My Romance Game Updated – Chapter 133

The Farce

“Will you… Will you definitely leave?”

“Mm…”

            

“So everything you said to me before was just to make me angry? You wanted me to hate and resent you, didn’t you?”

“Mm…”

“Ren Chenxi, you actually love me, don’t you?”

            

“…Yes.”

“When did you start loving me?”

“I fell for you back when I took Ren Muhui’s place to pursue you!”

            

“…Heh.”

Mu Ning looked at Ren Chenxi, forcing a smile that looked worse than crying. Combined with the wet tear tracks on her cheeks, it made Ren Chenxi’s heart ache all the more. Forcing down the piercing pain in her chest, Ren Chenxi also managed a strained smile. With great difficulty, she asked, “Mu Ning, can we… still be good friends?”

“No! I don’t want to be just friends with you!” Mu Ning leaned forward, locking her arms around Ren Chenxi once more, her voice thick with tears. “Ren Chenxi, do you have any idea?! I had absolutely no intention of forgiving you! When I left Nanhai Base, my heart was full of resentment toward you! Back then, even if I hadn’t gone to Ning’an Base, I would never have returned to Nanhai Base with you there! The moment I left Nanhai Base, I was prepared never to see you again for the rest of my life! But the moment you chased me from Nanhai Base to Ning’an Base, Ren Chenxi! I still couldn’t help but forgive you! I can’t help it! I love you too much, and I really don’t want to be just ordinary friends with you!”

            

“But… my time…” My countdown timer in this game world has less than ten years left! Ren Chenxi gently patted Mu Ning’s back, tears glistening in her eyes as well.

“If your time is already limited, then we should cherish our time now even more, shouldn’t we?!” Thinking of the nine years Ren Chenxi had mentioned, Mu Ning held her even tighter. “I heard you very clearly. At first you said ten years, but then you changed it to nine years. It’s because we’ve already wasted a whole year, hasn’t it? This past year, we were awkward, we bickered, we gave each other the silent treatment, and in the end we even became complete strangers. We lived so miserably this past year, yet we wasted your precious little remaining time in this world torturing each other… Ren Chenxi, tell me, are you stupid?!”

“…”

            

It was true. Ever since she returned to this game world, her countdown had begun. But what on earth had she been doing since the moment she reunited with Mu Ning? Resenting her, pushing her away, resisting her attempts to get close. Their rare, precious, and hard-won reunion had been utterly wasted on her own self-loathing over a past relationship. And because of that dramatic self-loathing, she had unilaterally subjected Mu Ning to the silent treatment. But what did Mu Ning do wrong in this relationship? Didn’t she just reject her feelings?

When it came to matters of the heart, why should someone be obligated to like you back just because you were nice to them and liked them? Besides, from the very beginning, she had approached Mu Ning solely to complete a quest. She had even used a deceptive identity just to get close to her!

So, Ren Chenxi, you aren’t just stupid—you’re a rotten and scummy piece of trash¹!

            

Just as Ren Chenxi was sinking back into a wave of intense self-loathing, she felt a sudden coolness on her face, and then the slightly cool touch gently wiped her cheek.

“Don’t cry… Crying while wearing Zhou Zhilong’s face is really… weird…”

“…”

            

She was clearly helping her wipe her tears so gently, but why did she have to say something so ruinous to the mood?! Then again, at the thought of Zhou Zhilong’s hypocritical face, Ren Chenxi suddenly regretted using two extra SR Illusion Cards² to stack the disguise’s duration earlier!

With Mu Ning breaking the mood like this, her bizarre melodramatic wallowing was mostly dispelled. Still, thinking of her attitude toward Mu Ning over the past year, Ren Chenxi couldn’t help but feel guilty and sad.

“Mu Ning, why do you still like someone as annoying as me…?”

            

“I can’t help it! I just do. Even though I realized my feelings so late, and even rejected your heart so cruelly back then… Ren Chenxi, when you were gone, I hated myself too! Why was I so conflicted? I clearly liked you, yet I forced myself to deny it against my own heart. So… Xixi, can you give an annoying person like me another chance to formally confess to you right here?”

“W-what are you doing?!” Meeting Mu Ning’s affectionate gaze, Ren Chenxi felt her entire face burn.

“What? Do you really still not like me? You don’t want to accept my confession?” Mu Ning, who had looked so deeply affectionate just a moment ago, instantly switched to a pitiful, aggrieved face.

            

“No, it’s not that, I…” After a brief moment of inner conflict, Ren Chenxi looked back at Mu Ning with newfound clarity. “Clearly, I was the one who confessed to you first, wasn’t I? Since your rejection back then went against your heart, let’s do it over now.”

Ren Chenxi had completely figured it out. Ren Muhui was right; this was a game world. Since Mu Ning had already accepted the fact that she would eventually leave, they should spend their remaining time together doing whatever made them happy. Besides, Mu Ning was right—they had already squandered a precious year, so they had to cherish the next nine years all the more.

That way, at least when she left the game, Mu Ning would have a beautiful memory of their love. And once she left the game, whenever she remembered Mu Ning, it wouldn’t be with nothing but heartache and regret…

            

“Mu Ning, I…”

“Xixi, I…”

“Love you!”

            

Almost the exact moment Ren Chenxi opened her mouth, Mu Ning’s voice rang out as well. Their confessions blended together perfectly.

After speaking those words in unison, they looked at each other and burst out laughing. It took a moment before Ren Chenxi stopped. She gave Mu Ning a playful look and complained, “What are you doing?! I was supposed to be the one confessing to you!”

