"Uh..."
In the dim room, the only weak light came from the monitor. The pa-pa and zz-zz sounds were the only noise besides what was coming from the headphones.
Just as he was about to reach the peak of the mountain, Hua Xin quickly took out his white strategic material and let out a long sigh.
Life… sometimes it's "sky-blue waiting for the rain, and I'm waiting for you," and in those times you need to…
Uh.
A wave of guilt surged up. Seeing the scene still going fiercely on-screen, he suddenly felt uninterested.
Thud.
After casually wiping up…
The paper ball was thrown accurately into the trash can.
🤔😤🦵🫱🩳️🫲🫱🩲️🫲👌👍👎😠👍👎😡👍👎🌊😇🧻
He picked up a full bottle of mineral water and chugged it down, then tiredly pulled up his shorts, closed the action movie that was still playing, stepped down unsteadily from his gaming chair, and face-planted onto the bed.
The emptiness after pleasure surged all at once.
Hua Xin felt numb.
"First four times today…" His whole body felt extremely weak as he muttered unconsciously.
He couldn't keep doing this… or he'd really end up lying flat like a flying corpse…
But every time he scrolled videos, those dancing "creators" wearing all sorts of outfits made him drool.
Face buried in the pillow, he pulled a small blanket over his belly button, lying on his little bed 🛏️, and picked up the phone nearby to glance at it.
2:24 AM.
Not a single message.
Dead.
Lonely as always.
The moment he closed his eyes, sleep rushed in like a tide — that intense battle just now really drained him.
Plus staying up late debuffs… Hua Xin was already at the brink of sudden death.
"Starting tomorrow, I'll definitely quit lust, exercise, stop gaming, and overcome social anxiety…"
His consciousness faded into nothing, hugging a certain two-character game pillow in his arms, slowly drifting into dreamland.
Only… while he slept…
His body underwent earth-shattering changes.
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Morning. Even the bright sunlight couldn't get through the pitch-black curtains. The swelling feeling down below made Hua Xin frown. Half-asleep, he stumbled to the bathroom.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
The same steps repeated for over ten years — impossible to get wrong.
But…
Hua Xin stood there impatiently.
Why does this feel so unfamiliar 😡 I can't hold it anymore! Annoyed, he used the Appraisal skill!
Uh.
Still nothing 😨.
Eh?
His sleepy eyes snapped fully awake — he quickly lowered his head, vision hazy, which turned into shock.
The same flat belly as usual, a bit paler than before… but something even whiter below that… 🤔 White! One of the four holy beasts of color!!
?
"Am I dreaming 🤤?" So nice to look at… want to…
Want your 🐴 my ass! 👊🏻
Where the hell is my little buddy???
Hua Xin's eyes widened in horror. The partner who spent all 19 years of life with him had been replaced by the very thing he liked seeing most in those videos he downloaded.
It must be an illusion.
Haha, it's normal to see blurry when first waking up.
Calmly, Hua Xin pulled up his shorts, walked to the sink, and planned to wash his face to wake up.
Cold water usually does the trick.
"Sigh, really can't keep doing that. The NoFap forum was right — memory loss, blurry vision, kidney failure… all true…"
"I'm such a sinner, drowning in lust every day. I'll download Righteous Qi today, in September I won't play Lu— It's fine, it's fine, it's all just a dream…"
"Weird… why does my voice sound so nice?"
Sweating nervously, he stared at his visibly smaller, fairer, slender fingers as he spoke, pretending to stay calm.
What were those two slime-like things on his chest? Even a slight downward glance showed those peaks. He seemed to have ignored that when trying to relieve himself earlier.
Haha 😃 Clearly he's just hallucinating from wanting to touch lightning too much.
He must not have released enough last night.
What was happening? Even in dreams, why did the big R fall onto himself?
In summer he usually wore only big shorts with a bare upper body — so visually shocking… how did this not look like a dream?
He turned off the tap, silently closed his eyes, and pinched his arm.
Pale green marks instantly surfaced on his delicate skin — he'd used a lot of force.
Ouch…
It really hurt…
She opened her eyes, mechanical and trembling, and turned her head toward the mirror.
Reflected back — a beautiful girl, almost like a deranged perv, standing there completely eat・luo.
Her bare, stunning face carried a sickly paleness — likely from long nights on "American time" and malnutrition. Lashes like vines held droplets of water, slightly parted cherry lips tempting beyond reason.
Pure-black long hair spilled over her shoulders and ears, and those pitch-black gemstone-like eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
Who is that?
Hua Xin rubbed his eyes hard, then pinched his nose and held his breath, trying to wake up by suffocating himself "in the dream."
Two and a half minutes later.
"Cough cough cough cough…"
The girl gasped desperately for air, then turned again to the mirror.
No surprise — except it was surprising.
Nothing changed.
Her mouth twitched. Sticking out her tongue, closing one eye, making a wink and a peace sign beside her face—
Ciallo～(∠・ω< )⌒☆
The sweet, airy voice echoed repeatedly in the sound-proof bathroom.
Heart stopped. Overload of cute.
Silence again.
"Eating grapes without spitting out the skins, not eating grapes but spitting out the skins… 800 soldiers run up the northern slope… 3.141592653579…"
After a full reboot-mode brain malfunction, the girl finally stopped reciting.
Silence.
She walked to the inner stall to grab a T-shirt drying above.
Something she used to reach easily was now far above her.
💢.
On tiptoes, barely touching it.
After pulling on the T-shirt halfway, she took care of that biological problem that disrupted her dreams.
But just as she was about to get up… seeing toilet paper on her left, she sat back down again.
Even 🎺 needs wiping.
Still silent, she walked out of the bathroom, kicked away a mineral water bottle in the way, and headed for the desk — cluttered with random items, including half a tub of unfinished white-🐘 instant noodles.
Her ID was pressed under the mousepad. Hua Xin took a deep breath and slowly pulled it out.
"Hua Xin, Male."
She looked at the words…
Then at the chest peaks…
Then at the slender, beautiful legs under the desk…
Haha…
She let out two dry laughs.
Then yanked open her shorts.
Nothing there.
A teardrop rolled down her cheek, and a deafening scream filled the small bedroom:
"My little buddy ahhhhhhhh!"
"I'll never do that again — please don't run away from home 😭😭😭😭😭😭"
Hua Xin hugged her head, sobbing.
"Please come back… I'll never abuse you again 😭😭😭"