"Yu Nai..." Juxi stammered, "It's up to you... It's up to you. Please forget everything I just said."

"..."

Yu Nai didn't say another word and left, leaving Juxi feeling worried, as if they had touched a nerve.

Juxi sat quietly in their seat this time, keeping a low profile and wiping the desk to keep their hands busy.

After observing Yu Nai for a few minutes, Juxi came to a conclusion — she missed her family!

It made sense, since Juxi had been absent from the library these past few days and Yu Nai must have used her laptop to pass the time.

If Juxi guessed correctly, she probably discovered something on her laptop that made her upset.

"Laptops are truly a dangerous thing. If things continue like this, everyone might go crazy!" Juxi finally understood why Yukari had such strict regulations on these laptops. They truly had a terrifying side.

"It's fine to use them casually every now and then, but if you play with them every day, even a normal person would go insane." Juxi didn't know when Yukari had entered and was taken aback, quickly getting up from the table.

Juxi didn't know how much longer they could hold on, but at least until Yukari left, they wanted to calm down.

"The administrator is right. I also think these things are too dangerous, so I don't plan on using them! Hehe..." Although Juxi said this, they were still feeling guilty because they had accidentally (or maybe intentionally) touched it earlier.

It had to be said that the contents of the book were indeed interesting — on the surface, they were memories from the past, but in reality, they were very similar to a game.

Yukari didn't know about any of this and said, "That's not good either. I meant to say touch them less, not completely stop! When you have the time and don't have any psychological issues, it's fine to use them."

She didn't notice anything off about Juxi and seemed to take their words at face value.

"Alright, Yu Nai and I are going to rest at the seaside and check for any safety issues. You continue to manage the store."

After saying that, Yukari left the treehouse with Yu Nai. Now, there were only two or three people wandering around the treehouse square, occasionally accompanied by sweeping robots.

Unfortunately, Juxi wasn't as obedient as Yukari imagined. As soon as she left the square, Juxi couldn't wait any longer and opened the laptop.

This time, they were impatiently flipping through the notebook and didn't care which page they landed on. Their finger directly tapped on it...

Ding ding...

The beautiful melody filled the street, and Juxi was very familiar with this music. It sounded like Christmas had arrived.

Christmas was also known as the second Valentine's Day, and today, two men who had not yet escaped their sufferings walked through the street together, filled with sadness.

For them, Christmas had a different meaning...

Walking along the lively street, Yuanhui couldn't relax and suddenly wiped his nose and tears on his sleeves, no matter how hard he tried to stop it.

"Nonsense, telling a couple who truly love each other that every day is Valentine's Day. For us, the perpetually awkward virgin male, Christmas is simply a day when our goddesses indulge in intimacy with other men!"

That was an exaggeration, but Juxi still smiled and said, "We can still attend the annual antique appraisal convention."

"But we can't keep living in fantasy, can we? My dear friend, my body can no longer withstand continuing like this, I must have a living woman as a replacement!!!"

Wait, Juxi felt like he had brought up a topic he shouldn't have, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Come to my place this year, even though we won't have Christmas cake and candlelit dinners...or women, but we can eat all the sushi hamburgers and fries we want! Oh, and by the way...we have comics."

"You...really!"

Juxi was overjoyed and hugged Yuanhui tightly, his voice trembling as he touched his nose.

"I really love you the most!"

"Hey, what are you up to?"

On weekends, the streets were always crowded, either with couples shopping or happy families strolling together.

"Sorry... it's kind of awkward to ask you to come out at this time." Juxi said apologetically.

"No problem, buddy!" Yuanhui didn't mind at all.

As usual, Yuanhui faced life with a smiling face, but this time he had been giggling at his phone since a while ago.

"Yuanhui, what are you looking at?"

Juxi craned his neck to see the message on his phone, which was very simple - just a confession.

The specific content was: "Senior Lina, I liked you since the first time I saw you. If possible, would you be willing to try dating me!"

"Oh my, what a cliché way to woo a girl! Besides, with your handsome face, it shouldn't be hard to find a girl if you were more serious, right?"

