It was the female police officer, Mu Lingshan, who patted Tan Jingjing.

Glancing at the clothes on the ground, Mu Lingshan's expression was a bit strange. These clothes didn't seem suitable for this girl. Was she going to participate in some performance-related event that required such an outfit?

However, whether this outfit matched the girl's temperament wasn't her concern. After a slight pause, she picked up the items from the ground one by one and put them back in the bag.

Then, Mu Lingshan took Tan Jingjing out of the bank and started questioning her about some doubts in her mind.

Meanwhile, Chu Ge and Shu Lulu returned to the fifth floor of the mall and bought the computer they had just seen.

Leaving the mall, Shu Lulu noticed that Chu Ge hadn't mentioned anything about the platinum card, and she finally couldn't resist asking like a curious baby.

Unfortunately, Chu Ge gave her a rather speechless explanation, telling her it was a type of bank card slightly better than a golden card.

After wandering around for a while more with Shu Lulu and having lunch together, Chu Ge sent her home with the excuse that she needed to prepare for the high school exams.

After Shu Lulu left, pouting and unwilling to go home, Chu Ge went to the hospital again and spent the afternoon with He Junming and Chu Shiyao, installing some software and the two games He Junming played on the computer.

By evening, Chu Ge had basically gotten the hang of those two games. Although not very proficient yet, just this progress had already amazed He Junming and Chu Shiyao.

Many older people see online games as a great menace. If kids at home play them, they're extremely opposed. However, many online games are quite technical; otherwise, why would there be so many professional players worldwide, with large-scale competitions held globally?

So when Chu Shiyao and He Junming learned that Chu Ge had never touched these two games before and had reached this level in such a short time, they were naturally very surprised.

Arranging to meet online at night, Chu Ge returned to Qin Ruojing's home to prepare dinner.

Whether Qin Ruojing came back to eat or not, he had to have his meal.

After finishing dinner, Chu Ge connected his newly bought laptop to Qin Ruojing's wireless network and logged into the game precisely at 7:30, with He Junming and Chu Shiyao already waiting for him.

The three quickly formed a team, connected to voice chat, and plunged into the virtual world, slaughtering monster after monster in the dungeon.

Actually, Chu Ge and Chu Shiyao were mostly just tagging along, spending most of the time chatting in voice chat.

After all, with He Junming's main account leading the way, the two only needed to follow, pick up items, view the dungeon's landscapes, and navigate the map.

Sometimes, before he could even see what the monsters looked like, He Junming's Sword God had already wiped out all the monsters in the room.

Fingers constantly danced on the keyboard, watching the three characters running around on the screen, listening to He Junming and Chu Shiyao bickering on the voice channel, Chu Ge's lips involuntarily curled into a satisfied smile.

Having a high school girl to hang out with, a little brother, and a pretty nurse to chat with and play games, and staying at the home of a beautiful CEO who absolutely trusts him—what more could one want from life?

Chu Ge genuinely felt that this life was perfect. If it were in the past, he wouldn't have dared to even dream of such things.

Unknowingly, more than an hour had passed, and around 9 o'clock, Qin Ruojing entered the house looking a bit pale and tired.

As soon as she entered, she heard Chu Ge's enthusiastic voice, "Junming, don't kill everyone at once, save some for us to kill."

Qin Ruojing was startled, "Chu Ge, what are you doing? Who are you talking to?"

As Qin Ruojing's voice reached inside, the voice channel suddenly went quiet, and Chu Shiyao and He Junming, sitting at their computers, paused for a moment.

"I have something here; I'll talk to you later, you guys keep playing."

Chu Ge said into the voice chat, then exited the voice room and walked out of the bedroom.

"I bought a new computer and was playing games with some friends. Have you eaten?"

Qin Ruojing frowned, "Playing games?"

Chu Ge smiled, nodded, "I'll tell you later, they're waiting for me. If you haven't eaten, go to the kitchen and get some; it should still be warm."

Watching Chu Ge go back into the bedroom and hearing the sounds of typing coming from his room, Qin Ruojing suddenly felt a bit irritable and disappointed.

She couldn't understand how Chu Ge, at his age, still found games appealing. Wasn't there better use of his time?

She also couldn't understand why she never saw any drive or ambition in Chu Ge. Was he really so satisfied with the status quo? Did he have no goals or dreams for the future?

