The current situation was a bit off. Logically speaking, the previous chapter was filled with a sad and parting atmosphere, but at the beginning of this chapter, Xia Lin just wanted to curse... no, curse the system.
He should have noticed something was wrong earlier. Only after completing the mission in this world did the system not mention the reward points. But... well, there was no point thinking about these things now. He was resurrected and had returned to his original world, and the system was gone.
Returning to normal life, Xia Lin thought he would be happy, but he wasn't. He always felt a sense of loss, as if something was missing.
One day in the dormitory, seeing Xia Lin lying lazily on his bed, several roommates asked him, "Xia Lin, do you have any plans the day after tomorrow?"
"Plans? What do you mean?"
The "eldest brother" in Xia Lin's dorm stared at him in surprise. "No way, third brother. Are you still single? The day after tomorrow is Chinese Valentine's Day!"
Seeing the pitying looks in his roommates' eyes as if to say: This poor guy is already a junior but still doesn't have a girlfriend. Even though he knew they meant no harm and were just teasing, Xia Lin felt a bit annoyed. "It's just Valentine's Day, not the Spring Festival or National Day. You don't have to celebrate it. I'd rather just lie in the dorm and sleep."
The second brother reached out to pat Xia Lin's... Xia Lin dodged quickly, and he only managed to pat his thigh. "Hey, don't be sad just because you don't have a girlfriend. We brothers are very loyal. We'll keep an eye out for you in the future."
"Get out of here!"
After sending his roommates away, Xia Lin wasn't as indifferent to Valentine's Day as he seemed. As soon as he thought of Valentine's Day, he thought of those men... no... Xia Lin narrowed his eyes. Maybe it wasn't right to say those men... it should be just one man!
Humph, that system! He had tried asking about this before, but every time he did, the useless system either changed the subject or pretended to be upgrading and ignored him.
Wasn't this just like the proverb "A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence"? If the villainous bosses in the many worlds he had been through weren't the same person, the system just needed to tell him, "No, host, you're wrong." Instead, it acted so guilty again and again. Didn't that just tell him there was something fishy?
Xia Lin chose to trust his intuition because his intuition had always been accurate. Those villainous bosses were, after all, just one person!
On the day after tomorrow, Xia Lin didn't sleep in bed all day. He wasn't that much of a slacker. He thought it would be nice to play some basketball, then take a shower and watch some variety shows to kill time.
But when he got to the basketball court, it was unbelievable. There were lovey - dovey couples everywhere. As Xia Lin was playing, after two players were called away by their girlfriends, he lost all interest in continuing.
As he walked back to the dormitory, he could see couples whispering sweet nothings and engaging in intimate actions everywhere, exuding that "single - killing" pink aura.
You guys are so heartless! When Xia Lin got back to the dormitory, he was all alone. He lay on his bed, feeling bored and lonely.
He was so annoyed. He had clearly planned to watch variety shows after taking a shower, but he just wasn't in the mood. He thought about calling his parents, but they were also at work in this world. Hang out with friends? Well, they all had their partners.
He hated Chinese Valentine's Day. What was the point of it? Really, Xia Lin thought. It was almost evening. Maybe he should go to the snack street. There's nothing like good food to soothe the soul!