Chapter 409: Chapter 363: Still Want to Test Him?

Having grown up under Teacher Windsor’s guidance, he wouldn’t think of hurting others to get what he wanted. That only left hurting himself.

Philinos lowered his head, staring at the hand Gu Ning had pulled back. He wanted to grab it and have her keep touching him, but he abandoned the thought in an instant.

’The wound is ugly, and it exposes my weakness. She won’t like it. She’s just... looking out for me.’

Males who had been taught by female elders all understood the gentle, loving, and kind side of females. This was even more apparent in Gu Ning.

’I can understand why those guys are so obsessed with her. I understand...’

Gu Ning felt a warm breath brush across her forehead. Looking up, she saw Philinos’s handsome face just inches away.

They locked eyes for a moment. Philinos straightened up, his expression unchanging as he struggled to tear his gaze away from her. Taking her hand, the one with the silver bracelet, he asked, "Do you know how to use it?"

"I haven’t used it yet," Gu Ning said.

"I’ll teach you," Philinos said.

Gu Ning was about to agree when she glimpsed a notification on her terminal for a successful login to PawPress. "Later," she said. "I have to work."

Philinos froze for a moment, then swallowed. He put his clothes back on, picked up the food container from the table, and headed for the door. "I’ll be right outside. Call me if you need anything."

Just as he finished speaking, a single THUMP sounded at the window.

Gu Ning heard the noise and looked toward the window, but she didn’t see anything.

"It’s just a small bird. Don’t worry," Philinos said.

At that moment, the "small bird" Ah Mo, hanging outside, was absolutely livid with him.

’It had been watching for ages. It saw that bird punk Philinos take his clothes off, and Little Gu Ning had even touched him, but then the punk ran off again!’

’Useless. So utterly useless!’

’It really wanted to crack open that bird punk’s skull to see what was wrong with his brain. Windsor raised him, for crying out loud! How could he be so dense when it comes to females?’

"CHIRP..." ’I’d better wait for Windsor to come back so we can talk about this. Figure out where the problem lies.’

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Gu Ning’s login to PawPress was laggy, but she eventually got on and went straight to her dashboard. The flood of private messages, constantly refreshing, made the page even slower.

Fortunately, she had pinned Idelos, so she didn’t have to scroll to find him and could just click directly on the chat.

Idelos had sent her a message half an hour ago.

[We need to talk.]

It was the only unread message.

Gu Ning sent a message asking: [Have you seen the new video?]

’She hadn’t specifically @’d Idelos in the new video. She wanted to avoid another vicious flame war among the Beastmen, hoping they would focus on the video’s content instead of just attacking her and Idelos. Besides, there would be plenty of opportunities for them to get flamed later.’

After about half a minute, Idelos replied:

[Saw it.]

After sending that message, he went silent.

Gu Ning waited for a little while, but when no other messages came, she thought for a moment and replied:

[If you’re fine with this video, let’s discuss the next collaboration.]

’This video was mainly for Idelos’s team. The theme of the video he had made happened to fit her own ideas, so she had gone ahead and edited this one-minute version.’

’If they were okay with it, she could move on to the next step.’

A few seconds later, a message from Idelos came through, but before Gu Ning could get a clear look, a notification showed it had been recalled.

Idelos repeatedly deleted his own contact code from the chat box, staring at Gu Demiao Ning’s chat interface and wondering how to better communicate with her.

"This quality, these visuals, this editing!"

Deviant’s boisterous voice rang in his ears.

"Told you this creator was a beastly talent," Deviant said, replaying Yuanbao’s latest video and clicking his tongue in amazement.

The video’s pacing was a bit loose, actually. At only one minute, it couldn’t compare to even one of their movie trailers, probably because the short runtime didn’t allow for many clips. But a careful viewing revealed that every segment told a story. Both the background and Yuanbao’s few lines of dialogue were worth savoring.

That included the male’s hand that appeared partway through.

This sent them a clear message: there were other actors in Yuanbao’s videos, and this one had appeared even before Idelos.

Deviant couldn’t help but wonder if this was Gu Demiao Ning and that fox deliberately sending them a message, hinting that they wanted to raise the stakes and negotiate better terms.

However, he was more concerned with something else.

"And Yuanbao’s face!"

Deviant watched to the end and froze the frame on Yuanbao’s face reveal. He savored the image, pacing back and forth in front of Idelos, his voice thick with unconcealable excitement. "This level of tech... this level of tech..."

"No way. I’m telling you, there’s absolutely no way. That is definitely not a virtual female!"

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