My Romance Game Updated – Chapter 29

Death

This was a goddamn braindead dating game. Even though it was just a game, its realism was far too high. This game world was so real that Ren Chenxi, in a moment of carelessness, had started to take it seriously.

Regarding Mu Ning, the target of her affection, Ren Chenxi had initially treated her as a game NPC to win over. But as the pursuit continued, Ren Chenxi, without even noticing, had truly given her heart away. However, in the face of the sincere heart she offered time and time again, the other party had mercilessly trampled on it time and time again. They even dared to suspect that this heart was fake!

            

And the reason for all of this was just a single sentence from Ren Muhui!

Fine! Since you’d negate all my efforts over one sentence…

“Since you care so much about the stupid things Ren Muhui said, and since you’ve always doubted his sincerity toward you, why are you trying to find him now?”

            

“I…” Faced with Ren Chenxi’s overbearing and aggressive questioning, Mu Ning fell silent. It was precisely because she cared about him that she cared about every word he had ever said to her! She loathed the greasy and arrogant Ren Muhui from the past, yet later found herself sinking into the swamp of this person’s gentleness. All her contradictions, all her struggles, all her wavering—it was all because of him!

Seeing Mu Ning’s silence, Ren Chenxi sneered, continuing her relentless and unforgiving interrogation. “Let me guess. You’re so anxious to find Ren Muhui because you no longer have such a devoted licking dog​¹ by your side, and you’re not happy about it? It seems you really enjoy Ren Muhui’s pursuit? You love watching him act like a bootlicker around you? Now that this licking dog who put you first in everything is gone, you’re feeling lonely and empty? So you’re not above finding me, his twin sister, to be his substitute?”

As Ren Chenxi spoke that last sentence, her tone was filled with contempt and frivolity. Now that she looked back, having stepped out of this dating game, she saw her former self as truly pathetic, with not a shred of self-respect!

            

Mu Ning looked calmly at Ren Chenxi, who was covered in thorns,​² and the last trace of hope in her heart finally dissipated, bit by bit.

“No, I’m not treating you as Ren Muhui’s substitute.” That person who had always gently tolerated her, time and time again, such a gentle person—how could she possibly mistake this sharp-eyed, piercing girl before her for Ren Muhui’s substitute? Even if she and Ren Muhui looked exactly the same. “I am very sorry for the hurt I caused Ren Muhui. So, can you tell me where he is now? I… I want to compensate him properly…”

“Give me a break. Insincere compensation—you think Ren Muhui would care for it?” You don’t believe my sincerity, so I won’t believe your pretense!

            

“It’s not insincere. I… I really am in love with Ren Muhui… Even though I realized it a bit late, I still want to…”

“It’s not a bit late, it’s far too late!” Ren Chenxi furiously interrupted Mu Ning again. “Ren Muhui is no longer in this world. Who are you putting on this hypocritical act for?”

“No longer in this world? What do you mean?” Mu Ning, who had been repeatedly yielding to Ren Chenxi, first looked blank after hearing this, then disbelieving. Finally, her expression changed abruptly. She shot up with a ferocious look, strode over to Ren Chenxi in a few steps, and grabbed her by the collar, lifting her off the ground. “Where the hell is Ren Muhui! Stop talking nonsense!”​³

            

Facing Mu Ning’s murderous gaze, Ren Chenxi didn’t shrink back in the slightest. She glared back viciously, enunciating each word. “Ren Muhui is gone! He’s no longer in this world!” Fuck your mother’s bullshit blackening value!​⁴ I don’t give a damn about you, Wooden Goddess.​⁵ This old lady​⁶ isn’t going to indulge you or lick your boots anymore! This old lady is not Ren Muhui anymore, so do whatever the hell you want!

“Nonsense! You’re talking nonsense!” For the past two years of the apocalypse, Mu Ning had held onto the firm belief that Ren Muhui was still alive. Finding him had become her only conviction in this apocalyptic world. And now, someone was telling her he was gone? She still had so much to say to him, so much compensation she had yet to give him. She… also had the most important words, “I like you,” which she never got the chance to say…

So! How could he just be gone?

