Chapter 437: After Losing Weight, You All Love Me (49)

Chapter 437: After Losing Weight, Everyone Loves Me (49)

"Lu Tongchu, is this alright?"

At 8 p.m., Lu Tongchu finally received the call he’d been waiting for!

Holding the phone close to his ear, he could even hear Tang Qing's breathing clearly.

It felt as if...

She was truly very close to him.

Lu Tongchu: "Mm."

"I can hear you."

Tang Qing spoke from the other end, "Will this really help you?"

The unlucky male lead with bipolar disorder—Lu Tongchu’s request was, after all, understandable.

According to the system’s records, he suffered from severe insomnia due to his bipolar disorder.

Before meeting her, his average sleep per week was less than 30 hours, and even those 30 hours were with the help of sleeping pills.

Lu Tongchu: "Yes."

Tang Qing's distinctive breathing pattern came through, just as he had imagined.

The restlessness that had plagued him daily gradually subsided.

The night was cool as water, and this serene evening was one of the few moments of peace he had experienced since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Lying in bed, for the first time...

He was able to welcome the darkness as it enveloped him.

"Lu Tongchu, it seems like this is the first time I’ve actually been able to do something for you..."

Tang Qing’s voice came through the phone again.

"Remember that time I went downstairs to pick up my takeout?"

"I ran into a brat..."

He remembered.

Back then, Tang Qing had been bullied about her weight. The little brat had been shouting rudely, and he’d casually tossed the kid’s ball away.

It was also at that moment that he realized... Tang Qing was special.

Tang Qing continued, "Lu Tongchu, you might not know this."

"That was the lowest point in my life. I was thinking... even a complete stranger—a child—could hate me."

"But you helped me."

Her tone, once gloomy, now held a touch of relief as she spoke, "So... A-Chu."

Suddenly, she used a different nickname!

She actually said the livestream nickname for him out loud!

His heart suddenly raced!

Lu Tongchu instinctively clenched his fists!

"Rest well."

"Goodnight."

That "A Chu" felt like the most beautiful gift in the world, falling upon him.

What should have been a calm and tranquil night was suddenly stirred by this somewhat intimate address, stirring up restless thoughts within him!

"Tang Qing?"

Lu Tongchu called out tentatively.

No response.

She must have fallen asleep.

Accompanied by her soft shallow breaths, that little flicker of restlessness suddenly spread like wildfire!

Reason told Lu Tongchu he should hang up the call...

Otherwise, he'd only be torturing himself!

Yet, in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

He couldn't bear to cut this connection, to lose her soft breathing, and especially to let go of that address from earlier...

In the vast darkness, Lu Tongchu’s eyes suddenly snapped open!

With Tang Qing’s soft breaths in his ear, a dark desire suddenly flashed in his eyes!

The night, which should have been silent and still, was suddenly charged with tension!

A powerful longing washed over him, and Lu Tongchu forced himself to try to calm down.

The thing he was best at—maintaining control—had somehow gone out the window at this very moment!

A moment later, a barely stifled gasp escaped from his end of the call.

Fortunately... she didn’t hear it.

Early the next morning.

After more than nine hours straight on the call, the phone was still warm.

Tang Qing had just gotten up, and Lu Tongchu heard the movement.

"Morning," he said.

"I'm gonna take a shower."

Huh?

Why take a shower so early in the morning?

Before she could even process it, the system had already chimed in slyly, "You didn't know? Hehehe, the affection points skyrocketed last night—it’s already at 94 now!"

"With that kind of movement in the affection points… who could sleep?"

"Tang Qing, want to take a guess? Is the otaku probably taking a cold shower right now?"

Oozing mischief, the system even wanted to replay for Tang Qing a few soft, barely audible gasps from the depths of the night, when the otaku couldn’t hold back his emotions!

Tang Qing: "You treasure it then."

After all, Tomato doesn’t allow that stuff to be played~

That day.

Zhao Ru was in the midst of an intense three-hundred-round battle in the arena of "Mountain and River Scroll" when an untimely message from Qin Zizhen popped up on WeChat.

"You and Tang Qing… you’ve known each other for a long time, haven’t you?"

A weird question.

Zhao Ru replied distractedly, "Yeah, we’ve known each other for ages. We’re like family."

Qin Zizhen: "You knew each other since the Maple Blue Alliance days?"

"Are you two really that close?"

What’s he digging for?

Zhao Ru, in the middle of her arena match, frowned.

Ever since her mom gave up on the idea of taking the postgraduate entrance exam, Zhao Ru was noticeably happier!

In the first month after graduation, Zhao Ru was living on a completely flipped schedule, immersing herself in the world of "Mountain and River Scroll." She’d even managed to grind out two extra stars on the 818 forum!

Thinking about it, she had Qin Zizhen to thank for some of that happiness.

Hesitating for a moment, Zhao Ru still let go of her mouse and patiently replied, "What’s this about?"

"Let me make this clear—even though Sweetheart and I are close, I don’t sell out my friends, no way!"

"If you have some kind of collaboration in mind, go talk to her yourself. I won’t play matchmaker."

Qin Zizhen: "It’s not a collaboration this time."

If it’s not a collaboration, then what?

What other kind of relationship could these two have besides money?

While pondering, Qin Zizhen sent a message so shocking it blew her away!

"I like her."

"What do you think… should I do?"

Holy crap!

Did she read that right?!

After confirming the content of Qin Zizhen’s reply, Zhao Ru even clicked into his profile just to be sure—it was really Qin Zizhen himself!

"Stop looking—it was me."

Domineering CEO accurately predicted his cousin’s move and continued texting, "I've thought about it for six days, and this feeling... this feeling must be what liking someone is like."

President Qin felt his first mortal desire.

Since returning from the event that day, he had no further chances to meet Tang Qing face-to-face.

Not being able to see her unexpectedly stirred up some inappropriate longing in him!

He wanted to see her again, even if it was just to hear her voice talking to him...

Accompanying this thought, these past few days had been filled with a never-before-felt restlessness that lingered around him!

This subtle anxiety only subsided when Tang Qing resumed her livestream.

Qin Zizhen could still remember that day clearly—the days of anxiety vanished instantly the moment he saw her face on the screen!

It was at that moment President Qin suddenly realized...

So this was what liking someone felt like.

Qin Zizhen had a crush on Sweetheart?

Putting together what her cousin said, Zhao Ru made a strange face.

Yet another completely unexpected twist!

The top-tier, domineering CEO Qin Zizhen actually had such a humanizing moment!

And the one he liked was none other than Tang Qing, whom he had once mercilessly kicked from the guild...

After some thought, Zhao Ru replied, "Don't even think about it, Sweetheart would never like you."

"Give up now."

Such a definitive tone made Qin Zizhen instinctively suspected something was wrong, and he was just about to ask for details!

Right at that moment!

A notification suddenly buzzed with the latest news about Shanhe Tu!

"Shocking! Dream Illusion Princess was actually Maoer Cangcang all along!"

"Ugly duckling transformation! The mystery behind Dream Illusion Princess's plastic surgery!"

"Deceiving the entire internet—Maoer Cangcang has pulled yet another scam!"