188: Chapter 188 Heartbeats Beneath the Elf Skirt: Mr. Lu's Real-Life Ambiguity in the Virtual World

Su Qingxue glared at him.

But that look had no lethality; instead, because of that hint of shyness, it seemed exceptionally alluring.

She stood there, hesitating for a few seconds.

Finally, she raised her hand and clicked confirm.

The next second, the professional suit on her body dissipated like flowing light.

Replacing it was that elf-style outfit.

The long skirt hem draped down, revealing a stretch of fair lines at her shoulders and neck. The thin chain hanging by her ear swayed gently, reflecting the moonlight outside the window, looking unreasonably beautiful.

Lu Li looked at her, his eyes darkening a bit.

Su Qingxue felt a bit uncomfortable being looked at by him and subconsciously averted her gaze.

"You... not allowed to laugh."

Lu Li took a step forward.

"When did I laugh?"

"Then stop staring."

"You're dressed like this, if I don't look at you, should I look at those Alliance players down there?"

Su Qingxue's face, already burning, immediately grew even hotter.

She wanted to maintain some of her President Su aura, but in this kind of place, in front of Lu Li, her cold shell couldn't hold up for long.

"I was just... trying it on for fun."

Lu Li had already walked in front of her.

He looked down at her, his voice lowered.

"Mhm."

"It looks really good on you."

Su Qingxue's heart skipped a beat.

She pursed her lips, just about to say something, when her waist was suddenly wrapped by an arm.

The next second, she was pulled forward by Lu Li, crashing directly into his arms.

Outside the window were the myriad lights of Stormwind City.

Inside the window was a space belonging only to the two of them.

Su Qingxue's fingers subconsciously clutched the fabric on his chest. When she looked up, her eyelashes trembled slightly.

Lu Li looked down at her.

That lazy vibe was still there, but his gaze was completely different from when he was on stage.

"President Su."

"Mhm..."

"The press conference bonus, I'm here to collect it now."

As he finished speaking, he leaned down and kissed her.

At first, it was quite restrained.

Just a little bit of testing between their lips and teeth, carrying the familiarity and intimacy unique to those who have been together for a long time.

But Su Qingxue had already been thoroughly dazzled by him all night, and after returning home, her emotions hadn't fully dissipated.

Now, being teased by him like this, the cold demeanor she was holding onto didn't even last a few seconds before she softened.

She raised her arms to wrap around his neck, the thin chain by her ear gently touching his cheek, feeling slightly cool.

Lu Li's palm pressed against her lower back, pulling her closer into his arms.

Outside the window, a gryphon soared over Stormwind City.

The players below were still running quests, forming dungeon groups, and browsing the auction house.

No one knew that, in a layer above them that they couldn't see, there was a semi-transparent bedroom. And no one knew that the man from Guanghui Technology who had just overturned the entire industry during the day was currently holding his wife, collecting his "debt" high in the sky of the game world.

Su Qingxue was kissed until her breathing was chaotic. When she opened her eyes, the lights outside seemed to be covered in a layer of moist light.

Her voice was light and trembling.

"Lu Li..."

"Mhm?"

"The window..."

Lu Li followed her gaze and glanced outside.

"They can't see."

Su Qingxue's face turned even redder.

"I know."

"But I still..."

She didn't finish the second half of the sentence. But Lu Li understood.

He chuckled, waved his hand, and a semi-transparent veil slowly draped down, half-covering the entire high-altitude night view.

Only the blurry and beautiful lights of Stormwind City remained, seeping in through the gauze curtain.

Su Qingxue watched this scene, her heart feeling as if it had been gently hooked by something.

Lu Li leaned into her ear, his voice low.

"Is this better?"

Su Qingxue didn't speak. She just silently clenched her fingers into the fabric on his shoulder.

The next second, she was scooped up by her waist.

She let out a low gasp, instinctively clinging to him, her long elf hair sliding down along her shoulders and onto his arm.

The things that followed could no longer be looked at in detail.

The sound of the wind was kept outside the veil.

The echo of the distant clock tower also gradually faded.

Only the lamp by the bed swayed slightly, casting overlapping shadows and the sound of breathing that was pressed extremely low but couldn't hide the heat.

