My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 381 Is This Not a Pure Love Novel?

With the experiences from strategizing Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man, Chen Yan was no stranger to this tip.

He gritted his teeth, staring at the prompt. A bit of a headache.

This...

Brother Ying’s first stage of goodwill filled up that easily?

Chen Yan really felt uncomfortable.

After all, he thought Brother Ying’s personality was really more suited to be a buddy, not a girlfriend.

Mm... Same for the Combat Power.

If he really got tangled up by Brother Ying, and if he ever did something to wrong Brother Ying, Chen Yan always felt like his head would get smashed.

So... it’s not like he didn’t want to. He truly didn’t dare!

Moreover, this was also somewhat beyond his original plan.

So, for a while, Chen Yan gnashed his teeth in frustration.

’What should I do?’

’Maybe, strive hard to make Brother Ying’s feelings towards me be perceived as friendship?’

Chen Yan had a bit of a headache.

He felt like, compared to his career success lately, his romantic life really seemed to be jinxed.

He Mengxue, who has been chasing him, is an Empress ready to purge the court after ascending. He wouldn’t dare to provoke her.

The system-designated Zhao Ying, the Heroine with off-the-charts Combat Power, felt like she could crush him with one leg.

The hot, single woman writer he’d been chatting with suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Even Yang Nuannuan, who has been secretly spying on him and plotting against him, also resigned and left.

Chen Yan felt truly like everything was going against him!

Only Boss Qiao Qiao and Lu Man the little fairy were nice and adorable!

For a moment, Chen Yan missed his two girlfriends even more...

...

Meanwhile,

In the Fenghua Building, on the 15th floor at the charity foundation,

Yu Qiao Qiao finally detailed everything she saw and heard today to Yang Nuannuan.

Initially, Yang Nuannuan wasn’t really interested in these things.

After all, she felt that since the day she repaid Yu Qiao Qiao, they were even.

She only got to know Yu Qiao Qiao after entering college and had always been caring for Yu Qiao Qiao. Now, she even helped Yu Qiao Qiao make several million.

She didn’t owe Yu Qiao anything anymore.

As for the matter of Chen Yan’s affection... that would be based on everyone’s capabilities.

Men unmarried, women unwed. What could be wrong in pursuing the one you like?

Especially since Chen Yan was a jerk.

Always playing the field, flirting here and there.

Therefore, Yang Nuannuan thought, one more of her didn’t make a difference, one less of her didn’t either.

Thus, while Yang Nuannuan’s inner logic was somewhat unethical, it was perfectly consistent.

However, now, hearing that Chen Yan and Zhao Ying went to a hotel early in the morning just for exercise, Yang Nuannuan was completely shocked.

Throughout Yu Qiao Qiao’s narrative, her mouth was agape. The only thought echoing in her mind was: What?!

Listening to Yu Qiao Qiao after finishing, she was utterly incredulous.

If it weren’t for her belief that she shouldn’t swear.

She would definitely have cursed right now: What the hell? Going to a hotel every morning to exercise?? Such lunatics!

How could this be possible!

Are there still such boring people now?

And then, she suddenly thought about her logic for believing Chen Yan was a jerk:

If... even going to a hotel together couldn’t be considered solid proof.

Then... could what she observed between Chen Yan and Lu Man flirting be worth considering?

His QQ alt ID is "Bad Woman First Under the Heavens"— does it even hold that much proof?

After all, these could all be explained away with numerous excuses.

Moreover, these excuses, however "bizarre," couldn’t possibly be as "bizarre" as "Chen Yan and Zhao Ying going to the hotel just to exercise"...

For a moment, Yang Nuannuan started to doubt all the secrets about Chen Yan she had uncovered recently...

Could it be... Chen Yan really is a gentleman?

Yang Nuannuan began to doubt her previous judgments.

Especially since... humans are really a fascinating species.

No matter what, once a judgment has been made, all "discovered" "facts" are then interpreted to fit that judgment.

So, under this prejudiced self-doubt, Yang Nuannuan couldn’t help but recall the few times she had drinks with Chen Yan where he behaved decently without overstepping any limits.

Could it be... she misunderstood Chen Yan?

