ARBW Chapter 27

Chapter 27

At noon, Cai Cai came to find Pei Yuhuai, bringing a girl along with her.

Pei Yuhuai didn’t like strangers entering his home, so he met them at a nearby restaurant.

As soon as Cai Cai saw Pei Yuhuai, she started acting cute and coquettish.

“Uncle, look, look, I bought you a gift.”

Pei Yuhuai smiled upon hearing this and asked Xiao Su, who was beside him, to take it.

This girl always brought him a gift whenever she was short on money. He knew her too well. Because he understood that these small gifts came with ulterior motives, he wasn’t particularly interested in them.

Xiao Su took the gift with a smile and asked Cai Cai and her friend what they wanted to eat.

Cai Cai was also familiar with Xiao Su, so she took the menu and started ordering with her friend.

Xiao Hui, while ordering, whispered, “Your uncle is the elder, shouldn’t he order first?”

“No need, he’s very picky about food. Plus, his life assistant controls his diet. What he eats every day is strictly regulated.”

Xiao Hui looked shocked. “Then, isn’t his life incredibly boring?”

She couldn’t imagine a life where someone else decided what you could eat every day.

Cai Cai sighed helplessly. “There’s no way around it. You know our family situation. He’s the chosen heir of the Pei family and has been used to this kind of life since childhood. We have our own nutritionist, and what my uncle eats, how much nutrition he needs, is all strictly regulated. But there’s a benefit to this—his physique is excellent, and he’s healthier than most people. Unlike me, I’m young, but my body feels like an old lady’s.”

As they chatted, their voices grew louder.

Xiao Su accidentally overheard and glanced at President Pei, who also seemed to have heard. She coughed lightly to remind Cai Cai.

Cai Cai looked up at Xiao Su and stopped talking about Pei Yuhuai, shifting the conversation to games.

“By the way, Uncle, what was that game you mentioned when you called me yesterday?”

She got up and walked over to Pei Yuhuai, trying to find his spare phone.

In the past, he would have shown it to her without hesitation.

But now, things were different, and Pei Yuhuai didn’t take it out.

He asked, “It’s a romance game called Scarlet Town. Think back, did you download it for me when you were installing games last time?”

“Well, let me see it first. If you don’t show it to me, I can’t remember.”

“I didn’t bring it with me, so I can’t show it to you.”

Xiao Su, standing nearby, glanced at President Pei.

She clearly remembered that he had brought the spare phone when she picked him up.

But since President Pei didn’t want to take it out, she, as an employee, didn’t dare say anything.

“You didn’t bring it? Then describe it to me. Maybe I’ll remember.”

“It’s called Scarlet Town. The game icon is a red house. It’s a single-player, post-apocalyptic romance simulation game.”

Cai Cai thought seriously. She was an otaku and a gaming enthusiast, having played almost every game out there. But she really couldn’t recall this one.

“If I had played it, I would remember. I think it’s unlikely I downloaded it for you. The games I install for you are ones I’ve played myself. I wouldn’t dare download something I haven’t played or can’t find online.”

After checking online and confirming she hadn’t downloaded it, Pei Yuhuai stopped asking.

After discovering how strange the game was, he was sure it couldn’t have been his niece who downloaded it.

This girl, though she seemed close to him, was actually a little afraid of him.

When she installed games on his phone, she would definitely screen them carefully, not daring to install just anything.

Of course, she also didn’t have the ability to create such a game.

At noon, they had a meal together. Pei Yuhuai gave Cai Cai 500,000 yuan in pocket money and had Xiao Su drive the two girls home.

Recently, Cai Cai’s mother had been limiting her allowance. Even though Pei Yuhuai was her uncle, he didn’t dare give her too much money at this time.

Her mother was disciplining her child, and if he continued to spoil her, it would seem like he was deliberately opposing her.

On the other hand, Cai Cai, looking at the pocket money Xiao Su had just transferred to her, couldn’t help but complain to her friend.

“Ugh, my mom must have talked to my uncle. Otherwise, with how much he dotes on me, he would never give me so little.”

Xiao Hui leaned over to look at her phone and said, confused, “500,000 yuan isn’t little. My brother works hard all year and doesn’t even earn that much.”

She really didn’t understand the mindset of rich kids like Cai Cai.

Before becoming friends with Cai Cai, she thought her family was quite well-off.

She received 10,000 yuan in pocket money every month, and as long as she didn’t buy expensive luxury items, she could save one or two thousand each month.

But after becoming friends with Cai Cai, she suddenly realized her family seemed quite poor.

“You don’t understand. Every time I went to see my uncle before, he would give me at least a million yuan.”

Xiao Su, driving in front, saw her dissatisfaction and, to prevent her from blaming President Pei, explained with a smile.

“Your mom called President Pei this morning and specifically said not to give you too much money.”

Cai Cai groaned. “I know, I know! I don’t know what’s gotten into her lately. She keeps thinking I have too much pocket money and that I’ll be deceived by men outside. I don’t even have time to meet any men; I’m too busy playing every day. This amount of money isn’t enough for me. Looks like… I’ll have to ask my cousin for some money.”

Xiao Hui: “You have so much pocket money, and it’s still not enough? Tell me, what do you spend your money on every day?”

“Games, tipping streamers, commissioning artwork… I don’t even do much, but the money just disappears.”

While Cai Cai and Xiao Hui were complaining, Pei Yuhuai had already returned home.

As soon as he got back, he took a shower and changed into comfortable home clothes.

At this time, his mother called, asking him to come home today.

The old lady must have heard from his secretary that he hadn’t gone to work today. Whenever he didn’t go to work, she would ask him to return to the family home.

