Kiss of Venus: Chapter 12

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A melodious and attractive male voice entered her ears. He said he is Li Shen.

Yu Wan blanked before remembering to talk, “Li Shen? How did you get my number?”

She and Li Shen have cut off any form of communication with each other shortly after they broke up. The two eventually changed their numbers in recent years so it can be said their breakup is very thorough.

Li Shen answered, “I got it from Wu Mian. You gave him your business card before.”

“Oh…..” She did give out a lot of business cards at Manager Guo’s wedding.

“Do you often receive spam calls?” Li Shen asked.

Yu Wan remembered the long speech earlier and explained, “Yes. The developer publicized my phone number so I receive many of these calls a day.”

“So it’s like this.” Li Shen remembered that when he bought the house, he gave his assistant’s number. Does the assistant also receive these harassing calls every day?

“Uh, so is there a reason for calling me?”

Li Shen returned to his senses, “It’s better to speak directly since it’s inconvenient to type when playing games.

“Oh, okay.” Yu Wan had seen Li Shen play games before. They would create a group chat and turn on the mikes.

Li Shen was holding the phone in his hand when his dog ran to him and grabbed onto his arm. Yu Wan heard the dog barking on the phone and exclaimed, “You have a dog?”

“En.” Li Shen rubbed the dog’s head to appease it, “The house is too big so raising a dog will make the environment feel more lively.”

“Oh, true.”

Li Shen lowered his eyes. Actually, it isn’t because of this. That year, when he and Yu Wan were still crammed into that small house, she said that in the future they will definitely move to Lize Park, buy a big house and raise a dog.

The Shiba started to act up again. Li Shen found his voice and said to Yu Wan, “I have found some people to team up with so we need to form a new group.”

“Okay.” Yu Wan answered. She plugged in a pair of headphones into her phone and put it down on the table. She accepted Li Shen’s invitation and found that this time, besides Li Shen, there is also a man and a woman. Li Shen didn’t make any introductions and directly said, “Follow.”

Yu Wan clicked on follow and watched as she started to run beside Li Shen on the screen. Occasionally she would hear barking in the earphones as well as Li Shen’s shallow breathing. Yu Wan’s heart accelerated for no reason and her hands were trembling above the keyboard.

“We’re going to the same place as earlier. Watch out for the group BOSS attack. Remember to select us first when adding blood.”

“En, en, got it.”

With the experience she gained from last time, Yu Wan’s operation became more skillful and with the addition of two more helpers, battling the BOSS was much faster.

“Add blood.”

Li Shen’s voice fell and Yu Wan quickly clicked on him to add blood. The other girl on the team sent out a message, “Why do you only give him blood?”

Embarrassed, Yu Wan was just about to answer when a line of text appeared on the chatbox.

Little Prince: She needs time to refuel first.

Audrey Hepburn: But I needed it more, I’m about to die!

Little Prince: You’re dead. Don’t affect the overall situation.

Audrey Hepburn: …...

Yu Wan, “.....”

When did Li Shen learn to jibe. He clearly wasn't like this before.

Fortunately, at this time, she was able to add blood again and quickly gave everyone a boost.

After much difficulty, the BOSS was finally defeated and its soul was destroyed from their swords. After the battle, Li Shen dissolved the group and the other two ran away on horseback. Li Shen’s voice sounded from the earphone again, “You’ve cleared the mission. You can continue with your tasks and practice. In the evening I will give you some notes.”

“Okay, thank you.”

Even though they have completed the mission, they were still on call because no one hung up first. Li Shen’s breathing sounded through the earphone as if his breath was blowing into her ear. Yu Wan’s ear slightly heated.

Yu Wan felt she needs to say something, even if it is boring.

So, she started chatting, “Actually, I have planned a game-themed wedding before. The newlyweds met in the game.”

“En.” Li Shen responded.

Yu Wan continued, “When I was discussing it with them, they said they play games together everyday, they get along very well and are very happy they have a common hobby. But soon after they got married, they got divorced.”

“Why?”

“Because they felt that they only play games all day and don’t do any housework.”

Li Shen was silent for two seconds and laughed loudly, “Hu Jiao and Yu Shimin won’t have such troubles. They have a lot of money to ask others to do the housework.”

“Haha, true.” Yu Wan also laughed, “You know, when they divorced, they had a live broadcast on their WeChat Moments to divide their equipment. I almost laughed to death.”

Hearing Li Shen’s deep laughter, Yu Wan felt her story wasn’t going anywhere, “Then I won’t bother you anymore. You go mind your business. I will find you tonight,”

“En.”

Yu Wan heard a dog bark accompanying Li Shen’s voice and couldn’t help but ask, “What type of dog do you own?”

“Shiba Inu.”

