CHAPTER 472: CHAPTER 352 SHE WANTS HIM TO NEVER FORGET

Wen Nan’s main body was upstairs by the guest room window, feasting on a dripping, bloody heart.

The feeling of fullness was instantly transmitted to his duplicate at the dinner table, making him look as if he had no appetite.

Sitting next to the duplicate, Zhuang Yichen thought he might have a small appetite and that the little incident with her friends before the dinner had affected his mood. So she asked timely, "Husband, are you too tired from work? How about we call it a night?"

Wen Nan naturally had no objections.

Zhuang Yichen stood up and, as the hostess, began to politely see off the guests.

Xiao Fei recalled that when the birthday person made a wish while blowing out the candles, they said they wanted to watch the stars with the one they cared about the most. She thought, if she left now, wouldn’t that give advantage to Zhuang Yichen, the nominal wife from a marriage of convenience?

So she tentatively said, "It’s so late, and I didn’t drive here. At this point, it might be hard to get a taxi back."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yichen, who was seeing the guests off, generously said, "It is indeed quite late today. If Xiao Fei doesn’t mind, why not stay for the night?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fei was overjoyed, "Really? Thank you so much, Miss Zhuang."

Since Zhuang Yichen had already extended the invitation to stay, she simply looked at Wenwen, Ru Huan, and Xu Zhenzhen on the other side, asking if they wanted to stay too.

Like Xiao Fei, the other women were all thinking about that birthday wish to watch the stars. Even if they were reluctant to spend the night in their "love rival’s" villa, they all agreed pleasantly.

The villa was spacious enough, with plenty of guest rooms. Aunt Zhang and Meimei quickly cleared out four separate guest rooms for the four guests and led them in.

Each of the four sat in their respective rooms, all thinking about the same thing—would he come tonight.

Ru Huan’s room was at the end of the corridor. She looked towards the door, lowering her gaze, only to see the corridor light sneaking through the door gap being blocked by a silhouette.

Someone was approaching, stopping in front of her door.

Ru Huan stood up, walked to the door.

The guest room doors here didn’t have peepholes, so she could only take out her phone, opened the smart tracking wristband interface, and saw that the small dot representing "Ye Jiu" overlapped almost completely with her current location.

It was him, here to see her.

Realizing this, a victorious smile appeared on Ru Huan’s face. She opened the door, stepped out, "Little Jiu—"

But as soon as she called, Ru Huan’s smile froze. In front of her was just an empty corridor with no sign of the person she expected.

Ru Huan stepped out the door, glanced around, and saw a silhouette disappearing by the balcony door on the other side of the corridor.

Why come to her door but not come in?

Could it be... that he wanted to meet her on that balcony?

Right, during the wish-making, he said he wanted to watch the stars. So, does that mean he wanted to stargaze with her on the balcony?

Thinking of this, Ru Huan turned and walked towards the balcony.

Gently opening the balcony door, Ru Huan was about to call out "Little Jiu" when she noticed from a distance, a pair of people by the railing. She immediately fell silent and hid behind the flowerbed beside her.

Soon after Ru Huan entered the balcony, a soft knock was heard at Wenwen’s door.

She opened the door and also saw a hurried silhouette walking towards the balcony. Following that silhouette, Wenwen entered the flower-filled balcony.

Similarly, after noticing the couple by the railing from a distance, Wenwen instinctively hid and observed in secret.

Moments later, Xiao Fei’s door was knocked. She eagerly opened it to see Qiqi standing outside, handing over a small powder compact, "Is this yours? It was left on the dining table."

Xiao Fei took the compact, thanked her, and then asked, "Where’s Ye Jiu?"

Qiqi lifted her chin towards the balcony, saying loudly, "He went to the balcony, seems he’s waiting for someone, but I don’t know who."

Xiao Fei thanked her, and after Qiqi left, she quickly headed towards the balcony.

Next door, Xu Zhenzhen had been eavesdropping all along, clearly hearing Qiqi’s words. Shortly after Xiao Fei left, Xu Zhenzhen also rushed to the balcony.

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...

On the balcony, Wen Nan’s duplicate stood by the railing, facing the night sky in silence.

Behind him, Zhuang Yichen walked up swiftly and hugged him from behind.

Placing her cheek against Wen Nan’s back, Zhuang Yichen said in a soft voice, "Honey~ On such an important night, wouldn’t you want to... do something on this balcony?"

