Chi Qingya’s situation didn’t worry Su Li at all.
She bought some groceries as usual, then remembered she had class today.
But she’d already missed the first period, so Su Li didn’t bother going anymore.
She didn’t really feel any sense of belonging at school.
She just saw it as a place to learn, and thought that knowing a bit more about things she didn’t understand couldn’t be a bad thing.
So every time she went to class, she listened carefully.
But if there was work to be done, she always put work first.
After all, the whole point of learning was to make money more efficiently.
Su Li had only just gotten home when she heard a knock at the door.
Her cell phone, which she’d ordered online yesterday, had arrived.
As for the phone’s quality, Su Li just picked one with a good price-to-performance ratio and larger memory.
After all, she always kept her Client chat logs, just in case.
She wasn’t picky about entertainment devices like this.
She was too busy; if she had free time, she’d rather watch videos that helped her learn and improve herself.
But in her previous life, she used to prepare two cell phones.
While studying, she’d put the second phone next to Cat,
so Cat could watch some interesting videos.
Su Li wasn’t sure if Cat really understood them, but she worried that Cat would get bored just staying by her side every day.
After all, besides waiting in the Cat Backpack for her to come and go from work, Cat had nowhere else to go.
Animals like cats weren’t really meant to be kept the way she did.
So, deep down, Su Li always felt a little sorry for Cat.
She didn’t know what Cat thought about every day—maybe she just wasn’t a qualified owner.
But later, after the two of them had a Home, she finally felt a bit more at ease.
Even though the Room wasn’t big, it was already enough for Cat to move around.
Cat didn’t have to sit all alone in the Cat Backpack like before.
Looking at the stray cats she’d taken in, and Big Thunder—who had been abandoned here by his owner—Su Li suddenly thought of Cat’s face.
She wondered what Cat was doing now.
Although she was the male lead in the Game World, like a line of code, only Su Li knew that she and Cat really existed.
Even now, she couldn’t find the game she’d played back then.
Su Li transferred all the data from her old cell phone to the new one, then formatted the old phone, making it look no different from the new one.
After checking through the phone’s data, she found nothing worth holding on to.
There weren’t any photos of her and Cat together in the phone.
Thinking back to when she’d borrowed Miss Cat’s phone to add Miss Cat as a friend, Su Li realized Miss Cat didn’t really know how to use a cell phone.
She probably only knew how to do simple things, like watch Anime.
Su Li even suspected the Anime Miss Cat watched was something she’d clicked by accident.
So she downloaded a few apps on the freshly formatted phone.
She planned to teach Miss Cat how to use them when they next met.
[When do you have time?]
Once she finished all this, Su Li sent a message to Miss Cat.
Nearly ten minutes passed before a reply came.
[Voice: 10″] “I’m here, I’m here, I was just busy with work and didn’t see your message.”
[Voice: 9″] “Su Li, are you in trouble? Do you need my help?”
[Voice: 12″] “If it’s urgent, I’ll ask Boss for leave right away. If it’s not, I’ll be free this afternoon!!”
Miss Cat’s pleasant voice came through the cell phone, and her tone sounded a bit anxious.
Su Li could imagine Miss Cat gripping that cracked phone, staring nervously at the screen.
Miss Cat really was like that.
Su Li thought, if it were her, she’d just toss her phone aside if it was someone unimportant and not care about their messages.
[Then let’s meet this afternoon!]
[Voice: 15″] “Okay!! Then let’s meet this afternoon!”
Thinking of this, Su Li remembered she hadn’t replied to MOKA’s message.
Ever since MOKA apologized yesterday, she hadn’t sent any new messages, so Su Li wasn’t in a hurry to respond.
It was MOKA who needed the song, not her.
So there was no rush.
Su Li stood up, and since she didn’t have work, she tidied up the Room a bit.
While she worked, the phone on her desk buzzed with notifications from time to time.
Guessing it was Xiao Yuyu messaging her, Su Li didn’t pay it any attention.
Normally, Xiao Yuyu would only take up her time at night, but now even during the day she was sending messages nonstop.
Su Li had told her more than once: she was for Companion Play, not for Companion Chat.
But Xiao Yuyu never seemed to get it—never tipped extra, just kept sending messages.
Once Su Li finished cleaning up the Home, her cell phone was still buzzing on the table.
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Su Li fell silent as she looked at the photos Xiao Yuyu sent.
Most of them were of Xiao Yuyu working out—not of herself working out, though.
They were screenshots like those fitness fans post in their social circles: how many kilometers they ran, or how many calories their fitness app said they’d burned.
[Su Li, Su Li, aren’t I amazing?]
[Su Li?]
[Say something!]
[Say something!]
[Say something!]
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Besides demanding replies, there were just waves of photos—the same ones, sent over and over. Su Li glanced at them and muted her phone, not bothering to check further.
There were no transfer notifications, just meaningless chatter.
If she replied, Xiao Yuyu would latch on to her.
She might even start blowing up her phone with calls.
Thankfully, the chat app didn’t show read receipts.
Su Li thought for a moment, then looked at the plentiful food she’d bought. Last time, when Miss Cat came over, she’d only had leftovers to offer.
That wouldn’t do for today—she’d treat Miss Cat to a proper meal.
After all, when Miss Cat came to see her, she brought so many things.
Even Su Li herself couldn’t bear to spend so much money…
She figured Miss Cat would feel bad about spending that much for a long time.
[If you’re free after work at noon, want to come over for a meal?]
[I made a bit too much food.]
After Su Li sent the message, Miss Cat didn’t reply right away.
Miss Cat really was busy.
Nearly half an hour passed before Su Li’s cell phone chimed with a message from her.
[Voice: 20″] “I… Can I really come? Would it trouble you too much, Su Li? I’ll try to finish work early and come help you! We, we can cook together!”
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