Because of his slip of the tongue, Lin Qingqian left only the soup behind and walked off without another word.

Before she left, she'd even confiscated his phone. Even if someone told Shen Guang he had nothing to do with Lin Qingqian, he couldn't believe it.

At this rate, she was practically turning into his overbearing wife!

With nothing better to do, Shen Guang could only wander around the hospital grounds.

He sat on a bench beside a flower bed, doing his best to recall everything about this world.

Shen Guang's past, the girls in the game—and most importantly, who was the male lead of this world?

Rumored Girlfriend was a romance visual novel told from the player's perspective.

There weren't any CGs of beautiful girls. All the player did was chat with them and help them figure out what to do.

Put simply, it was basically online dating.

So who was the “player” in this world?

He had no clues or walkthrough, and Shen Guang really felt that surviving in this world was going to be dangerous.

After all, Shen Guang's original ending had him exiting the story as a disposable extra. Who knew whether, after he'd changed the world's storylines, he'd still end up disgraced?

The sun was blazing today. After sitting outside for a while, Shen Guang felt the heat through his clothes.

Just as he was about to get up, a girl hurried toward him.

She wore a mask and sunglasses, looking as mysterious as some kind of foreign secret agent. Even more conspicuous was the enormous red bow on her head—it was practically a GPS beacon!

She kept glancing behind her, as if some ferocious beast were chasing her.

Shen Guang had planned to sit back down and avoid her, but the girl seemed not to notice anyone in front of her and ran straight into his arms.

“Ah!”

The girl cried out. She immediately pulled away from Shen Guang, clutching her nose and whimpering softly.

It looked like she'd hit him pretty hard.

Shen Guang barely felt a thing. It was like a ball of cotton had bumped into him.

The girl looked up, about to apologize to the person in front of her. But when she saw the young man, her body gave a slight jolt.

“You?”

“Uh, do you know me?” Shen Guang pointed at himself, looking puzzled. The girl in front of him, bundled up like a mummy, seemed to know him—and from her tone, she didn't seem to like him much.

The girl warily glanced around, then pushed up her sunglasses and pulled down her mask.

A delicate, adorable face came into view before Shen Guang.

Her bright eyes glared at him in displeasure, and her rosy lips puckered into a pout.

“It's me!”

The atmosphere turned awkward. A cold breeze blew past, as if announcing just how painfully awkward things had become!

Shen Guang pressed his lips together and instinctively started to scratch his head, but then he remembered Lin Qingqian's warning and lowered his hand.

Faced with Shen Guang's complete lack of reaction, the girl practically wanted to turn around and dive into the flower bed beside her!

Why was this guy acting like he didn't know her at all? Forget who she was—even their relationship made this impossible!

“Shen Guang, don't play dumb with me! You know exactly who I am, don't you? You even confessed to me before!”

The girl gritted her teeth in anger, her small fists clenched tight.

Shen Guang was definitely doing this on purpose to embarrass her! He was getting back at her for turning down his confession!

The girl's inner monologue was vivid enough to make a whole script out of. Shen Guang, however, just stared at her in utter confusion.

He believed what she said! He just didn't know who she was! The game never said who Shen Guang had confessed to.

He sighed helplessly, then smiled and calmly said,

“Um... actually, I hurt my head and forgot a lot of things, so I really don't know you.”

The girl's mouth fell open, and she looked stunned. She hadn't expected that answer at all!

“Y-You lost your memory after Yan Qingxue hit you in the head? You're not joking, are you?” The girl stepped closer and reached out to poke and prod Shen Guang's cheeks. Shen Guang wasn't happy about it, but he still let her.

Just as the girl was carefully studying Shen Guang's face, hurried voices suddenly came from behind her.

“Where is she? How did she suddenly disappear?”

“I... I don't know either! She just vanished out of nowhere.”

“Hurry up and find her! That woman is our cash cow! She must have come to the hospital today for something important. If it's a pregnancy story, we'll hit the jackpot!”

Shen Guang's mouth twitched when he heard that. Reporters everywhere really were the same—they'd say anything for attention.

He was about to ask the girl her name, but she grabbed his hand and ran!

“Run!”

Shen Guang's head still hadn't fully recovered, and now the girl was dragging him into a sprint. The jarring motion made him feel even worse.

The girl didn't even look back. She only stopped once the voices behind them had completely faded away.

She braced her hands on her knees and panted heavily, but Shen Guang was on the verge of passing out.

A roar seemed to erupt inside his brain, and information about a certain character flooded into his mind like a tide.

Shen Guang clutched his head with both hands and crouched down, his face twisted in pain.

The girl's panicked voice sounded beside him.

“Shen Guang? Shen Guang, what's wrong?” Her voice was full of helpless confusion.

Shen Guang wanted to answer her, but his whole body was weak. He collapsed onto the ground and lost consciousness.

........

When he woke up again, the sharp smell of disinfectant was still there.

Shen Guang slowly opened his eyes and moved his fingers, only to find something pressing down on the back of his hand.

He turned his head and saw Lin Qingqian leaning over the side of the bed. Whether she meant to or not, her hand was resting on the back of his.

Just looking at her sleeping face, Shen Guang could guess she'd been taking care of him for a long time and had finally fallen asleep from exhaustion.

The hospital room door suddenly opened, and a pretty nurse walked in. She was about to ask Shen Guang how he was feeling when he made a “shh” sound.

He pointed to Lin Qingqian lying beside him and gave the nurse a pleading look.

The nurse understood the concern between the two of them. She smiled and walked to Shen Guang's other side, then asked softly,

“Are you feeling all right? You gave the doctors quite a scare when you passed out here at the hospital.”

“I feel a lot better now that I'm awake. I think I could take down a few tigers,” Shen Guang joked.

But when he thought back to before he passed out, the girl with the bow suddenly came to mind.

He finally knew the girl's name and identity.

Luo Xiaoxiao.

In Rumored Girlfriend, she was an idol—a proud yet clumsy girl in the game!

Her actions never matched her words, which was why so many people teased her and loved her.