My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 157 Lu Man: I just like Chen Yan! So what!

Chen Yan felt that the risk of film and television projects was so high, if it weren’t for Lu Man promising a box office of 500 million, he would have taken that villa. He would definitely find ways to make the company lose money.

After all, if the company lost a billion, Chen Yan could inject a billion, and immediately get back two billion.

If the company lost money quickly, like ten billion or eight billion in a year, wouldn’t Chen Yan make a fortune?

And if he wanted to earn twenty billion from film projects in a year, who knew how long that would take...

While pondering this, Chen Yan was preparing to put down his mobile phone and rest for a while.

However, just as he put down his phone, it suddenly started to ring.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

Chen Yan curiously picked up his phone to see what it was.

To his surprise, it was a notification from the Virtual Girlfriend Simulator.

"Huh? What happened?"

Muttering to himself, he tapped open the game.

Immediately, a notification appeared before him, "Lu Man has made her feelings clear, affection level has reached 100 points, relationship status successfully upgraded to ’like’. Next level of affection unlocked, new positions unlocked."

Chen Yan was stunned there, blinking his eyes.

What happened?

He hadn’t done anything, right?

And besides... lately, he had been controlling his interactions with Lu Man because of her "heartbroken state" for the shoot, even at the kick-off event today, he had just nodded to her from a distance, not even speaking.

How could she... be so disappointing?

She had confirmed her feelings!

What in the world happened?!

...

Lu Man had been annoyed these past few days.

Or rather... she had been annoyed for over ten days, but these days were especially irritating!

The reason was simple, because of Shasha’s "combat heartbreak" method...

Although she knew Shasha’s method was unreliable, being driven crazy by Chen Yan, Lu Man still went ahead with a "dead horse as a living horse doctor" mentality, deciding to give it a try.

That afternoon, after practicing acting, Lu Man called Mei Li and asked her to buy several "Three-Year College Entrance Examination, Five-Year Simulation" test papers for her.

When Mei Li heard about Lu Man’s request, she was dumbfounded.

She almost thought Lu Man had lost her mind.

The first film was about to start shooting; what did Lu Man want with those high school exam workbooks?!

Lu Man couldn’t explain her behavior.

After all, Mei Li was currently encouraging her to try dating Chen Yan.

And now she wanted to forget Chen Yan because of Yu Qiao Qiao.

So, she lied on a whim, saying she wanted to relive her high school exam experience.

Maybe because Lu Man did so many silly things, though Mei Li was a bit shocked, she ended up paying out of her own pocket to buy Lu Man a bunch of workbooks.

And... she bought a very comprehensive set.

Math, English, Chinese, science, liberal arts, workbooks for each subject were all there.

And when Lu Man saw the thick pile of workbooks Mei Li had brought her, she couldn’t help but remember the fear of being dominated by the college entrance exams.

Those were such dark, bitter three years.

Now, to forget Chen Yan, she had to go through this hard time again!

Chen Yan!

You’re just not human!

Biting back tears, Lu Man accepted these "heartbreak tools".

The next day, when Lu Man went to the company, her bag was loaded with a few sets of test papers.

And... not unexpectedly, she "coincidentally" ran into Chen Yan once she arrived at the company.

The coincidence was to the extent that Lu Man seriously suspected Chen Yan had put a tracker on her.

Chen Yan was still casually greeted her and then started busying himself with company matters.

And she, as expected, couldn’t help but keep watching him.

Returning to the rehearsal room, Chen Yan’s figure lingered in her mind for a long time.

Lu Man felt she was almost accustomed to these "plotlines".

So... prepared as she was, Lu Man decided... to do a set of math problems to calm her nerves!

Especially since she now had the motivation to do problems; maybe she could solve some tough questions!

...Half an hour later.

Lu Man fiercely threw her pen at the wall.

To hell with math!

It had nothing to do with whether or not she was motivated!

If she didn’t know, she didn’t know!

How could she possibly do math problems just because she wanted to forget Chen Yan!

She must be out of her mind!

Lu Man rubbed her face hard, feeling like she was going crazy!

What to do! What to do!

Doing math problems seemed useless!

Because she didn’t know how to do even one!

Uh... maybe... do a few sets of Chinese questions?

Thinking this, Lu Man pulled out the Chinese test papers again.

Half an hour later, Lu Man was gnawing on her pen, frowning as she looked at the test paper...

Wasn’t it only math that was a matter of "if you don’t know, you don’t know"?

Why... didn’t she know Chinese either?

It’s all Chinese characters, but why couldn’t she understand them when they were combined together?

This was so amazing!

The person who set these questions was simply a devil!

It has to be said that while doing the questions didn’t make Lu Man forget about Chen Yan, it at least diverted her attention.

While doing the questions and doubting her intelligence, Lu Man managed to temporarily drive Chen Yan out of her brain.

This made her doubt life while doing the questions, but it was... unexpectedly somewhat effective, as per Shasha’s method.

So... over the next few days, Lu Man spent her time practicing her acting, encountering Chen Yan, and doing questions.

This left her feeling disoriented every day, feeling almost schizophrenic.

It also made Shasha feel that her acting was getting better and better...

