My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 382: Friendship Shifts 70 Degrees

After all, this book was published for a female audience, so the primary audience is female readers.

As a result, a decent boss-themed novel suddenly became a "green" novel. It would be strange if the female readers didn’t curse.

In the book review section, only a few male readers left positive reviews, but those were out of sympathy. They thought the author was really audacious. How dare she write something like this.

While reading the reviews, Chen Yan couldn’t help but laugh, feeling that the married woman author was indeed interesting.

What had she encountered?

Was she hinting to the readers that she wanted to have an affair?

As soon as this thought arose, Chen Yan shook his head, feeling... that was not right.

This female author was already divorced. It was impossible for her to have an affair.

So, what was the purpose of this plot?

It has to be said, the married woman author’s bold move successfully piqued Chen Yan’s curiosity.

He reflexively wanted to open QQ to chat with this married woman.

After opening it, he remembered he had already been deleted.

"A freaking plant!" Chen Yan cursed softly.

He felt an itchy sensation, as if a little cat was scratching at his heart.

Therefore, he could only send another friend request to the author, asking her why she deleted him and saying he wanted to chat about the recent plot of the novel.

After sending the message, Chen Yan annoyingly tossed his phone aside, then crossed his hands behind his head, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

While daydreaming, Chen Yan started pondering over Zhao Ying’s affair.

This month, by accumulating Zhao Ying’s affection points, Chen Yan’s happiness index met the target.

However, it was now the time for Zhao Ying to make her feelings clear.

Chen Yan was genuinely worried that Zhao Ying might fall in love with him. He already had Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man. Now, entangled with He Mengxue, he really didn’t have the energy to accompany Zhao Ying anymore.

Thus, Chen Yan wondered if he could arrange to have a serious talk with Zhao Ying tomorrow.

Let her understand that they were just friends.

Thinking about it that way, Chen Yan felt it was worth considering.

With that in mind, he turned on his phone again, opened the game, and checked Zhao Ying’s "Emotion Confirmation Scale".

The "Emotion Confirmation Scale" is an item in Virtual Girlfriend that appeared when the affection level reaches 99, for confirming one’s feelings.

It was a semicircular scale. The left half represents friendship and the right half represents romance. Together, they span 180 degrees, with each half contributing 90 degrees.

Reaching 90 degrees of friendship would allow the Virtual Girlfriend to confirm her feelings as friendship.

Reaching 90 degrees of romance would allow the Virtual Girlfriend to confirm her feelings as romance.

Chen Yan once managed to turn Lu Man’s feelings into "romance" using this method.

And today, Chen Yan planned to do the opposite!

While thinking this, Chen Yan glanced at the "Emotion Confirmation Scale" and surprisingly found that Zhao Ying’s "Emotion Scale" was naturally inclined towards "friendship".

And not just slightly!

It had reached 70 degrees!

That meant if Chen Yan put in some more effort and reaffirmed their relationship as just friends with Zhao Ying, he believed, it wouldn’t take long for Zhao Ying to make clear that her feelings for Chen Yan were only of friendship!

With this thought, Chen Yan felt fully confident!

He was certain he could sort out Brother Ying! No one could stop him!

After Chen Yan had decided what to do the next day, the time slowly reached midnight.

With the change of the digital clock, every number reset to zero, signaling the arrival of a new month.

Chen Yan checked the shop and sure enough, his happiness index had refreshed.

Yu Qiao Qiao’s affection was MAX, Lu Man’s affection was MAX, and Zhao Ying’s was 99, so Chen Yan had a total of 49 affection points!

Plus the one leftover affection point from last month, he had just enough to buy the "Stamina Exchange Pill Bottle".

Thinking this, Chen Yan did not hesitate to click on the purchase option and bought the special item he had been thinking about for half a month.

With Chen Yan’s purchase, a white pill bottle appeared in his hand.

The pill bottle looked like the usual small bottle, not big, felt only about the size of a "Zinc Gluconate Tablets" bottle. It was portable.

The only difference was a label on the bottle that read "Stamina Exchange Pill Bottle".

He thought for a moment, feeling that he could tear off the label from another pill bottle and stick it on for a perfect disguise.

When you get a tool, you use it.

