Restricted Fantasy I Chapter 340: I Will Always Be Watching You

"Let's go, Myau-chan. We can co back for these fragnts later."

After a long while, Yan Huan let out a sigh and called out to Myau-chan, who was staring reluctantly at the fragnts behind him.

"ow."

Myau-chan turned its head unwillingly. Even as it caught up to Yan Huan, it kept looking back at the fragnts with every step it took.

Only after turning the corner, when the fragnts were completely out of sight, did it turn its head forward and ask.

"Are you really just going to watch Bai Yi leave, ow? Not going to explain yourself, ow?"

"..."

Hearing this, Yan Huan glanced at Myau-chan beside him and spoke softly.

"She made her stance crystal clear. I had to choose either her or Hitomi. Sure, I could have used smooth words to explain myself, but no matter what I said, it would just be another lie. What would be the point of that?"

"...I didn't expect you to be unwilling to lie to Bai Yi, ow."

Yan Huan paused for a second at those words, but he did not answer the question. Instead, he took out his mobile phone and opened his chat with Bai Yi.

He tentatively sent an emoji over.

Sure enough, a red exclamation mark appeared next to the ssage.

But the prompt below it had changed:

"Yiyi has enabled friend verification. You are not yet his/her friend, please send a friend request first."

Well, that was it. He had been officially graduated from her life.

"..."

"ow?"

Yan Huan raised his eyes and t the gaze of Myau-chan, who had jumped onto his shoulder at so point.

Myau-chan tilted its head and pushed its paw pads against his cheek, reminding him.

"You know her situation will definitely worsen later, and she will definitely keep using the Modifier, right? So hurry up and make up with her, ow!"

"Easier said than done... You were too busy picking up fragnts earlier, so you didn't hear what she said, did you?"

As he spoke, Yan Huan walked out of the campus. By now, Bai Yi was nowhere to be seen outside.

He could only hail a taxi and return to the place where the Student Council had just t.

"Linn's first! A fully delay-free live broadcast variety show, 'Girl Group Clash Season Two', is coming soon!!"

Right at that mont, the audio from the promotional screen hanging on the back of the taxi seat caught Yan Huan's attention.

He looked at the screen and saw the promotional page for a certain variety show.

It was currently replaying highlights from the first season, showcasing various popular young female celebrities.

"Season Two features a surprise mystery guest!

"The most anticipated internet sensation? A genius female singer who combines both beauty and talent..."

Seeing Bai Yi's figure suddenly appear on the poster, Yan Huan raised his eyebrows.

"..."

"I didn't expect Bai Yi to actually participate in this show, ow. That female influencer joining alongside her has such a disgusting attitude, and she has a ton of brainless fanatic fans. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Seeing Bai Yi participate in a variety show did not surprise Yan Huan, but hearing Myau-chan's comntary genuinely shocked him.

He turned his head to look at Myau-chan, whose critique was surprisingly on point, and the corners of his mouth stiffened.

"I couldn't tell, Myau-chan. You actually know about all this..."

"Of course I know, ow?! I'm her number one anti-fan!!"

The mont this was brought up, Myau-chan got angry and imdiately swatted Yan Huan's face with its paw pads.

"What do you think Little Finger and I were doing every night when you and An Le were playing one—oh wait, playing countless matches?! Hmm?!"

"..."

Right, now that Myau-chan ntioned it, it really was true.

eting Myau-chan's glare, Yan Huan averted his gaze with a guilty conscience.

However...

"This program is sponsored and broadcast by the Jinshi Group.

"It will air precisely at eight o'clock every Saturday night!"

Jinshi Group?

This show seems to be recorded in the Golden Lion Mansion, right?

Seeing this, Yan Huan pinched his chin, deep in thought.

"Ring-ring-ring~"

Right at that mont, Yan Huan's mobile phone suddenly rang.

He hurriedly took out his phone, only to find that it was a Plane call from Sakuramiya Hitomi.

Had she already arrived?

Without overthinking it, Yan Huan answered the call.

"Hitomi, you..."

"Ara ara, Student Yan..."

Hmm?

This voice...

Yan Huan glanced at his phone before asking hesitantly.

"Aunt Sakuramiya?"

"Yes, it's . Um, the thing is, didn't we just take Hitomi to the hospital earlier? On the way back, I don't know what happened, but she suddenly started feeling unwell. It seems like she fell sick..."

Huh?

Wait...

What?

Sakuramiya, you haven't even been back for a full day yet?!

And you've already collapsed?!

Yan Huan was deeply shocked. He didn't even dare to imagine what would have happened if he hadn't held back and kissed her last night. Would she have exploded again?

Myau-chan was actually right.

With Sakuramiya Hitomi's constitution, even if Yan Huan hadn't boosted his Fertility attributes, being with her would probably be a life-and-death struggle every single night.

And now, with Yan Huan's heightened Fertility, he was afraid that Sakuramiya...

What should he do about this?

Not daring to dwell on it any longer, Yan Huan nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and quickly asked.

"Then how is her body? Is the situation serious?"

