The intense heat in City B had persisted for several days, and even by evening, the temperature hadn't dropped a bit.

The meeting didn't end until six o'clock.

After the meeting, George Yu followed Nai Shawn to the office, planning to find an excuse to get a free meal. He plopped down on the sofa and started jokingly, "I say, are you and our department's beauty going to live apart like this?"

Nai Shawn walked behind the desk, leaned slightly, and tapped on the keyboard, "Without a proper title and with shallow qualifications, what do you expect me to do?"

Listen, listen!

Those words! That tone!

Even you have days like this!

George Yu was amused, secretly delighted, but very careful not to let this emotion show. The guy in front of him was very sharp, and besides, he owed him a few hundred bucks.

"Sigh, this is quite sad." George Yu put on a sympathetic expression, just about to say, "We're both in the same boat, why not have a meal together," when he saw Nai Shawn shut down the computer, looking like he was about to leave, and George Yu was shocked.

"Leaving already today?"

"Yes."

"Where are you going?"

"To get married and have kids."

At the same time in City W, it was pouring rain. In the spacious and luxurious study of a villa, Vivian was explaining a middle school geometry problem to a young boy.

"First, connect the diagonals, then draw an auxiliary line here, and we can derive these equations... then substitute into the formula... solve it like this... do you understand?"

The young boy shook his head tearfully, looking at Vivian with confused eyes.

"Uh, it's okay, let's go over it again."

Last week, when Vivian returned home, she hadn't even had enough time to catch up with her parents before Bella 's father sent her here to tutor the son of his factory leader, and at the same time, rejected her request to buy a phone, saying, "You can buy it with the money you earn from tutoring."

Thinking about it made Vivian feel a pang of sadness. If she had known, she wouldn't have handed over her scholarship money before. Fortunately, the child was obedient and not difficult to teach.

After explaining it in a different way, the boy finally understood. After going through two more problems, the rain finally stopped, and Vivian quickly excused herself and left.

After the heavy rain, the sun stubbornly peeked out again, though its power was greatly diminished, and the air carried the unique freshness and coolness of post-rain. Riding her bicycle against the cool evening breeze, wearing a green straw hat, Vivian sped through the winding streets, hurrying home.

There was something very important to do today.

After dinner and washing the dishes, it was almost seven o'clock. Vivian greeted her parents and then retreated to her bedroom. She put on her headphones, turned on the computer, and logged into the game. The great master was already online.

Vivian adjusted the microphone: "How long have you been on? It rained heavily today, so I got back late."

Vivian was using voice chat.

Previously, in the dormitory, she was afraid of disturbing her roommates, so she mostly communicated by typing. But at home, it was different; she could do whatever was convenient since her room was separated from her parents' by the living room, and once the door was locked, they couldn't hear anything.

Nai Shawn replied, "Just got on."

"Oh, are we getting married now?"

What Vivian meant by getting married was, of course, not referring to the two of them, but to their pet tigers.

These days, besides tutoring, Vivian had been leveling up her pet. Although pets could get married at level 30, the attributes and skills during the wedding night could affect the quality of the next generation. So Vivian had been training her pet to the max level before bringing it to marry the great master's little tiger.

Pet marriage was quite simple; just get a blessing from the Beast God. However, the wedding night was more complicated.

First, there had to be a new house.

Pets have dignity too; they won't engage in such activities in broad daylight, so players need to build a new house for them in their own homes. These days, Vivian and Nai Shawn divided the work: Vivian leveled up the pet, while Nai Shawn was responsible for buying bricks and building the house.

Secondly, it had to be at night, after eight o'clock.

Again, pets have dignity; they won't engage in such activities during the day, everything has to be done secretly under the cover of night.

Once these two conditions were met, the wedding night could begin.

Vivian and Naihe took their pets to get married, and at eight o'clock, sent them to the wedding chamber.

According to players on the forum, the wedding night scene for pets was quite indecent, with the house shaking continuously and pink hearts popping out from the roof.

However, Vivian was not fortunate enough to witness such a scene because as soon as she locked the pets in, the system reminded her—

"Sorry, your pet has not been in the world for 150 hours and is considered underage, unable to engage in such activities."

......

Could this game be any more perverse? They reached the marriage level, yet couldn't have a wedding night? The system once again refreshed its shamelessness!