By the time Su Qingxue exited the virtual world, it was almost an hour later.

The study lights were still on.

She took off the Virtual Helmet, her earlobes still red, and even her collarbone glowing with a heat that hadn't yet faded.

Lu Li sat beside her, his expression still that lazy look, as if he weren't the one who had just worn her out until she could barely stand.

Su Qingxue raised her foot, wanting to kick him.

Lu Li reached out, grabbed her ankle, and pulled her into his arms.

"President Su."

"Still at it?"

"I just wanted to ask you one thing," Lu Li said with a calm expression, "Are you going to pay the overtime pay for tonight?"

Su Qingxue laughed in anger and reached out to pinch him.

"Lu Li, can you have some shame?"

Lu Li lowered his head and bumped his forehead against hers.

"No."

"Shame is the kind of thing that gets used up after going to work once."

Su Qingxue had wanted to scold him a bit more, but in the end, she just leaned into his arms and was quiet for a moment.

The night outside the window was deep. The villa was very quiet.

She suddenly spoke softly.

"Lu Li."

"Mhm?"

"When I was sitting down there today, I suddenly really wanted to hug you."

Lu Li looked down at her.

Su Qingxue looked up, the coldness in her eyes long gone, leaving only something very soft and very real.

"Not a hug like this at home."

"I mean, when you were standing on the stage, I wanted to just walk up and hug you."

Lu Li looked at her for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and ruffled her hair.

"You held back?"

"...Mhm."

"That's a pity."

Su Qingxue was stunned.

Lu Li leaned back in his chair, his tone lazy.

"If you had actually come up, tomorrow's trending search could have been even higher."

Su Qingxue was startled at first, then immediately laughed out loud.

The lingering romantic atmosphere in the study was completely ruined by his sentence.

She laughed in his arms for a long while before raising her hand to pat him lightly.

"Annoying."

Lu Li hummed.

"Sleep?"

"Mhm."

"Are you going to the company tomorrow?"

"No."

"Then what are you doing?"

Lu Li didn't even think.

"Lying down."

Su Qingxue closed her eyes.

As expected.

This guy had just wiped out the entire industry, and his plan for the next day was still to lie down.

But for some reason, hearing this now, she actually felt like laughing.

She stood up and pulled him to walk out.

"Fine."

"Then you just lie at home tomorrow."

"If those people online keep slandering you, I'll curse them back for you."

Lu Li followed her lazily, lifting his eyes upon hearing this.

"No need."

"Mhm?"

"Tomorrow, someone will slap their faces for me."

Su Qingxue's steps paused slightly.

"Who?"

Lu Li yawned.

"Real users."

The next morning. Mingzhu City, an old residential complex in the south of the city.

Wang Jun, with a head of messy, unawakened hair, just unplugged his phone charger and opened the replay of last night's press conference again.

This was his third time watching it today.

It wasn't that he was idle. It was mainly because it was too intoxicating.

From the Full-screen display to Doubao AI, and then to Mirage, last night's press conference had his adrenaline still not fully faded even now.

He was an old fan of Guanghui Technology. A real old fan.

From the exposure of the earliest Full-screen display concept, to the later silicon-carbon negative electrode batteries, the Xingchen System, and then the Virtual Helmet, he had followed and watched almost everything along the way.

Unfortunately, he still hadn't bought that Virtual Helmet thing yet. For one, it was really impossible to snag one. Secondly, he had been tight on money recently and couldn't bear to pay the premium to buy it from scalpers.

Every time he swiped and saw videos of others wearing the helmet to enter world of warcraft or resident evil, he was incredibly envious. But envious was envious; if he couldn't buy it, he couldn't buy it.

As a result, when Mirage came out this time, he hardly hesitated and placed an order directly. 14,999.

It might not be considered cheap for others. For an ordinary office worker like him, it was definitely not a number he could just pull out casually.

But Wang Jun gritted his teeth and went for it. The reason was simple. He believed in Guanghui Technology. He believed in Lu Li even more.

Up until now, everything this person had brought out had never disappointed him.

But this trust, starting from noon the next day, was still shaken by wave after wave of smear articles online.