My portable gaming girlfriend

The troubled day is far from over.

"Yuan, Sister Sakura! I tried it but the cake couldn't be made well. What went wrong..."

The number of customers began to increase again, the store was full, and I was walking quickly towards a certain location with two glasses of iced latte in hand——

There is only one 'person' who bothers me at this busy time.

The girl with silver twintails just appeared in the air out of nowhere. At any other time, I would not be so surprised as I am now - with 4 drinks in my hand, I was super focused to avoid spilling, so I was extra frightened.

In order to avoid her, I turned sharply to the right, but when I realized that I didn't have to dodge at all, the center of gravity on the pallet had tilted to the right, and then I tried to control my center, however-my body fell to the right.

"——!"

This is not an empty villa, but a corridor of a maid cafe where people come and go.

"Wow!"

So by a very coincidence, I bumped into Ye Yin who happened to be passing by on the right, and the result was predictable... I fell to the ground together with him, and the drink in the cup spilled all over the floor.

"Woo... it hurts..."

He groaned in pain, I quickly propped myself up and let him get up.

"Sorry, I'm sorry, I was distracted..."

Worst case scenario, large areas of sugary drinks can turn to a sticky texture if not cleaned soon... and we all have to go back and change.

"What are you doing to Xiaoyin?!"

Too bad, it happened to be seen by the elder brother who walked out of the kitchen.

After that incident just happened, the store manager was full of vigilance towards Ye Yin's surroundings. Now seeing me and Ye Yin's disheveled appearance, I immediately strode over.

"Brother... listen to my explanation!"

"Don't call me big brother! Thank you Xiaoyin for treating you as a friend..."

"It was an accident. It was really an accident to accidentally fall on Ye Yin!"

"Brother...it's really an accident..."

Ye Yin's voice was too small, and the furious store manager couldn't hear his explanation at all.

"Nonsense, I saw you walking well but suddenly fell on top of him. Do you call this an accident?"

The store manager glared at me.

This is of course an accident, if you want to blame it, you can blame Feifei who suddenly came out to talk to Ye Yin but appeared in front of me and frightened me - but, the elder brother couldn't see Feifei.

I couldn't explain Feifei's existence to him, and it seemed a little impossible to convince him of the accident... Thinking of the way my elder brother treated the person who struck up a conversation before, I had a very bad premonition.

Ye Yin seems to be a very special existence to him...

"Go, go there and talk about it."

The store manager pointed to the warehouse, which was a relatively hidden place. I was a little scared in my heart, I just accidentally fell down, and I wasn't even injured... So it was because he misunderstood me and had bad thoughts about Ye Yin?

"Brother, what happened to senior this time is really an accident!"

Ye Yin said 'this time', which means this is not the first time?

"Don't worry, Xiaoyin, it's not a big deal, we're just talking about work in a friendly way—you won't feel guilty anyway, right?"

The second half of the sentence is for me. It seems that the store manager with well-developed limbs and a brain is not as simple as imagined. I have no choice but to follow him carefully into the warehouse.

Bang—the warehouse door was closed by the store manager. There is quite a lot of space in the warehouse, and the two men will not feel stuffy here.

"Brother, I'm a straight person. Speaking of which, what do you think of your relationship with Xiaoyin?"

The 1.9-meter strong man sat on the refrigerator in front of him, with his throat trembling slightly, he used a different low voice to 'interrogate'.

"I think you misunderstood, we are just friends from a union we met in the game."

"Your guild is called DEBUG, right? Why can't I find your guild?"

"this……"

Because this is basically an underground organization established to collect 'awakened AI', and it has never been registered in the virtual world. Moreover, it is not an organization that can be announced at will, and it will only cause unnecessary panic.

"Also, what are you and Xiaoyin talking to themselves in the air? What happened just now that Xiaoyin fell down for no reason? Don't tell me that there is an artificial intelligence in this store that only the two of you can see. companion."

"That... is indeed the artificial intelligence 'companion' that only we can see..."

Moreover, they are two artificial intelligences that have awakened their self-awareness.