Before she finished talking, Zhuang Yichen’s hand slipped around Wen Nan’s waist, her fingertips digging into his waistband from his abdomen.

Wen Nan raised his hand, grasped her wrist, drew her hand out, turned around, and looked down at her seriously, "Chenchen, I think we need to have a good talk."

Zhuang Yichen could tell from his expression that something serious was about to be discussed. She looked away, "I don’t want to talk, let’s do something real first."

As she said this, she lifted her other hand, trying to unbutton Wen Nan’s shirt, attempting to evade the issue.

However, before a button was undone, the other hand was also restrained by Wen Nan.

Wen Nan said earnestly, "Tonight, those friends of yours, why did you invite them over?"

Zhuang Yichen pouted, "For a birthday, it’s livelier with more people..."

"Chenchen," Wen Nan said sternly, "we have an agreement, that our marriage was merely a temporary measure to appease both our parents.

"We agreed that once the parents calmed down, we’d have an amicable divorce. During this period, we clearly discussed not interfering in each other’s personal lives. Yet tonight, you took it upon yourself to introduce me to your friends. Did you consider our agreement, did you think about my feelings?"

Zhuang Yichen was left speechless.

She admitted, arranging for her friends to come over was done with selfish intentions—

It was her vanity, feeling it would be a waste not to show off such a handsome husband to her friends.

But there was more to it; she wanted him to enter her social circle because... she wanted to be closer to him.

However, this man now coldly questioned her...

Does he truly have no interest in her at all?

Was this marriage from beginning to end just her own wishful thinking?

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yichen suddenly felt aggrieved, biting her lip, her eyes red, she said nothing.

And her aggrieved expression was seen by the four women hiding in the dark.

Meanwhile, in Wen Nan’s mind, several system prompts appeared simultaneously—

9527: ["The yandere attribute for the strategy character "Sister Deeply in Love to the Bone", has reset to zero.]

9527: ["The yandere attribute for the strategy character "Highly Controlling Young Stepmother", has reset to zero.]

9527: ["The yandere attribute for the strategy character "Extremely Possessive Widowed Beauty", has reset to zero.]

9527: "[Congratulations player, as of now, the trigger level for all bound strategy characters remains at the lowest level, please continue to strive for the highest possible score to complete this main mission!"]

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In Yu Shujun’s guest room.

Hearing Yu Shujun calmly mention the word "Void Stone," Wen Nan’s main body coughed for a long time, unable to catch his breath.

Wen Nan doesn’t frequent the player’s system marketplace.

Firstly, because his rest periods between instances are short and filled with guild, women, and award-related matters, leaving little leisure time for "online shopping."

Secondly, even if he wanted to shop online, he doesn’t have much money to spend as most of his funds went into buying the guild’s house and land.

However, even for a player like Wen Nan who has barely looked at the marketplace interface, hearing the name "Void Stone" was striking.

The Void Stone, a renowned, overpriced, ostentatious thing.

A hundred thousand Gold Coins a gram isn’t what made it famous.

What makes it so grand is its use, which doesn’t match its price at all—

["Void Stone: Entirely smooth and white without a trace of impurities, the most premium gemstone. Wearing it, the player will receive—a magnificent accessory perfectly displaying your noble status, and the envious glances of other players!"]

This was the system description of the item.

Whether wearing this garners the envious glances of other players is uncertain, but it’s sure to attract a lot of "here’s someone with more money than sense" looks.

In summary, this stone appeared to be the biggest consumerism trap in the system marketplace of this game world.

Who would be foolish enough to spend so much gold on a stone that’s nothing more than nice to look at?

Now...

Am I the fool?

Although he couldn’t help but feel distressed, this was Yu Shujun’s token of esteem, and since these items are non-refundable,

Wen Nan couldn’t reprimand Yu Shujun’s imprudent spending, but he couldn’t resist asking, "Why use the Void Stone to carve a gift?"

Yu Shujun seriously replied, "It’s said that the Void Stone is the only item players can take with them when leaving this game world."

With that one simple sentence, Wen Nan fell into silence.

In an instant, he understood her thought—

Yu Shujun feared that one day Wen Nan would leave this game world and return to his original reality, where their paths would no longer cross.

She feared that one day, Wen Nan would forget her.

She wanted to give Wen Nan a gift, something he could carry with him in any world, reminding him of her at any moment.