"It's not severe, but it is very strange. The doctors couldn't find the cause of her illness, so they just told us to go ho and rest..."

Couldn't find the cause?

Hearing this, Yan Huan imdiately slapped his forehead.

How could he have forgotten the passive ability of Bai Yi's Modifier!

Bai Yi's Modifier had a damage-reflection chanism!

Last night, Perfect Sakuranomiya had locked Bai Yi in the Barrier and inflicted effects on her. Although nothing happened last night, the backlash hit today!

"Ah... In that case, she should be fine after a little rest."

Having roughly guessed the truth behind the matter, Yan Huan felt a bit more relieved.

"I can only hope so. However, this child keeps making a fuss about keeping her appointnt. She agreed to go on a date with you this morning, right?"

"I see... Then Auntie, is it alright if I co over to the house to visit her later?"

"Of course~"

Yan Huan lowered his phone and sent a ssage to Yabashi Ki and the others.

Just then, a new email arrived.

"Welco to Ye International!

"Hello, Yan Huan!

"Congratulations on successfully passing the review for the 'Artificial Intelligence Departnt Marketing Team Intern' position at Ye International.

"This email serves as your formal offer of employnt. We sincerely invite you to join Ye International...

"The reporting ti is..."

So it was the internship notification email?

Yan Huan skimd over the reporting ti below, as well as the attached introduction regarding the work environnt and job responsibilities.

"Currently, Yezi AI has passed its final round of testing and is being launched onto the market. We sincerely invite you to download and experience it via the link below or through any App store channel..."

Yezi AI...

Previously, he had only downloaded the Demo version. Had it really passed the final round of testing after just a few weeks?

Fair enough. Since it was related to his future work, he might as well download it and give it a try.

Without giving it much thought, Yan Huan searched the App store and, sure enough, found the App with a cover icon resembling leaf veins.

"Download... And then..."

Yan Huan opened the downloaded App. Inside, a chibi avatar of a girl with long, straight, black hair appeared, tilting her head and waving at Yan Huan.

"Your exclusive AI butler, Yezi, is delighted to serve you~

"I can help you with many things. If you have any questions, feel free to ask

anyti~"

It had really improved so much compared to before.

Yan Huan was slightly surprised. He pondered for a mont before rembering the variety show he had just seen, so he typed:

"Please give

information about the variety show 'Girl Group Clash', including its segnts, guest details, and online reviews."

"Understood, please wait a mont~"

On the phone screen, the girl with long, straight, black hair smiled sweetly and spoke.

At this mont, at the Golden Lion Mansion. Bai Yi stepped out of a taxi with red eyes. She was still sniffing as she walked, her hand gripping the mobile phone from which she had just deleted Yan Huan's contact.

'Just you wait, Yan Huan. Starting today, I will never speak to you again!! Never!!'

Inside the main entrance of the Jinshi Group, her agent and Zuo Jiangqin had already been waiting for her for a long ti.

"Oh my, Yiyi, what's wrong with..."

Seeing Bai Yi crying like a weeping beauty, Zuo Jiangqin imdiately stepped forward with concern and began wiping away her tears.

"I told you we have to et the station executives this morning. Why are you crying like this?"

"None of your business! If I jumped off a building one day, your first thought would probably be trying to figure out my bank card password, wouldn't it?!"

Hearing that her mother's first concern wasn't why she was crying, but rather the eting with the executives, Bai Yi exploded with anger and imdiately lashed out.

"Look at you, what kind of nonsense are you saying? You're just a child, how big of a deal could it be... Just cry it out, it will all pass."

Zuo Jiangqin brushed it off, a reaction Bai Yi had long since grown accustod to.

She wiped her tears and looked at her agent beside her, speaking seriously.

"Starting tomorrow, set an alarm for

at six in the morning! I'm going to get up to practice my instrunts and write songs!"

"Uh..."

Her agent had no idea what kind of stunt she was pulling, but could only nod, half-believing, half-doubting.

Only Bai Yi herself knew exactly what her mindset was right now.

She was going to turn over a new leaf too!!

Or more accurately, practice self-discipline!

She would make herself better and stronger, and make Yan Huan regret everything!

"..."

Bai Yi had already figured out the script for her revenge against Yan Huan!

The first step was to be disciplined and strive for success!

She definitely had to write another viral hit song, earn a lot of money, and beco wildly famous...

Then, she would make Yan Huan realize what an incredibly massive loss his choice today had been.

She would make him belatedly realize how wonderful she was, causing him to co crawling back with his tail between his legs to beg for a reconciliation!!

'I'm sorry, Bai Yi. Everything before was my fault...'

However, by that ti, she would completely ignore him!

She would just coldly cross her arms...

'Oh.'

And Yan Huan, seeing her act like this, would show hesitation, yet still muster the courage to try and make her stay.

'Um, Bai Yi, can we...'

'Oh, sorry, I'm busy. If you need anything later, please contact my assistant.'

And then, she would flip her hair!!

Just like Ye Shiyu, she would turn and walk away with an expressionless face.

Leaving only Yan Huan behind, shouting amidst the figurative falling snow and howling north wind:

'No!!!'

