Love Apartment (6)
/Text: Green Plum Sauce
As the news spread, the number of people online in the live broadcast room whose replica partition belongs to Chi Ting of the Love Apartment continued to soar.
Soon, the number of people has doubled from the previous 500 or so. If you do some incomplete statistics, you can find that almost all of them come to see how newcomers commit suicide in the desperate situation.
When Chi Ting appeared at the door of Room 1203 wearing casual clothes and carrying two bags of ingredients, he didn't know how many eyes with complicated emotions fell on him.
The sunlight outside filtered in through the small window open on the wall, casting a soft halo on his body. If he didn't know the dangerous background of the environment, any angle would be enough to be called a very warm one. Beautiful picture.
The next second, the door of Room 1203 was pushed open from the inside. When Chi Ting looked up, he saw Yue Ren supporting the door with one hand and pushing the gold-rimmed glasses he got from nowhere on the bridge of his nose with the other hand. He smiled. He made a gesture of invitation: "Welcome."
When he was about to enter the door, Chi Ting raised his eyes and took another look. He was inexplicably sure that this man's glasses had no real function and were purely decorative.
After entering the door, Chi Ting casually placed the ingredients in his hands on the dining table and glanced around quickly.
He had been to Room 1201 where the female model lived before, and it could be said that it had a completely different style from his home.
In comparison, although Suite 1203 here has a different layout, it is decorated in a very similar style to Suite 02.
"How's it going? Do you like the design of my home?" Yue Ren has been paying attention to Chi Ting's actions since he entered the door. This gaze is like an invisible hand, and in an instant, every inch of Chi Ting's skin has been covered from top to bottom. I touched it all down.
This feeling is like appreciating something that is available for you to play with at any time.
Chi Ting finished his observation and turned around to look over: "Very good."
After a pause, he pointed to the bag on the dining table: "I don't have any suitable gifts for my first visit. If we haven't had lunch yet, do you want to come together?"
The corner of Yue Ren's mouth rose with interest: "You want to cook for me yourself?"
Chi Ting just watched the virtual panel appear in front of him.
[Task name: Love Lunch
Mission introduction: Yue Ren, who stays up all night and works overtime all the time, is a distressed young man who is a social worker. He is afraid of society and rarely has the opportunity to go out and socialize. Finally, he has a day off. Are you willing to cook a loving meal for him? lunch?
Mission reward: Moon Blade favorability +100
Hidden effect: unknown (???)
Are you sure you want to accept the mission? yes or no]
Chi Ting also didn't expect that the triggering of this strategy mission was quite user-friendly, but there was probably something wrong with the internal program.
It doesn’t matter that the name of the mission is “Love Lunch”. Is this social bastard young man not only heart-warming but also a social terror? This system's understanding of the attributes of their NPCs is too biased.
Seeing that the favorability reward was very generous, Chi Ting chose to accept it without hesitation, and showed his usual spring breeze smile towards Yue Ren: "Of course, I just need to borrow your kitchen."
Yue Ren made a gesture of please.
The kitchen in Room 1203 has an open layout.
Yue Ren sat on the sofa in the living room, raised his eyes slightly, and could see the busy figure in the kitchen.
The light breeze fluttered the window lattice, letting the sunlight leaking in dance on the ground.
The aroma of the food gradually spread out and filled every corner of the room. Occasionally, the cooks seemed a little in a hurry, and the noise they made caused the man on the sofa to look up.
Judging from the pictures in the live broadcast room, every frame seems to be trying its best to exude the best appearance of life. On the contrary, there is a sense of suffocation in the barrage——
【Cook! He actually ran to cook for the NPC! What kind of character is this as a good wife and mother? I really cried to death! 】
[I know you want to cry, but don’t cry yet. After all, he will cry first after a while. 】
[When you take action, you know that guy can’t wait to do it! 】
[Look up! The food is cooked so carefully! I beg you to raise your eyes quickly! ! ! 】
While the barrage was rolling crazily, through the live broadcast, you could see that the shadow under Yue Ren's feet had silently stretched into a very twisted arc, covered with the sunlight leaking in from the window, like A slimy venomous snake spread bit by bit towards the man's feet in the kitchen.
Every flutter of the curtain is like a very dangerous signal. The hunter has exposed his fangs silently, but the prey he is targeting is still indulging in his own world of delicious food.
I have to say that Chi Ting's engrossed look was indeed very confusing. He casually tied his half-long hair into a bunch behind his head, and the chain hanging under the choker around his neck moved rhythmically with his every move. Shaking, the warm smoke from the kitchen enveloped him, as if he was in a separate world.
But this world, at this moment, was intruded by a sudden outsider.
[It’s over, I’m really entangled now! 】
With the overwhelming barrage instantly filling the screen, the "venomous snake" on the ground finally bit its tongue onto the shadow at Chi Zing's feet.
When Chi Ting lowered his eyes and looked down, he saw countless tentacles spreading out of the narrow black shadow in an instant, tightly wrapping around its prey.
At that moment, he could feel a distinct sticky feeling running up from the soles of his feet, and spread all over his body in an instant.
He was completely imprisoned by an invisible force.
Like his shadow, it was touched with a clear and strong sense of touch.
The water in the pot began to boil after reaching the temperature, and the sound of gurgling water became the only movement in the silence.