            

“Ren Chenxi, if you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I’ll kill you!”

“B-Boss! Calm down, calm down!”

The melon-eating crowd​⁷ on the side, who had been watching with trepidation for a while, saw that the life-saving medicine… ahem, savior they had finally encountered was about to be slaughtered by their Boss. Terrified, they immediately rushed forward to pull her away.

            

“Boss, Xi-jie… what she said might be t-true…”

“You’re spouting bullshit!”

Unexpectedly, the once-cool Iceberg Goddess was actually capable of such crude language.

            

Ren Chenxi scoffed, straightened her collar, and mocked, “Mu Ning, use that brain of yours! If Ren Muhui were still around, would he abandon me, his only sister, in this dangerous apocalypse? I’m telling you, two years ago, on the very day the apocalypse descended, he left this world!”

“You’re lying…”

“I saw him leave with my own eyes!”

            

“…”

Ren Chenxi coldly watched as Mu Ning’s expression shifted from anger to despair. Her favorability value towards Ren Chenxi also began to drop, bit by bit, from 100.

In the past, Ren Chenxi had cared about Mu Ning’s favorability value more than anything. Several times, when Mu Ning’s favorability toward her surpassed 50, she couldn’t help but feel joyful and expectant. But now…

            

Whatever. Let this useless favorability value drop! It might as well go to zero. The dating game was over. She no longer gave a damn about Mu Ning’s affection!

Mu Ning’s favorability value toward Ren Chenxi finally bottomed out at 49 and stopped. In the past, 50 had been an insurmountable hurdle for Ren Chenxi. But now, the number 50 meant nothing to her at all.

Having Ren Muhui’s death confirmed by Ren Chenxi’s own mouth struck Mu Ning like a bolt from the blue,​⁸ leaving her completely dazed. She stood stunned for a long while before slowly turning, leaning against the wall, and sliding to the floor. She buried her head in her arms and didn’t make another sound for a long time.

            

“Boss…”

Seeing Mu Ning like this, Chen Gu felt pained and wanted to comfort her, but he was pulled back by Zhang Tongqi. Their Boss didn’t need any persuasion or comfort right now. Shaking her head at Chen Gu, Zhang Tongqi turned to look at Ren Chenxi with a complicated expression. Logically, they should be on their Boss’s side. Ren Chenxi had completely disregarded their Boss’s feelings, bluntly and cruelly telling her the truth about her boyfriend’s death, causing her so much grief, and had even deliberately provoked her. Such actions were truly excessive.

But… it seemed their Boss had also been a bit excessive toward Ren Muhui in the past, hadn’t she? If you like someone, you like them; if you don’t, you don’t. How could you like someone while also rejecting them? And if you’re going to reject someone, just do it normally! Why say such hurtful things? As a result, she’d driven him to go traveling, and he’d lost his life when the apocalypse hit during his trip. It was only natural that his sister would hate her.

            

Sigh…

While Chen Gu and his group were sighing helplessly, Tang Ying was grabbing Song Xin and Chang Ling, clutching her chest and repeatedly lamenting, “So tragic, this is just too tragic!”

Song Xin and Chang Ling: “???”

            

Ren Chenxi paid Mu Ning no mind. She just straightened her clothes again and sat back down, leaning against her side of the wall. After a long silence, Mu Ning finally lifted her head and stared straight at Ren Chenxi again.

“Then where is he now?”

“?” Just as Ren Chenxi was about to curse her for not understanding human language, Mu Ning quickly added, “His body…” Until she saw Ren Muhui’s body with her own eyes, Mu Ning was unwilling to accept his death.

            

“…” This question put Ren Chenxi in a difficult position. Ren Muhui wasn’t in this game world, but he wasn’t dead either. Where was she supposed to find a corpse of Ren Muhui? But then again, in the apocalypse, the one thing there was no shortage of was mangled, unidentifiable bodies. To completely rid herself of Ren Muhui’s identity, Ren Chenxi silently apologized to her brother in her heart. Then, meeting Mu Ning’s dark gaze, she casually made something up. “It’s the apocalypse, the whole world is a mess. Who has time for formalities? I just found a random place and buried my brother. There isn’t even a headstone. Two years have passed, who knows what that place looks like now?”

