Chapter 189: Gameplay experience Chapter 189: Gameplay experience Being a bit stupid is normal.
Lin Murong got angry and slammed the table, standing up, “Who are you calling stupid? Who!”
Where was he stupid, where? Where!
He was just not very smart, that’s all, but what had that got to do with being stupid?
“You,” Chi Yan glanced at him.
Lin Murong got even angrier…
But he admitted defeat; he wasn’t going to win this one.
Lin Murong had some self-awareness and eventually sat back down.
Chi Yan glanced at him again.
Lin Murong was angry but didn’t dare to speak out.
He really couldn’t win.
Better to stick with the puzzles.
If he spent more time on it, he could definitely complete it.
But this puzzle was indeed a bit tricky to solve; it had taken him several days to finish, and it wasn’t exactly what you would call thoroughly completed.
Because, in the end, when there were only three pieces left, he found no way to fit them in; one piece protruded too much, and eventually, he asked Su Yinhe for scissors and snipped off that protruding part before it could fit.
“I seriously suspect this puzzle is packed wrong,” Lin Murong grumbled as he was cutting. It wasn’t that he couldn’t do it; the puzzle must have been made incorrectly.
Su Yinhe: “Right, right, right, you are absolutely correct.”
“You are being so perfunctory,” Lin Murong complained with a look of resentment.
“Don’t be so picky as a person; I am agreeing with you, don’t fuss over the rest.”
“Everyone gets tired this way,” Su Yinhe said with earnest gravity.
“But…” Lin Murong felt that something was off.
“No buts. You’re a smart person; you should understand what I mean, right.”
Lin Murong didn’t quite understand, but he thought, if he said he didn’t, wouldn’t that prove he wasn’t smart? But he was smart, so he nodded affirmatively.
“Good, go play,” Su Yinhe waved him off, signaling him to go play on the side and casually threw him another box of puzzles.
This puzzle was an advanced version, with a total of ten thousand pieces.
That should keep him occupied for a few days.
Lin Murong walked away, a bit dazed, holding the puzzle.
Then Su Yinhe turned on her phone and continued scrolling through videos.
As Lin Murong walked, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Hadn’t he just completed one box? Why was there another one?
He never said he loved puzzles.
Why had Galaxy given him another?
He hadn’t even realized it just now.
After working on the puzzle for several days, Lin Murong was nearly puzzled out, temporarily not feeling like puzzling anymore, so after tossing the new box of puzzles in his room, he went down to the kitchen to chat with Chen Yuan.
“I want braised pork.”
As soon as Lin Murong entered, Chen Yuan greeted him with the request.
Chen Yuan’s use had run out; lately, the meals Lin Murong brought were either stale buns or left-over rice, without any vegetables. The rice had been left out so long it had gone stale and hard.
He could only soak it in water to soften it before eating.
Rice that had been sitting out was bad enough, but once soaked, it became even worse.
The more Chen Yuan ate, the more annoyed he became. He could barely tolerate it at first, but it became increasingly unbearable.
Thus, as soon as Lin Murong arrived, he began to order dishes.
Perhaps Lin Murong had been too kind to him before, always delivering good food, and although Chen Yuan knew Lin Murong didn’t take him seriously and was just humoring him, at this moment, he had the illusion that Lin Murong might agree.
However, Lin Murong quickly shattered this illusion.
“Braised pork? I don’t even have it to eat, and you want some?” Lin Murong retorted irritably.
He couldn’t even order dishes himself, and there Chen Yuan was, a prisoner, having the nerve to think he could make requests.
“Then let me go,” he replied. He could eat at home.
“Release me? No way, you sent people to assassinate us before, a whole bunch of them, I kind of counted the number. Here’s the deal, although you sent people to kill us, I am a nice person, I won’t hold it against you. I won’t kill you, but for every person you sent, I will keep you locked up for one day, and once the days are up, I will let you go.”
Now where would you find a prison that actually serves meals, Lin Murong thought to himself, he was truly too kind.
And this is called not holding a grudge?
Chen Yuan felt like vomiting blood.
If this isn’t holding a grudge, then what is?
Tell him, what is this called?
“Don’t worry, it’ll be quick. I’ve been good to you, haven’t I? Even providing meals, do you know how I scrimped and saved to offer these meals?” Take that steamed bun, for example, he didn’t dare to eat more in the morning, remembering Chen Yuan hadn’t eaten, he specifically saved it for him.
Chen Yuan truly vomited blood this time.
Out of sheer frustration.
“Holy shit, you’re actually spitting blood, you’re getting too worked up.”
Lin Murong reacted swiftly; Chen Yuan was spitting blood in his direction, and he quickly dodged to the side, though the hem of his garment still got a speck on it.
“You… you… get lost… get out…” Chen Yuan said, spitting blood, trembling as he pointed at him, then at the door.
“I won’t roll away, Chi Yu is a clean freak, if I roll around on the floor, he’ll press me down and scrub me with a brush until my skin peels off,” Chi Yan had actually done that before, and it was painful.
“Get out!” Chen Yuan didn’t want to talk to him anymore.
He felt like he was going to die of anger.
“I really won’t roll away… Hey, hey, hey, you’re bleeding, how come you still have the strength?” Chen Yuan stood up to hit him, and managed to shove him out the door.
His strength was surprisingly formidable.
Lin Murong rubbed his arm, trudging away sullenly.
Had he known Chen Yuan was so strong, he wouldn’t have saved the steamed bun and meal.
Because of Chen Yuan’s meals, he had been unsatisfied for several mornings in a row.
Since Chen Yuan seemed so robust, he must not be hungry.
So from now on, just one meal a day would suffice.
And he himself could eat a little more.
Eat more and grow a little.
A couple of days later, Chen Yuan discovered his meals had been reduced from two a day to just one.
And the portions had gotten smaller.
Lin Murong also stopped chatting with him, just delivered the meal and left.
He asked Lin Murong how many more days he had to be locked up, and Lin Murong ignored him.
The other two didn’t come at all.
He couldn’t even sow discord if he tried.
Now Lin Murong was ignoring him too.
Chen Yuan didn’t know why, but he actually felt a bit lonely.
Lin Murong noticed it too, before when he used to talk to Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan would respond reluctantly or with harsh words.
Now that he was ignoring Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan actually came to him wanting to chat, with a surprisingly pleasant tone, even making idle conversation.
But times had changed, he was now a mature Lin Murong and didn’t need someone to chat with.
Because Su Yinhe had recently gotten him a game console, and he had fallen in love with it.
So in love that he didn’t even feel like eating.
He was devoted to eating, but to forget meals because of the console, just imagine how much he loved it.
He not only played by himself but also invited Chi Yan to play; after a few losses early on, once Chi Yan got the hang of it, he won every time.
For Lin Murong, the gaming experience was unpleasant.
After winning several times, Chi Yan found it boring and couldn’t be bothered to play anymore.
So he started inviting Su Yinhe to join in.
Turns out Su Yinhe was too inexperienced, which made for an even worse gaming experience.