Chen Yan isn’t really a heartless womanizer?

What... have I exactly been doing all this time?

For a moment, Yang Nuannuan felt bewildered.

Of course, she wasn’t the type to believe whatever Yu Qiao Qiao said. So she decided to check things out herself.

...

Meanwhile, after showering with Zhao Ying, Chen Yan and Zhao Ying returned to the company, arm in arm.

On the way back to the company, Chen Yan pondered for a moment, then said, "Brother Ying, I might be busier next month, so I won’t have time to exercise with you."

Zhao Ying gave Chen Yan a serious look and said with deep significance, "Disciple, learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to fall back. You’ve just laid a good foundation, you can’t neglect it."

However, perhaps it was because she wasn’t really suited for such a grave expression, so her face looked awkward and somewhat comical.

Chen Yan held back his laughter and explained, "I know that. Don’t worry. Even if I don’t exercise with you, I will still exercise daily during my free time."

"Like running in the evening, doing a set of standing stakes in the morning."

"Don’t worry. I won’t neglect it."

"After I’m busy with this period, I’ll come back and exercise with you again."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Zhao Ying’s lively eyes twinkled, and then she cheerfully agreed, "Okay! Since you said so, I’ll give you a break!"

"But don’t worry. Once a teacher, always..."

Chen Yan punched over, "Not this again!" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Zhao Ying giggled and caught Chen Yan’s fist, "Oh! Daring to sneak attack your master! Come. Let’s see how I’m going to discipline you!"

So, the two frolicked all the way to the company.

If it weren’t for the fact that most of the staff had already gone to work early, seeing these two bosses behaving so casually, they would probably be shocked...

...

Arriving at work, Chen Yan traded stocks while continuing his busy work.

Today was the last day of trading stocks, and after selling all the stocks according to the system’s guidance, Chen Yan made exactly 5.662 billion!

It was 400,000 more than what he initially withdrew.

The main discrepancy was the stock he told the married woman writer to buy.

But no matter how much Chen Yan puzzled over it, he couldn’t understand how a small operation of 200,000 could impact his billions.

He had thought briefly— what if the married woman writer had used a fund far exceeding 200,000 to operate on that stock?

But he dismissed this idea in a moment.

Because, if he put himself in her shoes, if he had millions, tens of millions of funds, he definitely wouldn’t buy stocks based on a net friend’s suggestion.

Isn’t he afraid of encountering a scammer?

So, he could only attribute everything to the butterfly effect.

The busy day quickly passed.

Nothing changed.

Only Yu Qiao Qiao was excessively considerate towards Chen Yan today, which made him a bit puzzled.

However, Yu Qiao Qiao had always been nice to him, so Chen Yan didn’t take it too much to heart.

At night, after getting home, Chen Yan cleaned up and did some exercise.

It must be said, although Brother Ying is a bit simple-minded, she truly has a high talent for martial arts.

Also, the master Zhao Family found for her must be an exceptional expert.

A set of standing stakes taught to Chen Yan, with just a dozen simple moves, made Chen Yan feel that every muscle was being activated, getting thoroughly exercised.

After finishing his evening routine, Chen Yan took a bath, then got into bed, patiently waiting for the last few hours of this month to pass. Then, after midnight, the happiness value would refresh, allowing the purchase of special items.

While waiting, he felt a bit bored, so he turned on his phone to check out the novel he had been following.

Though the married woman writer had burned her bridges, which really ticked off Chen Yan, he still wanted to read the novel.

So, Chen Yan started reading the novel.

To his surprise, the novel had started writing steamy scenes again.

Of course, if it were just this, Chen Yan wouldn’t be surprised.

He was surprised by... the characters in the steamy scene.

It was the male lead and the second female lead?!

Seeing this steamy scene, Chen Yan was baffled.

What the...

Isn’t this a pure romance novel? How did it suddenly turn into a minotaur scene?

The male lead actually had a relationship with the second female lead?

This...

This seems a bit thrilling.

Of course, this was under the premise that Chen Yan was putting himself in the shoes of the male protagonist.

So, he must be in the minority. After reading these two Chapters, he browsed through the book review section and the Chapter comments. It turned out, they were all female readers cursing the author.