My portable gaming girlfriend

[Day 4]

noon.

Speaking of which, I understand the reason why Zhou Mu somehow made the blue-haired girl angry. It was because I asked her name too eagerly and said something I shouldn't have said.

I just jokingly said, 'Are you a celebrity', and touched her inverse scales, I couldn't think of it at that time.

Don't worry this time, just be careful.

"Thank you for hospitality!"

Having tasted the delicious unagi rice again, I cautiously asked——

"……Can you tell me your name?"

"Name, name? That's not important..."

She was in a hurry... As expected, it was exactly the same reaction as last time.

"Can't you tell me your name?"

"Not really..."

She seemed troubled.

"That's okay. My name is Gao Chengyuan, just call me Gao Cheng's classmate."

I don't intend to get an answer by force, so I will report my name first.

"Eh?"

She probably didn't expect that I didn't continue to ask but reported my name myself.

"So, just give me a fake name and tell me, it's just for the convenience of us calling each other."

From her strange personality and the fact that she practiced tennis alone, I guess she didn't have many friends in this school.

So it's never okay to be tough or make inappropriate jokes.

Of course, the above paragraph is not my analysis, but the strategy given by Can Yue...

"Pseudonym..."

No way, does she also have difficulty naming her name?

"Let's call it Nana..."

To be able to create a pseudonym for myself in just a few minutes, it seems that it is not difficult to name...

"Nana, please take care of me."

In fact, the code name doesn't matter to me.

"Student Gaocheng, please take care of me..."

She doesn't seem to be used to me calling her Nana... But it doesn't matter, everything will get used to it after a long time.

"Student Gaocheng, will you come here tomorrow?"

Great to invite me here tomorrow to say everything is going well.

By the way, eating her bento every day is also a necessary condition to start her story.

"Of course I will."

I never turn down a free meal.

"I still have to leave beforehand... See you tomorrow, Gao Cheng."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Why are you still in such a hurry to leave?

But I won't ask any more weird questions - it would be bad to touch her reverse scales.

Next, cook with Sakura!

After school.

The sky was clear, and the distant sky was covered with layers of white clouds. A breeze brushes the face, like the softest wool brushing the cheeks, and it feels refreshing from beginning to end.

Probably this is the preciousness of spring - the sun is not as violent as summer, but it also brings enough warmth to people.

Speaking of which, the reason why Sakura and I were walking on the road was because of the conversation yesterday——

"Does Gaocheng have any ingredients at home?"

"Unfortunately, there is nothing...the seasoning is very complete."

There is only mineral water in the refrigerator at home.

"It's okay, let's go buy some after school."

"Does Gaocheng have any favorite dishes?"

"Well, let me think about it... probably beef curry."

She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great, beef curry happens to be my signature dish. I'm afraid that Gao Cheng would suggest a dish that I'm not good at, and it would be embarrassing."

I'm glad that the curry beef that I said casually didn't embarrass Tamagawa-san...

"If it's beef curry, what we need to buy is curry seasoning, beef, onions, carrots, potatoes..."

But having said that, I have never bought vegetables since I was a child.

Anyway, there are parents cooking at home, and there is a cafeteria at school.

Although the way of buying food in the game is different from that in reality, it is still a novel experience for me.

We came to a slightly larger supermarket not far from the school.

This game is awesome! Even the products in the supermarket are so real...

"Because when my father is away, I will cook for my sister. So the first time I moved here, I wanted to find a place where I could buy ingredients..."

"Student Yuchuan will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future."

"……Thanks."

Her cheeks turned pink...a shy person.

However, when I think about it carefully, the number of times I have praised girls since I was a child is really rare... Ever since that failed experience, I never want to talk to girls anymore.

Thanks to this game, I've become a little better at complimenting girls.

"Next is curry..."

After buying meat and vegetables, it's curry's turn.

"Curry, I see—over there."

Where the curry I pointed to was—but there was an old woman hunched over looking for something.

"Grandma, do you need help?"

Seeing this scene, Sakura immediately walked up.

She is really a considerate girl... After all, if it were me, I would probably let this kind of thing go.

"Yo! That's great, I'm already confused here. I want a medium-spicy curry, but I can't read the words on it..."

"Medium spiciness, wait a minute...here~"

Sakura pulled out a packet of curry seasoning from the shelf and handed it to the old woman.

"Thank you, kind little girl. Do you want to buy ingredients and cook by yourself?"

The old lady probably saw the meat and vegetables I was carrying.

"Yes, ready to make beef curry~"

Sakura smiled and answered the old woman.

"I really envy you young people, cooking together so sweetly."

"Eh? We're not in that kind of relationship..."

Sakura, who was still smiling just now, fell into a situation where she stumbled while speaking.