Initially, Qin Ruojing was indeed very hungry and hoped to have a ready meal cooked by Chu Ge upon returning, but thinking about these things, her appetite suddenly waned.

Glancing at the bedroom where Chu Ge was, Qin Ruojing sighed softly, coughed twice, and went back to her own room.

Putting on his headset, Chu Ge re-entered the voice channel.

"Brother, just now... was that a woman's voice?" He Junming asked.

"It was a beauty, you know," Chu Ge laughed and said.

"Chu big bro, you're not at a hotel, are you?" Chu Shiyao asked.

"Not really, I'm at a friend's house. She's not feeling well lately, so I came over to help take care of her," Chu Ge made up an excuse casually.

Hearing Chu Ge say this, He Junming chuckled, and Chu Shiyao also laughed playfully and elongated the "oh" she said.

The three of them played for a while longer, and around ten o'clock, He Junming was the first to suggest logging off.

"Bro, it's getting late. I won't take up your precious time anymore, after all, you still need to take good care of your friend, hahaha..."

He Junming's voice clearly had a mischievous tone.

"Yes, yes, Brother Chu, you go ahead. If you have any problems with caregiving, call me anytime, my phone stays on at night," Chu Shiyao said, a bit more sincerely than He Junming.

After all, from interacting with Chu Ge, she knew Chu Ge seemed unserious but was actually a very considerate man. She thought that since he said so, there was a good chance he was really taking care of a sick female friend.

"Alright, you guys get some rest too. Logging off now."

After turning off the game, Chu Ge stretched and walked out of the bedroom.

"Cough, cough... cough, cough..."

Just as he was about to go to the bathroom to wash up, Chu Ge heard a bout of coughing from Qin Ruojing's room.

"Damn, can't believe I jinxed it. I just said it casually, and Qin Ruojing actually got sick?"

Chu Ge scratched his head in dismay, knocked on Qin Ruojing's door, "Chairwoman, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just go about your business, don't worry about me."

Qin Ruojing lay weakly on the bed, wanting to cough again after finishing her sentence.

However, she did not let herself cough out loud. Instead, she covered her mouth with her hand, stifling the sound.

Even though she had no idea why she did that.

"Alright then, get some rest. If you need anything, just let me know. If you can't get out of bed, call me," Chu Ge added from behind the door.

Upon hearing the voice from outside the door, Qin Ruojing couldn't help but laugh angrily, "Get lost! You jinx! Can you wish me well?"

Chu Ge chuckled, didn't respond to Qin Ruojing anymore, and went into the bathroom to wash up.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, Chu Ge didn't immediately return to his room, but stood at Qin Ruojing's door for a while, faintly hearing the occasional cough.

However, since Qin Ruojing hadn't called him, he didn't say anything more and went back to his room, soon falling asleep.

In the dead of night, with only the faint sounds of insects chirping from the shrubs,

at two thirty in the morning, suddenly from Qin Ruojing's room came a "thud" sound, followed by something rolling on the ground.

Chu Ge's senses have always been exceptionally sharp, and as soon as the sound occurred, he sat up in bed.

Heading to Qin Ruojing's bedroom door, Chu Ge knocked, "Chairwoman?"

No response.

Chu Ge called a few more times, still not hearing Qin Ruojing's voice.

In such a situation, Chu Ge couldn't care much anymore. He said, "I'm coming in," and pressed down on the doorknob.

To his surprise, the door wasn't locked and swung open easily.

Entering the room, Chu Ge first switched on the light by the door, and the bright light immediately dispelled the darkness in the room.

When Chu Ge saw Qin Ruojing on the bed, his brow furrowed instinctively.

Qin Ruojing was lying curled up on the edge of the bed, her face frighteningly pale, her dry lips pressed tightly, with one arm hanging off the bed, fingers resting on the bedside table, looking extremely weak.

On the floor was a glass cup, the water spilled everywhere, and it was evident that Qin Ruojing had knocked it over while reaching for it.

"Chairwoman?"

Chu Ge's brow furrowed deeper, he walked to the bedside and called again. Qin Ruojing uttered a faint and indistinct sound from her mouth, her eyelids fluttered slightly but did not open, and her body moved a little.

She was already lying on the very edge of the bed; not moving would have been fine, but as soon as she did, she was about to fall off.

Seeing this, Chu Ge quickly extended his hands and caught Qin Ruojing securely just as she was about to fall.

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