Bad Ranbao, shrimp head.

"I...like you too." Lin Mo was forced to give the correct answer.

"..."

A sweet, deep breath made one wonder what Li Qingran's expression was at that moment.

"Thud." The sound of the phone falling to the ground, which the girl hurriedly picked up again.

"Where did you learn all this? I remember telling you to spend less time online..."

"Lin Mo, I've given birth."

The girl's simple words immediately changed Lin Mo's mood.

"???"

Lin Mo was truly dumbfounded. How was he supposed to respond to this joke? The ideas were way too ahead of their time.

Looking again, I realized that the little characters from the game had actually been born.

Thankfully, this game is all blocks, omitting processes other than childbirth, otherwise Ranbao would have grown into an adult.

"Lin Mo, what's her name?"

"You can choose a name for the character; just right-click on it." Lin Mo was still thinking about how to get Li Qingran to reveal where she learned that cheesy confession... her mind wasn't on that.

Li Qingran's development has exceeded his expectations, and the evil forces must be curbed at their root!

"It's ready."

"Oh..."

Lin Mo took a closer look and saw a long string of names:

'Lin Mo and Li Qingran, may you be safe and sound.'

The meaning is there, but who gives such a long name to the little figure they create for themselves...?

"Lin Mo, let's have another one, okay?"

"Row."

Soon, the second baby was born, and Li Qingran still had the right to name it.

This time, it had been brewing for a long time.

'May Li Qingran and Lin Mo be together forever.'

The girl controlled the blocky figure, staring at him with an almost piercing gaze from within the screen.

First, peace and safety; then, longevity and happiness.

Ran Bao, you've shown your true colors.

Looking at her naming conventions and considering her series of actions, Lin Mo had no choice but to believe it.

Li Qingran was hinting at him, or rather, reminding him.

She knew what they would face in the future, and perhaps she didn't yet understand that emotion, which was more complex than mere liking.

But she understands that for two people to live together, they need something more precious than promises to sustain their relationship.

Money can be spent sparingly; when it's cold, they can sleep together, sharing the burden and supporting each other to keep their little home going.

Beyond matter,

She must have known that not everything could be simply dismissed with Lin Mo's words, "family."

Li Qingran was very clever. Realizing that she might not be the only special person to Lin Mo, she chose to take the initiative.

Tell him that Li Qingran is not a stupid child.

She only wants to be a child who loves you when she's in your arms.

She'll catch airplanes in the sky and feed them to you.

He'll only show you the raccoon cards.

It will cup your cheeks and blow away your worries.

She'll quietly organize your study materials, pester you to play childish games, and tell you stories when you're tired.

When choosing fruit, they will unhesitatingly select your favorites, and they will believe you without reservation, even if they know it's a lie...

She will always put your happiness and joy first.

She also likes to sit shoulder to shoulder with you while eating, to share a blanket with you during afternoon naps, to have you touch her body with a mixture of desire and timidity, to go grocery shopping with you, to sit in the shopping cart and look up at you, and to lean out from the balcony and watch you come and go...

Therefore, she dares to say she likes you.

That doesn't mean she won't think about the mystery beyond liking someone.

When you love her, treat her like a child.

But if love isn't complete, treat her as the most adorable adult.

Too heavy a burden for Lin Mo to bear; he dared to think about it but dared not accept it.

"Hmm, the little pig has escaped."

Seeing that Lin Mo didn't speak and his in-game character didn't move, Li Qingran stared at him for a long time as usual, then muttered to herself as she went to shoo the pig.

"Lin Mo, pig."

Lin Mo laughed in exasperation.

"I'm not a pig."

"Yes, pigs." She repeated flatly, her emotions waning. "We tried to herd them, but they ran away."

Can't run away.

Lin Mo removed the receiver and sighed in frustration where the girl couldn't hear him.

Then, the player controls their character, sword in hand, to charge at the pig that Li Qingran was chasing.

"Cuckoo~"

The pig emitted a puff of white smoke and was killed by Lin Mo with two sword strikes, resulting in several pieces of pork being spilled out.

"If the pig keeps running away and doesn't listen to you, then kill it and have some pork."

"..."

The girl fell silent for a brief moment.

"Ah."

"Lin Mo, the pig is dead."

"If he's dead, he's dead. If he's a naughty pig, we'll stew him."

"Why is there only pork left?" The girl picked up the pieces of meat that had fallen from the dead pig.

Where is the pig's heart?

"You're so cute, you've already stolen my heart." Lin Mo thought his cheesy pickup line was pretty awesome.

See, Ranjiang? That's what real sweet talk looks like. Your usual stuff about talking in the wind is just too...

"Lin Mo, can I cut myself?" Li Qingran continued to ask, her words a bizarre bombshell of logic.

Why did you cut yourself?

"I want to see if my heart is still there..."

The girl's voice on the phone suddenly softened, and the volume abruptly increased, yet it wasn't harsh; instead, it captivated the listener.

"Have you managed to seduce me?"

The window was left open, and even though the summer evening breeze only made people feel hot, Lin Mo still shivered from the cold.

The bedroom was dimly lit, with only the lifeless glow of a cell phone and computer screen.

But why does the world suddenly feel so bright to him?!

It was all Li Qingran's holy light...

I can't win, I really can't win, Ranbao, please let me go, I'll never use cheesy pickup lines again.

"Lin Mo, I can't hit myself," Li Qingran said naively, which was both cute and clever.

"I am no longer my own."

No, does that mean if you can't kill yourself, you're not yourself...? What kind of bizarre logic is that...?

"Lin Mo, do you think you can hit me?"

"That's right..."

"Then, it's all yours."

"..."

Oh no! Lin Mo was just killed by Ran Jiang's holy light, and Ran Bao is going to finish him off by whipping his corpse. She's way ahead of him.

"It can't be that bad..."

"As for it," Li Qingran retorted, her tone both cute and fierce.

"Fine, then you're mine now, what's the difference between that and you not being mine?"

"So you can bully me now." Li Qingran granted him the permissions he possessed.

Li Qingran gave a live demonstration, controlling a blocky character to jump from a height; the character lost two health points.

"Ouch, that hurts!" she complained.

"Li Qingran, what the hell did you watch...?"

"You've got the wrong name, Lin Mo."

"Okay, it's my fault, it's Ranbao, Ranbao, Ranbao..."

"Yes, I saw it, your QQ..."

"Okay, I got it. You don't need to comment anymore, it'll just get you killed..."

"Lin Mo, what is social death?"

"Social death, or social death for short."

Li Qingran repeated, and it was that kind of thing the speaker meant no harm, but the listener felt saddened by it...

"Well, I've been dead for a long time."

Lin Mo was speechless.

Before Ran Bao met him, she had indeed practically died in this society...

The suffocating feeling of oppression came over me immediately.

He'd almost forgotten it if he didn't think about it too much; these past few days he'd been living under the sweet-talking influence of Li Qingran, almost forgetting that she was actually a very fragile girl who had once come incredibly close to death...

"You brought me back to life," she whispered, her ethereal voice dispelling the suffocating feeling that had just begun to build.

She seemed to smile.

No, it was the corners of my mouth that had inexplicably turned up.

...

Considering that they had to go to school the next day, the game ended soon.

Lin Mo lay in bed and said goodnight to Li Qingran.

"Lin Mo, I like saying goodnight to you."

The girl mumbled under the covers.

"But I prefer..."

"I'll be able to say good morning to you tomorrow."

"..."

Even after the call ended, Li Qingran's words still echoed in his mind.

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