointed to the middle, but now... it had deviated nearly 70 degrees toward the left side (Friendship), approaching friendship ominously close, with only 20 degrees left before bottoming out.

[Sensing Chen Yan’s feelings for another person of the opposite sex: -16 degrees]

[Daydreaming, drifting off: -12 degrees]

[Final throw of the dice: -42 degrees]

[Pulsing heart again: +75 degrees]

[Restraining inner thoughts: The previous deviation, fully recalibrated]

Aside from the last two offsetting deviations, the rest of the scale had been steadily tipping toward "friendship."

Especially that "final throw of the dice," with a direct 42-degree swing! That’s horrifying!

Chen Yan checked the time of the prompts and figured it must have been when they were by the restaurant door, and Lu Man asked who he would really choose.

Chen Yan took a deep breath and massaged his temples, empathizing with Lu Man’s emotions tonight.

According to the game’s hints,

she must have sensed his unusual behavior toward Yu Qiao Qiao in the office, then her heart started gradually leaning towards "friendship."

Later, on the road and during dinner, she had thought all night till her mind went blank, swinging an additional 12 degrees toward "friendship."

After that, until they left the restaurant, she couldn’t hold back any longer and decided to make a last-ditch effort to clarify his thoughts.

At that time, she probably really hoped that he would choose her.

Then her night’s grievances, anxieties, would all turn into moved feelings, swaying directly to a full [Romantic 90 degrees], confirming her feelings, falling for him.

If this were a GAL game, that would be the critical "confession" option, right?

As a result... he chose a "wrong" answer.

Sighing again, Chen Yan looked at Lu Man’s [Feeling Confirmation Scale].

Fortunately, Lu Man hadn’t given up on him. When he massaged her feet, she was still swayed by him. Reclaiming all the "lost ground" in one fell swoop, she even swayed 5 degrees toward romance.

Even though she stopped her wandering thoughts, during that time, she had genuinely "developed" romantic feelings for him again.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn’t help but feel hopeful!

It’s all right! It’s only a 70-degree swing towards "friendship," right?

Her goodwill hasn’t dropped by 1 point!

This means that their relationship hasn’t changed at all!

With such a level of goodwill and Lu Man’s silly thoughts, who knows? Maybe doing something to move her would instantly confirm her feelings for me.

Let me go back and make plans; I’ll let her understand my heart!

After thinking about Lu Man, Chen Yan couldn’t help thinking about Boss Qiao Qiao...

Every time he thought of Boss Qiao Qiao, Chen Yan felt a little guilty.

But if he gave up on Lu Man just because of guilt, he couldn’t do it...

So, he felt all he could say was that he wouldn’t let Qiao Qiao down, would treat her well, not let her get hurt, and allow her to live a happy life...

.....

This setback had not dampened Chen Yan’s fighting spirit.

Perhaps... it was precisely because of this confrontation that he finally recognized what was in his heart...

The two girls had no idea that while they were touring the upstairs, Chen Yan had used the game to study them thoroughly.

After playing around upstairs for more than half an hour, they came downstairs, laughing and chatting.

Arriving downstairs, Yu Qiao Qiao, with a red, happy face, said to Chen Yan, "Chen Yan! You should really see it, Sister Man Man’s villa is so beautiful!"

"I’ve never seen such a beautiful house!"

"It’s really like a castle!"

Chen Yan looked towards Lu Man.

Lu Man, who had been smiling while looking at Yu Qiao Qiao, rolled her eyes and turned her head when she saw Chen Yan glance at her.

It seemed that Lu Man hadn’t told Yu Qiao Qiao that the house was his, luckily.

With this thought, Chen Yan said to Yu Qiao Qiao, "As long as you like it. Next week, when you’re off, I’ll help you move here. You can live with your Sister Man Man."

Lu Man interjected, "You don’t need to help, Qiao Qiao and I can move in ourselves."

Chen Yan knew that Lu Man was harboring grievances towards him right now, so he didn’t argue with her.

He checked the time, then said to Yu Qiao Qiao, "You’ve seen the house, and Sister Man Man is home; shall I take you back to school now?"

Yu Qiao Qiao nodded obediently.

After leaving Lu Man’s villa, Chen Yan dropped Yu Qiao Qiao off at school.

Watching Yu Qiao Qiao enter the dormitory building, Chen Yan strolled home.

Home again, Chen Yan changed his shoes, switched into different clothes, and then sat in front of his computer desk.

He opened the game strategy notebook that he hadn’t opened in a long time.

Chen Yan, supporting his chin, started to ponder... what plan could he come up with to make Lu Man successfully confirm her feelings...