Book 4: Chapter 20: Blue Poisonâs Peculiar Taste
Bunch of fools! Look at how cute Blue Poison is. If this great me had lived in this world for a long time, I would have made a move already. No wonder you are all single.
As Chen Heng followed this train of thought, he remembered he did not have a girlfriend, either, and immediately felt depressed.
After that, Chen Heng recalled that most of the operators here were female. This Rhodes Island had plenty of supply and low demand. It should be easy for male operators to find a girlfriend. Now, he felt even more depressed.
âHe Who Knows Fate, whatâs wrong with you?â Blue Poison asked out of concern when she noticed Chen Hengâs low spirits.
âI was thinking, Iâm already 18, and I donât have a girlfriend yet. Am I a failure?â
âYou know, you are only 18. There are many more years after 18. Why think so much about this now?â
âIâm not thinking about it anymore. Try the biscuits I just bought. I found them quite delicious last night. Unfortunately, I cannot make them myself. Otherwise, it would be nice to make a small cake.â
âHe Who Knows Fate, you know how to bake? You can come to my room to bake. My room has equipment for making cakes.â
âWhy doesnât my room have that?â
âI bought them myself. Rhodes Island doesnât provide cooking utensils for rooms. After all, most operators cannot cook.â
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âIâm full now. Itâs time to return to the dormitory. I can go to your room to make a cake. Do you have equipment for cooking in your room, for cooking regular meals?â
âI donât have those. I bought baking equipment because I bake cakes, but I donât know how to cook.â
âYou donât know how to cook?â
âI donât.â Blue Poison shook her head.
âAnd I thought Blue Poison would make a good wife and mother.â
âYou are overthinking. I am a merciless person in battle.â
âWell, showing mercy to the enemy in a battle is cruelty to yourself.â
âItâs great that you understand.â
âHe Who Knows Fate, I finally found you. Iâve been searching for you, but you have been gorging yourself here? How hateful!â Just as Chen Heng and Blue Poison were about to leave, Exusiaiâs voice came from the canteenâs entrance.
âExusiai, itâs been a while.â
âA while, my ass! We just parted this afternoon. Putting that aside, Iâm blocking the canteenâs entrance. You have toââ
âExusiai, hi! Exusiai, bye! Blue Poison, hold my hand tight; donât let go.â Chen Heng did not wait for Exusiai to finish before grabbing Blue Poisonâs hand.
Blue Poisonâa little angelâhad never experienced such stimulation before, so her mind went blank. Then, Chen Heng spatial jumped with her straight to the foot of block D.
ââ¦â Exusiai stared at where Chen Heng had been, speechless. She had forgotten he could teleport.
âStupid angel, you forget, he can teleport. You should approach him silently to capture him.â
âI forgot. What should we do now?â Exusiai looked at Texas with a pleading gaze.
âWhat can we do now? We can only go to his dormitory and wait for him there. I donât believe he wonât return to sleep. Perhaps you can ask the others who that girl he left with is. That might give us a clue.â
âThatâs right! Texas, you are brilliant.â
âItâs not that Iâm smart but you became stupid because this involves the Laterans. Youâre too anxious and rash. You need to calm down.â
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âPhew! Fortunately, I managed to escape. Blue Poison, are you alright?â Chen Heng let go after they spatial jumped to the dormitory. However, Blue Poison appeared to be in a daze.
âWhatâs wrong? Blue Poison, say something; donât scare me. I think my spatial jump was successful. Hey!â Chen Heng was genuinely worried he accidentally lost a few pieces of Blue Poison during the spatial jump. That would be a humongous mistake, losing a waifu for nothing.
âAh! Iâm fine. I was just caught off-guard when you grabbed my hand.â Blue Poison finally recovered her wits after Chen Heng called out several times.
âIt was urgent. If thatâs not alright with you, Iâll apologize now.â Chen Heng had not expected Blue Poison to care about this matter.
âI donât mind. Itâs just that no one has held my hand like that in a long time.â
âIs that so? Not even women?â
âNone.â Blue Poison shook her head.
âBlue Poison, you are very cute. Arenât there any guys chasing you?â
âCu-cute? Thank you for your praise, but there really isnât. He Who Knows Fate, actually, I want to tell you something.â Blue Poison hesitated for a while. Eventually, she decided to tell him about herself.
âTell me.â
âActually, Iâ¦â
â¦
âI was wondering what it was. It was this? Blue Poison, did you move to the fourth floor because of this?â
âI did. Arenât you afraid?â
âAfraid? I fear nothing in this world.â
âYou are truly a strange person.â
âNever mind, letâs not talk about this. Letâs go to your room and make a cake. This time, we should truly be friends, right?â
âAh! Friends. That is truly extravagant.â
âEven if it is extravagant, donât you have one now? Letâs go! Letâs go!â
Chen Heng wrapped his arm around Blue Poisonâs shoulders and led her up the dormitory.
âHey, He Who Knows Fate. Let go of me.â
âWhy let go? This is how friends should walk.â
âIsâ¦is that so?â
Of course it was not. Chen Heng just wanted to take advantage. However, Blue Poison did not have friends. How would she know? Since Chen Heng put it this way, she felt too embarrassed to refuse.
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In Blue Poisonâs room, Chen Heng and Blue Poison sat across from each other in the living room. They each had a small cake made by the other person in front of them. Chen Heng had suggested this, saying good friends should sample each otherâs food. However, he now regretted itâdeeply regretted it.
âThen He Who Knows Fate, letâs eat!â Blue Poison looked at the cake that Chen Heng called a German Black Forest cake, its appearance whetting her appetite. Although she did not know where Germany was, it did not matter, as the cake looked delicious.
âUhâ¦sure.â Although Chen Heng said that, he felt no appetite when he looked at Blue Poisonâs cake.
He had watched Blue Poison bake; the process and baking time were all normal. However, the color was quite peculiar.
Who would dare to eat a cake that was completely blue with splashes of green?