[Don’t laugh at the challenge, childish or not... Hmph~ I’ll let you off the hook this time...]
When the meal was about to end, Xu Aiguo called the waiter over to pay the bill; a large table filled with snacks for six people cost less than a hundred and fifty.
After leaving the tea house, it was almost time for Wu Lingyu to catch the bus out of Hong Kong. After dropping her off at the agreed-upon spot, the company’s business car arrived soon after.
"See you the day after tomorrow, Yu!"
"Goodbye, Brother Fan, goodbye uncle and auntie, goodbye Xiao Xiao!" Wu Lingyu got into the car, waved, and said her goodbyes to them.
After watching the car drive away, they got back into their own car and returned to Lianhua Courtyard.
Yao Jiping pulled Lin Jing to find the aunties to play mahjong, while Xu Aiguo went back to driving taxis or fishing. Once again, it was just him and Xia Xiaoxiao left at home.
After going to the bathroom to wash his feet, face, and brush his teeth, he comfortably collapsed onto his own bed. It wasn’t long before Xia Xiaoxiao also entered his room.
"Aren’t you going to take a nap? You didn’t go to bed until one last night," Xu Qingfan said, rolling over to look at the girl sitting on the sofa chair.
"Not sleepy," the sound of Windows starting up came from the computer as Xiao Xiao spoke simultaneously.
Xu Qingfan didn’t engage further and closed his eyes.
Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t feel the urge to chat either; after setting the computer volume to mute, she clicked on the QQ Speed icon on the desktop.
Today was the first day of New Year’s Day, and as long as you were online for two hours, you had a chance to get a permanent A-tier car. It might be that the elementary students were called to have lunch by their parents around noon, so Xia Xiaoxiao logged into her account with ease and also logged in for Xu Qingfan.
In the game list, except for Wu Lingyu’s account, which was not online, Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, and Xiao Ruawen all appeared to be online.
She first logged into Wu Lingyu’s QQ, then promptly also logged her into QQ Speed.
Xu Qingfan’s computer was the top configuration currently available on the market, so even with several more accounts logged in, there was no lag. After a while, Wu Lingyu’s account logged in, and just as she was about to go full screen with her own game, Xu Qingfan’s game window suddenly shook.
Xia Xiaoxiao switched to Xu Qingfan’s page and saw a notification in the bottom right corner inviting him to join a game from Lin Wanning.
After a moment’s thought, she clicked confirm and joined the room, where, aside from her, Zhang Yiyi was also present. Xia Xiaoxiao typed in the room’s chat box:
[Xu Qingfan is sleeping. This is Xia Xiaoxiao.]
Lin Wanning’s cute female character made a surprised expression and also left a message in the chat box:
[Let’s play together, Miss Xiao Xiao, lead us!]
Xia Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and simply replied: OK.
After a while, Xu Qingfan was kicked out of the room, and Xia Xiaoxiao’s account joined again. Lin Wanning changed the room mode to Team Speed.
Xu Qingfan’s keyboard had red switches, which didn’t make much noise when typing, and this appropriate level of sound was actually more conducive to sleep.
Listening to the rhythmic sounds of Xia Xiaoxiao typing on the keyboard, Xu Qingfan’s mind emptied in no time, and he found himself in that delicate state where he was clearly asleep but could still hear outside noises.
Xia Xiaoxiao, managing two inexperienced players, playfully proceeded game after game. Since she always came in first, as long as one of them wasn’t the last two, they could emerge victorious as a team.
They kept winning all afternoon. With the New Year’s character earning eight times experience and a Double Experience Card in use, that made it sixteen times the experience. The three girls played from one in the afternoon until almost five o’clock, their character levels soaring upward like a rocket, quickly advancing from level 132 to 139.
After finishing the last game, Xia Xiaoxiao’s character level also smoothly reached 140.
Just as she was about to ask Lin Wanning why they weren’t starting, she saw the other typing in the chat box: Wuuu~ can’t play anymore, mom said we should go outside, get some sunshine and take a walk.
There was also a crying emoticon accompanying the message.
Xia Xiaoxiao still simply replied: ok.
[Goodbye, Xiao Xiao!] Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi typed simultaneously in the chat box.
[886] Xia Xiaoxiao stretched lazily and replied as well.
After playing all afternoon, she felt a bit tired too. She hung her game character in the leisure area and then logged back to the desktop.
Looking at the dense array of icons, she wasn’t sure what to play next.
Xu Qingfan was still asleep, having slept for nearly four hours. Xia Xiaoxiao turned to look at him, smiled, and muttered softly, "Really like a pig!"
Her right hand moving the mouse subconsciously clicked on the browser icon on the desktop. Suddenly, she remembered the bedwetting incident from the morning and, on a whim, typed into the search engine: ’reasons for a girl wetting the bed during sleep’.
The search results appeared quickly, and Xia Xiaoxiao opened each, reading softly: "Generally, if a female wets the bed while deeply asleep, it could be due to excessive water intake before bed, or it could be caused by a urinary tract infection, kidney deficiency, or other reasons that require symptomatic treatment."
"Kidney deficiency my foot, I don’t have a urinary tract infection!" She recalled that she certainly hadn’t drunk anything before going to bed last night and started cursing inwardly.
Unconvinced, she scrolled down several more entries, but the content was more far-fetched than the next, almost suggesting she had a terminal illness.
[One last look, and if it’s still nonsense, I’ll quit searching!] she thought to herself.
The latest article caught her attention, and Xia Xiaoxiao instinctively read its content softly: "If wetting the bed occurs after having a wet dream, this situation is often due to reaching a high..."
Upon encountering a vulgar word, the girl’s face flushed red instantly. Xia Xiaoxiao, worried Xu Qingfan might notice, abruptly closed the browser page. When she turned to see he was still deep in sleep, she confidently reopened it.