After the tense, heart-stopping episode of his girlfriend checking up on him, Gu Yebai finally let out a long sigh of relief, as if half his soul had been drained away, slumping back against the back seat of the Maybach…
“So your girlfriend gets jealous that easily~”
“So scary, your girlfriend.”
A voice tinged with laughter suddenly came from beside his ear.
Gu Yebai jolted.
At some point, Bai Xialin had completely draped herself over Gu Yebai’s right shoulder, her flushed face almost pressed against his ear, her sparkling eyes openly and unashamedly staring at his phone screen.
All the chat logs were visible.
“Tsk tsk, Little Guogu really has it hard.”
Bai Xialin deliberately dragged out her tone.
For some reason, besides sympathy, Gu Yebai thought he detected a hint of schadenfreude.
“A selfie report every half hour. She’s treating you like a criminal.”
Gu Yebai reflexively covered his phone screen and asked, blushing a little.
“When did you lean over?”
“Right when you were sending your selfie~” Bai Xialin blinked.
Then she pulled out her Samsung tri-fold phone.
“Come on, Little Guogu~”
She practically wrapped her arm around his shoulder—click.
Bai Xialin took a picture of herself together with Gu Yebai.
The two of them pressed closely together.
Just like a couple.
She gave Gu Yebai no time to react at all.
Just then, his phone buzzed again.
Yi: As for that person with the Korean ID who just joined your QQ group, who is she?
I saw her gender is listed as female.
Is she really not Bai Xialin?
Gao Hongyi’s message was like an icy piano string—plucked lightly, it dropped the temperature inside the car by three degrees.
Gu Yebai stared at the screen.
But Bai Xialin wasn’t flustered at all.
Instead, she leaned in even closer, her breath like orchid: “Tell her no~ Don’t worry, I won’t embarrass Little Guogu.”
Her voice was soft, like coaxing a child.
Gu Yebai hesitated for two seconds, then finally gritted his teeth and typed.
Baiye Duxing: No!
Send.
The next second, Bai Xialin’s fingers slid nimbly across her Samsung folding screen like playing piano, the corners of her mouth always wearing that sweet, unreadable smile.
First, she opened the reader group and sent a group message.
Strawberry Big Monster: Hello everyone~! A new little fan here asking for protection! (Arms open in excitement!)
Strawberry Big Monster: This novel is just so good!! I’m going bald from waiting for updates, wuwuwu. The author is super awesome!!! (≧▽≦)
As soon as the message was sent, the group exploded.
The first to pop up was, as expected, the group’s perennial “Dragon King in Training” — Yukino-sama.
Yukino: Oh ho~ A newbie? Female? A girl?
Yukino: I’m studying abroad in Tokyo. I’ve been thinking of visiting Seoul recently. I see your profile says you live in Seoul. Want to hang out, girl?
Baiye Duxing: You already have such a beautiful girlfriend, you jerk!
Then Bai Xialin quickly sent more messages.
Strawberry Big Monster: @BaiyeDuxing Is the author single? (⊙_⊙)?
Heiye Yindao: He’s already taken. I suggest you stay away, or Xiao Yi won’t let you off.
Kamisato Ayaka’s Dog: What does the Korean ID @Strawberry Big Monster mean?
Bai Xialin curled her lips and quickly replied.
Strawberry Big Monster: Reporting in! big Strawberry Monster means Strawberry Big Monster! Because I really love eating strawberries and think I have a bit of a monster personality, so I chose this name! (✧ω✧)
Strawberry Big Monster: Strawberry Big Monster is in position! Ready to devour all of the author’s novels! (｀∀´)Ψ
Strawberry Big Monster: While reading the novel yesterday, I was so engrossed that I almost walked into a telephone pole!! (covers face) (≧▽≦)
Yukino: Strawberry Monster is so cute.
Yukino: Let me see your legs?
Yi: The kaomoji are pretty cute, newbie.
Yi: Uncle Bai probably really likes enthusiastic fans like this, right? (￣ω￣)
Yi: …
Strawberry Big Monster: Ehehe~ Thank you for the compliment, big sister!
But Bai Xialin’s smile only grew sweeter.
She murmured softly to herself in the car: “Everyone here is really gentle~”
Then, she tapped the voice recording button.
Gu Yebai instantly had a bad feeling.
He reached out to grab her phone.
“Friend, are you trying to kill me?!”
“Relax~ Strawberry Big Monster won’t do anything wrong~!”
Bai Xialin held her phone to her chest, winked at him, and pressed send.
Strawberry Big Monster: [Voice message]
Gu Yebai was utterly horrified.
But Bai Xialin proudly raised her chin and smiled.
“Now your girlfriend won’t suspect you anymore.”
He played the voice message.
It was a heavily distorted neutral voice, neither male nor female, processed through a voice changer, with electronic noise and a slight nasality.
It sounded like a bizarre ladyboy who’d walked out of a Thai nightclub.
It was the kind of voice that made your whole body shudder and feel intensely uncomfortable…
The group instantly exploded with ridicule.
Heiye Yindao: That voice… help, hahahahaha!
Yukino : Strawberry Monster, is that voice changer set to hell difficulty?! A leg-hair uncle pretending to be a cute girl, really? How disgusting can you get?
Kamisato Ayaka’s Dog: I’ve got goosebumps!
But Gao Hongyi instantly switched into “group mom” mode.
Yi: Don’t make fun of people just because their voice isn’t good!
Bai Xialin, however, was already laughing so hard she was rocking back and forth, her shoulders shaking nonstop, nearly dropping her phone.
She shoved the screen in front of Gu Yebai, lowering her voice so only he could hear: “See~ Your girlfriend won’t suspect me anymore from now on!”
“Because… I’m just a monster with an ugly voice~”
She suddenly withdrew her smile.
Her pupils glinted faintly in the neon light filtering through the car window.
Her voice was as light as a whisper: “This is a little secret between the two of us~”
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yebai’s phone buzzed—a friend request popped up.
Applicant: Big Strawberry Monster.
Note: Strawberry Big Monster wants to secretly get close to the author
Gu Yebai’s finger hovered over the “Accept” button. After half a second of hesitation, he finally tapped it.
The next moment, a private chat appeared.
Big Strawberry Monster: Author, can I be your girlfriend? (⊙_⊙)?
Baiye Duxing: I have a girlfriend.
Baiye Duxing: I don’t want to betray her.
Big Strawberry Monster:That’s okay~ I’ll wait for you~
Big Strawberry Monster: Because I’m very good at observing. (￣ω￣)
Big Strawberry Monster: Xiao Lin has her eyes on you!!!
Big Strawberry Monster: And I don’t care at all that you have a girlfriend! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
In the back seat, the Strawberry Big Monster was still gently swinging her long, shapely legs, humming an out-of-tune little ditty, like a sweet, cloying little beast that had finally found its prey.
“We’re here.”
Just then, the Mercedes-Maybach S680 came to a stop.
This was the heart of West Nanjing Road in Donghai City.
The giant glass dome of Plaza 66 was glowing, like a suspended diamond heart, waiting for customers to come.
“Oh no!”
“What’s wrong?”
“It looks like we’ve run into a money-sucking big monster!”
“This kind of place will suck all our little money away~!”
Bai Xialin said in an exaggerated tone.
At the same time, she subtly glanced at Gu Yebai… back in Linchuan County, she had seen it.
Mmm…
Pretty impressive.
Maybe in the not-too-distant future, Strawberry Big Monster would also become a money-sucking big monster.
And she’d devour him clean before the Red-Haired Vengeful Ghost could!
No no…
She licked the corner of her mouth.
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