Then, Mu Ning, who had been smiling so happily, suddenly covered her face and turned away. Suppressing her laughter, she mumbled, “Don’t act cute with that face~ Wait until you get your own face back before you do that~”

            

“…I was not acting cute!!!” This woman really loved to ruin the mood at the most critical moments!

Once Mu Ning had her fill of laughter and turned back around, she saw Ren Chenxi rolling her eyes at her with Zhou Zhilong’s face. Despite how unpleasant it was, she quickly apologized. “Okay, okay, you weren’t acting cute~ I’m sorry, Xixi. I… I wanted to hear you confess to me, but I also wanted you to know how I felt, so…”

This woman… She was ruining the mood a second ago, so how did she suddenly become romantic again?!

            

Before Ren Chenxi could figure out how to respond to this romantic gesture, Mu Ning spoke up again, “So, how much longer until that face changes back? We can’t even have a proper, tender moment like this…”

“…” Heh. Is it because it’s getting in the way of you examining my body? Fine, I won’t change back. This mother will just keep drawing cards to add more duration!

Catching the unspoken threat in Ren Chenxi’s glare, Mu Ning waved her hands frantically and explained, “Xixi, don’t overthink things! I just find Zhou Zhilong’s face absolutely sickening. Don’t you?”

            

Hearing Mu Ning put it that way, Ren Chenxi had to admit that having such a tender atmosphere while sporting Zhou Zhilong’s face was indeed… a bit annoying!

But what else could she do? She could only wait.

Ren Chenxi shrugged helplessly at Mu Ning. Just as she was wondering how to pass the time, a loud commotion erupted outside the door, followed immediately by a violent pounding. Yes, a pounding on the door. By the time Mu Ning got off Ren Chenxi and stood warily in front of her to shield her as they watched the door shake violently, a loud boom was heard. The heavy, sturdy door collapsed flat onto the floor.

            

With the door down, a robust man standing outside charged straight in. He shoved aside Mu Ning, who was blocking Ren Chenxi, and raised his fist high, aiming right at Ren Chenxi’s disguised face.

“Zhou Zhilong! Heh, you’ve really got some nerve! You took advantage of my absence to find another lover? You’re marrying this woman, so who the fuck is going to take responsibility for my sister? She’s fucking pregnant with your child, you brute!”

Ren Chenxi was too busy catching Mu Ning, who had stumbled and almost fallen, to pay any attention to what the robust man was yelling. But she had only just pulled Mu Ning to lean against her chest when a crowd of people poured through the doorway, screaming and hurling insults at Ren Chenxi all at once. Meanwhile, the Zhou family members and some Mu family relatives, who had been blocked outside by this new group, fought their way in, shoving and screaming back in furious retaliation.

            

“Get lost, get lost, get lost! Our Longlong was never engaged to that little bitch³ from your Luo family, so he needs to take responsibility my ass! It was clearly that little bitch of yours who seduced our Longlong!”

“Exactly! You Luos are truly shameless⁴! You couldn’t even keep your own daughter under control, and instead taught her to use despicable methods to hook our Longlong! Let me tell you, a woman like that from your Luo family will never set foot in our Zhou house!”

“Ningning, are you alright? These Luo family beasts are complete scum⁵! But don’t you worry, you’ll always be our Zhou family’s daughter-in-law!”

            

“Pah! What’s so great about your Zhou family?! You really think you’re some hot commodity⁶ that everyone is dying to latch onto?!” Hearing the Zhou family call her a little bitch over and over, the Luo family’s fury flared. They dragged out a slightly plump, pregnant woman from their crowd, pointing straight at Ren Chenxi’s nose and shouting: “Back then, it was your little brute of a son who clung to our Xiao Yan like crazy! Heh, wasn’t it because he wanted our Xiao Yan’s water-system ability so he could mooch water from us every day? Now that he’s found a woman with stronger abilities, he just kicks our Xiao Yan to the curb?!”

“Exactly! Little girl of the Mu family, let me tell you, this beast is as devious as they come! Once he finds a woman with a higher level than yours in the future, he’ll kick you to the curb too! I’d advise you to divorce him right now!”

“What kind of complete dog shit⁷ is that?! Who gets a divorce right after getting married?!”

            

“Heh, does this even count as a marriage? There’s no Civil Affairs Bureau anymore anyway! Your wedding is completely invalid!”

“What a joke! Who needs a Civil Affairs Bureau? With us elders witnessing it, this wedding is official!”

“Official my ass! Even if it is official today, I’ll make sure it’s undone! Give our Xiao Yan an explanation right now!”

            

The two families hurled insults and shoved one another, and the room quickly devolved into a chaotic brawl.

Mu Ning and Ren Chenxi watched the scene unfold leisurely. It wasn’t until Mu Ning felt her hand being gently taken by Ren Chenxi, a tingly, itchy sensation brushing against her palm, that her lips curved upward. She spoke over the noisy, brawling crowd in a clear, ringing voice:

“I will never divorce her!”

            

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The author has something to say:

I saw some readers saying there are only ten years… But for people who truly love each other, even if they only have one minute a day, they would still beg for it. Yes, the author is talking about that heartbreaking story, “The Stolen Moon”, which was filled with nothing but angst…

My mood has been quite low these past couple of days because the couple that got the author into the fandom, Beibeijia, completely met a bad ending. As for Naibei, I really can’t see a happy ending for them…

            

But don’t worry, everyone! Even though the CP the author ships has met a bad ending, this story will absolutely never have a bad ending. (I’ve already spoiled it in advance! You all understand, right? )

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