"...Sorry."
"I didn't know... that microphone was so sensitive..."
"It's not your fault." Su Yu sighed, a sigh so long it seemed to exhale half a lifetime's worth of vicissitudes. "Let's go. We still have to go through the motions."
This scene was strikingly similar to last night.
A few minutes later, Su Yu was once again standing outside that cramped bathroom door, facing the wall for punishment.
The Chu Shi Biao he recited last night was no longer enough.
He tried to recall the Tengwang Ge Xu. He barely got to "The setting sun and the solitary duck fly together" before he got stuck.
Forget it, the Prime Minister is more reliable.
"The late Emperor had barely begun his great undertaking..."
The agonizing time finally passed.
After Kiana came out of the bathroom, Su Yu sat back down in front of the computer.
He put on his headphones and turned on the microphone. The game on the screen was still paused.
Although the game was paused, the heat of the bullet comments was ten times higher than when he had just gotten a Pentakill.
[Brother Su is back!]
[Talk! Who is that girl!]
[Is it a girlfriend? It's a girlfriend, right?]
[The leader of the Single Dog Alliance has betrayed us!]
[I'm not listening, I'm not listening, I'm not listening!]
[Brother Su, you've changed. You used to only spend your days with your right hand!]
Su Yu cleared his throat, attempting to cover up his earlier wretched state with a tone of nonchalance.
The pause ended, the game continued, and the round preparation began.
"Alright, alright, I told you it was anime."
[Liar]
[What anime character announces they need to use the toilet?]
[Brother Su, do you take us for fools?]
[Which voice actress delivered that line 'I want to use the bathroom'? That was way too top-tier!]
"It really is anime," Su Yu said without changing his expression. "I'm watching a new series recently, the heroine is very cute."
[Which one? Say it so we can give up hope.]
[Yeah, give us the name.]
[If you can name it, I'll believe you.]
"...My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected."
Su Yu fell silent for a second. In the blankness of his mind, he had randomly grabbed a memory fragment from his past life and thrown it out.
[Is there such a show, I ask you??]
[Brother Su, if you're going to make something up, make it convincing!]
[I just Baidu'd it. This world has absolutely no such anime!]
He was done for. He forgot this was a parallel world; it was hard to say if the Great Teacher even existed here.
This world really didn't have this show; Su Yu was spouting nonsense.
In the voice chat window, Elysia's voice rang out at the perfect moment.
"Su Yu-chan~"
Elysia's voice was even sweeter and cloying, sounding as if she wanted to marinate Su Yu thoroughly in it.
"Miss Pink Elf's intuition is very sharp, you know~ That voice just now, carrying such a cute tremor, and that kind of... hmm, subtle sense of distance. That was clearly a real person~"
She leaned into the camera, her breathtakingly beautiful face magnifying on the screen as she blinked.
"And she sounded quite young too~ Is she Su Yu-chan's girlfriend? Or is it... a more intimate relationship that can't be spoken of~?"
[Ellie has started]
[Gossip Detective online]
[Miss Pink Elf's intelligence gathering ability is SSS-rank]
[Brother Su, you're finished. There are no secrets in front of Ellie!]
"Nothing of the sort." He controlled his character to charge toward Point A, trying to use intense gunfighting to divert attention. "I just had the speakers on a bit too loud, really."
"Really~?" The suspicion in Elysia's tone was thick enough to drip water. "But Su Yu-chan, when you play FPS games, don't you always wear headphones to listen for positioning~?"
[Blind Watson found a highlight!]
[Holy crap! That's right!]
[If he's wearing headphones, how could the sound from the speakers be loud enough for the mic to pick up?]
[The logic loop is closed!]
[Detective Ellie is on a killing spree!]
Su Yu's hand trembled, and his crosshair floated up to the sky.
Is this woman a devil? She remembers these kinds of details so clearly?
"I lent my headphones to a friend today," he said, bracing himself.
"Oh~ Is that so~" Elysia smiled like a fox that had just stolen a chicken. "Then that big, black thing Su Yu-chan is wearing on his head right now... is that some new style of headband~?"
