Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 137: Pleasant Co-Living, You Pervert

“Shen Miaomiao, just eat! Is your mouth a colander? How did a potato strip end up inside my collar?”

“I can’t control it either! It just fell on its own. It’s not like I made it fall...”

“Then can’t you catch it a little? Does it have legs to jump out of your wrap on its own?”

“It just ran away by itself. It said, ‘Goodbye, Mom, tonight I’m sailing far away,’ then jumped out of my wrap. Maybe it felt your collar was safer...”

“You should write fairy tales instead of wasting your talent.”

The morning sun rose.

Outside Binjiang Second People’s Hospital.

All kinds of breakfast carts were parked at the hospital entrance, with a steady stream of people buying breakfast.

Gu Sheng carried Little Nezha through the bustling breakfast stalls.

At that mont, the two were discussing the problem of a potato strip from Shen Miaomiao’s potato wrap falling into Gu Sheng’s collar.

Taking another bite of the fragrant potato wrap, Shen Miaomiao’s voice sounded a bit muffled:

“Hehe, really delicious... but a bit choking. Old Gu, I want to buy a cup of soy milk.”

“Go buy your damn soy milk then. You really squeezed frog legs out of a clam, huh? Did you catch yourself a human-shaped ride?”

Gu Sheng rolled his eyes, scolded Little Nezha for pushing his luck, then walked over to the elderly man selling soy milk:

“A cup of soy milk.”

After getting the soy milk, Little Nezha smiled brightly: “What choice did I have? Last night I left so hurriedly, I didn’t even wear shoes.”

Saying that, Shen Miaomiao stretched her legs and kicked her two bare feet, swinging them in front of Gu Sheng.

Under the rising sun, the girl’s plump ankles were coated in a glossy warm light, her delicate feet pure white and smooth, fragile without bones. The tops of her feet were like fine jade, her toes round and rosy, playful like delicate mandala flowers, looking both bold and beautiful in the gentle sumr breeze.

“Pretty, huh?”

Gu Sheng was a bit distracted when he heard Shen Miaomiao’s slightly teasing voice near his ear.

“Ahem!”

Gu Sheng cleared his throat:

“What pretty? What are you talking about?”

“Pretend all you want, old thief,”

Shen Miaomiao pouted:

“Be honest, did you just ntally sync up with Quentin?”

“Th-this... what are you saying...”

Gu Sheng’s face flushed red:

“I appreciate beauty; I’m not a pervert.”

“Tch...”

Shen Miaomiao clearly didn’t accept the old thief’s grand explanation and patted his shoulder:

“It’s okay, don’t stress too much. After all, your reputation as a pervert has been around for a while, so I won’t dislike you for that.”

“Yeah, right...”

Caught red-handed, Gu Sheng revealed his true colors:

“Who do you think the real root of the Golden Wind’s perversion is?”

“Huh? You’re being a little sarcastic, aren’t you?”

Shen Miaomiao was taken aback:

“You’re implying sothing about ?”

“No,”

Gu Sheng chuckled sarcastically:

“I’m implying your Husky pillow on the bed.”

Pft——!!!

At that, Shen Miaomiao almost spat out her soy milk!

Her face instantly flushed!

If she rembered correctly, she had a bad fever last night and dozed off hugging that Husky pillow with Gu Sheng’s photo on it.

“I... that’s not...”

Shen Miaomiao hurriedly explained:

“It’s not what you think!”

“Ah, yes, yes,”

Gu Sheng nodded:

“It’s okay. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Golden Wind is growing bigger, and tense nerves need release. I won’t despise you for that.”

Shen Miaomiao: …

She was stunned and choking.

Frustrated but couldn’t leave.

...

The two returned to Shen Miaomiao’s old, cramped rental. After putting Shen Miaomiao on the bed, Gu Sheng finally relaxed and looked around her rental.

“Pretty unique,”

Gu Sheng observed the distinctly dated rental:

“What made you decide to experience this lifestyle? What about your big house that costs seventy or eighty hundred a month?”

“Because of you!”

Shen Miaomiao got angry at Gu Sheng’s sarcasm:

“If it weren’t for you, the succubus of the gaming circle, always being eyed by other companies, would I have spent over a million? I even advanced most of this year’s salary to make a show of force!”

Ah...

Gu Sheng grinned.

Turns out he was the real culprit behind Little Nezha’s downfall.

Looking at Little Nezha standing with hands on hips on the bed, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but laugh:

“Sorry, I didn’t know I was so popular. But considering I heroically saved you from burning your brain with a fever of thirty-nine point five, let’s call it even.”

