This villain, please exercise some restraint.

Chapter 272 Lovers 31

"Final Destiny".

After a few days, Xia Xiaotong came online again.

It was still the place where she logged off last time due to inexplicable uneasiness in her heart.

The emerald green lake water sparkled, and the gentle breeze blew her hair, touching her cheeks, bringing a very real itch.

There seemed to be more eyes watching her from behind. It was not that she was suspicious, but that the gaze was too intense, as if it was real, making it difficult for her to ignore it.

She turned around suddenly and saw a face that was very familiar to her.

It’s An Xu.

"Xiaotong, I've been waiting for you for a long, long time."

An Xu grinned and said this.

Xia Xiaotong opened her mouth for a long moment before speaking in a daze, "An Xu, I...I feel like you're a little strange."

"is it?"

An Xu tilted his head, seeming a little confused.

"Maybe it's because I'm insecure. I always think you're so good, which makes me feel a little inferior..."

Xia Xiaotong now didn't know what to say, but when she was hesitating, a flash of inspiration came into her mind, making her subconsciously say the next words.

"By the way, can you help me pick a rose over there?"

She stretched out her hand and pointed to a group of thriving red roses growing under a tree not far away.

The black-haired boy turned around, and before he took a few steps, he heard the girl in the green dress calling out from behind him again.

"Lovers!"

The girl shouted.

The momentary alertness caused by the name made the black-haired boy turn his head instantly.

The girl in the green dress did not miss the fleeting look of alertness and surprise on the black-haired boy's face.

As it was, he… responded to the name.

Maybe that person was right.

But soon, a proper smile returned to her face. "Dear An Xu, I really want to confirm, are you really willing to be my lover?"

"Although I really want to call you that in my heart, I think it's better to symbolically ask for your opinion first."

After saying that, the girl in the green dress blinked her eyes with a playful look on her face, as if everything that had just happened was just her sudden thought.

"Of course, Xiaotong."

An Xu smiled slightly, then turned around, picked the rose and placed it in Xia Xiaotong's palm.

"You are also my lover, my beloved."

His words were full of sincerity. The girl in the green dress lowered her head slightly. She was a little afraid to look into the eyes of the person in front of her.

The person in front of her had An Xu's appearance and voice, but to her, he was a complete stranger.

His name is... "Lover".

Xia Xiaotong was a little overwhelmed when she thought about how she had spent a lot of love points on dating a "stand-in".

But she still maintained a minimum of rationality. She remembered that Shi Si said that when her love value was exhausted, she would become... a puppet of her "lover".

She couldn't help but look at the panel.

Love value, only 5% left.

This gave her a sudden start.

So fast……

The girl lowered her head and disappeared without a trace, as if she had acted hastily out of extreme shyness.

The black-haired boy stared at the place where the girl in the green dress disappeared, and clenched his fists for a moment.

Just a little bit...

……

Valentine's Day is approaching, and even though Xia Xiaotong and Ye Jiang are extremely reluctant, after some investigation, they slowly tilt the balance in their hearts towards Shi Si.

Staring at the invitation message on his phone, the white-haired boy sitting on the sofa sneered, "When she spoke like that the other day, I almost thought she could handle everything by herself."

"That's normal. We just need to sow the seeds of doubt, and they will check it out when the time comes."

The blond young man smiled.

"Did my brother receive the invitation?"

Temperance looked at the blond young man, and the response he got was the young man's denial.

"not at all."

"But I don't think he would invite me either."

The blond young man seemed to have anticipated this and was not surprised.

"Brother, are you so sure I can go alone? What if this is a conspiracy by my 'lover'? Then, your good brother might never come back."

"After all, at this moment, perhaps the so-called organizers have colluded with the 'lover', and this party may be a complete conspiracy."

The white-haired boy took out the pristine white invitation letter, his words tinged with sarcasm.

He said "maybe", but his words were full of certainty.

Because the way this invitation appeared was too strange, as if it was forcefully delivered to him.

The blond young man didn't seem worried about this. He took the invitation, took a look at it, and handed it back.

"Don't worry, you're not that attractive for him to deliberately set up a trap against you. I think his target should still be the protagonist."

"Because An Xu upstairs has woken up several times in the past few days, but soon fell into a coma again after I noticed him. I think he must be trying to use the protagonist's hand to exert influence on this world."

"It's just that I imposed restrictions on An Xu. He tried several times but failed, so he turned his attention to those two."

The blond young man gave a well-reasoned analysis.

Jiezhi stopped talking. He took out the True Damage Blade, examined it carefully for a moment, and then said, "Don't worry, brother. If the monsters in the game really pop out through some medium and try to hurt those two, I will protect them."

"After all, I have a portion of your power, and I also have this dagger. What my brother wishes for, I also wish for."

"But, what if—"

The blond young man interrupted what Jiezhi was about to say, "Jiezhi, I know you have a lot of opinions about Xia Xiaotong, but she is the easiest to infiltrate. If that happens, it will be because of your selfish motives that you chose to stand by and watch."

This sentence seems to have blocked even the escape route of moderation.

Upon hearing this, the white-haired boy's eyes quickly darkened. "At this moment, brother doesn't seem like my brother, but more like... my boss."

As if realizing the inappropriateness of his words, the blond young man softened his expression, and when he was about to say something, he was interrupted.

He almost forgot that the current restraint was not the same as before. The current restraint had no memory and did not even have any self-protection skills.

The current moderation is just a return to the original state.

Perhaps, this was nothing to his previous restraint, but... he was not the same person he was before.

He is still too immature now.

"Forget it. Maybe our conspiracy theories are too extreme. Maybe this invitation is really just a simple outing."

The white-haired boy put away the dagger and smiled. His smile was very relaxed, as if he didn't take all this seriously at all.

"Anyway, brother, you won't let me die this time, right? That's all I need to know."