Chapter 64: Why
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Cough, cough.
Chu Feng stood between the two Xies, facing X.
He awkwardly coughed twice, his fingers quietly moving to the collar of his shirt, fastening the first two buttons that X had undone, restoring a meticulous appearance.
“I’m fine,” Chu Feng said.
He seemed to feel that these cold words were a bit cold towards X, who had come to care for him, so Chu Feng added:
“You don’t have to worry. I can handle it here.”
X fell silent for a moment.
Chu Feng thought he might forcefully insist on staying. This regulator always seemed to be assertive in front of Little Xie. Chu Feng was considering what to say to get rid of him…
The two Little Xies stood next to Chu Feng, staring fiercely at the unexpected Xie.
After two seconds…
X, the focal point of their gaze, said nothing and turned and left the civil affairs bureau.
The 20-year-old and 23-year-old Little Xies stared at X’s departing figure, feeling a bit strange. Why did he leave so easily?
Turning their heads, they saw Chu Feng’s gaze glued to X’s figure, lost in thought.
Chu Feng was somewhat surprised. This guy… was quite obedient.
X appeared tall and unruly, shot by the little Xie in their first meeting on the bus. But in the end, he always helped him.
Helping him sign the unfreezing document for Little Xie, helping him deal with the kindergarten fire… Although he always accidentally disturbed him and Little Xie, he was actually just fulfilling his duties as a regulator to protect the players, quite dedicated. Because of the Dream City virus crisis, X, as a regulator, needed to be on standby 24/7. When he came online, Regulator X had to start working.
—It must be hard. Chu Feng thought to himself. He couldn’t bring himself to say the words he had just organized in his mind to dismiss X, and even felt that perhaps he could be a little nicer to this dedicated regulator in the future.
The two Little Xies looked at Chu Feng’s expression and felt something was wrong. Chu Feng might not see it, but they were very clear that this bandaged weirdo was not that simple.
This person was full of momentum when he barged in, as if rushing to marry him. But he didn’t engage in a direct conflict with them, intentionally pretending to be innocent and obedient in front of Chu Feng, and even deliberately mentioning that he came in out of concern for Chu Feng, trying to win favor.
After this operation, the 20-year-old and 23-year-old Little Xie felt that Chu Feng would not understand anything, but they were sure this bandaged weirdo was not as simple as he seemed.
This guy looked imposing, barged in as if to marry him, but didn’t engage them directly in conflict, and intentionally acted innocent and obedient in front of Chu Feng. His words even hinted at his concern for Chu Feng, trying to gain favor.
The 20-year-old Little Xie was annoyed and spit at X in his heart, saying:
“Chu Feng, stay away from that guy, he’s up to no good for you!”
Chu Feng sighed helplessly, “I’ve explained to you that he’s just a stranger, and he just said he accidentally came in. Don’t jump to conclusions so easily.”
“I’m jumping to conclusions?” The 20-year-old Little Xie sneered, “Did you not see the way he looked at you…”
“What look?” Chu Feng said, “He has bandages all over his face, with only one eye visible, and you can read his intentions from his eyes? Did his eyeballs write something?”
The 20-year-old Little Xie was stung by his words, suddenly remembering the WeChat chat records between Chu Feng and X, feeling a bit angry:
“Yeah, his eyeballs wrote: ‘I want to chat with you tonight.'”
“Xie Shiyu, could you be a little more reasonable?”
“I’m unreasonable? Open your WeChat, didn’t he send you: ‘Let’s chat again tonight~,’ huh? I’m curious how you used to chat with him at night?”
The 23-year-old Little Xie: “What? He dares to send such messages? Where is it? Chu Feng, let me see your phone…”
Chu Feng was also a little angry: “Is this matter not over yet? Have you looked at the chat records? When did I ever chat with him at night? Even if I did chat with him at night, so what? Can’t we use WeChat to message at night? Have I ever sent any ambiguous messages to him? Besides finding a few cat emoji in the chat records, what else did you find!”
The 23-year-old Little Xie, with a bit more experience than the 20-year-old, immediately put on the same innocent expression as X: “Chu Feng… are you going to argue with me over a stranger?”
Chu Feng: “You also know he’s a stranger, then why are you so fixated on this stranger?”
The 20-year-old Little Xie held his breath and remained silent.
There was a moment of silence in the civil affairs bureau.
In the three seconds of silence, Chu Feng gradually calmed down.
He was really too childish. At 29, he was actually arguing with virtual characters in the game.
Maybe when he was 20, he could argue with the 20-year-old Little Xie, have a few fights at night, and make up the next day. But he wasn’t that young anymore.
Every age has its way of handling things. In the quietness, 29-year-old Chu Feng spoke first, sighing softly:
“Sorry, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have argued with you… Let’s not talk about this anymore, okay?”
The 20-year-old Little Xie looked at him, wanting to say something. His lips twitched for a moment, then closed tightly like a clam.
When a quarrel is interrupted halfway, and one side suddenly surrenders and apologizes, the other side doesn’t feel like they’ve won. Instead, they feel even more lost, guilty, and frustrated.
The anger that didn’t come out was stuck in the chest. If it erupted again at this moment, it would be unreasonable. After all, the other person had already apologized. What else could be done? Not letting it out, yet it lingered there for a long time.
After calming down, Chu Feng also felt a bit strange. Both X and Lin Lan were outsiders in Dream City, but the character Little Xie could easily distinguish Lin Lan as his cousin and had no hostility towards him. Even the 18-year-old school bully Little Xie, who didn’t recognize Lin Lan as his cousin at first, quickly moved on after his explanation.
But the character Little Xie always had a strong bias against X.
No matter how much he explained, it was useless.
The 20-year-old Little Xie arguing at the Civil Affairs Bureau could be attributed to his character being youthful and impetuous, but last time at the hospital, when X was waiting downstairs, even the 24-year-old Dr. Xie, who usually kept his emotions well-hidden, showed strong hostility towards X.
—Why?
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