Volume 3 Chapter 60: Clothes

Lin Lin…

Gao Liang suddenly widened his eyes, and his breathing became faster.

Being suddenly hugged from behind, even though it was only her arms, and her body was not pressing against him, he still felt nervous. His heart started beating fast.

After a moment, he could also feel the girl’s face gently resting on his back.

Th-this…

What is happening?

“Lin… Lin Lin, are you awake?”

Gao Liang asked softly and nervously. However, from behind him, in the place he couldn’t see, the girl’s voice sounded unclear.

It was like she wasn’t fully conscious, or maybe she was talking in her sleep. She murmured softly,

“Gao… Gao Liang, I… I feel so uncomfortable…”

Her voice really sounded like sleep talk, but it also carried a strange charm. Gao Liang couldn’t tell if she was awake or not, so he awkwardly tried to comfort her.

“Of course you feel uncomfortable. You have a cold. Be good, let go of me, and go back to sleep!”

“Mm… tomorrow… tomorrow, don’t forget to buy clothes for me.”

“I know. When you wake up tomorrow, you’ll see that I already bought your clothes, okay?”

“Mm… then… don’t run away in the middle of the night. You must… must stay on the bed and sleep for the whole night. And… don’t… don’t touch me…”

The girl spoke in a sleepy voice, but she still seemed to remember her “mission.” Gao Liang gave a bitter smile. Why was this little girl so stubborn?

“Okay, okay, I understand. Go to sleep~”

“Mmm.”

Her soft words made the night feel especially long. After a while, she fell asleep, but Gao Liang couldn’t sleep.

The reason was simple, her thin arms and soft face were still resting on him.

This…

Gao Liang couldn’t sleep.

He really didn’t understand what was wrong with Lin Lin tonight. Everything felt strange and different from normal.

Thinking carefully, everything that happened tonight felt unreal.

First, he stood up the Little Vampire Girl because Lin Lin asked him to meet. Then at the hot pot restaurant, she sent him strange photos. After that, they came to the hotel, and she forced him to act like a gentleman and do nothing. Finally, he called Lin Lin’s home, and his younger sister answered the phone…

Everything tonight felt so unreal.

In the long night, Gao Liang decided to carefully think through everything that happened, to see where things went wrong.

“……”

After thinking for a long time, suddenly, something his younger sister said caught his attention.

“Th-th-th-then… didn’t you already meet her?”

Her words echoed in his mind.

He had always felt confused. Why did she sound so excited when she said that?

Even though she quickly changed the topic, Gao Liang’s sharp instincts told him there was something hidden behind her words.

It definitely wasn’t that simple…

Could it be that his younger sister knows the Little Vampire Girl?

His doubts grew stronger. And since he failed to meet Ari-chan in person today, he became even more curious about the person behind that identity.

Before, he already had some vague doubts. Based on what he knew…

Ari-chan had a younger brother. She had very good grades. She was good at drawing. She also lived in Huadu…

When he connected all these clues together…

A shocking thought slowly formed in Gao Liang’s mind.

“……”

No, no, that’s impossible.

Gao Liang gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

Huadu is a huge city with tens of millions of people. The chance of that possibility… is just too low.

Maybe he was making a common psychological mistake.

Because he had expectations in his heart, his reasoning only looked for evidence that supported his theory.

Following his earlier logic, he might as well add another sentence, ‘These two people have never appeared on screen together.’

Ah, he never thought that one day, an internet joke would actually apply to himself. How ridiculous.

But why did he still feel so uneasy?

………………………………

A night passed.

The next day, when the sunlight was already shining brightly, the girl slowly woke up from her sleep.

She rubbed her eyes and stretched her body. Suddenly, her bare body felt something different.

Her face turned red immediately. She quickly sat up, wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, and looked around. The room was empty.

She took a deep breath and quickly opened the mission interface.

Luckily, the mission showed… completed!

At this moment, the system interface had returned to its original state, the Strongest Virtual Idol Training System. Seeing this familiar title, tears filled the girl’s eyes.

Wuwu… finally… finally, she was safe!

It’s just…

Last night, she slept in the same bed with Gao Liang… and she slept without clothes.

Mm!

Even though she really wanted to pretend she couldn’t remember anything, her strong memory still made her recall some scenes from last night.

When she thought about how she seemed to have done something to Gao Liang last night—no! Don’t remember it, don’t!

Just thinking about last night made her want to find a hole in the ground and hide in it. Last night, her mind was full of strange and embarrassing thoughts. But now that her abnormal state was gone, and her self-control and sense of shame had returned, she just wanted to hit a wall from embarrassment.

I might as well die!

Just as she was feeling extremely embarrassed, Gao Liang knocked on the door and came back.

The girl was shocked. She quickly wrapped the blanket tighter and looked at him cautiously.

Gao Liang smiled. Seeing how nervous she was, he said jokingly,

“That’s scary, Lin Lin. I’m not going to eat you. Why are you so afraid?”

“Th-that’s not certain!”

While complaining, the girl secretly checked under the blanket to see if the bed sheet was still clean.

Luckily… nothing unusual.

This guy…

He’s actually reliable.

Her face turned red. She peeked out from the blanket and noticed that Gao Liang was holding several bags. She tilted her head in confusion.

“Here, these are the clothes I bought for you. I tried to buy the same style as before, but… I don’t know what kind of underwear you wear. And it’s impossible for me to know that, so… I just bought something randomly. Take a look. If you don’t like it, I can take you to choose yourself.”

“Th… thank you.”

The girl looked at the clothing bags he handed over. She reached out and took them, then lowered her head shyly.

It seemed that Gao Liang would always keep his promises to her.

Anyway—

She finally had clothes to wear!

She nodded happily.

She just didn’t know if Gao Liang picked the right ones. Was her outfit from last night easy to remember?

Holding the clothing bags, she slowly looked up at him.

They looked at each other for a while. Then the girl turned her head away awkwardly and said in a low voice.

“G-get out, idiot! I need to change clothes!”

“Cough… oh, I see~”

Gao Liang smiled mischievously, nodded, and pretended to feel wronged as he said,