After a while, Chi Ting put away his slightly surprised expression and raised his eyes: "Is this a little fun between neighbors?"
"Of course, you can think so." Yue Ren had changed to a relatively comfortable position and leaned on the sofa, looking somewhat disappointed with Chi Ting's reaction.
In addition to the night before, this was the second time he failed to capture the panic in this man.
He looked directly at Chi Ting, and the disappointment on his face gradually turned into curiosity: "Understanding each other between neighbors is the first step to enhance feelings. Now I really want to know, is there anything that can make you feel better?" Who are you afraid of, Mr. Chi?"
As he spoke, the shadow entrenched under Chi Ting's feet slowly climbed up.
Invisible tentacles caressed the side of his face, and with a flash of pinprick pain, a small wound appeared on Chi Ting's face without warning.
The seeping blood was caught by Yue Ren's fingertips from a distance, and brought to his mouth as if drinking tea, licking it up bit by bit. The vermilion made his lips become even redder, and every expression It all seemed to prove that he really wanted to find the answer from the bottom of his heart: "...pain, or something else?"
The wound left by the shadow was as thin as a butterfly wing. When Chi Zhan's peripheral vision passed by, the place that was bleeding a moment ago had begun to scab.
Under such circumstances, he even thought about it very seriously: "I'm actually very curious about this issue. To be honest, I haven't felt the emotion you mentioned for a long time, probably because of me. It’s related to the job attributes.”
Moon Blade: "Job attribute?"
Chi Ting: "This topic won't be clear for a while. Maybe we can find a time to discuss it carefully another day."
Moon Blade tilted her head playfully: "Another day?"
"Because now is really not the right time." Chi Ting pointedly looked at the boiling water in the pot, "Food is the most important thing for people, and every ingredient needs to go through many complicated processes to become a delicious meal. If the final taste is only affected by missing the best cooking time, it is indeed a waste.”
A series of ellipses flashed in the live broadcast room.
What kind of line is this? If you don’t know, you might think you’re on some food channel!
However, after a brief silence, Yue Ren really laughed: "Are you sure you will come to me again another day?"
Chi Ting smiled: "Of course, I'm sure."
Yue Ren raised his eyebrows, and with a crisp snap of his fingers, all the depressing atmosphere around him disappeared with the shadow that instantly pulled away.
audience:? ? ?
This is okay too! ?
Chi Ting was able to regain the best cooking time for the food as he wished, and began to enter the next stage of operation in an orderly manner.
During this period, he could feel that Moon Blade had slowly walked behind him, and within a short distance, he could feel the sight falling behind him clearly.
"If the food you cook does not arouse my expectations, what are you going to do?" From the tone of his voice, his neighbor who is a social animal and a system-certified social terror seems to be very curious about this question.
Chi Zing did not stop the operation on his hands. He glanced meaningfully at the red stone on his chest from the corner of his eye: "Of course, there are other ways."
"Oh?" Yue Ren spoke like silk, "What method? How about you let me see it now?"
Seeing that this person was obviously interested again, Chi Ting stepped forward and stepped on the side, just in time to firmly hold down the shadow that was eager to try again.
He looked back, and when he met Moon Blade's gaze, his tone was already soft and coaxing: "I told you that it will be another day, another day. Besides, eating my food will definitely make you feel happy."
Their eyes met in mid-air, and finally Moon Blade retracted the shadow tentacles that had once again clung to Chi Ting's side with some annoyance, and murmured lazily: "Are you in a happy mood... Maybe, I can really take a longer annual leave recently. ”
Chi Ting was noncommittal and touched Moon Blade with his elbow to signal him to stay away, and then started to plate the food in the enough free space.
Yue Ren sneered and sat directly at the dining table.
As for the next scene, it can only be said that it was a bit too unexpected. As a result, the screen in the live broadcast room was blank for a long time before the barrage began to scroll gradually.
[I have missed several group starts during this period. Can anyone tell me, Yue Ren... has he ever been so easy to talk to before? 】
[This means that when you meet Yue Ren, you just need to cook for him? Fuck, I learned it, I remembered it! 】
【? ? ? Is it really because of the cooking? 】
[… Can a person who can’t cook be saved if he matches this dungeon? 】
[But I have to say, this newbie really doesn’t look afraid at all! I didn't even blink my eyelids just now, my mental quality was too strong! 】
[What is his ID number? If I can clear this instance, I will pay attention to him. 】
Chi Ting really didn't have a strong fear.
Based on his usual work habits, he usually chooses to negotiate in a relatively gentle way first. If the other party is really unwilling, then he can only use another method, which is something he doesn't like too much - violence. .
Chi Ting generally doesn't like to be violent when facing cute humans.
So he was very happy that the man in front of him finally made a choice that satisfied him. After all, although this man was an NPC, he did have the aura of a human that he liked.
The pleasant lunch time ended quickly.
Chi Ting clearly saw that the favorability value on Yue Ren's head jumped up [100], and then, the original white strips were gradually dyed with a layer of green full of life.
Before he came, he had no idea that the favorability level of this seemingly difficult NPC would reach the green level, only one meal away.
This made Chi Ting smile more and more sincerely when he looked at Yue Ren.
How should I put it, it was a bit unexpected and easy to coax.
Then, next, he only needs to increase the favorability of the female model in Room 1201, and then he can move freely in the areas on the upper and lower floors.