Vivian was dumbfounded for a while, then asked Nai Shawn, "Isn't Dreaming 2 this perverse?"

"No."

Nai Shawn denied it outright, then after a few seconds, slowly said, "To this extent..."

Vivian could only remain silent.

And silent again.

Familiar footsteps came from the door, and Vivian said, "My mom's here," quickly took off her headphones, and pretended to be browsing the internet.

Bella 's mother knocked on the door as a formality and then pushed it open, wiping Vivian's face with her hand while muttering, "Why do girls learn computers? I heard that looking at computers too much makes your face square, and the radiation is bad for your skin. You must apply more skincare products before going online..."

Vivian was already used to it, letting her mother do as she pleased without resistance, while arguing, "Then mom, don't make me wash dishes, dish soap is bad for the skin on my hands."

Bella 's mother said, "Then you wash the vegetables."

The Bella family had a clear division of labor when it came to cooking: Bella 's mother was the vegetable washer, Bella 's father the chef, and Vivian the dish washer. But Vivian really hated washing dishes, though washing vegetables...

She'd rather wash dishes.

Bella 's mother refuted her daughter's unreasonable request, feeling quite pleased, and after applying the night cream, she walked out triumphantly. As she closed the door, Vivian called out, "Mom, you should watch less TV, it's square too."

Vivian put her headphones back on, and the great master was silent on the other end. Vivian asked, "What are you doing?"

"Researching dishwashers."

"..."

Nai Shawn added, "I don't like washing dishes either."

"... You were eavesdropping on us."

"Hmm, I don't mind listening openly."

Vivian coughed and said, "... The revolution's budding too early will be stifled."

Vivian hadn't told her parents about Nai Shawn. Not to mention her dad's opposition to college romance, her mom's ability to dig for details and her bragging nature would mean that if she told them, all the relatives would know she had a boyfriend in no time.

Nai Shawn corrected her, "Vivian, budding needs photosynthesis, what's not exposed to light is bean sprouts."

... So cold. The great master is indeed a great master, even his cold jokes are at a godly level, making one feel chilly in the summer.

"You probably didn't turn on the air conditioning, did you?"

>o<

Alright, she felt cold too...

Vivian stopped chatting with him: "I'll take the tiger to pass the time, you do your thing."

"Okay."

These days, it was like this: wearing headphones, talking when they felt like it, and doing their own things when they didn't. Often, he would be writing programs on that side, while Vivian would be leveling up her pet, watching movies, or occasionally reading programming books she brought back.

Sometimes they wouldn't speak for half an hour, and it wouldn't feel awkward.

Erica was very disdainful of their way of communicating, saying that they were just wasting time in online games, and at least they should go on a trip to some scenic place.

Vivian didn't agree at all. What's wrong with online games? There are mountains, water, and the great master, it's clearly very divine and romantic.

And it saves on phone bills >o<

Listening to the slight rhythm of the great master's typing, Vivian wandered around the game with her tiger.

Come to think of it, the great master was working hard too, often writing programs or planning until late. Actually, making an online game could be very easy if one just went with the flow, and there would be no need for someone of Nai Shawn's level to get involved. He could just divide the modules and assign tasks to others. But if the goal was innovation, he had to spend a lot of effort writing new engines, writing the main program, and rebuilding the framework.

Perhaps, so-called geniuses work harder than ordinary people.

After wandering in the game for a while, Bella 's father, who had a craving, cooked a pot of small wontons and called Vivian out to eat. Under her mom's disapproving gaze, Vivian returned to her room with a full belly, boasting a bit about her dad's cooking to the great master, and then casually asked Nai Shawn what he had for dinner.

The great master replied, "I forgot, but I'm a bit hungry now."

Vivian was about to tell him to find something to eat, but then remembered that the great master's parents seemed to have gone somewhere to dig for things, and he was home alone.

Vivian thought for a moment, quietly opened her bedroom door to check, and seeing no one in the living room, she sneaked in, picked up the phone, and made a long-distance call. After a while, she sneaked back and asked Nai Shawn, "Do you have change?"

The sound of typing remained unchanged, and he replied, "Hmm?"

"Nothing."

About half an hour later, Nai Shawn said, "Someone's knocking, I'll go check."

Vivian smiled brightly.

After another ten minutes, the sound of headphones being picked up came from the other side.

"Did you order takeout?"