"Hahaha, it's nice to be young, it's nice to be young!"

The old woman is selectively deaf, and she still defaults to us as a couple...

Poor Sakura's face was already pink as if dyed by cherry blossoms.

Just walking out of the supermarket after shopping, Sakura seems to be escaping from hell.

"Student Gaocheng is really serious, and I won't explain it!"

To be honest, it's not that I don't want to explain, but I feel a little happy to hear that kind of words...

"It's just a small misunderstanding, don't take it to heart..."

"But it's... embarrassing."

It's like being shot through the chest by an arrow—is it difficult, is it uncomfortable to be mistaken for me as a couple...?

"That's it."

All the way without a word, until my home appeared in the field of vision.

I open the door for Sakura—

"excuse me!"

So there is no need to greet, I have said that there is no one else here except me.

"Meow--"

Meow sauce probably heard the sound of us opening the door, and walked over slowly...

"Hello, Meow-chan~"

Sakura seemed pleasantly surprised by Meow-chan's appearance. She walked over and reached out to try to touch Miaojiang... but she was dodged.

This strange cat doesn't seem to just let me touch it...

"Eh? Why don't you let me touch..."

I seem to hear the sound of something breaking... It's just that I was rejected by the cat, don't act like I was petrified.

Meow sauce jumped onto the sofa indifferently, then lay there and looked at us quietly.

"Meow sauce is just afraid of life..."

I patted Sakura on the shoulder symbolically to comfort her... In fact, this cat is not shy, but cold.

"Let's cook first."

In the 18 years of my life, the idea of ​​having a beautiful girl cook for me was something I never imagined.

After I cut the meat in a mess and cut the potatoes into my hands, I was politely persuaded to leave the chopping board...

Now, sitting at the dining table, looking at Sakura's busy figure, my heart is filled with a sense of satisfaction that I have never felt before.

Even though it's just a virtual character, as long as it looks good, it's fine.

——This is my (future) wife, probably because of this sense of satisfaction.

I couldn't help thinking of some bad shots of Sakura in a nude apron.

"Gao Cheng, why are you staring at me?"

Sakura noticed my gaze, tilted her head and asked me.

"No... just watching the curry in the pot."

"Is Gao Cheng interested in the process of making curry? Because the seasonings have already been placed, as long as you keep stirring like this."

"If it's just stirring, I can do it."

It doesn't make sense to keep her busy all the time... Although cooking is boring and troublesome.

"OK."

She handed me the spoon.

"Stir another 30 minutes and it's done!"

"30 minutes?!"

Is it so troublesome to make curry? Fortunately, it's only in the game... Wouldn't my hands be sore if I made curry in real life?

"I'm lying to you! Put the lid on and wait for 30 minutes to come back~"

"..."

I never thought that AI could lie to people.

"...if only life could always be as comfortable as this."

We were sitting at the table waiting for the beef curry to finish, Sakura suddenly spoke softly.

"Why did Tamagawa suddenly say that?"

"Suddenly something occurred to me."

"Can... tell me what's going on?"

I mustered up the courage to ask this question according to the content of the guide. Of course, I didn't expect the girl I've only known for a few days to tell me about my past...

"Because I don't like to move, and I don't want to leave the classmates I met with great difficulty."

Actually, did you really say it?

"This, is that so..."

But what is written in the strategy to comfort? Damn it, think about it!

"Even now, I am very happy in this class, but I always think back to how I felt when I was separated from my friends again and again... Ah, I'm so sorry, I said some negative things to you..."

Sakura raised her head again, with a smile on her face. However, I always feel that this smile is a bit forced...

What should I say at this time?

Seems to be……

yes……

……correct!

"...I can understand how you feel."

"Actually, I'm always afraid of losing the friends I finally met, afraid of being rejected."

"..."

Sakura looked at me confused.

Right.

Even if it has a complex calculation circuit, and every reaction is extremely human-like AI, it is impossible to resonate emotionally with real humans.

This is the main reason why people think AI is just code.

But even so, I still had the desire to talk to her.

"When I was in junior high school, I plucked up the courage to invite girls to play for the first time. Not only was I rejected, but I was also ridiculed in public. As a result, I was treated like a weirdo in the rest of junior high school. Since then, I have never taken the initiative to talk to girls. .”

I never overlooked that.

"However, Tamagawa-san accepted my invitation, even if it was virtual... Now I feel very happy to be a classmate with Tamagawa-san, wait a minute, I digress... I understand, even if we will be separated eventually, we used to be together The time spent together is also an irreplaceable precious memory, so don’t think about the sadness of parting—at least having this good memory is enough!”

She finally responded to my last sentence.

"Thank you for comforting me...I'm a little embarrassed to have such a serious conversation with Gao Cheng all of a sudden."