Saying this, Gu Sheng yawned and stood up:

“Alright, I’m going back to catch up on sleep. Also, I’m asking for leave,”

“Rember to take your dicine and get your IV on ti,”

“Also, don’t put the keys under the doormat anymore. It’s not safe.”

Having said all that, Gu Sheng waved his hand and prepared to leave.

That whole night had exhausted him.

Carrying Little Nezha around was secondary; the real terror was the nearly forty-degree fever.

Even the doctors said if they had waited until morning to seek treatnt, there could have been serious consequences.

Now, after three bottles of IV fluids, Little Nezha’s fever finally subsided.

Though still looking a bit weak and listless, it shouldn’t be a big problem.

Seeing Gu Sheng about to leave, Shen Miaomiao opened her mouth: “Ah... you’re... leaving already?”

“Yeah,”

Gu Sheng shrugged as if it was natural:

“What else?”

The room froze for a full five seconds.

Then Shen Miaomiao’s once-bright eyes dimd, and she nodded:

“Oh, alright then...”

“Leaving now,”

He waved and turned, but suddenly seed to rember sothing:

“Oh, right.”

“Huh?” Shen Miaomiao looked up at him: “What else?”

“The gas prices have gone up recently,” Gu Sheng said.

Out of nowhere, Shen Miaomiao was a bit confused: “Emmmm... so?”

“So... I want to earn so extra money recently,”

Gu Sheng shrugged, looking a bit awkward, scratching his head:

“Well... cough... my place...”

“It’s a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartnt. I can’t live in it alone, so I’m planning to find a roommate to share the rent.”

Hearing Gu Sheng, Little Nezha’s expression shifted from confusion to understanding, then a bit embarrassed. Her cheeks reddened as she tried to look serious:

“Oh, that’s good. How much are you planning to charge for rent?”

“I don’t know yet...”

Gu Sheng glanced at Little Nezha’s rental:

“How much do you pay for your place?”

“This...” Shen Miaomiao bit her lip: “Fifteen hundred.”

“Hmm—mine’s a three-bedroom, two-living-room with a study,”

Gu Sheng nodded:

“If it’s co-renting, that’s basically a one-bedroom, one-living-room. Fifteen hundred should be reasonable...”

“Alright, I’m just asking casually. You rest, I’m heading out.”

After saying that, Gu Sheng lifted his leg to leave.

But before he could take a step, Little Nezha raised her hand: “Hold on, hero.”

That was fast!

Gu Sheng snapped his leg back like in military training and spun sharply to face Little Nezha:

“What else?”

“Well, cough,”

Little Nezha fiddled with her fingers:

“Are there any gender restrictions for your roommate?”

“I don’t have any. I’m a grown man. As long as there aren’t too many troubles, it’s fine,”

Gu Sheng said:

“I’m usually quiet and free. If the project isn’t urgent, I even cook at ho,”

“Not gourt food, but I can make Chinese dishes like fish stew, braised at, dumplings. Western dishes like steak, cod, mushroom soup too,”

“Oh, and I like spicy food. Sotis I eat hot pot at ho...”

Listening to Gu Sheng, Shen Miaomiao tried hard not to smile too obviously.

But when she heard “hot pot,” she couldn’t hold it anymore. She quickly smashed her head into the bed, burying her laughing face in the small blanket, trembling to suppress her laughter.

Seeing this, Gu Sheng was startled:

“What’s wrong with you...”

“I... hahaha, sniff sniff... I’m still a bit unwell, heh heh sniff sniff...”

Shen Miaomiao curled up in bed, pinching the inside of her thigh to keep herself from laughing out loud:

“How about... you keep the rent within the company... solve the supply and demand internally?”

“Hmm—”

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng turned his head away, trying to lower the corners of his mouth and nodded:

“That’s not a bad idea. People inside the company know each other well, that’s good.”

Taking a deep breath, Shen Miaomiao finally controlled her wildly twitching smile and looked at Gu Sheng.

Her big eyes sparkled: “So...”

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow slightly: “So...”

Shen Miaomiao nodded: “Then...”

Gu Sheng nodded as well: “Then please tell Secretary Chu. I’d be glad to be her roommate. That way, our commutes will be more convenient.”

“Gu Sheng, you bastard!”

Shen Miaomiao raised her foot to kick Gu Sheng.

Why was this guy so shaless!