"Tsk, what do you know? Juxi, I admit I'm good-looking, but I'm not a superficial person. I value inner qualities!"

"Uh, do you have any inner qualities?"

"Well... I do have some."

As he said that, it reminded Juxi that he still had a fiancée living in his house, well, probably just in his dreams.

Luckily, Juxi managed to stay calm because he had become accustomed to these things. Since the day the other person came to his house, that marriage certificate had told him everything.

However... Juxi still couldn't see the other person's face clearly, as if some software intentionally blocked this part.

Chatting along the way was the best way to pass the time. Before Juxi realized it, they arrived at a mobile phone store on the roadside.

As soon as they entered the store, it immediately felt spacious. It seemed that the sales of some digital products weren't doing well during these days leading up to Christmas...

But where was the store manager?!

Juxi and Yuanhui searched around the store for the store manager's figure, and finally found a middle-aged man slumping in a chair behind the counter, as if he was asleep.

"Um... we would like to see a phone, could we..."

"Just pick one yourself, then leave the money on the table."

"Um... I wanted to ask for your recommend..."

"No time, no time. Take a look yourself! If you need to use a credit card, then wake me up... snore..."

Oh my god, this person is really oblivious. It's a miracle that this store can stay open for so long without going bankrupt. People like him are probably just wastrels, right?

"But then again, everything seems pretty good!" Juxi's eyes scanned the myriad items on the counter. Each phone on display was shining brightly. For Juxi, who never had any extravagant desires for phones, there was a tinge of guilt for being inclined to the new and discarding the old.

One particular crimson phone displayed in the center of the counter caught Juxi's attention. It was like a red diamond, irresistible and captivating.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this phone?" Juxi asked.

"Huh? Oh... child, I suggest you get this phone! It has great performance and aesthetics, and the cost-effectiveness is also not bad. As for this phone... hehe, I'm afraid it's beyond your budget!" The shopkeeper finally decided to talk to them and rummaged under the counter.

"The cool design and high cost-effectiveness of this phone make it worth its price. It's only fifty thousand yuan!" The shopkeeper picked up another phone with a yellow casing and introduced it.

As for that crimson phone, the shopkeeper adjusted his sunglasses on his nose and stylishly raised five fingers.

Five hundred thousand?! As Juxi walked away from the counter, he noticed that the shopkeeper was actually running the air conditioning and wearing beach shorts in the store during the peak of summer. This uncle was definitely not in his right mind.

"No, I'll take this one!"

Finally, after so much effort and going out, Juxi wanted to get a new phone that he liked and found attractive.

"I already told you, this phone's price... huh?!" Juxi took out his bank card from his wallet and swiped it at the card machine. After checking Juxi's account balance, the shopkeeper fell to the ground and kowtowed to Juxi.

"I am so insignificant. Please forgive me, sirs. Please visit my store more in the future!"

"Tch, with such poor service, we won't be coming back!" Yuanhui whispered from behind.

Heh, Juxi couldn't help but laugh as he looked at this shopkeeper. His change in attitude was quite dramatic, wasn't it?

"Thank you, and please come again. Goodbye, gentlemen!" The shopkeeper excitedly escorted Juxi and Yuanhui to the store's entrance, striking a pose that was both sly and full of fire in his heart.

"That guy... it's amazing that he can keep the store running for so long without closing down!"

"He's definitely an interesting uncle. Thanks for today."

"Yeah, since I accompanied you to buy a phone, don't you think you should spare some time to accompany me too?"

"Huh, do you... have any peculiar hobbies?"

It seems like I misunderstood. After Yuanhui came out of the store, he clung to Juxi and asked him to accompany him to confess his feelings to a goddess, saying that he lacked confidence.

"I can't help it. Everywhere we go, people are so superficial. We can't say anything to them." Yuanhui's eyes revealed a hint of sadness and desolation as he said these words.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

"Ah! No... no, why? Didn't you just hear me talking?"

Nothing's wrong? That doesn't seem like Yuanhui's style at all! Juxi thought to himself that Yuanhui must be hoping to meet the beautiful lady.

That must be it. Regardless, Yuanhui is acting especially abnormal today!