Chen Yan checked the time, feeling it was indeed time to go to bed, so he held the pill bottle and followed the usage instructions on his phone, whispering, "Exchange."

As he said those words, he immediately felt the strength of his body being drained away, gradually disappearing.

Chen Yan, who had a constitution of +7, was always energetic, even to the point of feeling too vigorous.

Especially during this time, Zhao Ying kept dragging him to exercise his body, and afterward, she would make various demands.

As a result, Chen Yan’s body was always feeling hot and bustling with energy, as if his blood could boil.

But upon using this special item, Chen Yan suddenly felt weak.

The sensation was like suddenly having low blood sugar or a severe cold.

In short, very uncomfortable.

But... perfect for sleeping.

So, Chen Yan lay down on his bed, let out a weak yawn, covered himself with the blanket, and deeply fell asleep.

Maybe because of the loss of stamina, Chen Yan slept soundly. His complexion even seemed weak.

But as time passed second by second, one hour later, Chen Yan’s body began to revive.

His heartbeat grew stronger again, his complexion became rosy, he looked better, and the whole person gradually became more spirited, with a more handsome smile on his face.

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Yu Qiao Qiao Affection: MAX

Lu Man Affection: MAX

Zhao Ying Affection: 99. Confirming emotions...

Total assets: 33.282 billion (Withdrawn to account...)

Note: These assets are all readily convertible assets like cash, real estate, and vehicles, not including company valuation and other assets. Once the company has a valuation, a separate estimation will be added.

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The next morning, Chen Yan woke up, rejuvenated!

He felt that the pill bottle was incredibly useful. Even if not used for energy, it could be used as a sleep aid!

Chen Yan even thought that if he encountered any troublesome scenes, or if he faced any unsolvable problems with Yu Qiao Qiao or Lu Man, he could just "drain" his body and instantly solve everything!

While foolishly pondering the strange uses for the pill bottle, Chen Yan shook the bottle a bit.

"Dang lang~ Dang lang~" Accompanied by the shaking, the pill bottle, empty the night before, now made a sound.

Clearly, it contained the first pill.

He unscrewed the bottle, dumped out the pill.

The pill bottle was very small, only the size of half a little fingernail cap, white on the front, eating it meant half an hour of energy and intelligence.

The back was black, eating it would give half an hour of stamina.

Chen Yan held the pill, pondering on what to do to experience it...

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Since today was the start of a new month, Chen Yan didn’t go to exercise with Zhao Ying.

He went straight to the company.

Upon arrival, Chen Yan sent a message to Lu Man.

Asking where she was.

But Lu Man told Chen Yan that she was currently in Magic City, signing artists.

Recently, as Chenlu Film developed, Lu Man’s celebrity studio also expanded aggressively. Under Mei Li sister’s assistance, they began venturing into talent management.

Learning that Lu Man wasn’t on Qin Island, Chen Yan played with the pill bottle, a bit disappointed.

He then sent a message to Yu Qiao Qiao, asking where she would be today and if she wanted to "study" a bit.

Then... still received a negative answer.

Now with the charity foundation in its infancy, Yu Qiao Qiao and Yao Hong, Jiang Nanxing, and the three were liaising with the municipal charity association, finalizing the remaining procedures, and starting to select appropriate projects.

After failing to find a "test subject" again, Chen Yan was sitting behind his desk, feeling bored.

Just as he was contemplating who to "test" the pill on, suddenly, someone knocked on the office door "bang bang bang".

Chen Yan stuffed the pill bottle into his pocket, calling out, "Come in."

The office door opened, and Yang Rou, clad in professional attire and emanating a cool aura, walked in.

After coming in, she inquired, "Chen, do you have any business today?"

Chen Yan recalled his schedule for today. Then he shook his head, "No."

Yang Rou continued, "Then, if it’s convenient, let’s go to a meeting together."

"A meeting?" Chen Yan looked at Yang Rou perplexedly.

Yang Rou nodded and explained, "The preparatory meeting for the ’Sunrise Plan’. This time, several high-level executives from our partners and the government officials I mentioned to you last time will be attending. It’s quite high-level."

"This is the first such meeting."

"So I thought, you could attend and show our group’s attitude, give them some reassurance."

Hearing that it was important business, although it would delay testing the pill, Chen Yan still nodded in agreement, "Okay. No problem."

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