"Yes, this beef rice is pretty good." Vivian was quite proud, luckily she accidentally found out his address last time, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to help him order.

"Why did it take you so long?"

"I didn't have change, so I borrowed some from next door."

Vivian sweated.

Nai Shawn chuckled, "Do you know who lives next door to me?"

"... It can't be the principal, right?"

"Our department head."

......

......

The intermittent, unthemed chat continued until eleven o'clock when Vivian was chased to bed by her mom, who had finished watching TV. But she couldn't sleep for a long time, so she got up again.

In the quiet night, under the starry sky, Vivian leaned on the window, humming a song softly, and looked at the moon.

This was just another ordinary day in midsummer, even the full satisfaction and happiness were due to the trivial and ordinary.

At the end of the month, the great master's father and Vivian's mother finally welcomed the birth of the little tiger, but this little tiger was congenitally deficient, with poor attributes. Although a divine beast and a divine beast don't necessarily produce a divine beast, it's rare for it to be this bad. Perhaps this is what they call the extreme turning into the opposite.

Many players would directly discard a trash baby, but Vivian couldn't bear to, and after finding a lot of elixirs to remedy it, she finally managed to improve its attributes a bit.

A few days later, Vivian completed a month of tutoring. Slightly tanned from running around every day, Vivian received a salary of two thousand yuan and immediately went to the street to buy a phone.

Vivian was very efficient in buying a phone.

No need to choose a brand, the great master's.

No need to choose a model, also his.

As for the color, the great master's was silver-white, so she had to go with pink.

Hmm, she definitely didn't mean to get a couple's phone! It's just... trusting the great master's taste ^_^

On the way home, Vivian kept thinking about what message to send to the great master. This was the debut of her new phone, it had to be very meaningful.

When she got home, a flash of inspiration hit her, and Vivian sent this message:

"Congratulations! The Hong Kong Gui Group's 20th anniversary is giving back to society with a lottery event. Your number has been drawn as the third prize winner, a laptop. After paying a tax and handling fee of one thousand yuan, we will courier the prize to you."

This kind of brainless scam message was something Erica would read aloud in the dorm every time she received one, and Vivian had heard it so many times that she could type it without thinking. To make it realistic, Vivian even took out her bank card and typed the account number.

After typing the message, she admired it twice and proudly sent it.

Hehe, the great master would definitely delete this message as spam, right? She'd tell him it was from her in the evening, and his reaction would surely be interesting.

No one would reply to such a message, of course, so Vivian sent it and went to eat, thinking about how to scold him later—how dare you ignore my message!

Vivian thought it was hilarious.

Unexpectedly, while eating, her phone's message tone rang. Her phone number hadn't been widely shared yet, who would message her? Vivian curiously checked.

Sender: 777795559

What is this?

Opened it.

Hello Bella Vivian! Nai Shawn has transferred 1000 yuan to your account ending in XXXX via Bank of Communications online banking. No need for the bank branch address, and you can choose whether to send a notification to the other party. The recipient's phone number doesn't need to be linked to the bank card. Note: None.

Vivian was dumbfounded.

Ignoring her parents' puzzled looks, Vivian took her phone and hid back in her room to make a call. The call was quickly answered, and Vivian's first words were, "Why did you really transfer the money? It's a scam."

Vivian was so embarrassed.

On the other end, Nai Shawn chuckled and slowly said, "I knew it was you tricking me."

Vivian was taken aback by his words, momentarily speechless, and after a while, she asked, "How did you know it was me?"

"I checked the phone's location, it matched your city."

Uh...

"Do you check the location for every scam message you receive?"

Great master, what kind of hobby is that?

"No, it's just that the bank account number looked familiar, so I checked. Vivian, your scam skills are lacking, you didn't even include the account holder's name for the transfer."

Nai Shawn leisurely pointed out.

Vivian was embarrassed. So that's where the flaw was, but she had only taken out that card once at school in front of him, and he remembered?

Really defeated by him!

"You knew it was me and still transferred the money..."

"Buy a plane ticket."

Vivian was stunned.

On the other end of the line in City B, in the office, Nai Shawn leaned back in his chair, holding his phone, his gaze falling on a blooming cactus. Looking at the pale yellow flowers, Nai Shawn's eyes softened.

"Vivian, the flowers are blooming on the roadside, you can return slowly."