Yu Wan was surprised, “Oh, my neighbor is also raising a Shiba Inu.” However, it isn’t appropriate to say they are neighbors. They lived across from her in the villa area and she can only be regarded as a poor, insignificant neighbor.

Li Shen didn’t find it surprising at all, “There are many households in the community raising Shiba Inus. I have seen it several times.”

“Oh, Shibas are very cute.”

“Yes, very.”

As if understanding its owner's praise, the dog started barking more ferociously. Hearing the dog’s energetic barks, Yu Wan could imagine the dog running around Li Shen, “I’ll hang up first. You go play with your dog.”

“En.”

This time they really hung up. When she stopped hearing Li Shen’s voice coming from the other end, Yu Wan sat in her chair and stared at her phone in a daze.

The most recent number in the call history is Li Shen’s. She saved the number and used it to search on WeChat.

She actually found it.

She stared at the WeChat profile for five minutes and wondered whether she should at Li Shen on WeChat.

Yu Wan was hesitant. If she did add him, she would seem too attentive. But Li Shen asked for her number first and even took her along to play games. So, wouldn’t it be the polite thing to add him on WeChat?

Thinking up to here, Yu Wan’s face reddened. She remembered when Li Shen added her WeChat, he said the same thing.

The green button seemed to tempt her and without thinking, Yu Wan reached out and tapped on the screen.

The system notified her that her request had been sent. Yu Wan, who seemed to have completed some kind of big event, finally let out a breath.

She doesn’t know if Li Shen would accept it. If he rejects it, it wouldn’t be a big deal. At least she will know his attitude toward her.

She put aside her phone which had been silent for a while and went to look up the teacher that Wei Shao told her about.

This teacher is a professional player who played extremely well. Yu Wan doesn’t know where Wei Shao found him from. She added Yu Wan’s QQ number and sent her several video links, all of which were recordings of Hu Jiao in the game. After Yu Wan finished watching them all, she concluded that even if she had practiced for an entire year, she still could not defeat her.

In another document sent by her teacher, there were analyses of Hu Jiao’s playing style and her weaknesses. Because Hu Jiao has many accounts and they don’t know which one she will use to compete, the folder also contained many other documents corresponding to her different accounts.

Yu Wan felt as if she is playing a professional game.

Just as she was in the middle of reading these documents and gaining a massive headache from it, the phone that was left forgotten suddenly rang. Yu Wan glanced at it and saw she had a new notification.

Li Shen had accepted her friend request.

Yu Wan was left in a daze. Then, her eyes curved into crescents.

As she looked at the documents again, she found that it wasn’t as boring and difficult to understand as before. After she finished reading the entire folder, she found the last folder that was sent wasn’t so simple.

Yu Wan: Teacher, what is the last folder?

The teacher must have gone to inspect the folder because, after a while, she replied, “Oh, sorry. I made a mistake. That is the game’s BL fanfiction. Hahahaha. [Awkward yet polite smile.jpg]

Yu Wan:.....

Teacher: Pretend as if you didn’t see it! [Haha.jpg]

Yu Wan thought. So many rated 18 titles. Even if she wanted to pretended she didn’t see, it would be difficult to.

Yu Wan had her head in the game the entire afternoon until the hunger overtook her. Only then did she agreed on a time with her teacher to play tomorrow. After she ordered takeout, Yu Wan walked to the balcony to stretch her muscles.

The Shiba Inu from the villa across from her wasn’t in the yard at the moment much to Yu Wan’s disappointment. She stood on the balcony and did ten minutes of exercises. The door of the villa suddenly opened and the Shiba Inu ran out to the yard.

Yu Wan’s eyes lit up. The Shiba Inu also must have noticed and looked up in her direction.

Yu Wan leaned against the balcony railing and smiled as she waved at it. She and this little doggy have been communing for a few days now. Don’t know if Li Shen’s Shiba is also this cute.

A lone figure walked out of the villa behind the Shiba Inu. He was wearing a loose white sweater and had his hands in his jean pockets. Seeing Shiba Inu barking at the apartment building, he also turned slightly and looked at her direction.

Yu Wan’s hand stopped midair and the smile on her face froze.

At this moment, she remembered what Zhou Xiaoning said to her.

–––What ill-fated relationship do you two have?

Li Shen also had a surprised look on his face. He stared at her blankly and finally said, “Do you live here?”

His voice wasn’t too loud. There was only a small road between the two buildings. Yu Wan who is standing on the sixth floor can hear what he said clearly.

She opened her mouth and replied, “Yes. I didn’t expect this little Shiba is yours.”

“Woof.” The Shiba Inu looked up at her and wagged its tag in excitement.

Li Shen slightly looked down in the direction of the Shiba so Yu Wan couldn’t see his expression clearly.

“What a small world.”

She heard him say.

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