Gu Sheng was ready and stepped back:

“Hey—missed ! Hahahahaha... just kidding, just kidding.”

“I’ll kick you to death!”

Shen Miaomiao was relentless, launching a series of furious kicks:

“Although I’m sick, it doesn’t stop from eliminating threats. Prepare to die—!”

Smack!

In the end, Gu Sheng was quick to catch her tiny foot:

“I’m raising the rent, you know?”

Feeling the warmth in Gu Sheng’s palm, Shen Miaomiao’s body shrank, a slight tingling sensation like electricity running through her, making her heart itch:

“You... took advantage of the situation! That’s not gentlemanly!”

“No,” Gu Sheng corrected: “That’s normal market supply and demand price fluctuation.”

“Then... let go...”

“Then first tear the photo off your pillow...”

“...Photo’s yours.”

“...I’m letting go.”

They stared at each other for two seconds, then reached out and nodded solemnly at each other:

“Pleasant co-living, you pervert.”

...

“Such a pervert, damn it, even I’m a pervert and I think Gu Sheng is a pervert...”

The next morning!

Gu Sheng arrived at the company and just reached the project departnt entrance when he heard Lu Bian’s voice inside.

After Lu Bian finished, others agreed and echoed—

“Yeah, yeah, our director really is a pervert.”

“Exactly, it’s outrageous.”

“He’s already perverted enough. Soon the whole gaming circle will say Director Gu is a pervert.”

“Hiss—it’s really perverted.”

“Brother Sheng is really daring to play...”

Huh???

Gu Sheng stood at the project departnt door, feeling terrible!

Is this the saying true—good news doesn’t leave the house, bad news spreads a thousand miles?

And Little Nezha too!

How does that mouth work so fast?

She’s resting at ho today, not at work, but the gossip arrived before she did?

This group of guys!

The project departnt is mostly n, but their gossiping skills are so strong!

Thinking of this, Gu Sheng’s expression turned serious as he pushed the door open!

“What’s wrong with being a foot fetishist? How is that perverted?”

“A gentleman appreciates beauty without lust. It cos from feeling and stops at propriety!”

“Du Mu wrote, ‘The thin ruler asures down four points, slender jade bamboo wrapped in light clouds!’”

“Even Tao Yuanming said, ‘I wish to wear silk shoes and go barefoot freely!’”

“How am I perverted? Huh? What’s the difference between foot fetish and hand fetish?”

“You all are biased, treating differently!”

Silence.

Dead silence!

The whole project office was silent enough to hear a pin drop!

Everyone’s eyes turned to him, filled with shock!

Seeing everyone’s expressions, Gu Sheng cleared his throat:

“Cough—why are you looking at like that? I may not be Quentin, but I’m sowhat known in the gaming circle. Having a preference isn’t wrong.”

“...Fine... fine, we’re all adults here and know human desires are free...”

After a while, Lu Bian recovered from the shock and opened his mouth:

“But the problem is...”

“We weren’t talking about preferences!”

Gu Sheng: ???

Lu Bian shrugged and gave an awkward but polite smile:

“We were discussing the TTF derivative project. You told your plan to add ‘exclusive skills’ to individual gun battles,”

“We were just discussing that...”

“Everyone agrees that although the concept might not be accepted by the market, from an industry perspective, it’s really perverted. If done well, it might revolutionize FPS gaplay again. It’s a very challenging idea...”

“...No preference issues.”

Silence.

Silence was Golden Wind today.

Gu Sheng looked at Lu Bian, then Da Jiang, then everyone else.

Haha.

Sighed.

Nodded:

“Fine, I’ll go die now. You guys continue.”

Click.

The office door closed, and inside ca rustling discussions—

“Hiss—Director Gu better not really be ashad to death?”

“I told you, Director Gu’s performance before was perfect, almost unreal...”

“Indeed, understands the market, players, and gas. A true artist among ga designers...”

“Artists always have to be a bit eccentric, like Quentin.”

“Hopefully thanking Director Gu won’t be as extre as Director Quentin.”

“Don’t worry, ntal perversion forms step by step.”

“But it won’t stop from admiring the director.”

“Understandable. Who doesn’t have their own preferences?”

“But loudly shouting preferences like that is rare.”

“Brother Sheng is genuine!”

“Truly worthy of being director...”

Listening to the office chatter, Gu Sheng closed his eyes in despair, as if hearing the crisp sound of shattering right beside his ear.

A lifeti of fa ruined in an instant!

My integrity—

Shattered!