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, at least I really think so..."

It's really strange, suddenly speaking to the characters in the game.

Maybe it's because the other party is a game character? If it were in reality, I wouldn't say such nasty things, because if I really say it, I will only be called 'disgusting'... However, the characters in the game will never treat me like this!

"Thank you, Takashiro-san. You are such a gentle person."

"me……"

"Well, I knew it the moment Gao Cheng adopted a homeless cat."

She said and looked at Meow Sauce who was lying on the side. It didn't know when it was also sitting on the chair, waiting to have dinner with us.

"Meow--"

Meow sauce licked her paw.

"Okay, the curry should be almost ready, open it and have a look!"

She walked over and opened the lid of the pot. A burst of rich fragrance immediately wafted from the pot.

"The soup is very thick!"

Sakura picked up the spoon, cooled the soup inside, and licked it lightly.

"Great! Do you want to have a bite, Gao Cheng?"

"Then I'll try."

Without thinking too much, I took the spoon and ate the beef inside.

"It's really delicious!"

Well, this beef has been cooked very badly! The taste is super good! Better than any curry I've had in reality!

——Wait a minute, I used the spoon that Sakura just used!

Isn't this equivalent to indirect kissing?

I quickly observed Sakura's expression, hoping she didn't notice this...

"Why do you keep looking at me... I'm going to serve curry, Gaocheng-san, please go and serve rice first?"

I don't know if it's because the environment is too hot or what, Sakura's face is super red. Probably don't know...

So, pretending I didn't know about it, I turned around and prepared to serve rice——

"Meow--"

Meow sauce squatted behind me, staring at me...the pot full of curry behind me.

"You can't eat curry, go eat cat food."

I pointed to the cat bowl in the corner.

"Meow--"

It glanced at me, ignored the cat food bowl, and disappeared into the living room...

Could it be... is it dissatisfied that I didn't let it eat curry?

How could a cat have such an advanced AI? Remember that building an AI is not cheap at all.

...So it's impossible, it must be because I have made up too much.

"Meow-chan seems to be interested in curry... This is the first time I've seen such a cat."

Sakura seems to be curious about Meow-chan's behavior...

"It's really a strange cat... Besides, except for the day I brought it back, I never let me touch it again... I really don't understand it."

"Probably cleanliness?"

Although Sakura said so, but I have never raised a cat and I don't know if cats have cleanliness, so I don't know anything about it.

"By the way, the meal is ready."

She took the rice bowl, poured curry on it, and handed it back.

After the curry for both of them was finished, I scooped it up with a spoon and put it in my mouth with the rice——

"Well, it's delicious!"

I seem to have said that at noon...

"Why does Sakura like to cook?"

"I can't say I like it. At first, it was just a task. Later, I gradually discovered that cooking can be used as a way to relax."

"I always thought that cooking is very troublesome, but instant noodles are ready in a few minutes..."

"So eating instant noodles is unhealthy. Gaocheng students can't eat instant noodles casually in the future, okay? ... Also because my father is always on a business trip, and he has to cook for his younger sister, cooking seems to be in this process increased."

Didn't mention mom, was it accidental or...?

"...In short, Gaocheng students can't eat instant noodles!"

"I already know it, don't repeat it..."

I put my hands to my temples.

At this time, my mind was completely filled with the words 'instant noodles are not healthy and should not be eaten'.

After eating, Sakura naturally picked up the plate and walked towards the sink.

"Don't bother you, just put it there."

I immediately stopped Sakura who was about to wash the dishes. I still understand things like 'you can't let the guests who come to eat wash the dishes'.

"...Gao Cheng, if you put it here, would you wash it?"

"I will... save it for a few days and wash it together..."

I turned my head guiltily.

"Really, what kind of life does Gao Cheng usually lead?"

She turned on the tap and started rinsing the dishes in her hands.

"No, no, I'll wash it now."

I grabbed the dishes and started to wash them—I usually don’t even want to wash instant noodle bowls, but in the love game, I will take the initiative to wash the dishes. It can only be said that the power of a beautiful girl is great.

"Student Gaocheng, when you wash the dishes, you can't just wash the inside, you have to wash the outside too!"

"I know, I know."

I looked at myself who was splashed wet on the body and the ground because the water flow was too large...

"I'm really worried. When will Gaocheng students live a healthy life?"

Sakura turned into a nagging mother and started the admonition mode.

I have finally escaped from the supervision of my parents, why should I be supervised in the game...

However, if a girlfriend supervises me, it is not impossible.

"Phew, it's finally done!"

I just wanted to stroke my forehead with a hand full of foam, but my eyes were caught by the bubbles that slid down——

Oops, out of sight!