And today was the filming crew’s kick-off.

As a shareholder of the company and the female lead of the crew, Lu Man was naturally the center of attention at the kick-off ceremony.

And Chen Yan, as the big boss of the company, was of course the center of centers.

So, throughout the kick-off ceremony, Lu Man’s eyes kept involuntarily glancing towards the shining Chen Yan.

Now, looking at Chen Yan, the throbbing in Lu Man’s heart was much less.

She felt... what she saw was not a handsome face but a series of cloze passages, reading comprehensions, and essay questions...

Chen Yan’s left face: ["It (grass carp) was already dead, but there was still a strange light flashing in its eyes." Please explain what the "strange light in the fish’s eyes" represents.]

Chen Yan’s right face: [Please write a composition titled "Please lay the ladder horizontally when not in use," choose the correct angle, determine the main point, and write the essay.]

These days, Lu Man almost went crazy doing these questions...

But, there was no helping it, Chen Yan’s attraction was too strong, so she could only numb herself by doing more and more questions.

And today, another day of being attracted to Chen Yan, so as soon as the ceremony ended, Lu Man dived into the makeup room... and started doing questions.

Fortunately, it was not until the afternoon that they would begin tentatively shooting some simple scenes and acclimating the crew, otherwise she wouldn’t even be able to shoot in her current state...

"Diseases A and B are severe hazards to a certain diploid ornamental plant..."

"To reduce excess N and P content in a natural water body..."

After doing question after question, Lu Man felt dizzy and had a splitting headache.

Just then, the door to her makeup room was knocked "bang bang bang" and then pushed open from outside.

The only person who could enter and exit Lu Man’s makeup room so casually was Mei Li.

Lu Man looked up at Mei Li with exhaustion and called out, "Sis, You’re here."

Mei Li had obviously just been schmoozing, with a face full of triumphant smiles.

Having transformed from an agent to a shareholder of two film and television companies, her status in the industry had obviously skyrocketed.

Hearing Lu Man’s call, she nodded her head, approached, glanced first at Lu Man’s face, then said in surprise, "Man Man, your complexion... Why is it so bad?"

Then her gaze fell on the test papers in Lu Man’s hands, and she frowned tightly, "What... is going on with you? Why are you doing problems again? Are you seriously preparing for the college entrance exam?"

Ashamed, Lu Man packed away the test papers, then leaned into Mei Li’s embrace and whispered, "Sis, I’m so tired..."

Mei Li stroked her head and asked, "Why are you tired?"

Holding out until now, Lu Man could no longer hold back.

She recounted her feelings and mood toward Chen Yan in the past days.

When Mei Li heard that Lu Man’s eyes and mind were filled with nothing but Chen Yan, and only by doing problems could she temporarily forget him, Mei Li’s heart broke for her.

She touched Lu Man’s head and said, "Man Man, why torture yourself?"

"If you like him, then go for it."

"Why keep it to yourself?"

Lu Man hesitated. Originally, she didn’t want to speak about Chen Yan and Yu Qiao Qiao’s affair. But now, she had reached her limit.

So after much hesitation, she finally talked about her discovery of Chen Yan and Yu Qiao Qiao’s potential ambiguity.

Yu Qiao Qiao had known Chen Yan first.

She and Yu Qiao Qiao were friends.

She couldn’t bear to see Yu Qiao Qiao aggrieved.

So she wanted to just think of Chen Yan as a friend and said it all out.

Upon hearing what Lu Man said, Mei Li was silent for a long while.

After a full five or six minutes, she sighed softly and touched Lu Man’s face, saying, "Man Man, matters of the heart aren’t about who gives in to whom, who gives what to whom."

"Chen Yan isn’t an object that can be passed back and forth between you two."

"Whoever he ends up with, it’s fate."

"For anyone, meeting the right person in a lifetime is a rare thing."

"You can’t give up on your own love for the sake of a friend."

Saying this, perhaps afraid of shocking Lu Man too much, she paused and said,

"Of course, I’m not telling you to go after him right away. But... I hope you can face your emotions squarely."

"You... have actually fallen for Chen Yan."

Hearing Mei Li’s words.

Although she had guessed it over these days, the unwillingness to admit it made Lu Man fall silent.

After a moment, she said dispiritedly, "Did I really... fall for Chen Yan?"

Mei Li bent down to hold her shoulders, looked into her eyes, and firmly said, "Yes. You really have fallen for him."

"Don’t deceive yourself or others, don’t torture yourself, Man Man."

"You really like him."

"Even if you plan to forget him or just be friends. But you have to face your emotions first to achieve all that."

Lu Man woke from her daze and looked at Mei Li.

Just staring, staring...

After a while, her eyes suddenly became determined.

In a moment, she shook off Mei Li’s hand, then started tearing up her test papers frantically, declaring,

"That’s right! I’m in love with Chen Yan!"

"No matter how many sets of questions I do, I still like him!"

"I just like him! I like him!"

Simultaneously, in the Virtual Girlfriend game, Lu Man’s "Emotional Confirmation Pointer" swerved sharply to the right, dropping to the endpoint of the love end.

And her affection level shot from 99, straight to 107.