"You and Xiaoyin are both visible? I haven't seen those idiots who like to talk to the air, that thing can make you bump into each other? Then why did you push Xiaoyin to the ground? Was it also pushed by the 'partner'? Fooling who?"

"Big brother! Don't!"

Can't explain clearly... It is true that the general artificial intelligence "partner" just caused the situation just now, but the awakened AI like Feifei and Ying who are indistinguishable from human beings is another matter.

When I was thinking about how to answer, I subconsciously avoided the burning eyes of my elder brother, but this seemed to cause him further misunderstanding.

"You're still talking nonsense to me! From the very beginning, I thought you were dishonest, and the way Xiaoyin looked at you was not right. After thinking about it, I'm afraid that you might be threatening him with something?"

All of a sudden, the world was spinning, and my elder brother nimbly went around behind me and used the "strong man lock man" move, and I was overwhelmed on the refrigerator.

"It hurts, it hurts, everything is true!"

‘Boom boom boom’——

Who, who's knocking? — Faint, regular noises came from behind the heavy door panels.

A little earlier, the dining area of ​​the 'Miao Miaozi' maid cafe.

"Ye Yin, are you busy now?"

The sensor detects that someone has entered the coffee shop, and the signal is transmitted to the small bell-shaped speaker, which makes a crisp 'ding bell' sound.

The blond maid with double ponytails turned her head and saw the 'guest' at the door.

It seems to be trimmed at will, with a hint of cute short brown hair in simplicity, a fair face, and small facial features. The girl's whole body revealed a sense of arrogance and coldness, but her attitude softened a little when she was talking to Ye Yin.

"Senior Shen Qing!"

Ye Yin had just changed into a clean apron to block the traces of the drink, and now led Shen Qing to a quiet place to sit down.

"I haven't responded since I contacted you, so I came here to find you directly. I didn't bother you."

"No, no, the peak dining season here has just passed."

"I'm actually looking for you this time to ask... if you can help me."

Shen Qing hesitated for a moment before she opened her mouth to reveal the purpose of her trip.

"Should I still help senior Shen Qing play games?"

"Hmm...it's "Legend of Mountain and Sea: Strange Beast"."

"It's the new expansion pack of "Legend of Mountains and Seas"...? I've already played through the main chapter of this game. It's really a good game, but I've been busy with work recently and forgot that the expansion pack is online."

"That's it, are you interested?"

"Yes, but I'm still working part-time..."

"I see that your clothes are also wet. Come here today and go to the 'base' of DEBUG to change."

Shen Qing seems to have completely forgotten that Ye Yin is actually a boy, and she also forgot that she is not the owner of this store. She invited Ye Yin with the tone of inviting people of the same sex to go shopping.

"The 'base' of DEBUG?"

"Oh, it's just a villa. A certain bastard and I live there. Usually there is no one else. Now he is probably still playing games in his room..."

"Senior and Senior Shi live together...?"

"No! It just so happens that they are members of the organization who use it as a dormitory. I have nothing to do with that guy!"

Before hearing the second half of the sentence, Shen Qing knew what Ye Yin was going to say next.

"In short, come to the villa and change your clothes. You can stay if you are not convenient to go back at night. We have a lot of rooms..."

Shen Qing didn't expect Ye Yin to think of something bad when she said such a thing, her face turned pale in an instant, and turned from pale to pink again.

"Ye Yin?"

Shen Qing called him suspiciously.

"Uh...? Okay, okay! No weird toys..."

Ye Yin shook his head for a while and finally returned to normal, nodded. Although she acted suspiciously, Shen Qing didn't ask any more questions...

"But don't seniors play together? I remember that "Legend of Mountains and Seas" can form a team of up to five people..."

"I don't know, and I don't want to talk to that guy at all."

"Eh? Did the two seniors quarrel again?"

Ye Yin thought for a while and continued to comfort her.

"Who would quarrel with that kind of low-intelligence orangutan, especially when he thinks he's somehow misunderstood as... hateful."

Shen Qing stopped talking, presumably because she recalled her anger.