[Hahahahahahahaha!]
[Caught red-handed on the spot!]
[Brother Su: This is my main body, not headphones.]
[Give it up, Brother Su. Your lies are like being naked in front of Ellie.]
Su Yu fell silent.
He was indeed wearing headphones.
"...Spare pair."
Even he felt like a retard saying those two words.
[Help, this excuse is so lame I want to cry]
[Brother Su, just admit it. It's not shameful.]
[I'm so embarrassed for you I could carve out a Golden Courtyard with my toes]
Elysia covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
"Su Yu-chan, really~ You're hiding such a cute girl, yet you're still so shy~"
She extended a slender finger and tapped her chin, looking as if she had seen through everything.
"Let me think~ The voice was so nice, so she must look very cute too, right? To be speaking so 'casually' in your home at this hour, the relationship must be very intimate~"
"Is she the type who is pure, cute, and hides shyly behind you~?"
[Ellie's deduction is coming]
[Sherlock Elysia]
[Brother Su, your secret can't be kept]
Su Yu's temples felt like they were about to explode.
He glanced at the game on the screen—the round was almost over, and his team was winning by a large margin.
He glanced at the bullet comments again—they were all demanding he "confess," and no one cared about the game anymore.
If he kept playing, let alone getting MVP, he might become the first streamer on the entire internet to die of shame during a broadcast.
"I'm logging off after this round."
He dropped a sentence and began a suicidal charge.
[Why are you running?]
[Guilty conscience, guilty conscience]
[Brother Su, don't go! explain clearly before you leave!]
[Ellie! Stop him!]
"Eh~ Su Yu-chan is going offline~?" Elysia's voice held a note of regret. "But Miss Pink Elf hasn't finished asking questions yet~"
"Another day. Too late, tired." Su Yu treated his words like gold, his fingers typing out afterimages on the keyboard, wanting only to end this execution as quickly as possible.
Game over.
Victory.
Su Yu didn't even glance at the match results. He instantly hit ALT+F4 at lightspeed.
"Alright then~" Elysia sighed helplessly, then winked playfully at the camera.
"But Su Yu-chan, you can run but you can't hide~ Next livestream, you must introduce that mysterious little cutie to everyone~ ♪"
[Miss Elysia is right]
[Brother Su, you owe us an explanation]
[Must bring the girlfriend next stream]
[Don't start the stream without her]
Su Yu did not respond.
"Offline. Goodnight."
Click.
Disconnect, stop streaming, pull the plug.
All in one breath.
But this was only the end for Su Yu.
In Elysia's livestream room, the carnival had just begun.
She turned to her camera, a meaningful smile on her face.
"Everyone~ Although Su Yu-chan has gone offline, Miss Pink Elf's reasoning time has just started~"
She counted on her fingers, beginning her review with clear logic: "First, the voice was very young, she shouldn't be very old."
"Second, her accent was a little unique, she doesn't sound like a local."
"Most importantly—she said 'I want to use the toilet' instead of 'I'm going to the restroom.' Such unpolished frankness..."
"Oh my, she must be a cute child with no schemes, perhaps even a bit clumsy~ ♪"
Her livestream's bullet comments exploded as well.
[Detective Ellie is too professional]
[This analysis is too detailed]
[Su's girlfriend has been completely exposed by Ellie]
[Wait, not very old? Brother Su, don't tell me...]
[Don't talk nonsense upstairs, Brother Su isn't that kind of person]
[But cohabitation is confirmed, right?]
Elysia covered her mouth and chuckled.
"No matter what~ Miss Pink Elf wishes Su Yu-chan and that mysterious girl the best~"
She leaned close to the lens, lowering her voice.
"However~ If Su Yu-chan still refuses to confess next time~ Miss Pink Elf might just have to use some little methods~"
[Ellie is going to stir things up]
[Looking forward to it, looking forward to it]
[Brother Su, you're done for]
[Miss Pink Elf's methods are terrifying]
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