Keep an appointment

Lin Yuan finished the last mouthful of noodle soup and let out a satisfied burp.

He planned to go to the supermarket first to buy some snacks for a late-night meal, as he was definitely going to stay up late tonight. There were less than ten days until school started, and he needed to get computing resources as soon as possible and then run the algorithm so he could submit it to Good Group before school began.

But when Lin Yuan came out of the supermarket and took out his phone to pay, he saw a message from Xia Ye.

“Hong Kong-style tea restaurant for dinner?”

“Or steak and hotpot are fine, whatever you want to eat.”

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that he had an evening meal with Xia Ye today.

Burp~~, Lin Yuan burped again. How could he eat anymore?

Break the appointment again? It seemed he really couldn't do it.

After struggling for a while, Lin Yuan suddenly thought of a question—why did I agree to eat with her in the first place?

So Lin Yuan scrolled through the chat history, just like checking log files when encountering a code bug.

“The day before yesterday 00:02”

“Let's have dinner together tomorrow.”

It really was him who initiated it.

Lin Yuan tried hard to recall his state of mind at that time.

Late at night the day before yesterday, after finishing his code, he was physically and mentally exhausted and feeling lonely late at night, and then he received Xia Ye's invitation. So he naturally agreed.

‘It seems I was coveting her?’

‘But why do I feel so… so incredibly calm now?’

Lin Yuan even specifically opened Xia Ye's Moments and reviewed her beautiful photos again.

‘No problem, this girl's looks are very nice.’

Lin Yuan suddenly looked up, his face filled with dread.

Damn it, if she's not the problem, am I?

Lin Yuan thought of the way the computing power system replenished computing power, and he immediately rushed towards the nearest public restroom, unable to wait to go back to the dormitory first.

Lin Yuan didn't even care about the dirt on the floor of the public squat toilet, and casually placed his supermarket shopping bag on the ground. He quickly closed the squat toilet door, then hurriedly unbuckled his belt to check himself.

Three minutes later~~

Lin Yuan tried many methods, and his phone screen had already displayed photos of many different people. Those teachers suddenly seemed unable to educate anyone. Even, Lin Yuan finally tried looking at Xia Ye's photo out of desperation, but it was also useless.

He tried to fantasize about various evil scenarios, but his mind surprisingly had no interest in those scenes he had once eagerly pursued.

Lin Yuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

I've been castrated?

“System, did you castrate me?”

But the system did not respond.

“System, talk to me. Otherwise, I'll go to the rooftop and commit suicide.” As a seasoned virgin, how could Lin Yuan accept this fact? He just wanted to replenish computing power and sold his life essence to the system twice, and he had to suffer such serious side effects?

Perhaps because Lin Yuan's emotions were very unstable at this moment, the system finally gave some response.

“Using computing power recovery will have a period of side effects, similar to a game's debuff mechanism.”

“How long do the side effects last?”

“Insufficient sample data, unable to provide estimated data.”

“Insufficient sample data?”

“Current historical recovery count: 2.”

“Damn it…”

Lin Yuan wanted to curse this broken B system, but for a moment he didn't know how to start.

Looking at the system's reply, because Lin Yuan's historical recovery count was too low, there was an issue of insufficient samples, so it was impossible to give specific details of the side effects and their duration. That also meant: the system simply did not know the side effects of this recovery method. Otherwise, it would not need to collect data from Lin Yuan's historical recoveries to determine the side effects.

“Why didn't you mention such an important situation earlier?”

The system once again returned to silent feigning death.

Lin Yuan had to face the side effect of replenishing computing power with life essence—an enhanced sage mode.

He felt as if there was a debuff icon above his head at this moment.

With such an unknown but terrifying debuff, how could Lin Yuan still care about computing resources? After all, the body is the capital for revolution, and that thing is the capital among capitals.

Lin Yuan decided to save himself.

Even if the feedback from the system indicated that this debuff was only temporary, Lin Yuan couldn't convince himself every time he felt the emptiness in his crotch.

Coincidentally, Xia Ye invited him to dinner again, so a bad idea was born in his mind.

‘Through a phone screen, the effect is ultimately not great. It's better to meet her in person.’

Lin Yuan had no improper thoughts; he just wanted a normal, healthy body. He thought of the “offsetting method” in Dragon Country's traditional culture, attempting to use the yin energy carried by beauty to recall his pure yang essence.

“Whatever we eat. Send me the address, I'll be right there.”

—

“He replied to me, he replied to me.”

Xia Ye was originally worried about why Lin Yuan wasn't replying to her messages, but after receiving his reply, she immediately beamed with joy.

“Never seen someone so happy to give it away.” Song Xiaoxiao's private remarks were always very “simple.”

Xia Ye's face turned red from what she said.

Finally, Xia Ye chose a tea restaurant for dinner. Because hotpot smells too strong, and eating steak requires holding a knife and fork, for a first date, it's better to keep it simple and ordinary.

—

As Lin Yuan rode his small electric scooter past Nine Minutes Sweet Milk Tea Shop, quite a few people had already gathered at the shop's entrance. Many people were holding selfie sticks, and some even had dedicated camera equipment.

Although Lin Yuan hadn't checked the time, he knew from the sky that it wasn't yet seven o'clock, when Xia Ye started work. Moreover, Xia Ye was actually waiting for him to have dinner together. He didn't know what these people were so excited about.

Lin Yuan naturally couldn't hear what those people were talking about.

The crowd at the entrance of Nine Minutes Sweet Milk Tea Shop was discussing animatedly.

“Are you here to film too?”

“Film what? I'm here to buy milk tea and see the senior student.”

“The Nine Minutes Sweet Beauty is popular now.”

“The senior student has always been very popular.”

“Not that kind of popular, she's popular online. Look at this.”

“‘Reborn Deliveryman, Milk Tea Beauty Desperately Chasing Me?’ What is this? Isn't this the senior student? Why is she chasing an electric scooter? Is the person riding the electric scooter a delivery driver?”

“It's a short video trope.”

“So you're all here to film the senior student?”

“It's all for traffic.”

—

Lin Yuan was completely unaware of the true situation happening at the entrance of Nine Minutes Sweet Milk Tea Shop; in fact, Xia Ye didn't know either.

He arrived at the tea restaurant according to the address Xia Ye sent. After parking his electric scooter, he walked in quickly. He wanted to see Xia Ye earlier and verify his treatment plan as soon as possible. Of course, Lin Yuan only wanted to treat himself through visual means; he had no excessive thoughts.

When Lin Yuan arrived, panting, he was surprised to find that there was someone else with Xia Ye.

In fact, when Lin Yuan rushed over, Song Xiaoxiao had already seen him under Xia Ye's guidance. Looking at Lin Yuan's hurried pace, Song Xiaoxiao's first remark was, “Look at how eager he is; his breaking the appointment yesterday was probably just playing hard to get.”

But when Lin Yuan arrived, Song Xiaoxiao immediately put away the disdain on her face. She smiled sweetly at Lin Yuan, “Hello, I'm Xia Ye's friend, Song Xiaoxiao.”

Song Xiaoxiao wore light makeup today, concealing her charm beneath a fresh and delicate appearance. Her goal was to inadvertently strike Lin Yuan down, so that Xia Ye would see reality.

Protagonist not doing proper work warning. After these seven or eight chapters, I don't plan to write extensively about girls anymore. Alas, I got flamed and felt emo, so I'll just intersperse it.