His mother thought his place was too cold and empty, without even a cook.

Living alone here, he seemed particularly pitiful, like a lonely bachelor.

So whenever he had free time, she would call and ask him to come home.

In the past, Pei Yuhuai would have gone back. But today, he didn’t want to. He still needed to investigate the game, so it was better not to go home.

What if… he accidentally “fainted” again? It would easily scare his family.

After finishing the call with his mother, Pei Yuhuai made himself a cup of white tea.

While drinking tea, he opened his spare phone and logged into Scarlet Town.

When he logged in, Lin Mian was cooking milk oatmeal porridge.

Lin Mian had just had lunch, but because he was bored, he felt a little hungry again.

So while absorbing crystal cores, he stood by the pot, slowly cooking the porridge.

His ability had reached level two, and at this level, he could tame mutated animals.

However, since they were in the town, and there were no mutated animals nearby, he couldn’t test it out for now.

Pei Yuhuai didn’t immediately go to Lin Mian but first opened the intimacy system between them.

Since they became lovers, giving Lin Mian gifts no longer increased his affection. The affection system had been hidden, and now there was only the intimacy system between them.

When he gave Lin Mian a gift, if Lin Mian liked it, it would increase their intimacy value.

Besides giving gifts, increasing intimacy mainly relied on intimate interactions.

Before logging off yesterday, Pei Yuhuai had done many intimate interactions with Lin Mian, and later… their intimacy had already reached 96.

The last time Pei Yuhuai claimed the intimacy system’s rewards, he had claimed up to intimacy level 30.

Now that intimacy had reached 96, he could claim more rewards.

Intimacy level 40: Couple outfit.

Intimacy level 50: Couple rings.

Intimacy level 60: Dimensional ring.

Intimacy level 70: A pet egg.

Intimacy level 80: A space teleportation array.

Intimacy level 90: An ability slot.

Intimacy level 100: A gene serum.

Intimacy level 110: Fifty crystal cores.

…

Last time, he had claimed up to level 30. This time, starting from level 40, he could claim up to level 90.

Pei Yuhuai checked the claimed items and then controlled his game character to find Lin Mian.

He found the intimacy system quite interesting because the rewards were so varied.

Not only were there gene serums and ability slots, but also dimensional rings and that teleportation array.

He wondered if it was the kind of teleportation array he was thinking of. If so, it would make traveling much more convenient.

With this in mind, Pei Yuhuai found Lin Mian.

Before Pei Yuhuai could speak, Lin Mian happily said, “Mr. Pei, you’re here?”

“Yes, I got some interesting things. I wonder if you’ll like them.”

“I’ll like them. I like everything you give me.”

This wasn’t a lie. Even something as impractical as flowers was something Lin Mian liked.

Hearing this, Pei Yuhuai felt quite pleased. He took out the items from his backpack.

First, he took out the couple outfit, which they could wear together.

Then there were the couple rings, which they could also wear together.

Looking at the couple outfit and rings, Lin Mian’s cheeks couldn’t help but flush.

Seeing Pei Yuhuai change into the couple outfit, Lin Mian had no choice but to take the clothes to the bedroom and change as well.

After changing into the couple outfit, wearing the couple rings wasn’t so embarrassing anymore.

Both of them naturally put on their rings.

Pei Yuhuai then took out another ring. Lin Mian looked at it, puzzled. “This ring looks strange. Is it also a couple ring?”

Pei Yuhuai shook his head. “This is a dimensional ring. You need to drip your blood on it, and then it will belong to you.”

“A dimensional ring? Isn’t that incredibly expensive?”

Lin Mian knew about dimensional rings. Some space mutants could create such rings.

It was said that these rings were extremely precious, and even nobles found it difficult to obtain one.

And now, Mr. Pei was casually giving him such a precious item. Lin Mian was momentarily stunned.

“I… I can’t accept this gift. It’s too valuable.”

Pei Yuhuai didn’t think this item was particularly valuable. He had it because of the intimacy system between him and Lin Mian.

Moreover, he had a system backpack, which was much larger and more convenient than this.

So a small dimensional ring wasn’t really valuable to Pei Yuhuai.

“It’s not valuable. Just a small gift.”

As he said this, Pei Yuhuai selected the “gift” option in the interaction menu, and the dimensional ring fell into Lin Mian’s hand.

Lin Mian looked at the ring in his hand, still feeling uneasy.

Mr. Pei had always been good to him, giving him gene serums and abilities without hesitation. But he had nothing to give in return, which made him feel guilty about always receiving gifts.

Seemingly sensing Lin Mian’s unease, Pei Yuhuai chose the “kiss” option in the intimate interactions.

Pei Yuhuai wasn’t good at comforting people, and he didn’t know how to handle this situation. He thought that if he kissed Lin Mian until he was dazed, he wouldn’t dwell on these things.

As the saying goes, “Those who are loved are fearless.” He felt that Lin Mian’s insecurity and unease stemmed from him not giving enough love.

As long as he gave enough love, enough to fill Lin Mian’s mind, Lin Mian wouldn’t have time to think about other things.

In fact, it worked. By the time the kiss ended, the person softened in his arms had already forgotten everything else.

Afterward, Pei Yuhuai coaxed Lin Mian into binding the dimensional ring, so Lin Mian couldn’t dwell on it anymore.

Lin Mian touched the dimensional ring on his finger and then sneakily glanced at Pei Yuhuai.

He hadn’t noticed before, but Mr. Pei was quite cunning.

When he couldn’t win an argument, he would kiss him forcefully, making him shy, and then there was no room for negotiation.

So bad, so sly.