country bumpkin

Chapter 364 Going to the Internet Cafe

When Xuanmei woke up, she was startled to see a large face lying in front of her.

She sat up abruptly and saw that it was Liu Jing. Xuan Mei complained irritably, "Oh dear, you scared me! What's wrong with you?"

Liu Jing's embarrassed expression vanished in an instant, and she explained softly, "I wanted to wake you up, but I was afraid you hadn't had enough sleep, so I could only wait for you to wake up naturally."

Xuanmei asked again, "Why did you wake me up? It's the weekend, and we don't have to work today. Is something wrong?"

Liu Jing stammered, then forced herself to say, "It's nothing serious, I just wanted to invite you to go to town for fun."

Xuanmei was overjoyed to hear that they were going to town again. She immediately got up, dressed, and put on her shoes with great enthusiasm.

After getting dressed, he quickly washed up and was about to take Liu Jing out.

Just then, Yunya returned from the cafeteria with breakfast for Xuanmei. Seeing how energetic they were, Yunya knew they were going out to play again.

Yunya immediately stopped smiling and asked, "Xiaomei, are you going to town again? Are you still going to eat breakfast?"

As she spoke, Yunya handed the food in her hand to Xuanmei. Xuanmei took the lunchbox, thanked Yunya, and then ate with Liu Jing.

She had originally planned to go out to eat, but Yun Ya had already called her back. If she didn't eat, it would be disrespectful to Yun Ya, so she had no choice but to eat.

After delivering the food, Yunya glanced at them and saw the two of them lovingly sharing a bite, eating with such relish. Yunya was angry and ignored them, returning to her own bedside to tidy up the blankets.

It's already the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and frost and snow have started to fall outside, filling the air with a chill.

After Liu Jing and Xuan Mei finished eating, they quickly washed their lunchboxes and went to town to play together.

As soon as they stepped out of the dormitory building, a gust of cold wind swept over them, chilling their collars. Xuanmei couldn't help but sneeze. Liu Jing also shivered.

Xuanmei suddenly had second thoughts; she didn't want to go out anymore. It was too cold outside, so she stopped and decided to go back to her dormitory.

Liu Jing straightened her collar, took her hand, and forcefully dragged her towards the town.

In the dorm, Yunya pouted and sulked, inwardly scolding herself for being so spineless. Why did she have to be so attentive and make herself uncomfortable? Why did she have to get food for her? She didn't need her help getting food.

She has Liu Jing to take care of her, that's enough for her, what does it have to do with her? Besides, she's a woman, why should she develop feelings for her? She's not a lesbian.

With this in mind, Yunya finally made up her mind to stop interfering in the relationship between Xuanmei and Liu Jing.

She considered Xuanmei a good friend and tried to maintain a friendly distance. Liu Jing, on the other hand, was just her roommate and fellow villager.

Having calmed herself down, Yunya remembered Xuanmei's Walkman.

When she went to the store to buy sanitary napkins, she saw some newly released cassette tapes and bought one on a whim, intending to give it to Xuanmei. Now it seems she can only keep it for herself.

Yunya unpacked the cassette tape, took it out, and put it into her Walkman. She pressed play, and pleasant, soothing music began to play.

The voice of a male singer with a very distinctive, husky voice slowly rang out.

"He must love you very much, don't let me outshine you..."

Yunya suddenly felt particularly sad while listening to this song, so she pressed the next song.

The following songs, "Super Star" and "Brave New World," are energetic, passionate, and youthful, which Yunya really enjoys listening to.

The other people in the dormitory listened to the songs playing on their Walkmans in silence, enjoying the new songs together.

Liu Jing took Xuan Mei to the busiest street in town and they went into a newly opened internet cafe.

This is a newly opened entertainment venue that they discovered during their last shopping trip.

Liu Jing heard from some of the new employees' fellow villagers that when their colleagues got together, they all went to internet cafes to surf the internet.

Liu Jing was particularly curious and asked for the address, which turned out to be the same store that she and Xuan Mei had seen open last time.

Although neither of them knew how to use the internet, they still went inside.

Upon entering, I saw that the store was crowded, with people already sitting in front of half the computers, and the sound of keyboards being typed could be heard everywhere.

Xuanmei was curious and asked the receptionist how to turn it on and how to play it.

The receptionist patiently explained everything to them and even helped them set up the two adjacent computers.

Liu Jing and Xuan Mei sat down in front of the computer, looking at the unfamiliar interface on the screen, feeling both nervous and excited.

Following the receptionist's instructions, Xuanmei carefully moved the mouse and clicked on a webpage.

The colorful pictures and text on the webpage dazzled her.

At this moment, a young man next to them noticed that they were unfamiliar with the operation and took the initiative to speak to them: "Is this your first time in an internet cafe? I can teach you."

Liu Jing and Xuan Mei hesitated for a moment, but nodded nonetheless.

The young people first taught them how to search for information. Xuanmei tried typing "popular songs," and many related pages popped up instantly.

She excitedly grabbed Liu Jing's hand and said, "Look, so many great songs!"

Then the young man taught them how to chat on QQ. Xuanmei and Liu Jing created their own accounts and added each other as friends.

In the chat box, they awkwardly typed and sent messages to each other, their faces beaming with happy smiles, as if they had opened up a whole new world.

At first, neither of them was very skilled at playing. They struggled to type using Pinyin while staring at the screen.

Just then, the friend request section started beeping. Xuanmei tapped the beeping friend request, and a friend request interface popped up from the flashing icon.

Without hesitation, she clicked "accept," and the next moment, the stranger was successfully added as a friend.

A second later, a message came from a stranger, a "fellow online friend".

Online romance: [Hello beautiful!]

There was a string of roses after the text, which Xuanmei found very interesting, so she immediately replied to the message.

Plum Blossom: [Hello!]

Xuanmei didn't know what name to choose, so she just picked a random name when she registered her QQ account.

Online romance: 【Nice to meet you! Where are you from, beautiful lady?】

Plum Blossom: [I'm from City B, where are you from?]

Online romance: [City B is quite far; I'm from Hong Kong.]

Plum Blossom: [Oh? That's so far? I've only heard of your place, never been there.]

Online romance: [It's okay, come visit us sometime, and I'll treat you.]

Plum Blossom: [Great! I'll definitely contact you if I have the chance to visit there.]

Online Romance: 【Sure, you're welcome anytime. How old are you, beautiful lady?】

Plum Blossom: [18 years old, how about you?]

Online romance: [I'm 19, exactly one year older than you, just call me brother.]

Plum Blossom: [That's not a good idea! We just met, how can we be so familiar?]

Online romance: [It's okay, what era are we living in? The information age, you know?]

Plum Blossom: [Information Age? What does that mean?]

Online romance: [In this era of rapid information development and dissemination, time equals speed.]

Plum Blossom: [I don't quite understand. I just learned how to use the internet today, so there are many things I don't know.]

Online Romance: [Oh! You're a newbie. That's okay, you'll learn everything in time.]