Yes, exactly like that!!

In reality, Bai Yi sniffled while wiping her tears.

Her flushed little face was still puffed up with anger as she wove this grand revenge drama in her mind.

anwhile, beside her, Zuo Jiangqin and her agent, who had already stepped into the elevator with her heading towards Golden Lion Entertainnt...

...had absolutely no idea what this girl was doing, as she alternated between crying, suddenly acting completely aloof and expressionless, and then excitedly throwing punches in the air.

"Bzz... bzz..."

Perhaps because Bai Yi was so full of antics, after the elevator doors opened and they walked into Golden Lion Entertainnt, none of them noticed...

...that all the electronic devices in the office seed to be flickering faintly for no apparent reason.

"Sigh, Yiyi, I heard that many project managers saw you take on this variety show, and now they intend to send you invitations for other things. Don't be so rigid, just focusing on writing songs. You can juggle both."

Only then did Zuo Jiangqin reveal her true intentions, like a dagger finally appearing when the map is unrolled.

Hearing this, Bai Yi imdiately frowned.

"I already told you, I don't like any of this at all!"

"Oh please, those invitations are practically being handed to you. Do you know how much the payout is? You won't even bend down to pick up the money right in front of you?"

Money...

Upon hearing this word, Bai Yi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly.

She suddenly thought of the extravagantly grand High Table Dinner that Sakuramiya Hitomi had orchestrated yesterday, glittering so brightly it seed to be paved with gold...

In the face of all that, her beauty and everything she had seed to pale into insignificance.

"..."

Thinking about how Yan Huan had unhesitatingly chosen Sakuramiya Hitomi over her, Bai Yi couldn't help but clench her feminine fists, her defense broken once more as her emotional facade cracked for a second ti.

"...Later, show

the scripts for those invitations. If there are no issues, I... I'll take them!"

Reaching this conclusion, Bai Yi changed her mind and decided to accept the work she originally despised.

"Really?!"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Jiangqin beside her imdiately bead with joy.

But before she could speak, a mobile phone suddenly rang.

"Ring-ring-ring~"

Hmm?

Bai Yi looked down.

"Ye Shiyu?"

She hadn't expected it to be a call from Ye Shiyu.

Why would she call at a ti like this?

Confused, Bai Yi answered the phone anyway.

"Hello, what's wrong?"

"Bai Yi..."

On the other end, Ye Shiyu's faint, flat voice was neither loud nor soft, yet it instantly carried a chilling presence that dominated all sound in Bai Yi's ears.

It was as if in that mont, the bustling Golden Lion Entertainnt around her had fallen dead silent...

As if the entire world consisted solely of Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu.

"Are you going to participate in a variety show called... 'Girl Group Clash' this sumr?"

"Huh? How... how do you know..."

Bai Yi blinked, feeling a bit surprised.

But Ye Shiyu on the other end seed to have already gotten her answer.

"Beep... beep..."

She suddenly hung up the phone.

The instant the call ended, that bone-piercing chill completely vanished.

"What a ghost. Just hanging up whenever she feels like it..."

The bustling noise of the Golden Lion Entertainnt office instantly flooded back into her ears, causing the goosebumps on Bai Yi's skin to multiply.

"...Speaking of which, Ye Shiyu must have seen what happened yesterday too, right? Heh, with her personality, knowing that Yan Huan chose Sakuramiya Hitomi over her, she's probably..."

Truth be told, Bai Yi had been feeling miserable just a mont ago, but knowing that soone else was even more miserable made her feel much better instantly.

Yes, that was our Bai Yi.

"Eek—"

Except, just as she finally revealed her breathtaking smile once again, a sudden chill crept up her spine.

It felt as if...

As if Ye Shiyu was constantly watching her?

"..."

Bai Yi quickly quickened her pace to draw closer to Zuo Jiangqin and her agent, while looking around with a lingering sense of fear, scared in retrospect.

But...

Everything seed normal?

"Seriously, am I just scaring myself? It's all... it's all Yan Huan's fault!"

Feeling the chill slowly recede, Bai Yi wiped the sweat from her forehead and muttered to herself.

What Bai Yi didn't know was:

That chill hadn't disappeared; it had rely shifted.

Looking at the incredibly detailed information provided by Yezi AI on his mobile phone, Yan Huan's spine suddenly shivered, and goosebumps erupted all over his skin.

It felt as though every single word in the data summarized by Yezi was staring right back at him.

"This information retrieval capability is... impressive. I just have no idea where she got all this data. She couldn't have just made it up herself, right?"

Yan Huan was still grumbling internally when Yezi smiled sweetly and asked,

"I wonder if my answer has been of help to you?"

"..."

Yan Huan did not reply. He just locked his phone screen and shoved it into his pocket.

But even so, that chilling sensation still did not fade.

It lingered within the text in the dialog box on his locked screen:

"Call out to Yezi whenever you need anything. I will always be watching you~"

It followed him as he raised his eyes to look at a western-style mansion in Kyogo Ward right in front of him.

Which was, Sakuramiya Hitomi's ho.

"Click, click, click~"