My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 80: Who Supports Whom After All

This time, it was Yu Qiao Qiao’s turn to blink.

She cocked her head and looked at Chen Yan, asking hesitantly, "Isn’t this considered a gift?"

Chen Yan let out a grunt, "Of course it is. It’s just... too small."

Under the streetlight, Yu Qiao Qiao smiled innocently and brightly, "There’s no such thing as big or small when it comes to gifts. The most important thing about a gift is the thought behind it."

While speaking, she gently bit her lip, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um... Chen Yan. Close your eyes for a moment."

Chen Yan looked at her, "Huh?"

Yu Qiao Qiao spoke with a hint of coquettishness, "Just close them, will you~"

Seeing Yu Qiao Qiao acting this way, Chen Yan could only close his eyes in puzzlement.

After a moment, he suddenly felt something cool in his hand, as if something had been added.

He opened his eyes and looked down to find a small pouch in his hand.

Chen Yan looked up and saw Yu Qiao Qiao looking down bashfully and saying, "This is for you~"

Chen Yan, surprised, asked, "What is this?"

Yu Qiao Qiao’s voice grew quieter, "A gift~"

With that, she twisted her fingers in her shirt hem, nervously drawing circles on the ground with her foot.

"A gift?" Chen Yan exclaimed in surprise again.

He looked at a shy Yu Qiao Qiao and then at the pouch in his hand.

He was just chatting with Boss Qiao Qiao about giving her a gift, how come... he ended up receiving a gift first?

Chen Yan was at a bit of a loss for a moment.

Who exactly was nurturing whom!

Had Boss Qiao Qiao also received a system? How come she was even more proactive than him!

While he was off in his wild thoughts, Yu Qiao Qiao peeked up at him and whispered, "Well, don’t you want to open it and see?"

"Oh. Oh," Chen Yan snapped out of it and opened the small pouch.

Inside was a small and neat box, with a few English letters on top: Philips.

Apart from the brand name, there was also an image of the gift on the box: an... electric shaver.

"An electric shaver?"

Chen Yan couldn’t help but touch his own chin.

Hmm... it’s a bit prickly. He had indeed been too busy to shave recently.

Seeing Chen Yan look at the gift, Yu Qiao Qiao, head bowed, said quietly, "I looked up a lot of posts online and asked several friends, and they all said the best gifts for guys are razors and hard drives."

"I don’t understand what the hard drive is for, but I thought you might like the shaver."

She added, a bit shyly, "And... I think you might use the shaver often, and every time you do, you’ll remember I gave it to you."

Chen Yan just stared at Yu Qiao Qiao.

The streetlight was dim, but Yu Qiao Qiao under it was exceptionally beautiful. The light was supposed to be yellow, but it seemed to cast colorful halos around her~

Perhaps because she hadn’t heard a response from Chen Yan for a while, Yu Qiao Qiao cautiously looked up, then saw Chen Yan gazing at her.

Her face turned a slight shade of red as she waved her hand in front of Chen Yan.

Chen Yan came back to his senses and coughed awkwardly, "Thank you."

Yu Qiao Qiao smiled softly and happily said, "You’re welcome~"

During the conversation, she walked forward on tiptoe, hands behind her back.

After a couple of steps, she turned back and gave Chen Yan a sweet smile, "Alright~ you’ve received the gift. Let’s hurry up and go. If we don’t get back, Sister Nuan Nuan and the others will be worried."

"Oh. Okay," Chen Yan hurriedly followed.....

...

After dropping off Yu Qiao Qiao at the school gate, Chen Yan walked home with the gift in his hand.

As he walked, Chen Yan reminisced about the recent changes in Yu Qiao Qiao.

Since the beginning of filming, it seemed Yu Qiao Qiao’s personality had visibly transformed. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Maybe it was due to the constant spotlight,

Maybe because she now had a substantial savings,

Or maybe because of Lu Man’s influence,

Either way, she had become more confident and optimistic than when he first met her.

If it were the old her, giving a gift would have required much hesitation, a flushed face, and a stammering delivery, not like tonight, where she even knew how to "tease" him.

Hmm....

This was a good change, wasn’t it?

Chen Yan once again thought of Yu Qiao Qiao’s sweet and confident photo in the game.

Maybe... that truly would be Boss Qiao Qiao’s future appearance?

After all, she was evolving towards that beautiful and confident persona...

Having thought about Yu Qiao Qiao, Chen Yan reflexively started to introspect.

He performed terribly today.

He initially planned to hint at giving Boss Qiao Qiao a luxury car, but instead, Boss Qiao Qiao beat him to giving a gift.

It seemed he needed to seriously study the matter of gift-giving when he got back.

He couldn’t fall behind.

After all, it was he who was nurturing Boss Qiao Qiao, not the other way around!

Better not get that mixed up!

.....

Meanwhile, Yu Qiao Qiao, who had just returned to her dormitory, was being surrounded by Yang Nuan Nuan and the three little ones.

The girls enclosed her in the middle, all curiously asking, "How did it go, Qiao Qiao?" "How was it?" "Did Chen Yan accept it?"

Among the roommates, only Zhao Ying didn’t join in, currently standing on her head on the bed, seemingly indifferent to Yu Qiao Qiao’s gift-giving, which was completely out of character for her gossip-loving persona.

Yu Qiao Qiao looked at her approaching roommates, blushed slightly, and nodded, "He accepted it. He really liked it~"

The three little ones clapped their hands excitedly, "Yay!"

Lu Lu said enthusedly, "I told you the shaver would work!"

Nana hugged her, "Agreed!"

Only Pingping said expressionlessly, "I still think the hard drive would have been more reliable."

Standing aside, Yang Nuan Nuan adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, revealing a smile and saying, "No matter what you give, the thought counts the most."

She paused and added, "Especially since you chose among so many brands and took so many notes."

The three little ones chipped in, "And you took us with you." "To the brand store." "To try them out one by one!"

Nana complained while pulling up her track pants to reveal her smooth legs, "Right. My leg hair got all shaved off."

Yu Qiao Qiao:...

Lu Lu, Pingping:...

Yang Nuan Nuan pinched the bridge of her nose, showing an exasperated expression, "That was you using a poor-quality hair removal patch on yourself, okay... Don’t put the blame on Qiao Qiao."

While the sisters were chatting, Zhao Ying flipped over and sat on the edge of her bed.

She glanced over and said, "You know, you’ve all been so fixated on giving gifts, have you not considered Chen Yan might very well give a return gift?"

Upon hearing her words, the roommates went silent, except Yu Qiao Qiao who said confidently, "Let him give a return gift. If it’s a normal gift, then I’ll accept it, but if it’s too expensive, then I won’t."

Zhao Ying smiled, "Qiao Qiao, I like your innocence."

With that, she seemed to perceive something, pulled her basin from under the bed, and casually went off to wash up.