“Which place?”

“He’s already gone, what’s the point of asking all this now!”

            

“I… I want to go see him again, to pay my respects…”

“He’s in the large patch of ruins behind a cell phone store in the Guanquan Scenic Area, Shijia County, Y City, Y Province! Go find him! It’s come to this, who are you still putting on an act for!”

Under Mu Ning’s persistence, Ren Chenxi blurted out the address of where she had first returned to the game in a fit of anger. “Ren Chenxi” had returned to the game from that place, and “Ren Muhui” had left the game from that place.

            

Meeting the fury in Ren Chenxi’s eyes, Mu Ning nodded gently. “I will go see him!”

“Tch!” Ren Chenxi turned her head away in disdain. There are so many mutilated corpses in that place. Go ahead and look for him, one by one!

After that, the room once again fell into a dead silence. The night had grown deeper, and the bright moon in the sky had been obscured by heavy dark clouds at some point. Everyone was exhausted after experiencing two battles. A few of the girls could no longer control themselves and were yawning frequently.

            

“You all should get some sleep. I’ll keep watch tonight,” Mu Ning said suddenly, her eyes staring blankly out the window.

“B-But Boss, you… you just used up so much of your esper ability…”

“I can’t sleep. I’ll rest tomorrow when we get back to the base,” Mu Ning coldly cut off Chen Gu’s persuasion.

            

Hearing this, Chen Gu let out a very, very soft sigh of relief and didn’t try to persuade her further. On the contrary, Mu Ning heard his sigh and cast a faint glance at him.

“Er…” Afraid Mu Ning would misunderstand, Chen Gu hurriedly explained, “Boss, I was worried you would head to that Y Province tomorrow. That’s why I was relieved to hear you’re still coming back to the base.” After all, given their Boss’s obsession with her boyfriend, Chen Gu was truly afraid Mu Ning would impulsively abandon everyone and rush to Y Province, just to see a corpse that had long since decayed.

“Don’t worry…” Mu Ning turned back to the window, speaking softly. “At the very least, I’ll wait until Sun Jia’s condition improves before going to Y Province. Besides, Y Province isn’t far.”

            

“Yes, yes, I knew it! Our Boss is the most sentimental person, how could she just abandon us like that~ Hey, once Sun Jia is better, we’ll go with you to Y Province, Boss~”

“Tch…” Chen Gu’s flattery earned another derisive scoff from Ren Chenxi. Mu Ning, this iceberg, sentimental? But that makes sense. Her esper ability is so strong, she certainly has the power to make her underlings pat a horse’s butt​⁹ against their will.

Ren Chenxi’s scoff caught Chen Gu’s attention. He met her mocking eyes, stunned for a moment, and then, as if remembering something, he asked her cautiously, “Xi… Xi-jie, you’ll come back to Nanhai Base with us tomorrow, right?”

            

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The author has something to say:

Wooden Goddess: He’s dead. His sister saw him die with her own eyes…….

Underling: Yes, yes, Boss, your boyfriend is dead.

            

Ren Chenxi: I’m not, I didn’t, I just said Ren Muhui isn’t in this game world… Fine, sorry, old bro, but you deserve it! Ahem, regarding this messy emotional entanglement between Wooden Goddess and Xixi, a master in the comments section already explained it perfectly. From their respective standpoints, neither is wrong. But from their own perspectives, both feel they are the wronged party. It’s just that Wooden Goddess finally recognized her true feelings and chose to let go—to let go of her reservations about the past Ren Muhui. But Xixi, because she was always the one giving one-sidedly, got tired and chose to give up. So, there’s no way Xixi, who only now learned about the awful things her brother said, would confess to Wooden Goddess!

It’s probably just a messy tangle of their individual struggles. If everyone really can’t accept it, then…

Xixi: Sorry, I want to confess too, but the author won’t let me!

            

Wooden Goddess: Sorry, I also wanted to figure out my feelings sooner, but the author won’t let me!

Author: If I let you two successfully get together and have a happy ending from the start, what the hell would I write next!

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