"That's right, Senior Shi seems to keep saying that he wants to apologize to you."

"Oh? Did he say that?"

"Yes, and Senior Shi has been working in this store recently."

"His kind of otaku will come to work? I can't believe it."

"...He and the store manager are in the warehouse over there now. Do you want to wait for him to come out and listen to his explanation? Maybe it's a misunderstanding. Senior didn't mean to make you angry."

Under Ye Yin's earnest persuasion, Shen Qing calmed down a little.

"Well, maybe you're right. How long have they been in there?"

"It seems to have been a while, so strange... Isn't it too long?"

"Is it with the manager of the 'Maid Cafe'..."

Shen Qing glanced around, probably thinking of something bad, she frowned.

"I gonna go see."

"Hey? I'm a little worried, but won't it be abrupt to interrupt them directly..."

"It's okay, I'll knock on the door."

Shen Qing stood up and walked to the door of the warehouse. From the outside, the door of the warehouse was just a cute wooden door. Shen Qing raised her hand and knocked three times.

‘Boom boom——’

There was no answer, and no one came to answer the door.

"Are you sure they're here?"

"I saw them go in, but I haven't seen them in the store so far. Senior Shi and the store manager must still be inside."

"Oh well……"

Shen Qing pressed the automatic sensor electronic door lock, the door lock made a 'ding' sound, and then she pushed the door open.

...

I heard the door opening, probably Ye Yin came to save me? Although his body is not as good as mine, it is better than me dying here for no reason.

"Ye Yin, help!"

"...are you playing wrestling?"

This voice is not Ye Yin, but why did she come here? And this look was misunderstood by her as wrestling.

"It's obvious that I'm being unilaterally thrown! The store manager suspects that I have unreasonable thoughts about Ye Yin!"

Ye Yin let out an 'ah' in surprise, then ran over and pulled the store manager away.

I am extremely grateful for Shen Qing's arrival. With her testimony, we can finally explain the situation...

"...The situation is indeed as Shi Yuanxing said, there are two artificial intelligence companions that only members of the club can see."

Shen Qing asked the store manager to call up the operation interface of her microcomputer, and then input a few lines of commands on the virtual keyboard.

"This... so it really exists."

The store manager looked at Sakura floating beside the table in surprise, he had never paid attention to Sakura's direction before Shen Qing entered the order.

"Brother, what you did to Senior Shi just now was too much."

"I was reckless just now, and I apologize to you."

The store manager is a man of his word. After he believed that I did not lie to him, he immediately apologized to me sincerely. Seeing this scene, my unhappiness was temporarily reduced.

"It doesn't matter, but did you do this because something similar happened to Ye Yin before?"

As soon as I said that, the store manager immediately sighed.

"Oh, it happened more than once..."

"Brother...!"

Ye Yin spoke loudly, which is rare, just to stop the store manager from continuing? There is a big secret in this?

"Okay, it's not something glorious, let's not talk about it."

The eldest brother immediately changed the topic, it seems that we are not qualified to know about Ye Yin's past...

"Look at your uniforms being splashed like this by drinks... I will give you a holiday in the afternoon!"

I heard that right, can I go back after work today? We are now 5 hours away from normal closing time...

"Holiday? But the coffee shop is not staffed..."

"It's okay, there is a child who went home just came back this morning, and will come to work later."

"That's fine, let's go back and do the laundry first."

The matter came to an end, the eldest brother continued to make cakes, and Shen Qing still gave me a cold face——

"Although I have a lot to settle with you, but seeing you in such a mess... take my car back first and then we'll talk about it."

Even though she was angry, she still let me go back in her car. This guy also has a gentle side.

But what she meant by "settling accounts", I guessed it after thinking about it for a while-if you want to say something that offended her recently, it must refer to the incident of being mistaken for my girlfriend by my parents, right?

I was indeed at fault for that incident, and I always wanted to find an opportunity to apologize to her, but every time I tried to send it online, I felt embarrassed. After all, the word girlfriend can make people think of many things, so I decided to explain it to her face to face. This time may be an opportunity.