Chapter 2780 The Online Game Master's "Straight Male" Roommate 222324

Once the snow started falling in the northern part of the city, it seemed as if it was about to squander all the silence that had accumulated throughout the autumn.

In this kind of weather, staying at home with a good heating system when there are no classes becomes the most enjoyable thing in winter.

Since that day at the comic convention, the hugs and contact in the abandoned magic room were like an overly beautiful dream, tacitly kept quiet and never mentioned again, nor were they ever repeated.

Jin Chen can still hug Cheng Lang anytime, anywhere, and snuggle into his arms for warmth.

Occasionally, when the mood strikes, he would still lean over and kiss and nibble at her. Cheng Lang's chest muscles were firm and full, and he had left many marks of varying depths from being bitten. But he never refused. At most, when he was bitten too hard, he would groan and raise his hand to ruffle Jin Chen's hair.

But Cheng Lang also adhered to a strange bottom line that he himself was not necessarily clear about.

The subtle, ambiguous feeling between them, a feeling that was more than lovers, was finally taken seriously by Cheng Lang.

Anyone who knows them knows how good their relationship is.

Xu Can once brought two dishes to eat with him, not knowing that Jin Chen didn't eat cilantro. Cheng Lang picked them out for him bit by bit. After the meal, Jin Chen curled up on the sofa to read documents and stretched his feet under Cheng Lang's sweater to warm them. Cheng Lang just shivered and casually grabbed the blanket next to him to cover him up.

Xu Can clicked his tongue and glanced back and forth between the two of them, his expression meaningful.

Therefore, Jin Chen was not in a hurry. Subtle feelings often arose, and he only needed to go with the flow.

Jin Chen never expected that someone would expose this ambiguous relationship before he could.

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One morning, the snow stopped, and the sky was a crisp, clear blue, as if it had been washed clean.

Before Cheng Lang went to school, he heard Xu Can shouting and yelling in a voice call.

"It's true, I saw Xu Qian with my own eyes. Yesterday, he came back to the dorm looking disheveled and packed his bags. He wouldn't even talk to me, and just picked up his suitcase and left!"

Xu Can: "I heard from his roommates that his family business is in big trouble and they urgently called him back. He might not even be able to participate in his graduation defense... Tsk, this seems like a big blow."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city.

In a room filled with expensive medical equipment, Hua Yu and her friend talked in hushed tones.

His face was pale, his eyes were unusually bright, and he was sickly persistent.

“Cheng Lang could never be straight, and Jin Chen definitely likes him too, I can tell.”

Hua Yu's tone suddenly turned gloomy and determined: "I've never failed to get what I wanted."

The friend on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then said cautiously, "But Jin Chen... is a problem. I did some inquiries beforehand, and your class is full of hidden talents. There aren't many people from simple families, and Jin Chen is even more so. His background might be deeper than you think."

"Dealing with Xu Qian is just a matter of talking, but dealing with Jin Chen will probably not be so easy."

Hua Yu gripped the corner of the blanket tightly, a ruthless glint in her eyes. "So, we have to change our approach. We can't directly touch Jin Chen... Let Cheng Lang kick Jin Chen away from him himself."

The friend asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Hua Yu: "Tell me, what's the best way to drive away someone who considers themselves straight?"

Her friend gasped. "You mean... let Cheng Lang know Jin Chen's feelings for him? But...aren't you afraid that doing this will only make Cheng Lang more disgusted and repulsed by it, and then you won't even have a chance?"

Hua Yu scoffed, "As long as Jin Chen stops interfering, and as long as Cheng Lang has no one else around him... I have plenty of time and methods to make him get used to me."

“If…if it still doesn’t work in the end…” He paused, his voice cold, “At worst, we’ll cut off all of Cheng Lang’s escape routes, leaving him with no choice but me.”

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and finally, only a sigh came from his friend, "Then go ahead and do it."

This afternoon.

A post appeared on the University of A's internal forum and quickly became a trending topic:

Heartbreaking moment! The soon-to-be-graduated computer science heartthrob is suspected of being taken, and there are pictures to prove it!

Main post: I used to be a fan of a senior from the Computer Science department. I saw him play basketball and he was really handsome. Today I accidentally got a video, but I didn't expect... it was sent to me again and again and again (heartbroken.jpg). So all the handsome guys are kept inside?

Below is a short video, about ten seconds long, secretly filmed by a passerby with their mobile phone.

The filming location was a small street lined with plane trees outside the university town.

On a winter afternoon, Jin Chen was fiddling with his phone when Cheng Lang stopped and retied his loose scarf. Cheng Lang seemed to say something, and the boy looked up and smiled at him.

Then, the two embraced quietly for a few seconds on the chilly winter street before letting go and continuing to walk forward, shoulder to shoulder, in sync, occasionally looking down to talk.

The person filming was clearly some distance away, so the video wasn't particularly clear and there was no sound, but the figures and profiles of the two main characters were enough for someone familiar with them to recognize them at a glance.

1L: Holy crap, I saw them eating together in the cafeteria before, and the atmosphere seemed weird... and sure enough!

2L: Ahhh, my senior Cheng! My junior Chen! Although it's heartbreaking, they seem kind of a good match.

3L: The way he adjusted his scarf was so natural, and that hug too! My best friend and I would never hug like that!

4L: Am I the only one who thinks Jin Chen looks so cute leaning on Cheng Lang's shoulder? He usually seems quite aloof.

5L: I've long felt that their relationship is unusual. Junior Chen often comes to the Computer Science Department to wait for Cheng Lang after class, and Cheng Lang always goes to the Finance Department to pick him up and even carries his bag for him!

6L: Didn't Cheng Lang publicly reject his junior's confession and even say he was straight? This video... could it be that someone else is just being persistent and clingy?

7L: +1 to the comment above. I also think it might be Jin Chen's one-sided feelings... Senior Cheng Lang seems to be a very warm-hearted and caring type. Could it be that he's being pestered and can't refuse?

8L: I'm in the finance department, and Jin Chen has tons of admirers in our department! But he's cold and indifferent to everyone except Cheng Lang. If this isn't mutual, I'll wash my hair upside down!

9L: Am I the only one curious who filmed this video? Was it taken from a hidden angle? This is an invasion of privacy!

The post was quickly seen by more people who knew them. Jin Chen had gained a lot of followers in the college this semester, and the video pushed the two of them into the spotlight.

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The training building houses a multimedia classroom used as a workspace for graduation project groups.

Cheng Lang and his team members were debugging a complex simulation program.

The air conditioning was on full blast. He took off his coat, leaving him in only a thin sweater with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, staring at the scrolling code on the screen.

Xu Can sat next to him, typing away on the keyboard.

Sitting on the other side of Xu Can, the boy wearing black-rimmed glasses nudged Xu Can after watching the video play for about ten seconds.

"Can! Look at this!" Zhou Lou pushed his phone screen toward Xu Can.

Xu Can, not understanding why, leaned closer and also gasped.

The two turned around simultaneously, looking at Cheng Lang, who was still engrossed in adjusting the parameters, with expressions of "I knew it."

Cheng Lang noticed the overly intense gaze and finally looked up from his coding world. "What's wrong, Louzi? Is there an error in your program?"

"Oh, of course not! It runs smoother than Dove chocolate!" Zhou Lou adjusted his glasses, his excitement like that of someone who had discovered a new continent. "Langzi... I was wondering before why your amazing junior classmate was so fond of our graduation project group, ordering coffee and milk tea every few days, and even feeding us fancy snacks from time to time... I see! I see!"

Their graduation project group consisted of five people. Besides Cheng Lang, the other three group members also curiously gathered around and approached Zhou Lou's phone.

After watching the video, they all showed subtle, knowing smiles.

"I knew it! All that coffee I drank wasn't for nothing!" one group member exclaimed. "It's all a gift from love!"

"What else is there to say!" another group member chimed in with a laugh, patting Cheng Lang on the shoulder. "Langzi, we brothers respect, understand, and wish you all the best! We definitely won't let all that coffee and food our junior brought go to waste!"

As they continued their conversation, Cheng Lang's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, a bad feeling creeping in.

He reached out and took Zhou Lou's phone. From the perspective of a passerby taking a candid photo, what he thought was the most natural intimacy was inexplicably tinged with ambiguity.

Cheng Lang's ears burned. "Xiao Chen and I are just good brothers. He's my roommate. What's wrong with me taking care of him? This video... what does it prove?"

"Good brother?" Zhou Lou pointed at his phone, his expression exaggerated. "Langzi, tell me, what kind of good brother would act like this?"

He imitated the actions of adjusting the scarf and hugging in the video, saying, "These actions, this atmosphere... this is exactly what my girlfriend and I were like during our most intimate moments when we were deeply in love!"

“Yeah, Langzi,” Xu Can chimed in, this time putting away his joking tone, “Don’t blame me for being nosy, but think about it, do you really treat Jinchen the same way you treat me, or any of us brothers?”

Cheng Lang was caught off guard by the question.

Of course it's different.

Jin Chen is special and unique.

He would feel sorry for Jin Chen's night blindness and fear of the dark, he would indulge his various inappropriate displays of affection, he would feel jealous because Jin Chen was nice to others, and he would feel panicked at the thought that Jin Chen might leave... But isn't all of this because he is the person he wants to take care of?

"If you have a good relationship, be close to each other. Why does it have to be that kind of relationship to have a problem? You guys have been led astray by the forum."

Cheng Lang was getting annoyed. Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the multimedia classroom.

Xu Can, who was closest to the door, called out, "Please come in."

The door was pushed open.

It turned out to be Hua Yu, who looked frail and weak. When she saw Cheng Lang in the classroom, her eyes dimmed.

Jin Chen followed half a step in behind him.

Jin Chen didn't expect to run into Hua Yu here.

This person seemed to be guarding the door, only knocking when they saw him; something was very strange.

Zero points.

Zero popped up, "[Host, the video of you two on the street that day is going viral on the forum! Hey? What is the protagonist trying to do...? Is he going to help you come out?]"

A look of understanding flashed across Jin Chen's eyes; so that's how it is.

He just stood there, watching Hua Yu perform.

Hua Yu looked directly at Cheng Lang with a accusing gaze.

"Senior Cheng... I came here today because I wanted to ask you a question in person." His tone was hurt. "You said you're straight and don't like men... then why did you do those things with Jin Chen?"

As he spoke, he took out his phone, unlocked it, opened a video, and turned the screen towards Cheng Lang.

The picture shows the small balcony of Cheng Lang and Jin Chen's home.

The person filming was Jin Chen. In the video, Cheng Lang was leaning against a single sofa with his eyes closed. The video was turned to a selfie angle, and Jin Chen entered the frame. She turned her head slightly and looked at Cheng Lang's sleeping profile with an extremely tender gaze. She just looked at him quietly for several seconds, and then leaned over and kissed the corner of Cheng Lang's lips.

The video ends here.

[Oh! No wonder the host said this morning that the hacked computer didn't need to be touched,] Zero Roll suddenly realized, [The protagonist is quite ambitious.]

Jin Chen also saw the video, and his narrow eyes suddenly narrowed.

The original plan was for Cheng Lang to discover it by chance, but unexpectedly, Hua Yu revealed it to the public in this situation.

In a way, Hua Yu did him a great favor.